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Upland Hills Health offers delicious lesson
to area church camp |
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| Fifty-three hot and enthusiastic
young church campers hiked to Upland Hills Health
last week for a quick and tasty presentation by
the Hospital’s Nutrition Services Staff.
Campers munched on apple & dip snacks and milk
while Director Liz Berkey, RD presented the importance
and components of good nutrition. |
| Patricia Lawson, Director of Marketing & Community
Relations explained, “If we teach children
healthy habits while they’re young we can
help our community to stay healthier. We were happy
to have the opportunity to reach out to these children.” |
| The Church Campers were part of the
Grace Lutheran Church Vacation Bible school program.
Each child went home with a bag of goodies that
included a sport water bottle and packets of sunscreen. |
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Surgeon comes home to join staff at Dodgeville
hospital |
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| Dr. Michael McGauley has returned
to his hometown to become the third surgeon
on staff at Upland Hills Health. |
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| He will work in the general
surgery field to relieve the workload and
help patients schedule surgeries on a timely
basis. |
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| A graduate of Dodgeville High
School, he was the son of Dennis and Beverly
McGauley. His mother was involved in medicine
here for about 18 years, as an ICU nurse
at the hospital. |
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| After high school, McGauley
joined the military. He was gone for three
years working in Army Intelligence on the
East Coast and in Germany. |
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| After military service, he
attended the UW-Platteville for four years
and graduated in 1996 with a degree in zoology. |
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Upland Hills Health & Southwest Wisconsin
Area Health Education Center team up to improve care
of Hispanic patients |
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| In a focused effort to better serve
the Hispanic residents in our community, Upland
Hills Health and Southwest WI AHEC (Area Health
Education Center) co-sponsored an initiative to
train and increase awareness with area caregivers. |
| Efforts included developing Spanish
resources; training nursing, social services, clinic
and emergency personnel in basic Spanish language
skills to overcome initial barriers; and providing
admission documents that are translated into
Spanish. |
| A survey was conducted of Upland
Hills Health departments and area agencies to determine
the Spanish resources currently available and what
is needed. The results are available
to all agencies to promote the sharing of resources. |
| For more information about this project
and the grant that funds it contact Michelle Helin,
RN, Staff Education Coordinator at Upland Hills
Health, 608-930-8000. |
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Upland Hills Health as featured in the
July 17, 2006 issue of U.S. News & World Report. |
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| Not far to the west of Madison,
in the town of Dodgeville, Upland Hills Health
gives rural people the same highquality of
care they’d get in the city. |
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patients from birth through their retirement
years, providing everything from top-level
clinical treatment to helpful preventive
education, this medical facility is here
for its community. This is a small critical
access hospital with a remarkable range of
services. “People think they have to
go to Madison, but they really don’t,” says
Patricia Lawson, director of marketing and
community relations for Upland Hills Health. “They’ll
find a commitment to healthcare excellence
right here.” |
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Upland Hills Hospice receives $1000 donation
from Circle of Hope Bracelet sales |
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| A unique and visible connection
between women fighting cancer—Circle
of Hope Bracelets are responsible for the
recent $1000.00 donation made to Upland Hills
Hospice. |
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| Founded by a jewelry designer,
this community service organization is dedicated
to supporting cancer research, awareness
and education programs. |
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Upland Hills Health identified as qualified
site for Respiratory Therapist Clinical Rotations |
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| Based on the program, diagnostics,
equipment and processes implemented in their Cardiopulmonary
Services department, Upland Hills Health was recently
approved for Respiratory Therapist Clinical Rotations
in the collaborative program between Southwest Technical
College in Fennimore and Western Wisconsin Technical
College in LaCrosse. |
| A matter of convenience, area RT (Respiratory
Therapist) students will no longer have to travel
to Madison hospitals to complete their training. “Upland
Hills Health employs the same processes and technology
as the big hospitals”, stated John Mason RT,
Director of Cardiopulmonary Services, “we just
don’t have the volume or subspecialties needed
in a major metropolitan area.” |
| After reviewing hospital facilities
throughout Southwest Wisconsin, only Upland Hills
Health met the required standards. |
| For more information on the Southwest
Technical College’s Respiratory Therapy curriculum
contact Student Services at 1-800-362-3322 ext 2354. |
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Girl Scout Troop 521 completes cuddly
service project |
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| Pediatric patients of Upland
Hills Health can take comfort in the cuddly
donation made by Girl Scout Troop 521. In
June the troop donated customized teddy bears
as gifts for children staying in the hospital. |
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Upland Hills Health donates ITD technology
to Area EMS squads |
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| In an effort to increase survival
rates of cardiac arrest patients Upland Hills
Health purchased advanced medical devices
called ITDs—Impedance Threshold Devices—for
area EMS squads. |
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| The ITD increases circulation
by regulating air flow into the lungs during
the chest compression phase of CPR. The device
has been shown to dramatically and significantly
increase blood return to the heart and blood
flow to the vital organs during CPR. Increasing
blood flow until the heart can be restarted
is critical to improving patient survival
rates with good neurological function. |
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Q Pod ITD dramatically improves survival rates
of cardiac arrest patients |
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Upland Hills Health selected as test site
for “Triage Tuesday” state trauma program |
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| If you or family members are
brought to Upland Hills Health by ambulance
you may be tagged! It’s all part of
a state-wide effort to raise the level of
preparedness for large scale events that
could involve many trauma patients. By implementing
the tagging process on a regular basis—Tuesdays—Upland
Hills Health Emergency Services will be able
to hone the hospital’s trauma care
skills—offering the community even
more effective care in the event of an emergency. |
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Nutrition Services adds state-of-the-art
precision to hospital’s weight management services |
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Health nutrition professionals are now
armed with the accuracy of an indirect
calorimeter to measure an individual’s true metabolic
rate. By conducting a simple breath test, they
are able to measure an individual’s
resting metabolic rate. |
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| Resting metabolic rate can
account for up to 75% of the calories a person
burns each day. This scientifically determined
rate helps caregivers establish the patient’s
best calorie intake to assist in reaching
their weight and health goals. |
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Upland
Hills Health new service enables caregivers
to
calculate
resting metabolic rate with a simple
breathing test. |
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Upland Hills Health Cardio-Pulmonary Rehab
patients participate in the 7th Annual Hearts of Gold
Games |
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| Eleven Cardiac
Rehab patients and their significant others
traveled to the Ho-Chunk Wellness Center
in Baraboo Wisconsin for the 7th Annual Heart
of Gold Games on April 6, 2006. There were
104 participants from nine different Cardiac
Rehab Centers throughout Southwest Wisconsin. |
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Goebel joins Upland Hills Health team
as staff pharmacist |
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| A 2005 Graduate
of the prestigious University of Wisconsin
School of Pharmacy, Alison Goebel joined
the Upland Hills Health pharmacy services
team in March 2006. Prior to her position
as staff pharmacist at the hospital, Goebel
worked in retail pharmacy for Wal-Mart. |
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| A Southwest Wisconsin native,
having grown up in Darlington, Goebel sites
the career change as a positive one both
personally and professionally. “I really
enjoy being part of a team—working
with doctors and nurses—to provide
the best care possible for patients,” explains
Goebel, “at the same time I am just
minutes from home and able to raise my children
in a family-friendly community.” |
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noted the addition of Goebel as a staff pharmacist
demonstrates the hospital’s continued “dedication
to developing quality health care services
for the community.” |
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Alison
Goebel at work in the Upland Hills
Health Pharmacy
Services department. |
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