Clinch Memorial Hospital, Homerville, GA

“These leaders are just a small view of the amazingly talented, dedicated and passionate people who lead rural hospitals tirelessly across the state.”

CUMMING, Ga. (PRWEB)
November 01, 2019

HomeTown Health, LLC held its 20th Annual Fall Conference at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, October 22-25th with over 200 hospital members and business partners in attendance. The Fall Conference includes breakout sessions and presentations from industry experts, established public figures and healthcare leaders on a local and state level. Additionally, it is a time where HomeTown Health recognizes key employees for their success at their facility during the previous year.

Clinch Memorial Hospital in Homerville, Georgia was named the 2019 HomeTown Health Hospital of the Year. Clinch Memorial Hospital was chosen for providing exemplary leadership by adopting “best practices” for rural hospital improvement, and making a commitment to staff education, advocating to state policymakers while emphasizing technological advances and superior patient care.

Crystal Wells, Administrator at Grady General Hospital, was recognized as the recipient of the 2019 Hospital Leader of the Year, recognized for exemplary leadership and dedication to advancement of stability, cooperative approach and dedication to excellence in services at her facility in Cairo, Georgia.

Jan Hamrick, Dodge County Hospital, received the 2019 CFO of the Year award for her commitment to excellence in all things under her sphere of influence at Dodge County.

Shannon Dukes of Warm Springs Medical Center was announced as the 2019 Business Office Manager of the Year, “chosen for outstanding leadership in sharing best practices in the business office and for her commitment to excellence and revenue cycle improvement.”

Bob Kepshire, CNO/Administrator at University Hospital McDuffie, was recognized as the 2019 Nurse Executive of the Year, for providing exceptional leadership by adopting “Best Practices” for rural hospital improvement, for her well-established commitment to staff education and leadership development, and his dedication to superior patient care while emphasizing technological advances at his facility.

Kerry Dunning, of Kerry Dunning LLC, was awarded the 2019 Business Partner of the Year. “This coveted award is presented each year by HomeTown Health to one of 60 Business partners who exhibit extraordinary support and dedication to HomeTown Health hospitals, commitment to excellence, exceptional customer service, and for their tireless efforts in helping rural hospitals survive,” said HomeTown’s CEO Jimmy Lewis.

In addition to the awards presented, HomeTown Health recognized the graduates of its 2019 Leadership Development Program. The HomeTown Health Leadership Development program is designed to better equip the rural hospital industry with leadership to transform into tomorrow’s health care delivery system. Each year, hospitals nominate outstanding leaders from within their organizations for this intensive study and professional development program focused on providing them with skills and information to better serve their hospital in the future.

The 2019 Leadership Graduates who are members of healthcare/hospital teams are:

Tonya Chitwood, Associate CNO/Director of Quality and Compliance, Stephens County Hospital

Randy Crawford, CEO, Appling Hospital

John Graham, CFO, Appling Hospital

Angie King, Senior Director of Medical Outreach Services/Rehab, Stephens County Hospital

Katrina Martin, Business Office Manager, Effingham Health System

Megan Randall, Director of Ancillary Services, Monroe County Hospital

Nancy Seymour, Director, Marketing and Public Relations, Foundation Director, Elbert Memorial Hospital

Lorraine Smith, CEO, Monroe County Hospital

In addition to hospital participants, a limited number of best practice Business Partners are given the opportunity to nominate a member of their team into the Leadership Program. 2019 Graduates who are members of Business Partner teams are:

Connie Alexander, Controller/Financial Analyst, HealtHIE GA

Christopher Jones, Consulting Team Leader, Secure Records Solutions

Thomas Stair, Wellcare

Likewise, Terry Edwards, Learning & Development Specialist, HomeTown Health, also completed the 2019 Leadership Program this year.

About HomeTown Health:

HomeTown Health, LLC, celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year, serves more than 70 hospitals throughout the Southeastern United States. HomeTown Health, LLC offers advocacy, education, business partner service indexing, industry conferences, and strategic support to its member hospitals as well as expansive grant-based resources through key partnerships with the Department of Public Health and Department of Community Health in many states. HomeTown Health’s mission is to do everything legally, morally and ethically possible to promote, sustain and maintain rural healthcare in the communities which its member facilities serve. Learn more at http://www.hometownhealthonline.com and more about its online education at http://www.hthu.net. Additional photos of awards winners are available on the HomeTown Health Facebook page.

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With the information presented in the submission and video, hopefully, my knowledge will assist fellow surgeons in enhancing their approach to access the nose safely for open rhinoplasty and will greatly benefit their patients, says Dr. Joseph Rousso

NEW YORK (PRWEB)
October 31, 2019

Dr. Joseph Rousso’s upcoming article titled, “The Belt and Suspenders Approach to Open Rhinoplasty,” will be published as material in the global online textbook, accompanied by video footage of the procedure. This article focuses on the open approach to rhinoplasty, providing principles and the safest techniques to access the nose and achieve consistent and gratifying results. As a celebrated NYC facial plastic surgeon, Dr. Rousso joins a world-class group of surgeons, presenting their insights as content contributors for the online textbook. These prominent practitioners of the art of rhinoplasty share their knowledge and opinions based on years of experience. The intended audience for RhinoplastyArchive.com is rhinoplasty surgeons from all over the world, with various levels of experience. Surgeons use this online textbook as a resource to pursue the study of rhinoplasty and help to refine their own methods.

