Making The Rounds October 2013

CEO’s Corner… Unless you have been living in a vacuum, you have no doubt noticed the headlines and news reports from surrounding communities

about layoffs at their local hospitals. Phoebe in Albany has trimmed 33 leadership positions, Emory in Atlanta has cut 100 people,

Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville will cut 1,000 positions by the end of the year. You have also been bombarded with gloom-and-doom

predictions about hospital financials as we enter into the Obamacare era. I want you to be aware that YOUR hospital is financially

sound and there have been NO layoffs at Colquitt Regional Medical Center.

Two years ago the hospital’s leadership team set out on an austerity mission. We began looking at ways to cut costs but maintain

the same quality. We eliminated the middle man in many instances and stopped paying agencies to do things for us that we could do

for ourselves. We joined purchasing organizations to take advantage of group purchasing prices. We scrutinized the budget de-

partment by department. We became more efficient. It became standard operating procedure when an employee left our employ-

ment, to look at the vacant job and evaluate whether or not the vacancy needed to be filled. We realized that if we downsized by

attrition, we could avoid the pain of future employee layoffs.

Today as hospitals are facing layoffs, and in the future as many will face bankruptcies, Colquitt Regional Medical Center is prepared for the challenges. You can rest

assured that you are associated with a financially viable institution, and we have demonstrated we can weather the storm. Thank you for all you have done to make this

happen. Together we will continue working to ensure a bright future for our hometown hospital. Sleep well tonight.

Sincerely,

Jim Matney

School Supplies Donated to Colquitt County School System Directors recently collected school supplies to be donated to the Colquitt County Board of Education. The supplies

were delivered to Stringfellow at the request of the school system.

Pictured are Marilyn Harrison, Shane Gay, School Employee, Mary Strong- School Counselor, Nicole Gilbert and Rita Gay.

Colquitt Regional Medical Center

2014 Employee Benefit Summary

New dental premiums

No changes to Life, AD&D, Disability, AFLAC benefits

No changes to Reimbursement account benefits

No changes to Retirement savings account benefits

Health Insurance

* Premiums rated for tobacco/nicotine and non-tobacco/nicotine users.

* Reduction in discounted premiums from 2013. Increase in non-discounted premiums.

* Employee and/or spouse must participate in scheduled health screenings during the months of

November/December in order to be considered for discounted premiums. Employee and spouse

screenings and applicable discounts are independent of each other.

* In order for employee and spouse to qualify for non-tobacco/nicotine user rate, each must submit

to nicotine test during scheduled screenings.

Chantix (by prescription), nicotine gum, and nicotine patches will be available to employees and spouses

through December 31, 2013 at no cost for those serious about “kicking the habit”.

YMCA premiums will remain the same for 2014.

Free Flu Shots for employees and spouses.

Wild Adventure passes will be available for employee purchase.

Employee Assistance Program provided by Anodyne Counseling.

Health & Wellness Coach available to all employees free of charge.

Christmas club checks will be mailed October 31, 2013.

Colquitt Regional Medical Center

2014 Employee Benefit Premiere

October 24, 2013 October 25, 2013

7:30 am-12:00 pm 7:30am-12:00 pm

1:00 pm-5:00pm

11/01 Patsy Baker 11/01 Michael Chafin 11/01 Autumn Gruber 11/01 Ricki Simpson 11/01 Carolyn Solomon 11/02 Yashkia Curtis 11/02 Shane Gay 11/02 Connie Richter 11/02 Kelli Summerlin 11/02 Robin Tillman 11/03 Lynn Dickens 11/04 Talia Conger 11/04 Lee Money 11/04 Alex Shivers 11/04 Angela Stewart 11/04 Maria Suviri 11/05 Casey Jo Bennett 11/05 Jessica Burdon 11/06 Lori Clements 11/07 Matthew Burgess 11/07 Becky Queen 11/07 Patrice Smith 11/07 Vicky Yarbrough 11/08 Ashley Bryant 11/08 Virginia Phillips 11/08 Billy Ray Price 11/08 Maylen Tejera-Frometa 11/09 Stella Wingate 11/10 Jennifer Sellers 11/10 Mindi Trussell 11/11 Lee Bruttomesso 11/11 Pam Wisham 11/11 Rebecca Zeigler 11/13 Tina Fields

