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Medical Staff
Swedish/Edmonds VitalSigns
this issue P.1
Swedish/Edmonds
Recognized with ‘A’ Grade
Medical Staff Meeting
P.2
Patient Satisfaction Survey
Comments
What Are Patients Saying?
P.3
Patient Services Restored
CDIP Report
P.4
Difficult Interactions
Swedish CME Events
P.5
New Linear Accelerator
Create Your Swedish Web
Profile
P.6
New Emergency
Department Whiteboards in
Use
P.7
Children’s Clinic Joins SMG
P. 8
Olav and Anne Sola Award
Nurse of the Year Awards
P. 9
Record Night at Gala
P.10
Welcome New Physicians
62 Nov./Dec. 2013
Swedish/Edmonds Recognized With ‘A’ Grade for Patient Safety From Leapfrog New Safety Initiatives Help Achieve Top Rating The fall 2013 update to the national Hospital
Safety Score, which rates how well hospitals
protect patients from accidents, errors,
injuries and infections, has honored
Swedish/Edmonds with an ‘A’ grade for
patient safety. The Hospital Safety Score is
compiled under the guidance of the nation’s
leading experts on patient safety and is
administered by The Leapfrog Group
(Leapfrog), an independent industry
watchdog. The first and only hospital safety
rating to be analyzed in the peer-reviewed
Journal of Patient Safety, the safety score is
designed to give the public information they
can use to protect themselves and their
families.
“We are thrilled to receive this recognition on
behalf of all our caregivers at Swedish/
Edmonds and the community we serve,”
says David Jaffe, chief executive at Swedish/
Edmonds. “Patient safety and quality are top
priorities at the hospital, and we are very
pleased to see that our hard work is making
a measurable difference.”
The Hospital Safety Score uses 28
measures of publicly available hospital
safety data to produce a single grade
representing a hospital’s overall capacity to
keep patients safe from preventable harm.
More than 2,500 general U.S. hospitals were
assigned scores in Leapfrog’s fall report. A
full analysis of the data and methodology
used is available at
www.hospitalsafetyscore.org.
“This recognition reflects the outstanding
care physicians and staff do on behalf of the
patients at Swedish/Edmonds every day,”
said Bruce Williams, MD and chairman of the
Swedish/Edmonds Quality and Safety
Council.
“I’m proud of this extraordinary achievement,
which reflects the ongoing commitment at
Swedish/Edmonds to quality and safety for
Save the Date
Edmonds Medical Staff Quarterly Meeting
Wednesday, Jan. 29
Dinner 5:30 p.m.; Meeting 6 p.m.
Auditoriums A-C, 4th Floor
RSVP for dinner by emailing
Please See Patient Safety on
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Angela Yue, M.D. Edmonds Family Medicine Clinic Angelina Zappia, M.D. Hospitalist Aric Christal, M.D. Edmonds Orthopedic Center Brendan McCullough, M.D., Ph.D. Radia, Inc. Brian Fong, M.D. Western Washington Medical Group Bryan Chow, M.D. Emergency Services Damanjeet Chugh, M.D. Hospitalist Dennis Loudenback, PA-C Surgical Associates of Edmonds Gregg Miller, M.D. Emergency Services Gregory Burke, M.D. Emergency Services
James Mercer, M.D. Emergency Services James Pautz, M.D. Swedish Heart & Vascular Jingeng Jeff Guo, M.D. Puget Sound Gastroenterology Jeffrey Bray, M.D. Sound Women’s Care Kimberly Dickey, D.O. Sound Women’s Care Kyung Min, M.D. Hospitalist Maria Chong, M.D. Radia Inc., PS Martha Moe, M.D. Sound Women’s Care Michelle Sinnett, M.D. Surgical Associates of Edmonds Randolph Bourne, M.D. Sound Women’s Care
Richard McClelland, M.D. Emergency Services Robert Bechtel, M.D. Pacific Anesthesia, Inc. Robert Gould, M.D. Hospitalist Robert Mito, M.D. Swedish Heart & Vascular Scott Ely, PA-C Premier Orthopedic Group Steven Macfarlane, M.D. Surgical Associates of Edmonds Thomas George, M.D. Hospitalist Thomas Jurich, M.D. Surgical Associates of Edmonds Todd Czartoski, M.D. Hospitalist
Congratulations… These physicians were mentioned by name in the August and September Press
Ganey Patient Satisfaction Surveys and complimented for their great work.
