Community Connection Licking Memorial Health Systems (740) 348-4000 (phone) • www.LMHealth.org Volume 9, Issue 5 September/October 2012 Check out Report Cards online Active•Fit Program Promotes Fun at www.LMHealth.org.our Quality and Fitness at Events for Youth Licking Memorial Health Systems (LMHS) held its See pages 14-19 inaugural Active•Fit event for Quality Report on Saturday, July 21, at the Cards in this issue. Pataskala Health Campus. More than 250 children, ages COMMUNITY 6 to 12, attended the free family event, which included health EDUCATION education, inflatable fun areas, Anxiety and Depression games, and healthy snacks. Date: Thursday, September 13 During the event, many children Location: LMH First Floor registered online for the Conference Rooms Active•Fit program, which will Time: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Timothy McNeish, Ph.D. begin in September to coincide Speaker: LMHS and Newark Advocate Media kicked off the new (continued on page 6) Active•Fit campaign with a fun event at the Pataskala with the 2012-2013 school year. Health Campus in July. Future Active•Fit events will take The event was followed by a Rotator Cuff Repairs place in Licking County. See page 2 for more details. free outdoor screening of Walt Date: Thursday, September 27 Disney’s The Lion King. Location: LMH First Floor Conference Rooms Time: 6:00 p.m. Active•Fit Wellness Program (continued on page 2) Speaker: Edward Westerheide, M.D. (continued on page 6) LMH Receives Gold Seal of Approval Breast Cancer Awareness and Screening Date: Thursday, October 4 from The Joint Commission Location: LMH First Floor Conference Rooms Licking Memorial Hospital (LMH) Time: 6:00 p.m. has received The Joint Commission Speaker: Larry Pasley, M.D. Gold Seal of Approval™ for its Tim Argyle, OTR/L, C.L.T. (continued on page 7) commitment to high quality, safe patient care. This award of Dining with Diabetes accreditation demonstrates LMH’s Date: Tuesday, October 9 willingness to be measured against Thursday, October 11 the highest and most rigorous Tuesday, October 16 Location: LMH First Floor standards of performance. The Joint Conference Rooms Commission is the leading accreditor Time: 5:30 p.m. of healthcare organizations in the Speaker: Annmarie Thacker, U.S., evaluating the quality and Licking Memorial Hospital recently received a three- R.D. L.D., C.D.E. safety of care in more than 3,000 year re-accreditation from The Joint Commission for Shari L. Gallup, M.S. (continued on page 9) hospitals nationally. compliance to high performance standards. Losing Weight the Safe LMH received a three-year re-accreditation from The Joint Commission and Effective Way following an on-site survey in June. Over a four-day period, Joint Commission Date: Thursday, October 18 representatives performed a comprehensive inspection that included tours of the Location: LMH First Floor Conference Rooms Time: 5:30 p.m. LMH Receives Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission (continued on page 3) Speaker: Aundrea Parker, R.D., L.D. Measurably Different ... for Your Health! Your Different ... for Measurably Kerri Marks, P.T. (continued on page 9) Active•Fit Youth Wellness Program (continued from front page) The Active•Fit Youth Wellness Program was created by LMHS and Newark Advocate Media in response to the continuous rise of childhood obesity in the United States. The Program aims to ensure healthy lifestyles and habits among Licking County youth. The goals of the Active•Fit program are as follows: • Introduce the benefits of exercise, healthy eating, and proper rest. • Motivate youth to create personal goals for fitness. • Help youth develop a lifelong commitment to personal fitness. “LMHS is dedicated to creating an exciting fitness experience for children,” said Rob Montagnese, LMHS President & CEO. “We believe that it is important to provide enjoyable fitness and learning opportunities for children in order to empower them to develop lifelong healthy habits.” John Applegate, D.O., and Karen Richardson calculated children's body Participants in the Active•Fit Program will have the mass indexes. opportunity to choose eight fitness- and nutrition-related goals during each 4-month period. Those who complete their goals with the help of a parent, guardian, or mentor will be entered Information regarding upcoming Active•Fit events will be into a drawing to win prizes including a bicycle, an Xbox publicized in the Newark Advocate Media publications, as well Kinect™ with a fitness game, an iPod Nano® with exercise as other media outlets. Parents can also visit www.ActiveFit.org software, and sports store gift cards. for more information or to register their children for the Active•Fit program at any time throughout the year. Pat Smith (left) and Marilyn Klingler (right) showed Cassie Pidgeon some Active•Fit Upcoming Events