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THE 2011

ContentsJanuary / February 2012

Midwest Medical Edition

REGULAR FEATURES 2 | From Us to You

5 | Meet a MED Advisor / Luis Rojas, MD

16 | Then & Now / Four of a Kind in Yankton

20 | Medicine and the Arts / The South Dakota Symphony’s Music as Medicine Program

22 | In Review / INCOGNITO The Secret Lives of the Brain By David Eagleman, PhD

27 | Grape Expectations / A Taste for Tasting By Heather Taylor Boysen

28 | News & Notes / News from around the region

29 | Learning Opportunities Upcoming Symposiums, Conferences and CME Courses

IN THIS ISSUE 4 | AMA Adopts New Policies

6 | Physician Leadership: Key to Quality/Safety Improvements By Dave Hewett

7 | Project Draws Support for Organ Donation

9 | Northern Hills Benefit “Crystal Ball”

14 | Going Red for Women By Maria Stys, MD

15 | Your Logo: A Tiny Little Picture That Says a Lot By Heather Monaster

18 | Timmerman Named Chair of Surgery at Sanford School of Medicine

19 | New ‘My Medications’ App

24 | The Importance of Post Injury Ergonomic Analysis

25 | New Equipment for Lead-Deadwood Ambulance

26 | 100,000 Primary Care Providers Commit to HER By Dan Friedrich

COVER FEATURE

The Role of Palliative Care in Medicine • Millions of people with serious illnesses live with symptoms, whether physical, emotional or social, that seriously impact the quality of their lives. In some cases, they are senior patients with terminal diseases. In other cases, they may be small children with genetic anomalies. Whether their problems stem from the condi-tion itself or side effects of its treatment, palliative care specialists are trained to help patients find the tranquility to live life on their terms.

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Finding Tranquility

The cover image is from a watercolor painting by retired physician, Charles Monson, MD of Parkston, South Dakota. Dr. Monson’s whimsical paintings decorate many homes and offices in that region. The sales of most of these paintings went toward a scholarship fund established in the name of his late wife, Kay. The image “Lilies and Lark” won top honors at the South Dakota State Fair in 2001.

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From Us to YouStaying in Touch with MED

PUBLISHER MED Magazine, LLC Sioux Falls, South Dakota

VP SALES & MARKETING Steffanie Liston-Holtrop EDITOR IN CHIEF Alex Strauss DESIGN/ART DIRECTION Corbo Design COVER DESIGN Darrel Fickbohm WEB DESIGN 5j Design CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Darrel Fickbohm

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Heather Boysen Jenice Deming Michael Fleming Dave Hewett

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2012 Advertising / Editorial Deadlines

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©2011 Midwest Medical Edition, LLCMidwest Medical Edition (MED Magazine) is committed to bringing our readership of 3500 South Dakota area physicians and healthcare professionals the very latest in regional medical news and information to enhance their lives and practices. MED is published 8 times a year by MED Magazine, LLC and strives to publish only accurate informa-tion, however Midwest Medical Edition, LLC cannot be held responsible for consequences resulting from errors or omis-sions. All material in this magazine is the property of MED Magazine, LLC and cannot be reproduced without permis-sion of the publisher. We welcome article proposals, story suggestions and unsolicited articles and will consider all submissions for publication. Please send your thoughts, ideas and submissions to [email protected]. Magazine feedback and advertising and marketing inquiries, subscription requests and address changes can be sent to

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A letter from the VP and Editor

Alex Strauss

Steffanie Liston-Holtrop

WE ARE EXCITED TO BE BRINGING YOU ANOTHER YEAR OF MED, the region’s premier source for timely, local, relevant health news to benefit you and your practice. We handpick each feature

article and contributed column with a view toward how it might serve you, the South Dakota healthcare provider. We welcome your feedback on our choices.

Our thanks go out to the deeply compassionate physicians and nurses from around the region who helped us better under-stand the complex issue of palliative medicine for this month’s cover feature. Also in this issue, you’ll find features on a pair of father/daughter doctors in Yankton, an exciting new collaboration between local hospitals and the South Dakota Symphony, the case for revamping your practice logo, and, of course all of the region’s current news and upcoming CME courses.

As always, we welcome your book reviews and reminiscences as well as your letters and comments on issues you see in these pages or elsewhere. We continue to look for physicians willing to speak with us about their unique hobby or artistic pursuit. Contact us any time at [email protected]. Let us know what you’re up to and we’ll do the rest.

