April 18, 2011

Beaumont adds long-term acute care services through

Select Specialty Hospital at Grosse Pointe
On April 6, Select Specialty Hospital
and Beaumont Hospitals announced
Select will be leaving Henry Ford
Cottage Hospital after five years, for
renovated space within Beaumont
Hospital, Gross Pointe.
The agreement involves Select’s lease
of 30 beds on the third floor of
Beaumont, Grosse Pointe. Expected
to open May 11, the new, highly
specialized medical center will operate
as a hospital within a hospital.
“Our highly specialized, acute-care
hospital staff looks forward to
continuing to provide high-quality
care to patients in our new Beaumont
location,” says Sandra Baumchen,
interim chief executive officer, Select
Specialty Hospital – Grosse Pointe.
“Beaumont and Select Specialty
Hospital share a commitment to
excellence in patient care,” says
Donna Hoban, M.D., senior vice
president and physician-in-chief,
Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe.
“We are pleased to be able to offer a
seamless transition to long-term acute
care for patients at Beaumont and
other hospitals in the community.”
Select Specialty Hospital treats
patients who require a longer acute
care hospitalization for critical
and complex medical and surgical
conditions. The hospital is fully
staffed by physicians, nurses,
See “Select Specialty,” on p. 7.

Beaumont to debut new TV commercials at the end of April

Last month, new Beaumont commercials
were filmed at locations throughout the
area. Set to debut the last week in April,
the commercials include Beaumont team
members in the scenes.
The commercials will have a new look and
feel. Watch Inside Beaumont News
and other communication venues for more
information on the big debut.
On the far right, Bill Dear directs the
shoot. He was the director for Beaumont’s
previous TV commercials as well.

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find inside
Diversity.........................................3 Tigers’ announcer................................7

Whether you’re here for the reputation,
the prestige, the opportunities, the sense of
family or all of the above, it’s your Why
Beaumont story. Every one has one. This is
Beth Scott’s. She works for Helping Hands
through Older Adult Services.
What is it about Beaumont
that made you want to apply to
work here?
My mother died of ovarian cancer
when I was 17. I felt helpless. I
decided that I would work in a
field where I would be able to
help people.
What’s the best thing about
working for Beaumont?
I feel this is my family when I am
away from my family. I have worked
here 24 years and I have encountered
some tragic moments in my life and
Beaumont has never let me down.
Inside Beaumont News
Team members share stories about
choosing Beaumont
Featured story: Beth Scott, Helping Hands
My Beaumont family was there for
me when I needed family the most.
Describe your most memorable
moment at Beaumont?
I have three memorable moments:
First, my first daughter was born here
21 years ago. I was scared because
I needed to have an emergency
C-section. When I returned to my
room, my department had decorated
my entire room. During my stay,
they took turns helping me and my
husband and continued for over a
month when I went home.
Second, my first husband was hit by a
drunken driver. He had a closed head
injury. My current department and
my old departments stood close by
me during those dark days.
Third, I was blessed with a daughter
with Down syndrome in 2006. She
had to stay in the NICU for days
after her birth. The care that my
daughter and our family received
She was very frail and scared. The
Environmental Services attendant
put down her mop, pulled up a chair,
sat next to the patient and held her
hand until she fell asleep. I asked the
attendant, “Aren’t you worried that
your supervisor will yell at you?”
And she said, “It will be well worth
getting yelled at just to watch this
woman fall asleep.” That patient slept
close to six hours. Have you ever
watched Jim at the Medical Office
Building assist patients in and out of
the car and give directions all day?
What a blessing he is. Jim has to
be a crossing guard, police officer,
weight lifter, security officer, watch
dog and counselor all in a day. It is
amazing how wonderful he makes
people feel on a bad day. When
Dr. M. sits with a geriatric patient
or family and answers the same
question over and over again until
the patient and family are comforted.
When nurse Terria says to a geriatric

