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PHS Officers and Civil Service Employees Working Together in Quality Management at FCC Butner, NC Quality Management Dept at FCC Butner – (L to R): Cheryl Daniel, LPN, HSS, CAPT Gracie Bumpass-Gentry, RN, MPA, Susan Tuck, HSS and LCDR Yvonne Lassiter Murphy, RN, MHA Chances are you’ve seen several staff members in your areas looking through charts. These ladies are Health Systems Specialist in the Quality Management Department at FCC Butner. The department is headed by CAPT Gracie Bumpass-Gentry, MPA, RN, and Chief of Quality Management. CAPT Bumpass-Gentry has the overall responsibility of ensuring the quality of care across the complex is appropriately and continuously maintained. This must be done in order for us to keep our esteemed Joint Commission Accreditation. Quality Management staff includes: Susan Tuck, Cheryl Daniel, LPN and LCDR Yvonne Lassiter Murphy, MHA, RN. Auditing charts is just one of the tasks assigned to the QM staff members. They do so much more to improve the overall performance at FCC Butner. The primary methodology utilized to improve performance is the PDCA approach (Plan, Do, Check, Act). Planning includes studying a process, deciding what could improve it, and identifying data to collect. Doing includes carrying out that plan. Checking includes evaluating the results of the data, and acting includes fully implementing the plan if applicable. Another task assigned to the QM department is analyzing or investigating Sentinel Events. A Sentinel Event is an event which has resulted in an unanticipated death, rape, hemolytic transfusion reaction involving administration of blood, surgery on the wrong patient or wrong body part, and suicide of a patient in a setting where he receives 24 hour care. National Performance Measures are also monitored and reported to Central Office biannually. The measures monitored are the management of: hypertension, lipid levels (LDL), diabetes (Hbg A1C), HIV/RNA levels, completion of Isoniazid treatment, and asthma related hospitalizations or mortalities. FCC Butner is one of the primary Medical Referral Centers for the Bureau of Prisons. We are the Center for excellence in Diabetes, Rehabilitation Services, and Oncology. Due to the Oncology mission, all Federal inmates requiring extensive medical care for the progression of their cancer are sent to FCC Butner. In 2009, 84 of the 141 deaths at FCC Butner were cancer related. The Quality Management Department assists in Mortality Reviews. These reviews establish a multilevel system of reporting and reviewing every inmate death. Once finalized locally, it’s sent to Central Office for review. We enjoy our jobs immensely, and look forward to working with all staff at FCC Butner to continuously improve the quality of care and maintaining our Joint Commission Accreditation. Submitted By LCDR Yvonne Lassiter Murphy, Program Management Officer Federal Bureau of Prisons in Butner, NC Recognition Ceremony for the 1st Three RADM Jerrold M. Michael Fellows On Friday, October 1, 2010, the PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation joined in on the recognition ceremony for the graduation of the first three RADM Jerrold M. Michael Fellows from the University of Maryland School of Public Health. They received a Graduate Certificate in Global Health. (L to R) RADM Dushanka Kleinman, (Ret.), Associate Dean; RADM Jerrold M. Michael, (Ret.), COF Board Member; Brian McSheffrey, COF Development Director; LT QuynhNhu Nguyen, Graduate Certificate Recipient; LT Allen Magtibay, Current Michael Fellow; LCDR Jill Hammond, Graduate Certificate Recipient; CAPT Bruce Chelikowsky, (Ret.), COF Board Member. Not pictured: LCDR Varsha Savalia, Graduate Certificate Recipient; LT Kristen Hardin, Current Michael Fellow 10 commissioned officers association
