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In this issue PROMPT: Specialty training for birthing center staff Headache? Here’s hope Spotlight on volunteers
A makeover for the fourth floor Summer 2014
A makeover for the fourth floor
The fourth floor renovation project, scheduled to start in 2015, will provide for private rooms, a family gathering area, room for patients to practice daily skills, and a gym.
A $4 million proposal to renovate the fourth floor of Lawrence Memorial Hospital received a substantial boost in May from the 2014 Hearts of Gold Ball. The biennial black-tie event, sponsored by the LMH Endowment Association, raised more than $500,000 for the renovation project, which will get under way next year. The Endowment Association has committed to raise a total of $2 million for renovation of the fourth floor, which is home to the hospital’s inpatient rehabilitation unit and the skilled nursing facility. “Lawrence is working hard to become a retirement destination,” says Kathy Clausing-Willis, LMH vice president and chief development officer, “and we want to ensure our patients have a world-class, comfortable setting when rehabilitation is necessary.” That’s one reason renovation plans were made. “The design will be one “The staff is great,” says Gene that will continue the Meyer, the hospital’s president and patient-friendly setting CEO. “They do a fantastic job. It’s one that we have become of our highest-rated areas of patient known for, with a satisfaction. special emphasis on “The design will be one that will continue the patient-friendly setting family involvement and that we have become known for, with a convenience.” —Gene Meyer, special emphasis on family involvement LMH president and CEO and convenience.” Currently, some patients on the fourth floor share a room. After the renovation, all rooms will be private — in keeping with the hospital’s commitment to eventually offer all private rooms. “Our patients stay awhile,” explains Terrie Kaiser, director of the fourth floor units. “We can have a stroke patient with us for a couple of months.” Other major upgrades will focus on the dining room, the therapy area and infrastructure, such as bathrooms in each room. In addition, a new family gathering room will be constructed, thanks to the generosity of Lawrence resident Chris Barteldes. Barteldes donated $250,000 for the Fourth Floor Family Respite Area, a gift he made in honor of his parents, Ben and Toddy, for their many years of commitment to the community and LMH. The Barteldes family has lived in Lawrence since the 1840s, and owned two businesses here. Ben served as mayor of the city, and served as a member of the
2 For more information, visit www.lmh.org/care-treatment/center-for-rehabilitation/
LMH Board of Trustees. Toddy was a volunteer in the hospital gift shop. Another feature of the renovated fourth floor will be an apartment, where patients can practice daily activities such as Chris Barteldes, who has donated cooking, reaching cabinets, and $250,000 for the Fourth Floor Family Respite Area, shared this getting in and out of a bed or on photo of his parents, Ben and Toddy Barteldes. and off of a sofa. While patients won’t spend the night in the apartment, they can work on skills they will need each day once they go home. During construction, which likely will begin in 2015, rehabilitation inpatients will use 3-North. The Hearts of Gold Ball has raised more than $1 million in total for development of the Bob Billings Cardiac Observation Unit, the second-floor medical unit and the emergency department. This year, a team of community volunteers — led by co-chairmen Bev Roelofs, Cindy Yulich and Linda Robinson — joined forces with corporate sponsors to change an industrial portion of the Lawrence Journal-World facility into a beautiful ballroom for the event. “We were complimented to be considered as host site for the Hearts of Gold Ball,” says Dolph Simons Jr., chairman of The World Company, which owns the
Journal-World. “The hospital associates and volunteers did a fantastic job of transforming the newspaper storage area and pressroom into an interesting and appealing banquet hall. I’m so pleased the ball turned out to be so successful. “The hospital does a tremendous job of serving the people in this area, and it’s great that revenue from the ball will be used to renovate the fourth floor rehabilitation units.” Additional fund-raising Bev Roelofs, Cheryl Henry and efforts by LMHEA will also be Dolph Simons Jr. pause for a photo at the Hearts of Gold Ball. key to the renovation project moving forward. “Philanthropy will go a long way toward offsetting capital funds to be spent by the hospital on this project,” Meyer says. “This is a wonderful project for us, one that we’re eager to get started on.” —by Caroline Trowbridge ON THE COVER Terrie Kaiser, director of the fourth floor units, shows an image from renovation plans that will include moving and enhancing the dining room. PHOTO BY JASON DAILEY
Makeovers can be amazing! Just ask the people who were involved in transforming an industrial portion of the Lawrence JournalWorld facility into a unique, inviting event space for the 2014 Hearts of Gold Ball.
