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LVPG quality honors
Rebecca Odorizzi, D.O., and medical assistant Nancy Rogers of Hamburg Family Practice use an electronic monitoring system to ensure patients is properly screened for conditions like hypertension and breast cancer. The system helped Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG) have the highest rate for hypertension control among Pennsylvania practices and improve mammography screening rates by 22 percent. LVPG received the Keystone Health Care Quality Award from Quality Insights and is the first physician practice to speak at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s quality conference.  

Safe surgeries
Anesthetist Paul Evans gives patients antibiotics one hour before surgery because it lowers the risk for infection. To ensure we do this for all surgery patients, we developed a computer system that reminds us to administer medication and helps us find the best antibiotic. It’s why we earned a 2008 Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) Award recognizing achievements in patient care technology. 

Best of the best
For the third straight year, Lehigh Valley Magazine readers voted Trexlertown Family Medicine the best family medicine practice in the Valley. Their secret to success: “Patients tell us they really like the doctors and nurses who work here,” says medical director David Glueck, M.D., here with Morgan Heist of Wescosville. “They’re always willing to help and all are extremely caring and professional.” Another advantage: the center offers a wide array of services, including comprehensive care for patients of all ages and easy access to lab and imaging services inside the Health Center at Trexlertown.

Take me out to the ball game
Ferrous, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs' lovable mascot, visited Lehigh Valley Hospital—17th and Chew’s transitional skilled unit (TSU) to bring some good cheer and a little excitement to patients. Linda Lofft of Easton was one of more than 30 patients who came to the TSU dining room to take part in the entertainment, which also included some fun foods and baseball-themed music.

Island party
When 6C technical partner Beth Hartline (left) asked Colleen Geiger (right) about her tan, she learned that Geiger had to cut her island vacation short due to illness. So Hartline and Heather Hernandez, R.N. (not pictured) brought Geiger’s vacation to her. They held a luau in her room, decorating it with beach balls and blow-up palm tress. “Seeing her smile was our reward,” Hartline says.  

Root for the home team
Members of the Philadelphia Force professional women's softball team and team mascot Belle recently helped to cheer up children in LVH—Cedar Crest’s pediatrics unit. Armed with stuffed teddy bears and monkeys, the team coaxed a smile from Kaylyn, who became quick friends with the Force.

Hospice certification
Lehigh Valley Hospice is now the only hospice in our region certified by the National Institute of Jewish Hospice. Ruth Fillebrown, R.N., Rita Grillo, R.N., Rose Ackerman, and Father Tim Hasenecz recently completed training offered by the institute in the preferences of Jewish patients at the end of life. This fall they plan to teach colleagues what they learned.

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