11/13 Ansley Gittens 11/13 Caleb Kelly 11/13 Nancy Simmons 11/15 Dewayne Smith 11/15 Scott Vickery 11/16 Sheila Douglas 11/17 Laura Shores 11/19 Kathy Bennett 11/19 Scott Romanowski 11/19 Kelley Wingate 11/20 Karen Greeson 11/21 Mary Baker 11/21 Linda Mead 11/23 Jeffery Fillyaw 11/23 Pat Littleton 11/23 Betty Pearson 11/24 Adam McMullen 11/24 Jacquelyn Sloan 11/24 Vickie Tucker 11/25 Denna Gibbs 11/25 Rachel Lindsey 11/25 Brook Thomas 11/26 Levi Anderson 11/26 Jimmy Macklin 11/26 Sandra Walker 11/27 Lasonda Davis 11/27 Stephanie Hendry 11/27 Sheronica Kinsey 11/28 Greg Dorminey 11/28 Rebecca Forbeck 11/30 Jean Avera 11/30 Melissa Bryan 11/30 Anita Johnston 11/30 Beth Favreau-Varnadoe

12/01 Christina Arrington 12/01 Felipe Garcia 12/01 James Palmore 12/02 Britini Bullard 12/02 Sylvia Hawkins 12/02 Michael McKelvary 12/02 Jerry Perry 12/02 Susan Worsham 12/03 Kayla Giddens 12/04 Sara Roberson 12/04 Martha Yost 12/05 Jessica Barajas 12/05 Dustianne Hall 12/06 Shane Proctor 12/07 Shawn Howell 12/08 Allicia Corbin 12/08 Steven Dean 12/08 Jeff Douglass 12/08 Stacey Myrick 12/09 Suzanne Booth 12/09 Karen Hart 12/10 Leann Bennett 12/10 Robyn Tillman 12/11 Billie Jo Cooper 12/12 Carol Gray 12/12 Regina Hembree 12/12 Valerie Lewis 12/12 Kesia Pettis 12/12 Linda Faye Plymel 12/12 Julie Presley 12/12 Alice Tripp 12/13 Sabra Redmond 12/13 Cathy Roberts 12/13 Brenda Smith 12/14 Tina Allen 12/14 Melody Mallard 12/16 Jennifer Ford 12/16 Callie Land 12/16 Diane Meads

12/16 Suellen Pitts 12/16 Isaiah Williams 12/17 Tonya Brown 12/17 Robin Fowler 12/17 Stephanie Leonard 12/17 Julia Sharpe 12/18 Danny Massey 12/18 Michele Masterson 12/19 Matt Gould 12/19 Carol Lovingood-Hiers 12/19 Stephanie Peek 12/19 Justin Smith 12/19 Shamona Washington 12/19 Jalesa Williams 12/20 Katie Croft 12/20 Lisa Crosby 12/20 Chamagne DeSalvo 12/20 Vera Morman 12/21 Nikki Blackwell 12/21 Lizzie Woodard 12/22 Jacob Calloway 12/22 Melanie Doppenberg 12/22 Megan Rich 12/22 Brenda Wynne 12/24 Gina Polo 12/24 Amanda Price 12/25 Gwendolyn Cokely 12/25 Noel Thomas 12/26 Dimitra Anderson 12/26 Catherine Davis 12/26 Terry Jackson 12/26 Taylor Myers 12/26 Lara Price 12/27 Tracy Edwards 12/27 Larry Sims 12/27 Kyle Zeigler 12/28 Gary Argo 12/28 Donnie Bentley 12/29 Cassie Hampton

Michael McKelvary was

named Employee of the

Month for October 2013.

An employee of Colquitt

Regional Medical Center

since November 2012,

Michael works in the

Non-Emergency

Transport Department .

