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MEDICAL CENTER
Archbold nurse and Florida State
University (FSU) College of Nursing
educator Stacy Wheeler, RN, MSN,
was recently awarded the prestigious
DAISY Faculty Award for her extraor-
dinary commitment to the nursing
profession and inspirational influence
on students.
Wheeler has 32 years of nursing
experience—24 years specifically as a
nurse at Archbold Memorial Hospital.
In 1999 Wheeler began teaching
advanced cardiac life support,
trauma nursing core and emergency
nurse pediatrics at Archbold through
the FSU School of Nursing. When
Wheeler is not working in Archbold’s
emergency department, she is fulfill-
ing her duties as a clinical instructor
for Darton State College and as an
adjunct faculty member at FSU.
“I have been given the chance to
work with so many amazing educa-
tors at FSU that I really admire, and to
be chosen from that group of people
was truly humbling,” Wheeler said. “It
is something I will never forget.”
StacyWheeler, RN, MSN
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Wheeler
awarded
Daisy Award
Archbold recently named Greg S. Hembree, CPA,
FHFMA, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the
health system. Hembree comes to Archbold from
St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Georgia, where
he served as Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer from 2014 to 2016. Before that,
Hembree was CFO for South Georgia Medical
Center in Valdosta for 20 years.
“Greg’s extensive experience in healthcare
finance, and his knowledge of the industry and healthcare specifically in our region,
will be very valuable for Archbold,” said Perry Mustian, Archbold President and CEO.
“We’re very pleased to welcome Greg to our Archbold leadership team.”
Greg S. Hembree, CPA, FHFMA
CFO, Archbold Medical Center
BCH awarded for emergency care
Archbold’s Brooks County Hospital
(BCH) was recently awarded the pres-
tigious Quality and Patient Safety
Award by the Georgia Hospital
Association’s Partnership for Health
and Accountability (PHA). The hospital’s
initiative to reduce throughput in the
Emergency Department won third place
in the Critical Access Hospitals category
for hospitals in Georgia.
“After evaluating our data a year
ago, we noticed patients were leaving
before they were triaged, before having
a medical screening exam or before
their treatment was complete,” said Kim
Redding, BCH Emergency Department
Nurse Manager. “We knew this was an
area that had to be addressed, because
patients who were leaving may have
needed emergent medical care.”
The hospital educated staff on the
goals and created a culture of awareness
of patient wait times. BCH streamlined
the patient registration process, so
patients would spend less time at the
registration window and could be tri-
aged faster. In addition, they developed
a process to allow providers to perform
a medical screening exam at the same
time the nurse would be triaging a
patient. The hospital also created a ded-
icated triage room where patients could
be triaged faster and more efficiently.
“After implementing our new process,
the ED’s median triage time decreased
from 24.6 minutes to 16.6 minutes,” said
Redding.
“Reducing crowding in the ED
ensures that patients receive timely and
appropriate care,” said Georgia Hospital
Association Chief Medical Officer Doug
Patten, MD.
Hembree named CFO
Pictured from left to right: Nancy Little
Williams, BCH interim administrator; Kim
Redding, BCH Emergency Department
Manager; Ramsey Hughes, BCH
Performance Improvement/Education;
June Furney, BCH Director of Nursing.