CMH News
So much, so close to home. Every day, CMH aims to bring our patients excellent care right here in our community. That’s why we’re constantly working to improve and increase our services, hire quality staff and doctors, update and expand our facilities, and stay ahead of medical technology.
New Swallowing Therapy Available At CMH
Four speech therapists at CMH are now certified to administer a new swallowing therapy called VitalStim. This treatment is for anyone who has difficulty swallowing due to disease, trauma or aging. It involves placing electrodes on the fine motor nerves of the face and neck. The electrical current strengthens the muscles and allows them to react more quickly, as well as increasing sensation. Speech Language Pathology Director, Katherine Bradley says, “A real plus of this new therapy is that patients can now go home sooner from the hospital and have treatment right here in their own community.” Funds for the new equipment were donated by the CMH Auxiliary.
CMH Earns Patient Safety Excellence Award
CMH has earned a Minnesota Hospital Association Patient Safety Excellence Award for its work on preventing adverse surgical events. The Minnesota Hospital Association has compiled a roadmap for a Safe Site procedure program and by winning this award it means Community Memorial Hospital has achieved more than 90% of the recommended actions.
Patient safety is a top priority for CMH and because of this, joined the SAFE SITE initiative where Minnesota teams are working collectively on implementing an extensive list of recommended actions to prevent wrong site surgeries or other surgical events.
CMH Receives Certificate of Recognition for Breast Feeding Project
Community Memorial Hospital received a “certificate of recognition” for participating in the NE Minnesota Statewide Health Improvement Program called Breastfeeding Intervention in Health Care Facilities Project. Through this involvement, the OB department at CMH will strive to improve the nutrition of infants through promotion of breast feeding policies. Policies have been developed to encourage early breastfeeding, provide ongoing support and nearly all OB nurses have received advanced training and several have become certified lactation councilors.
CMH Diabetes Education Program Receives Award
The Diabetic Education program at Community Memorial Hospital has received the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for its quality diabetes self management education program. Read more …