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PATIENT GUIDE FREE! Take This Key Information For Your Stay Copy Home With You PATIENT STORY BEATING BREAST CANCER The Power of Love Brought to you by: We’re taking quality care to new heights #1 Large Hospital in Georgia for 3 of the past 4 years – Georgia Trend magazine Ranked among the Top 100 U.S. Hospitals for Medical Excellence In Hospital Care for 3 of the past 4 years – Care Chex® Rating System Named to the 100 Great Community Hospitals list for 2016 – Becker’s Hospital Review At WellStar West Georgia Medical Center, we believe in life well lived. While we are proud to be recognized for our longstand- ing commitment to delivering quality care to our patients, it’s even more rewarding to us that you have access to exceptional healthcare right here at home. That means less time on the road and more time living life to the fullest. We believe in life well-lived. WellStar West Georgia Medical Center 1514 Vernon Road To learn more and find a physician, LaGrange, Georgia 30240 visit wellstar.org/wgmc 706.882.1411 WEST GEORGIA HEALTH FOUNDATION West Georgia Health Foundation the name and address of the center must house all cancer raises money for facility person we should notify. services under one roof. Cancer enhancements, technology Community Cancer Center navigators, genetics counseling, additions and service expansions WGMC has provided quality a resource center and support at WellStar West Georgia cancer care for generations and groups also will be housed here. Medical Center. Created in is investing in oncology staff, Donations for this project are tax 2004, our first campaign raised advanced technologies and deductible and will be matched $5.1 million for an expanded lifesaving treatments to better by Callaway Foundation, Inc. Emergency Department. More serve our community. This Please mail your gift to the than 1,500 local residents, is a very exciting time for the address below, or make an online companies and foundations oncology program. donation via our website at supported this campaign. wghealth.org. Thank you for We now are raising money to Wassim Mchayleh, M.D., medical your support. renovate and enhance our cancer oncologist and oncology program medical director, prescribes the West Georgia Health clinic to create the Community Foundation, Inc. Cancer Center. latest chemotherapy solutions and gene therapies designed 1514 Vernon Rd. Gifts from the Heart to empower the patient’s own LaGrange, GA 30240 An honorary or memorial immune system to fight cancer. 706-845-3029 donation is a great way to He also has guided his patients [email protected] remember a special person or through clinical trials of new Having a Plan Can Make the recognize a medical professional, medications. Difference and your donation is tax Robert Taylor, M.D., radiation Important documents, such as a deductible. We kindly request a oncologist, uses Stereotactic will, must be put into effect while donation of $25 per notification. Radiosurgery (SRS) and you can speak for yourself. Our Recognize a physician or staff Stereotactic Ablative Heritage Circle guide provides member who has provided Radiotherapy (SABR) to destroy some basics on estate planning exceptional care. Along with tumors without surgery. These and ways you can protect your your gift, you can include a are just two of many cutting- family’s financial future. Please message that will be delivered to edge technologies that have been call our Foundation Office the medical professional. added to our radiation oncology at 706-845-3030 or email Remember someone who department. [email protected] to has touched your life with Chemo and radiation often are request the guide. If you are a a lasting tribute. Along with used together to deliver a one- patient at WGMC, we can deliver your gift, please provide us with two punch, which requires the guide to your room. the name of the person being precise timing. That is one honored or memorialized, and reason why the renovated The West Georgia Health Foundation, an affiliate of the WellStar Foundation, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax deductible. 11 Hospitals 2,900 Medical Staff 30+ Specialties 20,000+ Team Members 2,762 Licensed Beds wellstar.org wellstar.org CONTENTS ON OUR COVER Patient Story: Beating Breast Cancer— The Power of Love .................24 Yvette Pritchett felt her cancer care team—and everyone—at WellStar West Georgia Medical Center provided world-class care. WELCOME ............................ 2 ABOUT US ............................ 3 PHONE DIRECTORY .................... 4 OUR COMMITMENT TO CARE .......... 5 RAPID RESPONSE TEAM ............... 6 FAST FACTS ABOUT YOUR STAY ........ 7 Visitor Information and Visiting Hours .... 9 TV Channel Listings ................... 10 SPECIAL SECTION ..................... 