Cover_Layout 1 10/30/10 4:41 PM Page 2 The State of New Hampshire’s most advanced ambulatory healthcare! The Elliot at River’s Edge Guide A special edition of Your Wellness Matters | Opening, April 2011 YMW- winter_YMW-Issue 1 10/30/10 4:55 PM Page 1 Welcome t is with great enthusiasm and pride that I introduce allowing for faster service, the same high-quality as the you to The Elliot at River’s Edge! By mid-April, 2011, emergency room, but at a lower cost. you will have access to the most comprehensive Finally, while I know the building will be impressive and in Iambulatory care center in the State of New Hampshire. The some respects a new gateway for the City of Manchester, the Elliot at River’s Edge will provide outpatient services in an true story of River’s Edge will be in the people of Elliot who environment that is welcoming, sophisticated, and easy for work there each day striving to provide you with excellence in you to navigate. care and service. Our providers, nurses, technicians, and staff The Elliot at River’s Edge will be home to a breadth of chose healthcare because they love to care for people. Elliot is services including Urgent Care, Orthopaedic Surgery, a special team of kind and highly skilled people who are General Surgery, Breast Healthcare, Pulmonary Medicine, looking forward to sharing their experience and their Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Occupational Medicine, expertise with you! Neurology, Gastroenterology, Endoscopy, Pain Management, As a community owned healthcare system, we take our role Wound Management, Physical Therapy, Sleep Diagnostic seriously. Elliot remains committed to bringing healthcare to Testing and 1-Day Surgery. Moreover, we have equipped this the citizens of New Hampshire so you will no longer have to facility with a Lab and Imaging Center so that should you travel to Boston to get comprehensive, quality healthcare. need an X-Ray, CT scan, Mammogram or MRI, you can get The pages in this Guide are meant to help you understand one regardless of the location of your physician. Virtually what we are building and the services we will offer to you. every service at River’s Edge has been built and designed based Enjoy it and look for our Grand Opening announcements on the trends we have studied locally and the rising demand when we invite you to join us for a tour and to meet our we have experienced for healthcare services in these areas. providers. The Elliot at River’s Edge is opening in April Let me describe Urgent Care. For many people, when the 2011…to serve our entire state! doctor’s office is closed in the evening or on the weekend, they turn to the emergency department for medical care. In Health, Now, at The Elliot at River’s Edge, we will have the same team of emergency medicine physicians, nurses and staff standing by to treat illnesses and injuries that are non-life threatening but require medical attention. When your primary care office is closed, we hope that Urgent Care Douglas Dean becomes your preferred method of receiving healthcare President & CEO MESSAGE FROM DOUG DEAN, PRESIDENT & CEO 2 The Elliot at River’s Edge Guide YMW- winter_YMW-Issue 1 10/30/10 4:56 PM Page 2 inor illnesses or injuries can often be painful and require immediate medical attention. Often times, What types of injuries or illnesses should bring Mgetting to your primary care doctor is not a viable option and me to use Urgent Care? risking a wait in the emergency department is less than desirable. • Respiratory infections: common cold, flu, sinus infection, Now, there is a better alternative! Urgent Care at The Elliot at bronchitis, pneumonia River’s Edge offers medical care that is high quality, easily • Sore throat • Earache accessible and less expensive than visiting your local emergency • Urinary tract infection • Skin rash department. • Poison ivy • Gastroenteritis What is Urgent Care? Urgent Care focuses on treating non-life • Sprains & strains • Cuts & lacerations threatening illnesses and injuries. While the serious and life • Burns • Minor eye injuries threatening injuries are arriving at the hospital emergency room, • Splinters • Sports injuries Urgent Care can take care of your medical problems faster and • X-rays • CT scan with little wait time. While convenience and ease of access are • Workplace Injuries important, the best news is that you will never have to substitute And much more! quality care for efficient service. You will be provided the same quality care you would receive at the emergency department, What does it cost? The benefits of Urgent Care go beyond the because the Urgent Care at River’s Edge is staffed by board- quality and quickness of service. The Elliot at River’s Edge certified emergency medicine physicians. You can take extra Urgent Care is designed to save you