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OMC hosted a volunteer recruitment fair on January 31 at the OMC Parkway Center.
OMC and the West Plains Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on January 27 at the OMC Cancer Treatment Center.
December 29, 2017
Mission
To provide exceptional, compassionate care to all we serve.
VisionWe will change lives by nurturing hope, improving health and encouraging wellness – every person every time.
Inside this Issue
• Mandatory Mask-
ing, see page 5.
• A Good News Sto-
ry, see page 7.
• What’s happening
at OMC? See
page 8.
Service • Quality • People • Growth • Community • Finance
OMCNewsThe right care, right here.
Work has begun on the remodel-ing of offices at OMC Parkway Center. Once finished, the Hu-man Resources Department will move there from the house on Kentucky Avenue.
JA N UA RY
F E B RUA RY
Dona Fuller, a registered nurse (RN) at OMC, was awarded the DAISY Award for Extraordi-nary Nurses.
West Plains Bank em-ployees show off their 2016 OMC Superhero Fun Run Corporate Team Award trophy they won at last year’s Fun Run for raising the most money.
Several OMC coworkers met Scotty McCreery in the Houston Airport as they were traveling to Falmouth, Jamaica for a medical mission trip.
Wishingeveryone a
HappyNew Year!
Lady Zizzer Bas-ketball coaches and players and Community First Bank presented a check in the amount of $9400 to the OMC Cancer Center.
December 29, 2017 2
M A RC H
Brenda Bell donated crocheted infant hats to OMC Women’s Health Services.
As part of our facility improvement plan, OMC is updating the hospital lobby!
A P R I L
Ozarks Medical Center Re-ceives another “A” for Patient Safety in Spring 2017.
Vendor booths held drawings at the OMC Superhero Fun Run. One of the lucky win-ners won a Fit Bit!
West Plains High School JAG (Jobs for Ameri-ca’s Graduates) Group Toured OMC.
In observance of Colon Cancer Awareness month in March, OMC offered a free health educational dinner on prevention.
Fran Meek re-ceived the “Write Stuff ” Award for her Documen-tation Integrity skills.
M AY
OMC Leadership Team helps with flood debris clean up.
OMC Behavioral Healthcare participat-ed in the local Multi- Agency Resource Centers (MARCs).
Over $8,000 raised for Local Cancer Patients at OMC Super-hero Fun Run.
Doug Vargas in OMC Pub-lic Relations received his 15 Year Pin.
The Sumo Showdown was held at OMC Parkway Cen-ter. It was a fun
event and $1,400 was raised for OMC Cancer Treatment Center.
OMC celebrated National Hospital Week!
Patient Experience Awards for 4th Quarter were pre-sented and OMC Mammoth Spring was one of the clinics that received the “75th Percentile” Award.
J U N E
OMC Dice Run of the Mills ended with a free concert by a local rock band.
Dr. Clara Applegate was the guest speaker at the Community Education Dinner on recognizing a stroke.
Women with Heart Funds purchased EKG Machines for OMC.
Ozarks Medical Center broke ground on the new Thayer/Mammoth Spring Clinic.
This couple sought help from Dr. Mag-dy Giurgius on their weight loss journey.
OMC was named one of the Top 100 Rural and Commu-nity Hospitals in the US.
145 motor-cycles partic-ipated in the first OMC Dice Run of the Mills.
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OMC welcomed its first cohort of nurse residents as employees.
J U LY
OMC Wound Care Services Recognized with National Award for Clinical Excel-lence.
OMC Moun-tain View received the Patient Experience Award.
AU G U S T
Dr. Magdy Giurgius was the guest speaker for Skin Cancer Education.
OMC recognized its volunteers at the Annual Volunteer Awards Dinner.
Sodexo Chosen for Nutrition and EVS Services.
OMC Heart Care Services received an award for being in the 75th percentile for Patient Experience
Carol Silvey was named Vice Presi-dent of Advancement of OMC Foundation.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program received a donation of school supplies.
