Winter 2016 - Bon Secours

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Winter 2016
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Honored
Again for
Stroke Care
W
e’re building a stroke care program at Bon
Secours Kentucky Health System (BSKHS)
that can serve as a model in the healthcare
industry. Our approach has been very exact in that we
wanted to be certain all of our plans resulted in the best
possible outcomes for our stroke patients. Recently,
we’ve seen that the past few years of development
have given us exactly what we hoped to achieve. Others
have taken notice too.
No less than the experts from the Norton Healthcare/
UK HealthCare’s Stroke Care Network have recognized
BSKHS with the 2015 Shining Star for our work in
improving stroke care for our patients. At the awards
ceremony, the director of the Stroke Care Network,
Dr. Michael Dobbs, hailed our stroke program for its
performance excellence. The honor recognizes those
hospitals that have state-of-the-art infrastructure,
staff and training to receive and treat patients with the
most complex strokes, including advanced imaging
capabilities, 24/7 availability of specialized treatments,
and staff with the unique education and competencies
to care for complex stroke patients.
The Shining Star recognition was the second such
honor received by our stroke program in the past year.
Last fall, we received the Get With The Guidelines®Stroke Silver-Plus Quality Achievement Award for
implementing specific quality improvement measures
outlined by the American Heart Association/American
Stroke Association for the treatment of stroke patients.
If I sound proud of our stroke program, it’s because
I am and I recognize its importance. According to
the American Heart Association/American Stroke
Association, stroke is the number four cause of death
and a leading cause of adult disability in the United
States. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 40
seconds; someone dies of a stroke every four minutes;
and 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke
each year.
I’d like to thank all those involved in our stroke
program for setting the tone for a culture of excellence
in stroke care. These honors and recognitions are the
fruits of their labor and reflect hard work and talent.
Sincerely,
Kevin Halter, CEO,
Bon Secours Kentucky Health System
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OLBH
BSKHS One of the Nation’s
Most Wired for 4th Straight Year
BSKHS, which includes OLBH, has been
recognized as one of the nation’s Most
Wired hospitals, according to the results
of the 2015 Most Wired survey released
by the American Hospital Association’s
(AHA) Health Forum and the College
of Healthcare Information Management
Executives (CHIME). Additionally, BSKHS’s parent corporation,
the Bon Secours Health System (BSHSI), was honored.
The 2015 Most Wired™ survey and benchmarking study, in
partnership with CHIME and sponsored by VMware, is a leading
industry barometer measuring information technology (IT)
use and adoption among hospitals nationwide. The survey
of more than 741 participants, representing more than 2,213
hospitals, examined how organizations are leveraging IT to
improve performance for value-based healthcare in the areas
of infrastructure, business and administrative management,
quality and safety, and clinical integration.
“I am very proud of our staff for having achieved this honor
four years in a row,” said Brian Rodehaver, OLBH’s director
of Information Services. “Technology allows us to take better
care of our patients and that’s what the Most Wired distinction
means to me, that we’re meeting our goals thanks to hard
working individuals who have contributed to this honor.”
A leading example of OLBH’s technology benefiting patients
is MyChart, an electronic health records portal that offers
patients personalized and secure online access to portions of
their medical records, the ability to renew prescriptions, make
and cancel appointments and more. MyChart can
be accessed through the hospital’s website,
olbh.com.
Free Support Group for Parents
with Special Needs Children
BSKHS is collaborating with Pathways to host a free
monthly support group for parents with special needs
children. Upcoming dates and topics include:
Dec. 8
Stress
Management for
the Holiday
Jan. 12
Understanding
Trauma in
Children
Feb. 9
Understanding
Needs versus
Wants
For more information, email [email protected].
To register, call Pathways at (606) 324-3005 ext. 4515 or the
OLBH CareLine at (606) 833-CARE (2273).
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Bon Secours Kentucky Health System Employee Updates
Fields New Chief Nursing Officer
Brandi M. Fields, RN, MSN, has accepted the role of vice president of
Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer for BSKHS.
Fields brings a wealth of experience to the health system. Most
recently, she served at King’s Daughters Medical Center (KDMC) as
operations leader of the organization’s emergency services, urgent
care centers and nursing office. Her role at KDMC included oversight of multiple departments and offices.
