LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETING MINUTES
January 17, 2007
Present: Lindy Eakin Gene Meyer Jane Maskus
Donna Osness Simon Scholtz Kathy Clausing
Verdell Taylor Dana Hale Janice Early-Weas
Sheryl Jacobs Deborah Thompson Chris Penn, M.D.
Judy Keller Karen Shumate Andy Ramirez
Allen Belot Sheryle D’Amico
Chuck Heath Jeff Novorr
Absent: Mark Praeger, MD (excused)
Joe Flannery (excused)
Others present: Skanda Skandaverl, Director of Facilities Management
Executive Session
MOTION: made by Chuck Heath, seconded by Donna Osness
that the Board of Trustees recess to Executive Session for
consultation with hospital attorney which would be deemed
privileged in the attorney-client relationship, to include the
CEO, CFO and Chief of Staff. The open meeting to resume
in this room at 9:30 a.m. Motion carried.
MOTION: made by Judy Keller, seconded by Donna Osness
to extend the executive session to 9:40 a.m. Motion carried.
MOTION: made by Donna Osness, seconded by Judy Keller
To extend the executive session to 9:50 a.m. Motion carried.
MOTION: made and seconded to leave executive session.
Motion carried.
Call to Order
The open meeting was called to order by Lindy Eakin, Chairperson, at 10:00 a.m.
Approval of Agenda
The agenda was presented for approval.
MOTION: made by Chuck Health, seconded by
Sheryl Jacobs to approve the agenda as written.
Motion carried.
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Consent Agenda
a) Approval of minutes for December 20, 2006 Board of Trustee meeting
b) Finance Committee minutes
c) Planning Committee minutes
MOTION: made by Chuck Heath, seconded by
Sheryl Jacobs to approve the Consent Agenda.
Motion carried.
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Facilities Committee Report
Judy Keller reported that the West Wing is on schedule. All new pilings have been put in and foundation started for Central Plant. An appraisal is to be done on the Reed Medical Building and that information will be reported back to the Facilities Committee. The building of a new medical office building was discussed and was referred to the Finance Committee. Lindy Eakin reported that the Finance Committee reviewed the various financing alternatives and it appears that hospital ownership would be the most cost effective. It was asked as to plans in place for the use of the Reed Medical Building and the new MOB. The plans are to house I.T. Department on the lower level and the Reed Medical Group on the first level and as to the use of all other space, an inventory of space is being done as to use.
General Medical Staff Recommendations
Dr. Penn reported that the Slate of Officers and Chiefs of Service will remain the same as last year. Chief of Staff Chris Penn, M.D.
Vice Chief of Staff Mike Thompson, M.D.
Secretary Scott Solcher, M.D.
MOTION: made by Chuck Heath, seconded by
Sheryl Jacobs to approve the General Medical
Staff recommendations. Motion carried.
Medical Executive Committee Recommendations
Dr. Penn reviewed the Medical Executive Committee recommendations for Board approval.
MEDICAL STAFF – New Appointments:
Appointment
effective 01/17/07 through 06/30/08 with Pediatric privileges as requested.
There will be a provisional period during this initial period of appointment.
ALLIED HEALTH STAFF – New Appointments:
Appointment with provisional period will be from 01/17/07 through 06/30/08.
MEDICAL STAFF PRIVILEGE CHANGES:
Privilege Addition: “PCI: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.”
MOTION: made by Judy Keller, seconded by
Chuck Heath to approve the Medical Executive
Committee’s recommendations. Motion carried.
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CEO Comments
Gene Meyer reported on the following:
1) LMH is interviewing a female Family Practice physician who is interested in Lawrence. She will be visiting both Eudora and Mt. Oread practices.
2) A vascular surgeon is to come Thursday to visit LMH.
3) A consulting group will be doing a study on vascular and spine surgery as to there being a market for these physicians.
4) LMH is working with the Lawrence Internal Medical Associates in recruiting a physician and they have a female physician interested in joining their group and have offered her a contract.
5) Health Inventures, management firm for the Ambulatory Surgery Center, has been purchased by the Hammas Corporation out of Wisconsin. There are no changes expected at this time.
6) Obtaining a shareholder status in VHA will be presented at the February meeting. VHA is the group purchasing association for LMH. The pros and cons are now being weighed as to the benefits of the shareholder status vs. partner status and will have that information for the Board in February.
Old Business:
1) Physician-Hospital Organization Update
Simon Scholtz reported that a meeting is scheduled for January 31 as a kick-off of the PHO. This to help physicians and hospital deal with managed care contracts. A committee has been meeting consisting of four physicians and four from the hospital and bylaws are now in place. Managed Care Partners will review contracts and get the best proposals and then submit to physicians for acceptance. This service will cost $300/year per physician but will be a great benefit for the physicians as to negotiations of contracts and resolving common payer problems.
2) Eudora Site Plan
Andy Ramirez reported on the zoning request and the submitting of a preliminary site plan to the Eudora Planning Commission. LandPlan Engineering prepared a preliminary site plan which was distributed for review and so far it meets the requirements. LMH is on the agenda for the February 7 meeting and look for a favorable report for commercial zoning.
3) Capital Campaign Report
Kathy Clausing reported the Capital Campaign was at $6.647 million. They had a kick-off of the campaign in Tonganoxie December 19 with 50 people in attendance and goal is to end the last of February. There was a Kick-off of Community Campaign was January 11 with 45 people attending and felt it was successful. Capitol Federal presented a check to the Endowment for $100,000 on January 16. A draft of a brochure for brick recognition that will allow people to purchase a brick with their name on it for $250 to $500 gift and will be placed around the fountain was reviewed. A list of potential contacts that the Board may be helpful with will be provided.
New Business:
1) Patient Safety Articles Discussion
Karen Shumate referred to the Cerner quarterly booklet that everyone received regarding several articles about national quality initiatives, national patient safety goals and upcoming trends. Karen reported that the hospital complies with the JCAHO standards for accreditation which covers patient safety and quality. One area of improvement started
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as part of the IHI 100,000 lives campaign is the hospitals MET process which identifies patients needing intense assessment and intervention before their condition deteriorates. There has been a 13% decrease in mortality rates since the implementation of the MET process. The Patient Safety Plan is in revision. A patient safety dashboard has been completed. As part of the new IHI 5 Million Life Campaign, the board’s role and education will be addressed.
2) Midwest Cancer Alliance
Sheryle D’Amico reported on KU Cancer Center making cancer care their number one initiative and looking at obtaining NCI designation in 2010. Sheryle D’Amico and Dr. Ron Stephens will be attending a meeting in Topeka this afternoon to learn more about what and how this will affect LMH. Sheryle did report that our oncologist, especially Dr. Soule , are leading researchers with 150 National Clinical Trials and they currently have 60 patient on clinical trials.
3) Cerner Solutions Commitment
Jane Maskus reported on LMH’s commitment to Cerner and the eight solutions that we are committed to:
1) SurgiNet – Surgical Management, Perioperative Nursing Care Management, Surgery Case Tracking, Anesthesia Management, Departmental Clinical Supply Chain
2) CVNet Provides a nursing care management solution
3) PowerChart ECG provides the ability to receive, manage, display & report on ECG’s anywhere from within PowerChart.
4) ProVision Web for cardiology and Radiology
5) INet a critical care solutions
6) PowerPlan is a nursing care solution
7) Open Engine supports data exchange among disparate computer systems
8) P2 Sentinel logs char access at the transaction level.
Announcement
The LMH Endowment’s Annual meeting is January 23 at Marceiles.
Adjourn
There being no further discussion, the meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Verdell Taylor
Secretary