February, 2010 Medical Executive Committee 1. Extensive amendments to the Bylaws documents were approved by the Board of Trustees after the Bylaws and Medical Executive Committees worked for almost all of 2010 to comply with a Joint Commission standard that will be effective March, 2011. Details of the amendments will be sent by letter from the Chief of Staff. The Medical Staff Bylaws documents which includes policies and manuals may be accessed on the Hendrick website at http://www.ehendrick.org/medstaff/bylaws/index.ht m . Copies may be obtained by calling the Medical Staff Office at 670-2932. 2. The following order sets were approved: potassium Stephen T. Faehnle, M.D. Vice President Medical Staff THANK YOU MEDICAL STAFF MEMBERS!!!! As you may know, we recently had our triennial Joint Commission On-Site visit. It was a huge success! It was no surprise that the surveyors said our physicians were ‘definitely engaged’ in patient care, citing attention to detail with documentation, procedural practices and team work with staff as some of the best they had seen. Our only Medical Staff-related findings were for a surgeon’s use of the prohibited “Resume all medication” order and a documentation issue for “Immediate Reassessment of a Patient prior to a surgical or invasive procedure”. THANK YOU for your commitment to Quality Patient Care! Updated Contact Information Ta Van Nguyen, M.D. – effective immediately, Dr. Ta prefers to be contacted via his beeper, 675- 1132, rather than his cell phone. Change in Status and/or Privileges Ted Dyer, M.D. – effective 2/10/11, additional privileges for HBO and simple wound care. Samuel Maroney, D.O. – effective 03/01/11, changing from Active to Affiliate Staff. No Longer On Staff George Dawson, M.D., effective 03/01/11 Paul Harris, M.D., effective 03/01/11 Michael Montgomery, M.D. , effective 02/03/11 New Allied Health Professionals Amanda Hanslik, CRNA (Sponsor: Stephen Lowry, M.D.) Jennifer Hicks, NP (Sponsor: Abe Fakhoury, M.D.) replacement; Warfarin maintenance dose; and acute coronary syndrome. 3. The MEC is considering the addition of a new department for hospital-based specialties which means that certain specialties would be moved from either the Dept of Medicine or Surgery to the new Dept. Comments should be directed to Leigh Taliaferro, M.D., Chief of Staff or Gary Goodnight, D.O., Vice Chief of Staff. 4. New Section Chairs whose terms of office are 01/01/11 through 12/31/12 and they are as follows: Anesthesia – Stephen Lowry, M.D. Cardiology/CV Surgery – Gorman Thorp, M.D. Dentistry – Mark Sivley, D.D.S. Emergency Medicine – Robert Lawson, M.D. Family Practice – Dell McKnight, M.D. General Surgery – Kathryn Norton, M.D. Head, Neck & Plastic – Jeff Braaten, D.O. Internal Medicine – William Haynes, M.D. Musculoskeletal – Derek Padon, M.D. Neurology/Neurosurgery – Talmadge Trammell, M.D. Obstetrics & Gynecology – Ed Holt, D.O. Ophthalmology – Seong Lee, M.D. Pathology – Maureen Trotter, M.D. Pediatrics – Greg Tuegel, M.D. Radiology – Jon Anderson, M.D. Urology – Terry Johnson, M.D.
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February, 2010
Medical Executive Committee
1. Extensive amendments to the Bylaws documents were approved by the Board of Trustees after the Bylaws and Medical Executive Committees worked for almost all of 2010 to comply with a Joint Commission standard that will be effective March, 2011. Details of the amendments will be sent by letter from the Chief of Staff. The Medical Staff Bylaws documents which includes policies and manuals may be accessed on the Hendrick website at http://www.ehendrick.org/medstaff/bylaws/index.htm . Copies may be obtained by calling the Medical Staff Office at 670-2932.
2. The following order sets were approved: potassium
Stephen T. Faehnle, M.D.
Vice President Medical Staff
THANK YOU MEDICAL STAFF MEMBERS!!!!
