Once again this year, PCH and Pavilion employees enthusiast-ically embraced Relay for Lifewith open hearts and wallets.

• $16,087 contributed by hospital employees• 180 employees registered for Relay and approximately 100

walked• A record amount of non-perishable food was collected at

PCH, the Pavilion, and Mercer Medical Group for localfood pantries.

• $103,671 was raised county-wideWinners of the various raffle drawings:

• Sabika necklace & earrings - Lisa Wood (Education/RiskManagement)

• Laptop - Francis Weise (Nutrition Services)• Thirty One tote bag - Kristen Bolt (community member)• Beauticontrol gift basket - Leona Walker (community)• Avon gift basket - Nancy Lively (community)• Mary Kay gift basket - Kristen Bolt (double winner!)

June 2012

Team PCH Shines in 2012 Relay for Life!

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Photo left: Food Drive Project Coordinators LindaCunningham and Rita Wood were thrilled with thegreat response from the PCH family. “Our food driveshave always been successful, but truly we were blownaway by what was accomplished this year,” Ritaremarked.

There were 14 in-house food box collection points,along with food boxes at the Pavilion and MercerMedical Group.

A special thank you to Bob Burton, MaterialsManagement; Greg Price, Central Transport; TonyWright, Finance; Tim Truitt, Jimmy Gunnoe, Gary Clarkand others with Plant Ops, for their help withtransporting the food items.

Our efforts will go far in fighting hunger in our area.Thanks everyone!

A friendly food drive competition designed by JanetShrewsbury between 2-West and 3-South yielded greatresults! Their donations alone filled the Plant Ops cartused for pick-up.

Photo left: Nurse Manager Janet Shrewsbury presentedthe first place certificate to 2-West Team CaptainKristy Hamilton, LPN; and the second place certificateto 3-South Team Captain Sonny Thomason, LPN. Asthe winner, 2-West was awarded a sub and pizza partyfor both shifts. In addition, Linda Cunningham andRita Wood made cookies for all 2-West employees.

Congratulations and thank you to both units for yourgreat effort with the food drive!

Applauding area survivors and caregivers.

Letters of AppreciationTo the Nurses - All shifts in CCU,I deeply appreciated the excellent care I receivedwhile in CCU. I am at home now trying toregain my strength.

God’s Blessing,Linda G. Wilson

To the Women’s Center StaffI cannot put into words my gratitude. Thankyou all for being so great during our stay. Youare truely a wonderful group of ladies. I feelhonored to have had such an amazing experiencewith both of my sons. You are all angels!

Sincerely,Christal Cline

Thank you to the entire Women’s Center Staff ofPrinceton Community Hospital!From our wonderful Dr. Tucker and PediatricianMitchell - to all our nurses including Sandi andScarlet - to those who clean rooms and providemeals - to the entire nursing staff – we felt thecare exceeded our expectations.Thank you for the caring hospitality and thefriendly, personable staff. We are grateful for youand your service to us.

Thank you for everything!!!The SharpsJohn, Lee Ann, Levi andbaby Josiah

Dear ER Staff,

I was in the ER on June 16 with a kidney stone.When I was with the first nurse she said the ERwas full but she quickly found a room that hadjust been cleaned. The nurse came right in andthen the doctor was just behind her. Theystarted an IV and quickly Radiology was there totake me for a scan. Everyone involved wasextremely nice. I was dreading going to the ERbecause of the wait but they were very fast and atremendous help. Please let the ER staff knowthat their services were the best!!! Thanks toeveryone.

Sincerely,Joe Turner

2012 Relay for Life continued.

2012 Relay for Life continued.

Janet Shrewsbury takes the plunge for Relay!

– Before – – After – – Watching the instant replay! –

Congratulations Princeton Senior High School Tigers!

PCH’s community pride was on display June 11 when the City of Princetonhosted a victory parade for the Princeton Senior High School Tigers baseballteam – winners of the 2012 AAA State Championship. The win was the first inschool history.

Several hospital employees demonstrated their team support by marching in theparade, and Human Resources Director Heather Poff, on behalf of the hospital,presented gift certificates to Coach Josh Wilburn for a free pizza for each teammember.

Congratulations to the Princeton Tigers on this well-deserved victory from yourfriends and neighbors at Princeton Community Hospital!

SAVE THE DATE! • JULY 26, 2012Bring your family for a night of fun with the Princeton Rays.

