Wayne Memorial & Wayne Memorial CHC News
Please visit the main page for this category, News & Events. You'll find many news releases about happenings at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Wayne Memorial Health System and Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers.
 (Honesdale, December 20, 2006)…Wayne Memorial’s Medical Staff met the Hospital’s newest physicians this week, three hospitalists or “inpatient physicians.” All three are internal medicine physicians. Starting January 1, they will care for adult patients whose primary care doctors refer them for admission to Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH).
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 (Honesdale, December 15, 2006)… Wayne Memorial Hospital will ring in the new year with a new option for patient care. On January 1, 2007, three hospitalist physicians, or “inpatient doctors” will join the hospital’s medical staff. All three are internal medicine physicians who will attend only to hospitalized patients.
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72.JPG) (Honesdale, December 12, 2006)… Wayne Memorial Hospital has joined Scranton hospitals Mercy, Community Medical Center, Moses Taylor and seven other northeast Pennsylvania medical centers in adopting the same color patient wristbands for the same “at risk” conditions. For example, a yellow wristband now means “Fall Risk” at all the medical facilities.
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(Honesdale, December 7, 2006)… Wayne Memorial’s Home Health Department will offer a flu clinic, open to all adults, on Wednesday, December 13, at the Wayne Memorial Medical & Professional Complex at the Stourbridge Mall on Maple Avenue and Route 6—about ½ mile west of the Hospital.
The clinic hours will be from 10am – 12 noon and from 2pm – 5pm.
“We have extra vaccine this year,” says Mary Lou Hoffner, RN, Manager of WMH Ho...
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 (Honesdale, December 7, 2006)… “I really miss going. I learned so much about portion control and exercise!” That’s how Gertrude Schleiker of Tafton describes her 12-weeks in the Well Weighs for Living Family program. The program, designed to address overweight/obesity issues in the community, was developed by Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH), the Wayne County YMCA and Northeast Counseling.
Schleiker’s class of 51 people was the last to be funded under a three-year, $210,...
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72.JPG) (HONESDALE PA, November 6, 2006)…The trees in front of Wayne Memorial Hospital will soon be glowing with Love Lites as the Auxiliary plans their annual fund raiser. Each light will be lit in honor or in memory of a cherished love one during the holiday season. A Memory Book containing all the name of all those remembered will be on display in the Hospital Lobby starting Monday, December 11 at 6:30 pm when the trees will be lit. The public is invited to attend the Lighting Ceremony which wi...
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 (Honesdale, November1, 2006) …A changing of the guard took place at Wayne Memorial Health System/Wayne Memorial Hospital on October 25th. Board of Trustees Chairman Peter Rodgers stepped down and 1st Vice Chair Helge Mortensen assumed the top post. Rodgers, who said he was leaving for personal business reasons, called his tenure “a great run.” He had served on Wayne Memorial boards since 1996.
Mortensen looks forward to taking the helm. “Wayne Memorial has made a...
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 “With much gratitude, I would like to present Wayne Memorial Hospital with this gift for all the help throughout the years.” With those words, Lisa Firmstone gave not only her heartfelt thanks to staffers at Wayne Memorial Hospital’s Cast Care Clinic, but concrete evidence: a framed and signed painting. Firmstone, who has been painting and drawing for about five years, described her most recent visits to Wayne Memorial as “very positive.” The 36-year-old Honesdale resident fractured ...
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(Honesdale, October 26, 2006)…It’s that time of year again, when cold weather forces even the hardiest walkers indoors. For the seventh consecutive year, area schools will open after hours to allow the public space to walk at their own pace. The In-School Winter Walking Program is a partnership between Wayne Memorial Hospital and Wayne Highlands, Wallenpaupack, and Western Wayne School districts. The program begins November 1st and runs through March 29th, 2007. T...
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 (Honesdale, October 18, 2006)…Born at Wayne Memorial Hospital, raised in Hawley, Susan Simpson Mowatt, MD, is back home and excited about opening her Family Medicine practice in her hometown.
“Both my husband and I are from this area and our children’s grandparents—both sides—are here,” said Dr. Mowatt, “and I’m just thrilled to be back. I can’t wait to get to work!”
And working now she is—officially. Dr. Mowatt opened “Keystone Family Practice” and began ...
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72.JPG) Expectant parents across the nation were all in the running for the birth that would change the population of the United States to 300,000,000. ...
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 (Honesdale, October 16, 2006)…Congressman Don Sherwood (R) and officials from the Rural Development Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) presented Wayne Memorial Hospital with a ceremonial check today for $155,213. The monies, under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program, will be used to help Home Health patients, Maternity patients and physicians, and patients who visit the new Waymart Medical Center due to open in early 2007.
“We are extremely ...
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 (Honesdale, October 16, 2006)…Congressman Don Sherwood (R) and officials from the Rural Development Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) presented Wayne Memorial Hospital with a ceremonial check today for $155,213. The monies, under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program, will be used to help Home Health patients, Maternity patients and physicians, and patients who visit the new Waymart Medical Center due to open in early 2007.
“We are extremely ...
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 (Honesdale, October 2, 2006)…Wayne Memorial Hospital’s Home Health Department and the Area Agencies on Aging in Wayne and Pike Counties will jointly offer flu shots for the 2006-2007 season at the following locations: Date/Time
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 (Honesdale, September 18, 2006)…A new era begins at Wayne Memorial Hospital on October 1st, and the Hospital is holding a multi-department Open House to celebrate. Wayne ...
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