Page 6 - Sunflower Health Network - Newsletter Winter 2014

Page 6 We have a four-day work week and a competitive benefit package. We have a four-day work week and a competitive benefit package. A er receiving my undergraduate educa on at Kansas University and my graduate medical educa on at Kansas University Medical Center, I a ended Smoky Hill Family Medicine Residency in Salina, KS. Having enjoyed growing up in Abilene, I decided to return home in 1999 to raise my family. I s ll have the benefit of rela onships that were forged while I was serving as the president of the KAFP (Kansas Academy of Family Physicians). Currently I serve on the Board of Directors for the Kansas Pediatric Founda on. I enjoy spending me with my family, hun ng, golfing, fishing, and coaching my children in various youth sports. Memorial Health System (MHS) is our local health care en ty. As a physician, I care for pa ents in Heartland Health Care Clinic, the hospital, nursing home, and Home Health & Hospice, all of which are a part of MHS. Brian Holmes, MD Heartland Health Care Clinic is a licensed Rural Healthcare Clinic and is where I see the majority of my pa ents. We have five full‐ me board cer fied family medicine physicians, one full‐ me and one part‐ me PA, and a full‐ me NP. Two of our family medicine physicians completed their educa on and joined our RHC in the fall of 2013. Heartland Health Care Clinic is a talented group of providers and I appreciate the “I enjoy the opportunity afforded me to work with and confer with my colleagues. breadth of medicine I get to P People You Know Caring For People You Loveeople You Know Caring For People You Love practice in Memorial Health System Health System‐ ‐ Abilene, KSAbilene, KS Abilene. Memorial Traditionally I am delighted that you are considering providing Third, we are developing a family physicians family medicine in Abilene and joining our Team of provider commi ee to work on have been privileged to do Health Care Champions! Memorial Hospital is a improving our processes for our scopes, C‐sections progressive Cri cal Access Hospital (CAH) offering a physicians and mid‐levels. comprehensive mix of services. and assist in Historic Abilene offers the best of Mark Miller, CEO surgeries. Abilene We con nue to grow in the services we offer and in both worlds when it comes to loca on. We retain is a wonderful the number of health care professionals on our team. the culture of a family‐oriented, small‐and‐safe town place to live and We currently have five Family Medicine Physicians in the heartland of America where neighbors know an even better and three mid‐levels in the clinic se ng. We have each other, folks chat while walking in the evening, place to practice four mid‐levels who provide 24/7 coverage of our and kids can be seen riding their bikes to our recently medicine.” Emergency Room. We employ a physiatrist who renovated swimming pool. We have a stable provides services for our regionally accessed popula on of about 7,000 with availability of both Brian Holmes, Comprehensive Pain Solu ons Clinic, and a mid‐level historic and new homes and an excellent educa on M.D. who provides services for an outreach clinic in system for our youth. Abilene’s loca on is also Solomon. Our physician complement also includes a perfectly suited for those who prefer outdoor full‐ me General Surgeon, full‐ me OB/GYN and ac vi es in their leisure me. The two near‐by state many visi ng specialists. We are a financially secure lakes offer outstanding fishing and boa ng hospital, and have recently completed the first phase opportuni es. of our $24 million building project. As of May 2013, While Abilene offers the advantages of small‐town our prac oners began providing inpa ent and living, our loca on along I‐70 and its many a rac ons outpa ent services in our new state‐of‐the‐art including the Presiden al Eisenhower Museum and hospital. Phase two of our building project, which is Library boosts our tourist industry. As such, Abilene currently under construc on, will provide new offers many more ameni es than typical of a town its medical office space for our physicians. This space size. We offer easy access to those services available will adjoin the new hospital. We aggressively pursue in larger ci es. Salina (pop. 46,000) is a quick 30 new technology and are compliant with Meaningful minutes away, Manha an (pop. 51,000) home of Use standards. Kansas State University is a short 45 minute drive. We are very proud of our reputa on for excellence, Larger ci es easily within a two hour or less driving which is evident in our pa ent sa sfac on scores. distance include: Topeka (pop. 125,000), Wichita Memorial Health System has a three‐fold approach to (pop. 372,000), and Kansas City (pop. 2 million‐metro crea ng a culture of excellence. First, our Customer area). Each offers its own dis nc ve flavor with Service Commi ee strives to create good service for shopping, restaurants, and cultural ac vi es. all our customers. Customer Service is an important A physician choosing to locate in Abilene will be part part of our training for both new employees and as of a dynamic health care team that makes a on‐going training for exis ng employees. Second, we difference in the lives of the many pa ents we serve. have an Employer of Choice Council which strives Our mo o of ‘People You Know Caring For People constantly to make MHS a be er place to work. You Love’ says it best.