The event honors employees celebrating milestone anniversaries, those with distinguished professional achievements and members of teams and departments that achieved outstanding results in the previous year.
Those honored for 40 years of service were Susan Cox, Pediatrics; Minnie Jones, Surgical Services; Mary Maire, Vice President and Corporate Compliance Officer; Jackie Newby, Senior Director of Risk Management; Linda Studard, Rehabilitation Services; and Billy Thomas, Plant Facilities.
Those honored for 35 years of service were: Faye Cummings, Patient Financial Services; Martha Denmon, Registration; Karen Foster, Specialty Nursing; Elaine Holcomb, Medical Nursing; Nancy Lary, Family Medicine Residency; Denise Nelson, Coordinated Care; Brenda Spires, Women’s and Children’s Services; Evelyn Storey, Laboratory; and Janice Swinford, The Breast Center
Those honored for 30 years of service were: Maxine Cochran, Heyman HospiceCare; Mary Givens, Women’s and Children’s Services; Janet Hare, Surgical Nursing; and President and CEO Kurt Stuenkel.
Those honored for 25 years of service were: Renee Brooks, Information Technology; Sharon Corntassel, Registration; Keith Hannay, M.D., Family Medicine Residency; Susan Ingram, Administration; Anne Jacobs, Women’s and Children’s Services; Terry Jones, Women’s and Children’s Services; and Dixie Manis, Imaging Services.
Those honored for 20 years of service were: Karen Agbonghae, Rehabilitation Services; Stacy Beard, Surgical Nursing; Nellie Brooks, Surgical Services; Debbie Fisher, Neuroscience Nursing; Robert Holcombe, M.D., Urgent Care; Katherine Jackart, Registration; Edith Janes, Surgical Services; Dow Jones, Information Technology; Donna Kerwood, Women’s and Children’s Services; Diane Kew, Plant Facilities; Also, Elaine Lanier, Pharmacy; Brenda Lewis, Patient Financial Services; Kim McAdams, Information Technology; Cindy McElwee, Patient Financial Services; Sherry McFry, Women’s and Children’s Services; Teresa Parker, Critical Care; Kay Peoples, Women’s and Children’s Services; Joy Redden, Rehabilitation Services; Debra Smith, Critical Care; Dawn Truett, Women’s and Children’s Services; and Janet Wills, Heyman HospiceCare.
Those honored for 15 years of service were: Debra Adams, Cardiac Care; Sharon Barger, Laboratory; Donna Casey, Patient Financial Services; Ginger Cochran, Rehabilitation Services; Steve Cooper, Plant Facilities; Jane Downs, Surgical Services; Melinda Floyd, Health Information Management; Debbi Garrett, Women’s and Children’s Services; Michele Garrison, Health Information Management; Katie Grodeman, Outpatient Surgery Center; Lisa Harris, Primary Care; Jill Hawkins, Sleep Disorders Center; Bridgett McKinney, Rehabilitation Services; Marcia Nugent, Rehabilitation Services; Cindy Owens, Neuroscience Nursing; Darlene Perry, Outpatient Surgery Center; Greg Polley, Vice President; Teresa Prevost, Revenue Management; Michelle Reynolds, Health Information Management; Sonny Rigas, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating; Tommy Roberson, Imaging Services; Erlinda Sabater, Surgical Nursing; Dee Shedd, Women’s and Children’s Services; Cindy Shepherd, Pharmacy; Jeff Thompson, Cardiopulmonary Services; Larry Tucker, M.D., Urgent Care; Christy Vernon, Cardiopulmonary Services; Stacy Watters, Urgent Care; Dolly West, Primary Care; Millisa Whatley, Surgical Services; and Pat Witt, Guest Relations.
