Via Christi February-March 2013

ANNUAL REPORT ISSUE Back in a publication of Via Christi Health the saddle Thanks to Via Christi’s west hospital

Breath of fresh air Home medical services keep COPD patient out of hospital

Just being grandma Teen moms get love they need at Gerard House [ceo CHAT] CONTENTSFebruary-March 2013 FEATURE ARTICLES DEPARTMENTS Jeff Korsmo talks with John D. Osland, MD Annual Report section . .4-22 10 What’s new ...... 23 Breath of Clinical excellence . . . . .24 fresh air Stay connected ...... 30 Chat with the CEO Home medical services Difference maker . . . . . 36 keep COPD patient out Healthy eating ...... 41 of hospital Caring touch ...... 42 Dear readers: Women’s Connection . . . 46 We are pleased to bring you our 2012 Annual Report highlighting the start of Via Christi’s journey to become a high-reliability organization providing the safest, highest-quality care and great service. 14 Via Christi 50+ ...... 47 Just being Class calendar ...... 48 Our Mission We do a good job of caring for most patients and residents today, but we can — and must — be better because our patients and their families come to us when they are vulnerable and trust us to heal grandma Leadership and locations . .50 Inspired by the Gospel them. A Franciscan Sister I was blessed to have worked with uses a story from the life of St. Francis Maggie Bare comforts and our Catholic tradition, of Assisi to remind us of the high expectations placed on us: “A beggar once told St. Francis of Assisi, troubled pregnant teens we serve as a healing presence ‘Be sure thou art as good as the people believe thee to be, for they have great faith in thee.’” with special concern for our Via Christi’s top priority is to become a high-reliability organization that consistently provides the neighbors who are vulnerable. safest, highest-quality care and service to our patients and senior residents. We are using industrial engineering and safety experts from Wichita’s aviation industry to complement the expertise of our Our Core Values physicians, nurses and other clinicians. One story in our Annual Report section describes the Via 26 Christi Center for Clinical Excellence’s “performance improvement teams.” Human Dignity Robotic We recognize and respect the These teams are working to reduce hospital-acquired infections and improve patient safety, surgical Saddle up sacredness of each person. care, cardiac care, pneumonia treatment and patient service. Each team of physicians, nurses surgery rocks West ER returns and other clinicians is supported by a quality manager and an industrial engineering “black belt.” Cancer survivor with MS woman to the life Stewardship Importantly, the teams include patient representatives to ensure we learn from those we serve. has reason to celebrate she loves We responsibly care for all resources entrusted to us. Stories of patients helped by our care are featured throughout this issue of Via Christi Life. As always, PAGE 34 we share these stories with the patients’ permission. Special section: Excellence Amanda Guthrie credits her OB/GYN physician, Janey Maki, and the staff of Via Christi Hospital on Annual Report We extend ourselves in St. Teresa with saving her life when she suffered a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. outstanding service. Jane Webb was able to stay close to home and still participate in a clinical cancer trial for treatment Breaking Our Vision of her melanoma because of Via Christi’s partnership with the Wichita Community Clinical Oncology Program and Cancer Center of Kansas. As an innovative, integrated through health care team, we build One inspiring story is about Maggie Bare, who serves as the “grandmother” to young unwed mothers Fighting shape healthier communities and staying at Gerard House. The only licensed maternity home in Wichita, Gerard House was a joint Experts help lead Via Christi Slimmed-down deliver the ideal experience mission of Via Christi’s founding religious orders — the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother and the to quality, safety improvements Congregation of St. Joseph. firefighter finds his in the way of Christ. PAGE 6 job easier now Gerard House is just one example of how Via Christi lives its mission of being a healing presence with special concern for our neighbors who are vulnerable. Becoming a high-reliability organization calls PAGE 38 us to be the best healing presence as we continue to serve in the way of Christ — Via Christi.

Sincerely, Contributors Art direction Writers, photographers and editors Questions or comments Peg Tichacek, Vice President, Planning and Marketing Tiffany Todd Colleen Brink Tanya Merritt [email protected] or 316-858-4977 William “Skip” Hidlay, Executive Director, Communications Judy Conkling Kimberly Oates Coordinating editor Tim Brown, Communications Director Cori Dodds Phil Omenski Melissa Lacey Nagy Via Christi Health does not discriminate because of Roz Hutchinson, Communications Director Nate Goold Phoebe Richardson race, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, religion, Dan Jacobs, Marketing Director Designers Sara Hadaway Terry Rombeck handicap, marital status or age in admissions, treatment Ann Buckendahl, Brand Marketing Director Lance Henne Michael Hayslip Chris Steinert Jeff Korsmo Joshua Luper Maria Loving programs, services, patient referrals or employment. President and CEO, Via Christi Health Megan Sharp Via Christi Life is a publication of Via Christi Health, Inc.

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HealthGrades® Vision 2020 Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg Heart Failure Disease Management earns fourth certification Stroke Center: ‘Gold’ again, recognizes excellence In the fall, Via Christi began imple- opens new Women’s Center Via Christi Heart Failure Disease Management program has received its fourth named to ‘Honor Roll’ at Via Christi Hospitals menting its “Vision 2020” three-year The new Women‘s Center at Via Christi consecutive two-year disease-specific certification by The Joint Commission. Via Christi’s Stroke Center in in Wichita strategic plan that was developed over Hospital in Pittsburg opened in April, As the surveyor concluded his site visit, he offered rave reviews for the program, Wichita received the American the first nine months of the year. Via with five labor rooms and 13 postpartum specifically noting its exceptional leadership and resources, commitment to Heart Association/American Stroke Last year, Via Christi’s Christi held more than 100 hours of rooms, two new triage rooms, an quality and comprehensive approach to disease management. Association’s Get With The Guidelines®- hospitals on St. Francis planning meetings with more than 200 expanded nursery with special isolation Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement and Harry were leaders from within Via Christi and its for infectious babies, an expanded Award — the organization’s highest recognized as among physician partners in the community. operating suite for C-section delivery Research departments at Via Christi Clinic, Wichita hospitals merge award for stroke care — for the second the nation’s best for Via Christi also sought input from its and central fetal monitoring systems. year in a row. Via Christi met each of clinical performance and With the merger of Via Christi Research and Via Christi Clinic Research on front-line employees, its patients and Also new are sleeper sofas for dads, the program’s stroke measures at 85 received HealthGrades’ Oct. 1, pulmonology, rheumatology, ophthalmology and endocrinology research business and government leaders. recliners and an improved waiting room percent or higher for 24 consecutive Distinguished Hospital for have been added to the hospital’s existing therapeutic areas of research: for families. months and ranked 75 percent or Clinical Excellence Award. The top priority of the Vision 2020 cardiovascular, central nervous system, critical care, gastroenterology/ higher for additional quality measures. The distinction is awarded initiative is to improve the quality of Occupying the entire third floor of the hepatology, infectious diseases, neurology, epilepsy and psychiatry. annually to hospitals patient care, safety and service at hospital, the new center is three times the Additionally, Via Christi Clinic specialists who have been doing research now can Via Christi also earned for the first whose patient outcomes Via Christi Health. size of the previous center, which opened extend their capabilities from outpatient trials to include in-hospital clinical trials time the association’s Target: Stroke rank in the top 5 percent in in 1971. as well as trials performed at the 20-bed inpatient clinical research unit at Honor Roll designation for improving the nation. 1110 N. St. Francis. stroke care. Additionally, the hospitals were recognized as Chest Pain Center reaccredited through 2015 being among the top 5 Via Christi HOPE Via Christi’s medical clinics form single practice group In November, the Chest Pain Center at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis earned full percent of hospitals in celebrates 10th Via Christi Medical Associates and Via Christi Clinic began operating as a single the nation for Emergency accreditation from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care for three more years. In addition to offering the accreditation, the society helps hospitals improve care processes to anniversary blended-practice group under the Via Christi Clinic name on Oct. 1. VCMA Medicine, according to physicians unanimously approved the move June 30. Via Christi Clinic has more enhance patient treatment and outcomes. The center was originally accredited in 2009. Via Christi HOPE, the PACE HealthGrades’ analysis than 200 physicians practicing in more than 40 specialties and multiple locations in (Program of All-inclusive Care of more than 7 million Sedgwick, Harvey and Butler counties. Medicare patient records for the Elderly) provider in from 2008 to 2010. Wichita, celebrated its 10-year Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis earns Organ Donation Medal of Honor anniversary in November. The The clinical quality at Via Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis earned a Health Resources and Services Administration program has served nearly U.S. News & World Report ranks Via Christi among region’s best Christi’s hospitals on St. Silver Medal of Honor for Organ Donation. Only 404 of the nation’s 5,000 acute care 600 Sedgwick County seniors Via Christi’s hospitals on St. Francis and Harry in Wichita ranked No. 2 in Kansas and Francis and Harry earned facilities have won gold, silver or bronze medals from HRSA. since 2002. among the best hospitals in central Kansas according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best them a place among an Hospitals 2012-13. They were the only hospitals in the Wichita area to make the list. Via Via Christi HOPE and other elite group: HealthGrades’ The stringent qualifying criteria for receiving a medal was a 75 percent donation rate based Christi Hospital on St. Teresa, just two years old, has not accumulated enough data to be PACE models of care were list of America’s 100 Best on the number of actual organ donors from those eligible for donation, with a minimum of included in the rankings. Hospitals. They were the six “eligible plus” donors (eligible deaths plus donors beyond the eligible criteria). developed to meet the only hospitals in Kansas, individual needs of the Oklahoma and Nebraska program’s seniors to keep them independent and living in Via Christi Village in Hays expands to make the list. Hospital in Pittsburg receives Level III trauma certification their respective communities Via Christi Village opened a new, renamed Hays campus in May, consolidating the former To see the most current Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg’s trauma center was recognized for its dedication to for as long as possible. St. John’s of Hays, Victoria and Assisted Living campuses. The $13 million expansion recognitions, go to providing optimal care for injured patients when it was verified in October as a Level III includes a 96-bed skilled nursing complex, 40 assisted living apartments and eight healthgrades.com Trauma Center by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons. independent living apartments.

