Posts by Andre Negrete
We Celebrate DAISY Award Winner Keely Luetje, RN
Nurses go above and beyond daily to provide patients and families with excellent care. For Keely Luetje, RN, at the Stormont Vail Health Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Topeka, making a difference starts with encouraging and empowering her patients to communicate their needs effectively. For this reason, we celebrate Keely for receiving the DAISY…
Read MoreWe Celebrate DAISY Award Winner Sara Cook, BSN, RN
Nurses go above and beyond daily to provide patients and families with excellent care. For Sara Cook, BSN, RN, at the Cotton O’Neil Neurosurgery and Spine Center in Topeka, going beyond expectations means connecting with and caring for her patients on a personal level. For this reason, we celebrate Sara’s DAISY Award! The DAISY Award…
Read MoreWe Together: A Communication of Stormont Vail Health
Dear Community Partners, Here are today’s updates: Good Catch Winners Recognized by Board Committee Recent winners of the Good Catch program were recognized the Quality and Patient Safety Committee of the Stormont Vail Board of Directors. The program focuses on close call or near miss safety events that are identified and corrected by team members,…
Read MoreWe Recognize Melanie Griffin, August Person of the Moment
As a non-profit health system driven to improve our communities’ health, Stormont Vail Health provides care to all patients who come through our doors, regardless of their ability to afford services. This right is intrinsic to our mission and culture, where “together, we treat every patient, visitor, and team member with compassion and dignity.” Melanie…
Read MoreWe Together: A Communication of Stormont Vail Health
Dear Community Partners, Here are today’s updates: Stormont Vail Health Honored with Distinguished Corporate Citizen Award Stormont Vail Health was presented the Distinguished Corporate Citizen Award from the Jayhawk Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, Wednesday night. The award was presented to Dr. Rob Kenagy, President and CEO, by Tim O’Shea, President of the Jayhawk…
Read MoreWe Achieve 500th Bariatric Surgery Milestone
The Stormont Vail Health Weight Management Program achieves a new milestone in community health with its 500th bariatric surgery milestone.
Read MoreWe Together: A Communication of Stormont Vail Health
Here are today’s updates: Woman Encourages Others to be Informed about Pregnancy Care Ta’laija Fulton is many things. She’s a 22-year-old Topeka native, the oldest of two sisters and one brother, a professional in-home caregiver, and an exceptionally perceptive young woman. And, she’s currently a pregnant mom confidently and gracefully moving through her journey to…
Read MoreWe Together: A Communication of Stormont Vail Health
Dear Community Partners, Here are today’s updates: Stormont Vail Welcomes Jarett Skinner, D.O., to the Flint Hills Campus OB/GYN Clinic Stormont Vail Health welcomes Dr. Jarett Skinner, an OB/GYN specializing in reproductive medicine and pregnancy care, to the Stormont Vail OB/GYN Rural Health Clinic, 1102 St. Marys Road., Suite 101, Junction City. Originally from Caldwell,…
Read MoreWe Recognize Alicia Criger and Melissa Limqueco, July Persons of the Moment
As an integrated healthcare system, Stormont Vail Health is a network of clinics and services working together to improve the health of patients and communities across the state through coordinated, continuous care. Recently, Alicia Criger, a clinical nurse manager at the Emporia Clinic, and Melissa Limqueco, a case manager RN at the Stormont Vail Hospital…
Read MoreTa’laija Fulton’s Story
Ta’laija Fulton is many things. She’s a 22-year-old Topeka native, the oldest of two sisters and one brother, a professional in-home caregiver, and an exceptionally perceptive young woman. And, at the time of writing, she’s a pregnant mom confidently and gracefully moving through her journey to motherhood for the first time. It’s not uncommon for…
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