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Memphis Nurse Posthumously Honored at Rose Parade

On January 1, 2011, the Donate Life float entitled “New Life Rises” was the winner of the Theme Prize at the 122nd Annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. A floragraph of Jill Daniel, a nurse and a Memphian appeared on the Donate Life Float as one of 60 honorees, who in their death saved, healed and gave hope to thousands of people in need as an organ and tissue donor. Jill was an ICU nurse at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis when she suffered several irreversible cerebral hemorrhages. She often told her husband if anything happened to her she wanted to be an organ and tissue donor. She always wanted to help save other people. Her wish was carried out and she saved so many by being an organ and tissue donor.

For more information about being an organ donor, go to http://www.tndonorregistry.org.



Methodist Acquires Foundation Medical Group

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH) has announced that Foundation Medical Group has joined MLH organization.

Foundation Medical Group, located at 7690 Wolf River Circle in Germantown, includes four internal medicine physicians: Drs. Ann D. Brown, Lynda J. Freeland, Jolie G. Porter and Martha N. Taylor, and 12 employees.

The clinic name will not change, and patients and referring physicians can expect a seamless transition.



Center for Wellness & Rehabilitation at HCMC Offers New Device for Vestibular Rehabilitation for Balance Disorders

Vestibular rehabilitation therapy has been demonstrated to be a highly effective treatment for most individuals with vestibular or central balance system disorders. The Center for Wellness and Rehabilitation at Henry County Medical Center has been offering this service, but has more tools in the arsenal with the addition of goggles for the vestibular treatments.

The goggles allow the therapist to measure eye movements during gravity changes and specific body movements of the patient said Nicole Lamberth, Physical Therapist at the Center for Wellness. When a patient feels dizzy and disoriented, certain sudden body movements make the symptoms worse. With the goggles on, therapists can visualize how the patient’s vestibular system reacts to the movements when they do not have visual input. His or her visual input adds to the sensation of vertigo.

For patients suffering from vertigo, reduced inner ear function problems on one or both sides, Ménière’s disease, dizziness, labyrinthitis or other long-term unresolved inner ear disorders, vestibular rehabilitation may be the answer.

Vestibular Rehabilitation is directed at the vestibular system, located within the inner ear, and central nervous system. Exercise-based programs are designed to fit the patient’s own needs to promote dynamic compensation of the central nervous system. Specific positioning techniques may also be used to treat vestibular pathologies such as BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positioning Vertigo).



Henry County Medical Center Presents New Mammography Center

Henry County Medical Center is now part of an elite group of facilities across the country raising the standard of care for every patient. We are proud to be recognized as a certified Pink Ribbon Facility.

As a Pink Ribbon Facility, we take pride in providing every woman that comes to us for a mammogram with a digital mammography exam. Digital mammography offers a number of practical advantages and patient conveniences.

With the addition of the new HOLOGIC™ Selenia™ Digital Mammography equipment to imaging, this new aspect of mammography offers more comfort for the patient as well as better pictures. The pink ribbon has become internationally symbolic of breast cancer awareness and prevention and with the new equipment; early cancer detection is our goal at HCMC.

Because there is no waiting for film to be developed it significantly reduces the need for repeat exams due to under or over exposure. Digital images are easily stored and transferred electronically, eliminating the dependency on one set of original films, which can be misfiled or lost in transit.

The Selenia™ digital mammography uses computers and specially designed digital detectors to produce an image that can be displayed on a high-resolution computer monitor, then transmitted and stored just like computer files. Selenia provides high quality breast images that allow the technologist to zoom in for close-ups of specific areas of interest and even adjust brightness and contrast.



Methodist Fayette has Highest Patient Survey Ratings in West Tennessee

Methodist Fayette Hospital was the highest rated on a patient evaluation survey recently published by the Department of Health and Human Services. The findings compare Methodist to 22 other hospitals in the West Tennessee service area (excluding Memphis), and Methodist’s patients had the best experience, compared to the other hospitals.

Methodist Fayette had a 92 percent approval rating from patients who reported their doctors “always” had good communication skills and a 91 percent approval by patients who said their pain was “always” well controlled. Fayette also rated the highest in the nurses “always” communicate well category.



West Tennessee Rehabilitation Center Receives Carf Accreditation

The West Tennessee Rehabilitation Center has once again been accredited by CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities).

The inpatient rehabilitation center located on the fourth floor of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital is the only CARF-accredited comprehensive adult inpatient rehab program in rural West Tennessee and has maintained this standard for the past 15 years.

CARF accreditation means that the West Tennessee Rehabilitation Center meets the highest rehabilitation standards for providing rehabilitation services. The West Tennessee Rehabilitation Center is also Joint Commission accredited.



