Administrator’s Bi-Weekly Review (July 15th)

Continued Dedicated Service to Our Community

For Pay Period Ending July 6th

Does it feel safe to say that the Dog Days of Summer are starting to secure their grip on us? I see three digit temperatures are again in our forecast, and surely our abundance of rain is soon to dry up. Indeed the passage of time has no brakes, and the next season is creeping up on us just as we are beginning to enjoy summer’s edge. For MCH, we have passed our mid-year cycle and June, which started out quite sluggishly, ended with a bang. It was very rewarding to be called to deliver some newly approved medications through our infusion center, which resulted, in essence, in an expanded service center for us. Whatever we can do to help keep our  area-wide residents from traveling to more congested health centers, the better for all of us.

It has been reported that our new, as the first of the year, Pulmonary Rehab Center, is now graduating members with a far greater capacity of unburdened exertion than they had experienced 3-4 months before. This mirrors our targeted results, but it so is nice when patients actually speak proudly of achieving those goals. Also, Dr. Samani has commenced with his now weekly visits to Council Grove, and he is already scheduling more rehabilitative surgeries to help our patients’, right here at home.

Our recruiting efforts for next year’s residency graduates of Drs. Peach and Gillam ended unceremoniously with their election to go to western Kansas, where they had gone through a rural training rotation at Scott City Hospital. Coming in a strong second place just doesn’t feel good, but partially with their recommendations, we have 3-4 more prospects to whom we will be showcasing our wonderful Community. We mustn’t hang our heads…because we do have plenty to offer, and recruiting two families of three can be more slippery than focusing on just one doctor (and family) at a time.

As July represents Men’s Health Month, I encourage all males of households to consider getting their prostate cancer screenings done and if it has been a while, to schedule a complete wellness exam. Know also, that our doctors and midlevels are all well trained and skilled in analyzing skin growths and removal of suspect spots.

Thanks to all our staff who are daily mindful that our customers and visitors come first!

Kevin Leeper, CEO