Fields earned her master’s degree in nursing from Bellarmine
University in Louisville and her undergraduate degree from
Kishwaukee College in Malta, Illinois. A native of DeKalb, Illinois,
Fields currently resides in Louisa.
Hospital Gives
Brandi Fields
RN, MSN
Johnson New ER Director
Leanne Johnson,
RN, BSN
Leanne Johnson, RN, BSN, has accepted the position of director
of OLBH’s Emergency Department.
In her new role, Johnson will oversee and lead emergency services at OLBH. Johnson joins BSKHS after nine years of employment in the emergency department of King’s Daughters Medical
Center. Johnson brings to OLBH’s ER her expertise and certifications in advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), pediatric advanced
life support (PALS) and trauma nursing core course (TNCC.)
Johnson earned her bachelor’s and associate’s degrees in nursing
from Ohio University.
Foundation Gives to
RAMEY FOSTER CARE
PROGRAM
The OLBH Foundation donated duffle bags, travel kits and tooth brushes
to the Ramey-Estep Homes Foster Care
Program. “(The donated items) will
be great for youth that come straight
into our foster care program with little
to nothing of their own,” said Ramey-Estep Human Resources Manager Mandy G.
Wheeler. The photo shows program staff posing with the donation.
Thanks for
voting!
BSKHS was awarded $43,000 in
grant funding from the Bon Secours
Health System Mission Fund for use in
the second phase development of the
Charles and Betty Russell Hiking Trail.
The first phase of the trail, a 1.2
mile section from the 2000 block
of Hilton Avenue up to Ashland
Avenue, opened last year in downtown Ashland. Volunteers from local
civic clubs and Boy Scout troops
assisted with the work on the trail’s
first and second phases. The grant
allowed for further trail length on
the other side of Ashland Avenue
and funded a trail bridge and an
additional trailhead featuring 40
steps and three landings.
“The hiking trail has been a nice addition to Ashland and this expansion
only adds to the appeal as we encourage residents to get outdoors and be
active,” said OLBH Foundation Vice
President and Ashland Mayor Chuck
Charles. “It’s wonderful to be able
to assist in what we consider both a
health as well as recreational activity.”
The first phase of the Charles and
Betty Russell Hiking Trail project cost
approximately $25,000. The 45-acre
property where the trail resides was
donated by Charles and Betty Russell
in 1978 for use as a natural area with
walking trails.
Did You Know...
Grayson Readers Choose OLBH
Readers of the Grayson JournalTimes voted OLBH as the area’s best
hospital and medical facility in the
newspaper’s annual reader’s choice
awards. Additionally, readers selected
Jodi Conley as the area’s best physician assistant. Conley is a provider at
Bellefonte Primary Care Grayson.
$43,000 for Hiking Trail
Jodi Conley, PA-C
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research is taking place within
Bon Secours? More than 200
research studies currently are being
conducted by more than 100 BSHSI
physicians and staff, involving
more than 2,000 patients. Current
research includes work on heart
pumps, drugs for hepatitis B and
new chemotherapy medications.
BSHSI physicians and nurses are
actively contributing to the next
generation of medical care.
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Q&A
Ask the Doctor
Gabriel Anthony
Rodriguez, M.D.,
is a pathologist
and medical
director of the
OLBH Laboratory.
His office can be
reached at (606)
833-3625.
Firm Up!
with Ryan Arnett
Lead Exercise Physiologist
at Firm Fitness
As the end of the year approaches
and people are thinking of their
New Year resolutions, I wanted to
give you a few tips on how to stay
ahead of the curve and get a jump
on improving fitness levels and
health for 2016.
1. Moderation: Try not to over
indulge at family get togethers.
There is always lots of food so try
to take very small portions so you
don’t overeat, especially the fatty
foods and the sweets.
2. Stay Active: At family outings try
to play games that keep everyone
moving, or go for group walks to
talk instead of sitting around talking
and eating.
3. Use Technology to Stay on
Track: There are countless apps and
devices to help you track calories in
versus calories out. These can help
keep you accountable and on track
to hitting your goal weight.
