Have you ever stopped to think about how much technology is used in healthcare? In this month’s show, Scott Flowers, desktop support manager for The University of Kansas Health System in Great Bend, joins John Worden, Great Bend Campus administrator, to discuss how the health system in Great Bend keeps its technology secure and up-to-date.

John Worden, Great Bend Campus administrator, is joined by Kim Clarke, RN, and Peter Mick, APRN. They discuss what life is like inside the Emergency Department, including what it means to be a Level IV trauma center and how the emergency care team treats a growing number of patients each day.

Meet Wade Babcock, PA-C, and learn more about the providers and services at Central Kansas Orthopedic Group, which joined The University of Kansas Health System in August 2021. Babcock talks with John Worden, Great Bend Campus administrator, about coordinated orthopedic care including orthopedic surgery, physical therapy and sports medicine. Central Kansas Orthopedic Group offers immediate assistance for injured athletes through its sports injury hotline.

On the November episode of Around the Bend with The University of Kansas Health System, get a behind-the-scenes look at how healthcare technology improves patient care with Jenice Williams, regional director of clinical informatics for Greater Kansas. You’ll also learn about the patient app called MyChart, which improves patients’ access to their medical information and healthcare providers.

In the October episode of Around the Bend with The University of Kansas Health System, meet Kenda Werth, central billing manager in Great Bend. You’ll learn how the health system keeps patients the focus of billing services in working with insurance companies and care providers. Our financial teams are here to make the financial side of your healthcare far less stressful.

Meet two of our quality and safety specialists, Jill Hardy, health system infection prevention specialist, and Yomba Von Seggern, director of safety, quality and risk management in Great Bend. They join John Worden, Great Bend administrator, to explain how we work to keep our patients safe and healthy so they experience the best outcomes.

In the August 2022 episode of Around the Bend with The University of Kansas Health System you’ll meet Josh Gant, director of ancillary and support services, and learn more from him about how the operating room/sterile processing department remodel, updates to imaging equipment, our free medication disposal service and new lab equipment benefit our community.

Meet Gina Westhoff, PA-C, family medicine provider at St. Rose Medical Pavilion, in the July 2022 episode of Around the Bend with The University of Kansas Health System. Westhoff and John Worden, interim administrator, discuss what a PA does, including what medical services they provide.

In the June 2022 episode of Around the Bend with The University of Kansas Health System, John Worden, interim administrator, and Donita Wolf, RN, manager of Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice, discuss how home health and hospice expand the services of the health system and benefit patients who need these services. They also talk about what services home health and hospice provide and how to find out who qualifies for them.

In the May episode of Around the Bend with The University of Kansas Health System, you’ll meet Joshua Boone, DPM, and learn more about his specialty as a podiatrist. John Worden and Dr. Boone discuss foot and ankle surgery and other conditions for which a person might see a podiatrist.