Jun 16
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On Wednesday, April 21st, KRMC showed its appreciation to the volunteers with a “Prom Night†celebration. There were flowers, gifts, prizes, snacks, cake and fabulous “Prom Pictures†taken by Rick Simon of Off Broadway Photography.
Jun 15
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Preferred Home Delivery Program
As with most employers, KRMC continues to face the challenge of rising health care costs each year. Medical plan costs — and, in particular, the cost of prescription drugs — continue to rise.
Together with Express Scripts, our pharmacy vendor, we’re working to make our prescription drug coverage more affordable. As a result, beginning July 1, 2010, we will be implementing the Prescription Preferred Home Delivery Program. If you are taking maintenance medications (maintenance medications are those drugs taken regularly for long-term conditions) you will receive a letter from Express Scripts explaining the program in detail.
Jun 14
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The physician’s office staff recognized in June that goes above and beyond in providing excellent service both to their patients and to KRMC is Dr. Stan Allen’s office.
Located at 1739 Beverly Avenue, Suite 108, Kingman, Arizona 86409, this team consistently shows great customer service with positive attitudes and has excellent teamwork.
A tray of freshly baked cookies from KRMC’s Nutrition Services department and a banner were provided as a thank-you for their great service.
Pictured from Left to right: Karolynn Grimes, Dennise Robison, and Stephanie Spendlove.
Jun 13
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Physician Services is the support team for the employed and contracted practices with KRMC.
This group includes the directors that provide the immediate support; the business office staff provides the financial support; the referral staff provides a centralized referral base; and the patient services reps provide back-up coverage to all of these practices as well as the phone and front desk coverage for the Cerbat practice.
Jun 12
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This month we are saying goodbye to our graduating class and sending them on their way to a bright, successful, and rewarding future.
Our Emergency Medicine graduates
Dr. Bryant Boyack will be practicing medicine in the ER at John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital and Deer Valley Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.
Dr. David Buckwalter will be moving with his wife and three children to Casper, Wyoming, where he has accepted a position with Emergency Medical Physicians at Wyoming Medical Center.
Dr. Shem Rode will be moving to Yakima, WA with his wife and two sons to continue practicing medicine at Yakima Regional Hospital.
Dr. Travis Washut will continue practicing medicine in the ER dept at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming.
Our Family Medicine graduates
Dr. Amy Archer is fulfilling a life-long dream and will be going active duty as a Major in the US Air Force. She will be stationed at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana.
Dr. Michael Brown will continue practicing medicine at Southwest Family Practice in Buckeye, and will live in Phoenix with his wife and two year-old son.
Dr. Darren Jenkins will be continuing his practice back home in Utah and is looking forward to being with his wife and ten children!
Dr. Christine Tymczyna is happily joining Healthy Outlook Family Medicine in Central Phoenix starting in November. She and her fiancé are expecting their first baby in late August.
We will miss them all and wish them every happiness.
Jun 11
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Shirley Bedow
June’s volunteer of the month is Shirley Bedow. Shirley has been a volunteer at KRMC for two and a half years. Since starting at KRMC, Shirley has given over 2,350 hours of her time to the hospital volunteer program.
Shirley was born in a small town in Ohio where she lived until she was eleven. From there she spent time in Pennsylvania and California before settling in Kingman in 1970.
Shirley made a career out of being a banker. She spent her first 16 years in town working for Valley National Bank. After that she worked for Harrah’s for the next eighteen years.
Jun 11
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Our gift shop is entirely run by volunteers, from the buyers, to the cashiers, to the ladies that dust the shelves and put out the wonderful merchandise. It is a non-profit shop; therefore, there is no sales tax charged to the customers. The money that the gift shop makes is used to benefit KRMC through donations of purchased equipment for the hospital departments and scholarships for students pursuing careers in medical fields.
The gift shop offers a wide variety of merchandise: fresh flowers, baby items, greeting cards, candy, balloons, stuffed animals, jewelry and other personal items. The buyer is always looking for new and different items to offer in the shop.
The shop also carries used books for sale. The books are all donated by KRMC staff and other members of the community. All the money made from the sale of used books is placed in the Scholarship fund for college students. Donations of used books are always welcome.
The gift shop hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:45 PM and Saturday and Sunday noon to 4:00. Stop by to see the specials, gift ideas and fun shopping.
Jun 10
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Dr. Lyanna LaFredo is our featured physician for June. As a medical doctor specializing in pediatrics, she is an expert in providing preventive care, as well as treating illness and injury in infants, children, and adolescents.
Dr. LaFredo was born and raised in the Philippines, in the northern town of Dagupan. Even as a child she was fascinated with science and the human body; she knew she wanted to become a doctor. She attended the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, where she was accepted to a program for accelerated students. After graduating, she moved to the United States. Dr. LaFredo completed her residency at the State University of New York in Buffalo. Before coming to Kingman, she practiced in Columbia, South Carolina.
Jun 09
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Debbie DeMarce
Debbie DeMarce is June’s employee of the month. Debbie has been working for Kingman Regional Medical Center for four years. She came to KRMC from Lake Havasu Regional after spending 26 years there as a microbiologist.
Debbie was born and raised in South Dakota. She completed college and moved to Bismarck to start her career, but decided that the cold was not something she wanted to deal with any more.
After making up her mind to see what warm weather felt like on a consistent basis, she ended up working for Lutheran Hospital, which owns non profit hospitals through out the country. While working for Lutheran Hospital she spent time in Wyoming before eventually settling in Lake Havasu.
May 11
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Electronic Medical Records are Coming!
Over the next year and a half, you’ll be seeing some changes in the hospital’s inpatient areas, as well as in local physicians’ offices.
These changes are part of our changeover to an EMR (Electronic Medical Records) system.
The purpose of using an EMR system is to make it much easier for medical professionals to get access to important information in patient’s medical and treatment history, as well as to facilitate tracking of treatments.
We’ll update you as we progress, so stay tuned for more information!
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