DHM PhysicianNOV/DEC 2010 • Volume 19C

1 • NOV/DEC 2010 DOCTORS’ HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN, PONTIAC, MI

onnectMISSION

Doctors’ Hospital of Michigan (OPMC) will

provide the highest quality, cost effective, compassion-ate care to each patient we serve and WILL be

committed to fulfilling the needs of those in our com-

munity while obtaining financial strength.

Doctors’ Hospital of Michigan officially turned 2-years-old on November 6th, the day 42 physicians gained a 65% ownership of the hospital in partnership with inves-tor McLaren Health Care Corporation, a 30% shareholder. As a thank-you to DHM Staff and Physi-cians for their hard work and support over the past two years, the administra-

tion provided an all-day party at all three campuses (Main-Pontiac, Clarkston and Waterford). Activities during the all-day celebration included a caricature artist, photobooth, catered lunch, DJ services and gifts for all stakeholders. Over 70 community businesses supported the event through donations of additional

prizes for employees.

BELOW (CLOCKWISE starting at top left):Family Medicine Staff Members Naina Hemady, Michele Roberts, and Cindy Cavanaugh, Business Mngr; Dr. Adeel Kha-lid and CEO Clarence Sevillian with Pink Gorilla-gram; Rad. Oncology Mngr. Deb Arduino and Sevil-lian; Karen Lichty, Patient Accnts, with Dr. Pooja Gupta; Superior EMS Crew showcased their new helicopter; Twila Setla from Patient Accnts toasts DHM; Staffers from Wa-terford Emergency Center get pink visi-tor; A DHM Employee adds his signature to the giant birthday card.

DHM CELEBRATES 2ND YEAR ANNIVERSARY

CELEBRATE

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““I commend you for carrying

out a noble mission by providing excellent health care to our community.”

DHM’s Presi-dent & CEO, Clarence Se-villian, held three Town Hall-style meetings on

November 9 to update DHM employees on the status of the hospital. “It is business as usual at

Doctors’ Hospital,” he reiterated.

He emphasized that, while there have been ongoing discussions with DHM Board members about re-structur-ing the operation to secure its future growth, none of those discussions involve closure of the hospital. On the contrary, the hospital has posted a profit 7 out of the 8 last months, had a successful visit for re-accreditation by The Joint

Commission in October, and received accreditation for its award-winning Family Medicine Residency Pro-gram in November. He also said that they are exploring all options to bet-ter position DHM, includ-ing a capital call amongst shareholders, integration of programs and services with other institutions, and consideration of outside

investors that could poten-tially infuse capital into the organization. He will continue to schedule town hall meetings as needed to keep employees and medical staff informed of progress towards this goal, and thanked all stakehold-ers for continued support and understanding during this time.

Town Hall Message from President/CEO Clarence Sevillian

SEVILLIAN

DR. SINGHAL

Yatinder Singhal, MD, was elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors for Oakland Physician’s Medical Center (OPMC) during the November 11, 2010 board meeting. Dr. Singhal replaces Anil Kumar, MD, whose 2-year term ended. Dr. Kumar remains an OPMC board member.

Dr. Singhal’s other responsibilities with DHM include Chairman of the Behavioral Medicine Department and Chairman of the DHM Advisory Board. He is a board-certified Psychiatrist from Punjab Uni-versity in India.

