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+++++++++++++++++++ + +++ +LoCAL NEWS ��� +++ +++++++++++++++++++ JOIN ST. JOSEPH���S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER���S SLEEP APNEA SUPPORT GROUP FAxTON ST. LUKE���S HEALTHCARE STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS You are invited to join St. Joseph���s Hospital Susan Spina, LCSW-R, has been named Health Center for its AWAKE program, a sup- Director of Social Work and Transitional ST. JOSEPH���S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER���S OUTPATIENT DIABETES SELFMANAGEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM RECEIVES ACCREDITATION port program for sleep apnea patients and Care for Faxton St. Luke���s Healthcare The Outpatient Diabetes Self-Management others who are interested in improving their (FSLH). Spina is responsible for the Education Program at St. Joseph���s Hospital health through a sleep support group. The provision and coordination of social work Health Center was recently awarded ac- meetings are held quarterly in the fifth-floor services across the continuum of care, creditation by the American Association of conference room at Northeast Medical Center including St. Luke���s Home, Visiting Nurse Diabetes Educators (AADE). This will allow in Fayetteville (4404 Medical Center Drive, off Association of Utica and Oneida County, patients throughout the St. Joseph���s Hospital North Burdick Street). Senior Network Health and Adirondack Health Center network increased access to Community Physicians medical offices, as diabetes education services. Free parking is available in the Northeast Medical Center parking lot. All are welcome to well as oversight of the language assis- these free, educational events. tance and wound care programs. For information, please call or email Bill Tillman at (315) 234-0828 or awake@sjhsyr.org. Spina also provides counseling services Diabetes education is a collaborative process through which people with or at risk for diabetes gain the knowledge and skills needed to at New Hartford Psychiatric Associates modify behavior and successfully self-manage in Whitesboro, NY. Prior to joining FSLH, the disease and its related conditions. The Spina was a professional health care rep- course is provided by certified diabetes edu- MEDICAL ALERT FOR CELLULAR CUSTOMERS resentative and a long-term care repre- cators and encourages patients to set goals sentative for Pfizer Inc. She also held the toward improved health. Franciscan Lifeline now offers a solution positions of long-term care representative for people who are at risk of a fall or other and private mental health practitioner/ moving out of the hospital and into the com- medical emergency but who do not have a licensed clinical social worker for New munity, so AADE���s accreditation program home phone. The cellular medical alarm is Hartford Psychiatric Services. Spina also was created, in part, to encourage diabetes monitored by Doyle Medical Monitoring. The held the position of Director of Social Work education where the patient is seeking care,��� state-of-the-art service provides customers for St. Luke���s Home. says Leslie E. Kolb, R.N., BSN, MBA, Director with a button they can wear and that they can Spina received her bachelor of arts in psy- ���Trends show that diabetes education is of the Accreditation Program. ���Availability press if they need help. The customer is put in chology from State University of New York of education throughout the St. Joseph���s immediate contact with the response center, Potsdam in Potsdam, NY, and her master of Network is exactly the type of program we which will dispatch nearby friends, family or social work from Syracuse University. envisioned when we set up the accreditation emergency services if needed. The service program in 2009.��� ���We look forward to being integrated into offers Franciscan the opportunity to protect Also, Lynne Toussaint, B.S., R.N., CCDS, those at-risk individuals who have been un- has been named lead clinical documenta- the clinical setting,��� says Monica Aungier, R.N., able to use a traditional medical alarm due to tion specialist for FSLH. Toussaint oversees CDE. ���Because of that, we can provide sup- the lack of a landline. the nursing team that assists physicians port, education and follow-up to patients and with accurate and effective documen- communicate directly with other clinicians phone as of the latter half of 2010, according tation reflecting the severity of illness about their care.��� ��� to the National Center for Health Statistics. and supporting the case mix index and Until now, these people were at risk in case reimbursement methodology. More than 30% of homes had only a wireless of medical emergencies such as falls because Toussaint has been an employee of most medical alarm systems use landlines. FSLH for more than 25 years and has held Franciscan���s new cellular service alleviates the various nursing positions throughout concern and connects customers to the help the organization. they need immediately. Customers in Central Toussaint received her associate of New York are responding positively to the new services, and installations are under way. Valley Community College in Utica, NY, Franciscan Lifeline is a member of Franciscan and her bachelor of science in nursing Companies, an affiliate of St. Joseph���s Hospital from State University of New York, Upper Health Center. 26 applied science in nursing from Mohawk Division College in Marcy, NY. | Central New York MD News ��� mdNewS.com A dv e r t i s e r s ��� i n d e x Audibel Hearing Aids ............ 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