In addition to CRMH's resident frog Paddy, Angel Caldwell from CFMH came with Franklin the frog to help spread the love of hand hygiene! What a great collaboration from our froggy BFFs!
Michelle Diehl Mental Health Therapist and Michelle Dmochowski RN Practice Supervisor, both of the Carilion Hollins Student Health and Mental Health Center collaborated to create a Sensory Trail in the Hollins Gardens. This trail was a walk through the gardens with calming music and tables that stimulate the different senses. One student stopped to say that she did not take time to stop and just take in nature. It was a relaxing and calming atmosphere to walk and just breathe. A great job of Carilion collaboration to help the students at Hollins University.
Thank you Leslie for coming through for me again! You may be all the way over at Franklin but you are proof that we can still engage in successful collaboration to deliver a spectacular patient outcome! You provided the necessary info to secure insurance authorization for a very complex and difficult case. You are and always have been the ultimate bombdiggity!
Carilion Mental Health had a plan to bolster their Quality program, and a review of their required reporting was at the top of the list. They focused on strengthening their Transition Record (TR-1) Core Measure – a process for documenting patient discharge information in the After Visit Summary (AVS).
CRCH Outpatient Surgery Center received an honorable mention for Environmental Stewardship by Outpatient Surgery Magazine's OR Excellence Awards! Their programs to reduce soft plastics waste through recycling and their blue wrap reduction program were highlighted.
Through these two programs, CRCH OPS has:
On Sunday, October 1st, Carilion Clinic Cardiovascular Institute staff played in a 9-ing softball game against Lewis Gale Hospital. This fundraiser has been an annual game, with a pause with COVID. In 2023 we had it returned to Salem Red Sox's field! Both hospitals came together to spread heart and stroke disease awareness in the community while raising money for the American Heart Association.
We had several RCH patients that needed stat CT scans this weekend, and Shari has made the process seamless! It's super appreciated as it can be logistically challenging getting patients over to RMH, and she has been a CHAMP at communication and very positive in every interaction. Thank you, Shari!
Kudos to Jeanine Johnson for always reaching out to see if assistance is needed and for sharing her vast cardiac knowledge with me. YOU ROCK!
On Sept. 28, 2023, Carilion’s Community Health and Outreach (CHO) team hosted its 4th annual Fall Harvest Festival at Morningside Urban Farm. The event was a great success! More than 500 community members gathered in Southeast Roanoke on a beautiful evening to enjoy meaningful activities, moving performances, and delicious food from dozens of community organizations and artists.
In response to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) mandate requiring DEA Healthcare Provider License Holders (physicians and advanced care practitioners) to complete a one-time 8 hours of Type 1 (AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM) education specific to substance use disorders effective June 27, 2023, is what we want to highlight on the WOW Wall.