The 2014 Hearts of Gold Ball, held in May, raised more than $500,000 for the renovation project.
The Journal-World’s newspaper storage area and pressroom were transformed into a beautiful banquet hall for the event, thanks to the efforts of a team of community volunteers and corporate sponsors.
Your dollars make a difference! Visit www.lmhendowment.org or call 785-505-6134
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Here’s to our volunteers! Who works 75,102 hours for free? That would be the 927 volunteers of the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, whose contributions of time and talent support quality health care in our community. While nearly 400 adults form the backbone of volunteers at the hospital, the LMH Auxiliary is unique across the state and country because of its comprehensive student programs. Last year alone, 249 new college students and 66 junior high and high school students interviewed, oriented and trained for a wide variety of volunteer roles at LMH. Volunteer services also placed 221 students as observers and oriented 80 student interns in hospital departments as a means to further the students’ education. Sixty-three students shadowed directly with physicians as part of the physician shadowing program. Reaumur Donnally, past president of the LMH Auxiliary and current chairperson of the Scholarship Committee, has said, “We are proud that LMH is the place where many bright health care careers begin. We know that we are growing the future of health care for Lawrence and many other communities right here at LMH.” To that end, the LMH Auxiliary annually awards $1,000 scholarships to three high school students pursuing health care careers, renewable for four years. Eleven students are receiving funding for the 2013-2014 school year. The Auxiliary raises funds through jewelry, uniform and book sales to help support scholarships, but the most notable source of revenue is the LMH Gift Shop. In 2013, merchandise sales at the Gift Shop and Mario’s Closet totaled $382,307, with proceeds after expenses being reinvested in contributions to the hospital. In 2013 the Auxiliary committed $65,000 to the hospital, to purchase new hospital beds, a new refrigerator for the Lab, and $10,000 from Mario’s Closet proceeds to support the cost of wigs and prostheses for women who cannot afford them. Mario’s Closet is an image renewal center that provides custom solutions for the visible effects cancer and other illnesses can have on the body. Such solutions include wig and salon services, mastectomy bras and prostheses, skin care products and more, as well as unique gift items. In 2014, the Auxiliary is opting to do a large threeyear gift to the hospital.The total gift of $159,500 will fund replacement of the nurses’ station and four treatment rooms in the Oncology Center, new hospital beds, and renovation of three patient rooms on the fourth floor. It’s no surprise that the individual and collective contributions by volunteers and the Auxiliary organization to improving the quality of health care at LMH again have garnered statewide recognition. Last November, for the second year in a row, the LMH Auxiliary received the Gold Award for Excellence from the Hospital Auxiliaries of Kansas. If you are interested in learning more about volunteering at LMH, visit the hospital’s website at lmh.org/volunteer. —by Janice Early
Some special LMH volunteers were recognized during National Volunteer Week in April. Pictured above is Carl Craig who was recognized for giving more than 600 hours of service to LMH. The Marguerite Lockwood Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Lew Nolan, pictured near right, and Helen Cobb. Sam Ho received the Ryan Kanost Student Volunteer of the Year Award. Volunteers with top hours in 2013 were Kristine Furlought and Dianna Nelson, each with more than 700 volunteer hours.