In his free time, Michael

enjoys spending time

with family and friends.

Colquitt Regional Medical Center Employee of the Month

October 2013

Don’t forget to fall back!

Set your clocks back one hour before going

to bed on Saturday, November 2, 2013

Colquitt Regional Medical Center Trustee Scholarship Recipient

The Colquitt County Hospital Authority recently awarded its annual Trustee Scholarship to William Clayton Hartley, a Moultrie resident who is cur-rently in medical school. Each year, the Hospital Authority recognizes a student pursuing a medical career who exemplifies outstanding academic skills and a commitment to helping others. The $5,000 scholarship was presented to Hartley at a luncheon held at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. Hartley graduated with honors from Colquitt County High School in 2007. He then went on to the University of Georgia, graduating Cum Laude with Honors from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in the spring of 2011 with a B.S. degree in biological science and a minor in agribusiness. During his college years, Hartley shadowed doctors in Moultrie, furthering his desire to make medicine a life-long career. Currently, Harley is a member of the second class of students to attend the medical partnership between the University of Georgia and Georgia Regents University. This July he returned to the Moultrie area, starting a two-year rotation at the Southwest Clinical Campus in Albany. The scholarship was presented to Hartley by Hospital Authority Chairman Kirk Friedlander. “We are proud of Clay’s hard work and determination in pursuing a career in the medical field, and we hope he will come back to our community to practice medicine when he completes his medical training,” Friedlander stated. Hartley says his primary goal is to complete his Doctor of Medicine degree by May 2015, then ultimately match into a residency program to further his knowledge and eventually return to Southwest Georgia. The Trustee Scholarship has been awarded to people who are dedicated to the healthcare profession since 1983. The first recipient, Alicia Kent Horkan, has been employed with Colquitt Regional Medical Center for 20 years and she currently works in the Dialysis Center. The scholarship is presented in honor of someone who is considered an icon in the medical community. This year, the scholarship was presented in honor of Durwood Dominy, former trustee of the Hospital Authority. Dominy joined the Hospital Authority in 1991. During his 19-year tenure, he was elected chairman of the board twice, holding that position for a total of five years. He also held the positions of Finance Committee chairman for two years and Quality Assurance chairman for three years. During Dominy’s tenure, Colquitt Regional recruited 76 physicians to the community. He was appointed to the Colquitt Regional Medical Center LLC’s not-for-profit board owned by the Hospital Authority, overseeing all of the physician clinics owned, operated and managed by Colquitt Re-gional. Dominy was elected to the Board of Directors of the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) in 2006 and was recognized by the GHA in 2007 with the GHA Leadership Award. He was appointed in 2011 as Regional Trustee Liaison to the American Hospital Association (AHA) Regional Policy Board 4. Dominy is a long-time resident of Colquitt County and is known as “The Voice” of the Colquitt County Packers. “We are pleased to honor Mr. Dominy for his dedication and commitment to our medical community and the citizens of Colquitt County throughout

the years,” said Jim Matney, president and CEO of Colquitt Regional. “Durwood is most deserving of this honor.”

Patient Satisfaction news

OB wins both banners for the month of August!

Remember to use your keywords!!!

Welcome to Colquitt Regional! ~ How may I help you today?

Is there anything else I can do for you? ~ Practice 10 & 5 Rule

As we “kick off” a new fiscal year let’s

remember the importance of TEAM-

WORK. When the ball is handed to you,

please do your part in helping get it to the

goal line.

Our inpatient focus this month is Team

Response. This is a patient perception

that is formed by every interaction the

patient has while they are with us. Con-

gratulations to Karen and 4th floor for

starting “Passing the Team Ball”. What a

great way to promote teamwork and to

thank others for their efforts.

Remember that regardless of the chal-

lenge TEAMWORK helps us all to

achieve more and to have better out-

comes.

Thank you for all you do!

Marilyn

Together we all win!

