While returning from a patient transport in August, EMT Tim Slaughter and EMT Michael Sauls, witnessed a roadside emergency.  They took quick and aggressive action, providing excellent control of the scene and exceptional patient care.  The additional responding medical and fire personnel immediately took note of their outstanding job and reported it to CCPT leadership.  We are so thankful for their professionalism, courage, commitment and compassion!  They are an example of the values our division and company always strive to achieve.  Tim Slaughter is currently co

Congratulations to Dr. Jason Foerst, Christina Bryant, and the CORCINCH-HF study team for their impressive accomplishments.

Kudos to Franklin Hospice and Tazewell Home Health for coming out on top for last quarter’s Accreditation Readiness chart audits!! Special shout out to Kendra Shelton in Tazewell for having the highest compliance percentage across the home care services. 

Thanks from the Accreditation Readiness Team!

Kudos to Troy Evans!  Troy is proactive and responsive in his role as 6 Mtn ICU Unit Director.  6 Mtn ICU consistently remains in a state of Joint Commission survey readiness and Troy is quick to address any problems that arise.  His positive attitude and friendly demeanor make everyone feel welcome on his unit. 

Thank you, Troy, from the Accreditation Readiness Team! We appreciate your hard work, commitment, and collaboration!

We on 9MPCU would love to recognize 2 of our staff RN's, LeNae Canare and Minna Hamalainen.  Both, in the same week, received Daisy nominations that were forwarded to the committee for voting as well as their pin to celebrate at least 5 Daisy nominations!  Both of these RN's take patient care to an elevated level and that comes through in the number of times they've received nominations.  Please join me in congratulating them for achieving this honor!  

Carilion has been named to the Forbes fifth annual list of America's Best Employers by State. According to its website, Forbes worked with a market research firm to survey 70,000 workers at companies with at least 500 workers in all 50 states, asking participants to assess their employers.

Thanks to the persistence of our Info Security and Health Analytics teams, remote team members within CAPS and HA now have much faster access to key vendor-provided data used frequently for quality measures and outcomes. It took 3 months of back and forth with the vendor to make this happen, but the productivity gain is well worth the effort since tasks that used to take hours will now be able to run in minutes. Thank you Josh Sparks, Sam Blum, Robert Garbee, Robert Utterback, Craig Ricketts, and CJ Lewis!!

~ Clinical Advancement and Patient Safety (CAPS)

Chris from TSG at CNRV is stellar. He is quick when we have issues in fixing them. He seems to always have the answers. I know he works for everyone all over, but we at Outpatient Rehab appreciate him so so so much!

Carrie Nguyen, RN at CTCH was recognized two great catches!  Carrie identified and corrected an error with patient identification.  On a separate shift she identified a duplicate medication order and potentially prevented a medication error. 

This is Carrie's third Great Catch Award in 2023! She is a champion for patient safety and quality.

I want to give a big shout out & thank you to Gary Sacriponte with Field SVCS Regional! Not only is he very knowledgeable but quick to get issues resolved and pleasant to work with.  I really appreciate all he does.