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“My doctor gave me a feeling of
confidence and well-being.”
“This was my first major surgery and
my surgeon and her team made me
feel hopeful and positive about my
procedure.”
AIC Infusion
“Dr. Eileen Johnston is the best”
“The oncology nurses are great.”
Childbirth Center
“Dr. Bray and the anesthesiologist
were great.”
“Curt and Diana in the Special Care
Nursery were wonderful.”
Emergency Services
“I was very happy with Dr. Burke. He
was so calm and relaxed. He did not
seem at all rushed. Dr. Burke
explained everything very carefully
and took his time…Thumbs up and
good luck with your new ED.”
Medical Orthopedics
“Night nurses were great. They were
tender, caring and very attentive.”
Physical Therapy
“Very friendly, nice staff!”
“Physical therapy was very good. It
helped tremendously. There was a
good variety and range of exercises
that improved healing in my back
muscles.”
Progressive Care Unit
“Dr. Katherine E. Min was
excellent!”
Surgical Oncology
“Excellent R.N.s – Kathy and
Deanne”
“Excellent CNA's – Jennifer and
Zach.
What are Patients Saying? Below are a few positive comments from recent Press Ganey Satisfaction Surveys and
discharge calls at Swedish/Edmonds. Congratulations to physicians and hospital staff mentioned.
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Thank you to the medical and surgical staff for taking the time to respond to these queries. Please contact Melanie
Westerinen, Documentation Integrity Liaison, at 425-640-4378 with any questions.
Total Reviews: Sept. 362/Oct. 424
Total Clarifications: Sept. 33/Oct. 72
Response Rate: Sept. 88%/Oct. 89%
Physician Agree Rate: Sept. 64%/
Oct. 68%
September’s Top 5
Clarifications:
1. Acute respiratory failure
2. Acute blood loss anemia
3. Encephalopathy
4. Chronic kidney disease
5. Congestive heart failure
Total Case Mix Index for Medicare and Managed Medicare: Sept. 1.6751/Oct. 1.614
As of Dec. 1, all services at
Swedish/Edmonds are back online
using commercial power that was
temporarily disrupted due to a fire in
the hospital. Stationary generators
will remain available for back-up
power.
On the evening of Nov. 21, a three-
alarm fire caused by an electrical
problem occurred in a sub-basement
mechanical room. Firefighters
responded quickly and the fire was
under control within 30 minutes. One
employee and two contractors were
evaluated and treated for smoke
inhalation that evening. About 120
patients were in the hospital at the
time of the fire. Most were able to
remain in their rooms; some were
relocated to other areas of the
hospital or to Edmonds Medical
Pavilion to avoid exposure to smoke.
Eleven emergency patients were
transferred to Providence Regional
Medical Center Everett and one OB
patient in labor was transported to
Swedish/Ballard.
Thank you to all Swedish/Edmonds
caregivers who worked long hours,
kept patient safety a priority, and
accelerated our recovery time.
To read all updates regarding the
fire event, please go to the Edmonds
campus page at Swedish Online.
Following the fire event, Lee Brei, Swedish Facilities, leads the discussion about response and recovery capabilities during a Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) meeting.
Clinical Documentation Integrity Program (CDIP) Report: Sept./Oct.
