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QUALITY I Reduced tuiition rates for you and your family for an online degree or certificate program
Dear Associates: Health Management is pleased to announce a newly established education partnership between Health Management and Drexel University Online. You are your immediate family members are now eligible to receive 10-25% reduced tuition rates upon enrolling in one of Drexel’s distinguished online degree or certificate programs. Choose from over 100 top-ranked online bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate level programs in nursing, health administration, clinical research, medical billing and coding, human resource development, health Informatics, and much more. Visit www.drexel.com/HMA and click the programs tab to view a full list! Full Story
PEOPLE I Relay For Life Team LKMC does it again!
All through this year and all through the night on May 20th Team LKMC was able to raise an astounding $20,000 for the American Cancer Society and their fight to help cure cancer. This is the fourth year in a row that Team LKMC has raised a similar amount, bringing their grand total to well over $80,000 donated to the ACS. The monies were raised by a wide array of functions, parties and sales and led by their Team Captain and our Information Services Manager, Les Jackson. LKMC is proud to be a Silver Sponsor of the Relay For Life of the Lower Keys for many years. Way to go Team LKMC! Full Story
PEOPLE I Cancer research study manned by LKMC volunteers
A group of dedicated Associates from Lower Keys Medical Center helped to fight back cancer through research! At this year's Relay For Life of the Lower Keys on May 20th the American Cancer Society was looking for Keys residents who wanted to participate in a landmark cancer research study. The LKMC team led and chaired by Randy Detrick, PR/Marketing Manager at LKMC enrolled 108 men and women ages 30 to 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer. Those that enrolled filled out a baseline survey, had their waist measured and gave a small sample of blood. They will be followed up with another survey every 2 years for 20 years. The long-term Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) will help researchers better identify the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer. It is the largest cancer research study in the world and its goal is to enroll 300,000 individuals. Full Story
PEOPLE I Lower Keys Medical welcomes Martha Bakos as its new Chief Financial Officer
Lower Keys Medical Center is pleased to announce that Martha (Marty) Bakos has joined its senior leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Bakos has over twenty years of experience in hospital and health care financial management and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, Accounting Major, from Ohio University in Athens Ohio, and is a CPA. Full Story
Headliners
PEOPLE I February G2G Associates Announced
Lower Keys Medical Center is proud to announce that Tarek Al-Bataa in the Information Services Department, Simon Torres, RN in the Ambulatory Surgery Department and Mist Sellers, MRS in the Laboratory Department have won the “Getting 2 Great” associate award for February of 2012. These dedicated individuals are continually recognized by our patients, always exceed expectations, and model the “Getting 2 Great” guiding principles -- servant leadership, never settling and always doing the right thing. We congratulate them all! More
PEOPLE I January G2G Associates Announced
Lower Keys Medical Center is proud to announce that Elizabeth Castro-Mollett in the Physical Therapy Department, Livan Deulofeu, RN, BSN in the Special Care Unit and Courtney Prine, RRT in the Respiratory Therapy Department have won the “Getting 2 Great” Associate award for January of 2012. These dedicated individuals are continually recognized by our patients, always exceed expectations, and model the “Getting 2 Great” guiding principles -- servant leadership, never settling and always doing the right thing. We congratulate them all! More
PEOPLE I December 2011 G2G Associates Announced
Lower Keys Medical Center is proud to announce that Eyner Gonzalez in the Special Care Unit, Jan Natonski, RN in the Special Care Unit and Janice Phillips, CRT in the Cardiology Department have won the “Getting 2 Great” associate award for December of 2011. These dedicated individuals are continually recognized by our patients, always exceed expectations, and model the “Getting 2 Great” guiding principles -- servant leadership, never settling and always doing the right thing. We congratulate them all! More
PEOPLE I Outstanding 4th Quarter of 2011 and Year of 2011 Winners Announced
Lower Keys Medical Center offers special congratulations to 18 year Associate Sandy Rodriguez, RN, CEN, Director of the Emergency Services Department, who has won the Outstanding Manager of the Fourth Quarter of 2011 award; Debbie Oliver, RN, Director of Education and previous Director of Maternal Infant Child Care Unit for 20 years has won the Outstanding Manager of the Year award; Jamica Ross, Resource Management Coordinator, who has won the Outstanding Associate of the Fourth Quarter of 2011 award and the Outstanding Associate of the 2011 Year awards; and 22 year Associate Vickie Quinn, RN, Medical/Surgical Unit Nurse and previous Interim Unit Manager who has won the Outstanding Nurse of the Fourth Quarter of 2011 and Outstanding Nurse of the 2011 Year awards. We salute these individuals for their outstanding dedication and service! More
PEOPLE I November G2G Associates Announced
Lower Keys Medical Center is proud to announce that Margaret Hopkins in the Business Office, Lenora Banks, RN in the Ambulatory Surgery Department and Tim White, RT in the Diagnostic Imaging Department have won the “Getting 2 Great” associate award for November of 2011. These dedicated individuals are continually recognized by our patients, always exceed expectations, and model the “Getting 2 Great” guiding principles -- servant leadership, never settling and always doing the right thing. We congratulate them all! More