HEALTH CURRENTS is published as a community service for the friends and patrons of GUADALUPE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, 1215 E. Court St., Seguin, TX 78155, 800.506.6394 or 830.379.2411. Website: grmedcenter.com. Robert G. Haynes, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer Kody Gann, CPA, Chief Financial Officer Daphne Blake, RN, MSN, Chief Nursing Officer Sheri Williams, RN, MSN, Chief Operating Officer Fay Bennett, VP of Employee Services Lauren Carter, VP of Physician Services Jennifer Valadez, VP of Revenue Cycle Elaine Bennett, CEO of Guadalupe Regional Medical Foundation Deana Henk, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Guadalupe Health Network Rhonda Unruh, MHA, RN, VP of Quality Tasha Montez, PhD, MA, CCC, SLP, CEO of Guadalupe Regional Medical Group James Lee, MD, GRMC Governing Board Chairman Michelle Rumbaut, GRMC Project Administrator Health Currents Editor: Chelsea Maldonado, Director of Marketing Information in HEALTH CURRENTS comes from a wide range of medical experts. If you have any concerns or questions about specific content that may affect your health, please contact your healthcare provider. Models may be used in photos and illustrations. 2023 © Coffey Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Dedicated to you This edition of Health Currents is dedicated to the important theme of preventive medical care, early detection and treatment of illness, and leading a healthy and fulfilling life. We are proud to be affiliated with a wide range of top-notch primary care providers in Seguin who can help inform and lead your preventive healthcare journey—and to have been providing mental health care services at the Teddy Buerger Center since the 1990s. As one of the original members of the Guadalupe Regional Wellness Center, I can personally attest to the life-changing positive impact of regular exercise, strength training and boot camp work at the Center, and I encourage you to also explore the many fitness opportunities available here. I also know from personal experience that there are times in our lives when our bodies need the extra intervention of a physician, a diagnostic test or a therapeutic procedure. For all those times, rest assured that GRMC will be there for you and your loved ones, providing awardwinning, advanced medicine and compassionate care. Just as preventive care is an investment in your health and your family’s future, so too is a donation to Guadalupe Regional Medical Foundation (GRMF) an investment in our community’s local hospital and future. Guadalupe Regional Medical Center is a highly unusual organization. It’s the only city- and county-owned hospital in the state—an independent nonprofit with local control. Unlike the for-profit corporate hospitals seen around our region and country, we provide nationally recognized quality of care, despite not having the cushion of tax support. As you plan for your year-end giving in a few months, please consider GRMF as an excellent investment in the healthcare for our region and an opportunity to claim a tax-deductible donation. Individuals or businesses who cumulatively give more than $5,000 are acknowledged on our Garden of Giving donor wall in the Patient Tower lobby. Another way to leave a lasting legacy is to give to GRMF in your will or add us as a beneficiary on your life insurance policy. What your money is used for Donors can specify where they want their dollars to be invested, including in these accounts, scholarship funds and endowments: • Greatest Need: to enhance and advance patient care • General Endowment: for future advancements in patient care • Charitable Needs: for uninsured or unfunded patients • Guadalupe Clinic: for economically disadvantaged, chronically ill patients of Guadalupe County • Prescription Assistance Program: for lifesaving medications for uninsured patients with chronic diseases in our county • Hospice Services: for unfunded hospice patients • Cancer Assistance Endowment: for cancer patients who qualify for charity infusion chemotherapy • Pay It Forward: choose a GRMC department or program to show appreciation and support Several newly established endowments have been created by local citizens who have chosen to let their passions become their legacy through these perpetual funds. Those include the Betty Bartoskewitz Bereaved Parent Endowment Fund, which provides support for grieving parents who have experienced a pregnancy loss. The Betty Ann Matthies Education Scholarship Fund has already bequeathed its first scholarship. The Campbell Family Endowment—Pete and Judy, Randy, Rusty, and Robin—is for ongoing general needs. The Maxine and Lambert Hollub Endowment is for ongoing medical equipment to advance technology for patient care. For more information on giving to GRMF, visit our website at grmedfoundation.org. Robert Haynes, CEO of Guadalupe Regional Medical Center (GRMC) Elaine Bennett, CEO of Guadalupe Regional Medical Foundation (GRMF) Invest in the future of our community’s healthcare
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