Top Box Scores

Jan Feb March April May June July August YTD

CAHPS

Rate Hospital 0 -10 69.8 69.7 75.1 76.1 62.1 63.4 69.7 62.7 67.9

Recommend the Hospital 56.3 69.9 65 64.9 63.1 58.5 61 62.9 60.9

Communication with Nurses 77 80.6 80.2 79.5 75 79.1 80 78.3 78.4

Nurses Treat with Courtesy/Respect 86.5 87.7 89.3 88.3 79.3 84.5 84.1 83.7 85.4

Nurses Listen Carefully to You 74.4 79.3 78.6 81 74.2 76.5 80.5 80.2 77

Nurses Explain in Way You Understand 70.2 74.9 72.7 69.1 71.3 76.3 75.3 71 72.9

Response of Hospital Staff 70.6 79.7 74.1 68.5 62.2 74.2 64.5 74.9 69.9

Call button help soon as wanted it 60.9 75.9 76.9 67.4 63.5 75.6 63.7 69.8 67.5

Help toileting soon as you wanted 80.3 83.5 71.4 69.6 60.9 72.7 65.3 79.9 72.3

Communication with Doctors 78.1 76.6 81.7 76.6 82.8 85.3 78.8 80.2 79.4

Doctors treat with courtesy/respect 83.6 84.6 86.3 84.8 87 92.1 80.6 82.6 84.8

Doctors listen carefully to you 75 74.8 84.3 73.4 80.5 84.4 78.5 75.5 77.7

Doctors explain in way you understand 75.5 70.5 74.5 71.8 80.8 79.2 77.3 82.6 75.7

Hospital Environment 62.7 65.8 69.4 67.4 71.9 68.8 66.7 65.2 66.6

Cleanliness of hospital Environment 67.9 73.1 74.7 70.1 73.4 67.2 68.3 68.2 69.6

Quietness of Hospital Environment 57.5 58.5 64 64.6 70.3 70.3 65.1 62.1 63.7

Pain Management 72.4 62.1 74.8 69 69 71.5 68.8 58.8 68.3

Pain Well Controlled 70.7 49.8 63.2 56.1 59.5 64.2 57 49.5 60.2

Staff do Everything Help with Pain 74.1 74.4 86.4 81.8 78.6 78.9 80.5 68.2 76.5

Communication about Medicines 51.1 74.4 63.8 61.4 70.4 40.5 58.4 57.8 59.2

Tell you what new medicine was for 65.5 78.7 68.5 71.1 82.6 62.8 65.8 87.8 72.6

Staff describe medicine side effect 36.6 70 59.1 51.7 58.3 18.3 50.9 27.9 45.9

Discharge Information 84.3 88.9 89.4 90.3 79.9 84.7 79.4 84.5 84.8

Staff talk about help when you left 78 83.9 87.7 84.9 72.6 76.6 72.4 76.1 79

Info re symptoms/problems to look for 90.7 93.9 91.1 95.7 87.3 92.8 86.4 92.9 90.6

