INSIDE 1 … Ch e c k My N o r t h B a y , Y o u r E mp l o y e e P o r t a l , f o r Ne ws i n R e al T i m e … 05.23.18 Moving Ahead on OpEx 2020 Delight Nut Tree May is Mental Health Awareness Month; Learn How NorthBay Healthcare Can Help — Page 16 Twelve to Tour with CEO Call them “The Lucky Dozen.” The 12 employees listed below are going to get an hourlong VIP tour of the new three-story addi- tion to NorthBay Medical Center, because their names were drawn in a raffle during Employee Ap- preciation Meals week. But first, before any tour, there will be lunch with NorthBay Healthcare President and CEO Konard Jones, served at the site of the future cafeteria. The tour See TOUR, Page 12 Projects to pursue NorthBay’s Operational Excellence and the goals in the strategic plan, Eyes on 2020, have been identified and will soon be introduced to teams around NorthBay. This new initiative, OpEx 2020, is the fruition of much study of a systemwide assess- ment completed with the help of Kaufman Hall, a consulting firm that has done similar top-to- See OPEX, Page 4 at the VIP guests started the evening off at a reception in the Nut Tree Plaza. A ‘Thirty-Wonderful’ Jubilee Experience Breezy, but temperate weather greeted hundreds of revelers who gathered at the Harbison Event Center at the Nut Tree for the 31 st annual Solano Wine & Food Jubilee Sat- urday, May 19. It was a packed experience from corner to corner of the venue, as more than 2,000 ticketholders wandered among 100 food, wine and brew vendors, perused hundreds of items in a silent auction, and were entertained by DJ Chase VIPS Enjoy Appreciation Meals — Pages 10-12 New Hires 2 Recycling Success 3 Nurse Week Salute 5 #OurDocTalk 6 Mixer Magic 7 Basket Winners 13 A Soft Touch 14 See JUBILEE, Page 8
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Moving Ahead on
OpEx 2020
Delight Nut Tree
May isMental HealthAwarenessMonth; Learn How NorthBay Healthcare Can Help
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Twelve to Tour with CEO
Call them “The Lucky Dozen.”The 12 employees listed below
are going to get an hourlong VIP tour of the new three-story addi-tion to NorthBay Medical Center, because their names were drawn in a raffle during Employee Ap-preciation Meals week.
But first, before any tour, there will be lunch with NorthBay Healthcare President and CEO Konard Jones, served at the site of the future cafeteria. The tour
See TOUR, Page 12
Projects to pursue NorthBay’s Operational Excellence and the goals in the strategic plan, Eyes on 2020, have been identified and will soon be introduced to teams around NorthBay.
This new initiative, OpEx 2020, is the fruition of much study of a systemwide assess-ment completed with the help of Kaufman Hall, a consulting firm that has done similar top-to-
See OPEX, Page 4
at the
VIP guests started the evening off at a reception in the Nut Tree Plaza.
A ‘Thirty-Wonderful’ Jubilee ExperienceBreezy, but temperate
weather greeted hundreds of revelers who gathered at the Harbison Event Center at the Nut Tree for the 31st annual Solano Wine & Food Jubilee Sat-urday, May 19.
