Sweetwater Hospital Receives $1.6 Million for Meeting New

April—September 2012
Publication of Sweetwater Hospital Association
Sweetwater Hospital Receives $1.6 Million for
Meeting New Healthcare Guidelines
After a year and a half of
navigating the new healthcare
law of “meaningful use”, Sweetwater Hospital has successfully
completed its attestation of
meeting the requirements of the
first stage of the new federal
mandates. Attesting to the first
stage is a huge milestone meeting the new federal guidelines.
The Federal Government has
incentivized hospitals and physicians to move from a paper
derived medical record to a complete electronic medical record.
SHA has been working towards
this since September 2010. In
realizing this first stage, the
Federal Government has
awarded SHA with $1.6
million dollars.
To meet these new requirements, SHA physicians,
leadership and staff all had
to put forth a major effort in
moving to the electronic
format. The physicians at
SHA moved to computerized
physician order entry,
which required training and
adapting to new processes.
The system took several
months to set up and re-
quired the entire organizations’ efforts in order to
implement the system. In
addition, SHA purchased a
new emergency department information system,
which also required efforts
from the whole organization. The processes within
the organization as whole,
have moved in a significant way towards having a
total electronic record.
SHA is now continuing to
work towards completing
stage two of the guidelines.
where success
comes before work is
the dictionary”
Vidal Sassoon
Inside this issue:
Celebrating Physicians
2
What is Vertigo
3
Tellico Relief Efforts
4
With the installation of the new 160 slice CT scanner, Sweetwater
Hospital continues to provide the most advanced technologies in the
Southeast. The new scanner reduces scan times by up to 60 percent,
while producing higher quality images with a reduction of radiation
exposure up to 75 percent (compared to older 64 slice scanners).
Award Winners 2012
5
NEAT Exercises
5
This means more accurate readings from the Radiologists, which allow physicians more definitive information for your care. The new
scanner can accommodate larger patients, up to 660 pounds, with the
industries widest table and largest opening.
Physicians come together
for Boys and Girls Club
6
SHA in the Community
7
SHA Is Most Advanced in the South East
with New CT Technology
Pictured L to R: Bob Wilkins, RT, Director; Lynda
Rogers, MD, Radiologist
and Bernadette King, MD
“The only place
Sweetwater Hospital Association continues to acquire advanced technology to meet the healthcare needs of the patients in our community.
For scheduling please call 865-213-8546
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Celebrating Physicians and Their Contributions
Sweetwater Hospital celebrated Doctor’s day on
March 30, 2012. This day is a nationally appointed day to recognize the contributions and
sacrifices that physicians provide for our communities across the nation.
The physicians at SHA are a key component
of the success and longevity of the organization.
Nevertheless, the physicians at Sweetwater
Hospital are not only a part of the organization,
but also a part of the community. Many of them
have been our neighbors, friends and/or physicians for a number of years, which goes without
saying that they are committed to our community and the patients they serve. We at Sweetwater Hospital, want to say “thank you” for your
service and commitment to the patients and
community.
Everybody is a
genius.
But if you judge a
fish by its ability to
climb a tree, it will
live its whole life believing that it is
stupid.
SHA’s
Mission
The mission of
SHA is to provide excellent
care with compassion and
commitment..
Albert Einstein
Congratulations to SHA’s Newest Physical Therapist
Sweetwater Hospital Association would like to welcome its newest physical therapist, Michelle
McCloud Walker. Michelle recently graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
where she obtained her Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree. At her May 2012 physical therapy banquet Michelle was honored with an academic excellence award and a research excellence award for her
work at the university. She was also named the outstanding student of her 2012 physical therapy class.
Throughout her time as a student, Michelle completed a 7 week clinical rotation in outpatient orthopedics, spent 7 weeks in outpatient pediatrics, and 21 weeks here at Sweetwater Hospital doing outpatient, inpatient, and home health physical therapy. Prior to physical therapy school, Michelle attended
the University of Tennessee at Knoxville where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology
with a minor in adolescent health. During her time at UTK she participated in the student athletic
training program where she worked with the Lady Volunteer basketball and softball teams. As a student athletic trainer,
she was privileged to work with the great Coach Pat Summit and highly recognized athletic trainer Jenny Moshak. Michelle is a native of Lenoir City and recently married her husband Todd Walker on June 2, 2012.
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What is Vertigo?
Have you or someone you know ever
complained of feeling like you are spinning when you are perfectly still? Have
you felt like the room is spinning around
you? If you answered yes, you have
likely experienced true vertigo. Vertigo
can be debilitating. Persons affected by
this ailment often avoid activities that
increase their symptoms and as a result
change their lifestyle.
