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Upland Hills Health Auxiliary enjoys Overture
Concert excursion |
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| On May 4th the
Upland Hills Health Auxiliary members were
bound for Madison where they enjoyed an Overture
Center concert. Upon their return to Dodgeville,
the volunteers were treated to a free “thank
you” lunch at the Upland Hills Health
Center Café. |
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| “This field trip is just
one of the fun ways we like to show the volunteers
our appreciation,” explained Erin Groshek
the hospital’s volunteer coordinator. |
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Upland
Hills Health Auxiliary members pose
on the staircase at Madison’s Overture Center. |
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Upland Hills Health Recognized For Excellence
in Tissue Donation |
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| Upland Hills Health in Dodgeville
has received an Excellence in Donation award
recognizing its efforts to provide options
to donor families in 2005. |
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| Upland Hills’ tissue
donation partner, Madison, Wis.-based RTI
Donor Services, presented the honor. |
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| According to RTI Donor Services
Development Specialist Nicole Waite, Upland
Hills Health was recognized for achieving
a 22 percent tissue donation rate in 2005 |
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Nicole
Waite of RTI Donor Services presents Carol Ann
Kreul Director of
Critical Care Services at Upland Hills Health with
an Award of Excellence |
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| Ladies Happy Hearts Dinner
offers heart health insight and a chance
to bond with girlfriends |
| Over 35 community members feasted
on heart-healthy gourmet cuisine prepared
by the chef at the Upland Hills Health café.
The event was designed to be a unique forum
to share information about women’s
heart health risks and healthy lifestyle
changes to minimize them. |
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overwhelming success,” stated Marketing
Director Patricia Lawson, “today’s
woman is very busy and the challenge is to
deliver important health information in a
way that fits into their overloaded schedule.” Lawson
stated the interest in the weekday dinner
event was so great that the hospital is considering
a regular schedule of dinners to present
information on various health topics. |
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Mothers and daughters, girlfriends and sisters
enjoy their time together. |
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Holland receives RWHC Rural Health Ambassador
Award |
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| The Rural Wisconsin Health
Cooperative (RWHC) recently bestowed their
2006 Rural Health Ambassador Award to Claire
Holland, Director of Home Care and Hospice
at Upland hills Health. |
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| The award recognizes health
care employees at RWHC hospitals who have
gone above the call of duty in promoting
their respective organizations, while making
significant contributions to rural health.
Fourteen individuals from across the state
received awards this year. Each recipient
demonstrates a history of fostering positive communication
and relations within the hospital's respective
service area by: serving on community boards/service
organizations; taking advantage of volunteer
or public speaking opportunities; and supporting
community health activities beyond the scope
of the hospital. |
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| Lulloff-Peterson-Houck donate
movie library to Upland Hills Nursing & Rehab
Center residents |
| Residents of the Upland Hills
Health Nursing & Rehab Center are spending
time with the likes of John Wayne and Nicole
Kidman thanks to the generosity of the Lulloff-Peterson-Houck
Funeral Home. |
| With Lulloff-Peterson-Houck’s
donation of an extensive DVD collection,
the residents can enjoy everything from vintage
classics to new release movies. “Movies
are something all of our residents enjoy,” commented
Activities Director Toni Rochon, “Each
household has its own home theater system
so this wonderful gift is already getting
lots of use.” |
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Toni Rochon, Activities Director at Upland Hills
Nursing & Rehab Center, displays the large
collection of DVDs donated by Lulloff-Peterson-Houck. |
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Benish-Wolfe receives $500 Upland Hills
Health Scholarship |
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Tammy Benish-Wolfe a Highland Rescue Squad EMT, and
Upland Hills Health employee will receive the Upland
Hills Health Scholarship award on March 7th at Southwest
Technical College’s (SWTC) 12th Annual Scholarship
and Awards Ceremony. |
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Benish-Wolfe started her career at Upland Hills Health
working at the admissions desk and then later in the
Emergency Room. “Tammy’s hard work and positive
attitude is a real asset to the Upland Hill Health team.
