Mary Morrison, FNP, will be honored by the Soroptimist International of Quincy. She'll be receiving their Women Helping Women Award for her contribution to women's health. There will be an recognition dinner and awards ceremony on Thursday, April 16th at the Plumas-Sierra Fairgrounds. For more information on the dinner, please call Joyce Scroggs at 283.0795.
March 21, head to Indian Peak Vineyards for a great meal, wine, great company, and a chance to win some fantastic prizes. All this to help our local school kids--what could be better?
Raffle Prizes Include:
Silver Legacy, 2 night stay, dinner and comedy show for two
Mike Guerra, 1 cord of wood
Plumas Pines: golf and dinner for two
EPHC Radiology: free dexa scan
EPHC Lab: free health panel
Marilee King: 60 min. massage
Brewer's Lair: growler with gift cert for fill
Lena's, lunch for two
Blairsden Bakery, gift cert for cake (value $22)
Nicole's Coffee Depot, $20 gift cert
Mountain Hardward, gift
Quincy Round Table, 2 large pizzas
Sharon's Cafe, $25...
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Eastern Plumas Health Care has worked hard to get its Diabetic Retinopathy Screening program up and running. Last month, Dr. Harry Green of UC Berkeley’s School of Optometry, made the nine hour round trip from Berkeley to train four EPHC employees to take the photos that are central to a quality digital retinopathy screening program. Now, both Christina Potter, FNP, and Nicole Tuccori, MA, have received their Certification through Berkeley’s EyePACS (Eye Picture Communication System) program to begin screening Plumas County’s diabetic patients. Potter will also perform the brief exam and eye dilation that are a part of the screening...
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“EPHC Gives Back,” which began as an idea by a several EPHC employees to create a group that would give back to the community it serves, received a big boost when one EPHC Gives Back member attended an informal dinner this past October. Talk turned to Portola and the struggle many residents have to make ends meet and to provide their children what they need to be successful in school. One woman, who was retiring, said she wanted to do something to “help the children.” When asked how she would like to help, she said, “Would a check for $10,000...
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EPHC secured the fourth spot out of 800 rural healthcare telemedicine clinics statewide. Hospital officials say they’re excited about the ranking, and plan to up that already high standard in the future.
“My goal for next year is to be in the top three,” said Erica Waldeck, EPHC telemedicine coordinator. “But, fourth is pretty good and I’ll take it.”
Telemedicine is the use of video, email, telephone, or other telecommunication systems to transmit clinical consultations between a doctor and patient. This gives physicians easier access to rural patients and their health data.
“EPHC's...
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Graeagle Medical Clinic's new lab hours are Mon-Wed, 8:00 am - 11:00 am.
Eastern Plumas Health Care is the proud owner of a new C-arm digital x-ray system, and no one is happier about this than the hospital’s Cardiologist, Dr. Milind Dhond. The C-arm utilizes fluoroscopy, a process in which dye is injected into veins or arteries and continuous x-rays are taken “in real time.” Imagine a digital video rather than a digital photograph, which then allows Dhond to watch as blood flows through an artery or vein.
According to Dhond, “This is a high quality C-arm, and it utilizes digital subtraction,” meaning the background can be removed,...
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Eastern Plumas Health Care has expanded its list of October low cost cash pay specials this year. Because of public interest in the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) test, it has been added to the line up of screenings for $125, with no doctors visit required. Other screenings include digital mammography and dexa scan (bone density screening). The Complete Blood Panel includes CMP, CBC, cholesterol, and thyroid, for $40, and diabetic patients can add the important A1c for only $25, while men can add the PSA (prostate) test for only $10.
These tests and screenings are available throughout the month of...
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Dr. Wendy Flapan, a Board Certified Physiatrist (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist), sees patients at Eastern Plumas Health Care’s Graeagle Clinic. She received her medical degree from Midwestern University in Glendale, AZ, and completed a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at UC Davis. She also completed special training in medical acupuncture through UCLA. Dr. Flapan specializes in disorders and pain of the musculoskeletal system and spine.
Recently, EPHC’s Director of Human Resources, Lori Crown, was very frustrated after taking her mother, Kelly Block, to the ER twice in the middle of the night for extreme pain, only to be told by...
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Bill Adamson, the poster boy for preventive health screenings, came to the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening day at Eastern Plumas Health Care, only to find out he has a small aneurysm. Because he caught it early, he’ll be able to monitor it through yearly screenings, and have a manageable treatment plan if it increases in size later on. An AAA, if it becomes very large, is like an old bicycle tire with a balloon at a weak point. If it bursts, it is lethal. Said Adamson, “My mother lived to age 97, and there’s longevity on my father’s side—I have...
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