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TRINITY HOSPITAL STAFF NEWSLETTER www.mcmedical.org

Thank You from Tom Pyper, CEO

As fall is now upon us, I wanted to take this opportunity to

thank the staff for your outstanding contributions towards making

the past quarter a success.

Trinity Hospital has been awarded a Disaster Relief

Initiative grant in the amount of $1.8 million dollars. This is

incredible news for Trinity Hospital as the money will be used to

replace the aging roof, HVAC system, windows and doors. This

project is slated to begin in the spring of 2012. Thank you to Diane

Rieke, CNO, Wally Couch, Plant Operations Manager, and Larry

Masterman, Grant Writer for leading this effort.

The Emergency Room has been busy with summer traffic

and increased visits from tourists. The medical surgical unit has

been reaching capacity on many days and the staff has handled

these influxes with ease and professionalism.

Radiology has had the most successful financial quarter

since Pam Balsly joined our team. Thank you to Radiology for your

hard work.

Again, thank you to all of you for your hard work. Each one

of you makes a difference in the success of Trinity Hospital and

Mountain Communities Healthcare District.

~Tom Pyper~

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“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal;

nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude: ~ Thomas Jefferson

Wally Couch cooking pancakes

for the staff appreciation BBQ.

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Congressman Wally Herger gets a tour August 16

th, 2011 of

Trinity Hospital. Left Congressman Wally

Herger,Thomas Pyper CEO and Diane Rieke, RN, CNO

Mountain Communities Healthcare District P.O. Box 1229

Weaverville, CA 96093 www.mcmedical.org

TRINITY HOSPITAL

Director Rose being handcuffed by Officer

Merryman during the kindergarten kids

visit

OCTOBER 2011

WELCOME TO NEW STAFF

Please help us welcome the following new staff:

Maria Fontamillas, Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Mary Harvey, Pharmacist

Lori Alsup, Patient Registration Representative

Samuel Jungwirth, Business Services Representative

Records Clerk, Health Information Services

Michael Atchison, Emergency Room Technician

Todd Corbet, Maintenance Technician

Tanya Theademan, Environmental Services Workers

Judy Johnson, Registered Nurse

Brian Plowman, Environmental Services Worker

Nanci Hankerd, Human Resources Administrative Assistant

Jessica Gleason, Dietary Aide

New Employee, Todd Corbett can be found working in maintenance. If you see him in the

halls, gardens or shed, say hello

REMEMBER TO SUPPORT THE SUNSHINE BOOSTER CLUB LUNCHEONS; IT IS

FOR A GREAT CAUSE, OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY!

“I’ve been busy keeping the place together with Duct tape” ~Wally Couch,

Plant Operations Manager~

October 5th

-11th

is National Healthcare

Food Service Week. Please take the

time to drop by and say thank you to

the dietary staff for all their hard work.

The ice cream machine will be

delivered any day. The dietary

department will have ice cream cones

and shakes for sale to staff…yummo!

The staff will be changing to 4 ten hour

days starting in October.

Jarmila Vella is busy studying for her

US citizenship and will be taking her

test in October. Good luck Jarmilla!

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Vanessa DeMoss has completed her internship with

Maureen Breese as a Nurse Practitioner. Our staff and

patients have grown to love her and appreciate her

personality and skills in our clinic.

Dr. McElheran has been working at our clinic on

Wednesdays. It seems that the word is spreading as we have

been filling up his schedule on a regular basis. We also want

to thank Dr. Dan for filling in so Maureen could have a

much needed vacation.

A big thank you goes out to the foundation board for their

assistance with the application for the Sierra Pacific Grant.

The funds will be used to replace the microscope, autoclave,

and EKG machine.

Thank you to all lab employees for going the extra mile in

helping Hayfork patient blood get processed and billed with

payable diagnosis.

Please congratulate Jodi Hyatt who is the now

the Nurse Manager for med surg. Jodi has

been busy reorganizing the storage on Med

Surge and the instigated the moving of the

waiting room, which is now located across the

hall.

Judy Norlund is now Nurse Manager for

ER/OR. Julie happily turned over the reins to

Judy and she has been busy continuing

learning all she can about surgery

Barbara Skinner has also accepted the role of

manager of home health. Congratulations

Barbara!

Shasta Regional Medical Center donated over

$68,000 worth of medical equipment that is

slowly being put into circulation around the

hospital.

The Auxiliary redecorated the waiting room

and it is now a much more comfortable place

for family members to wait. The med surg

unit is now fully operational with 25 beds.

Staffing is for 10 patients plus extra on

surgery days and the unit has been kept very

busy.

The hospital is still recruiting for a discharge

planner/case manager. Sharayne is planning to

work full time for home health.

