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Monthly Archives: March 2018
Hays Medical Center > 2018 > March
Mar29
00

Rave Reviews February 2018

By Gayla Wichman - Rave Reviews

Women’s Center—OB

*We had 3 very outstanding nurses during our time at HaysMed. Patti, Lolly and Susan.
Also Dr. Sloan and the whole team were very excellent. We had never met Dr. Sloan and
my wife just loved her along with Susan, Patti and Lolly. They made my wife feel very safe!
Angel Fry was also very kind and helpful with all our paperwork.

*Everyone was so nice and helpful!

*Everyone was very thoughtful and helpful!

Orthopedic Center

*I am doing well after having had two surgeries at Hays Orthopedic in under one year. I was
treated very well and would recommend the two different doctors I had to everyone, they are
the best and western KS is so lucky to have such a wonderful staff in orthopedics. Thanks!

ICU

*Staff is great! Very friendly and Kind. Room temp was good. The food was also good!

CPCU

*Everyone was great!

*My care was excellent and everyone treated us very well!

*Everyone who assisted us was friendly and knowledgeable as to what they were assigned.
I would recommend HaysMed to anyone.

PT/OT/Speech

*Thanks to you all for giving my family and me hope for getting around while and after my
knee is healing! Excellent Job!
Everyone was very nice. All of you took great care of me and thank you very much. I tell
people this is where to go!
The Staff were all just wonderful. Especially Shannon- she kept helping to get Ashley into
another facility for care and the nurses were wonderful with Ashley. She still talks about
them! Thank you!

Ambulatory Care Center

*Jodi, she was kind, caring, professional and made me feel comfortable with what was about to happen. Greatest personality, great at her job!

Bone, Joint and Spine Center

*I am leaving very happy, all doctors and nurses treat me with respect and everybody was very nice. Thank you everybody please keep it like that.

* I really liked PT. Joyce, she was so good and we liked OC. Pam. She was so friendly and good.

*We are very happy with the stay and the wonderful care we received from the staff at the Bone, Joint and Spine center. Special thanks to the most wonderful nurse, Amber. Thank you for being so kind, caring and empathetic. You truly are an example and inspiration to nursing! We will never forget your kindness! God bless you, always!

*The care I have received here has been awesome. From the moment I arrived I was kept well informed and felt compassion from all of the staff. Having been on the floor I have enjoyed watching the excellent teamwork and happy staff which made me a happy patient. Being informed about what is happening has made a huge difference. I would recommend this facility to anyone. Don’t have the room to list all of the wonderful staff but they all should have an A+.

Dreiling Schmidt Cancer Institute

*I think the 3 radiation girls (Melissa, Haley and Andrea) are just the most wonderful & sweetest gals around. They are the gentlest, kindest and caring persons. Thumbs up to them. The doctors- Rodriguez and Natarak are also the best. Dr. Rodriguez was really helpful in getting things on the ball. Thank you all. Keep up the good work. Dr. Cunningham, my surgeon, is also a great, caring doctor. Thanks again.

Acute Care Unit

*I cannot say enough, what excellent care, kindness, etc. I received from the moment I walked in and I wish I could remember every person who served my needs so well. Here are a few I want to say thank you to ALL though. ER 1-21-18: Lori, Heather, Brian, Dr. Miller. Room 237: Susan (love and nice blood draw), Dr. Gray, Dr. Patel, Dr. Biring, Gayla, Brooke, Philip, Ashley, Amy, Carolyn, Christine. Excellent food, Pastoral Care (Michael Hall, Loretta). Love the daily devotional on phone. Like I said I wish I could remember the rest of them but even the maids were pleasant. Very positive experience. Thank you for the opportunity to say thank you and give comments. Lord Bless them ALL.

 

Mar28
00

Member of the Month April 2018

By Gayla Wichman - The Center News

 

Name: Jessica Acosta
Member Since: February 2017

What are your fitness goals for 2018?
To get in better shape and more fit.
I would like to become a better runner!

What is your weekly workout routine?
HIIT Class – Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Power Hours – Tuesday and Thursday
I also use the machines upstairs and run/walk on the track.

