Union Hospital Names Vice President of Quality; System Marketing Director; and Makes Marketing Team Appointments & Promotions

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Created on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 18:33

For Immediate Release

Terre Haute, IN --Union Hospital CEO Scott Teffeteller has promoted Jeanette Spradlin to the position of Vice President of Quality; named Kim Perkins as the new System Director of Marketing and Public Relations, and Mike King as the new marketing specialist.  In addition, he has promoted Kelly Walker to Public Relations Specialist, and James Twitchell to Community Benefits Specialist.  Please continue on for more information.

Jeanette Spradlin, Vice President of Quality

Jeanette Spradlin has been promoted to Vice President of Quality Management for Union Hospital, after serving as System Director of Quality Management for 17 years.  In addition, she served as interim Vice President of Patient Care from February, 2011 to June, 2011. Spradlin brings thirty plus years of healthcare experience, with twenty of those years focused specifically on quality assurance/performance improvement processes.  She is a three time recipient of the Standards of Excellence Leadership Award; chairs both the Performance Improvement Council and the Patient Safety Committee; and has been instrumental in several hospital initiatives, including leading both Union Hospital Terre Haute and Union Hospital Clinton to achieve successful accreditation surveys, design and implementation of  both facilities Patient Safety Programs and facilitated the redesign of the Medical and Dental Staff structure for Union Hospital Terre Haute.

Spradlin graduated from St. Mary of the Woods College in Terre Haute, IN with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Business Management, and the Nursing Diploma Program at Deaconess School of Nursing in Evansville, IN. She is married and has one son and two grandchildren.

Kim Perkins, System Director of Marketing & Public Relations

Kim Perkins has been named System Director, Public Relations & Marketing for Union Hospital.  She has an extensive background in marketing, public relations, and communications, including fifteen years dedicated to healthcare. She has also served as national spokesperson for McFaddin Ventures of Houston, appearing on the Today Show and London’s BBC, and various Houston broadcasts, including hosting the H-Town Homes segment of Great Day Houston on CBS local station 11 for John Daugherty Realtors.  In addition, she appeared as a guest speaker for the State of Alabama statewide forum.  While working with HCA in Houston, she won the Mayors Proud Partner Award and Chamber of Commerce Star Award for Spring Branch Medical Center. 

Perkins is the recipient of an Outstanding Young Woman of America Award; Who’s Who among Young Executive Professionals; Who’s Who of American Women; Who’s Who of Women Executives; Business & Professional Women Highest Recruitment Award; Vista Host Highest Sales Achievement Award, and the John Daugherty Rookie of the Year Award.  

Perkins is board president of Leadership Wabash Valley, a member of the Terre Haute Rotary Club, and attends Memorial United Methodist Church.  She graduated from Terre Haute North Vigo High School, and will graduate in the spring from Indiana University with a specialization in social and behavior sciences. She has one son, Ryan, who is a student at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas.

Mike King, Marketing Specialist

Mike King has been named Marketing Specialist for Union Hospital.  He began his professional career in broadcasting as a sophomore at Campbell University in 1978 when he was chosen to be the lead play-by-play announcer for basketball broadcasts on the CU Basketball Network.  King has been involved professionally as a member of both the print and electronic media, and has captured media awards in both North Carolina and Indiana for writing and on-air presentations and coverage of both news and sports stories.

After on-air sports anchor work at two televisions stations in North Carolina (WNCT-TV, CBS Greenville WCTI-TV ABC, New Bern), he was offered the Sports Director position by WTHI-TV in Terre Haute in 1986, and worked in that position for 12 years.

In late 1998 he was named the 5th anchor of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network, and the Radio Voice of the Indianapolis 500.  In 2012 King will celebrate his 14th anniversary as the radio voice of the Indianapolis 500, a tenure that has landed him second on the list of network anchors behind only Sid Collins, the original "Voice of the 500."  In addition to the Indianapolis 500, he also oversees the broadcast team and provides the play-by-play call of additional IZOD IndyCar Series events.

