January 2011 - Allegheny West Magazine

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Heritage Valley News Heritage Valley Health System has announced a shift in locations for one of its ConvenientCare are walk-in clinics. The alpha test site in Beaver closed as a walk-in clinic on December 18 due to the close proximity of two other ConvenientCare locations in the Wal-mart stores in Monaca and Chippewa. The Beaver site was initially opened to prepare staff for subsequent retail medicine locations in area Wal-mart stores throughout Heritage Valley’s service area. Additionally, many area Heritage Valley primary care and pediatric offices (Tri-State Medical Group, Tri-State Pediatrics, Sewickley Valley Medical Group) have since opened and expanded their hours to accommodate patients. Heritage Valley operates five ConvenientCare walk-in clinics throughout the region with locations in Walmart stores in Chippewa, Cranberry, Monaca, New Castle and Calcutta, Ohio. The clinics are open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday. ConvenientCare clinics treat patients with minor illnesses and are staffed by Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners and supervised by Heritage Valley physicians. Heritage Valley Health System has launched a section of their Web site aimed at sharing quality data from its two flagship facilities, Heritage Valley Beaver and Heritage Valley Sewickley. The “Quality: How w do we e compare” section of the health system’s Web site, www.heritagevalley.org/quality, provides data on Heritage Valley’s clinical performance, patient safety, and customer satisfaction results. Heritage Valley’s Web site includes information on a variety of quality measures that are evidenced-based, scientifically-researched standards of care which have been shown to result in improved clinical outcomes for patients. Specific measures on pneumonia, heart attack, heart failure, and surgical care are tracked and published on the Web site as well as submitted on a quarterly basis to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Heritage Valley Sewickley has several key y volunteer openings to fill this new year. Substitute volunteers are needed to support the mornings and afternoons in the hospital’s busy surgical services waiting area. There is also an opportunity to volunteer weekly on Tuesday mornings in the same area. Critical skills include the ability to communicate effectively with families, surgeons and hospital staff, the ability to handle several tasks at one time, a commitment to one’s volunteering, and the ability to consistently deliver high customer service. In addition to the surgical services, a number of other public and patient related positions are available throughout the week. Most assignments require 3-4 hours per week, with a minimum six-month program commitment. For consideration, please contact the Volunteer and Community Services Department at (412) 749-7052. Heritage e Valle e alley y Pulmonology opened a new office located at 274 Third Street in Beaver. The office will be run by Jeffrey Erukhimov, M.D. Dr. Erukhimov is a pulmonologist who has practiced this discipline for 12 years in Beaver prior to affiliating with Heritage Valley. The Heritage Valley Pulmonology office replaces the Heritage Valley ConvenientCare – Beaver previously located at the same address. Office hours for Heritage Valley Pulmonology are Monday through Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call (724) 774-2942. The Board of Directors of Heritage Valley Health System recently announced its new board leadership for 2011. The leadership team, effective January 1 is comprised of: Garry Hogan, Chair; G.R. Orr III, Vice Chair; Johannah Robb, CPA, Secretary; and A. Gary Chace, Treasurer. Monthly Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group Meets at Heritage Valley-Sewickley the second Monday of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the small dining room. around your town Rosedale Tech Voted a Best Place to Work Those who work at Rosedale Technical Institute in Kennedy Township know Rosedale is very unique. There is friendship and comradery among faculty, staff, and students. This relationship was recently recognized by “Pittsburgh Business Times.” The publication conducted a survey detailing the best places to work in Pittsburgh. This year more than 150 companies applied to participate in the online survey, which is conducted by a professional market research company. All of the participating companies were broken down into categories -- small companies up to 50 full-time employees, medium companies of 51-150 full-time employees, and large companies of 151 or more full-time employees. The higher the number of employees, the lower the amount of employee surveys required to qualify. Rosedale is classified as a “small company.” This means that almost every survey taken by an employee played a crucial part in its score. Rosedale successfully ranked number 30 overall out of 61 companies comprised of all size categories that qualified for the contest. Rosedale ranked 25 out of 43 small companies that qualified. It is important to note that it was the only organization on the list in the field of education. Student is a People to People Ambassador Lacey Kostishack, an eighth grader at David E. Williams Middle School, was nominated for and accepted into the People to People organization as a student ambassador this year. To be nominated, Lacey needed three letters of recommendation from teachers, coaches, or others. She then interviewed for the opportunity. Lacey is a straight “A” student and holds a 4.0 GPA. She will travel with 40 other students from the region, representing her school, community, state, and country as the delegation visits Austria, Italy, France, and Switzerland. Lacey will have the opportunity to meet European government officials. Upon her return, she will present her experience to local businesses and organizations that donated to help fund her trip. We are 500+ Fans Fe and Growing! Become a fan of Allegheny West Magazine’s Facebook page so you can receive updates of information around the community. We post events and news that we receive in between magazine issues so you don’t miss anything going on in your hometown. Share news about your neighborhood or your group, too! Start posting! Facebook is another way we are connecting the community with good, positive news about the people, places, and events that make this region a great place to live and work. 14 Allegheny West Magazine January 2011
She is a KDKA Extra Team Somma Has Successful Year Effort Award Winner After losing the first game of the second half of the season, Team Somma put together 11 wins in 13 outings that resulted in an International League championship. Team Somma finished the season with a 14-9 record on the strength of an 11-2 winning streak and an incredibly exciting 9 run come-frombehind playoff victory with their backs to the wall. ABOVE: Alena Esposito, a senior at Montour High School, was named a KDKA Extra Effort Award winner this winter. Alena, who is a member of the Spartan basketball team among other activities, was recognized for both her athletic and academic achievements. Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like, if each of us offered as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person. One kind word has a wonderful way of turning into many. -- Fred Rogers RIGHT: April Somma Hoffman, third generation funeral director at the Joseph M. Somma Funeral Home, congratulates team Somma and manager John Selnekovic for their Robinson Township Youth Baseball International League Championship. April presented each of the young men with a jacket and said, “Following in my grandfather’s and father’s footsteps I want to continue to support the youth of our community. They are our future.” RIGHT: Front Row - Josh Love, Ricky Wuenschell, Grant Dixon, Seth Mascellino, Logan Vietmeier; second row - John Selnekovic, Anthony Szurlej, Ronnie Gombita, Andrew Wendel, Zayne Wodzenski; third row - John Selnekovic, Sr., April Hoffman, Rick Wuenschell, Rich Wendel, and Gordon Vietmeier. Not available for photo were Jared Prince and Garrett Grimes. January 2011 www.alleghenywestmagazine.com 15
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