Palomar Pomerado Health Is Offering a Wide Variety of Classes for a FREE Referral, Or Visit During the Months of September Through December
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HealthSource A HEALTH NEWS AND EDUCatION RESOURCE FOR NOrth COUNTY COMMUNITIES September – December 2010 Serious About Survival Ladies, Take Charge of Your Breast Health! Pages 4 – 5 Outsmart the Flu Get Vaccinated at a PPH Community Clinic Page 8 Dine with the Docs Join PPH Physicians for an Evening Focused on Women’s Health Page 9 The Impact of Diabetes Learn How You Can Take Control Pages 12 – 13 Urgent or Emergent? Seek the Level of Timely Care That’s Right for You Page 14 Inside this Issue... Volume 6 – Issue 3 SPECIAL FEATURES September– December 2010 4 – 5 Serious About Survival Editor in Chief Discover advanced breast cancer care at PPH. Our team Janet Gennoe Klitzner approach, from early detection to treatment and surgery, Director of Marketing & The HealthSource provides for the best outcomes for our patients. [email protected] 6 Close Up with Carol Managing Editor PPH Health Champion Carol LeBeau explains why eating less Tami Diamond Weigold and moving more is best for your breasts. Plus, Carol chats with Marketing Manager Channel 10 News Anchor Bill Griffith about his fight against [email protected] breast cancer. Content Editors Gustavo Friederichsen 8 House Calls Chief Marketing & Communications Officer PPH health-care professionals answer your questions about [email protected] some of today’s hottest health topics. Bobette D. Brown 9 Dine with the Docs: Focus on Women’s Health Marketing Specialist Join PPH board-certified physicians and PPH Health Champion [email protected] Carol LeBeau for a unique learning experience designed just for Mary Coalson women and those who love them. Health Education Specialist [email protected] 10 Construction Corner The “Hospital of the Future” reaches the halfway mark. Get the Tammy Chung latest construction update for the new Palomar Medical Center Coordinator, Marketing & The HealthSource [email protected] West. Contributors 11 Home! Safe Home! CeCe Wilkens Learn how PPH Supportive Home Care Services provide helpful Wilkens Communications assistance within the comforts of home. Design/Production 12 – 13 The Impact of Diabetes Chase Design PPH and Arch Health Partners are battling the bulge of a [email protected] diabetes epidemic. Learn how we can help you take control. Trina Hinch 14 Urgent or Emergent? Marketing Project Manager From strep throat to symptoms of stroke, seek the level of timely [email protected] care that’s right for you. Mark Seal Rush Press 15 Giving for the Greater Good Lois Cates and her late husband Frank support PPH through a Photography charitable remainder trust. Learn how you can create your own Linda O’Neill legacy at PPH. Janet Gennoe Klitzner EDUCATION 2 – 3 Class Locations and Support Groups Find a Physician At PPH, we make it easy to find a doctor 5 – 14 Health Education Classes who’s right for you. Call 800.628.2880 Palomar Pomerado Health is offering a wide variety of classes for a FREE referral, or visit www.pph.org during the months of September through December. Check out and click on “Find a Doctor.” our latest programs and register today! 2 SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2010 www.pph.org Write from the Top Community Support Groups Dear Friend of PPH, at Palomar Pomerado Health The world is changing. North County San Diego continues to evolve as well. As our population grows and health-care needs Arthritis & Osteoporosis become more complex, Palomar Pomerado Health (PPH) is Mondays, September 20 and undergoing its own transformation too. November 15, 10 – 11:30 a.m. Escondido Joslyn Senior Center Some time ago, we began a process to change the way we deliver care. That process starts with the right people – from physicians and Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction nurses, to leaders and staff. So, while a magnificent new hospital continues Syndrome and Fibromyalgia to take shape in Escondido – unlike anything the region has ever seen – we 2nd Wednesday of each month, 1 – 3 p.m. also understand that changing our culture takes more than just new bricks and Pomerado Outpatient Pavilion mortar. It is the people and the care that our customers will remember. It is the First FloorEducation Classroom experience within these new spaces that will change lives. And, it is more than Circle of Caring: just our hope to transform the patient experience – it is a must. Adult Bereavement Support Groups Even today, two years before the opening of this breathtaking facility, we are Sponsored by The Elizabeth Hospice. Call dissecting what works and what doesn’t from a patient point of view. We listen to 800.797.2050 for dates, times and locations. our patients, their families and our own customer advisory groups as we design a Diabetes Support Group new and improved PPH. I believe you will find us to be committed to the values 2nd Tuesday of each month, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. that have made us a leader in the health-care industry. But