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Cape Girardeau Neurosurgeon Performs Nation’s First SI Joint Fusion Using Latest Mazor X Platform
August 28th 2017 by Dee Loflin
Cape Girardeau, Missouri - SoutheastHEALTH Neurosurgeon Kevin Vaught, MD, of Regional Brain and Spine, is the first neurosurgeon in the U.S. to perform a sacroiliac joint (SI) fusion using the latest generation of the Mazor XTM surgical assurance platform.
The Mazor X was put into use at Southeast Hospital earlier this month. The hospital is the first in Missouri with the Mazor X platform. The system combines unprecedented pre-operative planning tools and analytics with unparalleled intra-operative guidance, giving patients the most advanced spinal surgery options available.
SI joint dysfunction is improper movement of the joints at the bottom of the spine that connects the sacrum to the pelvis that results in pain in the lower back or upper legs and inflammation of the SI joint, Dr. Vaught explains. The sacrum is a triangular shaped bone at the bottom of the spine below the lumbar region and connects to the pelvic bones known as the iliac crest on the right and left side of the SI joints. “These joints act as shock absorbing structures and typically only move a small amount,” Dr. Vaught says.
SI joint pain normally occurs from the joint moving too little due to degenerative joint disease or too much due to loose ligaments that support the joints due to pregnancy or trauma. Dr. Vaught adds that “approximately 25 percent of low back pain is due to SI joint dysfunction. Most patients will improve with conservative care such as therapy and injections.”
If surgery is necessary, the procedure typically lasts less than an hour and requires an overnight stay in the hospital. “Most patients appreciate significant pain relief soon after surgery,” adds Dr. Vaught.
Patient benefits of Mazor minimally-invasive procedures include less pain, less blood loss, smaller incisions, shorter hospitalization and a quicker recovery time. Of particular benefit to patients with the Mazor X is a dramatic reduction in radiation exposure during surgery.
Last Updated on August 28th 2017 by Dee Loflin
https://showmetimes.com/Blogpost/v8ah/Cape-Girardeau-Neurosurgeon-Performs-Nations-First-SI-Joint-Fusion-Using-Latest-Mazor-X-Platform
2017 Stoddard County Health Fair
August 26th 2017 by Dee Loflin
Dexter, Missouri - On Tuesday, August 29th the Dexter Public Schools, SoutheastHEALTH of stoddard County, Stoddard County Public Health Center and the Stoddard County Health Coalition will have a Health/Resource Fair in the High School Gymnasium.
Dexter Students will be able to attend from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. and then from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. it will be open to the public.
Health Care Professionals, Organizations, and Vendors from the surrounding area will be available to provide resources to the public.
Free Testing will include Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Vein Screenings, Bone Density, Vision and Hearing Screenings, Mental Health Assessments, and Athletic Physicals (1 p.m. - 3 p.m. only).
There will even be demonstrations on Safety, Fitness, and Nutrition.
Participants can register for door prizes, including 4 Cardinal's Tickets September 30, 2017 game.
The Dexter High School Gym is located at 1101 West Grant Street. The public is encouraged to attend!
Last Updated on August 26th 2017 by Dee Loflin
https://showmetimes.com/Blogpost/v89q/2017-Stoddard-County-Health-Fair
SoutheastHEALTH Auxiliary to Host Sweet Treat Sale
August 14th 2017 by Dee Loflin
Dexter, Missouri - If you like baked goods, you won't want to miss out on this Sweet Treats Sales at SoutheastHEALTH of Stoddard County on Thursday, August 31, 2017.
" stated Melba Baker.
There will be homemade cakes, cupcakes, cookies, pies, muffins, and even hot sweet mustard!
The event will be in the hospital lobby from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
August 31 - Sweet Treats Sale - 9 am-4 pm - Hospital Lobby
Last Updated on August 14th 2017 by Dee Loflin
https://showmetimes.com/Blogpost/v84q/SoutheastHEALTH-Auxiliary-to-Host-Sweet-Treat-Sale
SoutheastHEALTH's Hospice Service Earns National Honor
August 14th 2017 by Dee Loflin
Southeast Hospice Earns National Honor
SoutheastHEALTH’s hospice service has been named a 2017 Hospice Honors Elite recipient by Deyta Analytics, a division of HEALTHCAREfirst, the leading provider of Web-based home health and hospice software, outsourced billing and coding services and advanced analytics.
Hospice Honors is a highly regarded program that recognizes hospices providing the highest level of quality care as measured from the caregiver’s point of view. Southeast Hospice, established in 1986 as the region’s first hospital-based hospice, has offered a special kind of caring to thousands of families.
“Hospice Honors is a landmark compilation of hospices that provide the best patient and caregiver experiences,” said J. Kevin Porter of HEALTHCAREfirst. “I am extremely proud of Southeast Hospice for achieving this highest of honors and I congratulate them on their success.” He explained that award recipients were identified by evaluating hospices’ performance on a set of 24 quality indicator measures.
Of the 357 U.S. hospices earning honors status, only seven were recognized in Missouri. Southeast Hospice is the only hospice in Missouri to receive elite status. Elite status recognizes Southeast’s scoring above the Deyta Analytic Performance Score on 100 percent, or all 24, of the evaluated questions.
SoutheastHEALTH Home Care Services Administrator Vickie Schnurbusch, MSN, RN, CHPN, said, “The Southeast Hospice team has always been dedicated to providing the highest quality of care possible, both for patients and their caregivers. The entire team is devoted to helping patients and families navigate through one of the most difficult times in life.”