Congratulations to these LMH 2014 scholarship winners! Belot Scholarship—Karen Roberts Michelle Raney Scholarship—Shari Mott Osness Nursing Scholarship—Kenna Young Lauren McClure Scholarship—Holly Dawson Holuba Nursing Scholarship—Lisa Gladfelder Clark & Dollie Bittenbender Scholarship—Holly Hamilton
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Naomi Lescher Scholarships—Heather Salmon, Kelsey Cole Summers, Spencer and Co. P.A. Scholarship—Jessica Fultz Douglas County Bank Scholarship—Tiffany Folsom U.S. Bank Scholarships—Mandi Trendel, Shannon Grillot Leona Loney Scholarship—Olivia Hodison The Meyer Family Scholarships—Alex Kong, Chloe Hays
Interested in volunteering at LMH? Visit www.lmh.org/volunteer
Headache? Here’s hope In her office at the Carruth-O’Leary Hall on the University of Kansas campus, Laurie Funk sits in a dark corner — and when she has a migraine, she goes home to another dark room. If the headache doesn’t ease, she calls and then visits her primary care physician for treatment in order to deal with the intense pain. “If you ever come to my desk at work, I sit in a corner where all the light bulbs are unscrewed,” says Funk, who considers herself fortunate that her employer accommodates her health needs. According to Funk, having migraines for 30 years has been a struggle, but she has learned to live with the pain. Now she is working with Rob Beck, MD, of Lawrence Neurology Specialists, a Lawrence Memorial Hospitalaffiliated practice, in hopes of finding a way to reduce their frequency and intensity. Dr. Beck has prescribed Botox injections — something Funk’s insurance company previously had refused to cover. Now that’s changed, and Funk hopes Botox will help with the migraines she’s suffered from since she was in her teens. During the past 30 years, she’s tried numerous tactics to get rid of her headaches. One drug, Topamax, has given some relief from the intensity of her migraines, which occur a couple of times a week. Dr. Beck, who practices with Sanjeev Kumar, MD, Dr. Rob Beck is working to treat Laurie Funk’s migraines with Botox injections. and John D. Clark, MD, says a large number of his patients are, like Funk, headache sufferers. Patients with headaches are divided into two groups: WHAT YOU CAN DO TO REDUCE THE INTENSITY those suffering from a primary headache disorder and those who have a secondary headache disorder. With AND FREQUENCY secondary headache disorders, the headache is being OF MIGRAINES caused by another disease, such as a brain tumor, • Limit caffeine intake. aneurysm or infection. On the other hand, primary • Stop smoking. headache disorders are caused by abnormal brain cell • Consider a plant-based diet. function. • Limit your intake of sodas and artificial drinks. “Probably 90 percent of headache patients have a • Aerobic exercise is also good for primary headache disorder, migraine being one of the reducing headaches. Try exercising. most common of these,” Dr. Beck says. • Start a meditation or yoga practice. Unlike secondary headache disorder, no common Take a look at www.mindfulnesscds. com for ideas. test will show what is happening to the brain cells when • Improve your sleep hygiene. Check someone has a primary headache disorder. Magnetic out www.sleepfoundation.org/ resonance imaging (MRI) allows doctors to take a ask-the-expert/sleep-hygiene for look; however, the images of the brain of a patient with suggestions about maintaining a consistent sleep schedule. migraines will usually be identical to images of a normally • If possible, try to avoid taking acute functioning brain. headache medications, which are “A normal MRI does not mean that the pain is fake those nonspecific pain relievers you or unimportant,” Dr. Beck says. reach for when a migraine starts, more than eight times a month. Neurologists have several strategies and treatments Taking too many can actually create that can decrease both the frequency and the intensity a tolerance to the medication and of migraines. Often they will prescribe preventative cause more headaches. medications, many of which were initially developed to • Create a relationship with your neurologist. treat other illnesses. —by Margo Bogossian
Looking for a physician? Check out www.lmh.org/providers/
DocTalk We welcome these physicians who recently joined Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s medical staff.
