September 2016

Farm-to-Table in Mercer County

The above produce was purchased at a recent Mercer County Farmers Market in Princeton.

The farm-to-table movement is alive and well in Mercer County with numerous small family-owned farms participating weekly in the Mercer County Farmers Market at the Vocational Technical Education Center in Princeton. Farm fresh produce, eggs, grass-fed beef and lamb, baked goods, jams and preserves, and much more are available at the Farmers Market two days each week – Wednesday evenings from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday mornings from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The market is winding down for the season, but some vendors will participate through the end of October. Eating locally-sourced products promotes good health, environmental sustainability, and the economic wellbeing of our farmers. For a tomato tart recipe made from Mercer County heirloom tomatoes, turn to page 4.

National Environmental Services Week Celebrated

Fred Browning, Director of Environmental Services – PCH and The Pavilion.

Thelma Hicks, Pavilion Environmental Services Supervisor.

September 11–17, 2016: Housekeeping: We Make This Place Look Good! was this year’s theme for National Healthcare Environmental Services and Housekeeping Week – a theme reflected daily at PCH and The Pavilion, where both facilities are kept shipshape. Patients, visitors, and employees regularly comment on the cleanliness of both hospitals. Director of Environmental Services Fred Browning said, “We depend on the critical and often unrecognized role of our Environmental Services staff. Our team at PCH and The Pavilion are the ambassadors of the hospitals, greeting our patients and visitors with a clean, welcoming environment, and preventing the spread of infections. Our hardworking staff is dedicated and committed to making PCH and The Pavilion shine!” Fred continued, “We celebrate, appreciate, and recognize the extraordinary teamwork required to properly care for a complex healthcare environment. We honor all of the men and women who make up the Environmental Services Department. They spend countless hours cleaning, disinfecting, preventing disease, maintaining our buildings, lending a helping hand to patients and their visitors, and working tirelessly to ensure that our healthcare facilities are among the best in West Virginia.” (continued next page)

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N AT I O N A L H E ALTHC ARE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WEEK • SEPTEMBER 11 - 1 7 , 2 0 1 6

Environmental Services Employees at The Behavioral Health Pavilion of the Virginias. Left to right: Torilyn Vest, Kathie Farmer, Michele Tackett, Thelma Hicks, Branden Yost, and Randall Broyles. Thelma made the cartoon props that echo the characters on this year’s housekeeping t-shirts.

Environmental Services Employees at Princeton Community Hospital. Left to right: Fred Browning, Crystal Sparks, Marie Otey, Christine Harris, Trina Van Keuron, Amber Dameron, Eric Taylor, Brenda Pruitt, Tonya Murphy, Cathy Fay, Donna Slade, Darlene Bailey, Lorraine Kish, and Pam Ellison. Day shift employees not pictured: Neva Gills, Rhonda Lucas, Brenda Parks, Becky Sowers, Sheila Thompson, and Robin Zaporowski. 2

N AT I O N A L H E ALTHC ARE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WEEK • SEPTEMBER 11 - 1 7 , 2 0 1 6

Environmental Services Employees at Princeton Community Hospital. Left to right: Angela Rassi, Jennifer Gray, Donna Lawson, Julie Sprouse, Gloria Simmons, and Kevin Hager. Evening and third shift employees not pictured: Heather Akers, Mary DeWeese, Mary Hines, Betty Mitchell, Lisa Munsey, and Brittany Weeks.

Employee Awarded First T.R.U.S.T.E.D. Recognition Program Certificate Environmental Services employee, Tonya Murphy, was the first to receive the T.R.U.S.T.E.D. Recognition Program award. Launched in July 2015, this incentive program allows employees, patients, family members, and visitors to acknowledge team members who have demonstrated characteristics that support our organization’s Vision, Mission, and Core Values in providing high quality, caring service for our patients. Congratulations to Tonya on achieving this milestone and for earning the respect and admiration of her peers through her example of kindness and hard work. Donna Slade, Tonya Murphy, and CEO Jeffrey Lilley at Tonya’s T.R.U.S.T.E.D. Team Member certificate presentation. 3

Mercer County Heirloom Tomato Tart

AutumnFest Photos by Chris Mabe.