Best wishes to you and yours for a healthy, happy and a pros-perous new year. Thank you for making MED a part of it. —Alex & Steff

CONTACT INFORMATION

Steffanie Liston-Holtrop, VP Sales & Marketing 605-366-1479 [email protected]

Alex Strauss, Editor in Chief 605-759-3295 [email protected]

Fax 605-271-5486

MAILING ADDRESS PO Box 90646 Sioux Falls, SD 57109

WEBSITE MidwestMedicalEdition.com

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March Issue February 5

April/May Issue March 5

June Issue May 5

July/August Issue June 5

Sep/Oct Issue August 5

November Issue October 5

December Issue November 5

2012 Advertising / Editorial Deadlines

Reproduction or use of the contents of this magazine is prohibited.

©2011 Midwest Medical Edition, LLCMidwest Medical Edition (MED Magazine) is committed to bringing our readership of 3500 South Dakota area physicians and healthcare professionals the very latest in regional medical news and information to enhance their lives and practices. MED is published 8 times a year by MED Magazine, LLC and strives to publish only accurate informa-tion, however Midwest Medical Edition, LLC cannot be held responsible for consequences resulting from errors or omis-sions. All material in this magazine is the property of MED Magazine, LLC and cannot be reproduced without permis-sion of the publisher. We welcome article proposals, story suggestions and unsolicited articles and will consider all submissions for publication. Please send your thoughts, ideas and submissions to [email protected]. Magazine feedback and advertising and marketing inquiries,

subscription requests and address changes can be sent to [email protected].

MED is produced eight times a year by MED Magazine, LLC which owns the rights to all content.

PUBLISHER MED Magazine, LLC Sioux Falls, South Dakota

VP SALES & MARKETING Steffanie Liston-Holtrop EDITOR IN CHIEF Alex Strauss DESIGN/ART DIRECTION Corbo Design COVER DESIGN Darrel Fickbohm WEB DESIGN 5j Design CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Darrel Fickbohm

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Heather Boysen Dave Hewett Dan Friedrich Heather Monaster Jeff Roach Maria Stys

CORRECTIONIn a November, 2011 article on H. Thomas Hermann, MD, the name of the graduate program and professional organization in which Dr. Hermann is a fellow were incorrectly identified. Dr. Hermann is a graduate of the Sioux Falls Family Medicine Residency Program and is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

MED QUOTESDisease is war with the laws of our being, and all war, as a great general has said, is hell. ~Lewis G. Janes

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY “MED QUOTES” AS YOU FIND THEM IN EACH ISSUE OF MED

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AMA Adopts New Policies

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A talk with MED AdvisorLuis A. Rojas, MD

Q: You came from the Dominican Republic. How did you end up in Sioux Falls?

When I completed my training in gynecologic oncology at Cleveland Clinic, the government required me to work in an underserved area. That policy is fine in principal, but it can be very difficult for people in highly specialized fields like mine to find an underserved area with the need and volumes for their services. Of the places I interviewed, Sioux Falls was by far the best.

Q: The requirement is 3 years and you have been here more than four. Have you decided to stay?

Absolutely. This is home for us. My wife and my three boys and I love it here. For us to move now, they would have to deport us! And I am kept very busy as one of only two Gynecological Oncologists in town.

Q: What are you most excited about professionally?

Connecting with places like Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University for research. We are also working on several new clinical trials. We are studying the impact of obesity on endometrial cancer. We are also going to conduct microarray studies on cancer cells which will give us important genetic information that may impact on how we administer chemotherapy in the future. We are on the verge of some break-through research that is going to put Avera on the map.

Q: You came here from a large center. Does being in Sioux Falls hold you back at all?

Not at all. There is a great deal of freedom and opportunity here. Honestly, the only thing that holds us back here is the hospital politics that prevent our being able to have the advantages of a residency program. We could have a great residency program if the hospitals could agree to do it.