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Lean, Six Sigma ichita is known as the “Air Capital of the World” because of its history of aviation experts leading Winnovation and manufacturing. Lean The Lean approach to quality quality, safety Now, Via Christi Health, the largest health care improvement blends a philosophy, improvements provider in Kansas and Wichita’s second-largest a framework, a methodology, employer behind Spirit Aerosystems, is tapping into techniques and tools to help at Via Christi the expertise of the aviation industry to improve the organizations make continuous, quality and safety of the care it provides. incremental improvements that reduce variation and waste in A small cadre of aviation experts trained as black their work processes. Because belts and master black belts in the Japanese quality Lean is more than just techniques, improvement methodologies of Lean and Six organizations using Lean Sigma have joined Via Christi’s Center for Clinical successfully apply its practices Excellence. They are working with Via Christi’s as a way of thinking — a way of clinically trained quality improvement experts, approaching issues and challenges. physicians and other clinicians to propel a leap forward in quality, safety and service to patients. Six Sigma Project Often used in conjunction with As part of its Vision 2020 strategic plan, Via considerations Lean, Six Sigma is a five-step Christi’s goal is to eliminate medical errors and other problem-solving method intended incidents of preventable harm to patients by using to significantly improve the key industrial engineering techniques and appropriate outcomes of a work process. The Six technology to improve the processes of care, says Sigma methods are used to improve Jeff Korsmo, president and CEO of Via Christi. performance by continuously Schedule “Patients and their families put their trust in us to reducing variations, defects and heal them. They have a right to expect to never be errors in an organization’s work. harmed by anything we do,” Korsmo says. “We’re High-reliability organization working with urgency to become a high-reliability High reliability ensures that organization that consistently provides the safest, employees, the technology they Budget highest-quality care and great service to our patients use and the processes they follow and residents. will accomplish the intended tasks “We do a very good job of caring for most patients without error and that, if mistakes and residents today, but we believe we can — and are made, they will be caught must — be better,” Korsmo says. “The beauty of this before any harm or damage is done. Technology effort is it will help us achieve dramatic, consistent High-reliability organizations use improvements in patient outcomes, safety and continuous training, continuous service throughout Via Christi. Our success in quality improvement and frequent safety improvement will have far-reaching effects, and process audits to ensure the making Via Christi an even better place to receive work they perform is consistently care and to work as a physician, nurse, pharmacist, safe and of the highest quality. Resources therapist or other clinician.” Rapid-Cycle Improvement The Rapid-Cycle Improvement Improving quality and safety method uses a technique called PDSA, or “plan-do-study-act,” Gretchen Blake, front, Laura Korsmo has championed the quality improvement to create quick, measurable Thompson and Al Miller “break” initiative and meets weekly with staff members in Process improvements in quality and safety. boards representing barriers to quality the Center for Clinical Excellence to learn, provide A PDSA cycle involves testing a care. In Six Sigma, titles such as black direction and support their work. change in the real work setting belt are given as levels of training are Steve Nesbit, DO, chief medical officer for by planning it, trying it, observing completed. Breaking Via Christi’s Wichita hospitals, and Al Miller, the the results, and acting on what is Photo illustration wardrobe courtesy center’s executive director, are leading the quality learned. This is the scientific method Results of Kim’s Academy of Tae Kwon Do of improvement work and say that health care can learn adapted for action-oriented learning. through Wichita. from aviation and other manufacturing industries.

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“It’s the right thing to do to improve health care,” Dr. to be any work processes that we can’t improve with Nesbit says, noting that Lean and Six Sigma methods the expertise of our clinicians partnered with our black have long been used in aviation, the auto industry and belts.” From left: Laura Thompson, director, other manufacturing businesses. “We’re late in our Miller says the aviation black belts will be teamed Process Improvement; Al Miller, industry in adopting these techniques. But other health with clinical quality experts and use the Institute of executive director, Center for Clinical care systems have used Lean, Six Sigma and other Healthcare Improvement’s “rapid-cycle improvement” Excellence; and Gretchen Blake, techniques to make dramatic improvements in quality approach to re-engineer how medical care is delivered director, Quality and Patient Safety and patient safety.” so it is consistently safe and of the highest possible Miller, a master black belt in Lean Six Sigma, spent quality. When needed, the teams will use the Lean and 30 years working for General Electric in quality and Six Sigma process improvement tools pioneered by “As black belts, we can reliability engineering roles before starting a new Toyota and other Japanese manufacturers. career in health care seven years ago at Blessing use methods and Safer and more efficient Hospital in Illinois, where he worked with Dr. Nesbit. techniques that are These methods can be employed to improve virtually surefire ways to Six Sigma Lean any process within a health care organization — from (Variation reduction) (Waste reduction) reducing hospital-acquired infections and medication improve quality. Fundamental equation The 7 wastes errors, to making the workplace in hospitals and People may feel like senior care facilities safer, to improving the turnaround Defects time for pharmacy orders and the safety of surgical it’s different in health procedures. care, but it’s not. We Over-production Lean focuses on removing wasted effort from work see the same problems Y = The outcome Excessive inventories processes, while Six Sigma techniques eliminate and issues everywhere.” variations in the way medical care is provided — f = The function/process of — Michelle Casados, Via Christi executing the EBP Excessive motion because variations lead to inconsistencies in quality and patient safety. industrial engineer and black belt x = Evidence-based practices Excessive processing with 15 years of aviation experience (EBP) (the best inputs) Via Christi has formed four “performance improvement Transportation teams” (PITs) to improve the quality of surgical care, = The unknown contributors cardiac care and pneumonia treatment, and to reduce that a†ect the outcome Waiting incidents of hospital-acquired infections. It will soon Coming together “It gives me confidence, as a patient, to “It truly is a partnership,” she says. “You form two more teams, focused on improving patient know that Via Christi is undertaking take the quality methodology that is safety and service. The black belts and quality managers this effort,” Fifer says. “I think it says specific to health care and pair that with Sigma level and errors per million opportunities work with other PIT members to analyze Via Christi truly is concerned about the the performance improvement skills of The teams will utilize established best-practice the individual components of a clinical processes needed to improve quality and create a high- quality of patient care because it wants the black belts. We work together to 3.4 errors per million opportunities process — such as how a time-out and 6 Sigma a patient involved. It says that we’re improve our quality and then to sustain reliability, patient-safety culture. Each team includes checklist are conducted before a surgical important.” those improvements. I think the black 5 Sigma 230 errors per million opportunities physicians, nurses, other clinicians, a quality manager, a procedure begins. black belt, a board member — and at least one patient belts will help us create a paradigm shift 6,210 errors per million opportunities Laura Thompson, who became Via 4 Sigma or patient family member. To set an example and They then develop new processes to in culture in the way we think about Christi’s director of Process Improvement 3 Sigma 66,800 errors per million opportunities contribute to the process improvement efforts, all ensure that medical care is consistently safety.” Via Christi senior leaders will complete PIT training and high quality and error free. After each after a 25-year career in aviation, says Rob Dreiling, a black belt with 20 years 2 Sigma 308,000 errors per million opportunities a performance improvement project in their area of change is implemented, the black belts she has found many similarities between of aviation experience, says building new responsibility in 2013. review data showing how well patients health care and aircraft manufacturing. 1 Sigma 690,000 errors per million opportunities fared to make sure the new process care processes that ensure patient safety measurably improves the quality of care. “In aviation and health care, everything is is the most important part of the team’s focused on safety and looking at those work. Over the past six months, Via Christi has hired five Korsmo wanted patients to be involved very rare bad events that happen — in additional Lean Six Sigma black belts with a in Via Christi’s improvement efforts aviation, accidents, in health care, major “If I’m going to pick an airplane for my combined 72 years of experience in Wichita’s because of the perspective and family to fly on, I’m going to choose the harm — and figuring out how we can aviation industry. experiences they bring. one that is the most reliable and that I click+learn prevent those,” she says. trust the most. It’s the same thing with “Why would we choose aviation rather Karen Fifer, who credits Via Christi Watch a video about the performance improvement than using our own expertise in health clinicians with saving her life when she Gretchen Blake, Via Christi’s director of health care,” Dreiling says. “We want teams at viachristi.org/quality. Learn how Via Christi care? Aviation has established itself suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm Quality and Patient Safety, has more to be the place our communities trust as a high-reliability industry with is helping transform health care at viachristi.org/new- in 2011, serves on the team working to than 20 years of clinical experience in to care for their loved ones safely and excellent safety and performance,” model-of-care and viachristi.org/total-care improve treatment for patients suffering health care and is Thompson’s colleague effectively.” Miller says. “There aren’t going from heart attack or heart failure. in the Center for Clinical Excellence.

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Using a home ventilator has proven Breath effective for COPD patients such as Tom Glendenning. In one year prior to using a home ventilator, 18 Via Christi Home Medical patients with of fresh air COPD were hospitalized 104 times. After using the equipment over a 12-month period, there were only four hospitalizations among those same individuals.

Home medical services keep COPD patient comfortable — and out of the hospital

Now Tom receives oxygen on a om Glendenning started his first job “The ventilator lets me stay home monthly basis from Terry Duncan, a About Via Christi as a railroad worker at the age of 16. Via Christi Home Medical delivery and enjoy my wife’s cooking.” Home Medical His work required him to have direct T technician, and check-ups from Dani — Tom Glendenning With several locations contact with asbestos, then commonly VanArsdale, a registered respiratory throughout Kansas, used as a flame retardant, that protected therapist, also with Via Christi. Via Christi Home Medical train cars from sparks flying off the wheels. offers a wide range of He eventually took up smoking, and later “I bonded with them the moment they home medical equipment worked on dusty construction projects and came to my home. They’re like adopted do all I can to help them live the best and supplies. at a chemical plant for 18 years. members of our family,” Tom says. quality of life with their disease.” Via Christi Home Medical He finally retired 16 years ago from his job as “They call me up and ask me how One night about five years ago, Tom has the following a maintenance coordinator for the juvenile I’m doing and if I need anything. It’s stopped breathing while he slept. equipment to help detention department in Sedgwick County. the personal touches that make a Carbon dioxide had built up in his patients with COPD: difference.” lungs. His wife called 911 and he was “I had a lot of different jobs,” he says. “If you rushed to the hospital. After the scare, Ventilators have a family to support, you do what you His respiratory therapist agrees. his doctor had him begin using a have to do.” Oxygen systems “I see my patients every month, which ventilator overnight to keep his carbon Nebulizers Shortly after retirement, Tom noticed he was helps me better see changes in their dioxide level at a normal range. The having trouble breathing. After many tests health and get to know them on a ventilator is maintained monthly by his Talk to your doctor about and doctor visits, he was diagnosed with personal level,” says Dani. “I feel like Via Christi Home Medical respiratory using Via Christi Home chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or I’m in tune with them and I want to therapist. Medical. COPD, a common debilitating lung disease. “The ventilator has helped keep Tom’s Visit viachristi.org/home- “The doctors told me I was sick because of a lungs from deteriorating to the point medical-wichita to learn combination of several things: the asbestos, that he can’t do anything,” says Dani. more about equipment Tom Glendenning has been able to remain in the comfort the chemicals, the dust when I worked in “Because he uses it at night, he’s still and services provided by of his own home — and out of the hospital — because of construction — and smoking,” he says. click+learn mobile and he can enjoy his family Via Christi Home Medical. the respiratory services he receives from Via Christi Home where he’s most comfortable.” Doctors informed Tom and his wife, Sandy, Medical. His respiratory therapist, Dani VanArsdale, visits Visit viachristi.org/COPDquality that his condition was irreversible and that “The ventilator lets me stay home and him at his home on a monthly basis. to watch a video of Tom. his lungs would get worse over time. To help enjoy my wife’s cooking,” Tom says. him breathe, he would need to use oxygen. “Nobody wants to go to the hospital.”