What keeps you motivated?
I love seeing the improvements in my muscles and the changes to my body. Going to JoDee and Alaina’s classes keep me going because they push you to get better.

Do you have a success story to share?
The biggest success to date would be seeing how hard work and dedication to the gym can change your body and your life!

Mar21
00

HaysMed Expands Services with Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Specialists

By Gayla Wichman - HaysMed News

Hays, Kansas (Mar 21, 2018) – HaysMed, part of The University of Kansas Health System has launched a new Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) program at the hospital.  The clinic will be located in Suite 304 in the Miller Pavilion at HaysMed.

Several years ago the only ENT specialist in Hays discontinued his practice leaving no services available locally.  “The closure of that practice left a void for patients needing ENT services both here and in the region.” said Bryce Young, Chief Operating Officer at HaysMed.  “We have been working diligently to find a solution and bring those services back to Hays.”

Joint collaboration between HaysMed and the health system resulted in identifying a group of specialists to provide clinic and surgeries in Hays the second and fourth Mondays and Tuesdays beginning March 26.  According to Young, the goal is to start with these services and then add another ENT specialist from the health system this summer to increase the number of days patients can be seen in the clinic.

“Early on in our affiliation with the health system we  identified establishing an ENT program as a high priority to meet local community needs.” Young remarked.  “This is just one example of the advantages of being part of a larger health system and the benefits it brings to our patients in Hays and Western Kansas.”

ENT Specialists who will be seeing patients include Douglas E. Barnes, MD, FACS, Michael D. Franklin, MD, FACS, Matthew D. Glynn, MD, Tyler C. Grindal, MD, Scot D. Hirschi, MD Robert V. Lane, MD and Jason A. Meyers, MD.  A full time advanced practice provider is also being recruited.

Services covered will include:  allergy and sinus disorders; dizziness and balance disorders; ear disease and hearing loss; ear tubes; head and neck cancers; snoring and sleep apnea; swallowing and voice disorders; tonsils and adenoid surgery and thyroid and parathyroid diseases.

For more information or to make an appointment call 785-650-2880 or go to haysmed.com/ent

 

Mar20
00

HaysMed Offers Dry Needling for Pain Management

By Gayla Wichman - HaysMed News,Orthopedic Institute News

Hays, Kansas (March 20, 2018)  HaysMed is excited to offer expanded services in its Rehabilitation Department and also expanded dry needling at the Orthopedic Institute.  Dry Needling, a form of therapy, is an additional tool available to qualifying patients who suffer from muscle pain.

Dry needling is a technique that providers use to treat myofascial pain and/or trigger points in muscles.  Trigger points are shortened bands of muscle fibers that can cause pain, limit strength and impede normal range of motion.  The benefits for patients are decreased muscular pain, decreased muscular tightness, improved range of motion, improved strength and improved functional use of a body part.

The dry needling uses a very thin, single use needle to relive the trigger points.  “Most patients feel little to no pain when the needle is inserted,” said Lindsey Dreiling, Physical Therapist at HaysMed. “But they may feel a muscle twitch or cramp as the trigger point is treated.”

Dreiling is certified Level 1 in dry needling which enables her to treat arms, including shoulders and upper trapezius, legs including hips/posterior pelvis and low back from L3-L5 and neck from C7-T1.  She also can treat the two trigger points at the base of the skull which help with headaches.

Dr. Wally Walstrom, who also performs dry needling, uses a hypodermic needle to break up the scar tissue and bring blood flow back to the damaged tissues.  This form of dry needling uses ultrasound to direct the visual guidance of the practitioner.  The needle makes small holes and slices in a tendon or scared muscle which increases blood circulation to the area.  It is the first step of the healing process that will ultimately repair/heal the degenerated tissue.  It is used to treat tendinopathy, tendon-related pain and chronic scaring in muscles.

“This process will ultimately repair/heal the degenerated tissue.” Said Walstrom.  “Many people with chronic pain due to scar tissue of the muscles or tendinopathy can benefit from ultrasound assisted dry needling.”