Free Flu Vaccines at AutumnFest

Joni Veneri receiving a flu shot from a BSC nursing student.

September 24, 2016: In sweltering heat and with a large crowd on hand, PCH administered approximately 850 doses of flu vaccine from their booth at the annual Princeton AutumnFest. Many positive comments were received from the community expressing gratitude for our free flu vaccine program. Special thanks to Rick Puckett, Lisa Wood, Anita Bowling, the Bluefield State College nursing instructors and students, the Pharmacy Department, and Materials Management.

Heirloom tomatoes in a variety of sizes and colors create a more interesting presentation.

Additional free flu vaccines will be distributed to the public October 10, 11, 12, 13, 2016, from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in our Parkview Center atrium.

INGREDIENTS: 4 ounces soft goat cheese, crumbled 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 large eggs 1 sheet (7 to 8 ounces) frozen all-butter puff pastry, thawed but still cold 1 cup whole-milk ricotta, drained 3/4 pound tomatoes, cored, halved, and cut into 1/4 to 1/2-inch-thick slices 3/4 teaspoon coarse (kosher) salt 1/3 cup chopped fresh basil 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper All-purpose flour, for rolling the pastry DIRECTIONS: Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. On a lightly floured work surface, roll the pastry out to a 10 x 15-inch rectangle and transfer it to the baking sheet.

With a paring knife, score a border one inch in from the edge all around the rectangle, cutting into, but not through, the dough. With a fork, prick the dough inside the border all over (this is so the border will rise higher than the center that’s been pricked). Brush the center with one tablespoon of the oil. In a large bowl, stir together the ricotta, goat cheese, eggs, basil, a half teaspoon of the salt, and the pepper. Spread the mixture over the center of the puff pastry sheet. Top with the tomatoes, overlapping slightly. Sprinkle the tomatoes with the remaining one quarter teaspoon salt and the remaining one tablespoon oil. (I found that this yielded enough filling for two tarts.) Bake for 30 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown and the filling is set. Recipe from the Beekman 1802 Heirloom Vegetable Cookbook.

If you have a favorite recipe you’d like to share with employees, please send it along with a high-resolution photograph of the finished dish to: [email protected]. If the recipe is not original, please cite your source.

PCH Chaplain Larry Dyer receiving a flu shot from a BSC nursing student. 4

CAMC Honors PCH Hospitalists with an Epicurean Feast at Parkview Center

The menu included: watermelon and feta salad, carved prime rib, stuffed chicken florentine, eggplant Napoleon, three cheese potatos, grilled asparagus, green beans, rolls, and assorted desserts.

Lynn Pendleton, Office Coordinator for PCH’s Hospitalist Group and Dr. Yoginder Yadav.

Carved prime rib.

Luncheon in the beautiful Parkview Center atrium.

Megan Meadows, FNP-BC; Tim Prescott, PA-C; and Melda Brown, Corporate Director of Physician Services at CAMC.

Executive Chef Cary Sauls and Director of Nutrition Services Lee Morelock.

Tim Prescott, PA-C and Dr. Yoginder Yadav, Medical Director, PCH Hospitalist Group.

September 8, 2016: Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) hosted a luncheon for PCH Hospitalists to commemorate CAMC’s receipt of the Malcolm Baldridge Award. For a full feature on the award, please refer to the November 2015 issue of In the Know, page 10 (available under “News” on our website). 5

In the coming months, your HR Department would like to share some key points to help you get the most out of your benefits package.

Your Health Matters To PCH! Complete the H20 Challenge—Win a Fitbit! In coordination with PEIA’s H20 program all employees are invited to participate in the challenge and make a healthy lifestyle change in October.

It’s that easy! • • •

Keep track of water intake for 31 days. Tracking forms are available in the Human Resource Office. Replace sugary drinks with water. Turn in completed tracking forms November 1st-4th to Human Resource Office.

