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903.885.7671 Lights of Life Gala breaks fundraising record PAGE 2 New doctor brings specialized services to the community PAGE 4 Need surgery? Let us help PAGE 7 ● Spring 2012 Local Champions of Health Care Handled with Care Memorial’s second- and third-floor team ensures patients are comfortable and well cared for during their stay PAGE 3 Tanna Holland, LaToya Johnson and Marlene Corona are part of Memorial’s second- and third-floor team. FdBL051211_Hopkins3.indd 1 3/19/12 8:20 AM Shining Bright in Sulphur Springs This year’s event breaks fundraising records thanks to generous community donors THE 2012 LIGHTS OF LIFE GALA bested its $120,000 fundraising goal at the sold-out event held earlier this year. “Our community has been so gracious in supporting us,” says Jackie Thornton, director of the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation. “It blows me away every year.” Along with funds raised from ticket sales and sponsorships, the event raised more than $15,000 at its silent auction and $45,000 at its live auction. The Out of Africa-themed Gala featured trophy mounts from around the world, including zebras and warthogs, thanks to co-chairs Mickey and Barbara McKenzie and their big game collection. The event also included music by the Austin show band Rotel and the Hot Tomatoes and food catered by Eddie Dean. “The band was phenomenal. We probably had 200 people still there at midnight begging for more music,” Thornton says. “I attribute the event’s success to the Gala Committee, the generosity of the community, and Mickey and Barbara.” Support Community Health Care To donate or obtain more information on the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation, please call 903.438.4799. Thornton says a portion of the money raised will go toward purchasing therapeutic hypothermia equipment. When someone has a stroke, a heart attack or heat exhaustion, medical personnel can use this equipment to help lower body temperature and preserve brain function. And because the 2012 Lights of Life Gala was so successful, the Foundation was able to present an additional donation of $25,000 to Wound Care at Memorial to help remodel the waiting area and the patient rooms. The 2012 Lights of Life Gala was the most successful fundraising event to date, allowing the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation to give two gifts to Memorial. Local Contributors Honored The Lights of Life Campaign Committee recognized 12 local entities that represent the Hopkins County spirit of giving in the first annual community calendar. The 2012 honorees are: • Community Bible Study • Echo Publishing Co. and Sulphur Springs News-Telegram • Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce • Hopkins County Courthouse and Commissioners Court • • • • • • • • Hopkins County Historical Society Museum and Heritage Park Hopkins County Memorial Hospital and Volunteer Auxiliary 50th Anniversary Hopkins County Regional Civic Center Hopkins County United Way KSST Radio Station and Bill Bradford Northeast Texas Choral Society Southwest Dairy Museum Sulphur Springs Public Library Hopkins County Memorial Hospital, 115 Airport Road, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. Memorial Hospital Main Number: 903.885.7671. Memorial Hospital Physician Referral: 903.439.4062. Memorial Hospital Volunteer Opportunities: 903.439.4062. Educational Programs: 903.439.4149. Hopkins County Health Care Foundation: 903.438.4799. Visit hcmh.com or call 903.439.4062 for information about Hopkins County Memorial Hospital services, upcoming events, physician referrals, career opportunities and more. Chief Executive Officer: Michael McAndrew. Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer: Donna Geiken Wallace. Chief Nursing Officer: Terri Bunch. Marketing/Managed Care and Volunteer Coordinator: Sherry Moore. Memorial Hospital Mission: Provide an exceptional patient experience through quality patient-centered care and a work environment that attracts and retains the best staff, physicians and volunteers. Memorial Hospital Vision: To be the leader in Northeast Texas by offering high quality hospital and physician services that meet the health care needs of our region and that our patients will recommend to others. The material in Health@Memorial is not intended for diagnosing or prescribing. Consult your physician before under taking any form of medical treatment or adopting any exercise program or dietary guidelines. Hopkins County Memorial Hospital is affiliated with but not controlled by Baylor Health Care System or its subsidiaries or community medical centers. Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Health Care System’s subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers, Hopkins County Memorial Hospital or Baylor Health Care System. Photographs may include models or actors and may not represent actual patients. Health@Memorial is published four times a year by McMurry. © 2012 Baylor Health Care System. If you are receiving multiple copies, need to change your mailing address or do not wish to receive this publication, please send your mailing label(s) and the updated information to Robin Vogel, Baylor Health Care System, 2001 Bryan St., Suite 750, Dallas, TX 75201, or email [email protected]. 2 Health@Memorial • hcmh.com FdBL051211_Hopkins3.indd 2 Group photo courtesy of Lisa Sprague Photography; other event photos courtesy of frontporchnewstexas.com 3/26/12 1:24 PM From left: Marlene Corona, R.N.; LaToya Johnson, tech; and Tanna Holland, R.N. You’re in Good Hands Memorial Hospital’s second- and third-floor team makes patient stays more pleasant If you or a loved one needs to be admitted to Hopkins County Memorial Hospital, you can take comfort knowing that anyone who requires a hospital stay—whether adult or child, for a medical condition or following surgery—is comfortable and well cared for during his or her time on the second or third floors. The team will make sure of it. “We take care of people from days old to 100,” says Anitha Sanderson, director at Memorial Hospital. “Our post-op patients range from appendectomies to hysterectomies to orthopedic surgeries. We have a little bit of everything. “On the medical side, we have telemetry patients, patients who come in with chest pain or chronic heart failure, neurology patients and endocrinology patients. It’s really all-inclusive from A to Z,” she adds. A wing with pediatric monitors and equipment is dedicated to the littlest patients, and two negative pressure rooms are available for people with diseases such as meningitis or tuberculosis who need to be in isolation. Thanks to recent construction at the hospital, every room is private and boasts a flat-screen TV. “The rooms are modernized and aesthetically pleasing,” Sanderson says. Your Hometown Hospital For a list of the services Memorial Hospital provides, go to hcmh.com and click “Medical Services.” Cover photography and this page by Brandy Fisher FdBL051211_Hopkins3.indd 3 Good Design, Better Care At Hopkins County Memorial Hospital, gone are the days when nurses spent most of their time at the nursing station. Now, supplies, medication and documentation are conveniently stored in each room, allowing staff to spend more time at the patient’s bedside. “With computers in each room, I can organize my time better,” says Tanna Holland, R.N. “I can do all my charting at the bedside, and if I need to ask a question, the patient is right there next to me. And when I need to administer medications, they’re in the room ready to give.” Health@Memorial • hcmh.com 3 3/16/12 4:25 PM L On the t h g i R t c a r T vices r e s y g lo o r u s Doctor providreSprings community to the Sulphu .D. LOREN OST, M rsity School of rn Illinois Unive ti, Southe rsity of Cincinna EDUCATION: Medicine; Unive of r to oc D e, Medicin residency ip and urolog y surgical internsh rology erican SPECIALT Y: U ed with the Am N: Board-certifi IO AT IC IF T CER gy r problems. Board of Urolo live with bladde to ve ha t no find “People do ost people can available and m s ay tment.” w ea al tr is d p an el H evaluation er op pr ith w t improvemen 4 Health@Memorial • hcmh.com FdBL051211_Hopkins3.indd 4 3/16/12 4:25 PM L Loren Ost, M.D., is bringing his urologic expertise and a full range of treatments to Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. “What’s nice is that a small, rural hospital is convenient and easy to get to for families, and we can do nearly as much as can be done in big hospitals,” he says. Dr. Ost’s practice includes physician’s assistant Nicole Adamek, who is available five days a week. He points out that many women are more comfortable seeing a woman for their urologic issues. Also, Adamek can treat bladder infections and other urgent problems that crop up when Dr. Ost is in surgery. Dr. Ost and his team treat the Another following conditions. INCONTINENCE CANCER “We can take care of almost all urologic cancers,” Dr. Ost says. He works closely with local radiation oncologists so patients can easily coordinate their radiation and chemotherapy treatments. Cancers treated in his practice include: • Bladder cancer. Changes in urinary habits or blood in the urine could signal bladder cancer. It can be treated with surgery, chemotherapy or immunotherapy. • Kidney cancer. It most often strikes men ages 50 to 70. Surgery is the preferred treatment option. • Testicular cancer. When men perform self-exams