avoid further travel and costs often associated with multiple
sites. The EMS station will also allow us to better serve the
community through excellent response rates.”
Mon Health also plans to add EMS stations in Sabraton
and the Clinton district within the next year to better cover
the southern and eastern ends of the county.
Rendering of Mon Health’s new facility.
in Robotic Surgery by the Clinical Robotic Surgery Associa-
tion and Surgical Review Corporation (SRC). CHH is the only
hospital in West Virginia to receive this accreditation.
“As the first to bring da Vinci® to the region in 2006, Cabell
Huntington Hospital continues to lead the region in robotic
surgery,” says Kevin Fowler, president and CEO of CHH.
“Earning SRC’s accreditation signifies our ability to consis-
tently deliver the safest, highest-quality care to our patients.
The Center of Excellence supports our team’s commitment to
quality improvement processes and exceeds clinical bench-
marks and guidelines. Most importantly, our commitment to
excellence improves the health and well-being of our patients.
It is an honor to be the only hospital in the state to receive this
designation of excellence.”
Right at Home Expands Services and Opens New Office
Altmiller Named President and CEO
of Camden Clark Medical Center
Steve Altmiller has been appointed president and CEO of
WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center.
“Steve is an exceptionally talented chief executive who will
put his nearly four decades of health care experience to work
for the betterment of Camden Clark Medical Center,” says
Albert Wright Jr., president and CEO of WVU Medicine West
Virginia University Health System. “He’ll bring a fresh vision
to the hospital and continue its upward trajectory and growth.”
Davis & Elkins College and Davis Medical Center
Partner for Realistic Learning Lab
A new partnership between Davis & Elkins College (D&E)
and Davis Medical Center (DMC) will serve the community
by preparing current and future nurses to give the best care
to their patients in various settings. The Center for Advanced
Clinical Learning, a simulation lab and facility for inter-pro-
fessional education located on the DMC campus, provides an
opportunity for D&E nursing students and the hospital’s nurses
to learn and practice in a realistic and risk-free environment.
“This project is mutually beneficial to the college and Davis
Medical Center in that we are able to provide a better educa-
tion for our nursing students and Davis Medical has a work-
ing lab for their nurses,” says Chris Wood, president of D&E.
“We also recognize the need for a greater number of health care
providers, especially in the rural areas, and this gives us the
opportunity to prepare our nursing students to fill those roles
in a setting where they may choose to work upon graduation.”
Learning how to recognize and respond to a clinical situa-
tion in a simulated setting will allow students to be prepared
to respond appropriately in actual clinical situations. Wheth-
er the situation is a patient experiencing a seizure or a child
with worsening asthma symptoms, that’s where the manne-
quins come in with life-like symptoms requiring the student’s
nursing skills.
Cabell Huntington Hospital Recognized
as a Robotic Surgery Center of Excellence
The Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery at Cabell Hun-
tington Hospital (CHH) has been named a Center of Excellence
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Right at Home is proud to announce the successful comple-
tion of the process to become a provider of Medicaid Personal
Care services in Kanawha, Raleigh and Mercer counties. Other
payment options include private pay, long-term care insurance,
Medicaid Aged and Disabled Waiver and the Veterans Admin-
istration in Home and Aide Attendant Benefit.
Sparked by the growth of the Medicaid Personal Care Pro-
gram, Right at Home decided to add a third location in Princ-
eton. The new location opened in January 2018 and serves pa-
tients in Mercer County.
Reliant Drug Test Solutions
Opens New Location in Point Pleasant
Reliant Drug Test Solutions will soon open its doors at its
second location on 22nd Street in Point Pleasant, WV.
“We are excited to have our first branch office located in
Mason County,” says Todd Brammer, dir ector of business
development. “Our services will help area businesses keep
drugs out of their workforce, protecting their employees and
keeping their business strong.”
The company offers employment drug screening, back-
ground checks, Department of Transportation drug testing,
breath alcohol testing, hair drug screenings, school drug test-
ing programs, DNA and paternity testing and more. Reliant
also manages workplace drug testing programs, providing on-
site testing, random selection and third-party administration.
Jackson Home Health Earns High-Quality Ratings
from the Centers for Medicaid Services
In recently released results, the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services’ Five-Star Quality Rating System recognized
Jackson Home Health with a five-star rating in quality and a
four-star rating in patient satisfaction. According to the data,
the Ripley home health provider achieved the highest rating
possible in the quality category.
“The entire LHC Group organization extends our congratu-
lations to the team at Jackson Home Health for this outstand-
ing recognition of quality and commitment to serving our pa-
tients,” says Keith Myers, LHC Group chairman and CEO.
“The CMS star ratings are among the health care industry’s
best indicators of who is providing best-in-class service. We
couldn’t be more proud to have this outstanding team helping
us carry our mission forward.”