OMC Re-habilitation Services par-ticipated in the Back-to-School Fair.
Raising awareness about female heart attack symptoms, Sharon Alex-ander shared her story.
SE P T E M B E R
M. Faisal Khan, MD, presented education on Pe-ripheral Vascular Disease Educa-
Dr. Melinda Reed was named a “Top Doc” winner for Rheumatology in 417 Magazine’s An-nual Top Doctor’s Survey.
West Plains Bank and Trust Company made a $4,313 dona-tion to the OMC Foundation.OMC Blue Jean Ball raised over $74,000 and had more than 650 in attendance.
December 29, 2017 4
OMC welcomed our new mail clerk, Jessica Fackler.
O C TOB E R
Colleen Haynie retired after 20 years at Behavioral Healthcare.
Front lobby remodel was completed.
OMC Supports Boys and Girls Club, with $3,000 Donation.
OMC Home Care and OMC coworkers participated in the Alzheimer Walk.
OMC Home Care celebrates a successful Joint Commission survey.
OMC Holiday Party!
Nurse Residency Open House held.
DE C E M B E R
OMC celebrated the 28th Annual Lights of Life.OMC coworkers volun-teered to ring bell for the Salvation Army.
OMC coworkers volunteered to hand out mammo-gram information at many WPHS Pink Out Games.
N OV E M B E R
Nurse Residency Pinning Ceremony was held.
The OMC Gift Shop reopened.
Dr. Magdy Gi-urgius was the guest speaker at the October Community Education Dinner.
April Mayfield and Violet White shared their story of surviving breast cancer.
Donations collected for Toys for Tots.
Chronic Care Management in OMC’s Internal Medicine Clinic reached its 200th enrollee.
December 29, 2017 5
Mandatory Masking in EffectDue to an increase in confirmed influenza cases, the decision was made to begin enforcing co-worker masking. Ozarks Medical Center serves to protect our patients, community members, and co-workers. One action to prevent the spread or transmission of the influenza virus is for co-workers, which have not been vaccinated, to wear masks during the work shift. OMC implemented healthcare worker masking (for non-vaccinated) employees beginning December 19, 2017.
For co-workers wishing to have the flu vaccination please contact employee health.
Note: Health care worker (HCW) refers to all persons, paid or unpaid, working in a healthcare setting, who has the potential for exposure to patients and or infectious materials including body substances, contaminated medical supplies and / or surfaces, or contaminated air including, but not limited to, hospital and clinic staff, office workers, volunteers, students, and credentialed providers.
Thank You, Mary Fine, RNBC, CPPS, Director of Quality
Dear Father, as we get ready to
begin a new year, we take this
time to thank You for all the
gifts You have given us this past
year. We ask You to give us open
eyes to see Your splendor around
us. Give us open ears that we
might hear Your words. GIve us
open hearts that we might feel
and know Your love. It is in the
name of Your Son, our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ that we do
pray. Amen.
