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Volume 6, Issue 3            
 
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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 Congratulates Dr. Mark Meyers,  

St. Mary's Physician of the Year! 

St. Mary's congratulates Dr. Mark Meyers, our Physician of the Year. During his more than 40 years of service to St. Mary's, Dr. Meyers has earned the respect of his patients and colleagues for his knowledge, dedication and clinical excellence. Congratulations, Dr. Meyers!  


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The Nurse Navigator's Role in St. Mary's Care Partners  

Dr. Tricia Baird, CMO of St. Mary's CARE Partners
The work of CARE Partners is meant to facilitate more complete care for more patients with chronic health conditions.To improve health outcomes,  the Nurse Navigator will work directly with patients to identify opportunities to increase patients' engagement with their treatments. Dr. Tricia Baird further explains the role Nurse Navigators will play in her CARE Partners update for this month.    

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Clinical Informatics - What does that mean to me?
The Clinical Informatics department at St. Mary's was formed in 2012 to ensure full integration of clinical processes with St. Vincent Health Electronic Health Record (EHR) initiatives. Led by Jeanne Braun, Executive Director of Clinical Informatics, the Clinical Informatics team consists of four Clinical Informaticists (CI's) who provide clinical expertise and serve as liaisons for their assigned departments. 
     

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IPLA License Renewal Update
In an effort to increase agency efficiency, the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA), with the approval of the Medical Licensing Board (MLB), under IC-25-1-5-4(k), has extended the current physician renewal deadline from June 30, 2013 to October 31, 2013. As a result, your current physician license and controlled substance registration (CSR) will now expire on October 31, 2013.

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 St. Mary's 4 North Joint Replacement Unit Receives  

5 Star Excellence Award 

St. Mary's Medical Center has been honored with a 2013 Five Star Excellence Award by Professional Research Corporation, Inc. (PRC) for our Inpatient Joint Replacement Unit, 4 North. St. Mary's scored in the top 10 percent nationwide for receiving "excellent" responses from our patients regarding their overall quality of care.

 

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Medications Added to Formulary
Find out the latest medications added to the Formulary in this update from the St. Mary's Pharmacy.  

 

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St. Mary's Provides Unlimited Access to Physician

 Briefing News and Health Information Services!

Want to stay up-to-date on the latest medical news? St. Mary's makes it easy for our physicians to stay informed with our Physician Briefing News and Health Information services. Learn how you can take advantage of these free services simply by visiting the St. Mary's website!  

     

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Spirituality in the Workplace:   

Medicine as a Spiritual Practice 

In his article, "Is Medicine a Spiritual Practice?," Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD, explores and reflects on this question.Sister Jane McConnell, OSF, reflects on this question and shares insights gained after reading Sulmasy's work. 

     

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Please send news information to Jessica Dughaish at  JessicaK.Dughaish@stmarys.org .