Dry needling is not acupuncture.  It focuses on intramuscular stimulation.  The only commonality is that both processes use the same type of needles.

Both Dreiling and Walstrom also perform “deep” needling.  This form of dry needling targets deep muscles, such as those that attach directly to the spine or pelvis and can’t be accessed with traditional physical therapy.

Insurance coverage of dry needling varies.  The costs of dry needling done with Dreiling in the HaysMed Outpatient Rehabilitation department are $35 per 15 minute treatment.  The frequency is a once per week treatment.  Dry needling treatments with Walstrom are done in the Orthopedic Institute due to the use of ultrasound and the costs vary depending on the number of sessions required.    Neither treatment option requires a physician’s referral.

To schedule an appointment with physical therapy or for more information call 785-623-5691.

Mar16
00

Hospitals use new app to direct urgent care

By Gayla Wichman - HaysMed News

By Kaley Conner
Hays Daily News
March 14, 2018

New technology has been introduced in at least two northwest Kansas hospitals to help ensure patients receive the highest standard of care when their lives might be in danger.

A new app called Redivus Health was launched at Hays Medical Center in February, and Sheridan County Hospital has been using it since last spring. The app — uploaded on cellphones or tablets — is designed to walk medical staff through step-by-step best practices when patients code blue or are experiencing heart attack, stroke or sepsis.

The technology has been found to help reduce staff stress levels and increase the speed of urgent care delivery, said Brian Pfannenstiel, director of critical care at HaysMed.

“Working the floor 10 years as a nurse, one of the things is you know your code blue situation, for example, is something that’s low volume but high risk,” Pfannenstiel said. “In other words, it doesn’t happen all the time — thank goodness, because it’s a patient that’s on the brink of death. But when it does happen, you want to do everything perfectly and have the best outcome.”

The University of Kansas Health System in December partnered with the Redivus Health application team, particularly to expand use in rural hospitals that participate in a statewide heart and stroke collaborative.

The Redivus app is programmed with current best treatment practices for the three diagnoses, all of which are linked to high mortality rates. At HaysMed, each “crash cart” — used in code blue situations or severe patient distress — is equipped with an iPad loaded with the new app. A designated staff member in the rapid response team immediately will activate the app, input the patient’s diagnosis and vital information, then be guided through a detailed treatment process.

In heart attack cases, for example, the app will direct staff to begin chest compressions, then count down two minutes for switching providers so no one becomes fatigued. It also directs medical staff when to use electric shock and follows national treatment standards for what medications to administer and when.

“So it not only tells you the medication to give, but it also tells you the dosage is 300 mg,” Pfannenstiel said. “So you don’t have to recall that in a stressful, tense moment when your patient you’ve cared for for the last 12 hours and bonded with is not doing well.

“It’s different when it’s that patient you’ve been caring for for 12 hours. You bond with them. They talked about their grandkids with you. You’ve become emotionally attached, and suddenly they’re not doing well, and you kind of have that emotional bond. And then you’re trying to think of everything to do.”

Physicians, however, have the ability to override the app’s instructions if they feel it is necessary based on the individual situation.

A few staff members from HaysMed participated in simulation labs in Kansas City to help Redivus developers create and modify the technology for effective use in rural hospitals.

“What we found was it reduces stress levels in the room during the code. It also gave you the confidence,” Pfannenstiel said. “Especially if you had a physician that would order something inappropriately. And you would have the confidence to speak up and say, ‘Hey, that’s no longer recommended.’ ”

The app also documents every treatment provided in real time, cutting back on the staff time previously required to update electronic medical records.

At Sheridan County Hospital, the app has proven particularly effective in screening patients for sepsis, said Chief Nursing Officer Hannah Schoendaler. Health care providers have been using the app for both inpatient and clinic settings to help alert doctors if patients are showing symptoms.

“Last year, in 2017, we had a total of three (confirmed) sepsis cases, I believe,” Schoendaler said. “And just a couple weeks ago, we had three cases in a week. So the main thing we noticed is nationwide we probably aren’t screening patients appropriately.”

