Wednesday, July 22, from noon to 1 pm in Medical Education Rooms a and B

Save the Date

IRMC and VALIC are offering a Personal 

Financial Planning Seminar series to all 

staff.  The first of the series is scheduled for 

Wednesday, July 22, from noon to 1 pm  

in Medical Education Rooms A and B

.  

The session will provide an overview of 

planning for financial security, including 

retirement planning, cash  

management, and  

more. Seating is  

limited to the first  

30 registrants,  

so please register  

in advance. 

To register, go to  

my.valic.com/seminars 

 

and enter the code  

IRMVER11AA; call ext. 1123,  

or visit the VALIC  

representative  

in Human Resources.

IRMC recently welcomed 20 new  

medical students from The Florida State  

University College of Medicine. It is the 

eighth year IRMC has participated in the 

educational program. In June 2000, The  

FSU College of Medicine was created with 

the mission of serving the unique needs  

of Floridians. It was designed as a  

community-based medical school with 

regional locations in Orlando, Pensacola,  

Sarasota and Tallahassee. Additional  

campuses in Daytona Beach and Fort Pierce 

opened in April 2007. 

Medical students shadow physicians 

both in and out of the hospital to learn 

clinical knowledge as well as the beauty of 

building relationships with the community. 

Approximately half pursue primary care  

specialties (Family Medicine, Internal  

Medicine, and OB/GYN).

“Many of our Fort Pierce students have 

family ties to Indian River County and South 

Florida,”  said Juliette Lomax-Homier, MD, 

Indian River Medical Center Welcomes 20 New FSU Medical Students

Front row, left to right: Tamara Marryshow Granados, Janina Rojas, Alisa Newman, Torrie Reynolds, Catalina Zapata and 

Jane-Elyse Henkel. Middle row, left to right: Jalpa Patel, Shanique Wilson, Krysten Sherrod, Dorty Morency, Diana Mosquera, 

Ginger Baker, Crystal Harrison. Back row, left to right: Alexander Herbst, Dejon Maloney, Travis Larson, Henry Huson, Myron 

Rolle, Kai Chen and Evan Combs.

FACOG, Dean, Fort Pierce Regional Campus, 

The Florida State University College of  

Medicine.  “Since 2007, IRMC has helped  

educate and develop exemplary physicians  

who practice patient-centered healthcare 

and are responsive to local community needs.”

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The Right Care Right Here

VOLUME 7  

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  NUMBER 13  

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July 16 2015

An electronic newsletter for our employees and friends

Available at www.IndianRiverMedicalCenter.com, under ‘Staff Tools’ 

IRMC and Walgreens now partner to 

offer a convenient bedside delivery option 

for patients upon discharge.

With a full-time Walgreens 

Bedside Liaison rounding our 

units, patients can have their 

prescriptions filled quickly and 

delivered directly to their room 

prior to being discharged,  

eliminating an extra stop  

between hospital and home.

“We see this partnership  

as a real boost in convenience  

to our patients,”  said Bruce 

Madara, RPh, CPh, IRMC  

Pharmacy Director.  “Beyond providing 

an easy, time-saving option for obtaining 

prescriptions and supplies, the Walgreens 

Bedside Delivery program can help improve 

patients’ compliance to take medications as 

prescribed by their physicians, which in turn, 

can help speed recovery.”

 Patients who want the  

Walgreens bedside service fill  

out a request form. This form  

and the prescriptions are faxed  

to Walgreens by a nurse or  

Walgreens Bedside Liaison.  

Walgreens handles insurance  

authorization, then fills and 

delivers the order directly to the 

patient. If a patient is ready to be 

discharged, and would like to pick 

up medications on the way home, 

prescriptions can be faxed to a Walgreens 

store. If another pharmacy is preferred by 

the patient, the next refill can be transferred 

back to the patient’s pharmacy of choice.

IRMC Partners with Walgreens for Bedside  

Prescription Delivery

July 22nd

Remember: Wash Your Hands! 

