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903.885.7671
Lights of Life
Gala breaks
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New doctor brings
specialized services
to the community
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Need surgery?
Let us help
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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
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Tanna Holland, LaToya
Johnson and Marlene Corona
are part of Memorial’s
second- and third-floor team.
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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
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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
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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].
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Group photo courtesy of Lisa Sprague Photography; other event photos courtesy of frontporchnewstexas.com
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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
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Good Design,
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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.”
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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.
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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
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Our Surgical
Services
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital
performs day surgery for:
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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
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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.”
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