Category: Medical News

Community seniors are invited to a free presentation on heart valve disease hosted by HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital and Prevea Health on March 10.

Heart valve disease is any disease affecting one or more of the four valves of the heart. When treating heart disease, it’s important to continually monitor its condition. Doing so, doctors are able to treat the condition before symptoms arise. This can prevent damage that may be irreversible.

Dr. John Seccombe, a cardiothoracic surgeon and heart valve disease expert at Prevea Health will lead the presentation at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital. Dr. Seccombe is passionate about helping people achieve life-long, healthy living and is a frequent speaker at community events throughout Northeast Wisconsin.

Event Details:

• Thursday, March 10
• HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Dining Room
• 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

o   4:30 – complimentary meal
o   5:00 – Introduction and update on new services provided at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital
o   5:15 – Heart valve disease presentation by John Seccombe, MD

To register for this free event, call (920) 848-6398. Space is limited.

NEW Rehabilitation Services

Take control of your health. Learn the drug free technique to eliminate or minimize muscle pain and dysfunction through the Knowledge & Training of Myofascial Trigger Point self care techniques.

Carla Hedtke, Instructor/Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist, over 20 years of private Trigger Point Therapy practice

You Will Learn How to Identify, Correct and Self-Treat your own Trigger Points Specific to pain area. You will learn more about your pain and how to address it. You will learn to be an active participant in control of your myofascial Trigger Point Pain and Prevent Pain from developing.
In each 3 hour workshop you will learn and practice manual Trigger Point de-activating techniques, stretches and how to use self help tools to assist in de-activating Trigger Points. You will receive course materials to reference after the workshops for review and continual learning.

Workshops consist of:

#1 Perpetuating Factors that cause and affect your Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction. How to Self Treat Upper Body Head, Neck and Shoulder Pain.

#2 How to Self Treat Lower Body, Back, and Hip Trigger Point Pain. How to identify and Self Treat Morton’s Foot and Leg Pain.

Workshops are: 6:00-9:00 PM
#1 October 19 #2 November 16
At: NEW Rehabilitation Services
229 Van Buren Street, Oconto Falls, WI

For more information or to Register Call: (920) 373-5002 or email
tpmyotherapy@gmail.com
Class size is limited

Fall Prevention Awareness Day

Wednesday, September 23,2015
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Bond Community Center
1201 Park Avenue, Oconto

Increase your knowledge decease your risk.

Exhibitors Include:
Ophthalmology-BayCare Clinic
Podiatry Education-Elite Foot & Ankle Clinic
Medication Drop Box-Oconto Public Health/Oconto
Police Department
Fall Prevention Education-Commission on Aging
Caregiver Tools-UW-Extension
Physical and Occupational Therapy-Bellin Health
Oconto Hospital
Silver Sneakers Class-Bond Community Center
Quality Living By Choice-Carol Luebeck
Home Safety-EMT and Firefighters
Medication Education-HSHS St.Clare
Bone Density and Calcium-Ryan MacDonald, PA
Bellin Health

For more information call:
Oconto County Public Health
Brittany Beyer
Phone: 920-834-7000

Bellin Health’s new and improved Oconto Falls clinic will be open for business on Monday, Aug. 24.

The 9,000-square foot facility at 107 E. Highland Drive replaces Bellin’s current Oconto Falls location at 833 S. Main St. Officials broke ground on the new building in March, and crews have worked throughout the spring and summer to get the building ready for clinic staff and patients. Details of a grand opening celebration will be announced at a later date.

The new Oconto Falls clinic will continue to offer internal medicine and family practice services, x-ray, lab, drug testing, DOT physicals and other employment- and school-related services, behavioral health and colonoscopy, among other services. The new location also will usher in new services, including mobile unit mammography and bone densitometry, as well as physical therapy.

“This facility is a clear illustration of our unwavering commitment to providing top-notch healthcare to residents of Oconto County and the larger region,” said George Kerwin, president and CEO of
Bellin Health. “Its state-of-the-art design, expanded services and excellent providers will enhance the patient’s experience from the moment he or she walks through the door. It’s so exciting to see this come to fruition.”

The new building has the same design as Bellin Health Algoma, which opened last year. Providers at that facility have praised its efficiency for patient care and workflow, as well as its aesthetics.

Providers at the Oconto Falls clinic include Dr. Lucy Canaday, Family Medicine; Dr. William J. Wittman, Internal Medicine; and Certified Physician Assistant Tracey BeFay, Family Medicine. Wittman and BeFay have been at the clinic since it opened in 1997.

Prevea Health is pleased to announce the launch of a dedicated hospitalist program at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital. It includes seven new physicians – hospitalists – available to better serve all hospitalized patients.

What is a hospitalist?
A hospitalist is a provider whose sole responsibility is to take care of patients in the hospital. They do not work in a clinic setting or have outpatient office hours like most primary care providers. Hospitalists coordinate patients’ admission into the hospital, manage their care and treatment and contact any subspecialist providers (cardiologists, gastroenterologists, etc.) patients may need during their hospital stay. As hospitalists care for patients in the hospital, they are also working with the patients’ primary care provider to discuss their conditions and what should be done once patients are discharged from the hospital.

What does this mean for patients?
Being cared for by a hospitalist during your stay at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital means you are being cared for by providers who are specially trained in working in a hospital setting. Patients can be assured they are receiving the best care possible, in conjunction with the high-quality care they already receive from their primary care doctor with Prevea Health.

The new, Prevea Health hospitalists at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital include:
Dr. Tanya Lechtev
Dr. Shefiu Lanre Shittu
Dr. Frederick Abrokwah
Dr. Emmanuel Odeyemi
Dr. Olusolape Adegbehingbe
Dr. Moshood Lawal
Dr. Okechukwu Kanu

For more information about hospitalist services provided by Prevea Health, visit https://www.prevea.com/Medical-Services/Hospital-Services/.

Oconto Falls – Health centers in Gillett, Mountain, Oconto Falls, Lena, Oconto and Suring are accepting appointments for sports physical examinations for athletes wanting to participate in a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) sport.

Sports physicals are performed by Prevea Health providers and licensed athletic trainers. “We are examining everything from heart issues to musculoskeletal issues,” said Mike LaMere, Prevea Sports Medicine Outreach Supervisor. “We want to make sure athletes are healthy and ready to compete.”

Sports physical examinations cost $20 and all proceeds will be donated to the athletic department of the school the athlete/patient plays for. Athletes/patients can also request their payment be donated to their sport club. Please see below for available appointment dates and times.

HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Gillett Health Center – (920) 855-2823
Wednesday, June 24, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Mountain Health Center – (715) 276-1600
Thursday, July 30, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Oconto Falls Health Center – (920) 846-8187
Wednesday, July 15, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 4, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Lena Health Center – (920) 829-6400
Tuesday, June 30, 8 to 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 4 to 6 p.m.
Prevea Oconto Health Center – (920) 834-4110
Thursday, July 16, 3 to 5 p.m.
Thursday, July 30, 3 to 6 p.m.
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Suring Health Center – (920) 842-1147
Thursday, July 9, 1 to 5 p.m.
Thursday, July 23, 1 to 5 p.m.

For more information, visit www.prevea.com/wiaa-physicals.