It was a packed experience
from corner to corner of the venue, as more than 2,000 ticketholders wandered among 100 food, wine and brew vendors, perused hundreds of items in a silent auction, and were entertained by DJ Chase
VIPSEnjoy
AppreciationMeals
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New Hires 2Recycling Success 3 Nurse Week Salute 5#OurDocTalk 6 Mixer Magic 7Basket Winners 13 A Soft Touch 14
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Join the Fiesta DaysParade Fun, Check OutNorthBay’s Entry
Sarah BarlowDirector, Enterprise InformationIT, Green Valley Administration Center
Ana ChavezClinical Nurse IIIntensive Care Unit, NorthBay Medical Center
Frank ConlonStationary Engineer I, NorthBay Medical Center
Karen DelacruzMental Health TechnicianGreen Valley Psychiatry ClinicGreen Valley Health Plaza
Stacy HornerClinical Nurse IIEmergency Room, NorthBay Medical Center
Mallory JohnsonProcedural TechnologistAmbulatory Surgery Center
Eileen KaplanASC Registered NurseAmbulatory Surgery Center
April KrummClinical Nurse II, Delivery RoomNorthBay Medical Center
Lori MuirDirector, Oncology ServicesVacaValley Wellness Center
Daisy NajeraClinical Nurse IIUnit 1800 Med-Surg, NorthBay Medical Center
Hannah NugentClinical Nurse IIIntensive Care UnitNorthBay Medical Center
Kristine OrdonezClinical Nurse II, 1-West Med-SurgVacaValley Hospital
Kimberly PakneyDirector, Medical Staff RelationsNorthBay Medical Center
Audrey ReyesLCSW Support Group FacilitatorGreen Valley Health Plaza
Laureen Romero-ChuaSpeech PathologistNorthBay Medical Center
Fahm Yien SaeturnClinical Nurse IIUnit 1800 Med-Surg, NorthBay Medical Center
NorthBay Healthcare invites employees and families to join in the 2018 Fiesta Days celebration, according to Bob Armijo, Human Re-sources services manager/employee relations and parade committee chair.
Like last year, this year’s parade entry will feature a flatbed packed with former Fiesta Days Grand Mar-shals. The parade begins at 10 a.m. on Merchant Street, but arrive early to get a good viewing spot.
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Our Recycling Effort Already Paying Off
NorthBay’s Film Debut!A poster for the movie “Generations” is displayed during its pre-mier at the Solano Community College theater. Portions of the film, which tells the story of a doctor who discovers the truth about him-self and his lineage, were filmed at NorthBay Healthcare’s Green Valley Administration Center. Its producers are in the process of applying to show the movie at various film festivals.
Heart Health Focus of TalkNorthBay Cardiologist Milind Dhond, M.D., discusses heart health during a special presentation at Paradise Valley Estates. The lecture included an overall discussion of heart health and heart disease including risk factors, diagnosis and treatment options.
Mark your calendars for the next set of Open Staff meetings by NorthBay Health-care President and CEO Konard Jones.
All employees are invited to attend the meeting most convenient to them:
Friday, June 15:NorthBay Medical Cen-
ter Annex, Rooms 1/210 a.m., 3:30 p.m.Monday, June 18:
GVAC Conf. Rm. 1549 a.m., 1 p.m.
Thursday, June 21: Hilborn Administration Conference
Room 229AB at 10:30 a.m.Friday, June 22:
VVH Cafe Conf. Room8 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m.
Save the Date in Junefor Open Staff Meetings
Blue recycling totes have only been in North-Bay offices and work spaces for less than half a year and yet they’re already paying off, accord-ing to Chris Matthews, director of real estate.
“We’re on track to save more through this recycling program than we had anticipated,” he said. “Employees seem to have embraced the effort and we’re helping the state of California reach its goal of reducing solid waste removal.”
The blue totes accept cardboard, newspaper, junk mail, magazines and wrapping paper, as well as recyclable cans, glass bottles and jars.
Food waste, photos, paper towels and tissue, any kind of Styrofoam and plastic lids, bags and wrappers should go in the regular trash.
“We really appreciate everyone’s help in making these savings possible. We look forward to your continued efforts.”
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Honoring a Sailor’s Years of Service
NorthBay Hospice patient Felix Gonzales (above) was honored to receive a “We Honor Veterans” four-star pin during a special ceremony organized recently by his NorthBay Hospice care team. The U.S. Navy veteran had served more than 20 years as a cook aboard submarines and told George Dix, NorthBay Hospice Chaplain, Bereavement and Volunteer coordinator, that this was the first time his service had been so recog-nized. Standing in for the ceremony was (left to right, at right) George, Felix and wife, Celerina, and (back row) Nieko Passion, Home Health aide; Thrieza Zapanta, LCSW; Kathleen Diaz, case manager; Janine Sawyer, Hospice manager; and Dr. Terrell VanAken, medical director, NorthBay Hospice & Bereavement.
bottom studies of health systems across the nation.