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Sign up now to bring your child to work on “Kids at Work Day”
Children ages 9 and older of
Beaumont employees are invited
to “Beaumont Kids at Work Day –
Careers in Health Care” on Thursday,
April 28.
Log on to the enrollment portal
in the Employee Corner on Inside
Beaumont Online to register your
child.
Hosted by Human Resources, this
event offers children a chance to
learn about careers in health care and
talk with Beaumont professionals
about their jobs.
Grosse Pointe – Registration is
limited to 50 children and will be
taken on a first-come, first-served
basis. The program begins at 8 a.m.
in the Connelly Auditorium (drop
off begins at 7:30 a.m., all students
Students learn from Laryngectomee Speaks
Ruth Dein, R.N., explains how smoking affects your health to students from Detroit
Country Day Middle School. Left to right: Ruth, Val Jackman, Sanjna Pradhan and
Eric Desai, who is opening a simulated bronchial airway to find out how the lungs work.
must be picked up by 12:30 p.m.).
Students tour areas of the hospital
including an ambulance, radiology,
lab, pharmacy and kitchen as well as
hear presentations on topics related
to health and careers in health care.
Royal Oak – A career fair in the
lobby of the Administration Building
begins at 7 a.m.; a complimentary
breakfast for parents and their
children is from 7 to 9 a.m. in the
Administration Building Dining
Room. Children are also invited to
attend presentations and activities at
28 locations throughout the hospital;
online registration is required and will
be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Presentations end at noon.
Troy – Registration for Kids at Work
Day at Troy is limited to 75 children
and will be taken on a first-come,
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first-served basis. Breakfast and check-
in begin at 7:30 a.m., all kids must
be picked up by noon. The program
begins at 7:45 a.m. in Classrooms 1-4.
The day’s activities include tours with
MidWest Medflight, 4 West Nursing,
Security, Anesthesia and Pediatrics.
The kids will also hear presentations
from Surgical Services and Radiology.
Department participation is
voluntary, and employees must have
their manager’s approval to bring
their children to work. Many areas
may not be appropriate due to risk
management, safety, confidentiality
and other concerns. If department
participation is approved, employees
are responsible for occupying
children’s time while at work.
If you have any questions, call
Human Resources at your campus.
Log on to check
your MET score
Have you checked your MET
lately? If not, log on to the
Health Quotient through
WebMD and get started.
myOptimal Health would like to
learn if those participating in
the M.E.T. program are seeing
results. The Health Quotient
takes about 10 minutes
to complete and provides
information on how to improve
your lifestyle.
Celebrating Diversity: Recognizing Good Friday and Passover
April marks a time of religious
observation for Jews and
Christians alike. Passover, which
is recognized April 19, and Good
Friday, April 22, mark significant
days for each faith.
Passover is the eight-day
observance commemorating the
freedom and exodus of the Israelites,
Jewish slaves, from Egypt during the
reign of Pharaoh Ramses II.
It is a time of family gatherings
and lavish meals called Seders. The
story of Passover is retold through
the readings of the Haggadah, a
religious text that sets out the order
of the Passover Seder. With special
foods, songs and customs, the Seder
is the focal point of the Passover
Webinar takes on varicose veins
you can do to prevent them and the latest treatments for getting rid of or
minimizing their appearance.
Sign up today by visiting www.beaumonthospitals.com.
April 18, 2011
celebration.
Passover begins on the 15th day of
the Jewish month of Nissan. As the
Jewish day begins at sundown the
night before, this year the first night
of Passover is April 18.
Good Friday is the Friday before
Easter, and is traditionally a
time of fasting and penance. It
commemorates the anniversary
of Christ’s crucifixion. Good