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Via Christi Clinic CEO continues family tradition of health care leadership

ack Shellito, MD, comes from a long Jline of physicians. He is the fourth generation of Shellitos to go into health care. He says it was a natural progression to study and embrace medicine.

“It has been a tradition in my family to pursue a career in health care, and I have been honored to carry on that tradition,” he says.

That career has led Dr. Shellito to the position he’s in now, CEO of Via Christi Clinic and a senior physician leader in Via Christi. He will help lead the move to physician-led, patient-centered care.

Dr. Shellito was instrumental in the merger of Wichita Clinic and Via Christi Health. He says the challenge to combine Wichita’s largest provider of health care with Wichita’s largest physician practice group was huge, but rewarding.

This merger will help achieve the triple “I’m excited to be part of Via Christi and I’m really looking forward to realizing the aim of health care, which includes better potential that is here,” says Dr. Jack Shellito, who has a passion to create in the kitchen population health, a better patient and is an accomplished chef. experience and more cost-effective care. In short, better patient care for less cost. the field of medicine,” says Dr. Shellito. for me to commit to coming back and Crucial to the achievement of this goal is then he retired and gave me his office,” the successful integration of physicians Dr. Shellito’s father, John Shellito, came says Dr. Shellito. “He even left me his from the former Via Christi Medical to Wichita and started at Wichita Clinic typewriter.” Associates and the former Wichita Clinic about a year after it was founded. He to form the new Via Christi Clinic. was assigned to the University of Kansas In his spare time, Dr. Shellito likes to cook Medical Unit in World War II and served and garden. He sees the work of cooking and gardening as releases. Highest quality, cost-effective care in France and Germany. “We have an excellent foundation in that “Those are the two things that ground Coming home both groups already emphasized patient- me outside of work,” says Dr. Shellito. centered care and a strong culture of While serving, he met many of the “Administration can be extremely physician leadership. Now we have the physicians who formed Wichita Clinic. challenging and time consuming, and opportunity to work together to provide They recruited him when he returned results can be slow in coming. With gardening and cooking the processes are quality and cost-effective care in both to the states and he left Mayo Clinic to much more linear. You have a task, you the inpatient and outpatient settings,” come to Wichita after he completed his work at it, you achieve it and you see the he says. surgery residency. benefits right off. It’s a nice break and It’s probably not what he thought he He practiced at Wichita Clinic for 33 helps to keep me energized.” The apple would tackle when he started medical years and retired just before his son, Clockwise school. His older brothers were his Jack, returned to Wichita after practicing from upper left: mentors and role models. They had in Tennesee. click+learn A.G. Shellito, MD; already been to medical school. Judd C. Shellito, MD; doesn’t fall “I think he wanted me to come back and For more information about John G. Shellito, MD; “I’ve always been close to my brothers, join the clinic, but didn’t want me to be Dr. Shellito, visit viachristiclinic.com and Jack Shellito, MD. and with my father as an influence it was in a position where I would be compared click “Find a Doctor.” far from the tree just a natural transition for me to go into to him, so he stayed around long enough

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have never had that.”

A shelter through the storm The girls come mostly from Sedgwick County and surrounding areas — often About Gerard House from foster care or the juvenile justice system. Many have had “horrid home Gerard House, now lives,” where incarceration, addiction, celebrating its 25th year, was ‘Bare’ abuse and neglect were routine. But they a joint mission of the Sisters can relate to Maggie because of her own of the Sorrowful Mother experience as one of eight children of and the Congregation of St. loving — but alcoholic — parents. Joseph, prior to consolidation, necessities when Gerard House became In return, Maggie offers “her girls” loving, part of Via Christi Hospitals grandmotherly advice. in Wichita. It offers shelter to pregnant young women in “I tell them, God uses everything in your “I’m not there to crisis, giving them what they life to prepare you for where he puts need most: a safe, nurturing scold or judge; you. You think you’re here because of shelter where they can learn your situation, but God is the one who I’m there to listen to become good parents and brought you here because you’ve chosen responsible, self-supporting and love them and life for your child. Embrace that fact and citizens. Named for Gerard learn from it.” their babies.” Majella, the patron saint of — Maggie Bare For many of the girls, their relationships mothers, Gerard House is with Maggie, Deneen and the other inspired by Catholic principles Gerard House staff offer their first and philosophy, but is open taste of a stable home life. And those to all young women in need, relationships have paid huge dividends, regardless of religious beliefs. they say. Support Gerard House Shanna is a typical success story. She came to Gerard House at age 18, and You can help support the delivered her son, Eli, on Maggie’s mission of Gerard House with birthday. Shanna went on to finish her your gifts of: schooling, get a great job with the U.S. Clothing Postal Service, and 11 years later, is able to provide a stable and happy home for Toiletries herself and her family. Baby care supplies “It’s amazing to watch what happens to these girls,” says Maggie. “Because Gift cards and cash of what they’ve gained here, the love, support, training and tutoring, they Call 316-832-0777 for more aggie Bare always dreamed of shelter, nurturing and guidance to become While Deneen and other staff members realize ‘I can do it!’ and go on to make a information. Go online at living in a big house, surrounded by successful parents and productive citizens. see to it the girls — some as young as M great success of their lives. viachristi.org/gerardhouse to children. And, for the past 13 years, she It is the only licensed maternity home in 14 — continue their education, learn make a cash donation. Gerard House’s has been living that dream, as the doting the Wichita area. basic parenting and household skills, and “And that’s an awesome reward for their resident “grandma” “grandmother” to the young moms and receive the medical care and personal ‘grandma.’” Or, come to the 50th annual moms-to-be who call Gerard House their Changing with the times and spiritual counseling they need, Via Christi Emerald Ball, comforts teen home. Maggie’s job is simply to “be a grandma” a benefit gala for Gerard When Gerard House opened its doors 25 to the girls and their babies. House, March 16, 2013, at the moms-to-be with years ago, many of the girls went there “It’s become my mission. I can’t believe Hyatt Regency Wichita. Visit quietly to have their babies then put them click+learn unconditional love, God has chosen me to be here,” says the “I’m not there to scold or judge; I’m there viachristi.org/emeraldball for up for adoption, says the home’s director, 76-year-old great-grandmother. to listen and love them and their babies,” more information, or call Deneen Dryden. Now teen pregnancy no Visit viachristi.org/gerardhousegrandma advice Maggie says. “Sometimes we’ll watch Via Christi Foundation at Maggie lives full time at Gerard House, longer carries the stigma it once did and to see Maggie Bare at Gerard House movies, play games — or just talk. 316-239-3520. a peaceful home in northwest Wichita most of the girls choose the difficult path caring for teen moms and their babies. where each year up to 20 teen moms find of raising their babies on their own. “I’m just the grandma — but a lot of them

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• Via Christi Hospital prepares the 2012 community benefit highlights meals for Pittsburg Meals on Wheels, Inc., which has served elderly and Community benefit serves those in need, educates health care homebound residents over age 60 for professionals and supports community health efforts more than 25 years. • Via Christi Hospital provides Immediate Post-concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing In fiscal year 2012, Via Christi Health in-kind contributions and $371,552 (ImPACT) free of charge to Crawford provided $90.5 million* in community for community health improvement County high school athletes to benefit to the communities it serves. services, part of which covers Mercy promote full recovery from head This includes $46.8 million in charity Regional’s commitment to the Flint Hills injuries before returning to the playing care and $21.7 million in unpaid costs Community Clinic and the partnership field. The effort was funded by a grant of Medicaid services. Via Christi Health between Wamego City Hospital and from Mount Carmel Foundation. provided another $22 million worth of the in-kind support it gives to the community benefit through initiatives Community Health Ministries, a medical • In response to a 2011 Community including: and dental clinic for low-income or Health Needs Assessment, Via Architectural uninsured, prescription assistance, Christi Hospital took the lead in • More than $2.5 million in subsidized rendering family counseling and other needed creating the communitywide Mental health services provided by our services. Health Task Force of Crawford Via Christi specialty and family practice clinics, County, which helps local health our behavioral health services The Flint Hills Community Clinic opened care providers process assessments facilities and other subsidized health in 2005 to serve the growing number of and manage referrals for behavioral services. uninsured in Riley County. Since 2005, Surgery Center health patients. Via Christi also is an the clinic has had more than 10,204 • Nearly $15.4 million to train active part of a broad community visits from area residents. physicians, nurses and other health partnership that is developing the professionals. • Mercy Regional Health Center’s county’s health needs assessment and • More than $4 million in other services Preprofessional program provided health improvement plan. Via Christi Hospital ia Christi Hospital in Pittsburg broke the health care needs of southeast Kansas such as support of community educational shadowing experiences ground in November on its new residents now and for generations to come,” in Pittsburg breaks clinics, health screenings, research, to 116 students to help them narrow V40,000-square-foot Surgery Center, Cason says. “This project provides the space community building activities and their field of study in health care. Wichita ground on new to be located on the southeast lawn of the for state-of-the-art technology for our donations of space to community campus outside the chapel and cafeteria. physicians who provide excellent care to our • Mercy provided clinical rotations Total community benefit: $75.8 million organizations. Surgery Center communities.” to 511 regional college students in including $37.3 million in charity care The center will feature five operating rooms, Via Christi’s community benefit is based nursing, radiology, EMS, dietetics, • Via Christi Health provided more than two endoscopy rooms, one minor procedure on community health assessments spiritual/pastoral care and social Project highlights: $100,000 in funding for Wichita State room, and pre- and post-operating and conducted in Manhattan/Wamego, work. University’s Advanced Education in recovery rooms. There will be 30 all-private 40,000-square-foot Surgery Center is Pittsburg and Wichita to guide our work • Mercy professional staff led 4-H General Dentistry program, where patient rooms and a new family waiting area, the largest project since the hospital in addressing gaps in services, barriers Discovery Days health care career new dentists provide dental care which will put families closer to physicians, itself was completed in 1971. to care and educating the public on patients and nurses during surgeries. education sessions for 95 Kansas at reduced rates for low-income or Completion is expected by spring 2014. better ways to protect themselves and youth during May 2012 at Kansas uninsured clients. “Amenities such as a new family and visitor their families from diseases. State. Via Christi Hospital has the intent of • Gerard House provides a safe and waiting area were extremely important to attracting an additional 20 surgeons, Additional community benefit: Via supportive home for young women us,” says President and CEO Randy Cason. physicians and other specialists over the Christi Village in Ponca City — $260,836 Pittsburg choosing to give birth as they decide “Our community is entrusting us to take next three years. whether to keep and raise their care of their loved ones. We want families Crossland Construction Company, Inc. Total community benefit: $8.3 million; children or place them with adoptive to stay close to their doctor, close to the of Columbus, Kan., is general contractor, over $7.1 million in charity care couples. In the last four years, nursing staff and close to where their family Manhattan with HMN Architects in Overland Park, Gerard House has provided a caring is receiving care. That way they know in real Total community benefit: $6.1 million • Since 1992, Via Christi Hospital’s Kan., leading design. environment for 69 pregnant young time what’s going on, and it’s easier for us to including $2.4 million in charity care CareVan has traveled nearly 3.5 women who delivered 25 babies while stay in touch with them.” and $2.3 million in unpaid costs of million miles and transported residents of the program. Before a Medicaid services 268,000 passengers. The primary resident leaves, staff connects them The Surgery Center will be connected to click+learn source of medical transportation for Mercy Regional Health Center with community resources to ensure the hospital’s community entrance, so the elderly and those with disabilities, To view a video of the groundbreaking provided another $1.3 million worth of they have a support system in place visitors have easy access to the cafeteria, the van also serves those who lack event, visit viachristi.org/pittsburg- community benefit through initiatives to care for themselves and the baby pastoral care services, the patient tower and transportation or are unable to drive. surgery-center including $756,504 in financial and once it is delivered. outpatient entrance. “The Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg Surgery Center is integral for *Totals on page are rounded and, hence, do not add up to $90.5 million.