Do you know a healthcare professional 

who deserves special recognition? Someone 

who truly makes a difference in the lives 

of the people they serve? Well, here’s your 

chance to nominate that hero.

Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm.com  

are presenting the sixth  

Annual Health Care  

Champions Awards.  

Finalists are recognized  

at an awards ceremony  

on Thursday, Oct. 1, at the  

Port St. Lucie Civic Center.  

Deadline for making  

nominations is Thursday, July 30

.

A panel of judges made up of  

healthcare leaders from major Treasure  

Coast hospitals will select the finalists from 

the nominations. 

To review the nomination categories 

and make a nomination, visit  

www.tchealthcarechampions.com

 or  

facebook.com/healthcarechampions

.

Construction to restore our three  

concrete stair-towers begins on Monday,  

July 20. The restoration will begin outside  

the 5th floor east tower and move down 

as each landing is completed. Work will 

proceed to the north and south towers. 

Completion of the project is expected in 

early October.

Engineering will provide a weekly 

schedule to nursing leadership identifying 

areas that could be impacted by noise or 

vibration, said Bob Michael, CHFM,  

Director of Facilities.  

Workers will utilize 

three parking  

spaces in the  

southeast corner  

of the overflow 

parking lot for  

materials. We will 

also be barricading two parking spaces 

directly south of the flag pole for staging 

debris removal.   

Construction Update

Employees Receive Honors

Life and Disability Insurance Changes to Cigna

Human Resources announced that we 

have changed our life and disability carrier 

from Reliance Standard to Cigna effective 

July 1, 2015.  This change is seamless for our 

participants. Participants have the same  

benefits and deductions. All that has 

changed is the carrier.  

For any questions about this or to 

review/update your beneficiary designation 

form, please contact your HR team at ext. 1125.

Richard Roozen, Director, Food 

and Nutrition Services, was honored 

as a finalist for the Premier award for 

Illuminating Excellence in Washington, 

D.C. IRMC ranked in the top 10 of 

1,600 hospitals.

The award was based on patient  

satisfaction scores, cost controls and 

positive press. IRMC has had patient 

satisfaction scores in the upper  

90th percentile for its food services 

for the past eight years, fueled by full 

hotel-style room service and comfort 

foods with a gourmet touch. Costs are 

kept reasonable by changing up products  

to outperform inflation, flexible staffing, a  

profitable retail program and more. Both  

the food critic at TCPalm and an article in  

Vero Beach Magazine praised IRMC’s food, 

calling it  “outstanding”  and  “meals worthy  

of a gourmet restaurant.”

Curtis Carpenter, RT, (R)(CT), has 

performed CPR on patients as part of his job 

in the hospital. But he never expected to be 

part of a chain of events that would have him 

performing CPR on a man in a canal recently 

and helping to save a life.

Dick Gower of Indian River Estates 

was taking his daily walk when he lost his 

balance and stumbled over the edge of an 

embankment. Carpenter, who found himself 

in the right place at the right time, was able to 

perform CPR on Gower at the scene, reviving 

the unresponsive man before an Indian River 

Fire Rescue emergency medical crew arrived 

to transport him to the hospital.

“I’ve been certified in CPR for 10 years 

and I had performed it before in the hospital, 

but never in a situation like this, ” Curtis said 

in an interview with local media.  “So to be 

able to bring someone back…It was the most 

unbelievable thing that’s ever happened to 

me.”

Curtis was honored by his fellow 

employees in Imaging Sciences in late June 

with a luncheon that included a cake in the 

shape of a Lifesaver, said Amanda Parker, 

Manager, Diagnostic Imaging. Curtis received 

a plaque thanking him for  “his brave, selfless 

and courageous act in saving a life.”

Treasure Coast  

Newspapers’  

‘Health Care Champions’

Nomination Deadline 

July 30

From left: David Poe, VP of Foodservice Contracting with Premier, 

Richard Roozen and Bob Juerjens, VP of Operations with Premier.