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The Beat Goes On
November/December 2013
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Third Time is
Affiliation Approved
With sciatic pain finally gone, woman can travel, play with grandkids
John C. Lincoln Health Network and Scottsdale Healthcare are joining forces to create the health care organization of the future. The two locally based nonprofit health systems have long histories of caring in their communities. They are well positioned to meet the new demands of national health care reform while keeping you healthy with the most personalized care.
Five Hospitals In addition to a network of physicians and clinicians recognized for providing the highest standards of excellence in patient care, our new organization encompasses five acute care hospitals with approximately 10,500 employees and 3,100 volunteers. Together we are committed to providing:
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o-overs” are never fun, no matter the project. Repairs may be tricky, and almost always require more work and expertise. This is especially true in medicine. Most surgeons hate to re-do a procedure that didn’t turn out as expected or that developed complications. Their reluctance to repair is exacerbated when it’s some other surgeon’s work they’re being asked to fix. That’s exactly where Beverley King found herself early this year. She had lower back surgery twice, once in the 1980s and again about five years ago. But sciatic pain “was still making me insane,” she said. “It was as if my leg was on fire.” The pain was only part of the problem. Her large family – eight children, four step-children, 23 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren – is scattered across the country as well as here in the Valley. But she couldn’t manage the travel to visit them when her back was bad. “I couldn’t even go to my aunt’s funeral,” she said sadly. continued on Page 2
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to health care.
> Increased coordination
Open House
of medical care.
> An expanded network of
high-quality primary care and specialty physicians.
Sonoran Health and Emergency Center
> A single electronic health
record that can be accessed throughout the affiliated health network.
We remain committed to keeping our communities healthy and continuing a tradition of caring.
Orthopedic surgeon Issada Thongtrangan, MD, was able to relieve Beverley King’s sciatic pain with surgery that repaired a disk in her lower back.
For more information, please visit JCL.com/sonoran.
Join us Saturday, Dec. 7, for a community open house at the new John C. Lincoln Sonoran Health and Emergency Center just south of Carefree Highway and Interstate 17. Enjoy a behind-the-scene tour of the new facility from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The facility will serve as a stand-alone emergency department, medical imaging center and breast health care center with low-dose 3D mammography.