Friday observes the sacrificial
“Vericose Veins – You Can Get
Rid of Them After All,” a free Ask
the Doctor webinar, will take place
Wednesday, April 20, at noon.
The webinar features Michael
Bischoff, M.D., board-certified
interventional and diagnostic
radiologist and director of
Beaumont’s Vein Center at
Beaumont, Troy. It will include
a discussion from Dr. Bischoff
on varicose veins, followed by a
question and answer session with
the doctor.
Throughout the webinar you will
learn more about varicose veins,
including the prevalence and
causes of varicose veins, what
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death of Christ, which with the
resurrection, comprises the heart
of the Christian faith.
Good Friday is a day of fasting.
According to the Latin Rite of
the Church, this is understood
as having one full meal and two
smaller meals, which together do not
equal one full meal. Those practicing
are expected to abstain from eating
meat throughout the day.
Many denominations attend church
services on Good Friday. One
service, Stations of the Cross,
reflects on the final hours of Christ.
This leads into the end of the
Lenten season, which is marked by
Easter Sunday, a celebration of the
resurrection of Christ.
Beaumont doctors
talk oncology on
WJR radio show
In case
you
missed it,
Beaumont
doctors
were back On the Leading Edge,
a news radio show brought to
you by Beaumont Hospitals.
Beaumont doctors Nayana
Dekhne, M.D., Harry Wasvary,
M.D., Howard Korman, M.D.,
and Jan Akervall, M.D., were
featured.
The show aired April 14.
You can listen to it at
beaumonthospitals.com/
leadingedge.
Sandra Fritz and Terriah Cole,
nursing assistants at Beaumont,
Grosse Pointe, were nominated for
going above and beyond in caring
for a patient. A developmentally
challenged patient had a complicated
fracture, which required long-term
care at the hospital. Throughout
the patient’s stay Sandra and
Terriah brought in items, helped
style her hair and visited her in the
extended care facility. During the
patient’s recovery, they updated
their department on the patient’s
progress. “Sandra and Terriah
deserve special recognition for the
excellent care they provided for this
patient,” writes their nominator.
“The family wrote a very nice letter
of appreciation, mentioning Sandra
and Terriah specifically.”
Kim Pieters, Anatomic Pathology
at Beaumont, Royal Oak, was
nominated for helping a patient
with an issue regarding missing
slides. The patient had biopsy slides nominator. “I asked Chris if I could
sent from Beaumont, Royal Oak, get potato chips ordered for him
to another area hospital where the since he wasn’t going to eat anything
slides were lost. Kim went above and off of his tray.” That’s when she
beyond to help the worried patient went above and beyond in making
retrieve the missing slides. “She sure the patient got what he desired.
communicated the whole process to “She went ahead and not only
me, helping put my mind at ease,” got the potato chips, but also
writes her nominator. “After a lot brought him a cupcake,” adds her
of searching at the other hospital, nominator. “What a star! She made
hours later, Kim didn’t stop helping. the patient’s day.”
She communicated exactly what she
was going to do and that she had all Joli Christian, Cardiac Progressive
her ‘ducks in a row,’ putting me, the Care Unit at Beaumont, Troy, went
patient, at ease over the weekend. above and beyond recently when
Kim is the type of employee asked to assist a patient with a
who makes me glad to deal with shower. She put fourth the best
Beaumont.” effort in trying to help the patient.
“She was soaking wet but continued
Christine Katterson, Nutrition the shower in a thorough manner,
Services at Beaumont, Troy, was saying ‘getting clean was most
recognized for helping accommodate important,’” says her nominator. Her
a patient’s food preference. “I had a actions made a great impression on
patient who would only eat potato the patient and her nominator. “Joli
chips and a cupcake for lunch displayed the most positive attitude I
each and every day,” writes her have observed in a long time,” adds
her nominator. “She is truly a star.”