heart-healthy exercises. LMHS Movie Night (with Youth Activities) Each 4-month period of the Active•Fit program will feature Saturday, September 8, 7:30 p.m. exciting events and opportunities for children to get active and The Denison University Fine Arts Quad Grounds learn about their health. On Saturday, October 13, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., children and their parents are invited to join LMHS Blackhand Gorge Tour for a guided historical and nature tour of Blackhand Gorge. Saturday, October 13, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. The hike will begin at the Blackhand Gorge path entrance and Blackhand Gorge parking area, which is located six miles east of Newark, off State Route 146, on Toboso Road. Wii Just Dance Party Saturday, December 8, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Future Active•Fit events also will include a Wii Just Dance Licking County Family YMCA Mitchell Center Party and a Junior Chef event, both of which will take place this winter. LMHS will continue to promote healthy lifestyles by providing fun activities at scheduled events, such as the LMHS Family Movie Night. Attendance at an Active•Fit event also counts as a goal achievement within the Program. 2 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2012 LMH Receives Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission (continued from front page) facility, staff interviews and comprehensive reviews of: In addition, The Joint Commission also gave its Gold Seal of • Hospital policies and procedures Approval to LMH Home Care Services. The choice to seek • Accuracy and completeness of medical records accreditation from The Joint Commission in Home Care • Facility cleanliness and environmental safety agencies is optional in Ohio, and pursuit of accreditation • Emergency preparedness reflects a commitment to ensuring that stringent quality and • Adherence to National Patient Safety Goals safety criteria are being met. After an on-site inspection in • Coordination and delivery of patient care May, Joint Commission surveyors found that LMH Home Care • Infection control and prevention Services met all The Joint Commission’s standards for patient • Staff training, education, and competency safety, including issues such as medication safety, reducing the • Leadership evaluation risk of patient falls, prompt responses to changes in the • Physician quality patient’s condition, and reducing risks associated with home • Medication safety oxygen usage. Being found in full compliance with these • Patient Rights requirements demonstrates LMH Home Care Services’ • Additional areas that directly and indirectly impact the capability to provide high-quality care to patients in their safety and care of patients homes throughout Licking County. Not only did LMH successfully meet all Joint Commission Licking Memorial Health Systems President & CEO Rob standards evaluated during the on-site survey, the facility has Montagnese said The Joint Commission’s accreditation is an exceeded national averages in many areas related to the important indicator of LMH’s level of quality. “The results of treatment of medical conditions, including: The Joint Commission’s inspections demonstrate that our • Heart attack care Hospital’s employees and Medical Staff are putting forth their • Heart failure care best efforts on a daily basis,” he said. “Every patient deserves • Pneumonia care excellent care, and it is gratifying that The Joint Commission • Infection prevention has recognized our continued achievement.” • Hip joint replacement • Knee replacement Approximately 82 percent of the nation’s hospitals are currently accredited by The Joint Commission. For more Shepherd Hill, the behavioral health department of LMH, information about Hospital Accreditation Standards or received its first accreditation from The Joint Commission The Joint Commission’s findings, please visit their Web site specifically for its residential chemical dependency program. at www.jointcommission.org. During the June visit, inspectors scrutinized Shepherd Hill’s inpatient behavioral health and detoxification services, as well as the residential care program. LMHS Employees and Active Medical Staff Committed to Serving Community and Beyond the commitment to provide quality care to the Licking County area. LMHS regularly contributes medical supplies to Medical Missionaries, an organization comprised of more than 200 volunteer doctors, nurses and dentists who provide medical care and equipment to some of the world’s most impoverished areas. In 2012 alone, Medical Missionaries has benefitted from two separate LMHS donations totaling more than $47,500. In addition, many LMHS employees and Active Medical Staff physicians volunteer their time and talent abroad. The following staff members recently completed a volunteer service trip, creating