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What is Kohl’s Parents Academy?

Kohl’s Parents Academy classes and materials are available at no cost to BOOT CAMP participants thanks to a grant from Kohl’s Cares®. The classes, held at the for new parents new Downtown Wichita YMCA and the Farha Sport Center at the South Wichita YMCA, include:

Kohl’s Parents Academy classes offer • Kohl’s Cares presents Happiest new moms and dads training, insight Baby on the Block™, a monthly two-hour program that teaches parents the five steps needed to trigger a baby’s self-calming reflexes. • Kohl’s Cares presents Boot Camp att Warner is an environmental scientist and his wife, a three-hour Saturday class that pairs expectant fathers with for New Dads®, a monthly three- Jennifer, is a medical technologist, both highly technical veteran dads and their babies. hour program that pairs expectant jobs for which they have years of education and training. fathers with veteran dads and M While the training was helpful, it was the informal dad-to- their newborns for hands-on But last fall as the birth of their first child grew near, Matt dad sharing of experience that he found most valuable. It training. and Jennifer began to panic. Neither had spent much time was through this sharing that he learned that “everyone gets around babies, they were the first in their circle of friends to be frustrated and when you do, not to be afraid to set your baby • Kohl’s Cares presents Family expecting and they had no family down, walk away for a few minutes Focus on Teens, a three-part living in Kansas. to collect yourself and then series of classes focusing on try again.” communicating with preteens and “You get to within a couple of weeks teens, offered in March and April. of the due date and the reality Two weeks later, Payton Marie sets in,” says Matt. “What’s been a Warner was born at Via Christi Since 2006, Kohl’s has donated a concept is about to be a baby.” Hospital on Harry. On Sept. 9, Matt total of $466,647 to the Via Christi and Jennifer brought their day-old Foundation. Those dollars support And while they’d taken childbirth daughter home, still nervous but community projects such as the preparation and breastfeeding feeling much more confident in Kohl’s Parents Academy, made classes, they still felt they lacked their abilities to provide the care possible through the Kohl's Cares hands-on experience. she needed. cause-merchandise program. Through this initiative, Kohl’s sells So Matt and Jennifer jumped at “Payton’s really a very good baby $5 books and plush toys, with 100 the chance to enroll in the Kohl’s and I think a lot of it is because of percent of net profit benefiting Parents Academy classes Via us,” says Jennifer, who keeps a list health and education for children Christi offers at no cost to new and of the steps taped to the door to nationwide. Kohl's has raised more expectant parents to help them her daughter’s room as a reminder. than $208 million through this develop their skills and confidence. “With the help of the classes we merchandise program. In August, they attended the “With the help of the classes we took, we stay took, we stay calm and so does she.” Happiest Baby on the Block™ class, calm and so does she.” — Jennifer Warner In November, Matt attended the a two-hour course that teaches Boot Camp for New Dads again — click+learn a five-step method for calming a this time as a veteran dad. Kohl’s Parents crying baby. Academy classes Watch a video of Matt and Jennifer “At first, I wasn’t sure I was qualified,” he says. “But when Payton have helped first-time sharing parenting tips they learned "The class was great," says Jennifer, as were the special DVD, and I got there and the questions started rolling, I felt like I really parents Jennifer and during Kohl’s Parents Academy classes soothing sounds CD and over-sized swaddling blanket that did have something to offer.” came with it. Matt Warner care for at viachristi.org/kohls-warners Go to viachristi.org/kohls to sign up or learn more about Kohl’s daughter Payton like Soon after, Matt participated in the Boot Camp for New Dads®, Parents Academy classes. seasoned veterans.

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2012 Foundation highlights

Manhattan Wichita Pittsburg Mercy Community Health Foundation Via Christi Foundation Mount Carmel Foundation ‘Divine’ help More than 230 community members Via Christi Foundation; Children’s “Carnivale Royale,” the Mount Carmel celebrated the eighth annual A Dress Miracle Network Hospitals at Via Christi Foundation 28th annual gala, was provides the Heart Gala with an evening of food, Health; Via Christi Volunteers, Partners attended by almost 300 foundation entertainment from Betti O and the in Caring; and Via Christi Gift Shops supporters and raised more than Exceptions, and auction items to help raised more than $5.2 million in 2012. $55,000. During the event, the raise funds for the cardiac initiative Foundation presented Via Christi much and surgical service programs at Employees of Via Christi Health in Hospital in Pittsburg a check for Mercy Regional Health Center. More Wichita raised more than $650,000 $400,000 toward the completion of the than $94,000 was raised through through One Community, which Women’s Center on the hospital’s third sponsorships, individual donations, supports Via Christi programs and floor. needed auction purchases and ticket sales. In United Way of the Plains. The Mount Carmel Foundation raised the past eight years this event has raised The Charity Classic, a golf tournament more than $684,000. more than $400,000 for the Women’s that benefits those in need and the Services Campaign through numerous boost The 22nd annual Mercy Golf Classic uninsured, welcomed more than 200 donor naming opportunities. was held with 240 golfers, raising golfers and raised more than $190,000 $68,850 for community health initiatives at its 37th tournament. The Mount Carmel Foundation was at Mercy. awarded more than $85,000 in grants Riverside Foundation granted and foundation gifts in 2012. Mercy collaborated with United Way $554,500 to support the Family of Riley County and Via Christi Village Medicine Residency Program at Via Through special events such as Paint in Manhattan to kick off its fourth Christi Hospitals in Wichita and Via the Town Pink and Breast Cancer annual One Community campaign, a Christi’s International Family Medicine Awareness Month, the Mount Carmel fundraising collaboration for programs Fellowship. Foundation raised more than $10,000 for the Cancer Center Designated Fund at the health center and for United Way. Radiothons held in Garden City and More than 43 percent of staff from both to help cancer patients with travel, Wichita raised more than $230,000 lodging and prescriptions. Mercy and Via Christi Village raised for Children’s Miracle Network or years, Margie Belluomo thought Weeks later, her prayers were answered. Before nearly $40,000. Hospitals at Via Christi Health. This and Fabout applying to be one of the models Bonnie Bing, The Wichita Eagle’s now- at Dress for Success Wichita’s Sisterhood of retired fashion writer, called to say she’d Mercy Auxiliary provided more than other fundraisers allowed Via Christi the Divine Makeover. been chosen to receive a complimentary $90,000 for the Mary Lindquist Foundation and CMN Hospitals to fund $2.9 million in Via Christi improvements makeover and then show off the results at Memorial Scholarship Endowment click+learn “But my self esteem was so low that I was and program services. the annual fashion show and luncheon. Fund, which benefits Mercy employees Help Kansas kids by listening too embarrassed to apply,” says Margie, seeking certifications in their field. More than $300,000 was given to Via — and making a pledge — who at age 46 took a part-time job with As a college graduate who had worked Thirty scholarships were awarded Christi Hospital on St. Teresa for an during the Children’s Miracle no benefits to give her the flexibility she most of her life, Margie didn’t need the during the year. inpatient rehabilitation unit. Network Hospitals Wichita needed to care for her ailing father; he died services of Dress for Success, which Radiothon Feb. 28 and March and her husband left her six months later. provides career apparel and employment The Foundation provided more than Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at 1 on KZSN Kissin’ Country programs to help women become $300,000 toward the purchase of Margie, who had never been the family’s Via Christi Health raised over $1 million 102.1 FM and B98 FM. self-sufficient. a Cardiology Picture Archiving and primary wage earner, needed a boost in her with Walmart and Spirit AeroSystems as After Communication System (PACS) for two major donors. morale as well as her appearance to help But she desperately needed a new look to cardiologists to remotely view patient her re-enter the work force. improve her overall well-being. images and diagnose cardiac issues. The PACS system allows physicians in other “So I decided that I’d just humor myself and “Everyone was so kind and complimentary communities to view patient images and send in my application anyway,” she says. and generous,” says Margie, adding that consult on cases, if needed.

Being selected for a makeover gave Margie Belluomo the confidence she needed in her search for a job with benefits. Before and after photos courtesy of The Wichita Eagle.

