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| Consumers
Choice |
National Research Corporation
(NRC), the leader in health care performance measurement and
improvement, recently announced that Genesys made the list as one of the
nation's top hospitals for quality and image - five years in a row!
The Consumers Choice Award recognizes the top hospitals consumers
have chosen.
Genesys is one of only eight hospitals in the state,
and the only hospital in the area, to receive this award.
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| Governor's Award of
Excellence |
Genesys once again
has received the Governor’s Award of Excellence for improving care
in a hospital setting. This award recognizes Genesys for patient
safety initiatives and quality of care improvements in acute
myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure and pneumonia; its
surgical care improvement project; and health information
technology readiness in computerized physician order entry. The award is
based on clinical data for the 2006 calendar year.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
| Genesys trauma team repairs teen’s broken
body |
 Clarkston High School student Kenny Olson
did not expect to face two life-altering events in two years... two
near death car accidents that led him to Genesys twice.
In March 2005, Kenny suffered major injuries to the left side of
his head and broke many bones in his face when he lost control of
his Grand Am while driving at high speeds in Lansing.
“I
busted up my skull pretty bad,” is how he describes his first
accident. After a few weeks at a hospital in the Lansing area, Kenny was
transferred to the Genesys neuro trauma intensive care unit, which
became the teenager’s residence until he was well enough to begin
the rehabilitation process in the Genesys Inpatient Rehabilitation
Center.
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| First-time parents from Clarkston choose Genesys |
When looking for a hospital and an obstetrician,
Clarkston residents Jennifer and Joel Kortges wanted a place close to
home, a confident and competent physician, and a safe place. They
were happy to find all of this with Genesys and Thomas Wright, DO.
“We talked with our family doctor (Larry Baylis, DO,
family practitioner on staff at Genesys) and he gave us some names of
doctors at two different hospitals,” reports Jennifer. “A friend of
the family who is a doctor drove all the way from Sanilac County
to deliver her babies at Genesys, so we felt that was a good
recommendation.
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| Senior gets new knees in winter, bikes in
summer |
 The summer after her first knee replacement, Flint resident
Joyce Clevenger rode 400 miles on her bike. The next winter she
went back to
Genesys and Mark Dyball, DO, orthopedic surgeon, for
a second knee replacement so she could resume her long distance
bike rides in the
summer.
The retired physical
education (PE) teacher believes her torn up knees are a result of teaching
PE for 28 years. “I guess I showed off to the kids too many times
how I could walk on my knees,” she jokes. “Now I’m paying the
price.” I taught 10 classes a day when I first started teaching –
that’s a lot of jumping jacks!”
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| Senior keeps “goin’ and goin’,” thanks to
Genesys |
 Eighty-four-year-old Iletha Cotton lives in
her own home – happy, comfortable and pain-free – thanks to Genesys
CHOICES, a palliative home care program that helps people like
Iletha who suffer from a serious chronic illness.
A Flint
resident most of her life, Iletha lives with congestive heart
failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and many complications
associated with her medical condition. It is difficult for her to
walk without shortness of breath. Her goal is to stay out of the
hospital as much as possible.
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| Retiree remains breast cancer-free for six
years |
Flushing resident Shirley Orvis was
happy to hear her breast cancer not only was very small, but also was
caught by Genesys doctors in plenty of time.
The tumor
was detected during her annual mammogram. “I’m very fortunate that I
go for my regular mammogram every year,” Shirley points
out.
When she went to Carl Gutekunst, DO, surgeon at Genesys, “I had
the normal apprehensions, but I trusted him. He is very nice, and
he made it so easy for me. And I ran across so many nice people
at Genesys.”
Shirley had a lumpectomy and went home the
same day of her surgery.
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| Back surgery at Genesys provides immediate
relief |
After a bad experience with her mother
at another hospital, Grand Blanc resident Joanne Markwardt checked
out Genesys and is now a Genesys fan for life.
“After
several tests and a lot of frustration (at another hospital), they
couldn’t figure out what was wrong with my mother, so I took her to
Genesys, where she was diagnosed right away!” Joanne retells
her story. “I told myself that if I ever needed surgery, I
definitely would choose Genesys!”
That day came sooner than
expected. “I developed pain in my lower back and it got to the point where
I couldn’t even stand up straight. I couldn’t even bend my head
back in the shower to wash my hair … Leaning on a grocery cart
while I shopped was the only time I felt some relief,” she reflects.
“The pain was affecting every aspect of my life.”
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