regularly, this highly treatable Option cancer can be diagnosed early. for Incontinence • Prostate cancer. Men should talk to People with an overactive their doctors about the best time to begin bladder find that they feel a screening for prostate cancer. Screening strong urge to urinate, uriusually involves a blood test for prostatenate more than eight times specific antigen (PSA) and a digital rectal a day, and may leak urine exam. Men who have trouble urinating as soon as they sense that should be checked for prostate cancer. they need to urinate. Early detection and improved treatment If medications, physioptions mean men can survive prostate cal therapy and dietary cancer with fewer urinary and sexual side changes don’t help, the effects than in the past. InterStim procedure may • Penile cancer. Men who have lumps, be the answer. discharge, sores or bleeding should be This procedure involves checked for penile cancer, particularly if implanting a small device, they are uncircumcised. Treatment options similar to a pacemaker for for this rare cancer include surgery, radiathe heart. The device then tion and chemotherapy. stimulates the nerves that control the bladder, helpKIDNEY STONES ing the bladder to fill and Some kidney stones pass on their own. empty properly. Your docFor others, medication, other therapies tor can help determine if or surgery can help. you are a candidate. “We offer a full range of incontinence services for men and women,” Dr. Ost says. “The ads on TV are targeted at women, but men have these problems, too.” He points out that the first step in treating incontinence is discussing it with a doctor. Your primary care physician can refer you to a urologist if needed. While not every case of incontinence can be cured, most people see some improvement. Treatment options for incontinence include: • Medication. Many types are available. People may need to try different medications to fi nd the one that works best for them. • Physical therapy therapy. Most people will see improvement with an exercise program aimed at improving bladder control. • Botox for the bladder bladder. This treatment is especially helpful for those who have spinal cord injuries or multiple sclerosis, Dr. Ost says. • Bladder repairs. This surgical treatment helps women with dropped bladders. • Repair of male urethra strictures strictures. “The majority of urologists don’t try these repairs, but we can consider permanent repair for many strictures,” Dr. Ost says. • Revising other operations operations. “We can repair problems people are having from previous incontinence surgery,” Dr. Ost says. He has experience in helping people with problems that continue after surgery, and notes that both surgical and nonsurgical treatments can work. • InterStim. This new procedure can help in some cases of incontinence that haven’t responded to other treatments. (See sidebar to learn more.) NEUROGENIC BLADDER Dr. Ost specializes in bladder problems stemming from spinal cord injuries or other diseases. PROSTATE CONDITIONS Men with prostate enlargement can find relief with medication or surgery. Dr. Ost offers both the traditional transurethral resection (TUR) surgery and the green light laser procedure, which is often appropriate for smaller prostates and has fewer side effects than the TUR procedure. Schedule an Appointment To learn more about the urology treatments available at Memorial Hospital and to make an appointment, please call 903.439.6500. Health@Memorial • hcmh.com 5 FdBL051211_Hopkins3.indd 5 3/16/12 4:25 PM 33.5% More than a third of U.S. adults have high blood pressure. but not achieving the desired lower blood pressure levels. “In previous studies of this device in limited numbers of people, this simple procedure reduced patients’ blood pressure by an average of about 30 mmHg, a reduction that persisted throughout subsequent assessments,” says Sonia Prashar, M.S., CCRC, research coordinator at THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano. Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital also is participating in the study. Participants will be randomly assigned into Baylor study investigates alternative to blood pressure medication two groups: One group will have the renal denervation UNCONTROLLED HIGH BLOOD the sympathetic nervous system, procedure and the other group will not. PRESSURE can lead to serious health which may significantly lower blood (No one but the surgical team will know issues, including heart disease, kidney pressure, stop multiple antihypertensive who is in each group.) Patients will be disease and stroke. Baylor researchers medications, and have an effect on other given home blood pressure monitors and are studying a new approach that conditions