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Colleague News…………………………Pg. 1 - Pg. 2 You Asked for it. We Got it…………………..Pg. 3 PBMC Updates………………………….Pg. 3 - Pg. 4 Around Our Community……………..Pg. 5 - Pg. 6
Pen Bay Medical Center Announces Arrival of Maine Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine Students
Sam York and Michael Stanley
Pen Bay Medical Center would like to announce the arrival of Michael Stanley and Sam York, third year medical students enrolled in the Maine Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine Medical School Program. This is the third year Pen Bay Medical Center has been involved in the program. Michael and Sam will be at Pen Bay Medical Center for nine months rotating through the departments of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Women’s Health and Psychiatry. They will also follow staff and patients with Hospitalists, in the Emergency Department and with subspecialties. Michael Stanley grew up in Springvale, Maine. After graduating from Sanford High School he attended Harvard College concentrating in human developmental and regenerative biology. He received the John H. Finley Jr. Fellowship to travel for a year through Great Britain, South Africa and Australia before starting at Tufts University School of Medicine-Maine Track. Sam York was born and raised in Freeport, Maine. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Physics and Biochemistry from Bowdoin College. After graduating from Bowdoin, he spent two years studying the genetics underlying liver fibrosis at Massachusetts General Hospital. He also volunteered in the Emergency Departments at both Midcoast Hospital and at Tufts Medical Center before starting at Tufts University School of Medicine-Maine Track. Michael and Sam are looking forward to learning more about the community, history and culture of the Midcoast and working with the staff at Pen Bay Medical Center.
Colleague News Farm to Institution New England (FINE) and Unity College invite PBMC to host Cooking Demonstration and Recipe Tasting
Pen Bay Medical Center receives Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Pen Bay Medical Center recently received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to providing the most appropriate stroke treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
Jeff Space, director of nutritional services, was invited to be a guest chef at New England's Farm to Institution Summit at Unity College in June. Jeff did a cooking demo and prepared two dishes using local ingredients. FINE selected Jeff and Pen Bay Medical Center to participate to highlight PBMC’s model of using local produce in the hospital. Jeff prepared a Spinach and Arugula Salad with Shaved Celeriac and Crumbled Goat Cheese drizzled with a Chive EVOO Emulsion and Celeriac, Chive and Goat Cheese Gratin served with an Acadian Ploye.
Hospitals must achieve 85 percent or higher adherence to all Get With The Guidelines-Stroke achievement indicators for two or more consecutive 12-month periods and achieve 75 percent or higher compliance with five of eight Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality measures to receive the Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. To qualify for the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite, hospitals must meet quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke.
Journey to Health Walking Club July Schedule Looking for a group activity for that extra support to get up and go? Join Community Health & Wellness staff for weekly walks around Knox and Waldo counties. July walks are from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. and are scheduled on Tuesdays in Knox County and Thursdays in Waldo County, weather permitting. July walks: Tuesday, July 12: Wellness Trail at Pen Bay Medical Center, starting outside Pen Bay Urology, Rockport Thursday, July 21: Little River Trail, starting at Walsh Field, Route 52, Belfast Tuesday, July 26: Wellness Trail at Pen Bay Medical Center, starting outside Pen Bay Urology, Rockport Walk with us as often as you can, all walks are open to colleagues and the public. No registration required. Please call 921-3950 for more information.
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PBMC Updates Healthcare Worker’s Appreciation Week Celebrated
Taco Lunch Served by Leadership
Ice Cream Social in the Pen Bay Café
Seedling and Bake Sale to Benefit the Nursing Scholarship Fund
You Asked for it. We Got it. In this section of the Wellness Wire, Pen Bay Medical Center will provide a list of capital projects from across the system. We would like to highlight investments that are made back into our systems, our employees and ultimately our patients. In April and May, we invested capital into 47 projects totaling almost $1.1 million. Please see below for a few highlights. Women’s Health Med/Surg OR PBPA Urology PBPA Surgery Facilities Facilities Sussman House IT Knox Center Quarry Hill Quarry Hill
Remote Fetal Monitoring System* New flooring and paint for the main corridors Skytron 800lb capacity table Midmark procedure table Portable ABI machine Schematic design of the new office building Expansion and renovation of the Wellness Trail* Donor recognition wall* Epic (electronic medical record) preparations Sapphire Pulse mattress system Emergency call/communications system Rooftop units
*These projects made possible with funds raised by the Pen Bay Healthcare Foundation.
