HJAR Jul/Aug 2021

HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF ARKANSAS I  JUL / AUG 2021 47 For weekly eNews updates and to read the journal online, visit HealthcareJournalAR.com saw average door-to-device treatment time for STEMI patients reduced by 19%, allowing cardi- ologists to get patient blood vessels reopened faster, the Arkansas STEMI Advisory Council pro- posed that healthcare services begin adopting Pulsara statewide in April 2020. “This is a major step forward in resolving barri- ers to patient care, especially for patients suffer- ing from this very serious type of heart attack, a leading cause of death in Arkansas,” said CHI St. Vincent Heart Institute Cardiologist Aravind Rao, MD, who served as chair of the Arkansas STEMI Advisory Council for 2018 and 2019. “In these life- or-death situations, every moment counts. Now this unified communications stream that begins before patients reach the hospital with EMS and allows our emergency teams to begin diagnos- ing and preparing to receive the patient properly long before they reach our door will allow us to save even more lives.” CHI St. Vincent is working to set the prece- dent of using all of the patient care and coordi- nation resources available through Pulsara, not only those focused on STEMI care. The telehealth and communications platform allows ambulance services and hospitals to create multi-disciplinary, coordinated teams focused on a patient’s care. Among other capabilities, the mobile technol- ogy allows dynamic, on-the-fly communication between any member of the care team regard- less of their location or the organization for which they work. Pulsara also enables live video calling for medical teams to observe a patient in the field and real-time updates that are HIPAA compliant so that when one person updates blood pressure or provides ECG data from the field, everyone on the team sees it at once. “Prior to Pulsara, a text or a page was the only communication most of our team would receive, not even a patient name due to HIPPA compli- ance. Now every communication is laden with information, including contact numbers, audio and visual recordings, snapshots of EKGs and messaging ability,” said CHI St. Vincent Heart Institute AMI Quality Management Coordina- tor DeeDee Moline, BSN, RN, who also serves on the Arkansas STEMI Advisory Council. “This now allows us to ask questions and communi- cate as a unified and informed team quickly and effectively. This level of advanced communication significantly improves the level of care for patients suffering an acute heart attack. We quickly real- ized the value and implications of this coordi- nation can reach far beyond our heart patients alone.” EZ SpanishMedia Raises $176,402 for Arkansas Children’s EZ Spanish Media, parent company of KOLL - La Zeta 106.3 FM radio station in Little Rock and KSEC - La Zeta 95.7 in Springdale, recently raised $176,402 for Arkansas Children’s. KSEC - La Zeta 95.7 hosted the 11th annual Creadores de Milagros (Miracle Makers) Radio- thon April 30–May 2 in Springdale. KOLL - La Zeta 106.3, their sister station in Little Rock, hosted the eighth annual radiothon the same weekend. Both radiothons are designed for bilingual His- panic listeners. Throughout the last 11 years, EZ Spanish Media radiothons in Northwest Arkansas and Central Arkansas have raised more than $2.7 million. While the event looked different this year because of COVID-19, EZ Spanish Media believed it was important to host the two radiothons and continue advancing Arkansas Children’s mission in the community — especially during these uncer- tain times. “EZ Spanish Media is proud to have such sup- portive listeners whose strong commitment to Arkansas Children’s is shown every year through our radiothons,” said Eddie Vega, owner of EZ Spanish Media. “For the last 11 years, we have committed to making a positive impact on child health in our state. Thanks to the support of the community, we are honored and proud to have made such a meaningful contribution to kids throughout the state who receive care at Arkan- sas Children’s.” CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs Appoints Scott Jones as Senior Behavioral Health ProgramDirector CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs welcomes Scott Jones as director of the Inpatient Senior Behav- ioral Health Unit. The unit opened in mid-2020 to provide compassionate care for the Southwest Arkansas community’s aging population. Jones brings extensive experience to the program in the field of inpatient psychiatry as a therapist, clini- cal coordinator, and program director in Arkan- sas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. “Mental illness can impact as many as 10–20 percent of individuals over the age of 55 and there are times when they need more support than their families and loved ones can provide on their own. That’s why we’re making our team of healthcare professionals available to provide cohesive, high- quality treatment for each patient,” said CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs President Douglas Ross, MD. “Scott has a demonstrated passion for working with the geriatric population. His knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm for ministry will help us continue to provide compassionate care to our central Arkansas community.” Jones most recently served as program man- ager at Signet Health in Hot Springs. He previ- ously spent five years as department director of geriatric psychiatry at Community Health Systems in Franklin, Tennessee. Jones is a licensed pro- fessional counselor in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas. He holds a Master of Science in Rehabili- tation Counseling from Mississippi State Univer- sity and is currently pursuing an MBA through the University of North Alabama. Arkansas Surgical Hospital Receives Five- Star Rating fromCMS Arkansas Surgical Hospital has earned two five- star ratings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The facility was recognized with a five-star rating by both CMS’s Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) and the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating. Scott Jones