King is a native of Norfolk, Virginia, was raised in Winston-Salem North Carolina, and has been a resident of Terre Haute for the past 26 years.  He is married and has three children.

Kelly Walker, Public Relations Specialist

Kelly Walker has been named the public relations specialist for Union Hospital. She is responsible for employee communications, creating and designing marketing materials and assisting the system director of marketing and public relations in the development of marketing strategies for Union Hospital and its services. Walker has worked at Union Hospital since 2009 serving as the marketing communications specialist.

Walker is a member of the Indiana Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations Society and has more than 10 years of experience in the communications field including advertising, promotions, marketing and journalism. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Indiana State University and resides in Terre Haute with her husband and two children.

James Twitchell, Community Benefits Specialist

James Twitchell has been named Community Benefits Specialist for Union Hospital. He will be responsible for helping to maintain the not-for-profit status of the organization, planning and implementing the community health needs assessment, and coordinating the hospitals participation in health fairs and other community events. Twitchell has been with Union Hospital since 2007, most recently serving as Community Liaison.

Twitchell graduated from Indiana State University with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and is currently pursuing his MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University. He is active in the community, serving as the volunteer head track and field coach for St. Patrick Middle School, and is also a volunteer basketball coach at the Boys and Girls Club of Terre Haute, serving in that capacity over the past six years.

Union Hospital and Indiana Blood Center Send Shout-Out to Wabash Valley Community to Meet Patients' Blood Needs

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Created on Wednesday, 28 December 2011 16:43

   Union Hospital is calling on members of the Wabash Valley community to consider donating blood with Indiana Blood Center to ensure stable blood supplies for its patients. During the last year, Indiana Blood Center provided the hospital with nearly 6,000 blood components – red blood cells, platelets and plasma – to help local patients in need of any number of treatments, such as fighting cancer, having surgery or requiring a medical emergency.

   "Union Hospital and Indiana Blood Center work together every day to ensure the people of Terre Haute and Vigo County have the necessary blood components needed to help with numerous health conditions," said Union Hospital President and CEO Scott Teffeteller. "This partnership allows us to meet the diverse blood component needs of our two hospitals which depend on a robust and readily accessible blood supply. Without it, Union Hospital would be unable to provide the advanced, quality healthcare that is so critical to the health and well-being of our patients."

To maintain adequate blood supplies, Union Hospital requires 135 -150 units of blood on hand at all times. Transfusions on any given day depend on patient need. For instance, the average caregiver uses up to six units of blood after each chemotherapy treatment just to restore a cancer patient's strength.

"Cancer doesn't take a weekend or a holiday," said Byron Buhner, president and CEO of Indiana Blood Center. "To meet the patient needs at more than 60 hospitals throughout the state, including those in Vigo County, Indiana Blood Center must see 550 donors each and every day.

   "We will depend on the people in the Terre Haute area community to raise their sleeves to help us keep Union Hospital adequately supplied with blood components that will ultimately benefit many of those donors' friends and neighbors."

   Indiana Blood Center operates a Terre Haute donor center at 2021 S. Third St., one of nine donor centers in the state. The team also staffs blood drives throughout Vigo County. To view a list of upcoming blood drives or to schedule a blood donation appointment, visit www.donorpoint.org or call (812) 238-2495.

Union Hospital will host a blood drive on Jan. 6 from 7 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. in the Union Hospital East Atrium, 1606 N. 7th St. Also, the Blood Mobile will also be parked on Union's campus in the Professional Office Building parking lot, 1530 N. 7th St., and accepting donations from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

About Union Hospital

   Union Hospital was founded in 1892 as a 20-bed facility. Today, the 380-bed not-for profit hospital located in Terre Haute, Indiana, is a regional referral center, serving patients in west-central Indiana and east-central Illinois. The Union Health System includes Union Hospital Clinton- a 25-bed critical access hospital, and a large staff of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers. Union Hospital is the largest provider of healthcare services between Indianapolis and St. Louis, providing quality care to all, regardless of ability to pay.