we also know what 120 Craven Road, Suite 207, San Marcos you care about – receiving the best care, in the best environment at the right 3rd Tuesday of each month, 4 – 5:30 p.m. time. We look forward to caring for you. Pomerado Hospital Call 760.510.7377 for more information. In good health, Mended Hearts Support Group: for Heart Disease Patients, Families and Caregivers 3rd Saturday of each month, 10 – 11:30 a.m. Michael H. Covert, FACHE Pomerado Hospital, 3rd Floor President and Chief Executive Officer Palomar Pomerado Health Café Conference Room Call 619.477.7703 for more information. * Head Injury, Trauma and Class Locations Spinal Support System (HITSS) To register for a class, call The HealthSource at 800.628.2880. Every Saturday, 9 – 10:30 a.m. Palomar Medical Center POWAY OASIS 2nd Floor Café Conference Room Pomerado Hospital Rancho Bernardo Call 800.986.4487 for more information. 15615 Pomerado Road Ed Brown Senior Center (formerly Poway, CA 92064 the Joslyn Senior Center at RB) Menopause Information & Support 858.613.4000 18402 W. Bernardo Drive Thursday, October 21, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Pomerado Outpatient Pavilion Rancho Bernardo, CA 92127 Thursday, December 16, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Jean McLaughlin Women’s Center 760.839.6020 Pomerado Outpatient Pavilion, First Floor Education Classroom Escondido Education Classroom 15611 Pomerado Road Escondido Joslyn Senior Center Poway, CA 92064 210 E. Park Avenue Speech Communication Support Group 858.675.5376 Escondido, CA 92025 Every Tuesday, 3 – 4 p.m. 760.839.6020 Rehabilitation Services SAN MARCOS Palomar Medical Center The HealthSource ESCONDIDO 125 Vallecitos de Oro, Suite A Palomar Medical Center Women’s Cancer Support Group San Marcos, CA 92069 555 East Valley Parkway 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. – Noon 858.675.5376 Escondido, CA 92025 Pomerado Outpatient Pavilion, First Floor 760.739.3000 Education Classroom The HealthSource retains the right to cancel The views and opinions expressed throughout this a community education class if minimum publication are provided for informational purposes enrollment is not met. If you have a disability, only and do not necessarily reflect those of PPH. Look Good, Feel Better please notify us 72 hours prior to the event so Featured articles and classes are not intended to Monday, October 11, 1 – 3 p.m. that we may provide reasonable accommodations. substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, nor are they intended to reflect all Pomerado Outpatient Pavilion possible opinions on a subject. We recommend that First Floor Education Classroom *Off-site classes are also available for groups, all patients seek the advice of their physician or businesses and other organizations that would like other qualified health provider with any questions To register, call the American Cancer Society at instruction on a particular health topic. they may have regarding treatment options or a 800.227.2345. Call 858.675.5372 for more information. medical condition. For a physician referral, or to register for a class, call The HealthSource at 800.628.2880. 3 I believe that fighting breast cancer is SERIOUS like running a marathon. You have to be ABOUT prepared to go the distance. SURVIVAL Edward Huynh, M.D., Medical Oncologist Discover Advanced Breast Cancer Care at PPH comes to protecting your breast health. The experienced It’s a good thing that Elizabeth Cerrone, M.D., staff provides services in a serene, comforting environment. a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist, And, accreditation from the American College of Radiology practices what she preaches about breast recognizes the quality of diagnostic services – from health. She believes that each woman knows screening mammography to definitive diagnostic testing her body best and therefore is most likely to with breast ultrasound, ultrasound-guided biopsy and be the first to recognize a change that should be examined. stereotactic breast biopsy. Dr. Cerrone recommends that women do monthly breast self- exams and have regular mammograms. Stereotactic-guided biopsy is performed using GE Healthcare’s It was during one of her own breast self-exams nearly four Senographe DS stereotactic years ago that she discovered a small lump in her breast. device and a uniquely designed “I had a mammogram that confirmed very early stage breast table that improves comfort cancer, which meant I was able to have it treated with surgery alone,” says Dr. Cerrone. during the procedure. Today, Dr. Cerrone works with North County Women’s Specialists where she is often the first physician to help her “One of our strengths is having this array of advanced patients who have discovered a lump or who have abnormal diagnostic capabilities in one location,” says Patty Werdowatz, results from a mammogram. R.N., CBHN, breast care nurse navigator. “Plus, patients feel more at ease with our all-female technical staff and two female “Women are understandably fearful at this point, but it’s always radiologists who specialize in interpreting mammograms.