City, County and State Officials were on hand for the awards presentation. HR Director Heather Poff presented pizza giftcertificates to Coach Josh Wilburn.

May a hospital or other covered entity notify a patient's family member or other person that the patientis at their facility?Answer:Yes. The HIPAA Privacy Rule, at 45 CFR 164.510(b), permits covered entities to notify, or assist in the notification of, familymembers, personal representatives, or other persons responsible for the care of the patient, of the patient’s location, generalcondition, or death. Where the patient is present, or is otherwise available prior to the disclosure, and has capacity to makehealth care decisions, the covered entity may notify family and these other persons if the patient agrees or, when given theopportunity, does not object. The covered entity may also use or disclose this information to notify the family and these otherpersons if it can reasonably infer from the circumstances, based on professional judgment, that the patient does not object.Under these circumstances, for example:• A doctor may call a patient’s wife to tell her that her husband was in a car accident and is being treated in the emergency

room for minor injuries.• A doctor may contact a pregnant patient’s husband to let him know that his wife arrived at the hospital in labor and is

about to give birth.• A nurse may contact the patient’s friend to let him know that his roommate broke his leg falling down the stairs, has had

surgery, and is in recovery.Even when the patient is not present or it is impracticable because of emergency or incapacity to ask the patient aboutnotifying someone, a covered entity can still notify family and these other persons when, in exercising professional judgment,it determines that doing so would be in the best interest of the patient. See 45 CFR 164.510(b). For example, a doctor may,using such professional judgment, call the adult daughter of an incapacitated patient to inform her that her father suffered astroke and is in the intensive care unit of a hospital.

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/faq/disclosures_to_friends_and_family/487.html

Can a patient have a friend or family member pick up a prescription for her?Answer:Yes. A pharmacist may use professional judgment and experience with common practice to make reasonable inferences of thepatient’s best interest in allowing a person, other that the patient, to pick up a prescription. See 45 CFR 164.510(b). Forexample, the fact that a relative or friend arrives at a pharmacy and asks to pick up a specific prescription for an individualeffectively verifies that he or she is involved in the individual’s care, and the HIPAA Privacy Rule allows the pharmacist togive the filled prescription to the relative or friend. The individual does not need to provide the pharmacist with the names ofsuch persons in advance.

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/faq/disclosures_to_friends_and_family/263.html

HIPAA Tips – Q&A

Conserve Energy and Save!With our monthly electricity bill approaching $100,000,we ask that everyone consciously conserve wherepossible. Please turn off all lights when a room is not inuse; shut down your computer at night; and turn off allcopiers, printers, and other external devices at night.

Thank you!

21st Century Oncology Welcomes New Radiation OncologistJoseph M. Baisden, M.D., Ph.D., a native of Shanks, West Virginia, near Romney,joined 21st Century Oncology in Princeton earlier this year.

Dr. Baisden earned an undergraduate degree in Biology from West VirginiaUniversity where he graduated summa cum laude in 1995. He later earned dualM.D./Ph.D. degrees in Immunology and Cell Biology from WVU.

His internship was spent at West Virginia Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia,followed by a four-year residency in the Department of Radiation Oncology at theUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, where he was Chief Resident.

After his residency, Dr. Baisden joined Louisville Radiation Oncology in Louisville,Kentucky, and later worked as an assistant professor of Radiation Oncology atEastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia.

When the position at21st Century becameavailable, Dr. Baisdenand his wife, Jamie, sawit as an opportunity toreturn to their homestate and raise their fourchildren in a whole-some, small townenvironment.

Dr. Baisden is proud of the innovative work being carried out at 21stCentury Oncology. When describing a typical day at the office, hesaid, “The emphasis is always on patient care. Initially, the patient isevaluated to determine the type and stage of their cancer. We thenwork with their other physicians and care providers to design a careplan that is right for them. If the plan involves radiation therapy, it iscarried out at 21st Century.”

Dr. Baisden has published extensively in the fieldof oncology. His most recent work examinedStereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), atechnique carried out at 21st Century that islargely due to advancing technology. Three-dimensional images produced by the CATscanner prior to each treatment enables thetechnician to confidently target the cancer cellswith a pinpoint treatment plan that radiates thetumor, causing minimal damage to thesurrounding healthy tissue. This procedureallows for an increase dose of radiation and ashorter treatment time. The technique can, insome cases, shorten the treatment period fromnine weeks to one week. It also gives the patient abetter chance of controlling the cancer andreduces the side effects of treatment.