Sweet Serenade To Help Children With Special Needs

West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation is offering a special treat with a twist for your Valentine’s Day gifts. For a $30 donation to the Therapy and Learning Center, formerly the Kiwanis Center for Child Development, your special person can hear 15 minutes of serenade from the Casey Jones Barber Shop Quartet and receive a rose on February 14.

The Quartet will perform three times each hour from 8 a.m. until 4:30 on Valentines Day in Jackson. All donations are tax deductible with 100 percent of the donation going to help children with special needs served by the Therapy and Learning Center. Schedule now your own special serenade. The price goes up to $35 if you wait until Valentines Day. Donations can be sent to the Therapy and Learning Center, c/o West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation, 620 Skyline Drive, Jackson, TN 38301. Call Chris Ramey at (731) 984-2142 or email Chris.Ramey@wth.org to set up the serenade appointments.



Mitchell Now Certified Orthopedic Nurse

Henry County Medical Center is proud to recognize a charge nurse on Third Tower, Candi Mitchell, RN, Clinical Nurse I on her achievement as a Certified Orthopedic Nurse.

Mitchell became a nurse in 1992. She and her family lived in Nashville where she worked in Baptist Hospital, Saint Thomas and Vanderbilt.

The Mitchells moved to Paris in 2008 and she began working on HCMC’s orthopedic floor, also known as Third Tower. Mitchell studied the orthopedic nursing professional affiliation’s text book, which covers an entire curriculum of orthopedic patient care. She then joined the Society of Orthopedic Nurses and submitted her request to the board for testing and certification. Of course, she passed with high scores, since she has so much experience and knowledge.

Jackie Wyatt, Nursing Director for Third Tower said that Mitchell’s Orthopedic Nursing Credentialing gives her a more clinical focus on all aspects of orthopedic surgeries and an extensive and comprehensive knowledge base.



Gena Kluwe, MD, FACP, Hospitalist at HCMC Receives Certification

Henry County Medical Center honors our partners and physicians for achievements earned and we honor one of our Hospitalist physicians, Gena Kluwe, MD, for her dedication to the profession and pursuit of excellence by becoming one of the inaugural certified hospitalists.

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has created a new program that provides general internists practicing in the hospital setting the opportunity to maintain Internal Medicine Certification with a Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine. This program was developed in response to the growing number of ABIM certified general internists who have dedicated themselves to caring for patients in a hospital setting.

Dr. Kluwe is one of 175 hospitalists who are the first to be certified as Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine (FPHM). This certification will allow the more than 30,000 hospitalists in the US to define their specialty of practicing hospital medicine.

The process will ask diplomats to participate in practice improvement every three years, which will focus on the ongoing need for performance improvement said Jeff Wiese, MD, FACP, SFHM, SHM president and chair of the ABIM Hospital Medicine MOC Question Writing Committee.



FDA Approves Medtronic Device To Fix Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

An estimated 1.2 million people in the United States have an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). But for those with a known AAA of a certain size, there’s a new medical device for a safe and effective treatment option that doesn’t require major surgery, an extended hospital stay and a long recovery period.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Endurant® AAA Stent Graft System from Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) for the minimally invasive treatment of this often fatal condition.

The Endurant stent graft is a flexible wire frame (stent) sewn onto a specially woven fabric tube (graft) that physicians use to create a new path for blood flow in the patient’s aorta, reducing pressure on the aneurysm and the risk of rupture. Delivered through catheters inserted into blood vessels in the groin, the new device is designed to conform to a broad range of aortic anatomies, enabling physicians to offer endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) to more AAA patients than ever before.



February 13 – 19 is National Cardiac Rehab Week

Henry County Medical Center has one of the best Cardiac Rehabilitation programs in our area, should the need for phase II and III rehab arise. In recognition of our wonderful program, HCMC will be observing February 13 – 19 as National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week.

Henry County Medical Center’s Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation is an exercise and education program designed to help you take better care of your heart.

Registered Nurses, Christie Glass and Lujan Meketi will design a program especially for you if you have had:

• Myocardial Infarction (MI) within the last 12 months

• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) within the past 12 months

• Stable Angina – must have current documentation in chart

• Heart Transplant

• Valve replacement repair within the past 12 months

• Stents within the past 12 months

The nurses monitor each participant with telemetry devices and talk to you about your concerns and keep you and your doctor informed about your progress.

Participants can attend up to 36 sessions, three times a week and the nurse will schedule your appointments. Typically twelve weeks on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for one hour show great improvement for patients. If necessary, patients can move into Phase III for a fee. Phase III is designed for exercise continuation for patients who have completed Phase II. Exceptions are based on the individual’s need and physician’s request for patients who do not meet phase II criteria.

Cardiac Rehab is usually reimbursed by Medicare and most other third party insurance carriers.

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