November 7, 2016 – All completed logs will be entered in drawing for Fitbit giveaway.

– Letters of Appreciation – To the Staff (Medical and Nursing), Administration, and the entire PCH Hospital, What a jewel we have at this wonderful hospital! I am slow in responding in thanking the great people of this hospital! I have been a patient in day surgery and my mother-in-law has been a patient as well, and has used the ER. I can’t say enough good things about the caring staff – both nursing and medical. They exemplified excellence with a caring attitude – dare I say with a godly compassion. I am very proud to be a part of this organization. We are so very fortunate to have such a staff that, in turn, makes a wonderful facility Thanks for all you do! Terry Graham Dear Mr. Lilley, My mother was recently a patient at PCH on the orthopedic care floor after her hip replacement surgery on September 19, 2016. As an Associate Dean for the College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences at East Tennessee State University, I often work with health care providers. I was highly impressed with the quality of care, as well as the personal and caring care mother received from everyone across all shifts during her three-day stay there. I'm sure I don't have the full list of names, but I would like to acknowledge the following nursing staff for their exceptional care of my mother: Nita Williams (309A); Sarah, RN; Courtney, RN; Kathy, Linda, LPN; Danetta, RN; Laura, RN; and Jessie, CNA. The physical therapist and the PTA were also great. Thank you for valuing patient care and for hiring competent, caring staff. We are most grateful! Kind regards, Lynn Williams, Ph.D. 6

Heliport Gets a Much-Needed Facelift

September 7, 2016: Plant Operations staff Matthew “Matt” Mustard (top) and Stacy Shrader (right) spruced up the heliport with a new coat of paint. Prior to his retirement in November 2015, Kenny Woods was responsible for painting the heliport every two to four years – a task he completed approximately 12 times during his tenure. Matt and Stacy have a ways to go before breaking that record.

Elevators Refurbished Plant Operations recently updated the elevator interiors with new wall & ceiling panels, and lighting. Work on the freight elevators is complete thanks to Maxie Hearld and Brad Hearld who hung the wall panels and the handrail, and to Gary Clark, Josh Sawyers, and Tim Truitt who installed the new ceilings. The material cost for the freight elevators was paid for by the PCH Foundation. Renovation on the visitors elevators should be complete by mid-October and was paid for by PCH Volunteers.

Maxie Hearld and Brad Hearld in a newly renovated freight car.

The elevator company quoted $32,150.00 each to refurbish the passenger cars and $34,045.00 each for the freight cars. Thanks to tenacious online research by Maxie Hearld and labor by Plant Operations, PCH’s cost came in at $8,200.00 each for the passenger cars and $9,845.00 each for the freight cars. 7

Madge Howard Honored for 50 Years of Employment

OB Tech Rachel Surface, OB Tech Madge Howard, and Women’s Center Director Sandy Counts.

Madge Howard with CEO Jeffrey Lilley.

September 1, 2016: Madelene “Madge” Howard was honored with a reception to commemorate the 50th anniversary of her employment with PCH. Madge joined the housekeeping department at Princeton Memorial Hospital in 1966. She soon took up nurse aid training then began training as an OB Tech shortly after her move to the new hospital in December 1970. Madge said, “My good days have outweighed my bad days. If I had to do it over, I’d do it over because I could not have asked for a better place to work. My coworkers are super good.” Sandy Counts said, “I’ve worked with Madge over the past 40 years. We’ve been a team for a long time! Madge is so efficient and conscientious. She can set up for a c-section in just a matter of minutes. She is such an asset to the hospital.” Congratulations, Madge, and thank you for 50 years of dedicated service to this hospital! For a full feature on Madge’s life and career, please see the November 30, 2011 issue of In the Know, page 1 (available under “News” on our website).

Madge with family members.

Wild , Wonderful West Virginia

Photos were made September 18, 2016 on the Gauley River below Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park, near Summersville, West Virginia. 8