Firm Up! is courtesy of Firm Fitness,
OLBH’s community wellness facility.
The center offers personal training,
classes such as Zumba, weight
and cardio machines, racquetball
courts, saunas and more.
Call (606) 324-0339
for membership
information.
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Q:
with Gabriel Rodriquez, M.D.
Unfortunately, I’ve been sick enough the last year to have a lot
of visits to the lab. What I don’t understand is that I’ve had some
results back in hours and some took more than a week. Since the
tests were done at the same place why such the difference? Who
performs the testing?
A:
– Carolyn - Bellefonte
When your physician places orders for laboratory testing there
are several questions s/he may want answered and therefore asks
for multiple tests. Although a majority of laboratory testing can be
performed at the OLBH Laboratory, some testing has to be sent to
outside reference laboratories in other cities and states due to the
tests’ complexities. The amount of time it takes to perform laboratory testing at OLBH varies depending on the test itself. Routine
blood work, such as a blood sugar or cholesterol, will produce results within hours or
the same day while other laboratory tests such as microbiology cultures require more
time to perform and results can take up to a week or more. Similarly, outside reference
laboratory testing and results vary depending on the complexity and the schedule in
which the testing is performed which can delay results from a few days to a few weeks.
Each issue, an OLBH physician answers reader questions. Submit questions via email to
[email protected] or via mail to OLBH CareLine, Ask a Doctor, Saint Christopher Drive,
Ashland, Ky. 41101. Readers whose questions are printed will receive a free gift.
HEALTHY RECIPES
from the
OLBH kitchen
Butternut Squash Soup
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons of a butter spread
with olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
1 stalk of celery, chopped
1 medium carrot, chopped
2 medium potatoes, cubed
1 medium butternut squash-peeled, seeded and cubed
(approx. 3 cups)
1 (32 oz.) container of unsalted chicken stock
Nutrition Facts:
(per serving,
recipe yields four
one-cup servings):
Calories:215
Fat: 5.75 g
Saturated Fat:
2g
Cholesterol: 7.5 mg
Sodium: 208 mg
Carbohydrate: 37 g
Fiber:
5.5 g
Protein:
8g
Instructions:
Melt butter spread in a large pot and cook the onion, celery, carrot, potatoes
and squash five minutes or until lightly browned. Pour in enough chicken stock to
cover the vegetables and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover pot, and simmer 40 minutes or until all vegetables are tender. Transfer the soup to a blender,
and blend until smooth. Return to pot and mix any remaining stock to attain desired
consistency. Season to taste with pepper and salt.
Bellefonte Physician Services
Continues Growth
New Practices and Providers Offer a Range of Services
Bellefonte Physician Services (BPS) is OLBH’s sister under the Bon Secours Kentucky
Health System. With both OLBH and Bellefonte Physician Services under the
Bon Secours umbrella, patients of any Bon Secours Kentucky Health System facility
are afforded a link to the region’s best medical services and specialists.
F
rom primary care to pediatric,
urgent and specialty care, BPS
continues to expand to meet the
needs of community residents. In just
the last three months, exciting new BPS
practices and/or additions have been
made in specialties ranging from digestive
diseases to neurology and in locations
from Wheelersburg to Flatwoods.
Rob Brandenburg, D.O., has joined
Bellefonte Digestive Disease at 1101 Saint
Christopher Drive on the OLBH campus.
An Army-veteran, Dr. Brandenburg
grew up in Ashland and has returned
home to practice. Dr. Brandenburg
earned his medical degree at the
University of Pikeville Kentucky College
of Osteopathic Medicine in Pikeville. He
completed a gastroenterology fellowship
and an internal medicine residency at
the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
Dr. Brandenburg also earned degrees
from Marshall University in Huntington,
West Virginia; Morehead State University;
and Ashland Community and Technical
College. He is a member of the American
College of Gastroenterology, the American
Gastroenterology Association and the
American Society for Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy. Appointments can be
scheduled at Bellefonte Digestive Disease
by calling (606) 833-6350.