“With the information presented in the submission and video, hopefully, my knowledge will assist fellow surgeons in enhancing their approach to access the nose safely for open rhinoplasty and will greatly benefit their patients,” says Dr. Joseph Rousso

About Dr. Joseph J. Rousso

Dr. Rousso completed a surgical internship at the Beth Israel Medical Center, followed by a highly-coveted residency at the prestigious New York Eye & Ear Infirmary in otolaryngology- head and neck Surgery. He was then one of a handful of surgeons selected to be a fellow of the American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) program. Dr. Rousso received further facial plastic surgery training through the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the New York Center for Facial Plastic & Laser Surgery. Dr. Rousso is qualified to perform all aspects of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. His primary specialties include cosmetic surgery of the aging face, minimally invasive facelift procedures, Mohs/cancer reconstruction of the face, head and neck, cleft lip and palate repair, traumatic injury/plastic closures, corrective speech surgery, otoplasty (ear pinning) and reconstruction of congenital ear deformities, functional and cosmetic rhinoplasty and all aspects of minimally invasive facial rejuvenation, including injectables. Dr. Rousso practices medicine at two offices in Manhattan, the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai as well as Mount Sinai Doctors East 85th Street.

If you would like to get more information about the elite credentials or services of Dr. Joseph Rousso, please visit http://www.facialplasticsurgery-nyc.com or call (212) 381-6110.

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Chest X-ray in a 24-year-old man with a history of e-cigarette use

We encourage the medical imaging community to produce scientific evidence and medical knowledge to help advance our collective understanding of the effects of e-cigarette use on the lungs and other organ systems.

OAK BROOK, Ill. (PRWEB)
October 31, 2019

Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging has published a special report on lung injury resulting from the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), or “vaping.” Authors Suhny Abbara, M.D., FACR, MSCCT and Fernando Uliana Kay, M.D., Ph.D., from the Department of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, aim to raise awareness among radiologists and other medical professionals on how to identify e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI).

“Radiologists will continue to play an important role in recognizing this emerging entity,” said Dr. Abbara, who is also the editor of Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging. “We encourage the medical imaging community to produce scientific evidence and medical knowledge to help advance our collective understanding of the effects of e-cigarette use on the lungs and other organ systems.”

E-cigarettes act by delivering nicotine, flavorings and other additives in aerosol form. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 9 million adults in the U.S. use e-cigarettes, and vaping has become especially popular among teens. The 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey reported that in 2018 more than 3.6 million middle and high school students were using e-cigarettes.

The CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and state and local health departments have started an investigation into the recent outbreak of lung injury associated with the use of e-cigarettes. As of October 22, 2019, 1,604 cases have been reported from 49 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and one U.S. territory. Thirty-four cases have resulted in death. However, these numbers likely underestimate the true incidence and prevalence of disease due to lack of recognition and reporting of vaping-associated lung injury.

In the special report, Drs. Abbara and Kay summarize recent cases from the literature and illustrate some of the radiographic and CT findings of lung injury with a clinical case of a 24-year-old male patient with past medical history of asthma, who presented with shortness of breath, productive cough, chest pain and fever for one week. The patient reported current daily use of e-cigarettes (with tobacco) and marijuana, without substantial change in recent vaping habits. He had high white cell and platelet counts. His chest X-ray showed ground-glass and reticular, or netlike, opacities in both lungs.

CT findings included ground glass opacities and pulmonary consolidation with relative subpleural sparing. Histologic specimens obtained from the right lower lobe at biopsy were suggestive of lipoid pneumonia. The patient was given steroids with a presumptive diagnosis of lung injury associated with e-cigarette use.

“The diagnosis of lung injury due to e-cigarette use should be a differential possibility in patients presenting with bilateral lung opacities on radiographs or ground-glass opacities on chest CT images and exposure to e-cigarette products within 90 days of the presentation,” Dr. Abbara said.

The epidemiologic case definition of lung injury associated with e-cigarette use for surveillance purposes includes the presence of all the following criteria: use of e-cigarette or dabbing (butane hash oils) within 90 days before symptom onset, presence of pulmonary opacities on chest radiographs or ground-glass opacities on chest CT images, absence of pulmonary infection at initial workup, and no evidence of alternative plausible diagnoses.

The report outlines that research into vaping-associated lung injury should be approached as a team effort by members of multiple specialties, including pathologists, epidemiologists, pulmonologists and emergency physicians, but highlights the critical role of radiologists.

“It is crucial that radiologists drive some of the research initiatives to better understand the mechanisms of disease presentation, facilitating the diagnosis and management of these patients,” Dr. Abbara said.

“Electronic Cigarette or Vaping-associated Lung Injury (EVALI): The Tip of the Iceberg.”

Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging is edited by Suhny Abbara, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, and owned and published by the Radiological Society of North America, Inc. (https://pubs.rsna.org/cardiothoracic-imaging)

RSNA is an association of over 53,400 radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and related scientists promoting excellence in patient care and health care delivery through education, research and technologic innovation. The Society is based in Oak Brook, Ill. (RSNA.org)

For patient-friendly information on chest X-ray and CT, visit RadiologyInfo.org.

For the latest information from the CDC on vaping-associated lung injury, visit https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html.

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