Weekly Prayer brought to you
by the
OMC Chaplains
Amanda Brown, APNOMC Winona
DJ Gross, APNInternal Medicine
Kayly King, APNOMC Alton/Thayer
Adam mattison, APNOMC Mountain Grove
Lynsey Sullivan, APNWound Care
New Providers in 2017
DR. Jeffrey GordonNeuroradiologist
DR. Oleksandr HalytskyyHospitalist
DR. Jen LambertFamily Practice
DR. Mary PendergrassFamily Practice
DR. Veronica Amey-PerrinPsychiatrist
DR. ASHISH RISALPediatrician
DR. John “Chip” RoweOrthopedic Surgeon
DR. Barjinder SinghOncologist/Hematologist
DR. archana SinhaCardiologist
DR. samantha wallaceHospitalist
DR. Linda WanguiHospitalist
December 29, 2017 6
You Rock! These individuals’ You Rock cards were shared with Public Relations:
Becca Willingham- Dietary“Becca is a hard worker. It is a pleasure to come into work after her. She does a thorough job, which makes life easier
for me when I come in at night to do my job. Thanks, Becca.” ~From a CoWorker
Dave- EVS“I was so busy doing check out and Dave asked me how I was doing on my side work. I told him that I had not got to the side work so he got a list of my side work and went to the areas and pulled trash to help out. That is teamwork. I
like when he asks if the housekeepers need help. He will help at any time. Thank you.” ~From a CoWorker
Kaitlyn- EVS“Kaitlyn does her work very good, and when she is finished, she comes looking for more and will help anyone. She is
a very hard worker and willing to do what ever needs done.” ~From a CoWorker
Dave- EVS“He is always there to help when we need help. He will always make sure everything is done. He always asks if there
is anything to do to help out. He is very nice to work with and he is very caring.” ~From a CoWorker
Dave- EVS“On a weekend we got behind on side work because of doing rooms. Dave had a little extra time and helped with
side work until we were caught up. He went above and beyond to help other employees.” ~From a CoWorker
Deborah Leonard- EVS“Deborah has always been good to do what is asked of her. If we need her to do beds on side work, she jumps in and
helps. I know when we work together she is always there to help me.” ~From a CoWorker
Hanna McBride- OMC Home Care“A patient called to check on his insurance and billing, and in the midst bragged on the entire nursing staff of OMC Home Care, but was most impressed with Hanna. ‘She has a knack for these things, and I appreciate everything she
does.’” ~From a CoWorker
December 29, 2017 7
ENVIRONMENTALhealth& safetyOMC’s Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Program provides our coworkers with support in many operational areas; energy efficiency is an important factor in working conditions, providing patient care and in our budgetary planning.
One of the fastest and easiest ways to improve room brightness, reduce the eye strain from fluorescent light pulsing and reduce our energy bills is to change a few of our light bulbs and light tubes to LEDs. OMC’s hard working Plan Ops staff have been phasing in LED lighting over the past few years and with great success.
It turns out that each 4’ LED light tube is 17% brighter than their CFL (florescent) counterparts, cost 31% less to operate over their lifetime and operate up to 12 years longer. These data apply similarly to LED light bulbs, which are very close in price as well.
Large businesses, such as ours, will realize a significant cost savings and reduce a large number of man-hours annually, by considering a phased approach to replacing their fluorescent lighting to LEDs. The cost benefit analysis for investment payback would be approximately 4.3 years, which would mean that 9.7 years of the LED light’s remaining life would provide a large amount of savings.
Additionally, LEDs are offered at the 5,000 to 6,000 lumens brightness level and would significantly reduce the heat emanating from them, while lasting 50,000 hours (17 years), or more, which have been used in Operating Room’ surgery lighting for many years now.
(Reference “Bovie Medical Corporation”, cost $3,390/$4,500 respectively)
For questions and/or assistance, contact Tom Morris at [email protected].
New NetLearning AssignmentAs some of you may have noticed, there is a new module related to email in your NetLearning assignments. This was done as a result of the Email for Everyone initiative. All employees of Ozarks Medical Center will now have their very own OMC email account! The module is an overview of email basics and security. We hope to get the new users off on the right foot with this training and give a refresher to the rest of us. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]. This module is to be completed by 02/28/18.
Brandon Floyd, MCITP|MCSA|CHP|CSCSSr.Security/Systems AdministratorExt.5424
Facebook com-ments from the family in re-sponse to Carol Powell’s Making a Difference Story
“I believe that the women that you helped that day was my mother (if not, her situation was very similar). That was one of the hardest days that my mother or my family has endured. She was con-fused and scared and it was so heart breaking to see her that way. Almost everyone that we encoun-tered, not only in that difficult time, but during the many years that mom received treatment at the cancer center, was so kind and compassionate. I believe that she felt like the nurses and doctors were her friends. Working in these situations is often a thankless job and you often get a bad wrap because of the actions of others. But I to say thank you to all the people that do even the smallest acts of kindness for those patients and their families that are struggling; it really does make a differ-ence.”
