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The Memorial Hospital held a monthly meeting last Tuesday. In addition, the Memorial Hospital & Manor congratulated Logan Vann, an RN of 6 years, for winning the Daisy Award for Q2 2024 in the Labor & Delivery department last Tuesday. Vann is passionate about caring for moms and their families throughout labor and postpartum, saying, “I really enjoy educating our patients and helping them have the best experience possible.” 

One of Vann’s patients shares the same sentiment, “Logan was my nurse the night I went to be induced. This was my first pregnancy, so I had a lot of questions. She stayed and talked with me extensively to answer all of my questions and concerns. She listened to me diligently when I expressed I didn’t want pitocin unless it was absolutely necessary. She took my birth plan into account and respected it and made sure I was comfortable with every step along the way.” David Paugh, Chief Financial Officer, discussed the Georgia HEART update as $1.7 million dollars were received for pledges, 56 million credits were applied with 18 million remaining statewide as of 2024. On July 1, the hospital ended their revenue cycle process with Xtend and transferred over to ABS, a local revenue cycle company, who the hospital board believes will show improvement with collections and follow-ups on their bad debt collections.  

Paugh and Jim Lambert, Chief Executive Officer, met with members of Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic (TOC) to discuss opening orthopedic office hours in Bainbridge five days a week to improve patient access. The hospital board went live with Meditech Expanse Service on July 1 with 2% of the implementation going live. Also, the DNV visited for the annual survey on July 23-24, a few weeks after Meditech went live.

The hospital continues to fill open positions in specialty areas, LPNs, PRNs, RNs, Scrub techs, and NP. 

Next month, the board has scheduled town hall sessions that will cover the hospital’s accomplishments, issues, and future thoughts over the past year. The board decided to have the first Employee Health Clinic that will be hosted on September 16-19 in the AMP Classroom. They will complete a mandatory TB Questionnaire for employees, perform Fit Testing, and administer Influenza vaccinations. Also, there will be policy updates and general information communicated via scrolling information media for staff members. This is the first event that will become an annual experience. The Foundation Gala will be held November 7th at the Simmons House from 6:00-10:00 pm.The next planning meeting will be August 27 to conclude the dinner menu, final ticket sales date, obtaining bar tenders, auctioneers, and many more responsibilities. Jamie Sinko, the hospital’s Director of Development, will work with hospital leadership to find and video local residents who will share their success stories with the hospital and high school AV group during the Gala. 

In addition, the hospital will host a Breast Cancer survivor luncheon on October 2 at the Kirbo Center. The event is for those who are survivors or currently going through breast cancer. Nancy Grimsley and Threasa Hall will discuss local breast cancer support groups, and Renee Fisher will discuss skin care and make-up applications. Bank OZK is financially sponsoring the event. Dwalla’s will be catering the event, and the keynote speaker will be Nancy Grimsley. Dr. Charles Brown, radiologist, will speak about the mammography services offered at the hospital. General surgeons Dr. Myers and Dr. Walker, and two mammography techs will be in attendance. 

The meeting went into the executive section, afterwards, there was a motion to propose a pay increase and performance bonus. The motion was approved, and the meeting was adjourned.