UMC Health System - Physician Notes

For information about receiving copies of Physician Notes or to subscribe to the digital edition, please email physician.notes@umchealthsystem.com. ATENCIÓN: si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Llame al 1.806.775.8755. CHÚ Ý: Nếu bạn nói Tiếng Việt, có các dịch vụ hỗ trợ ngôn ngữ miễn phí dành cho bạn. Gọi số 1.806.775.8755. Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/of fice/file/index.html UMC Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex. UMC Health System does not exclude people or treat them dif ferently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. UMC Health System: + Provides free aids and ser vices to people with disabilities to communicate ef fectively with us, such as: − Qualified sign language interpreters − Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats) + Provides free language ser vices to people whose primar y language is not English, such as: − Qualified interpreters − Information written in other languages If you need these ser vices, ask at the Information Desk in the Main Lobby or the staf f in UMC's Ser vice Development Department (806.775.8755). If you believe that UMC Health System has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex, you can file a grievance with: UMC Service Development Department, 602 Indiana Avenue, Lubbock, Texas 79415, 806.775.8755, aaron.davis@umchealthsystem.com. You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax or email. If you need help filing a grievance, the staff in UMC's Service Development Department (806.775.8755) is available to help you. You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser vices, Of fice for Civil Rights, electronically through the Of fice for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://ocrportal. hhs.gov/ocr/ portal/lobby.jsf, or by mail or phone at: U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser vices 200 Independence Avenue, SW Room 509F, HHH Building Washington, D.C. 20201 800.368.1019, 800.537.7697 (TDD) ANOTHER OPTION FOR THANKS TO NEW technologies and choices, healthcare professionals have options when administering infusion therapy. What was once provided only in an inpatient setting may now be offered in skilled nursing facilities or even in a patient's home. However, UMC recognized the need for an additional option that could offer enhanced continuity of care and flexibility. "e Ambulatory Infusion Center provides a level of choice we didn't have 10 years ago," said Mark Lacy, M.D., infectious disease specialist, Texas Tech Physicians and medical director of the Ambulatory Infusion Center at UMC Health System. "We can discharge patients from the hospital sooner and sometimes avoid hospitalization completely. For example, a patient received by the Emergency Room with a case of cellulitis may be best served by going straight to the Ambulatory Infusion Center for treatment instead of checking in to the hospital." Services available at the center include administration of anti-infective treatments, blood transfusions and immune-modulating therapies. Within the last five months, 13 Emergency Center visits have been avoided and 217 hospital days have been saved because of the program. e center is located on the southeast corner of the UMC Health System campus in the Medical Office Plaza 2, Suite 120. It features six private patient suites outfitted with intravenous equipment and comfortable recliners. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AMBUL ATORY INFUSION CENTER, CALL 806.761.0710. Infusion Therapy 602 Indiana Ave Lubbock, TX 79415

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