A diagnosis of vertigo is sometimes
mistakenly given to patients who have
nonspecific lightheadedness or dizziness.
Vertigo is the feeling that you or your
environment is moving or spinning.
Nausea or vomiting, sweating and/or
abnormal eye movements can accompany
the spinning sensation and can be caused
by a number of factors. Some of the
causes of vertigo can be treated with
medication or physical therapy.
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
(BPPV) is the most common type of vertigo
and is characterized by a spinning sensation associated with sudden movements of
the head and neck. Patient's with BPPV
commonly complain of vertigo when turning over in bed at night, when looking up to
reach for objects in a high cabinet, or when
turning the neck suddenly as when driving. BPPV is caused by a problem in one or
more of the inner ear canals and can often
be treated by a physical therapist. A
physical therapist trained in the treatment
of BPPV can perform a manual technique
to correct the inner ear problem to alleviate
the signs and symptoms of vertigo.
Vertigo can have other causes such as
inflammation or infection in the inner ear,
migraine headaches, or head trauma that
can be addressed by your physician and
often treated with medication. Sometimes
less common but serious causes of vertigo
can be discovered through an evaluation by
a physician and, therefore, any signs and
symptoms of vertigo warrant investigation.
See your physician before trying any medication or treatment methods to alleviate
your vertigo.
Sweetwater Hospital Association is
proud to provide physical therapy services
to treat some common causes of vertigo.
Leslie Lindsey, PT has been with SHA
since 1998 and has received training in the
manual resolution of BPPV. She has excellent success with these treatment methods
and her patients often thank her for helping them return to their hobbies, job duties
and regaining their independence. Speak
with your physician if you feel you or a
loved one would benefit from these services
provided by SHA.
Leslie Lindsey, PT Sweetwater Hospital’s Living Tree Continues to Grow
DawnCarpenter,HIM
DavidWiggs,Laboratory
ScottBowman,Administrator
In 2012, SHA had five employees retire:
30years
Pauline Shell , 44 years of service
Margaret Watson, 16 years of service
(not pictured)
Joanne Kyte, 11 years of service
Marie Ingram, 37 years of service
In addition, several employees
reached mile stones in their years of
service.
45years
WandaLovingood,RNNursing
40years
FloraMcGuire,RNNursing
35years
Linda Watkins , 7 years of service
NancySaint,HIM
PatLantzy,LPN,Nursing
BrendaMoore,HomeHealth
BobbieArp,RRT,IndustrialMedicine
ElizabethStone,EnvironmentalServices
GlendaWilkins,RespiratoryCare
FreidaMcJunkin,RNNursing
RayVillanueva,MDMedicalStaff
20years
JenniferCoffelt,RN,Nursing
StaceyMaxwell,RN,Nursing
NellieBest,RN,Nursing
KatiePatton,RN,Nursing
MichelleFox,RN,Nursing
ReginaWilliams,RT,Radiology
WandaSelf,RN,Nursing
JohnnySmith,RRT,RespiratoryCare
AndrewW.Lynn,DPM,MedicalStaff
“Diligence is a learnable skill that
combines: creative persistence,
smart working effort rightly
planned and rightly performed in a
timely, efficient, and effective manner to attain a result that is pure
and of the highest quality of excellence” . Stephen K. Scott
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SHA “Chips” in for Tellico Tornado Relief
Sweetwater
Hospital Association and employees donated time and
money to the
Tellico Tornado
relief effort.
SHA donated
300 t-shirts to
Sherry and Scott Bowman
Andrea Henry, Susan Atkins, Scotty
Mayfield, Deana Duggan, Diana Keys,
Freida McJunkin
be sold, where all proceeds would
benefit tornado victims. Employees also came together and made
homemade salsa, which was sold
at the Tellico relief event.
Sweetwater Hospital raised
over $1,800 for the relief victims.
Bobbie Roberts, Michelle Wiggs,
Ann Thompson
Millie Knight, Deana Duggan, Susan Atkins
and Bobbie Arp
Jennifer Smith
Wendy Blair, Cindy
Tallent, and Jeremy Ellis
SHA Celebrates
National
Hospital Week
Freida McJunkin and
her granddaughter
Cindy Tallent and Paige
Casteele
Betty Rogers and Trish
Harrill
Paint the Town Purple
Many have
asked, “What
do the purple
ribbons represent?” The
purple bows
displayed
around the
community represent the continued fight
against cancer. Relay for life started the
campaign this year bringing awareness that
the fight continues. Sweetwater Hospital
joined in the awareness campaign by decorating the hospital campus in purple bows.