More than 150 potential op-portunities were presented in the study, but not all of them are included in OpEx 2020. That’s because some did not support NorthBay’s efforts to improve patient safety, or ensure quality care, or came in conflict with our NorthBay culture.
“We believe there are many good things to pursue that are related to increasing our rev-enue,” noted President and CEO Konard Jones. “It’s not all about looking for ways to trim.”
He cited an initiative that will look to enhance our specialty
pharmacy services, which could increase revenue and provide a much-needed service to North-Bay patients, who curently have to travel out of county for these rare and often very expensive medications.
Several projects will look at the revenue cycle work we do and how billing is structured.
The goal, Konard explained, is to achieve just 5 percent im-provement in the financial perfor-mance of NorthBay.
“And much of that will be rev-enue capture.”
Efficiencies can make a sig-nificant impact, and at the same time improve patient care, said Aimee Brewer, president of
NorthBay Healthcare Group. “If we can implement more
ways to have standard work in all areas, we can improve safety and patient care. Standard work does not equate soley to financial improvement, it is more about providing the highest quality care we can.”
Aimee stressed that this will continue to be a collaborative initiative.
Already more than 100 man-agers, supervisors and leads were part of the analysis and project prioritization.
The next step will be to in-troduce work design ideas and changes to teams that will work on new projects.
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Nurse Week Blessings, Celebrations
Chaplain Natalya Johnson (at left) per-forms a blessing of the hands for Sue An-derson-Seibert, R.N., following a nursing memorial service. Keynote speaker Donna Hartley (above) shares the harrowing story of surviving a 1978 plane crash during one of two inspirational presenta-tions to honor National Nurses Week at NorthBay Healthcare.
NorthBay Medical Center nurses get into the spirit of National Nurses Week by donning white caps (above). At left, Shelley Johnson, director of Critical Care Services, Chris Stevenson, Magnet Program consultant, and Natalya Johnson, chaplain, place names of nurses on a memorial tree.
From a special ceremony to re-member nurses who have died, to a blessing of the hands and a keynote speaker who gave two presentations aimed at inspiring staff to “fire up” their lives, nursing was honored in style during National Nurses Week at NorthBay Healthcare.
“Turn to the back of the plane!” Those were the words the flight at-tendant shouted to Donna Hartley and the rest of the passengers on a Continental DC 10 as it exploded on a runway at LAX on March 1, 1978.
They were also the words she shouted from the back of the room as she began her keynote speech.
Hartley shared three extraor-dinary experiences in her life and the lessons she learned from them, including the plane crash.
“On takeoff, three tires exploded on the left side of the plane and we tilted to one side and ignited with all of that fuel on board,” Hartley
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Live Video Chat Educates on Stroke
Time is running out to reserve your spot at the 22nd annual National Cancer Survivors Day, hosted by NorthBay Healthcare. The event is set for Sunday, June 3 and reservations are requested by May 25.
It’s a chance to celebrate cancer survivorship, and to learn the latest news about treatment from ex-perts at the NorthBay Cancer Center and the Mayo Clinic. The event will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Clubhouse at Rancho Solano, 3250 Rancho Solano Parkway in Fairfield.
Speakers include Mayo Clinic oncologist Scott H. Okuno, M.D., an expert on bone and soft tissue sarcomas, and Brian Vikstrom, M.D., an oncologist/hematologist with the NorthBay Cancer Center.
Cancer survivors Donald Roberts, Cordelia Fox,
Deadline Nears to Reserve a Survivors Day SpotDavid Lew and Petra Pohl will speak during the “Speaking from the Heart” portion of the program.
