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St. John’s
bariatric surgery program named center of excellence
May 9, 2008
St. John’s Bariatric Surgery Program has
been named a Center of Excellence. It is the sixth Missouri program
to achieve that designation from the National Surgery Review corporation. A
center of excellence holds the highest level of efficacy, efficiency, and
safety in a bariatric program, and those locations are among the most
comprehensive and multi-disciplinary surgical weight loss programs.
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Dr. David Redfern joins St. John’s to lead OB Hospitalist program
April 30, 2008
David Redfern, M.D., long-time Springfield OB/GYN, has joined St. John’s
Clinic as the medical director of a new OB hospitalist program.
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O’Reilly family gift
expands St. John’s Cancer Center
April 18, 2008
St.
John’s Foundation for Community Health announced a major gift from the
O’Reilly family for expansion of cancer services. In recognition of the
donation, St. John’s Cancer Center has been named “St. John’s C.H. 'Chub’
O’Reilly Cancer Center." The announcement came at a donor recognition dinner
April 12 celebrating the opening of St. John’s new Patient Tower.
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Cigna Healthcare
announces contract with St. John's Health System
March 17, 2008
Cigna
Healthcare has announced a contract with St. John’s Health System, effective
July 15, 2008. Cigna has indicated that this agreement will cover 18,000
people in southwest Missouri. The contract will extend St. John’s services
to local residents of all Cigna’s insurance plans. Residents covered by
these plans will become eligible to use any St. John’s hospitals and
physicians.
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Fred McQueary, M.D.,
named St. John's Clinic president
Feb. 6, 2008
Fred McQueary, M.D., St. John’s Clinic orthopedic surgeon, has been named
St. John’s Clinic Springfield Division President. He was chosen from a field
of candidates after a nationwide search that began last May. He replaces
Walter J. Gaska, M.D., who is transitioning into the role of president
emeritus.
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St. John’s Clinic receives spirit
of excellence award
Dec. 18, 2007
St. John’s Clinic Force for Good has been chosen as the winner of the 15th
annual Modern Healthcare Magazine Community Spirit of Excellence Award. The
Spirit of Excellence award honors organizations and individuals that go
beyond what is expected in serving their patients and communities. As a
winner, St. John’s Clinic will receive a cash prize of $5,000 that will be
put back into the Force for Good.
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Transitional Care Unit christens Patient
Tower
Dec. 7, 2007
The Transitional Care Unit, formerly 5J
and 5K, was the first unit to move into the new Patient Tower on Nov. 27.
The unit is now on 7A.
“It was challenging,” said Nursing
Director Judy Matthews, BSN. “But I think I have the best staff in the
hospital. We’re a close-knit group and we’ve been through moves before, so
that helped. We also got incredible support from practically every
department in the hospital.”
In the days prior to the move, staff met
with patients and family members, who had a chance to view the room their
relative would be moving to.
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St. John's Burn Center offers fire safety tips
Oct. 26, 2007
The risk of fire is present throughout the year; however, fire experts say the
danger is at its highest during the winter months. About 250 people a year are
hospitalized at St. John’s Burn Center due to fire and burn-related injuries.
Burns are the number two cause of pediatric trauma admission to St. John’s
Hospital, behind only motor vehicle crashes.
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St. John's to stop
birth announcement distribution
Oct. 25, 2007
St. John’s Hospitals in
Springfield and Lebanon will no longer send birth announcements to area
newspapers beginning this week. The move is meant to help prevent potential
home infant abductions.
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St. John's Clinic offers FLUMIST vaccine to
area students
Oct. 15, 2007
St. John's nurses will be onsite at Springfield Catholic, Ava and
Republic schools Oct. 15 - 31, 2007 to provide the FluMist intranasal flu
vaccine to students. Organizers hope that by providing the pain-free vaccine
at school, more children will be immunized.
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2100 turn out for annual St. John's Sunshine Run at Hammons Field
Oct. 13, 2007
Approximately 2100 people turned out Saturday, Oct. 13 for the 28th
Annual St. John's Sunshine Run at Hammons Field - about 400 more than last
year. Good weather helped attendance for the races, which included 10K, 5K
and 1-mile events.
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Complete race results
Dr. Chris Farmer named medical director of
Outdoor Fitness Festival
Oct. 9, 2007
Dr. Chris Farmer knows sports - sports medicine that is. As the newly named
medical director for the upcoming Outdoor Fitness Festival, Dr. Farmer has
an impressive resume that shows he is more than up to the challenge.
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Flu
coalition announces high-risk flu shot clinics
Oct. 2, 2007
The Springfield Flu Immunization Coalition has announced the locations
for the 2007 high-risk flu shot clinics. The first phase of the 2007
campaign will include the distribution of vouchers for the area high-risk
clinics. The second phase will include a week of high-risk flu vaccination
clinics
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Health coaching helps businesses reduce health care costs
Oct. 1, 2007
St.
John’s
Corporate Health & Wellness is offering telephonic health coaching to assist
business with their employees’ health to help them lower their risk factors.
Telephonic health coaching offers accessible guidance from a trained health
care professional (well coach). By taking steps to improve their health
through lifestyle changes, employees will achieve wellness, in turn reducing
their employer’s health care costs
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St.
John’s Clinic finalizes plans for new Rolla clinic
Sept. 14, 2007
St.
John’s Clinic will break ground in December for a three-story Clinic
facility in Rolla to serve patients in the Phelps, Pulaski, Dent, Crawford,
Maries and Texas county region. The 108,000 square-foot facility will be
built on a 25-acre tract of land off Martin Spring Drive, just east of
Zeno’s Motel and Steakhouse in the 1600 block.
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Janet Jordan, M.D., named Frank Mitchell Physician of the Year at MEMSA
annual conference
Aug. 23, 2007
Dr. Janet
Jordan was awarded the “Frank
Mitchell Physician of the Year” at the
Missouri
Emergency Medical Services Association’s (MEMSA)
annual conference. Dr. Jordan
is an emergency
physician who has worked in the Emergency Trauma Center at St. John’s for 16
years. She has served as
EMS
medical director for over 10 years.
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St. John's Hospital - Lebanon
breaks ground on Curry Cancer Center
Feb. 22, 2007
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new
Curry Cancer Center and major expansions to the emergency department and the
medical surgical units at St. John's Hospital-Lebanon took place 2 p.m, Feb 22,
2007 at the hospital, in front of the Emergency Department entrance.
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St. John's named top integrated health care network in U.S.
Feb.
5, 2007
St. John's topped the list of integrated
health networks in the United States in the 2007 Verispan assessment of
integrated healthcare networks. The ranking appears in the Feb. 5, 2007 issue of
Modern Healthcare magazine.
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Hammons Heart Institute celebrates 20th anniversary
Feb. 1, 2007
St.
John's will host a celebration and reunion of former patients, physicians and
staff 4-6 p.m., Feb. 15, at Hammons Heart Institute, 1235 E. Cherokee. The event
is one of several planned in honor of the program's 20th anniversary. Current
and former patients are being asked to send in their stories to be shared on a
display at the event.
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