New Chairman of the Board Elected

First of all, I want to express my gratitude to DHM’s Advisory Board, Board of Directors, and the outgoing Board Chairman, Dr. Anil Kumar, for electing me as the new Chairman of Oakland Physician’s Medi-cal Center (OPMC). I have been entrusted with a very responsible position and will endeavor to do what is best for all employees, physicians, investors and patients of Doctors’ Hospi-tal of Michigan (DHM). You are all important stakeholders and I commend you for carry-ing out a noble mission by

providing excellent health care to our community. DHM has had some recent success stories that can-not be overlooked. The Joint Commission surveyors visited in October with all signs pointing to re-accred-itation; our award-winning Family Medicine Residency program was accredited in November; and DHM recorded a profit in the last 7 out of 8 months of opera-tion. Radiation Oncology, outpatient surgery, Behav-

CContents• 2-Year Anniversary Photos & Recap | page 1

• New Chairman Elected | page 2

• President’s Town Hall Message | page 2

• Hospital News & Notes | page 3

• Solar Lighting to be Installed | page 3

• ALERT: Bed Bug Infestation Guide | page 4

• Good Works: Breast Cancer Survivor Event with the Swan Foundation | page 5

Message from Newly Elected OPMC Chairman, Yatinder Singhal, MD

“Working Towards The Best Interest of All Stakeholders”

Ginnie Warner, RN and Dr. Frazier consult with a pa-tient in Radiation Oncology, one of DHM’s successful outpatient services.

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DHM PHYSICIAN CONNECT • 3

Solar Lighting to Be Installed in DHM Parking Lots in 2011

Doctors’ Hospital of Michigan and Adopt-A-Watt™ Inc.

(www.adopt-a-watt.com ) announced their plans last

month to initially deploy (6) sponsored solar lights and

(3) solar arrays at their main hospital campus in Pontiac.

The lighting will be installed in three parking lots used

for the hospital visitors and staff. Sponsorships from

national supporters will completely pay for the solar

lights and arrays. The overall goal of the solar lighting

will be to reduce fossil fuel consumption and operating

costs for DHM.

“DHM’s main campus is over 4 million square feet

and we use an average of about 27 million watts of

electricity per day incurring an average monthly utility

bill of $96,000,” stated Jerry Baker, the manager of

Facilities & Maintenance at DHM. “The sponsored solar

lights and solar arrays in our parking lots will allow us

be part of the clean energy initiative while helping us

save money that can be allocated for improvements in

patient services instead,” he added.

“This action taken by DHM clearly demonstrates con-

cern for the environment and their patients, and their

desire to support the USDOE’s EnergySmart Hospitals

initiative, which promotes improved energy conserva-

tion at the 8,000 hospitals in the United States,” stated

Thomas A. Wither, Founder and Principal of the National

Adopt-A-Watt™ program, which is based out of Royal

Oak, Michigan. “We are very pleased that the Doctors’

Hospital will be part of our program and are looking for-

ward to helping them achieve their clean energy goals.”

Wither predicted that the installation date for the

solar lighting in hospital’s three parking lots will likely

be sometime in mid-2011.

DHM’s Ambulatory Surgical Center Restructures Doctors’ Hospital has acquired 100% own-ership and accreditation of the Ambulatory Surgery Center located at Waterford Emer-gency Center (WEC) on 1305 N. Oakland Blvd. Previously, DHM had a 49% share in the center. Dr. Ala Imam and Dr. Robert Ferguson started

endoscopy procedures there on Friday, October 1. It is operating under the supervision of Surgical Nurse Man-ager, Marisel Estrada, RN.

Welcome New Doctors on 6th Floor Seminole Internal Medicine Practitioner Richard Utanarchitt, MD, of Clinton Twp. recently opened up a practice on the 6th floor of DHM’s Seminole Building. Adelpho Pamat-mat, M.D., will be the on-site physician. Dr. Pamatmat will be seeing patients on Wednes-

day and Friday 9 - 5 p.m. in the Seminole 6th Floor Suite. He also has training in Cardiology. Call (248) 857-6798 for questions or to schedule an ap-pointment.