Patient Services at Swedish/Edmonds
Restored Following Disruption
October’s Top 5
Clarifications:
1. Acute blood loss anemia
2. Encephalopathy
3. Malnutrition
4. Congestive heart failure
5. Catheter associated urinary
tract infection
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Difficult interactions with patients
and families was the topic of a very
well received Grand Rounds CME
held on Oct. 9 and attended by over
30 physicians and other health
professionals. The speaker was Dan
O’Connell, Ph.D., who is a nationally
recognized consultant and coach for
health-care organizations and
professionals in the areas of
leadership, professional interactions
and the psychology of medicine.
Just about every physician has had
difficult interactions with patients that
did not go well and left both the
patient and the physician frustrated
and, perhaps, even angry.
Sometimes it is a patient who is
angry and confrontational. Or, it
could be the patient who wants a
drug or a test that is not clinically
indicated. Or, the patient who brings
up six more things to go over and
discuss in the last five minutes of
his/her appointment. All of these, as
well as similar situations, can lead to
a difficult and unrewarding
interaction.
Sometimes a physician can fuel a
situation with his/her reaction, body
language and verbal response. Dr.
O’Connell suggests words and
phrases such as unrealistic,
inappropriate, or we can’t achieve
that result be avoided. These types
of words or phrases can come
across as condescending. Instead,
he suggests communicating to the
patient that you are willing to
consider anything the patient wants
provided that it is safe, effective and
doesn’t do more harm than good.
Then explain to the patient why that
treatment or test may not fit one or
more of those three criteria.
Dr. O’Connell also suggests that
physicians refrain from getting angry
or furious. Instead, he suggests
getting curious. Why is the patient
angry? Is it fear, guilt, shame or
regret? Why does it seem that you,
the physician, is more motivated
than the patient? He warns that the
doctor can never be more motivated
than the patient; the patient must be
more motivated.
He also advised to take nothing
personally. No matter how long
you’ve had a patient, and no matter
how many times you’ve seen them,
they don’t know you well enough to
be angry with you personally. They
are angry at the problem or situation
they are experiencing.
Dr. O’ Connell presented many more
tips than I can summarize here. He
is a very engaging speaker that
utilized examples of difficult
interactions provided by the
participants. While the program was
schedule to last ninety minutes,
about a third of the attendees stayed
an extra half hour to discuss some of
their own experiences. The
evaluations consistently rated him
very high with several “bring him
back” comments. As always, send
me an email at
[email protected] if you
would like Dr. O’Connell’s
PowerPoint.
CME Corner
John Arveson
CME Program Coordinator
Difficult Interactions
Swedish CME Events
Below are a few of the upcoming Swedish CME activities. Please visit
Swedish.org/CME for locations, times and the most up-to-date information about
upcoming CME activities.
10th Annual Pediatric Specialty Updates for the Primary-Care Physician
Friday, Jan. 31
Transradial Approach: A Case-based and Hands-on Training Course
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28 and March 1
Diagnosis and Treatment of Pelvic Floor Disorders for Primary-Care
Physicians
Friday, March 7
Medical Ethics Conference Series for Health-care Providers 4th Wednesdays at Swedish/Edmonds
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Create Your Swedish Web Profile
All active Swedish/Edmonds physicians are eligible to create a physician web profile at www.swedish.org. Follow the steps below to
create your profile today and attract new patients.
Go to www.swedish.org/CMSDesk and enter your user name and temporary password:
• User name: Same as your username on the Swedish network, e.g., Tom G. Smith would be SmitTg1
• Password: Lastname (case sensitive)
Physicians are asked to maintain their own office information on profiles such as office hours, address/phone changes, etc. It’s
recommended that you change your default password (last name) to your ‘strong’ password used on the Swedish network, so your
Swedish logins are consistent and easier to remember.
If You Need Help
Please visit www.swedish.org/physician.
In keeping with a promise to the
community to continue to make
significant investments in advanced
medical services and technology at
Swedish/Edmonds, a new linear
accelerator (linac) is now in use at
Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI),
Radiation Oncology, at Edmonds.
