ProMedica Health System: INSIDE

Applause, Applause

Consumer Choice
For the 14^th consecutive year, residents of Greater Toledo named The Toledo Hospital (TTH) their Consumer Choice Award winner. Of the winning facilities nationwide, TTH is the only hospital in the area recognized with the award. TTH has earned the prestigious Consumer Choice Award from National Research Corporation for its high quality and image rankings every year since the award program’s inception in 1995. Winners are determined by consumer perceptions on multiple quality and image ratings in a survey of more than 250,000 households in 300 markets across the nation. The winners were featured in the Oct. 12 issue of Modern Healthcare.

 

2009 – 2010 Best Doctors in America®
ProMedica Health System congratulates the following physicians on our medical staff named to the 2009 – 2010 Best Doctors in America^® list: Frank Barone, MD, plastic and reconstructive surgery; Kenneth Bertka, MD, family medicine; Raymond Bourey, MD, sleep medicine; Craig Burkhart, MD, dermatology; Gary Collins, MD, pediatrics; Anthony Comerota, MD, vascular surgery; John Feldmeier, DO, radiation oncology; Anthony Frogameni, MD, orthopaedic surgery; Blair Grubb, MD, cardiology; Scott Langenburg, MD, pediatric surgery; Joseph Lelli, Jr., MD, pediatric surgery; Christopher Lynn, MD, internal medicine; Thomas Mehelas, MD, ophthalmology; Thomas Padanilam, MD, orthopaedic surgery; Garth Phibbs, MD, gynecologic oncology; Allan Rubin, MD, PhD, otolaryngology; Stephen Saddemi, MD, orthopaedic surgery; Randall Schlievert, MD, pediatrician; Richard Tapper, MD, urology; James Tita, DO, pulmonary/critical care medicine; William Treuhaft, MD, rheumatology; Steven Zeidner, MD, radiation oncology. Only about 5% of doctors practicing in the U.S. are selected for this list, created by Best Doctors, Inc., based on a peer review survey of physician experts to determine which physicians provide the most advanced medical knowledge to patients with serious conditions in their chosen fields of specialty.

 

Employee Involvement Program
ProMedica Health System’s (PHS) Got Ideas? Employee Involvement Program recently earned international recognition from the Employee Involvement Association at its 67^th Annual Training Conference, Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, in the following categories:

• Executive Leadership Award

• Evaluator of the Year Award—Mike Wilkins, vice president, professional and support services, TTH

• Best Program Administrator—Jack Radomyski, coordinator, corporate operational and performance improvement, PHS

• Gold Finalist—Communication Excellence—Promotions

• Gold Finalist—Communication Excellence—Electronic Communications

• Gold Finalist—Communication Excellence—Publications

Among the organizations represented at the conference were: Commercial Bank of Dubai (UAE), Dubai World (UAE), General Motors, Honda of America, HSBC, IRS, Lockheed Martin, Social Security Administration, and U.S. Army.

 

Fit-Friendly
The American Heart Association’s Start! movement for helping employees eat better and move more recognized Fostoria Community Hospital as a Platinum-Level Start! Fit-Friendly Company and Bay Park Community Hospital, Defiance Regional Medical Center and Flower Hospital as Gold-Level Start! Fit-Friendly Companies. A special advertising section in the Sept. 18 issue of Forbes magazine included a complete list of the companies across the nation designated as Fit-Friendly.

 

Gold T Award
Lance Talmage, MD, recently received The University of Toledo (UT) Alumni Association’s Gold T Award in recognition of outstanding achievement in his field of endeavor while providing leadership and noteworthy service to the community. Dr. Talmage is director of ambulatory gynecology at TTH Center for Women’s Health and serves as a clinical professor at UT’s College of Medicine.

 

2010 Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals
TTH physicians and staff were featured during the Oct. 22 national teleconference “Overview of 2010 Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals,” presented by Joint Commission Resources Quality and Safety Network, the consulting arm of The Joint Commission. The teleconference, which focused on TTH’s successful initiatives relative to universal protocols and the blood verification process, included interviews with medical staff and patient care leaders, as well as mock educational scenarios starring TTH employees.

 

Ironman Sports Medicine Conference
Roger Kruse, MD, spoke at the Ironman Sports Medicine Conference in Kona, Hawaii, Oct. 4 – 8. The Kona Ironman is the world championship and consists of a 2.4-mile open-water swim, a 112-mile bike and a marathon (26.2-mile run). This year’s winner accomplished this in just over eight hours. Dr. Kruse also served as a physician in the medical tent during the race.

 

International Meeting for the Association of Physicians of Pakistani-Descent of North America
Two members of ProMedica Physician Group were featured speakers at the Sixth Annual International Meeting for the Association of Physicians of Pakistani-Descent of North America, Oct. 10 – 24. Masud Hashmi, MD, presented a lecture on colonoscopies and colon screening, including a step-by-step tutorial with details about the equipment and techniques used. Adil Karamali, MD, presented highlights of various testing involved in the investigation and care of cardiac patients, the examination of current guidelines for the appropriateness of these tests, and understanding various results, specifically false positives.

 

Cancer Registry
Melissa Treece, CTR, cancer registry, Hickman Cancer Center on the campus of Flower Hospital, is one of only 75 cancer registrars from across the country selected by the American College of Surgeons to attend the Collaborative Stage Data Collection System Train the Trainers Forum. Melissa’s participation helps ensure that PHS and ProMedica Cancer Institute remain an innovative leader in oncology services and oncology data management.