Total number of surveys 95 69 86 76 77 74 80 55 828

Inpatient Satisfaction Scores

Goal = 75% Top Box Scores

TOP BOX SCORES TO DATE ER

Jan Feb March April May June July Aug YTD

Surveys 167 106 130 142 155 82 135 108 1407

Std Overall 51.5 54 50 52.5 53 45.2 46.3 54.8 49.4

Std Arrival 40.3 47.9 36 41.3 38.7 35.9 34 39.6 37.6

Waiting time before noticed arrival 47.6 54.9 39.2 50 47.1 41.5 44.4 48.5 45.1

Helpfulness of first person 48.5 59.2 49.6 53.2 50 46.3 46.7 54.8 49

Comfort of waiting area 35.3 40 30.6 34.9 26.1 26.7 22.3 23.7 29.3

Waiting time to treatment area 35.8 47 27.8 37 40.4 37.2 31.3 37.4 35.2

Waiting time to see doctor 34.1 37.9 32 30.2 28.9 26.6 24.8 32 28.9

Std Nurses 54 54.7 53 58 59.9 51.2 50.7 58.2 53

Nurses courtesy 56.4 61.8 56.1 63 67.1 56.4 57.1 62.6 58.7

Nurse took time to listen 56.4 54.5 50.4 55.5 64.5 52.6 49.6 60.2 53.4

Nurses attention to your needs 54.5 52 53.7 56.2 61.2 53.8 51.2 56.7 52.9

Nurses informative re treatments 51.9 49.5 52.5 55.9 53.3 47.4 47.2 55.2 49.3

Nurses concern for privacy 50.9 55.9 52.5 59.6 53.3 45.5 48.4 56.3 50.8

Std Doctors 59.6 54.5 59.1 57.5 60.3 50 52.2 56 55.3

Doctors courtesy 61.1 58 61.2 62.7 64.8 53.9 57.5 61.2 59.3

Doctor took time to listen 58 52 60.3 56.3 59 53.9 52 56.1 55.3

Doctor informative re treatment 60.9 53 57.1 54.5 57.6 45.3 49.6 53.6 53

Doctors concern for comfort 58.2 55 57.9 56.7 59.7 46.7 49.6 53.1 53.5

Std Tests 52.1 64.1 52.7 56.9 54.1 46.6 47.7 58.9 52.4

Courtesy of person who took blood 54.7 63.9 53.8 60.3 56.5 54.1 50 63 54.5

Concern blood draw comfort 51.5 65.5 52.5 59.7 51.6 52.8 47.2 66 52.6

Waiting time for radiology test 43.1 53.6 44.9 41.7 45.5 30.4 40.5 51.7 42.9

Courtesy of radiology staff 55.1 73.5 57.5 60.7 56.9 46.7 49.3 66.7 57.5

Concern for comfort radiology test 55.2 64.2 54.7 61.8 59.2 50.9 50.5 50 54.4

Std Family or Friends 55.1 52.7 52.5 53.4 57.7 42.7 48.4 59.1 51.8

Courtesy shown family/friends 54.4 52.4 53.8 55 59 41.7 48 59.7 51.3

Adequacy of info to family/friends 53.4 52.6 50 47.5 54.6 37.3 43.6 53.2 47.6

Let family/friend be with you 57.4 53.2 53.8 57.7 59.5 49.2 53.6 64.5 56.4

Std Personal/Insurance Info 53.8 61.2 54.9 60.6 56.8 52.3 52.7 69 55.5

Courtesy during pers/insur info 58.7 61.2 60.5 62.8 61 58.3 59.5 73.1 59.7

Privacy during pers/insur info 54 63.3 53.4 58.9 54.3 50 48.7 70.7 54.6

Ease giving pers/insur info 48.6 59.2 50.8 60.2 55 48.6 50 63 52.2

Std Personal Issues 49.8 50.5 47.7 45 48.9 41.5 44.1 56.3 46.7

Informed about delays 40.8 43.8 43.8 30.3 39.1 35 38.9 48.2 38.3

Staff cared about you as person 52 55.7 49.1 52.7 51 40 47.9 58.7 49.7

How well pain was controlled 49.3 48.4 45.5 42.6 48.2 39.4 40.4 52.8 45.2

Information about home care 56 53.6 52.2 53.6 56.3 50.7 48.7 64.8 52.9

Std Overall Assessment 51.3 47.4 49.6 51.2 52.1 41.4 46.4 48.9 47.5

Overall rating ER care 52.3 51 50.9 54.3 56.6 42.9 51.3 51.6 50

Likelihood of recommending 50.3 43.9 48.3 48 47.6 40 41.4 46.2 45

Emergency Room Satisfaction Scores

Employee Health & Wellness

600 Pounds Lost I just want to congratulate the employees of Colquitt Regional Medical Center for losing 600 pounds in the

13 in 13 Competition thus far. There are 162 employees competing for the grand prize. If you have not

signed up, it is not too late! There are still 7 weeks in the competition!!! Come to Human Resources on

Thursdays between 7:00 am-3:00 pm. The grand prize is $500 and the competition will end December 2,

2013.