Virtual Medical IDs

Stop the Implementation of ICD-10

Stop Legal Prohibition of Male Circumcision

MED QUOTESIt is sometimes as dangerous to be run into by a microbe as by a trolley car. ~J.J. Walsh

Gynecologic Oncologist


Physician Leadership Key to Quality/Safety ImprovementsBy Dave Hewett , President/CEO, SDAHO

UALITY AND PATIENT

Avera Heart Hospital has a culture that is unmatched in the region, thanks to our dedication to the Patient-Focused Care model. This model means you’re treated by a dedicated circle of sta! during your stay, which fosters relationships — and helps us reach our goal of treating you like family."And we’ve been recognized for our care: Avera Heart Hospital was selected as one of the Thomson Reuters Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in the nation !ve years in a row from 2007-2011. This award is only given to hospitals that have superior performance — which means 93 percent of their patients remain complication-free and have better outcomes."When you want advanced technology and advanced care, you want Avera Heart Hospital.

RELY ON THE EXPERTISE OF THE AVERA HEART HOSPITAL

We Treat You Like Family.

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RAPID CITY REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Project Draws Support for Organ Donation

4150 5th Street Rapid City, SD 57701 (605) 399-4300 1-800-HEART-22www.regionalhealth.com/rhd

16582-1211

Our Region’s Heart Team


OVER 1100 PEOPLE ATTENDED

Over 1,100 attend Avera McKennanCentennial

Gala


Theme Chosen for 2012 Hospice of the Northern Hills Benefit Ball

“CRYSTAL BALL”


P More than Hospice

By Alex Strauss

The Role of Palliative Care in Medicine

Finding Tranquility

Luann Eidsness, MD, Sanford School of Medicine

Courtesy Sanford

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Palliative Care for Pediatric Patients

Katie Gilmore, PA, Sioux Falls VA Medical Center

“ Palliative care is focused on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness—what-ever the diagnosis. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.” – Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)

Courtesy Sanford

Joann Bennett, DO,Avera McKennan

Courtesy A

vera

Pam Koepsell, CNS, Sanford Children’s’


Palliative Care Resources For Doctors The Center to Advance Palliative Care

www.capc.org

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

www.aahpm.org

Acceptance of Palliative Care

Types of Palliative CareBruce Eaton, MD, Regional Health

Janet Dutcher, NNP, DNP, Avera McKennan

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Beyond Symptom Relief

1 “Palliative Care in Hospitals Continues Rapid Growth for 10th Straight Year, According to Latest Analysis”, Press Release, July 14, 2011, Center to Advance Palliative Care. http://www.capc.org/news-and-events/releases/07-14-11

2 2011 Public Opinion Research on Palliative Care, Center to Advance Palliative Care. http://www.capc.org/tools-for-palliative-care-programs/marketing/public-opinion-research/2011-public-opinion-research-on-palliative-care.pdf

3 Temel, Jennifer et al, “Early Palliative care for Patients with Metastatic Non-small cell Lung Cancer”, August 2010, New England Journal of Medicine, 363:733-742. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1000678

Katie Gilmore, PA, Sioux Falls VA Medical Center


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PHYSICIAN AWARENESS

PATIENT EDUCATION

N THE MEDICAL PROFESSION,

NOT JUST A ‘MAN’S DISEASE’

Going Red for Women A CRUCIAL STEP IN FEMALE HEART CAREBy Maria Stys, MD

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Your Logo A tiny little picture that says a lot

By Heather Monaster, PCM, Marketing Manager at CQuence Health Group

HROUGHOUT THIS

JUDGING AN ORGANIZATION BY ITS BRAND

SEVERAL INGREDIENTS IN A LOGO RECIPE

Before Valley County Health System in Ord, Nebraska revamped its logo, the logo featured all capital letters and faceless people. The redesigned logo features a sunrise/sunset image which can have many connotations for health care, while the river represents the hospital’s river valley.

Original Logo

Redesign


Then & NowOur Changing Medical Landscape

Four of a KindBy Darrel Fickbohm

Editor’s Note:

OR SONS AND DAUGHTERS David Barnes, MD, and his daughter Clarissa Barnes, MD.

“I remember that she would dress up for

Halloween as a medi-cal person a lot, but I didn’t realize she was

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John Sternquist, MD, and his daughter Jill Sternquist, MD.

“ For some families, the idea of entering medicine holds an aura of impossibility —it’s an unknown process: ‘A doctor? Oh you could never be that! What all do you have to do?’”

Jill Sternquist, MD


The skyline is about to change.

GARY TIMMERMAN, M.D. HAS BEEN

Gary Timmerman named CHAIR OF SURGERY at SANFORD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

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Doosook Kim, Concertmaster South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

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“ . . . music gives us the power to feel, as well as experience, life.”

