OMCNews The Right Care, Right Here www.ozarksmedicalcenter.com IN THIS ISSUE Ladies First Join OMC for this fun, free, fabulous event June 30 at the West Plains Civic Center Page 4 Mobile learning center makes stop at OMC Page 5 Teen recovers after car accident with help from speech therapy Page 6 OMC scholarship deadline is July 1 Page 2 OMC names physician, leaders, volunteer, nurses of the year Page 3 July 2011 Pictured in the photo, from left, OMC Chief Financial Officer Mike Gross, OMC Foundation Board Chairman Dusty Shaw, OMC President and CEO David Zechman, Excellence in Governance Award Recipient Greg Beykirch, Courtney Beykirch, and OMC Board of Directors Members Ken Joplin, Judy Ingalsbe and Kevin Gleghorn. Excellence in Governance Beykirch honored by Missouri Hospital Association The Missouri Hospital Association has presented a 2011 Excellence in Governance award to Greg Beykirch, board chair of Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Mo., in recognition of his contributions to the health care community. Beykirch was one of seven board members statewide honored during a June 9 presentation at MHA s annual Leadership Forum in Lake Ozark, Mo. Greg knows that when Ozarks Medical Center thrives, so does the community, said David M. Zechman, FACHE, president and CEO of Ozarks Medical Center. Under his leadership, Ozarks Medical Center has expanded service lines, opened medical specialty clinics and extended its rural medical clinic system to additional outlying areas. He understands that the hospital is the only medical center of its kind in a 90-mile area and that its success is essential to providing life-saving care close to home. Beykirch has served on the Ozarks Medical Center board for 14 years. As board chair, he has taken an especially active role in the hospital s governance by participating in the strategic planning and budgeting process. Beykirch has served on the board s Strategic Planning and Marketing Committee, Long-Range Master Facilities Plan Committee, Finance Committee, and Quality and Safety Committee. Continued to page 2
Ozarks Medical Center 2 Scholarship deadline is July 1 Ozarks Medical Center will award 10 scholarships this year to students who plan to go into the health care profession. The deadline to apply is July 1 and scholarship applications are now available on the OMC website and from the OMC Human Resources Department. Eat Right Tips from the OMC Nutrition Department Keep food borne illness off the menu This summer and beyond, remain king of the barbecue coals by following simple tips to prevent food borne illness: Soap up the barbecue. Be sure to scrub the grill, outdoor utensils, coolers and other containers with hot soapy water. Remember the kitchen sink. Devise a plan ahead of time so you are able to wash your hands before, during and after handling foods outside. Prevent a dishtowel disaster. Using the same dishtowel over and over to wipe your hands and clean up spills at the grill can spread harmful bacteria. Stick to paper towels or wipes to clean up spills and save the dishtowels for drying clean dishes and hands. Separate treats for backyard feasts. Cross-contamination tops the list of food safety concerns during the outdoor grilling season. The same rule of separation also applies when marinating meats. Always use a separate or just-washed brush to marinate raw and cooked meats, and remember to boil any leftover marinade before using it to season cooked meats. The summer tool of choice: a food thermometer. Relying on color alone or waiting for the juices to run clear to ensure the doneness of meat is a common barbecue blunder. Favorites like steak should be cooked to at least 145 F and hamburgers should be cooked to at least 160 F, while chicken should be cooked to at least 165 F. Keep it cool. Stock coolers with plenty of ice and/or ice packs to keep foods at temperatures below 40 F. Transport foods in the air-conditioned back seat of your car instead of the hot trunk. Try to keep foods in the shade and out to of direct sunlight. Remember the two- or one-hour rule. As temperatures go up, the amount of time perishable foods can remain out of refrigeration goes down. While foods typically follow the two-hour rule, in hot weather (90 F or above) this time is cut in half to one hour. Scholarship recipients will be awarded $2,500 per semester. Scholarships are renewable for up to two years with total funding of up to $10,000. Five of the scholarships will be awarded to nursing students at Missouri State University West Plains. The remaining five will be awarded to students pursing allied health professions or other nursing programs. The OMC scholarship program combines college scholarship funding with employment opportunities at OMC. One-year of full-time employment is required for each year the scholarship is awarded. OMC is pleased to offer these scholarship opportunities to students who wish to expand their education," said Tammy Boak, OMC Recruitment Specialist. "The scholarships eliminate financial barriers for deserving students and benefit the hospital by educating new caregivers who will provide compassionate, quality care to our patients. For more information, visit www.ozarksmedicalcenter.com and click on the career opportunities and scholarships link, or contact the OMC Human Resources Office, located at 1103 Kentucky Avenue, at 417-257-6743. Beykirch - Continued from page 1 Beykirch also is active in numerous civic activities. He has served on the board of the West Plains Boy Scouts, West Plains Chamber of Commerce, West Plains Economic Development Corporation, West Plains Planning and Zoning Commission and Rotary Club. He is a past board chair of the Missouri Beer Wholesalers Association and the Sedalia Boys and Girls Club. Since 1985, MHA s Excellence in Governance award has been given annually to hospital board members for their dedication to exceptional health care. Award recipients are chosen by MHA s district council presidents. Other award recipients include Fred Utlaut, board president of Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall, Mo.; Terry Myers, board chair of North Kansas City Hospital; John E. Parrish, board member of Lake Regional Medical Center in Osage Beach, Mo.; Harry Cleberg, board member of Saint Luke s Northland Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.; Ray A. Rohr, board member of Shriners Hospitals for Children - St. Louis; and Wendell Lenhart, board member of Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, Mo. The Missouri Hospital Association is a not-for-profit association in Jefferson City that represents 151 Missouri hospitals. In addition to representation and advocacy on behalf of its members, the association offers continuing education programs on current health topics and seeks to educate the public, as well as legislative representatives, about health care issues.