Get out your sneakers and save the date for spring walks
Spring is here, and with the nice weather comes the The National
chance to raise funds for good causes. Kidney
Foundation
The Boys & Girls Club’s annual Walk for the Future Kidney Walk
will take place on Saturday, May 7, at Memorial Park in will take place
Royal Oak. on Sunday,
The Arthritis Walk® is the Arthritis Foundation’s May 15, at the
nationwide team walk event on Saturday, May 14, at the Detroit Zoo. The
Detroit Zoo. Let’s Move Together encourages people to Kidney Walk
move to prevent or treat arthritis. calls attention to the prevention of kidney disease and
the need for organ donation. Money raised in previous
The American Heart Association Heart Walk walks provided free health screenings for kidney disease,
will take place on Saturday, May 14, at Ford Field education programs, advocacy to make patients’ voices
in Detroit. The walk promotes physical activity and heard through legislative action and a research program
heart-healthy living in a fun family environment. This to identify new clinical treatments.
year more than 1 million walkers will participate in
more than 450 events, raising funds to save lives from For more event information, see the walks page in the
America’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers – heart disease and Employee Corner on Inside Beaumont Online. As an
stroke. added bonus, employees can earn two myRewards points
for participating in a walk.

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Think green: Save time for Earth Day events April 20
April 22 marks the 41st anniversary
of Earth Day. In celebration,
Beaumont’s Green Teams will host
events on April 20. Come and show
your support for the planet and
green initiatives.
Beaumont, Grosse Pointe will
celebrate with a book collection and
swap from Wednesday, April 20, at
8 a.m. to Thursday, April 21, at
8 a.m in the Healing Garden
walkway. The cafeteria will offer a
10 percent discount for salad bar
purchases and double the normal
discount for reusable cups. Special
Earth Day cookies will be available
for purchase. A farmers market will
be held from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the
Lakeshore Cafe. There will also be
a collection of old cell phones and
batteries.
Beaumont, Royal Oak will
celebrate from 10:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. with a fair and book swap.
The fair includes vendors from
English Gardens, Home Depot,
Waste Management and others
offering advice on green and organic
living. Operation Medicine Cabinet
will be available to drop off your
expired and unused medications.
The fair will be in the South Tower,
Suite 100 hallway. Stop by for a book
and some tips on how to live a green
lifestyle. Special Earth Day cookies
will also be available for purchase in
the cafeteria and Concourse.
Beaumont, Troy will also celebrate
Earth Day from 10:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. with a fair and book
collection and swap. The fair will
be held in the second floor Atrium
in Area B. The fair features Ray
Weigand’s Nursery, Chartreuse tea
tasting, jewelry made from recycled
bowling balls and many others.
There will be drives for recycling
glasses, DVDs and cell phones. Ask
a Pharmacist will educate about
proper disposal of medication,
have information on World Medical
Relief donation and offer a sharps
drop-off. Earth Day cookies will be
available for purchase and a “green”
discounted salad entree will be
available in the cafeteria.

Every step counts

by Tom Spring, program manager, myOptimal Health
The weather is getting better, the sun is
shining longer and the snow banks are
finally out of our way. Now, what are you
doing to take more steps?
Taking more steps is crucial to improving
YOUR and maintaining your health, and
there’s no better time than now to get
our routines to continue improving.
Shake off the winter cobwebs and make
an effort to increase how much you are
exercising, how hard you work at the
gym, and what type of activities in which
you participate. Try something different
to challenge your body and mind to

HEALTH
started. All around Beaumont, you have
opportunities to take more steps and
MATTERS
make walking a larger part of your daily
routine. Take the stairs whenever you can
and make a conscious effort to find the
longest way to your destination. Trying
different routes to the cafeteria or using
myOptimal Health parking spots is a
great way to start adding steps to your
daily routine.
In exercise programming, we often
discuss a principle of progressive
overload, which says we must change
make improvements. Join the Beaumont
Healthy Workforce and Beaumont
Olympics to make a positive jump in
your progress. If you don’t change your
program and stay at the same level,
improvements will not happen – weight
loss, cholesterol improvements, lowering
blood pressure or faster running times in
your 5K.
So make an effort to get spotted being
active at work. Who knows? You might
be rewarded by the myOptimal Health
team!

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Former Detroit Tigers’ announcer celebrates another Opening Day
Detroit’s baseball season has
officially started. For many fans
it means spending afternoons at
Comerica Park, eating hot dogs and
watching the Tigers’ game. Thanks
to Beaumont doctors, former
Tigers’ broadcaster, Paul Carey, will
be around to witness the start of
another season.
In late February, Paul, a Detroit
baseball announcer from 1973 to
1991, experienced a severe aching
sensation across his back, shoulders
and in both arms. Initially he
hesitated to come to the hospital
Emergency Center. He was
concerned there may be a long wait.
But after his wife, Nancy, insisted he
go to Beaumont Hospital, Troy, he
was grateful he did.
“The aching sensation Mr. Carey
was having was a clear sign he was
experiencing a heart attack,” says
Phillip Kraft, M.D., director of
the Cardiac Catherization Lab at
Beaumont, Troy. “When he arrived
he had a 100 percent blockage in
one of the arteries and considerable
blockages in another.”
Paul was quickly transported to the
cardiac catheterization lab to open
the blocked artery with angioplasty
and stent placement. A stent is a
small metal mesh tube that is used to
support the inside of the coronary
artery. After it is inserted using a
balloon catheter, the stent stays in
place permanently.
“I was amazed at the speed of the
doctors and nurses all working
together,” Paul says. “I was treated
immediately.”
“When there is more than one
blockage, it is much safer for the
patient that we work on the blocked
artery that is causing the heart
attack. We encourage patients to
return and have the other blockages
removed as an elective procedure,”
explains Dr. Kraft.
About ten days after Paul was
discharged from the hospital, he
began experiencing the aching pain
in his back and upper arms again.
He came back to Beaumont, Troy to
have the other blockage removed
“A total of three stents were placed
in Mr. Carey,” says Dr. Kraft. “It
was a job well done by a team that
is consistently in the top national
rankings of every category when
it comes to measuring ‘door-to-
balloon’ time.”
It’s been less than two months after
his heart attack and Paul says he is
feeling much better. Like other fans,
he enjoyed the ballgame on Opening
Day – only for him, without the hot
dogs.
“This will be the first Opening Day
I’ve attended since 1991,” he says.
He’s now a fan of Tigers’ baseball,
and of the Beaumont doctors who
treated him.