She noted that Southeast Hospice averages serving 45 to 50 patients and families a month.
Southeast Hospice, she continued, “recognizes dying as a normal process and neither hastens nor postpones death. Instead, we help people with an incurable condition live as fully and comfortably as possible.”
Southeast Hospice serves patients in the home setting as well as in nursing homes in Cape, Bollinger, Scott, Perry and Stoddard counties and portions of New Madrid and Mississippi counties. The service also has a partnership with Perry County Memorial Hospital that’s designed to enhance the quality of hospice services for terminally ill patients in the region.
About Southeast Hospice
Southeast Hospice is a not-for-profit agency that is Medicare certified, Medicaid approved, state certified and accredited by The Joint Commission.
The staff includes a full-time medical director with over 16 years’ experience in pain and symptom management; an RN nursing staff with over 100 cumulative years of hospice experience; a dedicated medical social worker who provides bereavement services for 13 months after the loss of a loved one; and 24-hour access to pharmacy, wound and stoma care, diabetic and infusion care.
Last Updated on August 14th 2017 by Dee Loflin
https://showmetimes.com/Blogpost/v84p/SoutheastHEALTHs-Hospice-Service-Earns-National-Honor
SoutheastHEALTH Collaborates with Washington University
August 11th 2017 by Dee Loflin
SoutheastHEALTH Brings Academic Medicine to Cape Girardeau Forging Collaboration with Pathology and Immunology Department at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Cape Girardeau, Missouri - SoutheastHEALTH announced today another collaboration with Washington University positioned to deliver academic medicine to residents of southeast Missouri. Under a new agreement, they will together create opportunities for young physicians and improve healthcare for patients throughout the region as the Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine begins working in collaboration with SoutheastHEALTH Laboratory for onsite Pathology services.
"We are pleased to work with The Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine," said Ken Bateman, president and CEO of SoutheastHEALTH. "This collaboration solidifies our efforts in bringing together the value our community hospital offers with the innovation and excellence of world-renowned academic medicine program.”
Bateman added that highly trained, skilled pathologists – physicians who specialize in the laboratory study of the causes, nature and effects of disease processes through the examination of body fluids and tissues - are key to helping physicians make accurate decisions about the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The majority of cancer diagnoses are confirmed by pathologists. “Your first diagnosis needs to be the correct diagnosis,” he added. “The expert Pathology team at Washington University will be of great benefit to our patients.”
Under the new collaboration, two Washington University pathologists will be on site at Southeast Hospital. The Hospital also will have access to 40 clinical pathologists working in 20 different subspecialties at Washington University. Through digital-Pathology, specimens can be reviewed in real time with sub-specialists as needed.
Washington University School of Medicine's Pathology and Immunology department is a leading international pathology program. Established in 1916, it was one of the first programs of its kind. In addition to a century-long focus on the relationship between the basic science of immunology and disease, the department is one of the major centers for academic pathology and laboratory medicine in the nation. The department also has played major and pioneering roles in surgical pathology and laboratory medicine. The faculty enthusiastically embraces its responsibility to train the next generation of medical scientists and clinicians by offering contemporary and comprehensive training programs for graduate students, postgraduate trainees and medical students. These exceptional resources are now part of SoutheastHEALTH’s services and makes Southeast a part in training future generations of pathologists.
The collaboration represents another major milestone for SoutheastHEALTH's goal in providing world-renowned resources from a community-based hospital for residents of southeast Missouri. Since Bateman joined the organization in late 2014, his leadership has brought the organization into a position where it is well poised to seek opportunities such as this for growth and increases the value of services SoutheastHEALTH provides.
Bateman said he's eager to explore the many ways ideas developed by experts at the Pathology and Immunology Department can improve patients' experiences and outcomes at SoutheastHEALTH.
"We're always asking ourselves how we can improve quality, increase patient satisfaction and optimize the value proposition we can offer our patients," said Bateman. "This agreement, and the experience and expertise the university's faculty and students will bring to SoutheastHEALTH, is an exciting way we can do exactly that."
George R. Wettach, MD, FASCP, FCAP, a Washington University pathologist who will be based at SoutheastHEALTH, said this collaboration “is mutually beneficial. Of course, our clinicians and patients at SoutheastHEALTH can access world-class academic medicine. In addition, cases from this region help support Washington University’s ongoing missions of patient care, education and research.
“My partner, Dr. Steve LaRue, and I are backed by a full range of technical know-how and subspecialty diagnostic expertise. The digital-Pathology bridge allows us to share high quality images of microscopic sections with our colleagues in St. Louis in real time. Besides slide consults, our fellow faculty members include leading figures in clinical chemistry, molecular diagnostics, transfusion medicine and microbiology. They are never more than a phone call or an email away.”
About SoutheastHEALTH
At SoutheastHEALTH, the region's premier healthcare system in Southeast Missouri, our patients receive excellent care of the highest clinical quality, close to home. Within our network are more than 50 care locations in 12 communities, including hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics representing over 30 clinical specialties and extending care for patients in a four-state area. For more information, visit SEhealth.org.
Last Updated on August 11th 2017 by Dee Loflin
https://showmetimes.com/Blogpost/v84i/SoutheastHEALTH-Collaborates-with-Washington-University
