AMA NAMES YUBA CITY PHYSICIAN AS A 2011 APP CHALLENGE FINALIST

AMA NAMES YUBA CITY PHYSICIAN AS A 2011 APP CHALLENGE FINALIST

CHICAGO – Today, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced that Christopher Genobaga, M.D., of Yuba City, Calif. is a finalist in the 2011 AMA App Challenge for his app idea that would allow surgeons to create an electronic surgery card listing the materials and devices needed for each surgery.

“Hundreds of physicians, residents and medical students sent us their ideas in the first-ever AMA App Challenge, and now AMA members have the opportunity to decide which ideas the AMA will develop as the next great medical app,” said AMA Chair-Elect Steven J. Stack, M.D.

Dr. Genobaga’s idea, the Mobile Surgery Card app, would allow surgeons to access and modify templates that list material and/or device preferences for a particular surgery through the creation of an electronic surgery card. Dr. Genobaga is an ob-gyn in private practice in Northern California.

“Mobile Surgery Card would easily fit into a surgeon’s pre-operative plan, as the card could be created during the patient’s pre-op visit,” said Dr. Genobaga. “My app idea would allow surgeons to create an easily accessible surgical preference card on their smartphone or tablet device. The card can be transmitted electronically to the operating room staff and shared with vendors to alert them to a patient's individual surgical needs.”

Earlier this year, U.S. physicians, residents and medical students were invited to submit their unique app ideas for a chance to have the AMA bring it to life. Out of the hundreds of submitted ideas, 10, including Dr. Genobaga’s idea, have been selected as finalists. AMA members can vote for one idea in the physician category and one idea in the resident/fellow/medical student category. One winner will be selected from each category.

The winners will each receive $2,500 in cash and prizes, plus a trip for two to New Orleans for the grand unveiling of their winning idea at the AMA’s semi-annual policymaking meeting in November. AMA members can vote for their favorite app idea until September 30, 2011, and winners will be announced in November.

For more information on the 2011 AMA App Challenge or to learn more about the other finalists’ ideas, visit www.ama-assn.org/resources/amaidealab/vote.shtml .

UC Davis/ Fremont-Rideout Cancer Center break ground on expansion project in Marysville

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Aug. 3, 2011 - A new era in cancer care will be celebrated in Marysville today with the groundbreaking of a major expansion of the Fremont-Rideout Cancer Center.

The event, jointly held by Fremont-Rideout Health Group and UC Davis Health System, will highlight their important partnership to provide advanced cancer care to patients in the Marysville and Yuba City communities.

Fremont-Rideout is part of the UC Davis Cancer Care Network, a group of community hospitals that provides first-rate care to patients close to their homes. The network utilizes state-of-the art teleconferencing technology linking community-based oncologists with UC Davis Cancer Center specialists to determine the best treatments for individual patients. The affiliation also provides opportunities to assess patients for clinical trial participation.

Ann Madden Rice, UC Davis Medical Center Chief Executive Officer, one of several UC Davis Health System leaders on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony, said she was proud of the flourishing 12-year partnership between UC Davis and Fremont-Rideout.

"This affiliation helps us fulfill an important mission to extend our expertise to communities throughout Northern California, while improving care and quality of life for cancer patients and their families," she said.

The Fremont-Rideout expansion will add 16,461 square feet of space for 11 additional transfusion bays, six additional exam rooms, a new reception and waiting area and new, state-of-the-art radiation therapy equipment.

Fremont-Rideout Cancer Center served 800 new patients last year, resulting in 28,500 visits.

About the Fremont-Rideout Health Group

The Fremont-Rideout Health Group is a community-focused medical care system that includes two acute care, not-for-profit hospitals, Rideout Memorial Hospital, and Fremont Medical Center; the Heart Center at Rideout; the Cancer Center, affiliated with UC Davis; Feather River Surgical Center; the Fremont-Rideout Urgent Care Center; the Fremont-Rideout Specialty Care Center; and a complementary array of ancillary services, including senior living, nursing and Alzheimer's care, home health, hospice and durable medical equipment, located throughout Marysville and Yuba City, and in Penn Valley. Fremont-Rideout's health system has more than 1,800 employees and more than 260 physicians on its medical staff.

