The Stevens County Hospital Board met for their monthly meeting December 2.
Board members present were, Kirk Heger, Patty Lahey, Sandra Passmore, Johnnie Denton, Keith Rome, Seth Gillespie and Benny Cabrera.
Also attending were, Linda Stalcup CEO, Dave Piper CFO, Boyet Tablate laboratory, Dawn Maas director of nursing/hospital, Jennifer Featherston long term care unit
nursing, Stacy Helget clinic, Diane Mangels human resources, Jessica Reinerio health information managment, Lynnette Hageman infection control, Judy Lynch radiology, Michelle Martin surgery and Beverly Gerrond from The Hugoton Hermes.
Kirk called the meeting to order. The current agenda with one change and the minutes from the previous meeting were approved.
Dave Piper went over the financial report and reported that all was fairly stable.
Policies and procedures were presented from several departments for approval from the board. After the said policies were explained by each department the board
approved all.
Judy Lynch reported that the radiology department passed inspection with no discrepancies.
Michelle Martin said that the new surgery equipment had arrived and was in use.
Lynnette Hageman stated that some employees had not received their flu shot. She reported that influenza B and Strep had been really bad in October and the first part of November but had leveled off now.
Diane Mangels said that they had been busy with medical and dental open enrollment and
volunteer enrollment.
Dawn stated they still had an opening for night shift nurse. The hospital staff members are doing skills training and will continue through January.
Stacy Helget from the clinic reported that the clinic was really busy. October and early November was mostly flu and strep.
Medical staff credentialing was approved for the following staff. Appointment for Gary Morsch MD, reappointments for Charles Hardison, MD, Timothy Lawton, MD, Douglas Brown, DPM, Samer Al-Hashmi, MD, Lisa Steers, PA-C, Charles Frankum, MD, Matt Steel, CRNA, Shawn LeDoux, MD and Jeffery Lee, MD.
Kirk Heger informed the board that this was his last meeting due to his serving the allotted nine years on the board. He also thanked everyone for their service to the
community.
The meeting continued with Jennifer Featherston reporting that there are 74 residents with three beds available at the Pioneer Manor at this time.
Linda Stalcup started her report with thanking Kirk for his service and everyone present applauded and thanked him. Linda provided pizza and cake for a small party to celebrate. She then gave the report for the hospital and Pioneer Manor.
ER and on-call schedules were reviewed.
There was no old business, new business or public comments.
The board then went into executive session.