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Make plans now to stop by the Keisha Humphries, RN, has Via Christi Women’s Connection booth been named service line Dress for Success’ at the Women’s Fair, Feb. 15–17 in the at Via Christi Health administrator for Oncology Pat Jones sees Century II Expo Hall. at Via Christi Hospitals Margie on a in Wichita in Wichita. Humphries, regular basis We’ll be there sharing a booth with who earned her BSN from — as one of Dress for Success Wichita and others Southwestern College her Starbucks dedicated to serving women — and in Winfield, has nearly customers and handing out nomination forms for the Program. He has been 20 years of oncology when she drops by annual fashion show and luncheon. practicing in the Wichita nursing experience. She to donate clothing area since 2002 and has joined Via Christi in 1999 for women trying Other Via Christi-sponsored Women’s been a hospitalist since as a research nurse for to enter the Fair activities you won’t want to miss 2004. Dr. Ebersole serves Smyrna N. Abou Wichita Community Clinical work force. include: as medical director for Oncology Program, which Antoun, MD the Via Christi hospitalist Friday’s Girls’ Night Out with Bonnie is housed at Via Christi Hospitalist program, splitting his time Bing, featuring fashion, hair and Hospital on St. Francis. it changed her outlook as well as her Later that day, her doctor called and 929 N. St. Francis between administrative and cooking shows and a wine tasting. She became program appearance. “I felt like an ugly duckling told her that she had breast cancer 316-268-6976 clinical duties. Dr. Ebersole coordinator in 2005 and who grew into a swan.” — news she says would have been Saturday afternoon’s main stage is certified by the American Dr. Smyrna Abou Antoun program manager in devastating if not for the blessing of presentation, “Chaos to calm: Stop Board of Family Medicine. joined Via Christi Clinic 2010, a role in which she She was hired as a barista at the having been chosen for a makeover. living your life like an emergency” Lowell D. Ebersole, Starbucks at 21st and Maize Road — by speaker/author Diane Sieg, RN. as a hospitalist in DO continues. providing her with the benefits she “The makeover was the turning point December and practices Visit womensfair.com for more Hospitalist needed — and continues to work there for me,” says Margie, who underwent at Via Christi Hospital on information about this year’s 929 N. St. Francis today. treatment and surgical reconstruction St. Francis. Abou Anton Women’s Fair. and is now cancer-free. “Today, I received her medical 316-268-6976 click+learn Last year, Margie underwent a degree from Lebanese know I’m OK — and that having breast Sisterhood of the Divine Makeover Dr. Lowell Ebersole different kind of makeover. University, Faculty of cancer was just a little inconvenience. Saturday, June 22, Wichita Marriott joined Via Christi Clinic To find a Via Christi Clinic Medical Sciences in In June, she celebrated her 50th I choose to be happy every day and as a hospitalist in physician and for an Three women will be pre-selected for a Beirut, Lebanon. She birthday by getting her long hair cut know that God has blessed me.” January and practices alphabetical listing, visit free makeover at this year’s Sisterhood completed her Internal at Via Christi Hospital viachristiclinic.com and so she could donate it to Locks of Love. It’s a blessing she continues to pay of the Divine Makeover, sponsored by Medicine residency at on St. Francis. He click the Find a Doctor forward. Via Christi Health. Want to be one of University of Kansas received his medical link. them? School of Medicine in “I volunteered at one of Dress for degree from Des Moines Wichita, where she was University in Des Moines, To search physicians click+learn Success’ Professional Women’s Group For more information about this year’s Keisha Humphries, awarded the honor Iowa, and completed with privileges at our meetings and I regularly donate Sisterhood of the Divine Makeover, go RN, BSN, OCN of Chief Resident. his Family Practice hospitals in Wichita, visit Visit viachristi.org/makeover to view clothing to help other women in their to dressforsuccess.org/wichita She is certified by the Oncology administrator viachristi.org and click a video of Margie. job searches,” says Margie. “It’s such a Residency through worthwhile organization.” American Board of the Via Christi Family 929 N. St. Francis the Find a Doctor link. Internal Medicine. Practice Residency 316-268-5374

Via Christi Women’s Connection What is a HOSPITALIST? Via Christi Women’s Connection is a networking group designed to help women of all ages maintain a healthy mind, body and spirit through A hospitalist is Hospitalists: educational opportunities and networking events. a physician who specializes in the • Work with your surgeons and your primary care care of patients who physician to coordinate care. Membership is free and the benefits are many. are hospitalized. • Are an important part of your hospital care team. • Provide a continuity of care. Women’s Connection hosts a monthly lunch lecture by a medical expert They provide the • Are familiar with the hospital’s systems and processes. on a wide range of health care topics of interest to women. Members also highest quality care • Add a focus on quality and safety. can take part in quarterly ladies’ night out events, providing an after-hours 24 hours a day, opportunity for fun and fellowship. seven days a week in Hospitalists are there to answer patient and family Via Christi hospitals. questions and provide quality care to their patients. To learn more, go to vcwomensconnection.com. See page 46 for upcoming Women’s Connection events.

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Jane Webb arranges table decorations at Victory in the Valley, a Clinical trial participants help Current Wichita CCOP trials target all local cancer support pave the way to new avenues sorts of cancer in adults, including: What is a clinical trial? group where she Clinical trials are research studies conducted to find of cancer treatment Brain volunteers Lung better ways to prevent and treat cancer. Breast Lymphoma Prevention trials help find ways to reduce the incidence Digestive tract Melanoma of cancer, delay its onset, or reduce cancer-related death t age 74, Jane Webb is a two-time Urinary tract Multiple and disability. survivor of cancer. myeloma A Women’s If you’re considering a clinical trial, a specially trained reproductive system Prostate Just over 40 years ago, she was diagnosed Wichita Community Clinical Oncology Program nurse with breast cancer, and underwent a total Head and neck Bone can discuss with you in detail what is involved, including potential benefits and risks, and then help you decide mastectomy, the best course of treatment Leukemia at the time. whether to take part. If you choose to participate in a trial, your Wichita CCOP nurse will schedule and arrange your “We really didn’t have much in the way For more information about current studies ask treatments and tests and stay in touch with you and your of chemotherapy back then,” she says. your doctor to call Wichita CCOP at 316-268-5784 physician throughout the study. “Surgery was the best choice.” or 800-362-0070, ext. 5784. Jane healed and moved on. Cancer-free for years, she decided to “pay back” her good fortune by becoming a volunteer at Victory in the Valley, a local cancer “This sort of targeted therapy is the new program and is service line administrator took about 90 minutes, so she passed support group. frontier of cancer treatment, and it’s for Oncology at Via Christi Hospitals the time resting and reading. Nurses having great success against all kinds of in Wichita. Patient and physician constantly monitored her vital signs and Then, two years ago, a strange-looking cancer,” he says. participation in the Wichita program watched for adverse reactions to the mole on her foot was found to be is among the highest of any CCOP in drug through the treatment and an hour melanoma, the potentially deadly skin afterward. cancer that last year killed more than the nation. Still, she adds, fewer than 10 New hope for Kansans with cancer percent of local cancer patients choose 9,000 Americans. “Overall, I felt just fine,” Jane says. “I never to participate in trials. Her goal is to Since 1983, Via Christi has partnered was sick during the treatment. Just as with her first cancer, her doctor with Wichita Community Clinical boost those numbers. used surgery to remove the growth. She Oncology Program (for which Dr. Dakhil “The side effects were all minor — a slight “Patients sometimes are hesitant to take required surgery again a year later, when is associate principal investigator) rash, a dry mouth, a poor appetite — but part in clinical trials because they’re the cancer spread to her lymph nodes. The and Cancer Center of Kansas to bring my doctor followed up with me about afraid it will make them feel like ‘lab rats,’” next step in her treatment would have to national clinical trials to central Kansas. each of them and we managed them with says Humphries. “The fact is, as part of be sometimes-harsh chemotherapy. Wichita CCOP is one of 63 community simple treatments.” a clinical trial they’ll receive nothing less clinical oncology programs nationwide “But Dr. Dakhil had a different idea,” she than the best current treatment, and “I truly feel blessed to have been part of that are sponsored and funded by the says. “He suggested I take part in a trial possibly the treatment that will become this trial,” she says, now that she’s moved National Cancer Institute. It currently for new melanoma treatment — and I was the next best treatment. from the active treatment phase into the offers 122 clinical trials for all sorts really excited about that.” quarterly maintenance phase. “And I’m of adult cancers, many of which are “And, we’ll walk with them through the so thankful for doctors who make sure Shaker Dakhil, MD, medical director for the same available at such renowned entire process, holding their hands and their patients have access to these Oncology Services at Via Christi Hospital hospitals as M.D. Anderson in Houston answering their questions so they’ll never trials.” in Wichita and president of and the Mayo Clinic. feel alone,” she says. Cancer Center of Kansas, compares Jane’s trial While many trials test new ways of Once Jane was accepted for her clinical therapy to a “heat-seeking treating cancer, others focus on helping trial, Dr. Dakhil and a Wichita CCOP click+learn missile” that targets and patients live as symptom-free as possible nurse thoroughly briefed her on her during and after treatment, or preventing blocks the specific genes treatment regimen and prepared her for Learn more about how Via Christi Selfless inside a tumor that are cancer altogether. possible side effects. Hospitals partner with Wichita CCOP causing her cancer. and Cancer Center of Kansas to bring Since Wichita CCOP began, more than During her eight rounds of treatment, clinical trials to Kansas patients at After a year of treatment, 12,000 patients have benefited from she relaxed in a “large comfy recliner” viachristi.org/wichita-ccop service Dr. Dakhil adds, “she’s its clinical trials, says Keisha Humphries, while a clear liquid entered her veins doing just great.” RN, BSN, OCN, who manages the through an IV drip. Each treatment

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Q&A Dr. Brett Grizzell WITH

Q What are the benefits of robot-assisted surgery to Ruth’s story starts well before November and her overcoming cancer, the patients? though. In 1985, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She was This method of surgery 35 years old, living in Muskogee, Okla., was married and Heath was offers a less invasive 10 years old. She lived a life full of physical activity, including a lot of approach with quicker time dancing and winning dance contests. recovery times while still achieving the same As her disease progressed, she went through a divorce and eventually excellent surgical outcome. moved from Oklahoma to Wichita, where she lived with her son for a This correlates to getting time. She now lives on her own, and manages her MS successfully by patients back to their doing everything her doctor tells her to do. normal lifestyle, which “You have to have a positive attitude and I have had a positive reduces complications. attitude since I was diagnosed with MS,” says Ruth, showing her perpetual smile. “My glass is always half full, it’s never half empty. In Q As robot-assisted fact, it’s usually full.” surgery becomes more widespread, how do you A ‘miracle’ diagnosis educate patients on this new approach? But while she does a good job managing her multiple sclerosis, We discuss all surgical on occasion there are issues that the MS complicates. Anything approaches with patients, that might require surgery falls into that category — such as lung including robot-assisted cancer. surgery, knowing we Heath explains that because of Ruth’s multiple sclerosis, what will always try to start might take a healthy person several weeks to heal — for as minimally invasive as example, a broken bone — would take several possible. We also make months for his mother to heal. sure the patient knows and understands that we A cancer diagnosis, especially for someone with will ultimately choose the Ruth’s health problems, can be devastating. Of method of surgery that Robotic surgery rocks ... course, it was also unexpected. is best for the patient’s particular condition. “Everything was just a shock to me,” Ruth says. “I wasn’t even sure I was hearing Q What do you foresee is them right. I knew it could be possible next on the horizon with because I had smoked for a long time this technology? ... and so does Ruth but had quit two years before. As industries that create Precise surgical One Sunday evening this past November, Heath was thrilled to be there, too — he was “It’s a miracle they found the cancer. surgical supplies catch up Ruth Schmidt and her son, Heath Schwartz, celebrating his mother being alive. She had It was only a half-inch long.” with this technology, we procedure gives rocked out at the Aerosmith concert at recently beaten lung cancer. She attributes will be able to expand our Heath says his mom’s surgeon, cancer survivor with Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita. Ruth was her survival to some unusual circumstances use of the robot. thrilled to be there — Aerosmith is her and a da Vinci® Robotic Surgical System that Brett Grizzell, MD, of Wichita multiple sclerosis second-favorite band. (“Hair band” Poison brought about, in her words, a miracle. Surgical Specialists, asked her if she believed she would live another year. reason to celebrate holds the No. 1 position.)

