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8 A SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 Healthcare from 1A According to Yecny, there is a grow- ing need for physicians nationwide. This trend is expected to continue into the future, with a resulting shortage of 20,000 physicians by 2020. In light of that data, Yecny said he thinks Peace Harbor has had good suc- cess in recruiting staff members, adding 13 new providers since January 2016, and dropping the number of clients without physicians from 6,000 to about 2,000. Most of those without physicians will have the opportunity to select one by year’s end. Additionally, OB/GYN Dr. Yvonne Sculley will arrive this month and Family Practice/OB Physicians Dr. Justine Parker and Dr. Jacquline Serrano will be added to the mix in October. “This third forum is to continue the update,” Yecny said. “We have found the process to be a great way for us to be able to communicate with the public that is interested in these topics.” In addition to the positive news regarding staff recruitment, Peace Harbor has secured funding for three successful “Community Health” pro- grams. Yecny is committed to the idea of better health for all, and believes that including different health practitioners into the options available to patients is a benefit. One of the ongoing programs that is financially supported by PHPH is the Points of Grace Acupuncture program at The Wellspring Clinic. “We have deemed that program to be a tremendous success and have refund- ed the program for another year and doubled the funding amount,” Yecny said. “We are underwriting the materials for the program, because this program links directly to access to primary care. We thought if people can get pain relief through an acupuncture clinic, they won’t be demanding visits from our already stretched primary care resources.” The Points of Grace program started out treating approximately 25 patients every other week and now sees 50 or more people a week. The program has treated more than 1,000 patients since its inception. These are patients that PHPH does not have to schedule or treat, freeing up those appointment times for other patients. The second Community Health pro- gram is a new initiative, the Community Paramedic program. Yecny said Western Lane Ambulance District has begun the hiring process for a new community paramedic. “Western Lane has put out a call for applications for the paramedic candidate position,” he said. “This position will be on the ambulance district’s payroll, but we will be funding the position, sort of like subcontracting, for two years.” There is a decided benefit to having EMTs check on recently released patients, according to Yecny, some of whom will need to be readmitted, due to lack of attention or support at home. EMTs in the Community Paramedic program are medically and technically trained. They will be able to do wound care and be a liaison with patients. “This will allow us to more closely monitor patients’ conditions, so if we need to add some addi- tional services, we will be able to do that,” Yecny said. The third Community Health program is a palliative care program, overseen by Dr. Stephen S. Kerner. Kerner specializes in hospice and pal- liative medicine. He is currently work- ing with local assisted living facilities to minimize patient disruption. Kerner achieves this goal by attend- ing to elderly patients at their facility, rather than transporting them to a hospi- tal for non-surgical, non-emergency treatments and check-ups. He has been providing in-home services on a limited basis, but will now be working fulltime on this effort. “Palliative care is for our most frail and elderly patients, and this program assists them with medical directives and working with the family on end of life issues,” Yency said. “Since Dr. Kerner has been participating in the program, we have seen visits to the Emergency Department drop by 40 percent from those facilities and a 25 percent drop in inpatient admissions.” Yecny believes the Community Health programs are part of an overall strategy to reduce stress on his organiza- tion’s provider resources, but also as a way of increasing the options and over- all well being of residents and visitors to Florence. “That’s the benefit of Community Care — providing more access to care to the community. It doesn’t have to be us,” Yecny said. “We can partner with others and make them more successful in their programs and provide more access to care for all of our clients.” Realtors donate to Food Share COURTESY PHOTO From left: Norma Barton, Sarah Quinn and Steve Earnshaw Central Oregon Coast Board of Realtors (COCBR) food drive coor- dinator and Board Secretary Sarah Quinn and Board President Steve Earnshaw presented a check to Norma Barton, executive director of Florence Food Share, from donations received during the annual COCBR Bi-Mart Florence Food Share drive. In addition to cash and check donations, local realtor volunteers also collect- ed 200 pounds of dry and canned goods during this summer’s in- store food drive. The Siuslaw News.com Get Results...List With Brian. Brian Jagoe Principal Broker 541 999-1314 See Jim for your auto sales needs! Hwy 101 #1701 – Sellers plans have changed giving you an op- portunity to own almost an acre of land in Florence for less than $40k. 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