THA Recognizes West Tennessee Healthcare Board Member
West Tennessee Healthcare Board of Trustees Member Curtis Mansfield was recognized by the Tennessee Hospital Association at its annual meeting in Nashville. Mansfield was among 21 people from across the state who received honors at the 76th annual meeting at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. The Meritorious Service Award was given to Mansfield for his contributions while serving for the past 17 years on the West Tennessee Healthcare Board of Trustees.
In addition to his role as a member of the West Tennessee Healthcare Board of Trustees, he is also a past board chairman. He has also served as a director of local organizations including Jackson Rotary Club, Jackson Arts Council, and Jackson-Madison County Area Chamber of Commerce.
Greg Milam, current West Tennessee Healthcare board chairman, said Mansfield has been an excellent role model.
Curtis is currently President and Board of Directors member of FIRSTBANK in Jackson. He and his wife, Joan, have four children and six grandchildren all living in the Jackson area.
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital ED Debuts Improved Entrance Area
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital officials held a formal ribbon-cutting for its remodeled and expanded Emergency Department entrance area in December.
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital has remained committed to meeting the emergency needs of the residents of Jackson and West Tennessee since 1950, according to James Ross, Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Chief Operating Officer. He said the new patient entrance area is an example of the kinds of ongoing improvements that are made to provide the best possible patient care and respond effectively to the wide range of emergencies that are seen every day.
The newly remodeled area will allow visitors more immediate access to Emergency Department registration and intake staff. The area also includes expanded patient triage space, 4 new triage rooms and dedicated areas for electrocardiogram (EKG) testing and laboratory specimen collection.
The 4 new triage rooms will offer Emergency Department patients greater privacy, and allow greater use of mid level practitioners and other qualified medical providers in initial patient assessments and ordering of diagnostic tests. These changes are intended to help speed the initial patient evaluation process and reduce the length of time required for Emergency Department visits. The new triage rooms also allow the staff to isolate more quickly patients who enter the Emergency Department with a potentially infectious disease.
The remodeled area also includes a second waiting area to better accommodate patients during peak times such as the flu season, a waiting room for laboratory and x-ray patients, and a waiting room for general patients.
The improvements further support other key features of the ED that allow for effective response to the most serious emergencies. Features such as a dedicated ED radiology team and equipment to provide x-rays and diagnostic testing, and having ED specific laboratory and phlebotomy collection services, all for the fastest possible diagnostic testing when seconds count the most; separate EMS entrances for patients arriving for emergency care and for patients who need EMS transport when they are discharged. There is also an EMS bay specially designed to accommodate heavy EMS traffic without delaying patient care.
The Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Emergency Department is staffed by up to 10 physicians and mid level providers, as well as a nursing staff of 43. All Emergency Department staff members are certified in Basic Life Support and the RN’s must be certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support as well. A full range of physician specialists are on call 24/7. The Emergency Department includes 60 examination and treatment rooms, as well as a Fast Track unit for the treatment of minor emergencies.
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