I am so happy we are able to support her in her pursuit
of a nursing degree” commented Carol Ann Kreul,
RN, Director of Critical Care Services. |
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Upland Hills Auxiliary donates $1000 to
SouthWest Tech Scholarship fund for nursing students |
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| At their January meeting, the
Upland Hills Auxiliary Board of Directors
decided to donate $1,000 towards the Upland
Hills Health scholarship fund at Southwest
Wisconsin Technical College. The Auxiliary
Board’s donation will help grow the
scholarship funds for students pursuing a
career in nursing. “Upland Hills
Health would like to be able to offer more
scholarships to nursing students and this
donation helps,” said Troy Marx, Upland
Hills Health Director of Human Resources. “We
hope to some day offer scholarships to students
in other healthcare programs at Southwest
Wisconsin Technical College as the endowment
grows.” |
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donation as a small step to developing the
current healthcare human resources available
in the community. “All healthcare organizations
are challenged by the shortage of professionals
available in the healthcare field. Why not
help our children and neighbors—the
folks that already love the area and live
here—develop those skills?” offered
Auxiliary President Toni Rochon. “And
hopefully they will come to Upland Hills
Health to work someday!” |
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| Upland Hills Health has one
of the largest auxiliary organizations for
a hospital of its size. There are 416 active
members who generously give their time doing
everything from enhancing patient care, working
in the gift shop to assisting residents at
the Nursing and Rehab Center, and organizing
events. |
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| To find out more about the
auxiliary and how your talents and time would
be welcomed, contact Volunteer Coordinator
Erin Groshek at 930-7113. If you would
like to donate to this scholarship endowment
fund, you may contact the Upland Hills Health
Human Resources Department by calling 930-8000. |
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Toni Rochon, Upland Hills Auxiliary President,
is pictured with Karen Knox, President, and Katie
Garrity, Associate Dean of Nursing, both of Southwest
Wisconsin Technical College to celebrate the
$1000 donation to the nursing career scholarship
fund at the college. |
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Upland Hills Home Care & Hospice receives
superior satisfaction rankings |
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Upland Hills Health Home Care and Hospice obtained
strong marks in recent Outcome and Assessment Information – nationally
published data that ranks home care and hospice services
state wide and nationally. |
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Nearly all of the indicators evaluated showed Upland
Hills Health meeting or exceeding national averages—with
many indicators showing marked improvement. In fact,
100% of the hospice families and caregivers responding
were satisfied with the communication of information
on a patient’s condition and the amount of medicine
patients received for pain. Home Care patients showed
noteworthy improvement in the ability to dress and to
move. |
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Upland Hills Home Care & Hospice provides excellent
care to ill and vulnerable individuals living in the
five Southwestern Wisconsin counties. For more information click
here or call our intake nurse at 930-7226 or toll
free at 1-877-2680. |
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New technology means less discomfort,
more hope for heart patients |
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For patients with disabling angina or chest
pain, Upland Hills Health is one of a handful of Wisconsin
hospitals which has purchased new technology that can
mean less discomfort and more hope for heart patients
wanting to return to an active and more normal lifestyle. |
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| Trying out the new
EECP equipment and wrapped with leg compression
cuffs is Marianne Crowley, RN, Exercise
Specialist and Cardiac Rehab Co-manager. Looking
on (standing, from left) are Cindy Watts,
RN, Vasomedical Consultant who trained
Upland Hills staff; Becky Tank, RN, Exercise
Specialist and Cardiac Rehab Co-manager;
Marla Mitchell, Respiratory Therapist;
and Mark Bishop, M.D., Family Practice
Physician with the Dodgeville and Mineral
Point Medical Centers. |
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EECP, short for Enhanced External Counter
Pulsation, involves the inflation and deflation of compression
cuffs, similar to large blood-pressure cuffs, wrapped
around a patient's legs. Click
here to read more about this new technology
and its benefits for heart patients in southwest Wisconsin. |
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Dodgeville area attractive to physicians |
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In Dodgeville, local clinics and the hospital
have had physician recruitment successes in recent years.
Since 1990, the list of doctors on the active medical
staff at Upland Hills has doubled, from 10 to 20. Fifteen
years ago there were six doctors who practiced obstetrics,
and today there are 11; this includes two specialists
in obstetrics and gynecology who are often difficult
to recruit and retain in rural areas. |
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