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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2016
Health
from 1A
According to Yecny, there are
two reasons for the shift from
physicians to PAs and NPs — a
nationwide doctor shortage and
the medical center’s transition to
a team approach to medical serv-
ices.
Peace Harbor Medical Group
Director of Operations Nena
Harvey reported on how the new
hires were affecting the nearly
6,000 patients that were left
without a primary care provider
due to the shortages.
“We have placed around
3,000 patients. It takes about six
months to get the provider the
full panel of patients. With the
last provider coming in
WLAD
from 1A
“We did that because there
is such a demand on the trans-
fers we do between hospitals.
These patients are sometimes
critically ill,” House added.
Langborg said critical care
training is the level of training
given to Life Flight air ambu-
lance paramedics.
According to Webb, very
few districts have critical care
paramedics.
WLAD has also signed an
intergovernmental agreement
Baskets
from 1A
“Each box costs about $50,
and that includes turkey and all
the food to have a Christmas
dinner, but also eggs and
peanut butter and other staples
so that people have enough
food to have more than one
meal during the holidays,”
Bennett said.
She also pointed out that
another component to the
Soroptimists’ effort is a
toy collection. The need for
toys remains critical but
not as pressing as the need
for cash donations to fill
February, it will probably be
early summer before everyone
gets placed.”
According to Yecny, Each
provider receives a panel of
1,000 to 1,200 patients.
Peace Health Chief Medical
Officer Mark Adams explained
some of the recruiting tactics the
group was using to attract new
providers.
He said, “We try to focus on
candidates that have ties to the
northwest. People who were
either born and raised in Oregon
or have family that lives here.
We have been very successful at
that.”
A member from the audience
asked, “My husband was told he
would have a new primary care
doctor in December. When will
he actually be able to see that
doctor? Would it be January,
February, would it be March?
Would it depend upon how sick
he is?”
Harvey said, “When certain
physicians left, we had projected
how long we thought it would
take to get those patients back in
with a new provider. We put
those projections in a letter and
sent that out to the patient. It has
taken longer than we thought it
would, so not everyone that had
letters stating they would get a
new provider by December is
going to get that by December.
People that are more ill, we are
getting them higher to the top of
the list.”
PeaceHealth Primary Care
System Medical Director Dr.
Robin Virgin talked about the
medical center’s transition to pri-
mary care team based medicine.
Yecny said, “We are one per-
son ahead of the staffing projec-
tions we made at the August
town hall meeting. We have
hired one additional PA.”
He added, “By the end of
February we will be pretty func-
tional as far as getting back to
where we were at least a year
ago.”
According to Yecny, PAs, like
doctors, are able to diagnose and
treat patients, prescribe medicine
and order tests.
“Patients will be taken care of
by a team. Each team member
will work at the top of their
license to take care of patients’
needs,” Yecny said.
Request free native plants
(IGA) with Siuslaw Valley
Fire and Rescue to better coor-
dinate services and informa-
tion sharing, and save money.
“Sometimes when you
blend different mindsets, fire
can be different than para-
medics, Webb said. “We didn’t
want to disrupt that. We want-
ed to maintain that integrity.
“Jim Langborg has been
open minded and accepting of
our culture. Putting Matt
House in charge of the opera-
tion maintains that continuity,
but we can still take advantage
of the experience that the
administration can provide.”
The agreement, signed in
June, is already demonstrating
positive tangible results.
In addition to creating a
fiber
optic
connection
between the two districts and
sharing secure information,
the IGA has the two districts
communicating more closely
to help with emergency situa-
tions.
“There was a situation a few
months ago,” Webb said. “I
was listening to the scanner
and just happened to hear
when multiple calls happened
simultaneously. There was a
car wreck, a fall, a heart
attack, a breathing problem
and a transport out of the air-
port, and a bomb threat all at
once.
“To have one centrally
located command that knew
where all the resources were
and began allocating people
and directing where they
should go quickly was cru-
cial.”
Langborg said, “The goal
(of the IGA) is to continue to
improve services. That is the
crux of what this is about.”
GRAND OPENING
the food baskets.
Coordinator for the toy dis-
tribution, Michelle Fraley,
added that although toys are
not essential they are important
in other ways.
“Ultimately, the toy portion
of the basket project is for fam-
ilies that cannot provide any
toys for their children on
Christmas. We do this so that
when these young people wake
up on Christmas morning, there
will be something under their
tree,” she said.
Fraley expects more than
400 kids will request toys this
year
Linda’s Christmas Trees at
37th Street and Highway 101 is
hosting a food drive to help fill
the Community Baskets today
from 3 to 7 p.m..
Food can be dropped at the
house behind the laundromat
on 37th Street.
Toys can be dropped off at
all local banks, Coastal Fitness,
Hoberg Auto Repair, Shippin’
Shack, Coldwell Banker, West
Coast Auto, Florence Eye
Clinic,Fred Meyer,Sherwin
Tire and Automotive, Three
Rivers Casino Resort, Abel
Insurance, Berkshire Hathaway
Realty, Bi-Mart and Holloway
and Associates.
Toys that are donated will be
distributed at the Church of the
Nazarene on Saturday, Dec. 17,
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Food baskets will be distrib-
uted on a first come, first
served basis at the Siuslaw
Middle School, at 2525 Oak St,
the same day from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m.
To make a financial contri-
bution to help the Soroptomists
Food Basket Program, call
Bennett at 541-991-3455.
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