affected by the sympathetic followed up with frequently. After six could help normalize blood pressure— nervous system.” months, participants who did not have without medication. Blood pressure is measured in the procedure may be given the option The Symplicity trial is testing a millimeters of mercury (mmHg). Less of having it done, if they still qualify. minimally invasive procedure known than 120/80 is considered healthy. To If the study confirms that renal as renal denervation. The experimental enroll in the Symplicity trial, patients denervation can result in a large, procedure uses heat that is generated must have a blood pressure level in which persistent decrease in blood pressure, it by radio frequency to disrupt nerve the top (systolic) number is above 160. could be excellent news for people who communication to and from the kidneys. They must also be taking the maximum have high blood pressure that isn’t being This can reduce overactivity in the dose of three to five different blood successfully controlled with medication. sympathetic nervous system, a frequent pressure medications simultaneously “Improving blood pressure has cause of chronic high blood pressure. a profound effect on longevity and “The sympathetic nervous system reducing the risk of stroke,” says James controls blood pressure and can W. Choi, M.D., primary investigator for Do You Have High cause hypertension initiated by life the Symplicity trial at Baylor Hamilton Blood Pressure? and stress,” says David L. Brown, Heart and Vascular Hospital. “CatheterM.D., principal investigator at THE based renal denervation is an exciting, To enroll in the Symplicity trial, HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano. investigational treatment for patients visit BaylorHealth.com/ AdvancingMedicine. “This investigational device is being with resistant hypertension who tested to determine if it will disrupt otherwise might not be able to be helped.” Easing the Pressure 6 Health@Memorial • hcmh.com FdBL051211_Hopkins3.indd 6 3/23/12 9:58 AM Our Surgical Services Hopkins County Memorial Hospital performs day surgery for: • • • • • • A CUT ABOVE • • Memorial Hospital offers a wide range of surgical services WHEN PEOPLE IN SULPHUR SPRINGS and the surrounding communities need surgery, they can turn to Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. “We do pretty much everything except heart and brain surgery,” says Tina Aten, secretary for the OR department. the surgery,” explains Donna Smith, a registered nurse in the day surgery department. With all these details addressed, you’ll be able to focus on resting and recuperating on the day of your operation. PRE-OP PREP POST-OP PROCESS If your doctor decides surgery is the Once your doctor completes your best treatment for your condition, procedure, you’ll be transferred to the you’ll come to the day post-anesthesia care surgery department unit, or PACU. (Some a few days before vascular patients will Need a Doctor? your procedure. The move to the intensive team there will take care unit.) For a referral to a physician on your medical history, Most patients are the medical staff at Memorial check your physical there for 20 minutes Hospital, call 903.439.4062 or visit hcmh.com. health, help you with to an hour, depending the necessary paperon the surgery. The work and make sure any required lab PACU team will check your vital signs, work, X-rays or EKGs are completed. address any issues, provide pain and “That way, if there are any probnausea medications, and monitor and lems, we can take care of them before evaluate you as you come out of the Tetra Images/Photoshot FdBL051211_Hopkins3.indd 7 • • • • • • • Adenoidectomy Bladder suspension Cataract surgery Colonoscopy Cystoscopy Diagnostic laparoscopy Dilation and curettage (D&C) Endoscopy Gallbladder removal Hernia repair Mediport placement Myringotomy (tubes in the ears) Outpatient antibiotic infusions, blood transfusions and injections Tonsillectomy Tubal ligation There are some additional surgical procedures that require a hospital stay of one or more nights. anesthesia, says Linda Goodwin, a registered nurse who works in the PACU. Then, depending on your procedure, you will either return to the day surgery unit or be admitted to the hospital. In either case, you’ll be in the hands of well-trained staff members focused on your care. “We have a great group of people working here,” Aten says. “The most important thing is to take care of the patients and get them home.” Health@Memorial • hcmh.com 7 3/16/12 4:25 PM Hopkins County Memorial Hospital 115 Airport Road Sulphur Springs, TX 75482 PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID BAYLOR HEALTH FdBL051211_Hopkins3.indd 8 3/16/12 4:25 PM