UC Davis Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute- designated center serving the Central Valley and inland Northern California, a region of more than 6 million people. Its top specialists provide compassionate, comprehensive care for more than 9,000 adults and children every year, and offer patients access to more than 150 clinical trials at any given time. Its innovative research program includes more than 280 scientists at UC Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The unique partnership, the first between a major cancer center and national laboratory, has resulted in the discovery of new tools to diagnose and treat cancer. Through the Cancer Care Network, UC Davis is collaborating with a number of hospitals and clinical centers throughout the Central Valley and Northern California regions to offer the latest cancer-care services. For more information, visit cancer.ucdavis.edu.

Fremont- Rideout expansion

Fremont-Rideout OKs $225 million in renovations

May 31, 2011 11:30:00 PM
By Nancy Pasternack
Appeal-Democrat


Rideout Memorial Hospital's expansion plans are back on track after a reduction in the project's scale, and approval for $225 million in funding from the hospital's board of directors.

The project, which aims to convert the hospital in Marysville to a regional medical center, had originally featured plans for an eight-story tower rising above the main entrance.

The new plan has six floors and adds about 215,000 square feet to the existing facility, according to hospital officials.

A helicopter landing pad still is scheduled to be built atop the new structure to accommodate medical transport helicopters.

Construction is set to begin in October and is expected to be completed by December 2014, according to Fremont-Rideout Health Group CEO Terri Hamilton.

Expansion of the emergency room area, she said, is a key priority. "That will definitely make things easier for all people seeking care," Hamilton said, "and for staff and physicians to provide care in ways that are more satisfying to patients."

The hospital recently received a "poor" overall patient experience grade on a California Healthcare Foundation report card.

The nonprofit health policy research group publishes quarterly survey results comparing 240 hospitals throughout the state, via Calhospital compare.org.

Overcrowded emergency rooms have plagued hospitals across the country for years, but Rideout's share is roughly twice its capacity, Hamilton said.

The facility sees about 55,000 patients a year in its emergency room "and 80 percent don't require emergency care," Hamilton said.

Emergency room expansion is expected to be completed in late 2013 — a year ahead of the tower, she said.

Pre-construction demolition and underground utilities work for the overall construction project began in late 2009 and had been completed, "on time and on budget," Hamilton said.

Hospital officials originally hoped to complete construction by the end of 2012, but economic recession forced an extended delay.

The new plan will be funded through the hospital group's reserves and by borrowing through a bond issuance around the time that construction is set to resume later this year, Hamilton said.

"There's no additional costs to patients or to the community," she said.

In addition to funding construction of the medical tower, the $225 million includes FRHG's $18 million share for plans that will double the size of the Cancer Center at Rideout.

That project has been developed in partnership with U.C. Davis, and a contract has been awarded to Hilbers Inc. of Yuba City.

Talks about moving forward a more modest version of the overall Rideout project began five months ago, according to Tony Moddesette, vice president of facilities and projects for FRHG.

In March, he said, he was given directions to reduce the building's dimensions.

He eliminated 52,000 square feet from the plan, which reduced the estimated cost by $30 million, he said.

Included in the augmented portions were an entire floor that had been included in original plans but set aside for future growth.

Moddesette said he cut 36 medical surgery beds and converted a room slated for an additional computed tomography — or CT scan — into an endoscopy suite for examinations of internal organs.

The additional space still includes about 100 new patient rooms, most of which will be private, Moddesette said.

CONTACT reporter Nancy Pasternack at 749-4712.

Fremont Maternity Care earns 5 star rating

Study Puts Fremont-Rideout Health Group’s Rideout Memorial Hospital In Top 10% of the Nation for Pulmonary Care

Yuba City, Marysville, CA (Oct. 13, 2009) - Rideout Memorial Hospital today announced that it has received the Pulmonary Care Excellence Award from HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. The recognition is based on HealthGrades' twelfth annual Hospital Quality in America study, released today, which analyzes patient outcomes at virtually all of the nation's hospitals.

In achieving this recognition, Rideout was ranked among the Top 10% in the nation for pulmonary care and was also 5-Star rated for Overall Pulmonary Services.

"We are proud of our 5-Star rating for Overall Pulmonary Services, for what it means to the people we serve," stated Terri Hamilton, Chief Executive Officer, Fremont-Rideout Health Group. "We take very seriously our commitment to provide quality health care to the people of our region. Our healthcare physicians and staff work hard to help us put our mission of providing the highest quality care to our community into action so that we can offer better care and a better experience to our patients."