The Elekta Versa HD™ became fully
operational at the end of the
November. It is a state-of-the-art
system and SCI, Radiation
Oncology, at Edmonds is the first
cancer center on the West Coast to
offer this technology to its patients.
A linac is a machine used for
radiation therapy that produces high-
energy X-ray beams to deliver a
precise dose of radiation to destroy
a cancer tumor. The new Versa HD
at Swedish/Edmonds offers a host of
new technological advantages. For
example, it is approximately 50
percent faster when performing
volumetric modulated arc therapy –
a new intensity-modulated radiation
therapy (IMRT) treatment technique.
“The new linac allows us to see
what’s going on inside the patient as
we’re delivering the radiation dose
and thereby track the progress of
the treatment,” says Robert
Takamiya, M.D., a radiation
oncologist at SCI, Radiation
Oncology, at Edmonds. “Another
benefit of delivering precise and
accurate radiation with a linac is that
we can minimize any side effects of
radiation therapy and avoid harming
healthy tissue.”
The new linac is in addition to an
existing linac at SCI, Radiation
Oncology, at Edmonds. Having two
linacs provides patients with greater
convenience when scheduling
treatment times and expedites care.
“This is an advanced linac system
that is providing patients with
enhanced cancer-care services,
close to home,” Dr. Takamiya says.
Linacs can be used to treat a broad
spectrum of cancers. The top two
cancers treated at SCI, Radiation
Oncology, at Edmonds are breast
and prostate cancers.
To learn more about radiation
therapy and SCI Radiation Oncology
services at all Swedish campuses,
please visit www.swedish.org/
cancer.
New Linear Accelerator for Cancer
Radiation Therapy Arrives
The new linac at Swedish/Edmonds, an Elekta Versa HD™, has a host of new technological advantages. It is approximately 50 percent faster when performing volumetric modulated arc therapy – a new intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment technique.
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An example of the whiteboards now in use in the Swedish/Edmonds Emergency Department.
Please See CEP Award on the
next page
Emergency Department Whiteboards in Use
Team Honored With CEP Award
When the Swedish/Edmonds
Emergency Department (ED) team
held its annual retreat at the
beginning of the year, one of the
team’s goals was to improve
communication between nursing,
providers and patients in the ED.
“We wanted a process improvement
that would be functional for all staff,
as well as aesthetically pleasing,”
says Gregg Miller, M.D., medical
director, Swedish/Edmonds
Emergency Department.
The solution the team came up with
was to place dry-erase whiteboards
in each of the 24 ED patient rooms.
The whiteboards were installed in
September and each includes
spaces for nurses and providers to
write in their names, so it’s clear to a
patient who’s caring for them. Staff
also use the whiteboards to indicate
when a patient arrived; to check off
what tests have been ordered for a
patient and when; who the family or
personal contact for a patient is; if it’s
okay for the patient to have a meal;
and
whether the patient is being sent
home, transferred or admitted to the
hospital.
“We toured a lot of EDs to come up
with our whiteboard concept and no
other ED that I’m aware of uses a
whiteboard that’s this sophisticated,”
says Dr. Miller.
Some of the patient and staff
benefits of using the whiteboard
system:
• Patients are better informed of
their plan of care
• Patients ask nurses fewer
questions, resulting in nurses
having more time to provide
care
• Patient discharge information is
communicated early on by the
provider, so that nurses
understand what the overall plan
of care is for a patient
“It’s too soon to know if the
whiteboards are having an impact on
patient satisfaction, but we’ve
noticed that we’ve gotten quicker at
caring for patients in the ED,” says
Dr. Miller. “Our length of stay time
has gone from 129 minutes to 124
minutes and we think one of the
reasons for this is that is we have
better communication between
physicians, physician assistants and
nursing staff as a result of the
whiteboards.”
Process improvements like the
whiteboards and improved core
measures, including door- to-balloon
time and length of stay, are gaining
recognition for the Swedish/
Edmonds ED team. Recently the
team was honored with the
Distinguished Practice Award by
CEP America, a national company
that manages ED providers for
Swedish/Edmonds.
