HAYWARD MEMORIAL ACCEPTS DONATION FROM ELIZABETH MINISTRY

On behalf of the Hayward Area Memorial Hospital, nurse manager, Trina Sjostrom and CEO, Tim Gullingsrud accepted a check from Dar Carson and Father Phil Juza and many members of the St. Joseph’s Elizabeth Ministry. The Elizabeth Ministry’s $1000 donation will be used to purchase a hospital grade breast pump for the Hospital’s Obstetrics Department.

The breast pump will be available to all new mothers during their stay at the hospital. Mothers who may not be able to breast feed their babies directly or who may need instruction on using a breast pump will benefit from the availability of this equipment.

The Elizabeth Ministry also provides a gift bag to all single mothers or married mothers in need, following the delivery of her baby at Hayward Memorial Hospital. Started locally in June 1999, the Elizabeth Ministry provides a variety of services to mothers, children and families.  
 

HAYWARD HOSPITAL REQUIRING PHOTO IDENTIFICATION AT ADMISSION

Properly identifying patients is the first step to patient safety in any health care facility. Throughout the health care industry the improper identification of patients results in medication, transfusion and testing errors and wrong person procedures. The Hayward Area Memorial Hospital takes patient safety very seriously and has many systems in place to make sure that patients are properly identified from the point of admission to the time they are discharged.

The first opportunity to properly identify a patient is during the admission process.

“If you are a patient age 16 or older you will be asked to present photo identification during the admission process,” explains Tim Gullingsrud, Hayward Area Memorial Hospital CEO. “If you do not have photo identification with you, we will continue with the admission process and you will be asked to bring photo identification with you to your next visit.”

For patients unable to admit themselves a family member will be asked to provide the patient’s photo identification and all other information required at admission.

Acceptable forms of photo identification include state driver’s license, state identification card, tribal identification card, United States uniformed service identification card, United States Passport, Certificate of Naturalization and student identification cards. In addition to a photo, the identification card should also include first and last name, middle initial and date of birth.

Any Wisconsin resident may request a photo identification card. There is no age limit on the card and they can be obtained at a Department of Motor Vehicle service center. Applicants will be asked to provide proof of name, identity and United States citizenship, as well as date of birth and social security number. Applications and more information about state photo identification cards are available at www.dot.wisconsin.gov

Once registered the registration staff will place an armband on your wrist. This armband includes unique patient identifying information such as: patient name, date of birth, admitting physician’s name, medical record number and date of service.

“Each time you obtain services from our hospital we consider this a new visit requiring you to complete the admission process,” says Gullingsrud. “Even patients receiving ongoing services, such as chemotherapy, are required to register at the front desk, show photo identification and receive an armband with their pertinent information.”

The next step of proper patient identification occurs every time the patient comes in contact with hospital personnel. The staff of Hayward Area Memorial will ask the patient’s name and date of birth before administering any medical service, procedure, distributing medication or blood products.

“We know that this process may seem cumbersome and unnecessary for a small town hospital, where we know so many of our patients,” says Gullingsrud. “However, the procedures are standard practices in all medical facilities throughout the country. The systems are in place to protect all patients and we train our staff to follow the steps with each and every person.”

Accurately identifying patients in health care facilities provides proper medical treatment and reduces medical identity theft and insurance fraud.

“When you enter our hospital for services be prepared to present your personal identification and be patient with our staff when they verify your identity throughout your care in our facility,” said Gullingsrud. “We strive to provide high quality, compassionate health care to people of the Hayward area. Patient safety is our highest priority.”

  ENHANCED SERVICES

Hayward Area Memorial Hospital has increased its chemotherapy and pain intervention programs. Increasing these important services will make it possible for people to receive them without traveling long distances.

NEW BUILDINGS OPENED

  HAYWARD AREA MEMORIAL AND WATER'S EDGE HIRES EXECUTIVE CHEF

 Scott Maanum has accepted a position of executive chef of Hayward Area Memorial Hospital and Water’s Edge. The position of executive chef is a new one for the local health care organization.
 

Maanum has an extensive background in the restaurant industry. He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde Park, New York. He has worked directly with LeeAnn Chin, founder of the chain of restaurants that features her name. He helped her develop a restaurant and catering business in southeast St. Paul. More recently Maanum served as the Executive Chef of the Turtleback Country Club, in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
 

Maanum is involved with the planning of the new kitchen and dining room that will be housed in the Heritage Building (former Hayward Nursing Home) in the near future.
Introducing new menu items and food service styles are top priorities for the facility’s new chef. Concentrating on the Bistro, assisted living and care center dining areas first, Maanum will begin making changes on the hospital food service program once the new kitchen is established.