Tri-State Neuro Solutions (2222
Winchester Avenue, Suite C) has added
the services of neurologist Sreekanth
Koneru, M.D. Dr. Koneru is a graduate of
Siddhartha Medical College in Vijayawada,
Andhra Pradesh, India, and completed
a neurophysiology fellowship at the
Rob Brandenburg, D.O.
University of Texas in San Antonio. His
residency in neurology took place at the
University of Nebraska in Omaha. He also
completed a family medicine residency at
Creighton University in Omaha. Certified
by the American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology and board certified in family
medicine, Dr. Koneru can be reached at
Tri-State Neuro Solutions at (606) 3258364.
Maggie Lawentmann, D.O., has joined
Bellefonte Primary Care in South Shore
(US 23 at Indianola Ave.) full time. Dr.
Lawentmann previously split her time
between the South Shore practice and
Christ Care Pediatrics & Family Medicine.
Dr. Lawentmann is a graduate of the
West Virginia School of Osteopathic
Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia. She
completed a family practice residency
at St. Vincent’s Family Medicine Center
in Jacksonville, Florida. Lawentmann is
certified by the American Osteopathic
Board of Family Physicians. Lawentmann
is a 1999 graduate of Greenup High School
and earned her undergraduate degree
from Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.
New patients are being accepted.
To make an appointment at Bellefonte
Primary Care South Shore, call (606) 9323159.
Lori Denise McCoy, D.O., has joined
Bellefonte Primary Care Flatwoods (2420
Argillite Road). Dr. McCoy is a graduate of
the West Virginia School of Osteopathic
Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia.
She earned her bachelor’s degree from
Marshall University and completed her
residency at OLBH. She is certified by the
Sreekanth Koneru, M.D. Maggie Lawentmann, D.O.
American Osteopathic Board of Family
Practice. To make an appointment,
contact the facility at (606) 836-3900.
This summer, BPS opened Bellefonte
Primary Care Wheelersburg at 8891
Ohio River Road in Wheelersburg, Ohio.
The primary care facility is adjacent to
Bellefonte Urgent Care.
Bellefonte Primary Care Wheelersburg
is the new practice of Kristina Rowe,
APRN. Rowe is a family nurse practitioner
who received her master’s degree from
Ohio University and her undergraduate
degree, in nursing, from Ashland
University in Ashland, Ohio. Rowe has
served as an adjunct faculty member at
Ohio University Southern and an associate
professor at Ashland Community &
Technical College. Rowe previously
worked at the BPS practices of Bellefonte
Pediatrics, Bellefonte Women’s Care and
Ironton Urgent Care.
New patients of all ages are being
accepted. Bellefonte Primary Care
Wheelersburg can be reached at
(740) 981-3373. The new practice
joins Bellefonte Urgent Care as well as
the recently opened Firm Fitness and
Bellefonte Physical Therapy in expanding
the Bon Secours Kentucky Health
System’s presence in Wheelersburg.
The various practices that comprise
BPS are strategically located throughout
the region to bring the highest quality
healthcare close to home with convenient
locations. For more details concerning
BPS, including insurance information,
office hours, directions and more, visit
www.bellefontephysicianservices.org.
Lori McCoy, D.O.
Kristina Rowe, APRN
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The Must-Have Lung Cancer Screening
A Ten-Second Test at OLBH
Can Detect Disease Earlier
A
nyone who has smoked a pack of cigarettes a day
for 30 years or longer has thought about the specter
lurking in the shadows. More than 150,000 Americans
die of lung cancer every year, and the five-year survival rate is
only 15.6 percent compared to more than 50 percent for many
other common cancers.
Lung cancer creeps up quietly with few specific symptoms
aside from those every smoker has, and there has been no
effective screening test. Chest x-rays were used several decades
ago for screening. Another method previously used was
examining a sample of a smoker’s sputum under a microscope.
Both methods were found generally ineffective and eventually
abandoned. Without effective screening, lung cancer is often
discovered very late when cure is highly unlikely. Fortunately,
effective screening has arrived and OLBH is on the leading edge
by performing low-dose CT tomography to test for lung cancer.
