June 7 - Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, N.H., is now using the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation) initiative to standardize patient handovers.

The nonprofit Institute for Healthcare Improvement calls SBAR “an easy-to-remember, concrete mechanism useful for framing any conversation, especially critical ones, requiring a clinician’s immediate attention and action. It allows for an easy and focused way to set expectations for what will be communicated and how between members of the team, which is essential for developing teamwork and fostering a culture of patient safety.” Patrick Donovan, RN, of APD’s Surgical Services explains that SBAR includes “a clear, concise and consistent record of information” that will be used every time a patient goes from one area of the hospital to another.

June 1 - Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, N.H., is pleased to welcome Rick H. Senn of Fairlee Vt., as Practice Manager of General Surgery at APD.

Senn was most recently a Practice Management Consultant and multi-site Office Manager at St. John’s Mercy Medical Group in St. Louis, where he provided operational support for nine physician practices, set up new practices, and helped implement the organization’s transition to electronic health records. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Service Management from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Alice Peck Day General Surgery (formerly know as the Kroner Clinic), a department of Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, provides a variety of general surgical services and has served the community since 1985.

May 27 -  Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital is pleased to welcome Mindy Wallace, MSN, CRNA, ARNP, FAAPM of Monroe, N.H. to its medical staff. She will be practicing at APD’s new Pain Management Clinic, located at the Homestead Building on the APD campus in Lebanon, starting June 14. Wallace will be providing pain management services for conditions such as arthritis, bone and joint pain, fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain.

Wallace served most recently as a Pain Management provider and Medical Director of the Pain Clinic at Cottage Hospital in Woodsville, N.H.  She was a Nurse Anesthetist at APD from 1995–2000. Wallace received her MS in Nursing at the University of Cincinnati and is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pain Management and a member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the American Academy of Pain Management, and the New Hampshire Association of Nurse Practitioners. To book appointments with her, call (603) 443-9508.

May 10 - Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, N.H., is pleased to announce the engagement of Greenway Medical Technologies of Carrollton, Ga. to begin developing an electronic data management system that will establish Electronic Health Records for clinic patients. The project, estimated to cost over $1 million, will kick off early in May.

“Electronic Health Records have many benefits; they will allow us to improve efficiency and better serve our patients, helping us coordinate data sharing between providers on our campus and offices statewide,” says Lorraine Nichols, Director of Information Services.

Dr. Sheila Feyrer, Medical Director of Informatics, explains: “Our goal is to make it easier to update and access patient information across all areas of their care. We’ll be better able to track individual pieces of information such as laboratory reports and complete medication lists, which will give us a much more efficient and accurate set of records.”

The system will be funded in part by a $720,000 bequest from the estate of the late Mary T. Burke, a long-time Auxiliary member and friend of the hospital who served as a trustee, volunteer, and incorporator.