“I agree with my sister. I was the daughter that came over from the hospital. I also want to say thank you. Sometimes it’s the smallest act of kind-ness that helps ease the pain. We were truly blessed by many people we encountered. More important-ly, the peace and kindness that our mother was shown during her battle with cancer. Thank you again.”
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OMC Cafeteria HoursMonday-FridayBreakfast: 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.Lunch: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Snack Bar: 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Dinner: 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Holidays & WeekendsBreakfast: 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Lunch: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Employees receive a 20% discount on most items in the cafeteria. (Menu subject to change without notice.)
LUNCH MENU SNACK BAR
CAFE
Daily: Salad Bar, Sandwich Bar, Pizza, Desserts
Chicken JambalayaBlackened CatfishRed Beans & RiceOkra & TomatoesFried Chicken SandwichVegetable Beef Soup
Garlic Pork LoinLemon Dill CodCandied YamsPeasHamburgersChicken & Dumpling Soup
Pineapple Arctic CharHomestyle Beef StewMacaroni & CheeseTomato Basil Summer SquashGrilled Chicken SandwichBaked Stuffed Potato Soup
Barbecue ChickenGarlic Roasted New PotatoesSugar Snap PeasBlack Bean BurgerWild Mushroom Bisque
JAN1
JAN2
JAN3
JAN4
JAN5
Pesto TilapiaBeef BarbacoaGarden RiceLyonnaise SquashCrispy Fish SandwichClam Chowder
Warm Soft Pretzels with cheese sauce &
mustard
Tacos Bar with shredded lettuce,
cheddar cheese, pico, diced onion & salsa
6 ChickenWings
for $3.00
$1.00 Hot Dogswith chili, cheese
sauce & 25¢ fountain
drinks
BBQChicken
Sliders$1.00 each
Jan. 2 (6-8 p.m.): OMC’s Heart Saver Infant CPR Class covers basic resuscitation skills on an infant. Recommended during the third trimester of pregnancy or after the infant is birth to one year old. Call 256-9111, extension 6440 to register or for details.
Jan. 9 (6 p.m.): OMC’s New Parent Skills Class is recommended during the third trimester of pregnancy and covers self-care, baby care, infant bathing, safe-ty, immunizations, and circumcision. Call 256-9111, extension 6440 to register or for details.
Jan. 10 (9 a.m.): OMC’s Smoking Cessation Class is a free eight-week program. Registration is required and space is limited. Call 417-257-5959, extension 6905.
Jan. 13 (8 a.m.): OMC’s Prepared Childbirth Class is recommended during the second trimester of pregnan-cy. The goal of this class is to prepare the expectant mother for all aspects of labor and delivery. Call 256-9111, extension 6440 to register or for details.
Feb. 1: Red Dress Pins for Dress in Support Red Dress Pins available for $10OMC Coworkers may purchase a Red Dress Pin for $10. Pin will be good for Dress in Support for all Fri-days in February.
Feb. 1 (6-7 p.m.): Community Education Dinner at Willard Hunter Classroom, OMC Parkway Center, West Plains. The speaker is Dr. A. K. George, Cardi-ologist discussing heart care. The dinner is free, but reservations are required. Call 417-257-6793.
Feb. 2: Wear Red Day-Free AppleWest Plains Mayor Jack Pahlmann has joined with OMC Heart Care Services to promote awareness of heart health by declaring Friday, Feb. 2 Wear Red Day. This is a national event that encourages people to wear red to recognize the beginning of American Heart Month, celebrated each February. On this day, indi-viduals wearing red may visit the OMC Cafeteria and receive a free apple.
Feb. 6 (6 p.m.): OMC’s Prepared Childbirth Class is recommended during the second trimester of pregnan-cy. The goal of this class is to prepare the expectant mother for all aspects of labor and delivery. Call 256-9111, extension 6440 to register or for details.