Mark Vande Braak, PhD, a board certified Music Therapist and Fellow in Thanatology at Avera

Medicine&ArtsLife is short but art endures —Hippocrates

as Medicine

N RECOGNITION

Hospitals welcome symphony musicians to enhance healing environments

Music

Maxim Koslov, Principal Cellist South Dakota Symphony Orchestra


UPCOMING Music as Medicine PERFORMANCES

January 4 KICKOFF EVENTS Dakota String Quartet /Dakota Wind Quintet Augustana String Quartet / SDSYO participants Volunteer SDSO Musicians 9:00 am to 9:00 pm both hospital campuses

January 11 Augustana String Quartet 10 am & 11:30 am, Avera Prairie Center

January 17 Dakota String Quartet 10 am & 11:30 am at Avera BHC/Avera Heart Hospital, 2 pm & 3:30 pm at Sanford Research/Locken Lobby

January 26 Maestro Gier presentation for Staff and Volunteers 10 am at Avera Prairie Center and 11:30 at Sanford’s Schroeder Auditorium.

February 3 SDSO Guest Artist Benjamin Beilman 10 am at Avera Prairie Center

February 7 Dakota Wind Quintet 3:00 & 4:30 at Avera BHC/Avera Heart Hospital, 10 am & 11:30 am at Sanford Research/Sanford Locken Lobby

February 13 Volunteer SDSO/SDSYO Musicians, Dougherty Hospice Late Afternoon/Evening

February 24 SCSO Guest Artist Margaret Lattimore 11 am at Avera Prairie Center, Sanford Children’s Hospital, time TBA.

February 28 SDSYO Orchestras – Philharmonia 7 pm at Dougherty Hospice

In ReviewWhat You’re Reading, Watching, Hearing


INCOGNITO The Secret Lives of the Brain

Reviewed by Alex Strauss, MED Editor

Author David Eagleman, PhD

“…as we plumb further down, we will discover

ideas much broader than the ones we

currently have on our radar screens, in the

same way that we have begun to discover the

gorgeousness of the microscopic world and

the incomprehensible scale of the cosmos.”

David Eagleman, from INCOGNITO

The Secret Lives of the Brain’

Do you have a

media review?

A book, film, or article?

Send us a note

Alex@

MidwestMedicalEdition.com

What do YOU have

to say?

We want to hear from

YOU!

At MED Magazine, we believe the knowledge and experience of readers like

you are the medical community’s most valuable resource. We invite you to share

your thoughts, memories, and insights with your peers through regular reader columns.

Then & Now is an opportunity to share your memories. How has time

changed the way you practice medicine?

In Review shines a light on what you’re reading, watching and writing. Don’t

keep it to yourself – share your recommenda-tions – or critiques – with fellow readers.

Medicine & the Arts gives recognition to the vast undercurrent of artistic

talent in our local medical community. Tell us about the art you love.

Off Hours follows the passionate pursuits – from mountain climbing

and hang gliding to gourmet cooking and wine making – that fill your

time outside the office

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What You’re Reading, Watching, Hearing

In Review

Have you read a book, seen a movie, heard a concert, etc. that moved you? Whether it made you mad or make you laugh, MED wants to help you share it with your colleagues. Send your reviews to [email protected]

Reviewed by Dr. Albert J. Strauss, Jr.

Autism’s False Prophets Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure

Author Paul A. Offit, M.D

“ . . . celebrity and TV involvement was and is, unfortunately, a continued force that counteracts logic with emotion.”

June 2011

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Then & NowOur Changing Medical Landscape

Do you have a

media review?

A book, fi lm, or article?

How about an opinion

on a current event?

Write to us at:

[email protected]

Examining Malpractice

By Darrel Fickbohm

November 2011

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Off HoursPassionate Pursuits Outside the Office

Dr. Patrick CollisonOtolaryngologist and

Student of Archaeology

By Darrel Fickbohm

T TOOK VERY LITTLE

Patrick Collison, MD

Tell us about your

own ‘passionate

pursuits’ outside

the office.

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MED:

Dr. Kunkel:

MED:

Dr. Kunkel:

Medicine&Arts Dr. Shirley Kunkel, retired OBGYN

Life is short but art endures — Hippocrates

& Dr. Shirley Kunkel,& Dr. Shirley Kunkel,

& Violinist

“Interview and photo by Darrel Fickbohm

Send your submissions and ideas to Editor Alex Strauss at [email protected] or 605-759-3295.