As you may know, we recently had our triennial Joint
Commission On-Site visit. It was a huge success! It was no
surprise that the surveyors said our physicians were
‘definitely engaged’ in patient care, citing attention to
detail with documentation, procedural practices and team
work with staff as some of the best they had seen. Our
only Medical Staff-related findings were for a surgeon’s use
of the prohibited “Resume all medication” order and a
documentation issue for “Immediate Reassessment of a
Patient prior to a surgical or invasive procedure”.
THANK YOU for your commitment to Quality Patient Care!
Updated Contact Information
Ta Van Nguyen, M.D. – effective immediately, Dr.
Ta prefers to be contacted via his beeper, 675-
1132, rather than his cell phone.
Change in Status and/or Privileges
Ted Dyer, M.D. – effective 2/10/11, additional
privileges for HBO and simple wound care.
Samuel Maroney, D.O. – effective 03/01/11,
changing from Active to Affiliate Staff.
No Longer On Staff
George Dawson, M.D., effective 03/01/11
Paul Harris, M.D., effective 03/01/11
Michael Montgomery, M.D., effective 02/03/11
New Allied Health Professionals
Amanda Hanslik, CRNA (Sponsor: Stephen Lowry,
M.D.)
Jennifer Hicks, NP (Sponsor: Abe Fakhoury, M.D.)
2. The following order sets were approved: potassium replacement; Warfarin maintenance dose; and acute coronary syndrome.
3. The MEC is considering the addition of a new department for hospital-based specialties which means that certain specialties would be moved from either the Dept of Medicine or Surgery to the new Dept. Comments should be directed to Leigh Taliaferro, M.D., Chief of Staff or Gary Goodnight, D.O., Vice Chief of Staff.
4. New Section Chairs whose terms of office are 01/01/11 through 12/31/12 and they are as follows:Anesthesia – Stephen Lowry, M.D.Cardiology/CV Surgery – Gorman Thorp, M.D.Dentistry – Mark Sivley, D.D.S.Emergency Medicine – Robert Lawson, M.D.Family Practice – Dell McKnight, M.D.General Surgery – Kathryn Norton, M.D.Head, Neck & Plastic – Jeff Braaten, D.O.Internal Medicine – William Haynes, M.D.Musculoskeletal – Derek Padon, M.D.Neurology/Neurosurgery – Talmadge Trammell, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology – Ed Holt, D.O.Ophthalmology – Seong Lee, M.D.Pathology – Maureen Trotter, M.D.Pediatrics – Greg Tuegel, M.D.Radiology – Jon Anderson, M.D.Urology – Terry Johnson, M.D.
February, 2010First Families
The First Families office has moved to its new
location on the first floor at the Main Entrance to the
hospital. It is located next to the new Gift Shop and
before the Main Elevators.
The epidural video is still being shown Monday thru
Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
Any questions regarding Hendrick Medical Center's
First Families program, please call
Sabra Moncada at (325) 670-7081 or by email at
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Congratulations . . . .
To the January Accreditation-Performance Improvement (API) Physician/AHP Pro:
Dr. Jeffrey Cochran, M.D., Emergency Medicine
Previous Winners:December:Dr. Stephen Lowry, M.D., AnesthesiologyNovember:Dr. Binkley, D.O., Hospitalist
These Physicians have gone above and beyond to help improve Core Measures, Infection Control, and Joint Commission initiatives.
EMR presentations will be held at Section meetings
Each Medical Staff member should verify that the users defined in their HIN
contracts are still valid. To verify who is associated with a specific Medical Staff
member’s HIN account, click on the “authorized users” icon when logging
onto HIN to review and verify employees. Please click the “remove access”
button if the person is no longer employed so they can be removed from the
physician’s account.
Beginning in the evening of February 16, some tile removal and new tile installation will take place in the
Parker Wing elevator lobbies. At various times, for patient and visitor safety, one or possibly two elevators
may be out of service.
EMR presentations will be held at Section meetings
during the next six months. Timelines for implementation
as well as schedules for training sessions will be
discussed
February, 2010
December, 2010 = lowest monthly urine NIM rate ever!
With help from physicians and nursing we have made excellent
strides in preventing UTI.
The HRL Soft systems will be down Sunday, February 20, 2011 starting at 9:00AM for six to eight hours
to upgrade the database. Employees will be using downtime procedures for Lab orders and results.
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