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Stellar Performances of 2012
John Holloway
Environmental
Services
Employee of the
Year
2012
Thomas Evans,
MD
Internal Medicine
Doctor of the
Year
2012
Tracey Beverley,
MD
Family Medicine
Doctor of the
Year
2012
Lynette Johnson
Volunteer Services
Volunteer of the
Year
Jeremy Ellis
Nursing
Award of
Excellence
2012
2012
Congratulations for a job well done!
“NEAT” Exercises that Can Change Your Life
With today's busy
lifestyles, often sedentary job sites, and
processed foods, it
can be very hard to
achieve or sustain a
healthy weight and
healthy lifestyle. Keep in mind that
muscle is much more metabolically
active than fat, so a necessary part of
the equation as we age is building
more muscle to increase metabolism.
Go for a brisk 20 minute walk instead
Travis Stork, M.D., star of the daytime television show The Doctors
writes in his well-received book, The
Lean Belly Prescription, that a series
of small changes in our everyday behaviors, in conjunction with a healthy
diet, can lead to great health benefits,
and even weight loss. Dr. Stork refers
to these activities as NEAT, or NonExercise Activity Thermogenesis, "a
series of small tweaks to your daily
life that allows you to ratchet up your
calorie burn without engaging in formal exercise."
Spend 15 minutes washing dishes by
Some easy examples of NEAT that
add up to big changes:
hand instead of heading straight to the
couch after dinner and burn an extra 27
calories.
ways we can improve our overall
health by simply moving more. Think
about NEAT throughout your day
and, if you can, take the steps instead
of the elevator, stand up more at work
if possible, look for the farthest parking spot at the grocery store instead of
the closest, work on those little home
projects you've been procrastinating
about, volunteer in your community,
and think of little fun adventures you
can plan on the weekends with your
loved ones. The key is to gradually
add small changes to your day to
move away from a more sedentary
lifestyle toward a leaner and healthier
body.
Take 10 minutes to straighten up one
See you in the stairwell!
of sitting for your entire lunch break
and burn an extra 49 calories.
Stand up during three 10 minute phone
calls instead of sitting and burn 33 extra
calories.
Play vigorously with your kids or pets
for 15 minutes instead of watching TV
before dinner and torch an extra 82 calories.
room instead of going right to bed at
night and burn an extra 21 calories.
Net calorie burn from just a few easy
changes in your daily activities in this
case adds up to 212 extra calories burned
and an all-day metabolism boost of 10
percent! This may sound a little more
appealing than the treadmill.
These are just a few examples of the
Paige Casteel, PTA
SHA Physical Therapy
What Patients are saying…
“My Stay was great! Michelle and
Diane were amazing and so helpful.
They made my experience the best
possible! Thank You”. Kelly M.
5/10/2012
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Physicians Come Together to Benefit Monroe Boys and Girls Club
By special invitation,
The prestigious
wine connoisseurs
event was hosted
from Monroe and
by Dr. Chris Bowsurrounding counties
man and Dr. Ken
recently attended an
Kozawa, both of
elite wine pairing
Sweetwater, and
dinner and benefit at
Dr. Peter Stimpthe beautiful Springson of Loudon, to
brook Golf & Counbenefit the Boys &
try Club in Niota on
Girls Club of the
Saturday, April 21.
Monroe Area.
Guests sampled nuDrs. Stimpson and
merous varieties of a Pictured above from left to right are Dr. Peter
Kozawa are genselection of Europe’s Stimpson of Loudon, and Dr. Chris Bowman erous supporters of
and Dr. Ken Kozawa of Sweetwater.
finest imported
the Boys & Girls
wines, all of which were from the priClub, as is Dr. Bowman who also serves
vate collection of Dr. Peter Stimpson.
on its Board of Directors. One hundred
They were also treated to an exquisite percent of all monies received from the
dinner including a fresh spring mix
sale of tickets to this classic event was
salad, prime rib, roasted asparagus,
donated directly to the Boys & Girls
and an elegant dessert.
Club.
Monroe County
Chamber of
Commerce Banquet
Dr. Stimpson impressed the evening’s
guests with an informative presentation
about each wine. Following dinner, entertainment was provided by the nationally
acclaimed singer, songwriter and guitarist, Scott Miller.
Sweetwater Hospital supported the
Monroe County Chamber of Commerce during the Chamber’s annual banquet. SHA provided a
decorated a table along with a silent auction item, which brought
approximately $200
during the auction.
The organization was
represented by several key staff members, including CEO,
Scott Bowman.
Left to Right: Patti Montooth, Susan Atkins, Bobbie
Arp, Ronnie Arp, and Scott Bowman
Celebrating Nurses Day
Sweetwater Hospital’s
nursing staff celebrated
nurses day on June 24th
and 26th. All patient care-givers
were acknowledged, including: Registered nurses, Licensed Practical
nurses, patient technicians, nurses
aids, orderlies and unit secretaries.
