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Read Time: Four Minutes At least once per shift, a person diagnosed with COVID-19 in Phelps Health’s Medical Telemetry Unit is transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). “We are constantly sending them [patients] to the ICU, and we are not seeing them come back to our floor,” said Abigail Blanc, a registered nurse who has cared for COVID-19 patients ...

Read Time: Three Minutes The Phelps Health Foundation is seeking local citizens to serve on Community Advocacy Councils (CACs) in Phelps Health’s service area. The CACs are designed to increase engagement with area residents and help build positive relationships between Phelps Health and local communities in south-central Missouri. These councils will help Phelps Health and its Foundation share timely and ...

Read Time: Two Minutes Volunteers with the Phelps Health Auxiliary and Volunteer Services recently were recognized for their contributions to Phelps Health during a socially distanced, drive-through appreciation event. The event was held after COVID-19 caused the Auxiliary to postpone its annual appreciation luncheon normally held in the spring. About 42 volunteers attended the event at the Rolla Lions Club ...

Read Time: Two Minutes A larger opening. A shorter scan time. Less noise. Better image quality. These are some of the features of a new MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) system now available to patients at Phelps Health. Installation of the Canon Vantage Galan 3T MRI was completed at the Phelps Health Medical Office Building in Rolla, MO, in early September ...

Read Time: Three Minutes Dozens of employees at Phelps Health are winners of a COVID-19 vaccine incentive program that began in late July 2021. Through the rewards program, employees who got the vaccine are entered into a drawing to win prizes. After the incentives were announced, the percentage of employees who received the vaccine increased by nearly 16%. Trang Dang ...

Read Time: Three Minutes The Phelps Health Comprehensive Breast Center has new technology to better detect and take samples of breast abnormalities in a less invasive way than traditional surgical techniques. The Hologic Affirm 3D Stereotactic Biopsy Unit uses mammography – a type of breast imaging that uses low-dose X-rays – to help find breast irregularities and remove tissue samples ...

Read Time: 3 Minutes By Anaid Hernandez-Sanchez, MD Phelps Health You wake up one morning with a fever, sore throat and a stuffy nose. You realize you may have the flu. The flu, or influenza, is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect a person’s nose, throat and lungs. Flu season generally occurs in the fall and ...

Read Time: Two Minutes Ivana Harris’s first encounter with cancer was in 1987 when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and received chemotherapy treatments at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Around 2017, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and treated by Christopher Spencer, MD, medical director of radiation oncology and radiation oncologist, at the Phelps Health Delbert Day Cancer ...

Read Time: Two Minutes The Phelps Health Marketing and Public Relations Department has been recognized for excellence in advertising and marketing efforts. Phelps Health’s Marketing Department earned five Aster Awards in an international competition hosted by Creative Images, Inc. In addition, Phelps Health received two Show-Me Excellence Awards from the Missouri Association for Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing (MAHPRM). Phelps ...

Read Time: One Minute Phelps Health is working with GRACE (Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise) this fall to provide holiday meals to families in need. Phelps Health employees and volunteers were encouraged to donate nonperishable food items and/or donate money to purchase turkeys during the 11th annual “Basket of Thanksgiving” food drive held from October 4 through November 5, 2021 ...