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Crockett women’s basketball
team donate proceeds of ‘Pink’ Games JOHNSON CITY – The David Crockett High School varsity and junior varsity women’s basketball teams gave a $2,000 check this week to the Mountain States Health Alliance Women’s Health and Imaging Center. The money was raised at the Pink Games held on Feb. 13. “A lot of us have been affected by breast cancer, and the girls wanted to do something to help,” said David Crockett Coach Jamey Anderson. “So, we raised some money before the game and gave the proceeds from the door toward helping women who cannot afford a mammogram receive one.” School officials said they are looking at making the game an annual event.
Above left, representatives from the Davy Crockett teams as well as MSHA officials stand together for check presentation.In photo above right,( from left) Karen Clark and Linda Frazier from MSHA accept a check for $2,000 from Coach Jamey Anderson and South Washington County Director of Athletics Josh Kite.
Herbert is new TSHMPR president
Ed Herbert has been named president of the Tennessee Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations (TSHMPR) for 2010. Herbert, who is the vice president of Communications and Marketing for Mountain States Health Alliance, was elected to the volunteer position recently at the organization’s annual conference. The purpose of TSHMPR is to improve the quality of healthcare marketing and public relations by raising the professional knowledge and standards of its members. TSHMPR is an affiliate of the Tennessee Hospital Association. Herbert joined MSHA in October 1999 in his current position. Additional areas of responsibility include the Medical Call Center (Ask-A-Nurse) and the Health Resources Center/Health Screening Center. Prior to joining MSHA, Herbert was at WJHL-TV 11 of Johnson City, Tenn., WTVR-TV 6 in Richmond, Va., and WWL-TV 4 in New Orleans, La. Herbert has been active in this region for years with the Johnson City Kiwanis Club, the United Way of Washington County (Tenn.), the local chambers of commerce, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, the March of Dimes Walk America, Mountain States Foundation, the Ronald McDonald House and the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra. Herbert is very active at Elizabeth Chapel UMC, Bluff City, Tenn., where he sings and directs the choir and serves on various committees.
Ed Herbert
Scott County Schools to
RICHMOND - The proposed budget plan has been approved by the House Appropriations Committee and is now under consideration by the Virginia House of Delegates for funding in education for the next biennium. And Scott County Schools are to receive $23.7 million in direct state aid in Fiscal Year 2011. The county also will be able to reduce expenditures made in contributions to the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), freeing up an additional by over $750 thousand in funding for local schools. As a result, Scott County Schools will experience a net reduction in available funds of only 3.2% compared to the budget proposed by then-Governor Timothy M. Kaine.
Kilgore joins others
RICHMOND - Delegate Terry G. Kilgore (R-1st), Delegate Bill Carrico (Patron-HB1308), Senator Phil Puckett (Patron-SB680) and Southwest Virginia Legislators joined Governor Bob McDonnell this week at his signing of legislation that will give much needed relief to electric utility rate-payers in Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Sybert name to position at Wellmont
KINGSPORT – A Mayo Clinic-trained physician with extensive quality management experience will provide physician leadership for Wellmont Health System’s information management projects, including the organization’s move to computerized provider order entry. Dr. Troy Sybert has been named Wellmont’s chief medical information officer and will work with a multidisciplinary team to implement CPOE and electronic medical records in Wellmont hospitals during the next 18 months. Dr. Sybert joins a project team that includes Dr. Dale Sargent, chief medical officer; Kent Petty, chief information officer; Dawn Schrader, system director of case management; and Katie Witcher, nursing CPOE leader. “The largest single performance improvement project under way in our organization is computerized provider order entry, ” Dr. Sargent said. “This is a complex and wide-reaching initiative that will substantially improve the quality and safety of patient care in our hospitals. “Having a full-time physician to lead this effort is essential. Dr. Sybert’s training and experience uniquely qualify him to fill this critical role for our health system.” Dr. Sybert most recently served as a chief medical officer for the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, where he was also a clinical assistant professor of internal medicine. A board-certified physician in public health and general preventive medicine, Dr. Sybert completed a fellowship in hospital medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. He has additional training in the quality management methodologies of Six Sigma and lean thinking. Dr. Sybert earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and received a master’s degree in public health from the University of Texas Medical Branch Graduate School. He is a member of the American College of Preventive Medicine, the American Society for Quality, the American College of Physician Executives and the American College of Healthcare Executives. As chief medical officer at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Dr. Sybert oversaw the creation and implementation of standardized care guidelines and order sets. He also managed the rollout of the hospital’s electronic medical record. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 requires that all physician orders be entered by computer by October 2011. Wellmont plans to begin the conversion at Hawkins County Memorial Hospital in October 2010 and have all other facilities on line by September 2011. Troy Sybert |