In further acknowledgement of its quality pulmonary care treatment, Rideout was 5-Star rated for the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Two Years in a Row (2009, 2010); 5-Star rated for the Treatment of Pneumonia (2010) and received the Highest Possible Star Ratings for the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2010).

The HealthGrades study, the largest annual report of its kind, analyzed patient outcomes in nearly 40 million Medicare hospitalization records from 5,000 hospitals over the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. This year's study found:

• Across all 17 procedures and diagnoses in which mortality was studied, there was an approximate 72% lower chance of dying in a 5-Star rated hospital compared to a 1 star rated hospital, and a 52% lower chance of dying in a 5-Star hospital compared with the national average.

• If all hospitals performed at the level of a 5-Star rated hospital across the 27 procedures and diagnoses studied, 224,537 Medicare lives could potentially have been saved from 2006 through 2008.

In addition to its pulmonary care excellence, Fremont-Rideout Health Group's, Fremont Medical Center was a recipient of the 2009/2010 Maternity Care Excellence Award and Ranked among the Top 5% in the nation for Maternity Care. Fremont has achieved the Maternity Care Excellence Award two years in a row 2008/2009 - 2009/2010. In the Sixth Annual HealthGrades Women's Health in American Hospitals study released in June 2009 Fremont was also recognized for its 5-Star rating for Maternity Care 2 years in a row (2008/2009 - 2009/2010).

The new 2010 HealthGrades Hospital Ratings were posted today at www.healthgrades.com. HealthGrades' public website.

Fremont-Rideout Health Group: Additional Specialty Recognition Includes:

Rideout Memorial Hospital

Valve Replacement Surgery

• Five-Star Rated for Valve Replacement Surgery - 2 years in a row (2007- 2008)

• Only Five-Star Rated for Valve Replacement in the Sacramento area (2008)

Cardiac Surgery

• Best Rated for Overall Cardiac Surgery in the Sacramento Area (2008)

Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Two Years in a Row (2009-2010)

Treatment of GI Bleed

• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of GI Bleed (2009)

Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism

• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism - 2 years in a row (2008- 2009)

Appendectomy

• Five-Star Rated for Appendectomy - 4 years in a row (2006-2009)



Fremont Medical Center

Maternity Care

• Ranked Among the Top 10% in Nation for Maternity Care (2008/2009)

• Five-Star Rated for Maternity Care Two Years in a Row (2008/2009-2009/2010)



About HealthGrades Ratings
HealthGrades' hospital ratings and awards reflect the track record of patient outcomes at hospitals in the form of mortality and complication rates. HealthGrades rates hospitals independently based on data that hospitals submit to the federal government. No hospital can opt in or out of being rated, and no hospital pays to be rated.

For 28 procedures and treatments, HealthGrades issues star ratings that reflect the mortality and complication rates for each category of care. Hospitals receiving a 5-star rating have mortality or complication rates that are below the national average, to a statistically significant degree. A 3-Star rating means the hospital performs as expected. One-star ratings indicate the hospitals mortality or complication rates in that procedure or treatment are statistically higher than average. Because the risk profiles of patient populations at hospitals are not alike, HealthGrades risk-adjusts the date to allow for apples-to-apples comparisons.

More information on today's HealthGrades study, including the complete methodology, can be found at www.healthgrades.com.

About Fremont-Rideout Health Group
Fremont-Rideout Health Group is a system of two acute-care, not-for-profit hospitals: Rideout Memorial Hospital and Fremont Medical Center; the Heart Center at Rideout, the Cancer Center affiliated with UC Davis and a host of ancillary services including senior living, Alzheimer's care, home health, hospice and durable medical equipment, located throughout Yuba and Sutter counties. Fremont-Rideout's health system employs more than 2,000 employees and has approximately 263 physicians on the medical staff.

Christopher G Genobaga, MD FACOG

Christopher Genobaga, MD, FACOG


College: La Sierra University, Riverside, CA, 1991.
Medical school: Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 1996.
Residency: White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. 1996-2000.
Board Certification: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2003.

Professional organizations: Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Member, American Medical Association.

Family: Wife and four children.

Interests: advanced laparoscopic gynecologic surgery, minimally invasive gynecologic surgery

Lori Meinking, CNM

Lori Meinking, CNM

American Midwifery Certification Board
Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
Clinical training at Sutter West Women's Health and Sutter Davis Birth in Davis, California

Midwives For generations, midwives have cared for women during pregnancy, childbirth and the early postpartum period. Their holistic focus recognizes the needs of women and those important to them. Certified Nurse Midwives care for clients, educate other health care professionals and work together with physicians as valued members of the health care team.