The new CT lung scan initiative is part of the OLBH Lung
Health program. “It’s all too common that lung cancer is first
discovered after symptoms have occurred or by accident when
testing is being done for some other reason,” said OLBH Lung
Nurse Navigator Leigh Ann Holt. As a nurse navigator, Holt
guides patients with lung health issues through the medical
processes. “Most people are aware of or have had a CT at some
point,” Holt said. “It’s a simple scan that we’re now using to
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detect lung cancer. Smokers or others who
may have high risk factors now have the
opportunity to have a preventative scan
that could save their lives.”
How effective is low-dose CT screening?
The National Cancer Institute’s National
Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST) enrolled current and former
smokers who had smoked at least a pack a day for 30 years but
had no current signs of cancer. Subjects were between the ages
of 55 and 74 at the time of enrollment; 59 percent were males
and 91 percent were white.
Subjects were given three annual screening tests – half
with low-dose CT and half with standard chest x-ray – then
followed for five years. Results, published in the New England
Journal of Medicine [August, 2011], showed that CT scans were
considerably more effective at detecting early cancer, reducing
deaths by 20.3 percent compared to chest x-rays.
Using a low-dose of radiation, the CT scan for lung cancer is
a quick, painless, procedure that creates a very detailed, crosssectional image from many angles. The scan takes less than
10 seconds to perform and does not involve any injections. As
opposed to traditional chest x-rays, which only show two views
of the chest (front and side), a CT scan shows more than 300
cross-sectional images of the chest, from the tip through the
base of the lungs. Thus, tiny abnormalities such as those that “Sometimes a small nodule is found that requires monitoring
could indicate the early stages of lung cancer can be found that and follow-up scans.”
The best way to prevent lung cancer is to stop smoking. From
would not have been seen on a chest x-ray.
“Lung cancer is much more difficult to treat once a patient 80 to 90 percent of lung cancers occur in persons who smoke
develops symptoms,” said Terri Hannon, OLBH director of or have been exposed to secondhand smoke. Whether a CT
Radiology. “It’s important to detect cancer as early as possible. test is positive or negative, it is crucial to quit smoking. OLBH
It’s why this is such a great opportunity and why many insurance offers free smoking cessation courses throughout the year.
companies are covering the screening for high-risk individuals.” Smokers should talk to their physicians about quitting tobacco
The American Lung Association convened a Lung Cancer and whether or not they are candidates for low-dose CT.
Low-dose CT can offer quick and inexpensive peace of mind.
Screening Committee to review the promising results of lowFor those whose tests are
dose CT. The task force
not covered by insurance,
concluded that CT screening
Smokers or others who may have high
the scan is only $75. Results
is even more effective
risk factors now have the opportunity to have a
are received in two weeks
in detecting lung cancer
preventative scan that could save their lives.
or less. The U.S. Preventive
than mammography is in
Services
Task
Force
detecting breast cancer,
- Leigh Ann Holt, OLBH Lung Nurse Navigator estimates that screening
saving one life for every 320
could save 20,000 lives a
persons screened compared
to one life saved for every 900 to 1,900 mammograms. The year – a large number but only about 13 percent of the 160,000
lung cancer deaths each year in the United States. “Like breast
committee recommended annual screenings.
Screening finds abnormalities in 20 to 60 percent of smokers cancer having a higher cure rate due to early detection through
and former smokers. “A few of these abnormalities might be mammograms, low-dose CT screenings will do the same for
something other than lung cancer or false positives,” Holt said. lung cancer,” said Hannon.
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For more info or to schedule an appointment, call (606) 833-2111.
Who Should Be Screened?
Lung Nurse Navigator Leigh
Ann Holt (left) with Women’s
Center Nurse Navigator
Margaret Ward
Know the Criteria
Low-dose CT lung screening is
recommended for the following groups of
people who are at high risk for lung cancer:
•Age 55-77
•No current signs or symptoms of lung cancer
•Current smoker or one who has quit within the last 15 years
•A prior smoking history of at least 30 pack years (one pack year equals one pack a day for one year. For example, 30 pack years would be reached in only 10 years for those who smoked three packs daily).
Other risk factors include having cancer
in the past, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis,
secondhand smoke exposure of at least 10
years or more, family history of lung cancer
and exposure to certain environmental
cancer causing substances including
chemicals, gases and inhaled dust particles.
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