Nathan Bloom, MD
Dr. Bloom grew up in Eudora and graduated from the University of Kansas in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry. He earned his medical degree in 2007 from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and came back home to complete a residency in family medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2010. He served as chief resident. He practiced in Leavenworth before joining Family Medicine Associates last fall. Dr. Bloom is board certified in family medicine. His clinical interests include pediatrics and sports medicine, and he likes providing primary care for all ages. He enjoys running and spending time with his wife and growing family. Family Medicine Associations 4921 W. 18th St. | Lawrence, KS 66047 785-830-0100 | www.familymedks.com
Chad D. Johanning, MD
Dr. Johanning, who is board certified in family medicine, grew up in Atchison. He is a proud Jayhawk and two-time graduate from KU with degrees in biology and medicine. He completed his residency training at Via Christi Family Medicine Residency in Wichita. Prior to joining Lawrence Family Practice Center in June, Dr. Johanning practiced in Atchison for more than six years. He enjoys obstetrics, pediatric and well-child care, colonoscopy screenings and everything about being a family physician. In addition to private practice, Dr. Johanning volunteers at the KU Family Medicine residency program in Kansas City and is involved with state leadership for the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians. During his time in Atchison, Dr. Johanning was instrumental in founding Atchison Community Health Clinic, which provides services to individuals unable to afford health insurance. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his wife and son. His interests include running, golfing, skiing and traveling. Lawrence Family Practice Center 4951 W. 18th St. | Lawrence, KS 66047 785-841-6540 | www.lawrencefamilypractice.com
Amanjot S. Lehil, MD
Dr. Lehil earned his medical degree in 2007 at Dayanand Medical College & Hospital in Punjab, India. He moved to Kansas in 2009 for further training at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he completed an internal medicine residency in 2012 and an endocrinology fellowship in 2014. He is board certified in internal medicine and has made several presentations at national endocrinology meetings. Dr. Lehil will offer full-time care for patients with diabetes, thyroid conditions and other hormone-related health issues. “Diseases such as diabetes are usually life-long issues, so establishing long-term, trusted relationships with patient is an integral part of my practice,” he says. “Building and maintaining those two-way dialogues is one of the things I value and enjoy most in my field.” Dr. Lehil’s interests include photography and travel, and he enjoys family time with his wife and daughter. Lawrence Endocrinology 1130 W. 4th St., Ste. 3200 | Lawrence, KS 66044 785-505-5850 | www.lmh.org/endocrinology
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Specialty training for birthing center staff No one wants to face an emergency during birth. But staff at the Cindy Murray Family Birthing Center at Lawrence Memorial Hospital are working to ensure they’re ready if an emergency arises. They know each member of the team — physicians, nurses and anesthesiologists — will work together, each doing his or her part, to provide the best care possible for patients. That’s because all employees at the birthing center have undergone a new training program, commonly referred to as PROMPT. “You need someone who takes charge, and you need people to know what their roles are in that emergency, and that you handle it the same way,” says Traci Hoopingarner, director of the Family Birthing Center. The training, which includes a lecture and then employs the use of mannequins, focuses on these emergencies: • Adverse reactions to anesthesia, • Excessive bleeding in mothers after they give birth, and • Shoulder dystocia, which occurs when a baby’s shoulder cannot pass below his or her mother’s pelvis during birth. Staff members have discovered that PROMPT — PRactical Obstetric MultiProfessional Training — clarifies everyone’s role during an obstetric emergency with the goal that all members of the team work together. All of this is designed so that patients who are having an obstetric emergency receive the best possible care.
Shown here participating in the PROMPT training are, from left, Sommer Van Pelt, Bonni Higginbotham, Dr. Miranda Fowler, Sarah Snedeger and Dr.Tiffinie Mercado.