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“With me having MS, it’s difficult for me to even have surgery. It would have taken me a long, long time to recover care from a more traditional surgery. And I’m not sure I could have survived that.” Noel Sanchez, MD Colorectal Surgery — Ruth Schmidt

Her response sums up her attitude toward life: “One year?” she said. “I’m going to live for 10-plus years.”

Wedge removal Ruth’s access to robot-assisted surgery and a surgeon who practiced in thoracic robotic surgery Below, Ruth poses with her favorite rock musician, at the hospital on St. Francis — surgery that is Bret Michaels, after one of his concerts. performed in the chest cavity — may have saved her life. Robot-assisted thoracic surgery is an expansion of robot-assisted surgical services that are available at the hospitals on Harry, St. Francis and St. Teresa. Megan Frieze, RN Dr. Grizzell says a traditional surgery could have caused NICU a number of additional problems given Ruth’s other Cheryl Xiong, MA health concerns. Pediatric Neurology

She is healing well, albeit slowly because of her MS.

“I want to get back to where I can shower and do my laundry by myself again,” says Ruth.

She is not letting the healing process slow her down too much though. The week before the family’s Thanksgiving celebration, she made five cheesecakes It’s that first smile when you walk in. with three of her grandsons. It’s truly listening to what you have to say. “It’s just a miracle,” Ruth says about her surgery. It was so successful that she needed no other cancer It’s treating your loved ones like our own. treatments. No chemotherapy. No radiation. It’s giving honest answers to tough questions. She describes the operation as “taking a wedge out” It’s providing everything you need to make the of her lung. Just a small one. But it got all the cancer.

And that deserved a celebration. A good one. A loud right decision for your health and happiness. one. So they celebrated with Aerosmith. click+learn

“To see my mom at the concert, with Visit viachristi.org/ruth-schmidt to her head bobbing around, it was hear Ruth and Heath talk about Ruth’s At Via Christi, it’s not just about great,” says Heath. “My mom’s experience with robot-assisted surgery. been through a lot of hardships, caring for your health. but she’s always had a positive outlook and that makes a huge difference.” It’s about caring for you.

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“It’s hard to imagine what life would have been like if we hadn’t had a hospital that was so close and if we hadn’t gotten the attention that we did. Things could have Back turned out very differently.” in the saddle — Mitch Guthrie, Amanda’s husband

West Wichita ER returns Mitch called for an ambulance and “She was visibly pale and unstable, West Wichita’s Garden Plain woman to told dispatch his wife was six and a she had difficulty staying oriented. half weeks pregnant. She drifted in Her abdominal wall was clearly most complete ER the life she enjoys and out of consciousness but recalls distended with blood.” 14 private exam rooms insisting she didn’t need help. Amanda’s chest felt tight and it 24/7 coverage by “I lost control,” says Amanda. “I didn’t was hard to breathe. Her low blood board-certified Emergency know what was so wrong. I couldn’t pressure plummeted further. Within Medicine doctors move. minutes Dr. Maki took her to surgery for a ruptured ectopic (tubal) Experienced emergency Among the many blessings and interests “I talked to God and said, ‘If you want pregnancy, an emergency in early nursing and EMT staff in her life, Amanda Guthrie counts a to get me through this, OK. If it’s my pregnancy in which a baby cannot Specially equipped for: connection with horses as particularly time to go, OK.’ I was never scared.” survive. • Pediatrics rewarding. • Obstetrics The EMTs asked Amanda where “She received multiple units of blood “I started riding when I was 8 and bought my • Orthopedics she wanted to go, listing Wichita’s and blood products for her massive first horse, Shiley, when I was 11,” she says. • Critical care emergency room options. internal bleeding,” Dr. Maki says. “When I was a teenager and would get hurt, • Ear, eye, nose and throat I rarely cried from the physical pain. But “Take me wherever’s closest,” she The hospital, situated amid open • Decontamination and when the doctor would tell me I couldn’t relented. pastures of the historic Strunk isolation ride my horses while I healed, that’s when farmstead, provided Amanda an Steps away from: the tears started trickling down my face.” Emergency surgery extra measure of comfort during • CT recovery. • MRI The 33-year-old accountant also is a former EMS rushed Amanda to Via Christi • Heart catheterization lab rodeo queen who directs a four-state rodeo Hospital on St. Teresa, the 2-year- “It was so neat to look out the window • Full-service laboratory pageant. She keeps two horses, Razzel and old hospital in northwest Wichita. A and see the barn, a horse and fences Rupert, on the small ranch in Garden Plain bedside ultrasound by an ER doctor and all of the beauty and nature that she shares with her husband, Mitch, didn’t reveal a pregnancy in her that I’m so tied to,” she says. “I think and their dogs Kacey and Ringo. uterus, but there was something it really helped with the healing Via Christi Hospital wrong in the left fallopian tube near process.” 14800 W. St. Teresa Amanda’s life was threatened one April the ovary. evening in 2011, when she was overcome by Today, Amanda is back in the saddle W. St. N. 151st W. 21st St. N. sudden abdominal pain. Janey Maki, MD, the on-call OB/GYN, and as busy as ever. Trotting around quickly assessed Amanda’s life was her arena with Razzel or riding trails “I thought it was food poisoning,” says in danger. atop Rupert helps to melt away

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“If I have the ability to ease someone’s pain and suffering, then I’ll bend over backward to do what I can for you.”

Diesel mechanic — Jeff Geiger, RN turned ER nurse named Heart of “Everywhere I went, the staff risk manager for Via Christi. were always so grateful for “He consistently puts the Healthcare Award the extra help,” says Jeff, needs of his patients and winner who enjoyed getting to see co-workers first and treats the country and hunting in every person he comes his free time. into contact with just as he would want to be treated.” When he heard about plans to open the new Via Christi For example, after he Hospital on St. Teresa, he learned about Don decided it was time to care Schrader, a Via Christi for patients closer to home. nurse with terminal breast An avid biker, Jeff Geiger cardiac electrophysiology lab; and medical, surgical cancer, and how much he took Don Schrader, Jeff, known by co-workers and dialysis units at several missed being able to ride a fellow Via Christi for his dependable and Kansas hospitals before his motorcycle, Jeff wanted nurse with terminal easygoing nature, has been finally finding his niche: to help. breast cancer, left, for recognized twice for his emergency medicine. what would be his last compassion for patients Jeff, an avid biker himself, motorcycle ride. “In the ER, there are and families and dedication used vacation time to pick constant changes,” Jeff to the nursing profession. up Don at his rural Kansas says. “I’ve learned to expect Last year, he received home and take him for what the unexpected and I have a St. Catherine of Siena would be his last ride. Mr. Fix-it found that’s when I’m the Award for personifying “Jeff didn’t even know Don,” happiest.” Via Christi’s Core Value of says Misty. “He is just so Human Dignity. Using Derby as his home genuine, which is what base, he spent four years as In addition, he was chosen makes him such a great diving accident at age 16 left Jeff did,” Jeff says. “So I sold my tools to pay my a traveling nurse, providing by the University of Kansas person and nurse.” Geiger with a broken neck — and a way through nursing school and I’ve never contract help in ERs in School of Nursing as one A It was no big deal, says Jeff. glimpse of his future career. looked back.” Florida, Montana, South of 10 Heart of Healthcare Dakota, Missouri, Oklahoma Award winners from a pool “If I have the ability to ease During his month-long hospital stay, “I Jeff laughs when he remembers his first and Texas. of 150 registered nurses someone’s pain and found myself watching the nurses go about few classes at Neosho County Community statewide. suffering, then I’ll bend over their jobs and saying to myself, ‘That would College in Chanute. backward to do what I can be fun to do,’” says Jeff. “I nominated Jeff because for you.” “We were sitting in class, introducing he is one of the most But the North Dakota native spent five ourselves and what we did for a living,” he thoughtful, caring and truly years working as a diesel mechanic in the says. “When it came to me, I said I was a click+learn dedicated nurses I have ever oil fields before deciding it was time for diesel mechanic and everyone looked at me had the privilege of working For a video of Jeff, a change. like I was kidding.” with,” says Misty Falco, a visit viachristi.org/jeff- “I thought of my time in the hospital and After earning his associate degree in geiger how interested I was in the work the nurses nursing, Jeff worked in intensive care; the

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“Posing for the calendar was Why use meal not something I would have replacements? been comfortable doing More than 60 studies demonstrate that meal had I not lost the weight.” replacements produce substantially greater weight — Mike Burke loss and weight maintenance than standard diets. On average, people using meal replacements lose and maintain more than three times as much weight loss as traditional diets.

previously used the program and thought us great ideas for healthy meals and it would be a good fit for the couple. snacks we could make at home,” Mike says.

About the program He said having his wife participate in The HMR program focuses on making the program with him was another lifestyle changes to help participants positive influence. The couple loves lose weight and then maintain their to ride bikes and prepared for a Bike weight loss. The program is medically Across Kansas event as part of their supervised and features weekly weight loss plan. classes and lifestyle education with The couple started the program in individualized plans for building healthy March 2012. Mike has lost 60 pounds eating habits and increasing levels of on the program and Paula was physical activity. successful as well. “The program was easy to follow,” Mike In fighting An unexpected benefit of Mike’s says. “You use the ‘3-2-5 method’ of weight loss was his inclusion in the having three HMR shakes, two HMR meal 2013 Kansas Firefighter Calendar, Mike Burke always knew he wanted to be a firefighter. replacements and at least five fruits and where he appears as “Mr. January.” vegetables a day. There were days I ate shape As a young boy in Ellinwood, whenever he heard the town’s fire The calendar is a fundraiser for the 12 fruits and vegetables since they’re low whistle, he stopped what he was doing and followed the fire Coats for Kids program and the calorie, good for you and taste great.” trucks on his bike to see where they were going. Kansas Firefighters Museum. Paula Burke agrees that the program was “I loved the sirens and watching the trucks and the firemen,” “Posing for the calendar was not easy to follow and that by using the meal Mike says. something I would have been replacements, she didn’t have to worry comfortable doing had I not lost the Having realized his boyhood dream, Mike is a firefighter and about what to eat. weight,” Mike says. paramedic in Halstead, where he lives with his wife, Paula, and “The prepared entrées were very good their seven children. and the shakes are great.” Paula says. “I Being a firefighter is physically demanding. And for Mike, it was even drink them when I’m not on click+learn Via Christi Weight becoming more so. He had put on extra weight and knew he the plan.” To learn more about Via needed to do something about it. Management Mike credits the support he received Christi Weight Management “It takes a lot of strength and endurance to be a firefighter,” Mike from the program’s staff for helping him and the HMR program, visit helps Mike Burke says. “Having the extra weight really slowed me down.” achieve his weight loss goals. viachristiweightmanagement.com. slim down for Visit viachristi.org/mrjanuary to see Mike and his wife turned to Via Christi Weight Management to “We got a lot of support from Angie a video of Mike at work. demanding job lose weight and enrolled in the HMR® program. Mike’s wife had Cassity, my health educator, who gave

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“I’ve been there ...”

