Hot Off
The
Press! (L. to R.) Michael Canales, USDA, makes a $10 million check
presentation to Mike Amos, Happy State Bank; Dennis Jack, CEO
GPCH, LLC; and Jock Lee, D.V.M., Hutchinson County Hospital
A PUBLICATION OF GOLDEN PLAINS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
VOLUME 7 ISSUE 9 SEPTEMBER 2010 District Board Chairman.
The Ground is Broken!
The groundbreaking for the new Golden Plains Community Hospital
took place on the hilltop next to Frank Phillips College on Wednesday,
August 18, 2010. Over 200 people attended the event. Construction
should begin in September and be completed in the fall of 2011.
Congratulations, GPCH!
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A Little Bit of From the Desk of the CEO
This and A Well we finally did it! We stuck a shovel in the start work within 10 days.
ground and did the ceremonial groundbreak- Once they begin work, they
Little Bit of ing. In attendance were at least 200 people to
witness this historic event. Mayor of Fritch
have 335 days to complete
the project, so we should
That Kevin Keener and Borger Mayor Jeff Brain were
on hand to man a shovel, as well as our County
be on track to be in our
building by September
Judge Faye Banks. The president of the col- 2011. JE Dunn is working
HUNTER PHARMACY donated lege, Herb Swender, along with the president of hard behind the scenes
$350.00 to the Children’s Miracle CAH, Charlie Slaton were there, plus our banker even without the contract
Network! Way to go, Hunter! for the project, Mike Amos, and the Chamber of being signed, as there is
Commerce president, Michelle Griffin. The lots to do to get ready for DENNIS JACK, CEO
JAVIER VILLESCAS celebrated board chair, Jock Lee, along with other board the work, and they have a
his birthday on August 31! Happy members Larry Thompson, Jim Corbett, John tight schedule with a penalty clause if they go
Edgington, Jessie Shuffield and Jason Vance over their promised days.
belated birthday, Javi!
were also in attendance and had their hands in
on the shoveling. We are also finalizing the plans of the various
The following is a letter from Rich-
equipment purchases, radiology being the big-
ard Hoeth, FACHE, the CEO at Hope you were able to make the ceremony that gest ticket item so we are being very careful to
Rice Medical Center in Eagle was open to the public, but if you weren’t, Debra consider all options and companies. The type of
Lake, Texas. Rice is GPCH’s sis- Wells was busy at the ceremony taking lots of
pictures, and they are all posted on our Golden new beds, the selection of the medication ad-
ter hospital under Critical Access
Plains website www.goldenplains.org for you ministration system and even down to what our
Healthcare, LLC.
to review. new line carts will be all have to be decided in
“Dennis, the next couple of months. Lots to do, and little
So what are next steps? Well, the contractor time to get it all done. But it is all coming to-
I greatly appreciate your invitation has been selected, and the contract has almost
to the groundbreaking ceremony gether. In the meantime, we are continuing to
been ironed out and will be signed after the
and reception for Golden Plains provide the best care we can to our patients,
USDA has our loan closing ceremony, which
Community Hospital. Unfortu- should take place the first part of September. and I am very proud of each and every one of
nately, I just am unable to break After the closing, and after the contract is you. Thanks for all you do.
away from ongoing projects here signed, the contractor, JE Dunn is prepared to
at RMC at this time in order to
attend what sounds like a really
great event.
“I know you all are very proud of
the work you have done to date in
order to be where you are right
now. Projects like that don’t just
happen: They are the culmination
of a lot of sweat equity and hard
work.
GPCH
“Rice Medical Center and its staff
certainly wish you all the best as
you proceed with this project and
hope that your new hospital turns
out to be everything you want it to Tailgate
be. Enjoy the fruits of your labor
and then prepare for the next od-
yssey, as you surely will have
Party!
some interesting experiences
throughout the course of your Friday, September 3
building project. I know it will be
worth it all when the ribbon is cut 2 p.m.
on Opening Day at the new hospi-
tal!
GPCH Portico
Best Regards,
Wear your favorite team
Richard” GPCH’S NEWEST PT-A: Juanita Fisher recently re-
ceived her certification as Physical Therapist Assistant jersey or t-shirt!
from Amarillo College and is now working at GPCH
Rehab. Congratulations, Juanita!
SEPTEMBER 2010 GOLDEN PLAINS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL PAGE 3
GPCH Raises Funds for Relay For Life
RELAY FOR LIFE! The Re-
lay For Life Team went into
action to help raise funds for
the 2010 RFL fundraiser. (L.
to R.) Rosa Casas, HIM;
Betty Herrera, Accounting;
and Beth Raper, Accounting,
proudly display the check
made out to RFL in the
amount of $848.79!
Many thanks to Mary Hardy,
THIE Honors CRNA, for her generous
donation and to everyone
HCHD who donated little or much! It
all helps make life easier for
Texas Hospital Insurance Ex- those struggling with cancer.
change employee Liz Jennings
presented an award in July to
Dennis Jack, GPCH CEO, for
the Hutchinson County Hospital
District. The HCHD is a long- September Birthdays!
time customer of THIE. New Employees!
