Peripheral arterial disease is a relatively common disease found in older Americans, affecting 1 in 20 Americans aged 50 years and older. PAD occurs when fat and cholesterol circulating in the blood, collect on the walls of your arteries. These fats and cholesterols begin to form a “plaque” that causes narrowing in your arteries, potentially decreasing the flow of blood to your extremities. PAD is most…
Hurricane Ida devastated many parts of the United States and hit home for some of our Registry Partners team members. Becky White, Senior Vice President for our Pediatric Service Line, a Registry Partners employee of 5 years, details her experience not just with Ida, but also Hurricane Katrina, in this post on New Orleans Mom. Becky White, thank you for sharing your personal story and for…
As noted in the previous blog, Process Improvement-What makes a good business GREAT!, process improvement is the action of enhancing processes to reach a better outcome. To perform those “actions,” one needs tools, and there are many to choose from. I, Stacy Gehm RN, have a few tools I frequently use at Registry Partners: Process Mapping/Flowcharts and 5 Whys. Process mapping or flowcharting provides a visual…
Debbie Slanicky, Clinical Data Abstractor for our Trauma Service Line celebrated her 10-Year Anniversary on August 3, 2021. Debbie began working with Registry Partners in August 2011 and said, “Ten years is a long time to be with one company, but my time at Registry Partners has flown by. In my ten years, I can honestly say that I never had the “Sunday Blues”!” She said…
