All-Clinic Staff Meeting Minutes, Hinckley 11/16/15

FirstLight Health System

Hinckley

All Clinic Meeting Agenda

November 16, 2015

 

TOPIC LEADER ACTION POINTS
Drs. Cady at PCC Sandy Zutz-Wichek Michael and Rachel Cady OB-Gyn physicians, will start seeing patients at Pine City on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month starting in January. They will continue to see patients in Mora every Friday.
Additional ED / US Staff   Sheryl Delude, PA-C and Megan Bohn, PA-C will be starting in December and will be supporting both Pine City and Mora. One more provider is being recruited.
   
Pine City CT / Xray Leann McMullen Pine City CT performed 44 scans in October. 182 patients were seen for xrays. Great start with Urgency Services
Pine City Ultrasound   Ultrasound is now being performed at Pine City. Patient are being scheduled on Monday mornings and Thursday afternoons.
Breast Screening Quality Goal   Imaging front desk staff have taken over the breast cancer screening goal. They are calling all patients that are due for their mammogram. The percentage of compliant patients was at 76% in July. At the end of October the percentage of compliant patients is now at 82%. We are sending letters with mystery
   
Staffing Karen Renaud One person has been hired to staff Pine City Urgency Services. He will start tomorrow and will complete training at the hospital and move to Pine City. There are still 2 full time positions, 1 at Pine City and 1 at the hospital. A .8 phlebotomist position has been posted also.
DCA Interfaces   Karen will be working with Excellian to build an interface for results to blow into the chart for A1C testing.
   
Review walk in policy Stacey Heins Policy has been updated. Additional feedback from staff regarding how the policy is handled at Hinckley.
Colonoscopy Scheduling   Alicen Himmelspach, x 9157, has been trained to schedule patients for colonoscopies. Please call her and schedule the patient before they leave.
   
Rehab: Scheduling Workflow Changes Garrett Estenson Scheduling for PT has become much more complicated. Providers just need to place the order for PT and Rehab schedulers will call the patient to schedule.
Office remodel Julie Ray Michelle Mowry’s office will be remodeled similar to the INR office at Mora.
    Tim Nord, RN has been hired for Urgency Services. He will start the end of December.
    Michelle Mowry has accepted the supervisor position at Hinckley. She will be able to help with issue or concerns.
    There is still one more .86 LPN position that needs to be hired.
   
IT update Becky Gallik Denise will resume her Wednesday rotation thru Hinckley. She had been pulled away for the Pine City go live needs.
Upcoming projects in 2016   The bandwidth to the Hinckley Clinic will be upgraded which will allow data to move through the system more quickly. Network equipment will be upgraded as well as exam room computers.
To do   To do – Dave from PT needs a blue cord so that his computer can update.
   
Questions?   Parking lot does not have enough room for everyone to park. Mark and Randy are aware of the situation. Additional land needs to be purchased.
    Lunchroom – there is not enough room in the lunchroom for everyone.
    Engagement Survey is open until November 20. Please complete the survey so that the leaders know what we are doing well and what we need to improve.
    Safety concern with the Kwik Trip – there are cars parking on 2 side of the road. It is difficult for people coming out of the station to see cars that are coming. Sandy will bring this concern to Randy.

 

Next Meeting – December 21, 2015 from 12:15 to 1:15