Dr. Baisden sees patients at Princeton Community Hospital, but the majority of his patients are seen on an outpatient basis at 21stCentury Oncology.

Joseph M. Baisden, M.D., Ph.D.

Princeton Community Hospital continued to enhance itsworkforce in early June with the addition of 10 new nurseexterns and 10 nurse graduate employees. The new staff willfill positions in various departments throughout the hospital.

Photo right: Emergency Preparedness Coordinator/Education Department Instructor

Mark Pickett, RN, is “fit testing” the N-95 respirator for use in Airborne Isolation

Precaution rooms. At the same time, he is administering the Ishihara Color Blindness

test. The helmet on the desk (a PAPR - powered air purified respirator), is also used in

the Airborne Isolation Precaution rooms. This training occurs every two weeks for all

Clinical new hires.

PCH Welcomes New Staff

Nurse Externs – Front row (left to right): Patricia Galligher and Carly Garrett. Back row (left to right): Christy Young, Lindsey O'Quinn, Kim Boone, WhitneyBrewster, Natalie Pickett, Heather Dent, Shawnta Ware, and Leslie Lilly.

Nurse Graduates – Front row (left to right): Sarah Clarke and Mercedes Johnson. Back row (left to right): Amber Gibson, Samantha Hawkins, Bradford Lovern,Aaron Bailey, Patrick Miller, Brandi Lambert, Courtney Smith, and Victoria Griffith.

New Slide StainerIncreases EfficiencyPCH’s recently acquired Leica BOND-MAXslide stainer uses a process called immuno-histochemical staining to analyze andidentify cells that are cancerous.

Promptness is the great advantage of havingthis new technology in-house. The slidestains are done throughout the day and evenlate into the evening when required. Within24 hours or less, results are available.Routinely during the day, results areavailable in three to four hours.

It is common for larger medical centers tohave the Leica BOND-MAX slide stainer, butrare among smaller community hospitals. Weare fortunate to have the ability to provideprompt and accurate diagnoses in-house.This enables our physicians to give thepatient proper treatment in a timely manner.

Occupational TherapyDepartment AttendsBlack Lung Conference

Occupational Therapyand Pulmonary Rehabrepresented PCH at theannual Black LungConference at PipestemState Park, June 6, 7, and8. The conference was

hosted by the West Virginia Association of BlackLung Clinics and the West Virginia Black LungClinics Program.

The goal of the conference was to provide aneducational forum to both professionals and non-professionals in order to keep them apprised of bestpractices, as well as the ongoing changing needs ofthe complex population they serve.

Standing beside the new Leica BOND-MAX slide stainer are, left to right: Lead Histology TechnicianDebbie Hudgins, Histology Technicians Connie Conley and Thomas Hagerman, and MedicalLaboratory Technician Sharon Fry.

VOLUNTARY INSURANCE ENROLLMENTPlease post the following dates on your calendars. Enrollment datesfor the Voluntary Insurance (Boston Mutual or Unum Provident) willbe held July 16, 2012 through July 27, 2012. Anyone interested inadding to your current voluntary coverage (life, short term disability,critical illness) or new hires with a hire date after July, 2011 is invitedto attend. Posters with times and the location will be placedthroughout the hospital and the Pavilion prior to the enrollment date.

Jessica Conley, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant for Occupational Therapy and PulmonaryRehab beside the PCH display at Pipestem.

Volunteer Anzie Mitchell with several of the featuredWest Virginia items that were sold on June 20, theState’s 149th birthday.

Phyllis Mikels enjoyed a break in the hospital’s courtyard during a recentsunny afternoon. Phyllis, with help from the maintenance department,landscaped the courtyard and designed the plantings. We hope moreemployees will take advantage of this tranquil garden setting. The courtyardis accessible from the PCH end of the corridor that connects the hospitalwith HealthSouth. A sign on the door identifies it as the courtyard entrance.

The Pavilion hosted a Going Away Reception for Larry Burchfield on May 30,where he was presented with a canvas print of the facility. Larry will function asa Regional Director for Diamond Healthcare, providing quality professionalservices to a number of different facilities. Thank you, Larry, for your great workat the Pavilion and good luck in the new position.

The ER staff said goodbye to Robert “Bob” Front, RN, in style with a retirement breakfast receptionon June 22. Thank you, Bob, for nine years of exceptional service to the hospital. We wish you all thebest in retirement!

Summertime on the Campus of Princeton Community Hospital