Rather than checking for sepsis only in the emergency room, physicians have been screening many patients, whether they are staying in the hospital or visiting a clinic. That has helped physicians catch the illness in its earlier stages, which significantly reduces the chance a patient could experience septic shock or die from the infection.

“We have a provider who runs it on her patients in her clinic. She’s our No. 1 user, and in doing that, we just get treatment going a lot quicker which naturally takes the anxiety out of it,” she said. “Because you don’t have to sit here and watch a patient get sicker and sicker and sicker. You just treat them right away.”

The app’s screening tool helps medical staff identify how severe the bacterial infection might be, then walks them through recommended treatments, such as immediate access to fluids and IV antibiotics. It also saves time by calculating how much to give based on the patient’s weight.

“Those are minutes that are crucial that you can’t ever get back,” Schoendaler said. “We actually spend more time at the bedside because we’re spending less time talking back and forth and trying to decipher how we’re going to treat a patient.”

The Redivus app was developed by Dr. Jeff Dunn, a physician who saw a need for a tool to help reduce staff stress levels in extremely high-pressure situations when there are many treatment steps to remember.

“The best way I can describe this is when I was a clinician practicing these really high mortality scenarios, physicians and other providers like nurses and EMS paramedics a lot of times would get adrenaline brain, where you freeze up and can’t make a decision with focus,” said Dunn, founder and CEO of Redivus Health. “What we started to think about is the same concept when you go from a paper map to a navigational map. Why wouldn’t that be able to work for these really high-intensity scenarios like cardiac arrest, sepsis and stroke?”

Mar12
01

HaysMed Joins Network to Improve Supply Chain Efficiencies and Reduce Costs

By Gayla Wichman - HaysMed News

Hays, Kansas (March 12, 2018) HaysMed, part of The University of Kansas Health System today announced they have joined Captis, a collaborative network of hospitals and health systems focused on improving clinical outcomes and reducing the costs of healthcare products and services through the aggregation of buying power and collective decision making.

Captis, a Vizient, Inc. Member Business Venture, includes more than 70 health care organizations across the nation with $9.6 billion in supply chain purchasing power. Members collaborate to increase efficiencies and reduce expenses by aggregating spend and establishing contracting strategies that meet the unique needs of their members. Since it was established in 2008, Captis has provided over $500 million in savings to its members.

“As value-based care models continue to evolve, we need to be proactive in reducing costs and improving clinical outcomes” said George Harms, Chief Financial Officer at HaysMed “By joining Captis, we are helping to reduce costs and improve the delivery of care to our patients and the communities we serve.”

“We are excited to welcome HaysMed to Captis. The continued growth and collaboration between member hospitals helps reduce supply chain costs and drive operational efficiencies beyond what they could achieve on their own” said Brenda Peterson, RN and Vice President of Captis. “Equally important, they continuously participate in shared problem solving and in the development of innovative approaches that help assure the best clinical outcomes for patients.”

 

 

 

Mar7
00

Nurse, Physician and Associate of the Year Awards Presented During HaysMed Annual Service Awards Banquet

By Gayla Wichman - HaysMed News

HAYS, Kansas (March 7, 2018)—  The annual HaysMed Service Awards Banquet was held last night at the Rose Garden Banquet Hall in Hays. The highlight of the banquet was the presentation of the Norman W. Jeter Humanitarian Award, the Sister Mary J. Mollison Nurse of the Year Award and the Vic Eddy, MD, Physician of the Year Award.  These awards are the highest level of recognition that an associate of Hays Medical Center can receive.

The Norman W. Jeter Humanitarian Award recognizes an individual’s human kindness and dedication to medical excellence.  The award was presented to Bob McAnany, Physical Therapy Assistant at HaysMed Outpatient Rehabilitation.  McAnany began his career in 1995 and became a HaysMed Associate in 2000.

Recipient of the Sr. Mary J. Mollison Nurse of the Year Award was Melissa Portenier, RN.     This award honors a nurse who displays excellence in the areas of job knowledge and performance, quality improvements, self-development and participation in hospital and community affairs Portenier is the supervisor of the operating room and has been with HaysMed since 1990.

