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Opening ThoughTs<br />
Access to<br />
Primary Care<br />
Make a personal commitment to<br />
help us help you make a positive<br />
impact on your personal health<br />
Access to primary care services is critical<br />
to each of us in our Healthcare<br />
Community. We need a primary care physician or nurse practitioner<br />
to manage our total personal health. Since our bodies are very complex<br />
and each of us is different, it is important that we have a physician or nurse<br />
practitioner who knows our total health status.<br />
Since many medical problems are interrelated, a single point of primary care is<br />
very important to our total health management. By having a single point of primary<br />
care, your healthcare expenditures may be reduced by early detection of<br />
possible health problems and timely addressing of health problems that occur.<br />
The goal of primary care is to improve your health status and keep you out of<br />
the hospital. However, you, the patient, must actively participate in your care to<br />
realize positive results by:<br />
• Providing as much information as possible about your health during your<br />
visit.<br />
• Asking questions to ensure that you understand what you are to do.<br />
• Making a commitment to take medications as directed and follow other directions<br />
given to you.<br />
• Showing up for your appointments. It is very sad if you do not show up for<br />
appointments or call and cancel far enough in advance, subject to emergencies.<br />
When this occurs, another patient misses the opportunity to take your<br />
appointment time, thus delaying that patient’s access to primary care.<br />
MGH continues to take steps to improve your access to primary care through<br />
the following:<br />
• Expanding our <strong>Hospital</strong>ist Program to enable primary care physicians to<br />
remain in their offices and see more patients instead of having to come to the<br />
hospital to see their inpatients.<br />
• Recruiting new primary care physicians.<br />
• Enhancing our computer systems and providing other tools to assist physicians<br />
and nurse practitioners with managing your care.<br />
So, make a personal commitment to help us help you. Together, we<br />
can make a positive impact on your personal health.<br />
Paul L. Usher, FACHE, CPA, FHFMA<br />
President/CEO<br />
<strong>Marion</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
MArion GenerAl HosPitAl<br />
President/Ceo<br />
Paul L. Usher, FACHE, CPA, FHFMA<br />
Chairman, Board of Directors<br />
Joe Martin<br />
President, Medical staff<br />
Esther B. Fox, D.O.<br />
Administrative Director/Medical staff services and<br />
Community outreach<br />
Ann Vermilion, MBA, FACHE<br />
editor<br />
Randy Deffenbaugh<br />
Contributing Photographers<br />
Eric Marshall<br />
Carl and Allison Saathoff<br />
ProDUCtion<br />
editorial<br />
V.P./Strategic Content: Beth Tomkiw<br />
Editor-in-Chief: Shelley Flannery<br />
Editors: Tim Condon, Sam Mittelsteadt, Matt Morgan,<br />
Amanda Myers, Tom Weede<br />
Copy Editor: Cindy Hutchinson<br />
Design<br />
Managing Art Director: Adele Mulford<br />
Art Directors: Lisa Altomare, Rod Karmenzind, Monya Mollohan,<br />
Kay Morrow, Tami Rodgers, Keith Whitney<br />
Production<br />
Senior Production Manager: Laura Marlowe<br />
Ancillary Production Manager: Angela Liedtke<br />
Imaging Specialist: Dane Nordine<br />
Production Technology Specialists: Julie Chan, Sonia Washington<br />
Circulation<br />
V.P./Business Intelligence Group: Patrick Kehoe<br />
Postal Affairs & Logistics Director: Joseph Abeyta<br />
Client serviCes<br />
V.P./Sales & Product Development: Chad Rose, 888-626-8779<br />
V.P./Client Services & Strategy: Heather Burgett<br />
Account Managers: Barbara Mohr, Andrea Parsons, Paul Peterson,<br />
Todd Speranzo<br />
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Vim & Vigor Founder: J. Barry Johnson<br />
Chairman: Preston V. McMurry Jr.<br />
President/Chief Executive Officer: Christopher McMurry<br />
Chief Operating Officer/Financial Officer: Audra L. Taylor<br />
President/Content Marketing: Fred Petrovsky<br />
441 N. Wabash Ave., <strong>Marion</strong>, IN 46952-2690<br />
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Vim & Vigor, TM Spring 2011, Volume 27, Number 1, is published quarterly by<br />
McMurry, McMurry Campus Center, 1010 E. Missouri Ave., Phoenix, Arizona<br />
85014, 602-395-5850. Vim & Vigor TM is published for the purpose of disseminating<br />
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physician before undertaking any form of medical treatment and/or adopting<br />
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