COMING SOON! A new exercise class will be introduced in the next couple of weeks!!

Make sure to watch your emails for the scheduled events that are held daily and weekly

for Employee Health & Wellness. I hope to see you there!

Blake Williams

Employee Health & Wellness Coach

229-454-5251

13 in ‘13 CompetitionLose 13% of your body weight in 2013

Maternal/Infant Unit Information Systems Non Emergency Transport Lab21% Lost 18% Lost 22% Lost 11% Lost

3787 Total Pounds Lost in 2013!!

EMPLOYEES

American Diabetes Association honors

Colquitt Regional Medical Center’s Diabetes Program

The Diabetes Self-Management Education Program at Colquitt Regional Medical Center recently received the Certifi-

cate of Recognition by the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

Since 2000, the program at Colquitt Regional has received this recognition by meeting the National Standards for Diabe-

tes Self-Management. This program offers high-quality education services to the patients it serves, a hospital press re-

lease said.

The ADA Education Recognition effort, begun in the fall of 1986, is a voluntary process that assures that approved edu-

cation programs have met the National Standards of Diabetes Self-Management Programs. Programs that achieve

Recognition status have a staff of knowledgeable health professionals who can provide state-of-the-art information about

diabetes management for participants, the hospital said.

Self-management education is an essential component of diabetes treatment. All approved education programs cover the

following topics as needed: diabetes disease process; nutritional management; physical activity; medications; monitor-

ing; preventing, detecting and treating acute complications; preventing, detecting and treating chronic complications

through risk education; goal setting and problem solving; psychological adjustment; and preconception care, manage-

ment during pregnancy and gestational management.

Assuring high-quality education for patient self-care is one of the primary goals of the Education Recognition program.

Through the support of the health care team and increased knowledge and awareness of diabetes, the patient can assume

a major part of the responsibility for his/her diabetes management. Unnecessary hospital admissions and some of the

acute and chronic complications of diabetes may be prevented through self-management education.

“The process gives professionals a national standard by which to measure the quality of the services they provide,” said

Jim Matney, President and CEO of Colquitt Regional. “It helps customers to identify these quality programs.”

For information about the diabetes education program, please call Colquitt Regional Medical Center’s Educational Ser-

vices at 890-3441.

The Colquitt Regional Medical Center Volunteer Auxiliary recently installed new officers. Pictured below

are: Front row – Jeffery Davis, Chaplian and Nancy Horne, Correspondence chairperson

Back row – Amorelle Feille, President; Martha Greene, Treasurer; Mary Ann Manley, Vice-President; Bren-

da Foy, Secretary; and Dorothy Crapps, President elect

Keep Calm

Call a Volunteer

9181 or 3534

Volunteer Auxiliary

In Memory It is with a heavy heart, that we announce the passing of Mrs. Dorothy Spruill. Mrs. Dorothy passed away on Friday, October 4, 2013. She had been a volunteer at Colquitt Regional Medical since 2005. Mrs. Dorothy will be greatly missed.

Pay Day Winner

The winner of the S.O.P. Pay Day for the month of October 2013

is…

Latoya Richardson, OB

Latoya is the winner of $25.00. Her name was submitted for

“Being mentioned by a patient on a comment card for a good atti-

tude.” Latoya displayed the Standard of ATTITUDE.

Congratulations, Latoya, and to all employees whose names were

submitted in the S.O.P. boxes for exemplifying a Standard of Per-

formance.

From my heart to yours…Rev. Hugh Ward, Chaplain Mississippi is finally first! Because I am from the Magnolia State, I am well-acquainted with the words, “Thank God for Missis-

sippi.” With my home state vying for recognition in education, teacher salaries or per capita income, the results were always

the same. In a throw-down contest with any of the other states we were always no. 50.

