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We Celebrate our Healthcare Quality Team’s Invaluable Impact
Oct. 15 – 21 is Healthcare Quality Week, and we’re highlighting our Quality and Safety team’s tireless efforts to ensure every clinic, campus, and hospital in our system fully complies with hundreds, if not thousands, of health and safety guidelines. Naturally, this task is no small feat. Yet, thanks to our dedicated team members, Stormont Vail Health consistently…
Read MoreWe Celebrate our Infection Prevention Team
International Infection Prevention Week (Oct. 15 – 21) celebrates the importance of infection prevention and the large role infection preventionists play in protecting the health of our patients, team members, and communities across the region. We together can support their efforts through proper hand hygiene, appropriate personal protective equipment, and disinfection practices. Get to know…
Read MoreWe Together Celebrate Emergency Department Team Members
Oct. 8–14, 2023 Emergency Nurses Week takes place each year during the second week of October. This weeklong observance recognizes the crucial work emergency nurses provide their communities daily. We are immensely proud of our Emergency Department and want to acknowledge every team member’s contributions. We are grateful for your resilience and diligence! As emergency…
Read MoreSeptember 2023 Person of the Moment
Keith Dabney, Environmental Service Tech, Awarded September Person of the Moment Environmental Service Technicians quietly work behind the scenes to ensure safe, healthy, and clean environments around the clock. But as Keith Dabney demonstrated at the Topeka Campus Hospital, ESTs’ impact on patient experience goes beyond health and cleanliness. Keith received a Person of the…
Read MoreOctober is Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
Each October, Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month highlights the value of sonographers and diagnostic medical sonography to healthcare. This month-long observance aims to inform people about these procedures so they can readily connect with the best practitioners and services. Our sonographers work tirelessly to provide each patient the clearest picture of health and have a proven…
Read MoreWe Celebrate Melissa Evans, BSN, RN, C-EFM, DAISY Award Winner
Nurses go above and beyond daily to provide patients and families with excellent, compassionate care. For Melissa Evans, BSN, RN, C-EFM at the Stormont Vail Health Topeka Campus Hospital Birthplace, going beyond expectations ensures new mothers and babies get the best possible start. For this reason, we celebrate Melissa for receiving the 2023 DAISY Award.
Read MoreWe Together Celebrate Blood Donors
The current national blood shortage affects millions of people, including many within our community. One donation might seem like a drop in the bucket, but even one contribution can save as many as THREE lives. For this reason, We Together celebrate blood donors for their selfless, life-saving contributions. Our upcoming Community Blood Drive is an…
Read MoreWe Together: A Communication of Stormont Vail Health (October 12)
Dear Community Partners, Here are today’s updates: Stormont Vail Health Welcomes Hospitalist Eric Hazbun, M.D. Stormont Vail Health proudly welcomes Dr. Eric Hazbun, M.D., a hospitalist specializing in internal medicine, to the Hospitalist team at the Flint Hills Campus hospital in Junction City. Dr. Hazbun will provide a spectrum of inpatient care. “I try and…
Read MoreWe Together: A Communication of Stormont Vail Health (October 10)
Dear Community Partners, Here are today’s updates: Stormont Vail Volunteer Recognized with Ad Astra Honor Congratulations to Stormont Vail volunteer Maya Perez, who received the United Way of Kaw Valley’s 2023 Ad Astra Service to the Community Youth Honor (age 21 and younger). Maya began volunteering at Stormont Vail in May 2019, helping in various…
Read MoreFall Prevention Week – Sept. 18 – 22, 2023
Fall-related injuries make up the majority of cases at the Stormont Vail Health Trauma Center. During Fall Prevention Week, the Trauma team reminds everyone about the importance of fall education. We collaborate with many organizations to support education about falling – including these workshops and resources for every age: Matter of Balance Falls are the…
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