Heart Hope A bimonthly newsletter for people and families living with heart failure
March 2011
Center for Heart Health
New offices offer more room, services
Your connection to resources, support At the Center for Heart Health, our goal is to enhance the physical, social, emotional and spiritual well-being of our patients and their families. So we’re pleased to announce the addition of a new team member to help in achieving these goals: social worker Kimberly Budig. Kimberly holds both master’s and bachelor’s degrees in social work and is a licensed clinical social worker. She has been a member of the King’s Daughters team for nearly three years. During her seven-year career, Kimberly has worked in a variety of settings with patients across a broad spectrum. As a member of the Center for Heart Health, Kimberly will work closely with patients in the Heart Failure Clinic, hospital and home health settings. Her services include education, individual and group support, patient and family advocacy and linking patients to community resources.
Introducing KDMC Social Worker
This expansion means not only can we care for more patients, we also can accommodate urgent visits and unplanned services more readily – without backing up the schedule for Lexington Avenue everyone.
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Keep your eyes open – we have great new things planned for the clinic this year. We look forward to sharing them with you!
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Along with the move we expanded our team, adding a second nurse, Judy Tiller. She joins nurse Barbara Davis and nurse practitioner Donna Holbrook in caring for you. Being closer to the hospital and the cardiologists’ offices means that if you need a level of care that is beyond our scope – or an immediate cardiologist consultation – they can be easily arranged, without the need to drive elsewhere.
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For more information about social work services in the Center for Heart Health, please give us a call at (606) 408-6000.
If you’ve visited our new offices already, you know we now have a more comfortable and spacious waiting area and more exam rooms. The Heart Failure Clinic tripled in size – we now have three rooms dedicated to meeting your needs.
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My goal is to enhance the physical, social, emotional and spiritual well-being of patients and their families.
We know change can be difficult. And we've had our share of challenges …. “Where did that blood pressure cuff go?!” “Have you seen the education sheet on sodium?” We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work out the kinks!
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KIMBERLY BUDIG
By now, you should be aware that the Heart Failure Clinic (and our colleagues in the Coumadin and Lipid clinics) relocated in January to a new home in the Center for Heart Health, Suite 350 of Medical Plaza B, 613 23rd St., Ashland.
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Suggestions? Comments? We’d love to hear what you have to say! Send us an e-mail at HeartHope@kdmc.net or give us a call at 606.408.6000.