For LMH staff members, the training built camaraderie and enhanced communication. “The other thing is, it’s fun,” Hoopingarner says. “Staff get to work together in a different setting, which makes you work together better in an emergency.” Going through drills with mannequins helps clarify questions staffers might have and decreases hesitation during an actual emergency. It’s much better to get questions answered before staff members are faced with real-life complications. Several “ah-ha moments” occurred during the shoulder dystocia training, in which the training mannequin was used so participants could see effects of pulling on a baby — the right way and the wrong way. “It helps explain the ‘why’ behind it,” says Tiffinie Mercado, MD, an
obstetrician/gynecologist at Lawrence OB-GYN Specialists. “It’s amazing just seeing the nurses and even the physicians walk out of the lectures going, ‘That’s why!’” Cindy Weidel, RN, feels this was the most useful part of the PROMPT training. “We got to learn about what the mannequins actually look like with the shoulder dystocia,” she says. “With the training you can see that if you are pushing the wrong way it is not going to help them.” According to Weidel, PROMPT educates staff so they can stay calmer during emergencies, and a better-educated staff means higher-quality care, which is the goal of LMH’s Cindy Murray Family Birthing Center. Dr. Mercado says, “It made really complicated emergencies simple.” —by Margo Bogossian
PROMPT was developed in the early 2000s in the United Kingdom, and is still used almost exclusively there. In fact, Lawrence Memorial Hospital is one of few hospitals in the United States that has started using PROMPT. The University of Kansas Medical Center started using PROMPT while Dr. Mercado was completing her residency there, so when she got the chance to bring PROMPT to LMH, she did so. The Cindy Murray Family Birthing Center at LMH will continue providing basic training each year, and will include other emergency situations in the training in the future.
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Is there a baby in your future? Visit www.lmh.org/care-treatment/womens-health/family-birthing-center/
Great employees: this is how we create the best community hospital in the country Caroline Salaty has retired from Lawrence Memorial Hospital – twice. Steve Gutierrez says he wouldn’t want to work anywhere but LMH. And what would stop new employee Brian Klamm from feeling right at home? It would appear nothing. Longevity is encouraged at LMH. Employees are recognized for their exceptional work and for the years they’ve worked at LMH. In June, Lawrence Memorial Hospital was voted second in the best place to work category, in the Lawrence Journal-World’s annual Best of Lawrence contest. (The University of Kansas was voted the best.) “There is a sense of genuine caring here,” says Carolyn Bowmer, vice president of human resources. That caring atmosphere has created the sense of family that kept Caroline Salaty, at LMH for 48 years. Salaty retired for the second time in May 2014. She tried to retire five years ago, but just couldn’t stay away and returned to LMH to work part time as a microbiologist in the lab. “LMH is really my second family, and I guess that’s why I’ve been here so long,” says Salaty. While she is sad to leave this “second family,” Salaty is excited to spend more time with her two grandchildren, who live in Manhattan. Salaty began work at LMH in October 1965. She spent her first two years in the chemistry department and when the “little gal in microbiology,” as Salaty says, left, she took over the microbiology position. She examined specimens taken during tests at the hospital, identifying viruses, bacteria and fungi to assist doctors in their treatment of patients. Salaty has seen a lot of progress in the hospital since her initial years, both in the building and in the technology. “We used to call ourselves ‘the petri dish detectives,’ and that is sort of becoming obsolete now with all the technology that has become available,” Salaty says. She also has seen a change in the culture at LMH. In the early 2000s the Service Excellence program was created at LMH to develop a culture within the hospital that the employees could embrace. Through this program, each department sends one representative to monthly Service Excellence programs. Service Excellence is run by a steering committee, which develops specific initiatives to look at how employees and volunteers can provide better service to patients. The many employee- and volunteer-generated ideas include helping visitors and patients find their way to the correct location on the LMH campus and focusing on “Why go anywhere else?” says nursing supervisor communication, both with Steve Gutierrez. other employees and volunteers, and with patients.
Caroline Salaty worked at LMH for 48 years before retiring in May.
