Samaritan Healthcare hosts
Chamber’s BusinessAfterHours
Samaritan obstetrics-gynecology providers Flora Ogden, ARNP,
CNM; Kristen Ziegler, ARNP, CNM; and Brian Truong, MD, take
time to talk to Chamber business members at the December
Business After Hours.
O
n Dec. 3, 2013, the Samaritan Clinic on Pioneer Way in Moses Lake was
host to the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce event Business After Hours.
This annual event is an opportunity for the local business community
and Chamber of Commerce members to socialize, interact and network.
Samaritan’s event was a little different than most. Embracing the theme “Winter
Wonderland” and utilizing the second and third floors of Samaritan Clinic build-
ing, attendees had the opportunity to interact with health care providers—both
Samaritan providers and those from other Chamber member businesses operating
in the clinic building. Food and merriment flowed freely as participants carried a
passport from provider to provider, asking questions and finding out more about
the wide variety of services represented.
As each passport was completed, guests were entered to win several drawings
provided by Samaritan Healthcare. Husband and wife Michaelle and Jeremy Boetger,
of Michaelle Boetger Graphic Design, were lucky enough to win both the Snuggle
Buddy Basket and the DEXA scan. Mike Conley, Port of Moses Lake Commissioner,
the winner of the grand prize—a Galaxy Note tablet—claimed he would be learning
some new technology to take advantage of his prize.
SAMAR I TAN FOUNDAT ION
Investing in newCT scanner
In December, the Samaritan Foundation
board of directors presented an oversized
check to the hospital district board of
commissioners in the amount of $276,452
as partial payment for the purchase of a
new 80-slice computed tomography (CT)
scanner. The amount donated included
special event income, public donations to
the project and a commitment of direct sup-
port from the hospital foundation in 2013.
The foundation board’s goal for the
project is $500,000. The December check,
combined with dollars the foundation
donated in 2012 along with support from
the A.Z. Wells Foundation, totals $463,965
raised in support of the new scanner. This
leaves Samaritan Foundation with a fund-
raising balance of $36,035. They will con-
tinue to fundraise for this project through
March when the new equipment will be
placed into service at Samaritan Hospital.
Bim Lindsey, Samaritan Healthcare
director of diagnostic imaging, is excited
to be able to bring this new technology to
Moses Lake. “We are extremely pleased to
be able to upgrade to an 80-slice scanner.
This new scanner will allow us to perform
additional imaging studies that our current
16-slice CT scanner cannot do and will
greatly reduce radiation dose per scan.”
Specific benefits of this scanner
include:
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Mi n imi z i ng r ad i a t i on do s e—
accomplished with faster scans, sophisti-
cated image reconstruction.
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Allowing for the performance of car-
diac computed tomography angiography
studies for myocardial infarction (heart
attack) determination.
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Optimizing images—scanner is capa-
ble of reconstructing 80 unique slices per
gantry rotation, delivering high-quality
images.
“This is such an excellent investment in
our community and in the care we give,”
says Dave Campbell, executive director of
the Samaritan Foundation. “The founda-
tion board is pleased that we have been
able to help bring this technology to our
community members.”
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