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THE VITALINK United Way Award The most recent MRMC United Way chairpersons were each honored with a Spirit Award from the United Way for their exceptional commitment, leadership and creativity in coordinating the campaigns of the last three years. Debbie Bratton, Lisa Chambers and Kim Edwards accepted the awards at a recent United Way board meeting. “This award really goes to all employees who have so generously donated to this cause throughout the years. It is because of all of them that we have been so successful,” said Chambers, 2008 chairperson. Pictured are Edwards, Bratton and Chambers with their award. Community Outreach F&M Health Fair Approximately 100 employees of First Farmers and Merchants Bank (F&M) visited the health fair booths hosted by MRMC on November 18 and 19. Services offered were blood pressure checks, target and resting heart rates, cholesterol and glucose screenings, body mass analysis, pulmonary screenings and dietary counseling. All attendees were also given personal counseling based on their screening results. Pictured is Mindy Girouard, dietitian, at the health fair with an F&M employee. 6 Foundation News Foundation Uses Special Needs Fund to Benefit Communities More than 270 requests in four different counties have been answered with assistance from the Maury Regional Healthcare Foundation Special Needs Fund. The Special Needs Fund was established to provide financial resources to patients in need of medication, transportation, medical equipment or other health care needs. The Primary Health/Minor Care Clinic recently received $1,000 from the foundation. “Twenty-four clinic patients have benefitted from this fund in the past year. Our patients in need are so thankful for the help they have received,” said Carol Holden, Primary Health/Minor Care Clinic coordinator. The Special Needs Fund has assisted 13 patients from the Lewis Health Center (LHC) with purchasing their much needed medication, for Darlene Baxter (center), executive director of the foundation, is pictured delivering a check from the Special Needs Fund to Primary Health/Minor Care Clinic staff Holden (left) and Barbara Hinson, FNP. example insulin and antibiotics. “The Special Needs Fund is making a difference in the lives of Lewis County residents who need medication but would not be able to obtain them without this help from the foundation,” said Dr. Dustin Flowers, director of LHC. The foundation board also recently approved the purchase of helmets and children’s car booster seats to patients who may have lost or damaged these items in an accident or other circumstance. Reminder about Open Enrollment As a reminder, the open enrollment period for employee benefits will be held December 1-15. During this time, benefit meetings will be scheduled and employees will have the opportunity to meet individually with a benefits counselor to discuss all benefits options, including plan changes for 2009. Dates and times will soon be posted on medical center bulletin boards as well as e-mailed to all employees. Employees are encouraged to take the opportunity to attend one of the group meetings as well as a one-on-one session with a benefits counselor to learn about the following: • Changes to the existing Blue Cross Blue Shield plan • Flexible spending accounts – addition of health care and dependent care accounts • Colonial life cancer insurance – replaces AFLAC cancer insurance • Colonial universal life and colonial term life – replaces Unum Provident term and universal For questions, please contact Connie Lentz or Cindy Wilmore in Human Resources/Benefits at extension 1096.
THE VITALINK Letters of Thanks To Maury Regional Medical Center: We wanted to thank you for providing us with flu shots again this year. We very much appreciate the time and expense that is involved. Thank you very much! ~Whitthorne Faculty and Staff (Whitthorne is MRMC’s Partner-in-Education school) Home Services, from page 1 sively for health care that conducts the hospital’s patient satisfaction surveys. “The 2008 HomeCare Elite winners exemplify a commitment to providing their patients with optimum care while performing at the highest level,” said Nancy Buller, senior director of marketing communications at OCS, Inc. “We congratulate Maury Regional Medical Center on being one of the Top 100 home care agencies in the country.” The 2008 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. The 2008 HomeCare Elite is brought to the industry by OCS, Inc., the leading provider of health care informatics, and DecisionHealth, publisher of home care’s most respected independent newsletter Home Health Line. The entire list of the 2008 HomeCare Elite agencies can be viewed by visiting www.ocsys.com. Tar Wars, from page 2 medical director at Maury Regional Medical Center. “The lesson plans consist of a pre-activity, a one-hour classroom presentation and a followup poster contest. The children seem to really enjoy the program each year.” Dr. Ball is spearheading a team of physicians and staff members who will each visit local schools and present the anti-tobacco program. Presentations began November 20 and will continue until December 16. Morrow (center) is pictured with (l-r) Wright and Sharon Dobbins, respiratory care coordinator. 7 Service Champion of the Month Award Melissa Morrow, respiratory therapist, was named October’s Service Champion of the Month. Morrow has been an employee of the medical center for more than two years. “Melissa puts others before herself and is always so caring to her patients and coworkers. She is very knowledgeable and compassionate. We’re very proud of her. This recognition is well deserved,” said Christy Wright, director of respiratory care. Auxiliary Makes Great Strides The Auxiliary has grown and enhanced services within the past several months, according to Cindy Fox, director of volunteer services. “The Auxiliary hosted a very successful men’s recruitment breakfast on October 22 with 11 guests joining us. The event was a lot of fun and we had some great guest speakers telling about their duties as volunteers and how it has personally benefited them as well as our medical center,” said Fox. At the Auxiliary bake sale on November 14, volunteers made $2,537 on the sale of baked goods and sold Pictured above are several of the attendees of the men’s recruitment breakfast, held on October 22. 53 Auxiliary cookbooks for an additional $530. The bake sale benefits Auxiliary-funded projects requested by the medical center. The Auxiliary Gift Shop has recently begun carrying used paperback and hardback books. The Gift Shop will host an open house on December 11, from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Samples of Aspen Mulling Spice and cookies will be offered. Students Donate to Pediatric Unit The eighth grade leadership class at Whitthorne Middle School chose the Pediatric Unit at Maury Regional Medical Center as their Make-A-Difference Day project. With the help of donations from Dollar General and Arby’s, students collected items and assembled goodie bags for pediatric patients. “We are very grateful for those who coordinated this program and worked so hard to collect and package the items. I know that our patients will enjoy every treat and special gift,” said Linda Foster, pediatric unit nurse manager.
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