“The award reflects the tremendous
amount of hard work that our ED
staff and providers have put into the
care we provide,” Dr. Miller says.
“We’ve worked very hard as a team
to improve our core measures and
enhance patient satisfaction. We
recognize that the patient comes first
and we’re focused on meeting our
patients’ needs.”
The team was one of only four sites
out of 95 CEP managed EDs to
receive the award. Dr. Miller adds
that patient satisfaction scores at
Swedish/Edmonds have recently
improved more than any other ED
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Children’s Clinic Joins
Swedish Medical Group Children’s Clinic of South Snohomish
County, Ltd. has joined Swedish
Medical Group and is now Swedish
Children's Clinic – Edmonds.
Physicians and staff at the clinic
remain unchanged and continue to
be committed to providing patients
with quality care and thoughtful
attention to health-care needs.
However, in addition to a name
change, there are exciting changes
that will allow the clinic to gain
access to innovative resources at
Swedish to enhance care.
The clinic is implementing Epic –
Swedish’s electronic health record –
which includes an online patient
portal to allow patients access to
their records and communication
with the clinic electronically. A new
care team model is now in place.
Each time a patient makes an
appointment they will speak to the
same staff member on the phone
and meet with the same medical
assistant. Hours for the clinic have
also been expanded to Monday-
Friday from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. and
Saturdays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Services provided by Swedish
Children’s Clinic include:
Newborn and pediatric primary care
Adolescent medicine (to age 18)
Immunizations
School, sports and annual physicals
Wellness and preventive medicine
For more information about Swedish
Children’s Clinic - Edmonds, please
visit www.swedish.org/
childrensclinicedmonds or call 425-
673-3456.
Patient Safety (continued from page 1)
their patients,” said Carl Zapora,
superintendent of Verdant Health
Commission.
In the last year, Swedish/Edmonds
launched a number of new programs
and initiatives to enhance patient
safety and quality at the hospital.
Among those enhancements:
• The implementation of Epic, an
electronic health record that now
makes possible computerized
physician order entries
• Culture of Safety training for
providers and hospital staff
• Installation of 140 new patient
beds which include built-in
alarms for preventing patient
falls, low flow air-loss
mattresses to protect a patient’s
skin from developing pressure
ulcers and provide patient
comfort, and built-in bed scales,
which are a convenience for
both nursing staff and patients
• Enhanced communication for
reporting and resolution of
safety and quality concerns
“More than 700 employees and 40
providers have attended a Culture of
Safety class where communications
skills are learned to speak up if
something doesn’t seem right,” says
Pam Martino, manager of Quality
Management and Regulatory
Compliance at Swedish/Edmonds.
“Using phrases such as, ‘I have a
concern,’ or ‘I have a clarifying
question,’ are recognized by
attendees as tools to improve
communication between staff and
physicians, and staff with their
coworkers. The whole premise of this
training is to always put the patient
first.”
In addition to Swedish/Edmonds,
Swedish/First Hill and Swedish/
Ballard also received an ‘A’ rating in
patient safety from Leapfrog.
in the Swedish/Providence system,
but he says the team isn’t sitting on
its laurels. They’re now working to
implement another new process
improvement called Team Care.
Similar to rounding, Team Care
involves getting a care team of ED
nurses and providers together in a
patient room at the same time. The
goal is for providers and nurses to
update each other and the patient
on a plan of care all at once, further
streamlining communication. Dr.
Miller hopes to roll out the ED Team
Care concept in the next month or
two.
An excited Swedish/Edmonds Emergency Department team shows off its Distinguished Practice Award, given by CEP America.
CEP Award (continued from page 6)
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Olav and Anne Sola Award Honors Hospital Staff In recognition of the superb
contributions by hospital staff,
including nurses, housekeepers and
schedulers, the physicians of
Swedish/Edmonds have established
the Olav and Anne Sola Award.