money. The cost of service comfort knowing that these are the same physicians that work at at Urgent Care is less than what would be charged at an Elliot Hospital’s Trauma Center. emergency department. All insurances are accepted at River’s Do I need an appointment? No appointments are necessary! Edge Urgent Care, with deductibles that are usually less than an One of the reasons Urgent Care is so attractive to people on the emergency department deductible. go or in need of immediate medical care is the fact that Urgent What if my injury requires further testing? There is no shortage Care is open during the day and evening, 7 days per week. This of services available at River’s Edge Urgent Care. On site imaging includes being available to you during holidays. Urgent Care is allows for immediate access to x-rays, cat scans, ultrasound and a walk in medical center that can provide a variety of medical MRI’s. Our point of care lab allows us to run a variety of minor services for all of your minor non-life threatening medical lab tests, with results available to you in a matter of minutes. concerns. Since emergencies are not handled at Urgent Care, Are there any other benefits to using Urgent Care? At Elliot, we you will never be “passed” by a patient arriving by ambulance. believe that your care should continue even after you leave our Urgent Care patients are treated in the order that they arrive. Urgent Care. With your permission, a summary of your visit Urgent Care is the perfect option for when your primary care will immediately be sent to your primary care physician or physician is unavailable, or just not open. The best part is you specialist. Appropriate referrals to specialists in your area will be do not need an appointment. It is even convenient for any of given at the time of your visit and information about your visit your out of town guests. You do not have to be from this city, will be stored in Elliot’s electronic medical record system. state or country to enjoy the benefits of Urgent Care. URGENT CARE The Elliot at River’s Edge Guide 3 YMW- winter_YMW-Issue 1 10/30/10 4:56 PM Page 3 s an integral part of Elliot Health System, Elliot General Curtis J. Kloc, MD, FACS is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgical Specialists is dedicated to providing the highest Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Kloc enjoys Aquality, state-of-the-art surgical care in a safe, nurturing, warm all aspects of General Surgery including GI, Venus, Wound Care, Acute and supportive environment. We are dedicated to providing Care/Emergency, Trauma, and Advanced Laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery, including Endoscopy and Colonoscopy. patient care with dignity, respect and compassion, while being Esthia K. Giakovis-Sterling, MD, FACS is Board Certified by the American sensitive to the diverse needs of all. We are committed to Board of Surgery. She is a member of the Society of Breast Surgeons, The creating a nurturing environment that encourages open and Association of Women Surgeons, The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, honest communication between patients, their families, our and a Fellow of the American College of Surgery. She specializes in all aspects physicians, and all the multi-disciplinary teams. Our expertise of General Surgery, including Laparoscopic, minimally invasive surgery, Breast encompasses all aspects of surgical care, including: General, Surgery and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Thomas Meads, MD is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery. Advanced Laparoscopic, Breast, Endocrine, Intestinal, and Dr. Meads has over 10 years of experience and has been in private practice in Vascular Surgery. By offering the latest developments in New Hampshire since 2003. He joined Elliot General Surgical Specialists in Vascular and Thoracic surgery to include Video Assisted July of 2008. Dr. Meads specializes in all aspects of General Surgery to include Thoracic surgery, and the latest Endovascular Arterial and minimally invasive surgery Venous techniques, we are uniquely skilled and committed to William R. Wilson, MD, FACS, FAAP is Board Certified by the American improving the health of our patients. Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics and Our practice is thrilled to be moving to River’s Edge in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Dr. Wilson specializes in diseases of the chest April, 2011. In the meantime to obtain an appointment at any and vascular system that require surgery, such as Aortic Aneurysms, Carotid of our three locations please call 603-627-1102 during normal Artery Stenosis, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Mediastinal Disease, Lung Cancer office hours of 8:30AM to 5PM, Monday to Friday.