A light lunch and beverages will be served. In May 2016, NorthBay Healthcare became the
first health care organization in northern Cali-fornia to join the Mayo Clinic Care Network. The agreement gives NorthBay access to the latest Mayo Clinic knowledge and promotes collabora-tion among physicians to benefit patients, helping them get answers to complex medical questions — and peace of mind — while staying close to home.
To attend this free event, pre-register at www.NorthBay.org/Survivor Day, or call (707) 646-3280 by May 25. As space is limited, registration is limited to four guests.
May is National Stroke Awareness Month and North-Bay Healthcare’s Stroke Program leaders used so-cial media to reach out and educate the community on the causes, symptoms and treatment for stroke during the latest #OurDocTalk chat on Facebook.
Neurologist Ameer Almul-lahassani, M.D., and Beth Gladney, R.N., manager of the NorthBay Stroke Pro-gram, teamed up for the chat, which was broadcast on live streaming video via Facebook Live on the North-Bay Healthcare Facebook page.
The chat began with an explanation of the types of stroke: ischemic and hemorrhagic.
“Not all strokes are created equal,” explained Beth. “Some are caused by a clot or a buildup of plaque in a vessel that does not allow blood to get through. A hemorrhagic, or bleeding stroke, is caused when a blood vessel bursts in the brain.”
Dr. Almullahassani explained the signs to watch out for.
“There may be sudden onset of numbness, one side weakness, sudden onset of being unable to talk or facial weakness,” he said.
Beth helped to explain how to recognize the signs using the acronym F.A.S.T.
“F.A.S.T is a quick way to identify symptoms,”
she said. “The F is for face — if you ask them to smile and one side droops. A is for arm. Have them hold up their arms and see if one drifts down. S is for speech, a sudden onset loss of speech ... or they slur and make no sense. The T is for time because the most important thing to do is call 911. Don’t try to drive your-self because time is brain.”
Dr. Almullahassani elabo-rated.
“You lose 1.9 million cells for each minute that a stroke goes untreated,” he ex-
plained. The good news, he said, is that with isch-emic stroke, medicine to break up blood clots can be administered through I.V. up to four and a half hours after the onset of stroke, and up to 24 hours afterwards through interventional therapy, in which the drug is delivered directly to the blockage.
A better option, the pair agreed, is to avoid hav-ing a stroke at all.
“It is important to act before stroke happens. If you come to me after a stroke, the damage has been done,” he said. “So control your blood pres-sure and cholesterol, sleep apnea, migraines, smoking, drinking, drugs, obesity. These can all be contributing risk factors.”
The video can be viewed on the NorthBay Face-book page (Facebook.com/NorthBayHealthcare).
Neurologist Ameer Almullahassani, M.D., (left) and Beth Gladney, R.N., manager of the NorthBay Stroke Program, discuss strokes during the Facebook Live chat.
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NorthBay Shines at Chamber MixerThe annual joint mixer of the Fairfield-Suisun
and Vacaville chambers of commerce brought a large crowd to the Green Valley Administration
Center and provided a platform to show the many stellar services offered by NorthBay. At right, Eric VanPelt, construction project manager, shows off the NorthBay Medical Center expansion project in
high-tech fashion. Bea Castro and Louise Henry (below, left to right), practice managers at the
NorthBay Cancer Center, man their booth with a sweet offering of candy. Kevin Pattison, director
of Musculoskeletal Health Services, (bottom right) gives a tip of the hat while posing with cardboard
cutouts of Drs. Jay Parkin and Cornelis Elmes at the NorthBay Orthopedics booth.
Leira Lopez, patient services rep, (above) shows off some of the giveaways handed
out at the neuroscience booth, while (right) Lacy DeQuattro, simulation lab
program coordinator and Tiffany Schegg, M.D., staff a station on CPR.
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Jubilee...(From Page 1)
Me, the Vino Banditos and dance band The Time Bandits.
VIPs were also invited to ex-perience not one but three exclu-sive venues, each with a different theme, in a new twist planned by the committee.
