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Dear Community Partners,

Here are today’s updates:

• Community and Nursing Reports Capture Milestones
• Stormont Vail’s Topeka Hospital Receives 2024 High 5 for Mom & Baby Premier Recognition
• Celebrate March Healthcare Recognitions
• 2024 Bi-State Stroke Consortium Symposium Registration Available
• “To Your Health” on WIBW-TV Tonight

Community and Nursing Reports Capture Milestones

Each year Stormont Vail Health creates annual reports to recognize and document our accomplishments of the past year. The Community Report and Nursing Report are provided in print and online as a way to tell our story. The “We Are Stormont” theme was used for the most recent reports. Please take a few minutes to enjoy the most recent Community Report and Nursing Report.

Stormont Vail’s Topeka Hospital Receives 2024 High 5 for Mom & Baby Premier Recognition

Stormont Vail Health has once again has been recognized for its ongoing commitment to excellence in maternity care. The organization’s Topeka hospital was recently recognized as a High 5 Mom & Baby Premier program, which reaffirms its commitment to supporting hospital staff by providing technical assistance and learning opportunities to ensure skills continue to improve while safeguarding the best outcomes for moms and babies in the hospital’s care.

Stormont Vail Health is proud of this recognition. Stormont Vail’s Flint Hills Campus hospital in Junction City is designated a High for Mom & Baby facility. Breastfeeding makes a big impact on the health of Kansans. Learn more about the program here: https://high5kansas.org. 

Celebrate March Healthcare Recognitions

• National Nutrition Month
• Child Life Month
• National Kidney Month
• Workplace Eye Wellness Month
• Brain Injury Awareness Month
• Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• Save Your Vision Month
• National MS Education and Awareness Month
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week (3/10–3/15)
• Healthcare HR Week (3/11–3/15)
• Medical Genetics Awareness Week (3/12–3/15)
• World Tuberculosis Day (3/24)
• National Doctor’s Day (3/30)
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day (3/13)

From the Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development 2024 Calendar of Health Observances & Recognition Days

These special days, weeks, and months allow us to highlight the importance of our teams’ work and raise awareness about various health conditions and initiatives throughout the year. We promote these recognitions in many ways across the organization and encourage departments to celebrate their teams in their areas. If this month highlights the work of someone you know on our team, take some time to wish them well!

2024 Bi-State Stroke Consortium Symposium Registration Available

• Friday, March 29, 2024
• 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Stormont Vail Health Topeka Hospital Pozez Education Center Auditorium or Zoom
• Registration & Details

Registration closes on Wednesday, March 27 at 12 p.m.

We encourage team members and local health professionals to join the 2024 Bi-State Stroke Consortium Symposium on March 29, where you’ll gain valuable, evidenced-based education to facilitate better outcomes for stroke patients.

Stormont Vail Health and Mayo Clinic experts will discuss advancements in stroke care, guidelines, and prevention as stroke survivors and family members highlight and humanize these insights with firsthand experiences of recovery and caregiving. Click the link above for event information and registration.

“To Your Health” on WIBW-TV Tonight

Hear the story of how an emergency 911 dispatcher experienced a stroke followed by an amazing recovery – and how that has given him a new perspective since he often receives the first call people make when they are in need of emergency care. The story will air on tonight’s WIBW “To Your Health.” The segment will air at 10 p.m. on WIBW-TV, Channel 13. The segment will typically repeat at 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. Fridays on 13 News This Morning and be posted on wibw.com. The patient recently discharged from Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital, the Topeka rehabilitation hospital that is a partnership of Encompass Health and Stormont Vail Health.   

We together,
Dr. Kenagy