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PBMC Updates PBMC Spotlight: Knox Center
As the seasons transition from spring into summer the Knox Center for Long Term Care is also transitioning the facility name to the ‘Knox Center’ to better reflect the nature of services provided. The facility continues to provide the traditional long term care services on both the first floor nursing and second floor memory care nursing units. The change in name serves to recognize the incredible value our short term skilled nursing unit brings to the community. This short term service is available to individuals with a qualifying hospital stay and a nursing and/or rehabilitation need. Ask your hospital discharge planner for information about the Knox Center when it is time to be discharged from the hospital. The unit is accepting referrals and with the nursing, social service, dining services and rehabilitation team, patients are able to progress to their highest level of independence prior to moving back home or to the next appropriate location. The Knox Center makes every effort to ease each transition for each individual patient. The Knox Center recently received confirmation that the request for a grant of $250 through the Crimestoppers Program sponsored by First National Bank has been accepted. The grant will assist the facility in providing a lobster roll luncheon at the facility this summer. The honored guests will be members of the Coast Guard who dock here at the Rockland base. These men and women visit individually with each Knox resident and the Knox Center greatly appreciates their time spent at the facility. The Knox Center looks forward to a summer of fun activities with residents and highlighting all of the services provided to the Midcoast community with the transition to the updated name over the next few months. For more information on the Knox Center and the services provided, please visit https://www.penbayhealthcare.org/knoxcenter/ or call 207-921-6800.
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Around Our Community Midcoast Breast Cancer Classic Golf Tournament Scheduled for August 12 The Midcoast Breast Cancer Classic golf tournament will take place on Friday, August 12 at the Rockland Country Club. The event continues to grow year after year with over $65,000 raised to benefit breast cancer support services in the Midcoast. Both men and women are encouraged to participate in the tournament which includes 18 holes of golf, cart rentals, lunch, gifts and prizes. Area businesses have the opportunity to support the event through tournament sponsorships and a dine around raffle. You can also easily make a one-time gift to provide additional support. However you choose to be involved, you’ll know you’re helping people in our community deal with the many challenges of living with cancer. To register to play or to make a gift, please visit www.penbayhealthcare.org/golf or call Jamie Geretz at 207-921-6707.
Pen Bay Medical Center and Mid-Coast School of Technology CNA Apprenticeship Program Graduation
Front from left to right: Faylyn Vitale, John Ruiz, CNA Apprentice Jo Fales, CNA Apprentice Lola Reinhardt Back: CNA Apprentice Cindy Catalano, CNA Apprentice Maria Nystrom, CNA Apprentice Ashley Fleming, Amanda Hitchener, Instructor Aimee Campbell, CNA Apprentice Kurt McCollett
Pen Bay Medical Center is proud to partner with the Mid-Coast School of Technology CNA Apprenticeship Adult Education Program to provide students with the opportunity to work at PBMC while earning their CNA designation. The program launched in March as a joint effort between Pen Bay Medical Center, the MidCoast School of Technology’s (MCST) Adult Education CNA program, Central Lincoln County (CLC) Adult Education, LincolnHealth and the Maine State Department of Labor’s Apprenticeship program. Through this “earn while you learn” apprenticeship program, the CNA students were able to attend the CNA course at no charge as well as receive compensation as short-term employees of Pen Bay Medical Center or their affiliated services. In exchange for this support, CNA apprentices signed an 18-month work agreement to work at either Quarry Hill or the Knox Center upon graduation from the MCST CNA Course. Currently working at Quarry Hill in Camden and the Knox Center in Rockland are the first class of six Pen Bay Medical Center CNA apprentices who successfully graduated from the MidCoast School of Technology’s CNA Course on June 2. For more information on the fall session, which begins on August 29, please contact Marianne Doyle at the Mid-Coast School of Technology at 207-596-7752 or mdoyle@mcst8.org or Cathy Cole at PBMC at 207-921-8440.
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Around Our Community Rockland Farmers Market Kids Club
Pen Bay Medical Center Emergency Room technicians Tabatha Ripley, Kara Dow and Donna Kessler attended the Northeast Mobile Health open house in June and handed out information on ticks including tick ID cards and tick spoons.
Join PBMC Community Health and Wellness and 5-2-1-0 Let’s Go! at the Rockland Farmers Market Kids Club every Thursday between 10:00 a.m. and Noon June 23 through August 25. Children learn how to shop at the market, make great decisions about how to enjoy local foods and participate in physical activities.
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