From tacos to miso-infused shrimp, from IPAs and pale ales to award-winning burgundies, Ju-bilee guests were treated to it all.
It was made possible by generous sponsors and a host of hard-working volunteers, noted Craig Bryan, Jubilee committee chair.
“We are very grateful for the support of our presenting spon-
sors — Al and Patt Shaw, Dr. Lee and Valerie Freeman, Wise Auto Group, Dennis and Alex Landis, Heidi Y. Campini, Paradise Valley Estates, DPR Construction and Western Health Advantage,” Craig noted. “With their support, and that of our many other sponsors and donors, as well as our vol-unteers, we can say this year’s event was another resounding success.”
The silent auction returned in force this year, according to Adam Burke, NorthBay Health-care Foundation board member. Early numbers show that more than $35,000 was raised, in-cluding more than $4,100 from the 11 gift baskets created by members of NorthBay Healthcare departments. (For more on the employee-donated baskets, see Page 13).
The evening’s second phase began when the tasting and sip-ping portion ended, as the crowd moved over to the Nut Tree Plaza to hear who had won the grand prize in the Jubilee raffle, as well as cash prizes. Following that, the crowd began dancing to The Time Bandits, and took rides on the Nut Tree carousel and Nut Tree train.
The raffle’s grand prize went
Ticketholders made their way into the venue (left) where they were met by as many as 100 vendors serving food and beverages. Jubilee Chairman Craig Bryan (below, right) and wife Francie, Jubilee restaurant chair, took a moment to relax and raise a toast for a job well done.
Silent Auc-tion tables
loaded with wines and spirits, gift
baskets, ex-otic vacation
opportuni-ties, one-of-
a-kind items, artwork and
and plenty of gift certifi-
cates proved hard to pass up for many
shoppers.
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to Terryl Buntrock, who was traveling out of the country at the time of the Jubilee but called in her order for three raffle tickets just before the event.
When she returns, Terryl will choose between a brand-new Nissan Altima, Buick Verano, Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima or Mazda3 Hatchback, donated by Rami Yanni of The Wise Auto Group.
More than 20 ticketholders were winners in the Jubilee cash raffle. Winning $125 were Tom Byrd, Becky Gardiner, Jerry Wilkerson, Jake Adair, David McKenzie, Ed Bowen, Art DeNio, Nina Humphrey, Ed Rapisarda, Lee Fuller, Doreen Torres and Charles Dimmick.
Winning $500 were Laurie Hauser, Brian Lynch, James Barnes, Kristen Pucher, Curtis Hunt, Craig Bryan, Harriet Murphy Stanley, Bill Jankowski, Christl Wakeland and Rory Hansen.
Gwen Runnels took home $1,000 and $2,500 went to Allison Barnes.
Jubilee... (From Page 8)
Crowds enjoyed food, drink, dancing and carousel rides, while physicians and executives (above) paused for a group photo. Heidi Campini and Wendy Jackson, raffle chair, (far left) pulled the winning tickets.
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Dishing Up Appreciation!
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... to Fun with Plenty of Props at Green Valley Administration Center
Tour ... (From Page 1)itself will be conducted by Eric VanPelt, project man-ager.
The lunch and tour runs from 12:15 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6. Hard hats and construction vests will be supplied. Closed-toe shoes are required.
The tour will be videotaped, so eventually everyone will be able to get a sneak peek at the progress of our up-and-coming facility. VIPs will wrap up their tour with a swag bag of NorthBay items.
The lucky winners, from their respective work places, are:
Hilborn campus: Tricy Duarte, medical assistant II and Nate Parker, maintenance technician.
GVAC: Gaylee Butterfield, learning support specialist and Ari Carabez, learning system spe-cialist.
NorthBay Medical Center campus: Andy Young, MRI technician and Nancy Hobbs, admin-istrative support specialist.
CPC Green Valley: Ricky Dominguez, phle-botomy technician/MA II.
CPC Hilborn: Tyler Poncy, clinical resource LVN.