Ozarks Medical Center 3 Nurses of the Year Ozarks Medical Center recently presented Nurse of the Year Awards to four outstanding nurses who demonstrate superior service and teamwork in recognition of National Nurses Week OMC names leaders, physician, volunteer of the year From left: Nurse Manager Bonnie Sanders; Cathy McKee, RN; Nurse of the Year Vicki Proffitt, RN; Director of Surgical Services Mary Peterson; Chief Nursing Officer Marcia Robson. From left: Nurse Manager Bonnie Sanders; Nurse of the Year Cindy Wilson, LPN; Cathy McKee, RN; and Chief Nursing Officer Marcia Robson. From left, Director of Clinics Dianna Sigert, Chief Nursing Officer Marcia Robson, Nurse of the Year Jennifer Girdley, RN; Office Assistant Kimberly Wade; Nurse of the Year Jennifer Spomer-Houts, LPN; Clinic Supervisor Candie Harelson, and Nurse Manager Bonnie Sanders. Dennise Lawson and Steve Bassett Dr. Charles Morgan Marguerite Svenson with OMC President and CEO David Zechman Ozarks Medical Center recently named its top performers of the year at an annual awards ceremony held in May. Award recipients were nominated by OMC employees and selected by a peer committee. Named as co-leaders of the year for their work in the opening of OMC s new Emergency Department in July 2010 were Director of Emergency Services Dennise Lawson and Manager of Emergency Services Steve Bassett. Dr. Charles Morgan, oncologist and Medical Director of the OMC Cancer Treatment Center was named Physician of the Year. His nomination came from the daughter of a patient, whom Dr. Morgan has been caring for the past several years. Marguerite Svenson was named volunteer of the year for going above and beyond in helping to grow the volunteer program at OMC by recruiting and training volunteers to fill new volunteer positions.
Ozarks Medical Center 4 Join OMC for fabulous Ladies First June 30 at the West Plains Civic Center Leave your worries behind and join your friends for a fun, fabulous evening Las Vegas style at the third annual Ladies First on June 30. Ladies First will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at the West Plains Civic Center. Admission is free to the event, which is hosted by Ozarks Medical Center. We invite women to grab their gal pals and join us for a fabulous ladies night out, said Pam Ream, Director of OMC Rehabilitation Services and one of the organizers of Ladies First. There will be plenty of fun with a fashion show, a grand prize trip to Las Vegas, as well as helpful health information on nutrition and fitness. Ladies First provides women with information and tools to empower them to take steps to improve their physical and mental health. The event includes health care information, a fashion show, exercise demonstrations, booths from area businesses and health care presentations on topics such as nutrition, stress relief, women s health and body image. Women are always focusing all of their energy on others - their children, husbands, parents and friends, Ream said. Ladies First is a time for women to focus on their own needs and empower them to take care of their own health, all in a relaxing, fun atmosphere. OMC Education Manager Richard Ingalls said the event will also include information and resources that women can use to help others. In many cases, women are the ones who are making the health care decisions for their entire family, he said. We want to make sure they are equipped with all the information they need to make these important decisions. In order to be eligible to win the grand prize trip to Las Vegas and other fabulous gifts, women must attend brief educational sessions at the event. Winners will be announced at the end of the evening. It is important that women arrive at 5 p.m. so that they have plenty of time to attend the short health sessions and tour all of the amazing booths, Ream said. For more information about booths or to pre-register for the event, visit www.ozarksmedicalcenter.com/ladiesfirst.asp or call 417-257- 6735.