Knowing cleaning bathing mopping folding washing senior care rooms residents floors sheets dishes inside &out — Jerry Carley, president and CEO of Via Christi Villages

hen Jerry Carley began his laughter, their body language shows they Wcareer in senior care leadership, Via Christi’s senior care are comfortable,” he says. “And I look to Via Christi Village CEO’s he spent a year rotating through front- offerings include: make sure it’s a clean environment, that line jobs at the Iowa nursing home where vast front-line experience Independent living apartments. everything is in its place — just like you or he worked. I would want things in our own homes.” key to good leadership Assisted living units, where A month in the kitchen. A month as a residents get as much help as housekeeper. A month as a nurse’s aide. they need with daily tasks. ‘My heart’ And so on. Skilled nursing facilities, which At Via Christi Village, 3636 N. Ridge Road, that clean environment is the So when Carley says front-line offer a higher level of care. responsibility of housekeeper Missy employees — those who interact with Memory care units to assist Harris. But Missy, a Via Christi employee residents each day — are key to quality those with dementia. since September 2011, says cleaning is care at the Via Christi Villages he In-home medical equipment to only part of her job. oversees, he speaks from experience. help seniors with such tasks as “A lot of the residents like to be in the “I’ve been there,” he says. “I’ve folded medication management, and room when I clean,” Missy says. “They thousands of sheets, mopped the floors technology to alert caretakers like to chat and get to know you. These and provided hands-on care to the if they need immediate help. residents. These are extremely difficult people aren’t just people I see every day. and important jobs for individuals at the They’re my heart. I always tell them, ‘This ministry locations.” is your house, your home. It’s your rules.’” five years, four of those in his current Resident Nancy Sherman appreciates Carley brings that knowledge with him position. He enjoys visiting Via Christi that camaraderie with Via Christi every day as president and CEO of Via Villages to watch interactions between Village staff members. In fact, it was Christi Villages, a network of 14 senior staff members and residents. care facilities throughout Kansas and in an employee — her granddaughter, a northeastern Oklahoma. “No. 1, I look at residents — if they’re former receptionist at the Village — who Jerry Carley, president and CEO happy and look good, if they look recommended she tour the facility of Via Christi Villages, chats with Carley, a 20-year veteran of senior care like they’re enjoying themselves and when she was considering a move from Village resident Nancy Sherman. leadership, has worked at Via Christi for interacting with each other, if there’s Hutchinson to Wichita.

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Jerry Carley’s commitment to seeing every individual live his or her best life is practiced at home, too, supporting his daughters’ dedication to dance. Pictured here with his wife, Julie, and daughters Katie and Molly, seated on the floor.

The new facility is scheduled to open in October 2013, and it is part of a plan to add to the continuum of care at each Village location, so residents requiring Village additional care can simply move down the hall instead housekeeper of changing locations. Missy Harris and resident Nancy “It’s not easy to make these decisions,” Carley says of Sherman share senior care. “Family members often have a great deal a moment. of guilt in placing a family member in assisted living or a nursing home. We remind them that what the family is going through is normal, and it’s what most families go through. Our staff is here to help them through the “You can’t get any better advice than from somebody process.” who’s been here and worked here,” Nancy says. As it is with many residents, the move to assisted living Now, 17 months after moving in, Nancy enjoys chats required a transition period for the 74-year-old Nancy. with Missy — the housekeeper often brings her children Now that she’s settled in, though, she says she couldn’t by to visit — and also has become close with nurses imagine a better place to live at this point in her life, and aides. with friends, bingo and Mass all within a short walk.

“I’ve made some good friends,” she says. On a recent afternoon, Nancy made her way through Via Christi Villages’ philosophy: her building’s hallway and saw a nurse she sometimes shares eggnog with during the holidays. Person-respected care Making it home “There’s Fancy Nancy — you look so pretty,” the Those personal connections — both with other nurse said. People have both physical and emotional needs. Needs are expressed directly residents and staff members — help toward achieving by words or indirectly by facial expression, body language and/or behavior. Carley’s goal that, “when someone moves into one of “Hey, there, girlfriend,” Nancy replied with a smile. our facilities, the only thing that should change is their address.” Traditions & language: Knowing the person: Autonomy and choice: Nurturing relationships: We all have traditions Each person has his or Human beings have Consistent assignments “We care for the person,” Carley says. “It should be no that are familiar to us her own life story, cultural an innate desire to be that allow direct-care different than if they moved into an apartment. We and make us who we are. experiences, personality, in charge of their own workers to be familiar with want to make it home.” click+learn Traditions are patterns of patterns of daily living, lives. Being independent each person they care for shared components that values, needs and and making decisions is part of the nurturing That also rings true as residents’ care needs change have been learned by the preferences. Maintaining is something that every relationship dimension over time. Carley says staff members work with To watch videos about how to select members of their group. these individual qualities person, young or old, of care. Nurturing residents and their families if, for instance, they need to an assisted living facility, how to have These traditions provide while providing care expects and deserves. relationships also come move from assisted living to skilled nursing. the talk about long-term care or how meaning to daily events requires us to know the from family members, to select a long-term care facility, for the people inside the person. community friendships Nancy, for one, finds peace of mind that her Via Christi visit viachristi.org/senior-care group. and activities, and other Village location is constructing a skilled nursing facility, or call 316-946-5200 for more staff and volunteers. if her Parkinson’s disease progresses to the point she information. needs additional care.

44 Via Christi Life Via Christi Health | viachristi.org | FEBRUARY-MARCH 2013 FEBRUARY-MARCH 2013 | viachristi.org | Via Christi Health Via Christi Life 45 FEBRUARY LUNCHEON Heart-healthy connections: Why every day is Valentine’s Day

So much of our health — physical, spiritual, social, emotional and intellectual — seems to come from the “heart.” Come explore effective techniques for keeping Via Christi Via Christi Women’s Connection vibrant, positive and healthy each day. We will even have 50+ fun — and that may be most of the secret! STAY HEALTHY Presented by Ron Matson, PhD, Fairmount College and happening Join For more information and interim dean and associate professor of Sociology, a complete list of benefits, Wichita State University. Register by Feb. 8. the fun call Tanya Merritt at Via Christi 50+ is open to anyone age 50 and over. Individual memberships 316-719-3354, or email Register: vcwomensconnection.com are just $25 per year, or $40 per couple. Members can enjoy free lunch today! [email protected] Cost: $5 and learn events, join their fellow members for social events and trips, take Sharing When: Tuesday, Feb. 12 advantage of discounts on health screenings and other perks. Time: Networking/lunch: 11:30 a.m. healthier, Presentation: Noon Where: Corporate Caterers, 2949 N. Rock Road happier lives FEBRUARY LUNCH & LEARN MARCH LUNCH & LEARN Battle of the sexes: Heart disease risk What did you say? Solutions for MARCH LUNCHEON in men and women individuals with hearing loss Sleep problems Via Christi Women’s Connection is a networking in children and teens Men and women are different, including when it comes to Hearing loss can be isolating, frustrating and embarrassing group designed to help you maintain a healthy matters of heart health. While men typically experience for those who have hearing loss and their family members. chest pain and chest heaviness as warning signs of heart Learn the signs and symptoms of hearing loss, how hearing mind, body and spirit. Each month, enjoy an Research estimates that up to 30 percent of children will attack or heart disease, women may experience angina, is tested and what the treatment options are. Hearing aids informative luncheon lecture by a medical expert have a sleep disorder at some point during childhood and discomfort in the jaw or back and other non-stereotypical and their benefits will be discussed, along with the latest on a wide range of health care topics from battling this can result in both academic and behavioral problems. reactions. One in three Americans will die of cardiovascular Bluetooth technology that improves hearing when using sleeplessness to staying fit. Members can also Come learn about the kinds of sleep disturbances that disease. Join us to learn how to lower your risks, recognize cell phones and watching television. Come see how easy connect online through an informative blog or at may affect children and adolescents as well as some symptoms of a serious heart condition, when to seek help it is to use an integrated hearing system to address all social and wellness events. recommended treatments. and how to manage heart disease. Presented by Kristine your listening needs. Presented by Susie Ternes, Doctor of Driskill, PA-C MPA-S, Via Christi Clinic. Lunch served. Audiology with Via Christi Health. Lunch served. Presented by Jared Johnson, MD, Family Medicine, Via Christi Clinic. Register by March 8. Register: 316-689-5700 Register: 316-689-5700 Cost: Via Christi 50+ members: free Cost: Via Christi 50+ members — free click+learn Register: vcwomensconnection.com General public: $5 (cash or check at the door) General public: $5 (cash or check at the door) Cost: $5 When: Feb. 20, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. When: March 20, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Women’s Connection website — When: Tuesday, March 12 Where: Old Cowtown Museum Visitor Center Where: Corporate Caterers, 2949 N. Rock Road vcwomensconnection.com — includes details about Time: Networking/lunch: 11:30 a.m. 1865 W. Museum Blvd. (enter on the north side) upcoming luncheons and events, and features even more Presentation: Noon great information for a healthy body, mind and spirit. Where: Abode Venue, 1330 E. Douglas

