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Michael Brendel, MHL, RT, RN, will be joining our executive team as vice president of Patient Care Services for Sycamore Medical Center. An accomplished health care leader, Michael most recently served as chief operating officer for Centura Health in Colorado, where he oversaw strategy and business development for Perioperative Services, Imaging, Heart and Vascular Services,…
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Please join me in congratulating and welcoming Michelle Smithson, BSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, as she is promoted to the role of clinical nurse manager for the emergency center in Franklin. Michelle received her associate degree in Nursing from Sinclair Community College in 2002. She spent her first three years in nursing on an oncology, women’s…
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On Friday, February 22, Sycamore Rehab held a continuing education event called Decrypting Dysphagia Treatment and Assessment: What You Didn’t Learn in Dysphagia 101. Dysphagia is the medical term for swallowing difficulties. Some people with dysphagia have problems swallowing certain foods or liquids, while others can’t swallow at all. Dysphagia has many causes—physical (anatomical) obstruction to…
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During the month of February, we held another sock drive for Shoes4theShoeless, an organization that has delivered well over 75,000 pairs of shoes and socks to disadvantaged children with the Great Miami Valley region. Thank you to all who participated. Through this year’s drive, we collected 5,000 pairs of socks. To close out the 2019…
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These new employees started working at a Sycamore campus in March.
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This month, we are recognizing our social workers at Sycamore. We have a great team of social workers with master’s degrees, certifications, and other specialties to help our patients and families! Thanks for all that you do! Angie Lugo, MSW, ACM-certified Jenny Barton, MSW, LAW, ACM-certified Lori Nielsen-Andrews, MSW, LSW, ACM-certified Kathy Enright, MSW, LISW,…
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A well-established Patient Relations department structure and process, supported by the right personnel, is key to identifying gaps between patient expectations and experiences of care and managing perceptions of patient expectations and quality of care (Gilly et al, 1991). Karen Swanger, patient relations expert, singlehandedly does that for our Sycamore campuses. It is easy to…
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Dear Sycamore Family, Kettering Health Network is a “people organization.” At our core, we are all about our people. Full engagement of our people leads to our best outcomes and drives our mission. Conversation between us—whether it is across the organization, up to leadership, or with those serving in a supervisor role—is the life of…
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March is a month when we come together and celebrate employees helping employees. During the annual Employee Assistance Fund giving campaign, I encourage you to take a moment to count your own blessings and think about how you can play a role in changing the life of someone in need right here in our Kettering…
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We would like to extend a warm welcome to these new employees. Thank you for joining the Kettering family. Breanna Brad Donna Brocco Elsie Renner Grace Warnecke Jennifer Long Jordan Laurin Karah Brinkman Kearstin Williams Khianne Davis Kristen Ruddy Kirstianna Williams Lacie Strader Levi DiMichele Lindsay Yount Lisa Spaugy Mia Walsh Michael Teufel Molly Weckesser…