Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

One of Western PA’s own is being recognized in the Home Instead Senior Care Salute to Senior Service contest to recognize Pennsylvania’s best senior volunteer and will receive a $500 donation to the charity of his choice.

Darnell “Jeff” Pope, 73, of Plum Borough won an online vote conducted in April to determine the top Senior Hero in the Keystone State. Jeff was nominated by Nina Segelson of the Plum Senior Community Center, thanks to his efforts leading stroke support groups in Plum and Monroeville, serving on the Center’s Advisory Board, and doing volunteer work for other groups such as American Legion Post 980 in Plum and Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum. In recognition of Jeff’s commitment to service, Home Instead, Inc. will donate $500 to the Plum Senior Center in Jeff’s name. Jeff is now one of 51 finalists (50 state winners & District of Columbia) for the national Senior Hero award. Chosen by a panel of geriatric care experts, the national winner will receive a $5,000 prize to donate to their charity of choice. To see Jeff’s nomination entry, click here: http://www.salutetoseniorservice.com/volunteer-contest/entries/darnelljeff-p/

The local Home Instead Senior Care office in Oakmont and the Plum Senior Center are joining together for a recognition event & presentation of the donation check to Jeff onWednesday, June 12, at 10:30 a.m. at the Plum Senior Center, 499 Center-New Texas Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15239.

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Recently diagnosed heart failure patients in Trumbull County are benefiting from a Humility of Mary Health Partners pilot program designed to help them avoid readmission to the hospital.

Provided by a $27,000 grant from the HMHP Foundation, as many as 39 recently diagnosed heart failure patients who meet specified health and financial-need criteria can participate in a four-month  exercise rehabilitation program cooperatively administered by the Congestive Heart Failure Clinic and Cardiac Rehabilitation program at St. Joseph Health Center. The exercise rehabilitation program helps heart failure patients improve their stamina for physical activity and endurance while they learn to manage their disease.
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At Monongahela Valley Hospital, Dr. John Pacella learns about the newest tubes for performing radial catheterization from Stacey Anderson, a cardiovascular specialist from Cordis Corporation.

It’s been said that the best way to have a good life is to have a good heart. While this phrase can be interpreted to mean the emotional heart, when people suffer from physical heart problems, they can experience chest pain; palpitations commonly known as racing of the heart; shortness of breath; a chronic cough; and excessive sweating — all symptoms that can place limitations on their activities and ultimately reduce their quality of life. Through the use of cardiac catheterization, physicians can learn about the heart and blood vessels to diagnose and treat a host of cardiac problems and diseases.

Millions of cardiac catheterization procedures have been performed since the technique was introduced in the mid-20^th century. Since that time, the femoral artery in the groin has been the primary entry point for a thin tube that uses the circulatory system to clear blockages, deliver medication and position stents. Approximately 10 percent of the medical centers in the United States, including Monongahela Valley Hospital, have expanded their cardiac catheterization procedures to include the radial artery, located in the wrist, as an entry point to the circulatory system.
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The Hard Head Patrol, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC’s community-based program aimed at educating children of all ages on the importance of wearing helmets while riding anything on wheels, returns this month and will hit the streets to keep kids safe.

Running through August, trained Children’s employees and medical staff will monitor communities in western Pennsylvania to raise awareness of helmet safety and identify kids who aren’t wearing helmets or who aren’t wearing them properly while riding on anything with wheels, including bicycles, scooters and skateboards.

Any child spotted without a helmet will be given a coupon for a free helmet and fitting that can be redeemed at various community locations. The Hard Head Patrol will reward kids wearing helmets with Cookie Cards from Giant Eagle. If the helmet is worn incorrectly, staff will make adjustments.
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Two Monongahela Valley Hospital employees, Tricia Golden, RN, and Michael Milinovich, graduated from Leadership Washington County’s (LWC) class of 2012-2013.

Leadership Washington County is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of community leaders in Washington County. Since its inception in 1998, LWC has graduated 165 leaders.

Mrs. Golden, of Waltersburg, is an Intensive Care Unit nurse manager and has worked at MVH since 2011. She graduated from Mercy School of Nursing and is working on a degree at Waynesburg University. Mr. Milinovich, of Belle Vernon, has worked as the hospital’s pension and benefits coordinator since 2010 and served on the hospital’s volunteer On-Call Chaplain program since 2006. He co-created the program.

Monongahela Valley Hospital has supported Leadership Washington County from its inception by sponsoring leadership training sessions on health and human resources.

LWC is a cooperative effort between the Washington County Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Washington County.

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Dr. Barry Bittman Community Presentation from St. Lukes Wood River Found. on Vimeo.

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The latest issue of Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News is now online! Be sure to check it out and forward it onto your friends and colleagues who work in the healthcare industry. Download it now.

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Baby Mark — nearly 1 year old — is studying his outstretched hand. The hand moves ever so slightly, more from gravity than intention, and Mark keeps gazing at this strange new object. It’s the first time Mark has contemplated his hand with such concentration, so I am watching, too. Absorbed in the sight, suspended in time, wondering what this discovery might mean about my little boy’s brain.

Read more of Tina Calabro’s article on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website.

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