The award, named after a former
surgeon, Olav Sola, and his wife
Anne, who were instrumental in the
formation of the public hospital
district and the construction of the
hospital, is to recognize a group or
individual who has made an
outstanding contribution to the care
and welfare of our patients at
Swedish/Edmonds.
“Medicine is a team endeavor,” says
Bruce Williams, M.D., president-elect
of the medical staff at Swedish/
Edmonds, “We couldn’t get
anywhere without all of the wonderful
contributions of our support staff and
we feel as a medical staff that we
need to recognize those around us.”
The first recipient of the award is
Shelley Richard, medical imaging
coordinator at Swedish/Edmonds.
Shelley was presented with the
award during the medical staff
holiday dinner on Dec. 13.
“Shelley is an exceptional individual,”
says Dr. Williams. “She’s always
working to solve logistical problems,
always ready to help. She has an
excellent reputation with physicians
and office staffs around the
community. Everyone who orders
imaging studies knows her and
knows she’s the go-to person to help
you get something done.”
“I’m speechless and very honored to
receive this award,” says Shelley. “I
love my job and being a medical
imaging coordinator gives me the
unique opportunity to interact with
physicians from all different
specialties. Thank you to such a
wonderful medical staff for putting
your trust in me.”
Nominations by physicians for the
Olav and Anne Sola Award were
accepted during the last quarterly
medical staff meeting. They were
reviewed and voted on by the
Swedish/Edmonds Medical
Executive Committee. The honor will
be presented once a year. Other top
nominees for this year’s award were
the Quality Management and
Regulatory Compliance department
and the Emergency Room
Improvement Committee.
Nominations for next year’s award
will be accepted from the medical
staff at their next annual medical
staff meeting in Oct. 2014.
Four Swedish nurses, including two
from Swedish/Edmonds, were
recently honored as part of a group
of nurses from Washington state for
receiving the March of Dimes
Western Washington Nurse of the
Year Awards.
The Nov. 21 awards event
recognized exceptional nurses, in
twelve separate categories, whose
extraordinary efforts stand out. The
Community Volunteer Award went to
Heather Guthrie, R.N., Swedish/
Edmonds; the Mentoring Award went
to Anita Shoup, R.N., Swedish/
Edmonds; the Distinguished
Nurse of the Year Award went
to Linda Maschhoff, R.N.,
Swedish/Ballard; and the
Patient/Clinical Care Award
went to Laura Mills, R.N.,
Swedish/First Hill. Stacy
Woodard, ED tech at Swedish/
Ballard, was also honored for
the New Generation/Nursing
Student of the Year Award.
Congratulations to our
exceptional nurses for their
awards and outstanding patient
care!
Nurses Honored at Nurse of the Year Awards
Pictured left to right: Nancy Wood, chief nurse
executive; award nominee Stephanie Huntington,
Emergency Services; award nominee Mina Garingo,
Surgical Services; award winner Anita Shoup,
Surgical Services/Clinical Education and Practice;
award winner Heather Guthrie, ED; award nominee
Najwa Elmorr, PCU manager; and David Jaffe, chief
executive of Swedish/Edmonds.
Shelley Richard, medical imaging
coordinator, is congratulated by Anne Sola
during the presentation of the Olav and
Anne Sola Award at the medical staff holiday
dinner on Dec. 13. Shelley is the first
recipient of the award presented on behalf of
physicians at Swedish/Edmonds to
recognize superb contributions by hospital
staff.
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Record Night at Swedish/Edmonds Imagine Gala A record-breaking $595,000 was
raised during this year’s Swedish/
Edmonds Imagine Gala. The annual
semi-formal event, held at the
Lynnwood Convention Center on
Friday, Nov. 15, included live music
and dinner, as well as silent and live
auctions benefitting Swedish/
Edmonds.
