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Volume 6, Issue 2           
 
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Welcome to St. Mary's Medical Staff News e-newsletter. Your monthly source of information for policy updates, professional requirements, current quality and technological strides within St. Mary's Health as well as other important news specific to you, our valued St. Mary's Medical Staff, Physician Office Staff and Regional Partners. To view previous issues of this e-newsletter, visit www.stmarys.org/docnews.

St. Mary's CARE Partners: Introduction & Next Steps 

Dr. Tricia Baird, CMO of St. Mary's CARE Partners
Dr. Tricia Baird, CMO of St. Mary's CARE Partners, provides an introduction and next steps for St. Mary's CARE Partners, a Clinically-Integrated Physician Hospital Organization (CI-PHO). Read more as Dr. Baird provides insight into the purpose and direction of St. Mary's CARE Partners. 
     

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 2013 Annual Physician Recognition Dinner 

St. Mary's will hold its Annual Physician Recognition Dinner on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the Evansville Country Club. Be sure to reserve this date for you and your spouse or significant other so you are able to join with us in this celebration! Read more to find out details of the event.  


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St. Mary's Hospital for Women & Children Introduces the OB/GYN Hospitalist Program  

St. Mary's Hospital for Women & Children introduces the OB/GYN Hospitalist Program. To support this initiative, St. Mary's Hospital for Women & Children is working with the OB Hospitalist Group (OBHG), the largest dedicated OB/GYN hospitalist provider. Read more to find out details about this upcoming program.  


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St. Mary's and Deaconess Work Together to Achieve "Baby Friendly" Designation
St. Mary's Hospital for Women and Children would like to bring a new community health initiative to your attention. Our hospital, along with Deaconess Women's Hospital are working together to achieve the "Baby Friendly" Designation. Read more to find out about this designation and what it means for St. Mary's. 
     

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St. Mary's Congratulates Dr. Mureena Turnquest Wells, Author in the Journal of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Turnquest Wells St. Mary's congratulates Dr. Mureena Turnquest Wells on her recent publication in the Journal of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. Read more to find out about her article, "Management of the Patient in Labor Who has Abused
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St. Mary's and St. Vincent Cancer Care Partner to Provide State-of-the-Art Gynecological Cancer Care
St. Mary's Medical Center and St. Vincent Cancer Care are excited to announce their partnership to provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art treatment for women with cancers of the female reproductive system. Drs. Gregory Sutton, Michael Callahan and Hubert Fornalik will be providing consultation and follow-up services at an outreach clinic held at St. Mary's Hospital for Women and Children.

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Prescription for Health - Medication Therapy
Management Program
St. Mary's new, voluntary program available to St. Mary's Associates and their spouses, "Prescription for Health - Medication Therapy Management," provides participants with one-on-one meeting time with one of our highly-trained Pharmacists to help them take an active role in managing their medications through Medication Therapy Review. 

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Medical Record Documentation-
Post-operative Documentation Requirements
Our regulatory requirements specify the elements and times frames required for completion of the postoperative documentation. Read more to find out about these requirements to ensure you remain compliant.

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Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
In July of 2012, St. Mary's implemented a nurse-driven urinary catheter removal protocol. Read more to learn about this protocol and what is being done to prevent avoidable hospital acquired infections. 

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A Prayer for Doctors
Recently, on Wednesday, March 20, St. Mary's thanked our physicians for their hard work by hosting our annual Doctor's Day Breakfast in the Physicians' Lounge. With that gratitude in mind, St. Mary's chaplains offer this prayer in thanks and recognition for all physicians, particularly those who serve at St. Mary's.   

 

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Spirituality in the Workplace:   

The Power of Human Touch and Kindness

Sister Jane McConnell, OSF, reflects on the power of a gentle touch and genuine kindness throughout the healing process.  Read more as Sister Jane offers her insight into what these expressions of compassion and understanding mean to our patients.   

     

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Published by the Marketing & Public Relations Department for the 
 Medical Staff, Physician Office Staff and Regional Partners of
St. Mary's Health.
Please send news information to Jessica Dughaish at  JessicaK.Dughaish@stmarys.org .