About Indiana Blood Center

   Indiana Blood Center was founded in 1952 and is a non-profit community service organization meeting patient's blood needs at over 60 hospitals across Indiana by seeing 550 volunteer blood donors each day. The goal is met with the help of the nearly 4,000 organizations who host blood drives in 80 of Indiana's 92 counties and through the dedication of the 450 Indiana Blood Center staff who live the daily mission of delivering a constant, stable supply of blood components to patients in Indiana hospitals. Indiana Blood Center is the largest independent blood center in Indiana and among the top 20 nationally, distributing more than 150,000 blood components each year.

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Transform in 12

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Created on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:36

Union Hospital Outpatient Nutrition Center and the Center for Fitness and Performance invite you to join a 12-week transforming weight loss program. You’ll receive nutrition education, a personalized meal plan and training on a safe, healthy way to lose weight. The program runs Jan. 16 to April 2. Preregistration is required by Jan. 13.
     The program includes a weekly meeting held on Mondays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Union Hospital’s Professional Office Building, 1530 N. 7th St., Terre Haute. In addition to the educational meetings, each participant will receive weekly personal training sessions and a membership at Union Hospital’s Center for Fitness and Performance for the 12-week period. Cost is $375 for the 12-week program. Call (812) 238-7577 by Jan. 13 for more information and to sign up.

Union Hospital's Medical Rehab Earns Reaccreditation

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Created on Friday, 09 December 2011 15:28

   Union Hospital's Medical Rehabilitation Department Earns CARF AccreditationUnion Hospital's Medical Rehabilitation and Stroke Rehabilitation Programs have earned another three-year accreditation by CARF, the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission.

   "The Medical Rehabilitation Department at Union Hospital has put itself through a rigid peer review process and demonstrated its commitment to quality by conforming to CARF Accreditation conditions and applicable standards," said John Morris, Union Hospital Medical Rehabilitation Manager. "I commend my staff for providing programs and services of the highest quality."

   This accreditation is awarded to organizations that, on balance, demonstrate that participants are benefiting from the services and that their health, welfare, and safety are being protected. Further, the organization has demonstrated that it meets international standards for quality and is committed to pursuing excellence.

The latest actions mark 21 consecutive years that accreditation by CARF, an international accreditation body, has been achieved by Union's Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation Department.

   According to the CARF website, Stroke Specialty Programs are accredited for demonstrating a partnership approach among the person served, the family/support system, and the provider. Union Hospital's Medical Rehabilitation's Stroke Specialty Program provides services that focus on prevention, on minimizing impairment, on reducing activity limitations, and on maximizing the participation and quality of life of persons who have sustained a stroke. To learn more about Union Hospital's Medical Rehabilitation Services, visit their website at www.myunionhospital.org.

   CARF, a private, not-for-profit, Tucson-based accreditation body established in 1966, is committed to promoting quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served.

   Union Hospital is also accredited for the following services: Chest Pain Accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (Union and West Central Community Hospital), Primary Stroke Certification from the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), Vascular Lab Accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (Union and West Central Community Hospital), Hux Oncology Services (total program) by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, Clara Fairbanks Center for Women by the American College of Radiology for Mammography, Diabetes Education Center earned the Certificate of Recognition from American Diabetes Association as meeting National Standard for Diabetic Self Management Education (referred to as "an ADA recognized center"), and Hux Radiation Center by the American College of Radiology and Radiation Oncology.

Union Hospital Reaccredited as a Chest Pain Center

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Created on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 13:51

Terre Haute, IN -- Union Hospital announces that it has received Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC), an international organization dedicated to eliminating heart disease as the number one cause of death worldwide. Union Hospital has been accredited since 2008 and Union Hospital Clinton was reaccredited in April.

Hospitals that have received SCPC accreditation have achieved a higher level of expertise in dealing with patients who arrive with symptoms of a heart attack. They emphasize the importance of standardized diagnostic and treatment programs that provide more efficient and effective evaluation as well as more appropriate and rapid treatment of patients with chest pain and other heart attack symptoms. They also serve as a point of entry into the healthcare system to evaluate and treat other medical problems, and they help to promote a healthier lifestyle in an attempt to reduce the risk factors for heart attack.

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