Select Specialty Beaumont, Grosse Pointe

Continued from p. 1. collects Handbags for Hope
respiratory therapists, case managers, physical and
occupational therapists, dieticians and pharmacists. A
variety of programs are offered, including those focused
on pulmonary/ventilator weaning, infectious disease and
complex wound care.
“On behalf of the staff at Select Specialty Hospital, we
want to thank the community for their support of our
hospital,” says Sandra. “We look forward to growing and
strengthening these relationships for years to come. Our
hospital’s first priority is – and always will be – excellence
in patient care.”
“Long-term acute care is the only service Beaumont Ginny Joliet , co-manager, Beaumont Hospital, Grosse
Hospitals currently does not provide,” says Dr. Hoban. Pointe Gift Shop, (right) and Jackie Bobcean, founder of
“The relocation of Select Specialty’s services will keep this Handbags of Hope, pose for The Grosse Pointe News
much-needed service in our community and add to the photographer. Handbags of Hope gives bags stocked with
continuum of care offered at our hospital.” toiletries to women fleeing domestic violence situations.

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Stars. Winning teams have them, and at Beaumont, we’ve got lots of them. Each month, the Recognition Team in each division selects a
“Star of the Month” from your Saluting our Stars nominations.
Sometimes while in the hospital, feeling better can come from things
most people take for granted. That’s where Michele Gamel, R.N.,
Critical Care at Beaumont, Grosse Pointe, went above and beyond
on her time off to help a patient with a makeover.
“After a meeting, Michele told me she had worked the evening
before and that one of her patients was depressed, so she said
she would come in this morning and ‘spruce her up,’” writes her
nominator. “Michele came in before the meeting and helped bathe
the patient, fixed her hair and even brought in makeup to make her
feel better.”
Through her generosity and kind actions, she made the patient
very happy. “Michele is a real shining star at Beaumont,” adds
her nominator.

When Jennifer Martens, nurse clinician at Beaumont, Royal

Oak, saw her breast cancer patients in need of emotional
support, she pulled out all the stops to help organize an
outlet for them to receive that support. Jennifer, along with
her department, helped organize a metastatic breast cancer
support group for the patients.
“She helped me organize the group and volunteered her
free time in the evenings to help facilitate the group,” writes
her nominator. “Jennifer even helped with putting together
packets of information for our ladies.”
“She has been a wealth of information and comfort for her
breast cancer patients,” adds her nominator. “We are really
lucky to have her on our team.”

Matthew Somerville, R.N., Surgical Intensive Care Unit at

Beaumont, Troy, went above and beyond to help a family get
through a difficult time.
The family, whose father had been rushed to the Surgical
Intensive Care Unit in need of quadruple bypass surgery, was
very scared and unsure of what was happening. “Matthew met
us immediately in the waiting room after they took my dad into
surgery,” writes his nominator. “His demeanor was humorous,
yet compassionate. He put us all at ease.”
When the patient was done with surgery, he once again came
to their side. “He was thorough, confident and gave my dad
the best care until the end of his shift,” adds his nominator.
“Matthew is a wonderful nurse and we are fortunate that he was
assigned to our case.”

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