Urbana Hospital earns 5-Star rating
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Mercy Health Urbana Hospital has been awarded the highest star rating – 5 stars – by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for Overall Hospital Quality.
“Of all the challenges we faced last year, I couldn’t be prouder of our team, who not only helped us achieve this accolade, but one that I personally dedicate to each of our associates,” said Jamie Houseman, president of Urbana Hospital. “Every member of our team from physicians to nurses to respiratory therapists to our dietary and environmental associates are responsible for the care we provide and this one is for them,” she said.
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Urbana Hospital teams up with UFD
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Urbana Hospital Emergency Department nurse Cheryl Wears and Emergency Department Medical Director Wade Smith, DO, are working with Urbana Fire and EMS to provide primary and preventive care to patients in their homes.
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SPRINGFIELD – Mercy Health-Urbana Hospital, in close collaboration with Urbana Fire and EMS, launched its Community Paramedicine (CP) program on February 1. The program is funded by a three-year, $225,000 grant the hospitals secured through the Ohio Department of Health’s Community Paramedicine Rural Health Pilot Program last year.
Urbana Hospital Emergency Department nurse Cheryl Wears, RN, BSN, EMT-p, Emergency Department Medical Director Wade Smith, DO, and Urbana Fire and EMS are working together to care for a community of patients who can receive the treatment they need at home instead of at the emergency department.
Accused tire slasher nabbed
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Since December 10, Urbana police have handled the reports of nine vehicles having had their tires slashed throughout the east part of the city.
On December 10, police took reports from five victims who had a tire on their vehicles slashed. Three were parked in a parking lot in the 800 block of East Court Street and two were parked in a parking lot in the 200 block of Berwick Drive.
On December 14, police took reports from three more victims, with multiple tires slashed. Two were parked in a parking lot at 1637 E. U.S. Route 36 and the other was parked in a parking lot at 1522 E. U.S. Route 36.