Ozarks Medical Center 5 A 45-foot, 18-wheel rock star-style bus pulled into West Plains on June 7, giving more than 75 individuals who toured the traveling education facility an up close look at new advancements in orthopaedic joint replacements. The Zimmer Mobile Learning Center travels the United States offering free educational sessions. The hands on learning experience gave participants the chance to see and feel the medical equipment used in the surgeries and learn more about how the joint replacements work on bone models and displays. The educational event was hosted by Ozarks Medical Center (OMC) and included tours of the bus and a dinner seminar with presentation by OMC orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Jay Jones. The bus also made stops at the West Plains Senior Center and the Cabool Senior Center. ORTHOPAEDICS Mobile learning center makes stop at OMC Pictured is OMC Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Jay Jones with the Zimmer Mobile Learning Center. Dr. Jones said the mobile learning center was a great opportunity for patients to learn Learning more can help prepare patients Surgeons, the number of joint replacements more about how joint replacements work, and their families and ease their anxiety is skyrocketing. Currently, more than what they look like and what they are made about the procedure and the recovery 475,000 U.S. residents undergo knee of. process, he said. We appreciate the replacements annually, with the number opportunity that the Zimmer company expected to reach 3.4 million per year by provided for interested individuals to tour the bus. 2030. In addition, the academy estimates that the number of annual hip replacements, currently 234,000, is expected to double by The learning center features 2030. products, instruments, acrylic models and equipment for hips, knees, trauma, extremities, spine and orthopaedic surgical products along with several plasma screen televisions for educational videos. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic People are healthier and living longer, more active lives. However, aching joints can cause some to suffer with pain, Dr. Jones said. Joint replacement surgeries are positively impacting patients quality of life. Progress in medicine and implants are enabling seniors to lead more active, mobile lifestyles well into their retirement years. Dr. Jones and surgeon Dr. David Denenny perform orthopaedic procedures, including joint replacements, at OMC. In addition to the two orthopaedic surgeons the medical staff at the OMC Orthopaedic Clinic, located at 1609 Porter Wagoner Boulevard in West Plains, includes Dr. Jeremy Reed, a sports medicine physician.
Ozarks Medical Center 6 Road to Recovery Teen recovers after car accident with help from speech therapy Dylan McKinney, 19, recently visited the speech language pathology team at Ozarks Medical Center Rehabilitation Services to share how speech therapy changed his life following a devastating car accident and to personally thank his speech ladies who put him on the road to recovery. His visit was part of the organization s recognition of National Hearing and Speech Month in May. Dylan s story is truly remarkable, said Pam Ream, Director of OMC Rehabilitation Services. He is a testament to all the ways speech language services can help someone following a traumatic brain injury. His story should give a great deal of hope to other patients who are recovering from brain injuries due to car, fourwheeler and other accidents. On Dec. 19, 2008, then 16-year-old Dylan was on his way home from Houston High School, ready to begin his Christmas break, when he believes he spotted a deer and crossed the center line. He overcorrected and lost control of the vehicle, which rolled three times. Dylan was tossed from the car. Dylan McKinney with the speech language pathologists, from left, Sharon Sowder, Carolyn Valade and Sarah James. A friend, who was with him in the car, performed CPR on Dylan said. He was always saying Mom, shut that thing. before a medical team arrived and he was taken to a Springfield Sharon said the recovery was a constant learning process. The speech hospital. Dylan spent two weeks in a medically induced coma here language pathologists would give Dylan strategies to work on things at on earth, but says he distinctly recalls spending those two weeks in home. And work he did. heaven, where his faith was forever strengthened. Dylan has such a great attitude towards his treatment, said Carolyn I was fine, I knew I was only going to be gone for two weeks but I Valade, a speech pathologist, who has also worked with Dylan. He was worried about my mom and I told the Lord I needed to check in works so hard and is so motivated. with her, he said. He showed me the hospital where she was and her being told I would never walk, never talk. I knew I was going to Dylan said his motto towards his recovery has been adapt and be ok though. overcome. It s all been challenging but I ve got to do it to make me better, so I just Dylan had a fractured skull and ribs, fractured pelvis and hip, perforated liver and was diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI). suck it up and do it, he said. Once he woke, his recovery was a long and painful process. He spent His hard work paid off and in the fall of 2009, Dylan returned to a month in the hospital and 17 days in a rehabilitation facility before Houston High School for his senior year. He is now a student at the being released. The family, who lives in Houston, was worried about Drury College Cabool campus, where he is working on a degree in where they would receive the rehabilitation services in their area for biology. Dylan. Then, they learned rehabilitation services were available just down the road at OMC s Mountain Grove Medical Complex. Dylan still receives benefits from speech language services. Earlier this year, Dylan, who suffers from hearing damage, went back to speech In March 2009, Dylan began rehabilitation with Speech Language language therapy for auditory processing issues. He has since begun Pathologist Sharon Sowder. In the beginning, Dylan worked on work with the Listening Program, which works to improve brain issues such as recall and memory. He had trouble recognizing people function, reduce stress, and train the brain in the auditory skills needed to and suffered from speech apraxia, a speech disorder in which a effectively listen, learn and communicate. His mother said she has been person has trouble saying what he wants to say correctly and amazed at all the different areas where speech language services have consistently. helped Dylan including memory, sensory and word recall. For example, he knew all about what a door was and what it did, but he didn t know what it was called, his mother Sharon McKinney I had no idea what all speech covered when it comes to helping people with brain injury, she said. OMCNews is produced monthly by the OMC Public Relations Department. For more information, call 417-257-6737.