9/2 Angela Raines
9/3 Jeff Parker & Maria Aguilera Kristy Abigail “Abby” Garrison, LVN—Dr.
We Get 9/5
9/6
Elyse Ammerman
Britni Cannefax
Landers
Lisa Morrison, Phlebotomist—Lab
9/7 Michael McKerley Todd Williams, EMT-I—Borger EMS
Letters 9/8 Georgia Hughes, Denny Kilday, Amy Hogan
& Terry Homan
Robyn “Elyse” Ammerman, LVN—OB
Lawanna Cruz, RT—RRT
To the GPCH Emergency 9/9 Norma Dellis Cheryl McNutt, LVN—OB
Room: 9/13 Danna Jackson Leslie Roe, Phlebotomist—Lab
9/16 Jamie Berry Dana Cook, Clerk—Indigent Care
Just a note to let everyone know 9/18 Lana Tipton & Jeff Deaver Griselda Miramontes, RN—Med/Surg
how much I appreciate ER peo- 9/19 Marilyn Baird & Joyce Williams David Watson, Security Officer, Engineering
ple and especially 2 nurses who 9/21 George Clendening & Johanna Preas
cleaned me up. Not what I 9/25 David King & Dennis Jack
wanted. So sorry… 9/26 Jamie Loven
9/27 Brenda Langley
Thanks for helping in saving my
life. I now have a pacemaker
and doing 100% better.
I don’t like negative people
[saying things] about our Borger 7 Pillars of GPCH’s Organizational Compliance Plan
Medical—There are positive and
I can prove that. We all know that GPCH’s Performance Excellence program is composed of the 5 pillars of excellence but
did you know that our Organizational Compliance Plan is supported by the following 7 pillars?
Thanks everyone,
Doris Meek ►Standards and Procedures
►Oversight
►Education and Training
►Auditing and Monitoring
►Reporting
►Enforcement of Discipline
►Response and Prevention
Look in your next newsletter for further information on each of these pillars and how we meet those stan-
dards here at GPCH! - Kimberly Hogan, RHIA
PAGE 4 GOLDEN PLAINS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SEPTEMBER 2010
EMPLOYEES OF THE QUARTER are (L. to r.) Debra Wells, Ad-
ministrative Assistant, and Diane Williams, RN, OB Manager.
GPCH TEA PARTY—Mickey Dunigan, IT, fills her plate with all kinds of
delicious goodies at GPCH’s Tea Party held Wed., Aug. 25, 2010 in the
Cafeteria. The Tea Party was sponsored by the Rewards & Recognition
Team and the Employer of Choice Team.
A NEW CHAPLAIN PROGRAM is coming to GPCH! Pam Smith,
Social Services Manager, sits down with pastors Rick Nichols of
Central Baptist Church; Paul Burwash of Fairlanes Baptist Church;
and Darion Thompson of Bethel Baptist Church to discuss the new
GPCH Chaplain Program. The program should be underway in the
near future! DANI GRILL, LMSW, the Independent Living Coordinator for the Divi-
sion for Blind Services in Amarillo, presented a program on Diabetic
Last Month’s Winner! Retinopathy and Resources for the Blind on Fri., Aug. 27 at the monthly
Diabetes Self-Management meeting held in the GPCH Executive Board
Room. Enjoying her presentation are (l. to r.)
We’re pleased to report that a good number of GPCH employ-
ees found the needle in last month’s Hot Off The Press! First
to see and report it was Melody Henderson, COO/CNO! Others to
find it were (in the order in which they called): Becky Peery, Infec- Find the
tion Control; Monica Marshall, ER; Kathy Whelchel, Medical Staff
Secretary; Kim Riggs, Home Care; Debbie Forseth, FANS; Krista
Bashor, Lab; JoAnn Phelps, Business Office; Jean Chisum, Volun-
Hammer!
teer; Judy Mooney, Volunteer; Pam Trout, Accounting; Rosa You all did such a great job at
Casas, HIM; Georgia Hughes, Case Management; Pat Searcy, finding the needle last month,
Volunteer; Sherry Kramer, OR; Melissa Brown, HIM; Darla Wilson, let’s see if you can find the
Business Office; Dennis Jack, CEO; Debbie Pollakowski, Diagnos- tiny hammer!
tic Imaging; Connie Wilhelm, Accounting; Sue Giesler, ER; Cathy
Wagner; and Kathy Batson, Admissions. Call Debra at 1101 when you
find it and your name will go in
These names went into the hardhat and the winner’s name we the hat. At the end of the month, a drawing will be held to see
pulled out was Cathy Wagner. Congratulations, Cathy, you win a which lucky person wins the $5 gift certificate from Coffee
$5 gift certificate from Coffee Ranch! Ranch! Have fun!