Premier Pulse
Volume 6, Issue 5 – May 2019
We Can Be a “Band of Brothers and Sisters”
By Marc Belcastro, DO, chief medical officer, Premier Health Southern Region
Recently, while rounding at Miami Valley Hospital South with a hospitalist, I met a man named Jim Martin. His military name is “Pee Wee” Martin. He is a 98-year-old veteran of World War II and the last survivor of the original Band of Brothers. Read more.
Service Line Update: Sports Medicine Connections Program
By Gary Blake, vice president, service line integration, orthopedics and sports medicine
Earlier this year, Premier Health’s orthopedic service line initiated the Sports Medicine Connections Program. This program has four distinct services that are important in meeting the community’s needs. The services include school partnerships, YMCA/recreation center partnerships, Healthy Heroes, and sports performance partnerships. Read more.
- CNSI Outpatient Neurosurgery Team Improves Access and Patient Care
- Maternity Centers Earn Recertification in Statewide Breastfeeding Initiative
- Premier Health Expands Healthy Heroes Program for First Responders
- System Hospital News: May 2019
- Emergency Room Virtual Care Now Offered at Miami Valley Hospital North
- Honoring Premier Health’s Nursing Team
- New High Sensitivity Troponin Test Goes Live
- CompuNet Clinical Laboratories Opens New Patient Service Center
- Provider Praise: May 2019
- UVMC Patient Flow Project Announced
Editorial Board: Dr. Marc Belcastro, Dr. Jennifer Hauler, Dr. Scott Kanagy, Dr. Matthew Reeves
Vice President, Marketing and Communications: Kathy Harper
Director, System Communications: Ben Sutherly
Editor: Sarah Zoellick