HAT IS THE VALUE

Jeff Roach is an ergonomic and loss control

specialist with RAS, a provider of workers’

compensation in the Upper Midwest,

headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

THE IMPORTANCE OF Post Injury Ergonomic AnalysisBy Jeff Roach, MS, OTR/L, CEES

“ The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”

~Voltaire

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100,000 Primary Care Providers Commit to Adopting Electronic Health RecordsBy Dan Friedrich, Director of HealthPOINT

ECENTLY, THE OFFICE OF

HealthPOINT is the federally-designated

health information resource and support

center for all South Dakota healthcare

providers.

FREE Screenings!Early intervention makes all the difference!

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Rehab Equipment Repair

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Grape Expectations

A Taste for Tasting

January February 2012

By Heather Taylor Boysen

LOVE CONDUCTING WINE


News & NotesHappenings around the region

AVERABrian Wienk, PT, ScD, COMT, was named Physical Therapist of the Year

Avera Medical Group Pierre welcomes pediatrician Bretta Olson, MD, Ob/Gyn Jessica Rasmussen, MD, physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist

Avera St. Luke’s hospital-based physician radiology group has joined Avera Medical Group.

Julie Alfaro, a certified and registered respiratory therapist and registered polysomnographic technologist, is the new Respiratory/Sleep Lab manager at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital.

Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center has recently welcomed Amy Lindaman, MD, family practitioner with Avera Medical Group McGreevy 7th Avenue.

REGIONALRapid City Regional Hospital (RCRH) has earned awards in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),

Black Hills Cardiovascular Research (BHCR) is seeking participants for an investigational study called PEGASUS-TIMI 54.

SANFORDSanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls recently received the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Bariatric Surgery.

OTHERBrookings Health System announces Terri Mohror has been hired as the new director of nursing for Brookview Manor.

Learning OpportunitiesHappenings around the region

January / February 2012

MED reaches more than 5000 doctors and other healthcare professionals across our region 8 times a year. If you know of an upcoming class, seminar, webinar, or other educational event in the region in which these clinicians may want to participate, help us share it in MED. Send your submissions for the Learning Opportunities calendar to the editor at [email protected].

Third We dnesday Healthcare Provider CPR Classes of each month Location: Avera St. Luke’s Education Center, Aberdeen Description: The class covers the practice of CPR in the health care set-

ting for one- and two-man adult, child and infant CPR, obstructed airways instruction, use of the bag mask and the automatic external defibrillator.

Information & registration: (605) 622-5588

January 16-17 CISM: Group Crisis Intervention8:00 am – 5 pm Location: Avera Living Well Center, Sioux Falls Description: This two-day learning activity will prepare personnel

to use a variety of critical incident stress management procedures for emergency intervention in crisis settings.

Information: [email protected], 322-8950

January 17 HealthPOINT Webinar “Unlocking the Power of Data Information: HealthPOINT at Dakota State University

January 25 38th Annual Perinatal Conference8:00 am – 4:15 pm Location: St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Sioux City, IA Information: 712-279-3235 Website: www.stlukes.org/professional-education

February 24th Tri-State Pulmonary Care Conference8:00 am – 4:15 pm Location: St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Sioux City, IA Information: 712-279-3235 Website: www.stlukes.org/professional-education

February 29 Reminder from HealthPOINT: is the last day for eligible professional to register and attest to receive an Incentive Payment for calendar year 2011.

March 3, 2012 Nuclear Medicine Conference8:00 am – 12 pm Location: Avera Cancer Institute Information and Registration:

[email protected], 322-8950

March 29 & 30 21ST Annual Perinatal, Neonatal & Women’s Healthcare Conference

Sanford Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD Contact Sanford for more information

May 1 20th Annual Trauma Symposium: Excellence in Trauma 7:30 am – 4 pm and Surgical Critical Care Location: Sioux Falls Convention Center Information and Registration: [email protected], 322-8950

Distance Learning Opportunities through

SDAHOJanuary 17

9:00 am – 10:30 am

CMS Hospital CoP Telemedicine Regulations:

Ensuring Compliance

Description: CMS recently finalized the new rule on telemedicine. Learn strategies to ensure compliance with

the new regulations and interpretative guidelines.

January 18 8:30 am – 10 am

The Value of Strategic Planning

for ICD-10 Readiness

January 24 12:00 pm– 1 pm

Walking the Social Media Tightrope

Information and registration: [email protected],

605-361-2281.

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