The Vic Eddy, MD, Physician of the Year Award was presented Dr. Jose Menendez, Anesthesiologist at HaysMed.    The award recognizes a physician who displays a high level of clinical experience and an extraordinary dedication to improving healthcare delivery in the community.

Other service awards presented for years of service included:

40 Year

Donna Perez

35 Year

Regina Borthwick

Christy Gillogly

Dee Koster

Ruth Legleiter

Joyce Mattison

Cindy Phillips

Jeff Weese

30 Year

Tania Deets

Carol Dinges

Deb Erbert

Kerri Morgan

Andrea Ottley

Trish Vopat

25 Year

Debbie Bohm

Carla Giebler

Stephanie Jerauld

Mike Penn

Leah Rhoades

Karla Roth

Lisa Schroeder

Chris Smith

Lora Unrein

20 Year

Pam Basgall

Gina Basgall

Tammy Billinger

Shannon Deines

Sonya Garrett

Amy George

Ed Habash

Faye Herrman

Chad Heslet

Lee Hodny

Heidi Holopirek

Christine Holzmeister

Joannie Kollman

Kim Meier

Todd Meier

Julie Michaelis

Michael Miles

Paula North

Alicia Rymer

Jacque Schmidt

Brenda Schumacher

Erica Summers

Tammie Williams

15 Year

Jill Billinger

Suzie Bleumer

Gary Brown

Steve Brull

Shannon Conroy

Carla Cox

Jeffery Curtis

Tim Davis

Debra Engel

Kelly Flaska

Kim Foster

Jennifer Gottwald

Christine Hober

Byron Johnson

Janice Jones

Deandrea Krien

Jennifer Lang

Tamra Leiker

Ross Merritt

Janet Pfeifer

Kathy Reed

Carol Rome

Kristy Schlaefli

Tom Schmidt

Lisa Schreck

Nicole Spray

Dolly Stanley

Julie Sulzman

Deb Watts

Dawn-Rose Webber

Julie Weidenhaft

Twila Wilson

Steve Windholz

Tina S. Zimmerman

10 Year

Deb Alvarez

Tara Aschenbrenner

Angela Basgall

Alexandra Brewster

Schamra Detherage

Leslie Dexter

Jason Fawver

Mike Filley

Chris Fisher

Nichole Ganoung

Sherri Glenn

Shawn Hoss

Janine Kisner

Anita Koster

Kim Kronewitter

Kelly Lagree

Mandy Leiker

Mandie McKee

James McReynolds

Lane Patterson

Jessi Pfeifer

Ruth Price

Erin Richmeier

Craig Rohleder

Laura Rome

Shawnda Rumbaugh

Sage Sandelin

Sharon Schoendaller

Brian Schreiner

Lashelle Schroter

Dennis Sherman

Misty Smolarkiewicz

Russell Thom

Zurab Tsereteli

5 Year

Wendy Amrein

Noel Bates

Stacy Beiker

Lindsey Broin

Chad Burgardt

Cherie Cell

Kali Debey

Tiffany Dewitt

Mandi Dotts

Caitlyn Dreitz

Sheylynn Eickhoff

Brittany Engelhardt

Tasha Fabin

Cynthia Finnesy

Loretta Flax

Whitney Ford

Cheryl Glassman

Trey Hamilton

Trisha Haskell

Stephanie Heeren

Kelly Heifner

Kelli Herbers

Jordyn Herman

Karla Hines

Kelsee Hirsch

Tatiana Hockett

Amanda Hoffman

Riley Kaus

Elise Kinser

Shaley Knickerbocker

Doreen Koerner

Brian Liu

Trudi McFarren

Roberta Meder

Katelyn Mosshart

Renee Pfeifer

Jessica Poe

Malorie Radcliffe

Jodi Radke

Kevin Reece

Jared Reed

Lisa Reiter

Gordon Schroeder

Anita Spears

Kylie Stoppel

Dani Vonfeldt

Theresa Wasinger

Nicole Weber

Jacqueline Wehrli

Jenni Wittkorn

Paul Teget

Dustin Thacker

Stacy Trout

Mark Urban

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