FYINew Infection Control Coordinator

Please welcome our new Infection Control Coordinator, Rhonda Leitch, RN, BSN, CIC.Rhonda shares Infection Control responsibili-ties with POHRMC in Pontiac. She has been in healthcare for 40 years. Leitch received her BSN from Madonna Uni-

versity in 1987 and a degree in Gerontology from Madonna University in 2001. She worked as a bedside Nurse for 32 years and in Intensive Care for 25 years. She has been in Infection Prevention for over 8 years and was certified in 2005. Leitch is an active member of the National, State and local chapters of Association for Professionals in Infec-tion Prevention and Control. She also actively participates in the MHA Keystone: ICU, HAI, SCIP to reduce Hospital Associated Infections.

HOSPITAL NOTES

Online Bill Pay now Available Our patients will now be able to pay their bills online at the DHM website. There is a main button on the homepage, www.dhofm.com. If you have any questions please contact Charlie Robinson at ext. 7455.

ESTRADALEITCH

ROBINSON

PAMATMAT

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Dr. Singhal Message continued from page 2

A LERTOakland County Awards DHM Contract

Oakland County selected DHM to be the provider of health services for the Oakland County Jail and Children’s Village. Effec-tive October 1, Dr. Raouf Seifeldin of DHM Family Medicine is the on-call physician for the Child-rens’ Village, while Dr. Philip Durocher, Dr. S. Jung, and Dr. H. Chan-

drasekhar will oversee jail patients and refer to select specialists. DHM competed with other county hospitals for the contract of services. Irma King, Executive Di-rector/Physician Relations, and Clarence Sevillian, President & CEO, were instrumental in acquiring the contract.

DR. JUNG DR. CHANDRASEKHARDR. DUROCHER

GENERAL INFORMATION• Bed bugs may live for up to one year.• Feed exclusively on warm blooded animals.• Mainly active at night• Will not travel far from the food source.

DWELLINGS MAY BECOME INFECTED BY:• Bugs and eggs that hitch-hike on pets, clothing or luggage.• Infected materials such as furniture or clothing that are brought in from outside.• People visiting from a source of infestation transfer bugs on clothes, luggage, etc.

CONTROL OF BED BUGS FOR PATIENTAs soon as bedbugs are sus-pected:• Wearing gown and gloves bag all personal belongings and clothing in a plastic bag, tape shut.• Do not move patient to another room if already in a room.• Move roommate to another room (also bag roommate clothing, belongings)• Move patient to a clean bed.• Notify Environmental Ser-vices to wash contaminated bed and vacuum bed and area.• Maintain patient in private room.• Send clothing and belong-

ings home with family with instructions to wash cloth-ing in HOT water (see home control)

HOME CONTROL OF BEDBUGS:• Consult a professional exterminator.• Hot treatment (>120 degrees for 20 minutes) is expensive but the most effective.• Wash all clothing and bed-ding and seal in plastic bags until infestation is eliminated.

FOR EMPLOYEES WITH HOME INFESTATION:• See Home Control above• Notify Supervisor – If employee has a controlled work area Environmental Services should be contacted for thorough vacuuming and repeat in early AM• Employee may report to work with the following precautions: -Do not bring any personal items to work – this includes purses -Report to the hospital and immediately change clothes to clean clothing secured in a sealed plastic bag. -Bag and seal clothing removed upon arrival. -These precautions should continue until the infesta-tion has been completely eliminated

Feel free to contact Rhonda if you have any questions at (248) 857-6754.

BED BUG INFESTATION GUIDELINESBy Rhonda Leitch, RN, DHM Infection Control Coordinator

Recently, questions have been raised regarding treatment of bed bug infestation. Please use this information as a guide-line for your staff. REMEMBER: The person with the bed bugs is clean; this is a parasite and does not indicate poor hygiene.

ioral Medicine and other services also continue to shine. Despite our successes, it continues to be a chal-lenge to sustain DHM as an independent community hospital. As every other healthcare organization, we are in need of capital for infrastructure and improvements. With that in mind, I am involved in active negotiations with our board members from McLaren Health Care Cor-poration and other physi-cian board members to secure our future. This is a logical next step. McLaren Health Care Corporation was very helpful in getting

DHM off the ground and they currently have a 35% ownership in our hospital. Throughout negotia-tions, we are protecting the interests of all DHM stakeholders. I am com-mitted to keeping you informed as negotiations progress. I would also like to re-quest your support during this time of transition by remaining productive and positive.Thank you.