370 LMH employees have worked here for more than a decade Bowmer says, “We have a strong interest in being top quality, and I believe people want to work and remain with organizations that are known for their service and quality.” Service Excellence champions help implement the initiatives in their departments. That way there is continuity in the care of patients at LMH. “The vision was always to try to create the best community hospital in the country,” says Steve Gutierrez, RN, a nursing supervisor at LMH. “If that motto just becomes something for our own staff, then why go anywhere else?” Gutierrez has been employed at LMH for 15 years, but because he has been involved with the hospital since his wife started working at LMH 28 years ago, he prefers to say he has been at LMH for 28 years. “I have no desire to be anywhere else,” Gutierrez says. More than a decade at one job may seem like a long time to some people, but at LMH it’s more the norm than the exception. About 370 of 1,350 LMH employees have worked at the hospital for more than 10 years. And 38 have worked at LMH for more than 30 years. Bowmer says, “I think what’s great about LMH is that the people that you work with and the people you take care of are your neighbors and your friends, a natural extension of the community.” After only a few weeks at LMH, physical therapist Brian Klamm noticed that longevity was a pattern at the hospital. When Klamm was a physical therapy student at the University of Kansas in the 1990s, he had an internship at LMH. When he returned to the hospital as a full-time employee in April, he ran into a few of the same people he had worked with during his internship. “There’s established longevity, there’s a great history and they have a great presence in the community,” says Klamm. After interning at LMH, Klamm finished his bachelor’s degree at KU and then completed a master’s degree in Norfolk, Va. He then moved from job to job, in order to advance his career, before deciding to return to LMH. But it looks as if Klamm has found a good fit at the hospital where two of his children were born. “There’s a team player atmosphere here that really goes a long way,” Klamm says. —by Margo Bogossian
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Mark Your Calendar Friday, September 5 Penny Jones Golf Tournament This year, the LMH Endowment Association hopes to raise $120,000 to help grow the endowment and provide for a variety of needs at LMH, such as equipment, technology, employee education and charity care, as well as community education and wellness programs. Tee times for the four-person scramble are 8 a.m. and 1:15 p.m., all at Alvamar Golf and Country Club. For the single-golfer registration fee of $175, golfers will be treated to breakfast and lunch, as well as an awards ceremony. To register, visit LMHEndowment. org. For more information, contact Tracy Davidson in the LMH Endowment Association, at 785-505-3318 or tracy.davidson@lmh.org.
Saturday, September 27 Stay Well, the 2014 LMH Health Fair
Saturday, October 25 Stepping Out Against Breast Cancer
Enter via Arkansas Street.
Join us for this ever-popular benefit dance at Crown Toyota Pavilion, 3400 S. Iowa Street. Proceeds from the costume-optional event support breast cancer education and detection for our community. If you’d like to volunteer or for more information, contact Tracy Davidson in the LMH Endowment Association, at 785-505-3318 or tracy.davidson@lmh.org.
Exhibits and free general health screenings will be from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is not necessary for these free screenings. For an advance registration fee, participants will receive a total lipid profile (HDL, LDL, etc.); a diabetes screening; and a test for nutrition, kidney, liver, bone and heart health. If you pre-register, the fees are $30 for the profile and $40 for men who want the profile and a PSA screening. On the day of the event, fees are $40 for the profile, and $50 for the profile and PSA screening. That blood work will be done between 7 and 10 a.m., and fasting is required. To enroll for the blood work, call the LMH Lab, 785-505-6178 and ask for a health fair specialist. Members of the LMH High Five League receive complimentary tests at the LMH Health Fair or Heart Fair. For more information about the fair, contact Aynsley Anderson of LMH Community Education, at 785-505-3055 or aynsley.anderson@ lmh.org.
Get set... go! What could be more refreshing during a summer run than a little water? Just one thing: lots of water! We’ve added gallons of H2O — and fun — to our sixth annual 5K series benefiting Lawrence Memorial Hospital and the neighboring communities it serves. Whether you run or walk, participation is encouraged for all who are able. The Eudora event in June was a splashing success . . . we’ll see you in Tonganoxie in July, and in Baldwin City in August! For details and to register online, see lmhendowment.org/ home/events and click on “Summer Spray 5k.”
connect is published by Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The information in this newsletter is intended to educate readers about subjects pertinent to their health and is not a substitute for consultation with a personal physician. To have your name added to or removed from this mailing list, please call 785-505-3317. Gene Meyer | President and CEO, Lawrence Memorial Hospital Editorial Board | Sheryle D’Amico, Janice Early, Caroline Trowbridge, Sherri Vaughn, MD, Kathy Clausing Willis
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