CHRISTUS Health Shreveport-Bossier - LiveWell

4 2016 6 LiveWell is produced by the CHRISTUS Health Shreveport-Bossier Marketing Department and CHRISTUS Foundation Shreveport-Bossier. Dana Smelser, Director of Marketing and Business Development Jordan Harris, Marketing & PR Coordinator Amy S. Heron, Foundation Executive Director Jane Hudson, Development Specialist Margo Clendenin, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Program Director Contributing Photographer: Mollie Corbett Visit christushealthsb.org/locations for our locations. Fall ON THE COVER: From left: Denise Tindall, Rachel Procell and RitaˆHarris stand together against breastˆcancer. FEATUR ED in this issue: Angela Miller, FNP-C ADVANCED PRACTICE CLINICIAN 3 Casey Aaron, PA-C ADVANCED PRACTICE CLINICIAN 3 Ericka Pierre,ACNP-BC ADVANCED PRACTICE CLINICIAN 3 6 Recognizing Your Risk 8 A Double Miracle 10 Invasion of the Flu Virus 11 Don't Sugarcoat It 6 Neelima Chintapalli,M.D. ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY 8 Expanded Care in Northwest Louisiana CHRISTUS Health Shreveport-Bossier broke ground on a new facility in north Bossier. CHRISTUS Bossier Emergency Center is unlike any hospital emergency department or urgent care center in the area. Located on Viking Drive, this innovative center will combine an emergency department with six inpatient, short-stay beds, a departure from the traditional hospital model. The facility will provide 24/7 access to board-certified emergency physicians and accommodate patients with emergent illnesses, including heart attack, stroke and minor trauma, as well as acute abdominal pain, bladder infections, chest pain, dehydration, pneumonia, seizures, lacerations, and sprains and broken bones. The short-stay inpatient beds provide brief hospitalization for patients who require further monitoring, treatment, diagnostic testing, antibiotic therapy or postoperative care and can be discharged as soon as clinical conditions are resolved. Patients may be admitted through the emergency room or directly from the physician's o–ce. The location will also o—er outpatient lab services and radiology testing, such as X-ray, MRI, CT, 3D digital mammography and ultrasound. "CHRISTUS Bossier Emergency Center is the first and only of its kind in the region, and we are excited and honored to bring this innovative model of care to the area," says Isaac Palmer, CHRISTUS Health Shreveport- Bossier chief executive o–cer. "CHRISTUS is responding to the Bossier medical community and residents' need for more access to high-quality, low-cost health care while continuing our mission of extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ." christushealthsb.org | Fall 2016 WELCOME 2

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