Take Steps to Prevent the Flu

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends everyone older than six months of age get an annual flu vaccination. The vaccine remains especially important for people at high risk for serious flu complications, those who live with them, and those who care for them.

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CRH Team Member Shares Her Husband’s Sepsis Experience

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As an RN clinical educator and member of the Sepsis team at CRH, Courtenay Morris is quite familiar with the signs of sepsis. Even so, she was shocked when her husband, Frank, was diagnosed with it after a two-month recurring bout with a urinary tract infection.

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Workforce Spotlight: Nick Muir, RN, Clinical Documentation Specialist

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While living in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nick Muir had Columbus, Indiana, marked on a map as a place to visit. He had read about Columbus in an article highlighting places worth seeing. When he and his family decided to leave Las Vegas, they chose Columbus as the next place to live.

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Physician Spotlight: Military Service and Patient Experience inform Dr. Ryan Zipper's Approach to Compassionate Care

Now a urologist at CRH Urology, Dr. Zipper grew up in Fishers. He studied biochemistry at Indiana University and was a Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society member. Following college, he was commissioned in the United States Air Force and recognized as a Distinguished Graduate during Commissioned Officer Training at Maxwell Air Force Base.

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Spotlight on the Hospitalist Program at Columbus Regional Health

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When a patient is admitted to the hospital, they are often cared for by a hospitalist. A hospitalist is similar to a patient’s primary care provider (PCP) but provides care solely in the inpatient hospital setting. Hospitalists are in contact with the patient’s PCP and document all details of the patient’s stay in the patient’s electronic medical record for the PCP to see.

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