Sincerely,

Yatinger Singhal, MD

DR. SEIFELDIN

DHM PHYSICIAN CONNECT • 5

GOOD WORKS

Doctors’ Hospital of Michigan held a free event for breast cancer survivors and their circle of support on October 29th at Goldner Walsh Garden & Home green-house in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The event, “Breast Cancer Survivors & Family Breakfast: Information for Your Circle of Support,” showcased wellness services for cancer patients and best-practice procedures from Pallavi Jasti,

MD, Oncologist at Michigan Hematology Oncology, and Arthur Frazier, MD, Director of DHM’s Radia-tion Oncology program. Ten-year breast cancer survivor, Nichoel Wasik, also spoke first-hand about her journey from diagnosis at 29-years-old through today. After Wasik explained that she had

her ovaries completely removed after learning she was genetically pre-disposed to cancer, Dr.

Jasti addressed many questions about the pros and cons of genetic testing for people who had a family history of cancer, and the increase in survival rates over the past 20 years for breast cancer patients. Among other questions from the attendees, Dr. Frazier helped explain why cancer patients are prescribed radiation therapy, chemotherapy or both and the role of the dosimetrist, Deb Arduino, in cre-ating effective treatment plans for patients.

The event was pre-sented by Doctors’ Hospital of Michigan in partnership with The SWAN for Life Foundation (www.swanforlife.org), founded by Dr. Farid Fata in 2009 in honor of a former patient who had died from ovarian cancer.

ABOVE: Deb Arduino, Dosimetrist and Manager of DHM’s Radiation Oncology program, attendee Orean Almore , and DHM Oncology Nurse Virginia Warner, RN, at the Breast Cancer Survivor’s event.

LEFT: Pallavi Jasti, MD, answers questions about the pros and cons of genetic testing for cancer during the Breast Cancer Survivors event on October 29.

DR. JASTI

DR. FRAZIER

Todd Best, MD, is performing Electromyogra-

phy procedures (EMG) in DHM’s cardiology de-

partment. An electromyogram (EMG) is a diag-

nostic test that is used to record the electrical

activity of muscles. The EMG helps to distin-

guish between muscle conditions in which the

problem begins in the muscle and muscle weakness due

to nerve disorders. A nerve conduction velocity (NCV) test

is often done at the same time as an EMG. Diseases of

muscle and/or nerves can produce abnormal electormyo-

gram patterns, much like an electrocardiogram or EKG

for the heart. During the procedure, Dr. Best will explain

to the patient what is happening to make the patient

feel as comfortable as possible. No special preparation is

needed. To refer your patients to Dr. Best for EMGs, call

the DHM Cardiology Department at (248) 857-7407.

DR. BEST

FEATURED PROCEDURE | DR. BEST PROVIDING EMG SERVICES AT DHM MAIN CAMPUS

DR. SEIFELDIN

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Medical Staff Holiday Party Wabeek Country Club 4000 Clubgate Drive Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 Friday, December 3, 2010 | 5:30pm Please RSVP to Donna Shelton (248) 857-7488

Annual Medical Staff Meeting Huron Dining Room Monday, December 13, 2010 Dinner - 6pm | Meeting - 6:30pm No RSVP Required

Physician Services Phone Directory

Irma KingDirector of Physician Relations (248) 857-7357 iking@dhofm.com

Peggy Hagen Medical Staff Credentialingand Insurance Enrollment (248) 857-7583 phagen@dhofm.com

Charlie RobinsonDirector of Patient Access and Medical Records (248) 857-7149 crobinson@dhfom.com

Kathleen BeckExecutive Assistant to the President (248) 857-7222

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