welcome NEW MEMBERS LTJG Oladeji A. Ajani, North Carolina LT Amy J. Alvis, South Texas LT Francine A. Barnett, Columbus LT Lacey K. Blankenship, Unaffiliated LCDR Jabal Chase, Atlanta LCDR Sidney B. Daniel, Jr., Northeast Oklahoma LCDR Tara S. Daugereau, Central Texas LT Sabrina DeBose, Atlanta LT Phong D. Do, Unaffiliated LT Allison K. Gallen, Aurora Borealis LT Alfredo Garcia, Ft. Worth LT Valarie T. Gardner, Columbus LCDR Eduardo Gomez-Saladin, Unaffiliated LT Philip T. Gorz, Bemidji LT Malaysia H. Gresham, Unaffiliated LCDR Craig Hales, Atlanta LT Lakeisha W. Hicks, North Carolina LTJG Candis M. Hunter, Atlanta LCDR Mark M. Iseri, Mt. Adams LTJG Victoria L. Johnson, North Carolina LT Frank J. Koch, New England LCDR Cynthia Long, Unaffiliated LT Allison H. Longenberger, Unaffiliated LCDR Mark Morgan, Unaffiliated LT Matthew J. Morrison, Heart of America LT Luz E. Rivera, Phoenix LCDR Josef F. Rivero, North Carolina LT Hobart L. Rogers, Jr., Unaffiliated LT Aaron Ross, Unaffiliated LT Tyler M. Sharp, Puerto Rico LT James G. Sims, Four Corners LTJG Dereck Smith, Central Florida LT Jacinta Smith, Atlanta LTJG Seneca M. Smith, Unaffiliated LTJG Maria A. Tharakan, SoCal LT Trang Q. Tran, Montgomery County Minority Officers Liaison Council Celebrates 20th Anniversary Health Disparities Symposium To address one of Surgeon General’s priorities- “to eliminate health disparities in our nation” - the Minority Officers Liaison Council (MOLC) is planning to celebrate its 20th Anniversary by hosting a one-day symposium on health disparities. The purpose of this event is to promote awareness of federal, state and local initiatives in the elimination of health disparities and to highlight the role of USPHS and other entities to public health organizations in this important effort. The symposium will be held on December 10, 2010 from 0900 to 1600 at the Reyes Building, 4th Floor Reyes Conference Room, 801 Thompson Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. The event will be free of charge and lunch will be provided. The symposium will be open to government staff, PHS officers, and state and local public health community leaders. The symposium will consist of presentations and panel discussions highlighting state-of-the-art approaches to address the elimination of health disparities. Among the proposed topics for the symposium include the following: • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Implications for Eliminating Health Disparities • National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities • Effects of the Economic Downturn on the Health of Communities of Color • Health Disparities of American Indians/Alaska Natives • Elimination of Health Disparities in the Healthcare Workforce • Overcoming Cancer Health Disparities • Eliminating Health Disparities: Tribal, Federal, State/Local Health Department, and Community Initiatives Please RSVP to LT Karen Ho at karen.ho@ahrq.hhs.gov by November 30, 2010. For additional information regarding the symposium agenda, please visit MOLC website at http://molcusphs.org/ for updates. october 2010 | Frontline Senior Officer Retirements – A Trend? COA cannot help but notice what appears to be an increasing exodus of senior leaders from the Corps in the last few months. In addition to Rear Admirals Bob Williams’ and David Rutstein’s retirements as reported elsewhere, RADMs Vince Berkeley, Rich Rubendall, and Van Hubbard have also recently retired and newly appointed acting Deputy Surgeon General, Captain Carol Romano will retire on 1 November. COA is attempting to confirm the pending retirements of at least four more PHS flag officers. While each individual officer has his or her own reason for electing to retire, the coincidence of so many within a few months time has raised questions among rank and file officers. The loss of much talent, experience, and leadership for the Corps is certainly of concern. While all of the retiring officers are certain to continue their service to the nation’s public health in some other capacity; their loss to the PHS Commissioned Corps will be felt for quite some time. The good news is that there is an extraordinarily talented generation of captains and commanders more than fully qualified, ready and eager to be given their opportunity for promotion into senior leadership positions. We can only hope that these fine officers are quickly given their chance to serve the Corps and public health in assignments of increased responsibility. COA extends our best wishes for the future to all retiring officers. 11
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