11 RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES ........... 17 YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS .............. 19 Take Charge of ADVANCE DIRECTIVES ................ 20 PAGE SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS ............ 21 Your Care ............... LEAVING THE HOSPITAL 22 n 7 Tips to Take Charge 11 ON OUR COVER n Patient Story: Beating Breast Cancer— Check IDs The Power of Love ..................... 24 n AFTER-HOSPITAL CARE ................ 26 Opioid Medications .......... UNDERSTANDING YOUR BILL 27 n 5 Ways to Fight Infections PREVENT HOSPITAL INFECTIONS ....... 29 n SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH ............... 30 Don’t Ignore Pain Stop Smoking n Prevent Falls DID YOU HAVE A GREAT ........................ CAREGIVER? 31 n Prepare for Surgery YOUR HEALTHCARE TEAM ............. 32 n MEET OUR HOSPITALISTS .............. 34 Manage Your Meds WARFARIN GUIDELINES ............... 35 WELLSTAR MYPORTAL Be Sure to Sign Up .................... 36 The editorial content displayed here is the responsibility of PatientPoint. This material is for your educational use only. It does not contain, nor should it be construed as containing, medical advice. Talk to your doctor before making any lifestyle or treatment changes. Sponsors are responsible for the material provided, and your healthcare provider’s participation in the program does not represent an explicit or implied endorsement of any material presented. The people shown are models and are not known to have any health condition. Images are for illustrative purposes only. Image credits: WellStar West Georgia Medical Center, Getty Images, iStockphoto. ©2017 PatientPoint® 1 WELCOME We Are Honored to Share in Your Care n behalf of possible. Focused on excellence, Awards and Accreditations Oour Board compassion, respect and family- of Trustees, centeredness, our program n Joint Commission Accreditation team members, continuously earns high honors West Georgia Medical Center West Georgia Home Care volunteers and for quality and safety from many West Georgia Hospice/Hospice medical staff, health-related organizations, LaGrange I would like which are noted in the adjacent n Truven Health Analytics™ – 100 to welcome Awards and Accreditations Top Hospitals® Award for 2016 you to WellStar West Georgia section on the right. It is our and 2017 Medical Center. For more than ongoing commitment to re-earn n Named to Becker’s Hospital 75 years, we have been caring these honors every day with each Review “100 Great Community for the healthcare needs of west new patient who walks through Hospitals” List for 2016 Georgia and east Alabama. And the door. n American College of Surgeons our commitment to providing We thank you for choosing WGMC. Commission on Cancer exceptional service and the best We hope you will consider us for Accreditation Oncology program possible clinical care remains as your future healthcare needs. true today as it was then. n Premier Inc., QUEST® Award for Sincerely, Rest assured that you and your High-Value Healthcare (2015) family are in very good hands. Our n Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery dedicated and highly trained staff Senior Vice President Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program, Accredited is committed to making your stay WellStar West Georgia Medical Bariatric Center (2015) as pleasant and comfortable as Center President n The Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care, Accredited Chest MISSION STATEMENT Pain Center with PCI (2015) To create and deliver high-quality hospital, physician and other healthcare- n CareChex, top 10 percent of related services that improve the health and well-being of the individuals all U.S. hospitals for Medical and communities we serve. Excellence (2016) VISION Overall Hospital Care To deliver world-class healthcare. Overall Medical Care Overall Surgical Care CREDO I believe every person and every job is important, and I am accountable for achieving my goals. I believe in compassion and understanding. I believe in innovation and creative thinking. I believe in the WellStar team, and we are making a difference in people’s lives. We believe in life well-lived. 2 ABOUT US WellStar: World-Class Healthcare, Close to Home WellStar West Georgia Medical WGMC also operates outpatient made up of simple questions on Center, based in LaGrange, Ga., facilities for occupational key topics, such as: provides healthcare services to medicine, laboratory and n doctor and nurse residents in west Georgia and rehabilitation services; a home communication east Alabama. WGMC is a 276- hospice program; and a home n medicine and discharge bed, full-service hospital. health care agency (West information Georgia Home Care) that serves n pain management and staff In addition to the medical Harris, Heard, Meriwether and responsiveness center, the health system