Those honored for 10 years of service were: Robin Ables, Plant Facilities; Deborah Adams, Pharmacy; Markeita Anderson, Laboratory; Gregg Baumgartner, Rehabilitation Services; Brand Beacham, Information Technology; Heather Bishop, Rehabilitation Services; Tim Champion, Emergency Care Center; Crystal Chapman, Cardiopulmonary Services; Marc Clement, Imaging Services; Angie Conner, Women’s and Children’s Services; Dana Cook, Critical Care; Melissa Cornwell, Quality Management; Lori Depew, Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation; Lisa Dutton, Coordinated Care; Teresa Faloon, Health Information Management; Shauna Ford, Rehabilitation Services; Bill Fortenberry, Public Relations; Nathan Fox, Materials Management; Renati Freeman, Physician Billing; Judy Fuqua, Infusion Therapy; Cyndi Guy, Registration; Chris Hearne, Plant Facilities; Shana Hopper, Outpatient Surgery Center; Laurie Hughes, Women’s and Children’s Services; Nicole King, Registration; Angela Kornick, Patient Financial Services; Cindy Landers, Emergency Care Center; Lori Leonard, Occupational Health Services; Shirley Lindsey, Central Scheduling; Charles Little, Cardiac Care; Lisa H. Maddox, Critical Care; Mandy Mathis, Critical Care; J. LeBron McBride, PhD., Family Medicine Residency; JaySonya McElrath, Cardiac Care; Jamie McKnight, Outpatient Surgery Center; Dulcy Minter, Primary Care; Tracy Morgan, Outpatient Surgery Center; Jason Morris, Information Technology; Cherie Norris, Accounting; Robin Oglesby, Cardiopulmonary Services; Tara L. Oyler, Imaging Services; Jennie Pruitt, Public Relations; Holly Reed, Cardiac Care; Angela Shelley, Behavioral Health; Amber Spann, Primary Care; Margaret Stewart, Patient Financial Services; Linda Thomaston, Critical Care; Karen Timberlake, M.D., Primary Care; Gayle Towe, Heyman HospiceCare; Teresa Turner, Registration; Torrie Twilley, Cardiac Catheterization Lab; Debbie Ullery, Primary Care; Emily Vaughn, Heyman HospiceCare; Jim Worrell, Plant Facilities; and Paige York, Revenue Management.
Six Floyd employees were honored with video tributes as 2011 Floyd Heroes: Nancy Bell, Salisa Bell, Bill Fortenberry, Summer Hullender, Kathy Pierce and Jennifer Williams. Heroes are Floyd employees who go above and beyond their daily responsibilities by consistently exceeding the organization’s Service Standards and leading by example both at work and in the community.
FMC recognizes teams, departments
The Public Relations Department received the President’s Award at FMC’s annual Celebration of Service.
The President’s Award, selected by Stuenkel and awarded to an individual, department or team that has contributed significantly to the organization’s strategic initiatives, was awarded to the Public Relations Department, led by Haley Walker, Director, and Donna Braden, Manager, and including Daniel Bevels, Rebekah Carr, Bill Fortenberry, Mark Hannah, Jennie Pruitt, Ryan Smith and Lenae Sneed.
Specifically, Stuenkel cited the department’s role in three key projects: the selection of Floyd Medical Center to operate Polk Medical Center, the organization’s ongoing Lean Six Sigma performance improvement initiatives and the Save the Dolls! breast health awareness public relations campaign.
The Executive Team Award, selected by Floyd’s executive leadership, was awarded to Tracy Farmer, Director of the Floyd Outpatient Surgery Center. Farmer was recognized for her leadership skills, clinical expertise and dedication to customers.
The Floyd Physician of the Year, which is awarded to the Floyd physician who has provided leadership, demonstrated outstanding support of the organization and its mission, exhibited outstanding clinical skills and provided compassionate patient care that goes well beyond expectations, resulting in excellent patient satisfaction, was presented to Dr. Anne Cowan, medical director for the Preoperative Evaluation Clinic.
The Department of the Year is selected by the organization’s Operations Council, comprised of department directors. Tifani Kinard, Director of the Emergency Care Center, accepted the award on behalf of the department, which sees more than 72,000 patients annually and recently opened a new entrance. The ECC is in the process of a multi-phased construction project that will increase capacity from 32 patient beds to 50.
The Physician Practice of the Year, which honors the Floyd physician practice that achieves success by exhibiting outstanding performance in four areas: quality measures, patient satisfaction, financial measures and organizational support, was presented to Floyd Primary Care and Center for Diabetes, the offices of Brad Ward, M.D., and Ann Ward, M.D.
The recipient of the Patient Satisfaction Improvement Award, which goes to the department with the greatest improvement in patient satisfaction scores, as measured by Press Ganey Associates, during the past 12 months, was the Inpatient Surgery department.
The recipient of the Patient Satisfaction Excellence Award, which goes to the department with the highest patient satisfaction scores, as measured by Press Ganey Associates, during the past 12 months, was Heyman HospiceCare.
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