CPC and Urgent Care Vacaville: Luis Rodri-
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Find a gallery of photos from all
locartions on My NorthBay
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guez, medical assistant and Jera Ochoa, patient services represen-tative.
Prizes ranging from tickets to Vezer Vineyard concerts to pro-fessional baseball games went to 22 lucky employees. They are:
Bogle Magnum: Bianca Puge-da, clinical nurse II; Jelly Belly candy: Raquel Aguirre, clinical nurse II; Massage: Joy Cabusca, medical staff coordinator; Guild gift certificates: Joann Abrams, administrative coordinator and Lee Owens, patient access am-bassador II; Café gift certificates: Thomas Howland, Environmental Services aide and Jackie Wilson, radiation tech; Niche Café gift certificate: Lisa Heller, physi-cal therapist; Vezer Concerts: Karen Solberg, revenue cycle analyst II; Allison Short, outpa-tient case manager; and Alana Gibson, clinical nurse II; Mankas gift certificate: Martha Castillo, clinical nurse III; Nugget gift certificate and wine: Julie Miller,
Tour...(From Page 12)
physical therapist; Caymus wine: Matthew Pecci, clinical nurse II; Red Valley Wine: Aloha Lewis, CNA; Vezer Magnum: Christopher Johnson, clinical nurse IV; River Cats tickets: Lisa Lattell, patient access rep III; Orlando Larks, IT assistant; Jill Bowman, activity aide; A’s tickets: Carmen Robin-son, medical assistant II; Giants tickets: Charity Blackford, patient access rep., and Melissa Barnes, CNA.
Silent Auction Chairman Adam Burke shows off the winning gift basket, or cart in this case, created by the Health at Home and Hospice & Bereavement team.
Exhibiting clever creativity and genuine generosity, 11 NorthBay Healthcare departments took up the Jubilee Committee’s chal-lenge to create and then donate themed gift baskets to the Jubi-lee silent auction. Their themes ranged from relaxation to travel, from food and wine to only-in-Solano experiences. In all, North-Bay employee’s efforts raised more than $4,100 of the auc-tion’s estimated $35,000 in funds collected that night.
The winning basket was “Home Away from Home,” by the Health at Home and Hospice & Bereavement team. It featured a seven-day stay at a Kirkwood Mountain Resort condo and an array of outdoor-related ameni-ties. The team received 10 VIP Jubilee tickets as their prize for taking first place. Health Infor-mation Management’s “Back-yard Winery Experience” basket and the Quality Division’s “San Francisco Giants” basket both snagged first runners-up places and two VIP tickets.
Other departments that con-tributed were Real Estate & Fa-cilities Development, VacaValley ICU, Respiratory Therapy, Public Affairs, Heart & Vascular, Strate-gic Development, Rehabilitation, and NorthBay Surgery.
“Thanks to all for stepping up and donating your time, funds and ingenuity,” said Adam Burke, silent auction chair. “Your efforts help us continue to support the people of our community.”
Chief Nursing Officer Traci Duncan (left) and NorthBay Healthcare Group President Aimee Brewer draw the winning tickets.
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Representatives from Opera-tion Comfort Case made a special delivery to the NorthBay Cancer Center last week, when they donated two dozen hand-made pillowcases for patients to use. “This is more than a pillowcase,” said Hannah Stephens, 13, one of several youngsters who helped to create the pillowcases. “Some-body is going to think ‘this was made just for me, and somebody was thinking of me.’”
Infusion Center patient Gary Reynolds, just settling in for his appointment, was the first to be offered a pillowcase from the donation bag. He quickly latched onto one sporting Golden State Warriors fabric. “I’m a Warriors fan, so this is great,” he said.
The idea for Operation Com-fort Care, based in Suisun, was born on Thanksgiving 2016, as a way for some home-schooling mothers — including one with foster children — to bring a little softness into lives that are facing hard times. “Some of the foster kids have very little to call their own, mostly things that can fit into a pillowcase, so that’s where we got started,” Hannah’s moth-er, Bridgit, explained.