But now we are first, in comparison with the other fifty states, in having the largest percentage of our population declared

obese. This is all about BMI: body mass index. BMI? This is the measure of my weight in relation to my height. In front of

me is a chart. On the left hand margin are heights, across the page are weights in relation to height and at the top are esti-

mated BMI’s. I am 5’10” and so my optimum BMI is 24. If you translate that into weight, I should weigh in at 167 pounds or

the same amount I carried when I graduated from Parris Island after sixteen weeks of hard-core Marine Corps recruit training.

My present BMI? Well, I am a 29.

And why should I care about Body Mass Index? I should care because risk of heart attack and other diseases increases as my waistline expands.

Because I am a chaplain, I somehow wanted to relate this to my calling here in this hospital. And so, because preachers can relate anything to any-

thing, I reckoned I could find a way to make a connection with BMI’s and living.

I went looking in the Bible and found over 120 references to fat in the Scriptures. To my comfort none of them had anything to do with my expanding

waistline, but rather dealt with sacrifices offered to God. You might want to memorize Leviticus 3:16: “All fat is the Lord’s.” Thus, I have a lot to offer

up.

And please take note of Proverbs 28:25—and please read it in the King James version—“those who put their trust in the Lord, shall be made fat…”

Take comfort, my gentle flock, here is one way in which indulgence is encouraged. You can be voracious, ravenous. You can taste and see that the

Lord is good and stick around and become a spiritual chowhound.

Let us coin a new term: spiritual mass index. Let us speak of our SMI’s. Can God spread a table for us and then invite us to put on the bib and give in

to our deepest longing to be filled with the Good Things of God? You can count on it. The Poet declares in Psalm 119, “How pleasing is your Word to

my palate, sweeter than honey.”

Pull your chair up to the Table of the Lord and dive in. May we expand our SMI’s while increasing our appetite for the things that really matter.

Colquitt Regional Medical Center

Incentive Plan October 1, 2013-September 30, 2014

Team Goals and Incentives

TEAM Goals: Value

1) Net operating income less interest expense= $5,200,000 1%

2) Patient Satisfaction Survey Results 2%

The Top Box score is equal to 75% or better in 6 of the 8 domains of HCAHPS

3) Quality / Core Measures 1%

99.1 % compliance overall average

Total incentive achievable for the year 4%

The Freshstart Program Did you know??

Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the

United States. Were you aware that according to the Centers for Disease Control, world-

wide, tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths per year, and current trends show

that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths annually by 2030?

Cigarette smoking is responsible for about one in five deaths annually (i.e., more than

440,000 deaths per year, and an estimated 49,000 of these smoking-related deaths are

the result of secondhand smoke exposure).

On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers.

Effective January 1, 2014, Colquitt Regional Medical Center will not hire new employees who

test positive for nicotine. Although current employees are “grandfathered” in, Colquitt Re-

gional Medical Center is dedicated to helping our employees live a healthier lifestyle by

providing a tobacco use cessation program. All employees and spouses will be offered Tobac-

co cessation support including education, counseling, free nicotine withdrawal supplements

(gum, patches) and free Chantix, with a prescription from your physician. to all employees

and spouses through December 31, 2013.

For those serious about the “kicking the habit”, we encourage employees and spouses to attend

a free tobacco cessation education/counseling program. This program is called Freshstart and

is sponsored through the American Cancer Society and will be offered at Colquitt Regional

Medical Center. Colquitt Regional Medical Center has a certified facilitator of this program,

Rita Gay, who is also the Director of the Respiratory Care Services Department. The

Freshstart program is four face-to-face sessions designed to help plan a successful quit attempt

by providing the essential education and information, skills for coping with cravings, and if

necessary, group support. This evidence-based approach is geared to help participants increase

their motivation to quit, learn effective approaches for quitting, and guide them to successful

cessation of tobacco use. As a participant, you will receive motivational intervention activi-

ties, practical counseling and problem solving skills, social support, and education about medi-

cations, tobacco related illness and disease, and approaches to quitting.

For more information or to schedule your initial session for the Freshstart program, please call

Rita Gay at 229-891-9095.

You may also call the Georgia Tobacco Quit Line at 1-877-270-STOP (877-270-7867)