A new nurse will be spotted on med surg

training throughout the months of

September and October. Please take the

time to welcome Judy Johnson, RN to the

team. Jodi would like to thank all the staff

for their hard work and dedication to

patient care and safety. It has been a very

busy time and many staff has picked up

extra shifts, going above and beyond to

help out. This hard work is always

appreciated and really shows what a great

team we have.

Bombeck’s Rule of Medicine: Never go to

a doctor whose office plants have died

Please remember to fill out an incident report form if you discover a problem or unusual event. Incident

reports are not “tattling” on a co-worker, but pointing out problems so they can be fixed. Incident reports also

help to show a trend developing before it is out of control. Be part of our TEAM and submit confidential

information to your Nurse Manager. These forms remain confidential and are not viewed by other employees.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Think Pink!

Don’t forget! Open enrollment time is approaching for TASC, Trinity Hospitals

Flexible Spending Account. This helps with medical and day care expenses. More

information will follow closer to the time.

Environmental Services

September 11-17th

, 2011 was

National Healthcare Environmental

Services Week. Mary would like to

say a huge thank you to each of the

employees in her department. You

all do an outstanding job working

very hard to keep our hospital clean.

Each of you is a valued team

member.

MCH Foundation

The Foundation has been extremely

busy in recent months with

workshops being held in numerous

areas around the county such as

Hayfork, Weaverville and Trinity

Center. Some of the topics discussed

have been fire/summer safety, and

two on diabetes. The foundation also

awarded Kaitlyn Drake the Thurnald

Hinson Scholarship for $1000 to

continue her education in health

care. The foundation also purchased

an awning to cover the CT Trailer.

This will create a much nicer

experience for patients receiving the

CT services.

Laboratory

You will be seeing a new face in the laboratory the beginning of

October. Therese Lawson will join the laboratory staff as a

certified phlebotomy technician. She recently passed her certified

phlebotomy technician certification after completing her 60 hour

externship at Trinity Hospital. Therese also helps out with the

Auxiliary volunteering her time in the gift shop. The department

is looking forward to having Therese join the team.

Compliance

Trinity Hospital has a Compliance Program. An effective program

creates an environment in which all want to do the right thing, acts

as an effective deterrent and creates an environment in which all

want to do the right thing, and creates mechanisms for detecting

violations and identifying areas of vulnerability and risk. This is

not a “one size fits all” program. To find out more about Trinity

Hospitals Compliance Program, contact Vicky Williams in the lab

@ 3xt 3231. The hotline number for reporting compliance issues

is 530-623-9211 or 1-800-948-9211. All calls are anonymous and

retaliation for reporting is strictly forbidden. For unresolved issues

contact Federal Health and Human Services Office of Inspector

General Hotline: 1-800-447-8477

Trinity Community Health Clinic

Please welcome to the TCHC Gabriel Gustafsson-Hall. Gabriel is

a second year med student from Uppsala University in Sweden.

During his stay he will be working in both TCHC, and the

Hayfork Clinic. He will also shadow Dr Krouse in his private

practice. Welcome to the Mountain Communities Healthcare

District team Gabriel!

Gabriel Gustafsson-Hall

RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

As health care workers using ionizing radiation, we are

responsible every day for ensuring the safety of our patients

and always using a dose AS LOW AS RESONABLE

ACHIEVEABLE (ALARA).

A lot of very exciting things are happening in radiology. We

were recently gifted with a number. To our surprise we

received a C-arm, a contrast warmer for the CT and an EKG

machine for the newly added pre-op room. Thanks to MCHF

and Board we will be installing a motorized awning for the CT

Trailer in the next few weeks.

Some of you may have noticed Mike Nolan is hanging around a

little later in the evening. He is now working until 11:30pm.

Megan Isbell is now number 179 on the waiting list for Shasta

College’s nursing program! Wade Nakatani, his wife Ruth and

pets Randy, Rusty and Daisy have now moved to Trinity

County. Nancy and Jim Rushing spent their vacation this

summer cruising Europe (Jealous!!) Melanie Reimann is a busy

mother of two and remains dedicated on driving up the

mountain from Redding each day. Thank you to Monica Darnel

for your dedication and willingness to travel Buckhorn to cover

shifts when we know your husband would prefer you to enjoy

retirement

TAX UPDATE

The 2011/2012 Mountain

Communities Healthcare

district tax bills went out in

the mail the first week of

September.

This is a very busy time for

Janene, so Janene thank you

for dealing with all those

clients, and stressful phone

calls so patiently!

Also thank you to Christine,

who does the large deposits

coming in for the tax

department. Your help is

always appreciated.

Starting January 2012, employees can nominate fellow employees for

Employee of the Month. More information will follow.

REMEMBER TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR THE CHRISTMAS PARTY

DECEMBER 10TH

, 2011.

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