Since then, Bridgit, Sheena Molina and the 11 industrious children between them have sewn more than 4,500 pillowcas-es and delivered them to foster children, the Yountville Veterans Home, local churches, Heather House residents, and mailed batches to deployed soldiers through the Blue Star Mothers program. When former North-Bay Cancer Center patient Nicole
A Gift Encased in Comfort
Stinnett heard of their efforts, she just had to sign up to help, she said, knowing first-hand how much a little comfort can be ap-preciated at a difficult time.
It’s an assembly-line process when it comes to making them, Bridgit explained.
“There’s a job for everyone,
Pillowcases Bring Soft Touch in HardTimes for Patients
from folding and cutting fabric, to sewing and, even for the little ones, helping to pick out fabric.”
As word spreads about their work, donations of cash, fabric and even sewing machines have come in. To learn more, find them on Facebook at Facebook.com/OperationComfortCase.
Abigail Agan, medical assistant II, (left) and Bea Castro, practice manager, check out the donation of hand-sewn pillowcases made for Cancer Center’s patients.
Bridgit Stephens (left), daughter Hannah, and volunteer and former Cancer Center patient Nicole Stinnett (standing) of Op-eration Comfort Case assured staff they would return with more pillowcases if the need arose, while patient Gary Reynolds (above, center) — flanked by Medical Oncology nurses Caroline Bailey and Nina Nguyen — was happy with his selection with a Golden State Warriors pattern.
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NorthBay Healthcare employees and their family members have one last chance to take advantage of a free beginner tennis clinic being offered at Solano Com-munity College, 4000 Suisun Valley Road in Fairfield.
The last in a series of clinics for players 16 and under will be from 1 to 2 p.m. on May 27.
A clinic for adults will be from 2 to 3 p.m. on the same date.
The clinic is sponsored by Solano Community College and the Chris Cammisa Tennis and Education Founda-tion.
Dr. Cammisa, who passed away in 2014, served as chairman in the department of family practice at North-Bay Healthcare and later was chief medical officer at Partnership Health Plan from 1999 to 2014.
To sign up, or for more information, call (707) 363-0972.
Final Free Tennis Clinics Open for NorthBay Employees
Back pain will be the focus of a pair of community presentations by NorthBay Healthcare neurosurgeon Edie Zusman, M.D.
Dr. Zusman is medical director of the NorthBay Cen-ter for Neuroscience.
The Doc Talk Live lectures will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on May 30 at the NorthBay Green Valley Adminis-tration Center, 4500 Business Center Drive in Fairfield and from 6 to 7 p.m. on June 6 at the VacaValley Well-ness Center, 1020 Nut Tree Road in Vacaville. Watch NorthBay.org for future announcements on registration.
Neurosurgeon Plans Pair of Talks on Back Pain
explained. “I was the last survivor off.”March 1 would prove a pivotal date in her life. On
March 1, 2002, she would be diagnosed with melanoma and survived.
On March 1, 2006, she underwent open heart surgery to replace an aortic valve.
She offered “lessons learned” through her journey as advice for the audience including maintaining a positive attitude and making positive choices; focusing energy on solutions, not problems; practicing self-talk (af-firmations); maintaining a sense of humor; and loving “exactly where you’re at, because that’s where you’re supposed to be.”
Nurses... (From Page 5)
HealthSpring Helps Expecting Moms Stay ‘Fit for Two’It’s no mystery that exercising during
pregnancy has great benefits, but many moms-to-be don’t know where to start or how to transition from their pre-pregnancy workout routine.
Learn which exercises to do during pregnancy and what to avoid at a workshop being offered in June at NorthBay Health-Spring Fitness.
The “Fit for Two” workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 9, in the first floor conference rom at Health-Spring.
Cost is $30 for members and $35 for non-members.
For more, visit the reception desk at HealthSpring or call (707) 624-8080.