46 Via Christi Life Via Christi Health | viachristi.org | FEBRUARY-MARCH 2013 FEBRUARY-MARCH 2013 | viachristi.org | Via Christi Health Via Christi Life 47 [class CALENDAR] february•march 2013 All about Captioned Cardiac nutrition Surgical weight loss session AARP driver safety program Diabetes education classes a healthier Telephone (CapTel) Attend one or all sessions. Learn ways to treat severe obesity, For motorists age 50+, participants may Group education classes provide Captioned Telephone (CapTel) allows including surgical options available be eligible for auto insurance discounts. information about how you can improve Register: 316-689-5700 individuals who have difficulty hearing through Via Christi. Make check payable to AARP-DSP or your health. Insurance usually covers the Cost: $5 per person/per class on the phone to listen while reading bring correct cash. cost of class. you Where: Via Christi Hospital Register: 316-689-6082 captions of what is said to them. Come Community Health Education 929 N. St. Francis, Rm. 2039 Cost: Free Register: 316-689-5700 Register: 316-689-9989 and learn about this technology that in Wichita Where: Via Christi Clinic, Family Cost: AARP members w/card: $12 Cost: Call for information allows you to stay connected with Heart-healthy nutrition: Understand Medicine Nonmembers: $14 When: Call for information family and friends. Presented by Cady cholesterol, fiber and healthy oils. Registration is required for all classes. 707 N. Emporia When: Feb. 16 & 23, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Via Christi Clinic Lear Macfee, outreach coordinator for When: Feb. 6 (Emporia & Murdock — enter March 16 & 23, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 3311 E. Murdock 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Hamilton Relay. Where: Via Christi Rehabilitation KOHL’S CARES® PRESENTS south side of building only) Endocrinology Department Shaking it up and spitting out the facts: Hospital, 1151 N. Rock Road Boot Camp for New Dads Register: 316-689-5700 Dates: Feb. 12 or 28 4th floor Learn flavorful lower-sodium options Cost: Free March 12 or 28 Basic training for first-time dads. and better understand food labels. When: March 20 Time: Check in: 5:30 p.m. Receive a training manual and T-shirt. When: Feb. 13 Do I have a problem Advance Directives 1-2 p.m. Class: 6 p.m. Sponsored by Via Christi Health and 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. with sleep? Where: Via Christi Rehabilitation Learn to complete documents on Kohl’s Cares®. Cooking up a healthy heart: Low-fat How sleep apnea affects your health. durable power of attorney for health Hospital, 1151 N. Rock Road Look good … feel better™ Register: 316-689-5700 techniques, substitutions and tips. A care, living will and do not resuscitate. Register: 316-689-5700 Cost: Free cookbook will be available for $6. Ladies, learn how to cope with the Cost: Free Register: 316-689-5700 Living with Parkinson’s When: Feb. 20 appearance-related side effects cancer February class When: Feb. 19 or March 19 Cost: Free Have you or a loved one been diagnosed 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. treatment can cause. When: Feb. 16, 9 a.m.-Noon 6-7:30 p.m. When: March 20, 2:30-4 p.m with Parkinson’s disease? Where: Downtown YMCA Survival skills for dining out: Learn to Register: 316-616-6500 Where: Via Christi Rehabilitation Where: Via Christi Cancer Resource make the best choices for your heart 402 N. Market St. Register: 316-689-5700 Cost: Free Hospital, 1151 N. Rock Road Center, 817 N. Emporia when eating at restaurants. When: Feb. 18 or March 18 March class Cost: Free When: Feb. 27 10 a.m.-Noon When: March 16, 9 a.m.-Noon Where: Via Christi Hospital OUR MOST POPULAR OFFERING 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Where: Via Christi Cancer Resource SHAPEDOWN® classes Where: Downtown YMCA 929 N. St. Francis Via Christi semiannual Center, 817 N. Emporia for children 402 N. Market St. 2nd floor, Room 2039 blood screening You’ve got a lot to gain Is your child (age 8-teen) overweight? Coping with Parkinson’s every day: Comprehensive blood screening Via Christi Clinic teaches nutrition, KOHL’S CARES® PRESENTS A nurse and daughter’s perspective by losing weight Introduction to lymphedema includes testing for more than 40 blood exercise, stress management, family Happiest Baby on the Block™ When: Feb. 20, 2-3 p.m. Learn about the HMR Program for levels including diabetes, cholesterol The manual lymphatic drainage system communication, self-esteem and healthy and thyroid disease. For more Sponsored by Via Christi Health and Cognitive issues Medical Weight Management. Offered will be discussed as a treatment option. weight loss. Parents must attend. Class information call 316-719-3354. When: March 20, 2-3 p.m. by Via Christi Weight Management. Kohl’s Cares®. Our certified instructors meets every Thursday for eight weeks. Register: 316-689-5700 will teach you the five steps to calm a Register: 316-689-6082 Register: 316-689-5700 Cost: Free Register: 316-609-4448 crying baby. Learn the role of swaddling, Cost: Via Christi 50+ members: $30 Home safety Cost: Free When: Feb. 13 side and stomach positions, shushing, Cost: Call for information General public, over 18: $40 Where: Via Christi Weight 11 a.m.-Noon swinging and sucking for soothing your Join others 50 and over for a When: Sessions begin March 28 When: March 27-30, 7:30-10 a.m. Management, 6100 E. Central Where: Via Christi Cancer Resource baby. presentation on home safety. We will Where: Via Christi Clinic Where: Via Christi Hospital (NW corner of Genesis) Center, 817 N. Emporia discuss fire safety, poison prevention, 9211 E. 21st St. 3600 E. Harry, 3rd Floor Register: 316-689-5700 sleep safety as well as other issues Evening classes Cost: Free involving safety in the home. Presented Dates: Feb. 11, 18 or 25 When: March 7 by Ronda Lusk, RN, Via Christi Outreach. March 4, 11, 18 or 25 Support Groups 7-9 p.m. Time: 5:20 p.m. Amputee Brain injury CVA/Stroke Music therapy Where: Downtown YMCA Register: 316-689-5700 Via Christi Lunchtime classes support group support group support group ministry 402 N. Market St. Cost: Free Rehabilitation Hospital Dates: Feb. 12, 19 or 26 When: March 21, 9:30-10:30 a.m. 1151 N. Rock Road March 5, 12, 19 or 26 2nd Tues. each month 1st Thurs. each month 1st Tues. each month Every Sunday Where: West River Plaza Time: Noon For more info: 316-634-3400 6-7:30 p.m. 4-6 p.m. 3-5 p.m. 6-6:30 p.m. 2622 W. Central

For information about Community Health Education classes in Pittsburg, call: Don’t see what you’re looking for? More classes and events listed online. Please visit viachristi.org/calendar-events Smoking cessation: 620-235-7900; Parenting: 620-235-7505; Conscious fathering: 620-232-1031; Mobile mammograms: 620-249-4328.

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Doctors Senior Villages Health Services AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS Via Christi Clinic Via Christi Villages OWNS OR MANAGES SENIOR COMMUNITIES AND PROGRAMS IN ONE OF THE STATE’S LARGEST OUTPATIENT KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA, INCLUDING: Center for Same Day Surgery MULTISPECIALTY GROUP PRACTICES WITH WICHITA MORE THAN 250 PHYSICIANS AND MIDLEVEL Catholic Care Center PROVIDERS WICHITA Via Christi Surgery Center 1,100 PHYSICIANS HAVE STAFF PRIVILEGES at founders’ circle, WICHITA AT VIA CHRISTI HOSPITALS Sheridan Village WICHITA DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING Hospitals Senior Leadership Via Christi Care At Home Anatomi Imaging Kansas Heart Hospital WICHITA WICHITA Abdul Bengali WICHITA Senior Vice President, Via Christi HOPE Preferred PET Imaging of Kansas Information Services, Kansas Surgery PROGRAM FOR ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR WICHITA Chief Information Officer THE ELDERLY, WICHITA and Recovery Center Via Christi Clinic Radiology WICHITA Jerry Carley Via Christi Village Andover, augusta, derby, newton, PRESIDENT AND CEO, McPherson Hospital hays wichita VIA CHRISTI VILLAGES mcpherson SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, Via Christi Village LABORATORY SERVICES VIA CHRISTI HEALTH Mercy Regional Health Center MANHATTAN Affiliated Medical Services MANHATTAN David Gambino Via Christi Village Laboratory SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, Salina Regional Health Center PITTSBURG CLINICAL REFERENCE LABORATORY Regional Operations and SALINA WICHITA Strategic Development Via Christi Village Via Christi Behavioral Health Center PONCA CITY, OKLA. Via Christi Clinic Laboratory David Hadley WICHITA andover, derby, newton, wichita Jeff Korsmo, president and CEO for Via Christi Health, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, Via Christi Village FINANCE AND CFO is shown with Sisters Sylvia Egan, left, and Sebastiana Via Christi Hospital ON BROADMOOR, WICHITA DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT and Langecker in July 2012 for the 60th jubilee celebration of Diana Kidd PITTSBURG HOME HEALTH their vows as Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother. Both Sisters Via Christi Village Vice president, served for many years at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis. Via Christi Hospital ON GEORGETOWN, WICHITA Mercy Regional CHIEF OF STAFF ON HARRY, WICHITA Via Christi Village Home Medical Services Gary Knight, JD MANHATTAN Via Christi Hospital ON MCLEAN, WICHITA Senior Vice President, ON ST. FRANCIS, WICHITA Board of Directors Legal Affairs and General Counsel Via Christi Village Via Christi Home Medical Services PITTSBURG Via Christi Hospital on ridge, wichita board cHAIR Jeff Korsmo Gerald T. Aaron, Sister M. Jeanine Retzer, SSM ON ST. TERESA, WICHITA PRESIDENT AND CEO, RETIRED EXECUTIVE, PROVINCIAL COUNSELOR, West River Plaza* Via Christi Medical Equipment VIA CHRISTI HEALTH PITTSBURG LONE STAR STEAKHOUSE U.S./CARIBBEAN PROVINCE Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital WICHITA SISTERS OF THE SORROWFUL MOTHER Lynnette RauvolaBouta WICHITA Sister M. Therese Gottschalk, SSM Villa Maria** Salina Regional Karl J. Ulrich, MD, MMM SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT, MARIAN HEALTH SYSTEM Wamego City Hospital MULVANE Home Medical Services MISSION INTEGRATION chief physician executive, WAMEGO SALINA Robert Henkel dignity health Carl Rider Maria Court** PRESIDENT AND CeO, ASCENSION HEALTH FOUNDATIONS MULVANE Via Christi Home Health Sister Mary Joan Walsh, CSJ Interim Senior Vice President, Via Christi Wichita hospitals WICHITA B. Anthony Isaac congregation of st. joseph Mercy Community Health Adorers of the Blood of Christ** HEAD OF SELECT DEVELOPMENT Jack Shellito, MD Foundation WICHITA CENTER Via Christi Home Medical AND STRATEGY Caroline A. Williams Senior Vice President, MANHATTAN DODGE CITY, GARDEN CITY, WICHITA HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION retired Physician Services *Managed by Via Christi Villages, West River Plaza Mount Carmel Foundation REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT Jeff Korsmo Donald A. Wilson President and CEO, serves as a center for services for the aging. PITTSBURG **Via Christi Villages also contracts to provide PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIA CHRISTI HEALTH RETIRED, KANSAS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION Via Christi Clinic Via Christi Property Services management services to senior service providers Via Christi Foundation WICHITA Thomas R. Kruse Peg Tichacek both in and outside of Kansas. WICHITA retired Vice President, Planning and Marketing Jon D. Rahman, MD VICE PRESIDENT/CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER ST. VINCENT HEALTH, INDIANAPOLIS

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