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SEARCHing for a Community
Training Tomorrow’s Doctors IN EVERY ISSUE 7 8 9 11 13 46
President’s Message Event Calendar Editor’s Letter All About Hospitals Newsmakers Hospital Hero
COMMUNITIES OF CARE 14 19 25 29
Community-Wide Health Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families Connecting to Community Four Houses, One Mission
CONTENTS
COMMUNITIES FOR A CAUSE 35 37 40 43 47
Better Breathers Identifying Hungry Arkansans Arkansas Rural Health Partnership SEARCHing for a Community Coach’s Playbook: Communities of Excellence
COMMUNITIES OF CAREGIVERS 49 NYITCOM-Arkansas: Training Tomorrow’s Doctors 51 ARCOM: Recruiting, Training, Retaining
COMMUNITIES OF ADVOCACY 60 Community Health Workers 63 The Capitol Report 64 Barriers to Health
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Focus on Quality Allies in Health Care AHA Services Presents Profile: Ryan Gehrig
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HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS HEALTHY FAMILIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Improving the Neighborhood We Call Home Healthy Homes An affordable housing initiative aimed at revitalizing housing in the neighborhoods around Nationwide Children’s. Focusing on blighted homes, Healthy Homes and its partners builds, rehabilitates and repairs homes. Check out our progress from kick off in 2008 through today!
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PTCOA IS ARKANSAS’S LARGEST FULLY COMPREHENSIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICE WITH MULTIPLE LOCATIONS TO BEST SERVE OUR PATIENTS. WE HAVE DEDICATED PHYSICIANS, STATE OF THE ART SURGERY CENTERS, MEDICATION MONITORING, CLIA CERTIFIED LABS AND THE MOST COMBINED PAIN MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE OF ANY PRACTICE IN THE REGION. ALL OF THIS EXCELLENCE IN MEDICAL CARE WITH ONE FOCUS – TO HELP RESTORE QUALITY OF LIFE.
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Tame the wave of rising benefit costs. How do you control your benefits spend when you need to invest in talent? Your ability to maneuver determines your competitive edge. With healthcare plan design changes, you can ride the crest of a strong total rewards offering without wiping out your budget.
NEW APP FOR PHYSICIAN VISITS QuestionBuilder is a new, free app from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that helps patients and caregivers prepare in advance for medical appointments, maximizing time with their physicians. QuestionBuilder asks you to select your reason for the physician visit, then presents lists of questions you might want to ask your physician. Writing your own, personal questions is an easy addition. The app lets you save your questions to a calendar appointment or send them to any email address: your own, that of your physician, or that of a trusted friend or caregiver. QuestionBuilder is available at the Apple App or Google Play stores at no cost. For more information, or to download a one-page handout physicians can reproduce for office distribution, go to www.ahrq.gov and search for QuestionBuilder.
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Our mission is to improve the delivery, coordination and quality of health care across Arkansas through the statewide use of health information technology and clinical data exchange.
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P AT I E N T C OM F ORT As the premier HVAC, controls, and service company in Arkansas, we understand the unique needs of hospitals, health clinics, and medical centers when it comes to heating and cooling their facilities. At Powers, we focus on patient comfort so you can focus on patient care. To learn more, call us at 501.374.5420 or visit us online at www.powersar.com.
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More than once, our staff has reached out to hug moms who are brought to tears when they learn their children will be able to have lunch or dinner – and not forced to skip another meal – because of this program. – Dr. Patrick Casey, MD, Professor of Developmental Pediatrics
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ARHP Member Hospitals • Ashley County Medical Center – Crossett
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• Medical Center of South Arkansas – El Dorado
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HOSPITAL
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As CEO and Principal of BaldrigeCoach, Kay Kendall coaches organizations on their paths to performance excellence using the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria as a framework. In each edition of Arkansas Hospitals, Kay offers readers quality improvement tips from her coaching playbook. Contact Kay at 972.489.3611 or Kay@Baldrige-Coach.com.
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