Eastern Plumas Health Care’s Auxiliary hosted their quarterly meeting at Coyote Bar and Grill in Graeagle on Feb. 15. They elected officers for the coming year, with Kathy Davis claiming for the third year running that this will be her last as President. Davis not only keeps the volunteer organization energized and motivated, she makes sure they have some fun. The Auxiliary is known primarily for running Nifty Thrifty, the thrift store in Portola, but they do much more than that. Recently, the group paid $95,000 for four colonoscopes and two gastroscopes, with all the requisite video equipment, keyboards, monitors,...

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We are very happy to report that Dr. Kopes Kerr will still be available to see his patients one Sat/month, beginning March 3rd! He'll also continue his blog on this website. The following is a copy of Dr. Kopes-Kerr's letter to his patients: To My Patients and Friends, February 3, 2012 As I get ready to move, I just want to take a moment to say “Thank you.” Your response to my last letter has been so warm and heartfelt that I was truly touched. It was very rewarding...

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Patty Schulz is Eastern Plumas Health Care’s first ever Employee of the Month. EPHC has had an Employee of the Year for as long as anyone can recall. But Schulz’s award is part of a newly enhanced employee recognition and customer service program, helmed by the hospital’s Director of Human Resources, Cathy Conant, aimed at increasing satisfaction both internally and externally. Schulz is ideal as the first recipient of this award, since she’s worked faithfully for EPHC since 1986. She was hired then as an EMT 1. She also worked for awhile as a Certified Nurse’s Assistant (CNA), and...

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Eastern Plumas Health Care now offers the following Low Cost Dental Special: full mouth x-rays and exam for only $100 (payment due at time of service. Insurance will not be billed). Also, the dental clinic takes most types of insurance, and payment plans are available. All ages are welcome, and all phases of dentistry are offered.

In an effort to better serve patients, EPHC’s Portola Clinic will now be open from 8:00 am – 7:00 pm Mon. and Wed. as well as every Sat. from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. The Clinic will continue to be open 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Tues, Thurs, and Fri. To schedule an appointment, please call 530.832.6600. “We hope that patients who find it difficult to make daytime appointments will be pleased with these new, extended hours. We’re committed to doing everything we can to help patients to access health care close to home,” said Chief Executive Officer, Tom Hayes.

Patty Schulz is Eastern Plumas Health Care’s first ever Employee of the Month. EPHC has had an Employee of the Year for as long as anyone can recall. But Schulz’s award is part of a newly enhanced employee recognition and customer service program, helmed by the hospital’s Director of Human Resources, Cathy Conant, aimed at increasing satisfaction both internally and externally. Schulz is ideal as the first recipient of this award, since she’s worked faithfully for EPHC since 1986. She was hired then as an EMT 1. She also worked for awhile as a Certified Nurse’s Assistant (CNA), and...

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EPHC now has 2 state of the art telemedicine carts and is awaiting the arrival of four additional grant funded carts in mid-February. EPHC is a part of the California Telemedicine Network (CTN), which has supplied separate internet lines that insure optimal audio and video for telemedicine patient visits. Currently, telemedicine services are available in Portola and Indian Valley and include: psychiatry, psychology (both a licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Marriage and Family Counselor) endocrinology, pulmonology, and diabetic education. Rheumatology and nephrology will be added shortly. Further, the hospital’s partnership with UC Davis’s Pediatric Intensivist program will begin January 23, allowing...

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The mobile MRI unit is now on our Portola campus every second Friday of the month, with a full schedule of patients ready to utilize its services.

Here’s a link to the most recent update of our strategic plan so that, in addition to the specifics above, you can see how “the big picture” is shaping up: http://www.ephc.org/documents/strategic_plan_scorecard.pdf

Dr. Kopes-Kerr will be leaving at the end of January. We’ll be very sorry to see him go, and we wish him all the best in his future endeavors. Dr. Kopes-Kerr sent out a heartfelt letter to his patients explaining the personal reasons for his departure. He also explained how much he’s loved living and working here. The letter, as some of you have pointed out, couldn’t be better. We’ll still have to work to convince patients that we have adequate coverage without him, however. To that end, Mary Morrison, FNP, will begin seeing patients at the Graeagle Clinic two...

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