SHA supported the celebration with
a free breakfast and gifts, which
included a bag and coffee mug.
Sweetwater Hospital
Delivers!
“The staff was excellent with my child and
me”. Lindsey M. 6/1/12
“My stay here has been great. Everyone was
very nice and didn't have a problem helping
me and answering any of my questions. Thank
you for helping bring my baby girl into this
world”. Anonymous 5/24/2012
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Sweetwater Hospital in the Community
Shannon Anthony attended the
Monroe County United Way Meeting on March 7, 2012.
Scott Bowman and Shannon Anthony attended an education promotion meeting at Sequoyah High
School on March 21, 2012.
SHA donated door prizes for the
Dancing with the Stars program, a
Sweetwater Kiwanis Club Project,
on March 23-25, 2012.
SHA donated door prizes for the
Sweetwater City Coordinated
School Health “Girl Talk’
program on March 27,
2012.
on May24, 2012.
Regina Williams attended
the MIS Career
Day on May 1,
2012.
Melissa Harris
spoke at Brown
Intermediate School Career Day on May
4, 2012.
Regina Williams, RT
SHA provided sponsorship for the 2nd
annual Zumbathon to benefit the Monroe County United Way on May 5, 2012.
SHA donated door prizes
for the Family Fun Night
at Madisonville Intermediate School on March 29,
Cory Sutton, PTA and
2012.
Michelle Walker DPT
for the Annual National Muscadine
Festival.
Bobbie Arp attends monthly SMPOA
meetings.
Patti Thompson attended a preceptor orientation and training session at
South College School of Pharmacy on
May 24, 2012.
SHA purchased 36 purple bows to
support the Monroe County Relay for
Life.
Cory Sutton and Michelle Walker attended the Sweetwater
Junior High Career Day
on May 9, 2012.
Deana Duggan attended the Vonore Middle School Career Day
on May 10, 2012.
Regina Williams, radiology,
was the Suvivor speaker at
the annual Relay for Life.
Andrea Henry spoke at
McMinn County High School Career
SHA supported the 2012 Chamber of
Day on April 20, 2012.
Commerce Guide Book.
Bobbie Arp filled backpacks with
food for Sweetwater City Schools, a Bobbie Arp attends weekly Kiwanis
Club meetings.
Kiwanis project, on April 24, 2012.
SHA hosted Regional Leadership
Group to our facility on April 25,
2012.
Bobbie Arp attended monthly Monroe
County Chamber of Commerce board
meetings.
Patti Thompson and Shelly
Miller attended the Tennessee
Technology Center’s Pharmacy
Technician Avisory Board meeting
SHA donated $500.00 to the City of
Sweetwater for the July 4th celebration.
SHA donated $1,000.00 to the SMPOA
SHA employees, volunteers, board
members and physicians participating
in Relay for Life 2012.
“A
life isn’t significant
except for its impact on
other lives”
— Jackie Robinson
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Phone: 865-213-8200
E-mail: sha@sweetwaterhospital.org
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Gauzette Publishing and Editorial Committee:
Joe Anderson, MHA, Resource Management
Bobbie Arp, RRT, Industrial Medicine
Debbie Thompson, CFO
Shannon Anthony, RN, Infection Control & Education
Patti Montooth, Business Office Manager
Millie Knight, PTA
Scott Bowman, CEO
Latasha Thedford, Physician Credentialing & Executive Assist.
Anna Fairweather—RN
Cody Selvidge—RN
Christina Vance—RN
Carol Ingram—Laboratory
Donna Wiggins—Fiscal Services
Donise Evans—Environmental Services
Randy Younce—Respiratory Therapy
Adam Crocker—Orderly
Davida Butler—LPN
Cory Sutton—Physical Therapy Assistant
Lesley Roberts—RN
Jeanette Todd—RN
Candice Butler—Nursing Assistant
Sherri Ahlstrom—LPN
Tristan Boyd—Nursing Assistant
Tiffany Sliger—Fiscal Services
Chris Kimsey—Paramedic
Regina Hensley—Environmental Services
Maria Cortes-Palmerin—RN
Mary Nelle Thompson—RN
Mary Headrick—LPN
Brittney Wiggins—Registration
Candice Johnkins—Nurse Tech
Sarah Alsaffar—LPN
Michael Garrett—Environmental Services
Traves Wade—Paramedic
Michah Phillips—Orderly
Misty Kinsey—RN
Porscha Giltnane—Laboratory
Christy Champ—Fiscal Services