Community leaders from North King
and South Snohomish counties,
corporate executives from local
companies, leading physicians,
Swedish administrators and patrons
of Swedish/Edmonds were among
the more than 560 guests in
attendance. Proceeds from this
year’s gala will support the
construction of a new, advanced
emergency department at Swedish/
Edmonds. The project is part of a
larger hospital campus expansion
initiative that will significantly
enhance the services and comfort
available to patients.
Thank you to the dozens of
emergency department staff who
volunteered at the gala to welcome
guests. Thanks also to the many
generous corporate sponsors and
our leadership donors for the
evening, including Radia, Inc.,
Michelle and Mike Sinnett, Ernest
and Debra Kawamoto, and David
and Maureen Jaffe, and to the
Swedish Foundation and gala
committee for creating a beautiful
evening for our guests, and
organizing our most successful gala
to date.
If you’d like to learn more about how
you can support Swedish/Edmonds
or to make a gift, please contact the
Swedish Foundation at 206-386-
2738 or visit
www.swedishfoundation.org.
New Medical Staff (continued from page 10)
A record-breaking $595,000 was raised
during the Swedish/Edmonds Imagine Gala
held on Nov. 15 at the Lynnwood
Convention Center. David Jaffe, chief
executive of Swedish/Edmonds, is pictured
above addressing the more than 560 gala
guests.
Name Group Specialty
Joshua A. Hill, M.D. Swedish Hospital Medicine Internal Medicine
Lei Yuan Lim, M.D. Puget Sound Gastroenterology Gastroenterology
Margaret N. Towolawi, M.D. Ballinger Clinic Family Medicine
Mark S. Kim, M.D. Center for Wound Healing & Hyper-barics
Wound Healing
Mitchell L. Cohen, M.D. Minor & James Medical Gastroenterology
Rachel L. O’Connor, M.D. Radia, Inc. PS Radiology, Diagnostic
Randi W. Hart, M.D. Radia Inc. PS Radiology, Diagnostic
Rodney J. Kratz, M.D. Swedish Colon Rectal Clinic Colorectal Surgery
Sandi C. Pollard, DPM Alderwood Ankle & Foot Clinic Podiatry
Stanley G. Lue, M.D. Swedish Neuroscience Institute Neurology
Stephen J. Monteith, M.D.
Swedish Cerebrovascular Center Neurological Surgery
Tara L. Benkers, M.D. Swedish Neuroscience Specialists Neurology
Veronica D. Harrell, M.D. ProNerve LLC Neurology
21601 - 76th Avenue West, Edmonds, WA 98026
Vital Signs Issue 62 Nov./Dec. 2013
Newsletter Access Vital Signs is available on
our website. Visit the
Medical Staff section
swedish.org\EdmondsMedicalStaff
and select Physicians Links &
Resources from the menu on
the left.
Contributions
Any medical staff member
with an article or item for the
newsletter should contact
Amy Morrow, marketing
copywriter, at
the 1st of the month.
WELCOME New Swedish/Edmonds Medical Staff Name Group Specialty
Atif M. Mian, M.D. Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbarics
Wound Healing
Brian C. Tryon, M.D. Radia Inc. PS Radiology, Neuroradiology
Daniel R. Fullmer, M.D. Radia, Inc. PS Radiology, Diagnostic
Eric A. Harris, M.D. Puget Sound Surgical Center Surgery
Jeffrey A. Gilles, M.D. Northwest Hand and Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery
Barbara A. Blankenship, M.D. Radis, Inc. PS Radiology, Diagnostic
Darren Ronald Pollock, M.D. Swedish Colon Rectal Clinic Colorectal Surgery
Jay Torres, M.D. Radia, Inc. PS Radiology, Diagnostic
Jason W. Van Winkle, M.D. Travel Medicine LLC Infectious Disease
Jaek Young A. Hong, M.D. Summit Cardiology—Northwest Cardiology
Genevieve W. Hann, M.D. Birth & Family Clinic Family Medicine, Obstetrics
Please see New Medical Staff on page 9 inside