The philosophy of midwifery is based on the belief that there are natural rhythms within a woman's life, which include sexuality, pregnancy, childbearing and menopause. Each is an important event within the life of a woman and her family. Midwives spend time with women... listening and learning from them in the process of educating and providing care for their health needs and choices.traditionally spend more time with their clients, both prenatally and during labor. Midwives emphasize preventative health care, educating the clients about nutrition, exercise, breastfeeding and labor and delivery. Midwives help women individualize their birth experience. They support clients in choosing a variety of birth options, including natural childbirth, as well as analgesics and epidural anesthesia. Midwifery clients statistically have a lower rate of forceps assisted deliveries, vacuum extractions, episiotomies, and caesarean sections.

We believe

Labor and birth are normal physiological events and unfold best when treated as such. We encourage women to eat and drink and move freely during early labor at home. We try to intervene as little as possible in the birthing process.
Women have the right to make informed decisions regarding their care. Our visits are long enough to make sure all your questions are answered. We provide written and verbal information about all aspects of pregnancy and labor and delivery.
Birth is a social event. The people who comfort and support a woman should be welcome at her birth.
That birth is a welcoming of a new life and should be as gentle as possible. We facilitate the baby staying with his/her parents as much as possible and encourage skin to skin bonding right after delivery.
Women have innate knowledge about the birthing process and should be encouraged to follow their instincts and listen to their bodies.

We offer:

Comprehensive prenatal care
Labor support and births at Fremont Medical Center
Individualized birthing plans.
Gynecological, annual exams and family planning services
Gentle first pelvic exams

Birthing Center Fremont Medical Center in Yuba City

Fremont Medical Center in Yuba City has 132
Licensed Beds

Women and Infants Services for the Yuba-Sutter Area
Labor & Delivery Suites and Postpartum beds
Private rooms - Couplet Care
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
C-Section Surgery
Outpatient Radiology



Patient Care Services

Pre-Registration

If you are planning your delivery at the Women and Infants Center at Fremont, you can complete your hospital registration well in advance of your due date.

Please bring your identification and your insurance card when you pre-register.
If there are questions concerning the admitting process to Labor & Delivery at the Women and Infants Center at Fremont, 751-4188.

Check-In

When you arrive in labor, please go directly to the Labor and Delivery Unit.

If you are scheduled for a cesarean delivery, check in at the admitting office first and then proceed to Labor and Delivery.


Parking When in Labor or for Scheduled Cesarean Section

When you are in labor, please have your driver park in the parking spots in front of FMC, 970 Plumas Street or in the parking lot across the street at 989 Plumas Street. Parking at the hospital side of the street is two hour only. Parking at the opposite side or in the parking lot across the street is unlimited time.

What You Should Bring

You will need some personal items during your hospital stay.
We recommend that you pack:

nightgowns, robe and slippers
toothbrush and cosmetics; shampoo and hairdryer
supportive nursing bras
writing and reading material
camera (Still cameras can be used in the Delivery Suite)
video camera is allowed (no tripods) and prior approval must be garnered
The clothes you wore to the hospital may not be the ones you would choose to wear home. Before discharge, make sure you have a clean change of clothes for your departure. Ask your family to bring you any items you might need, such as undergarments, proper foot covering, and a jacket or sweater if necessary. Please do not bring valuables, medications or tampons. pads.

The choice of your baby’s “going home” outfit is an important one. Keep in mind the weather conditions on the day of discharge. If you need a sweater or jacket, your baby will, too. Bring along a heavyweight blanket for extra warmth. Remember, your baby’s outfit should accommodate the seatbelt strap that fastens snugly between the legs.


Your Labor and Delivery Plan

Detailed planning helps the doctor and reduces your anxiety about the birth of your child, even though unexpected situations may change your plans. Be sure to share your plan with the nurse during the early part of labor so she can establish the best possible environment for you and those who will attend the birth.

At the Women and Infants Center at Fremont, you will be given the most advanced care available in maternity services. Most deliveries are without complications, but in the rare situation in which a problem occurs, enhanced care is available.

Share this information with your doctors and/or nurse midwife, the nursing staff and your support people to communicate your ideas and philosophy

Your Birth Plan: Things to Think About as You Plan the Birth of Your Baby

During my pregnancy, I will talk to my partner about the following:

Whether my partner feels comfortable about going into the Cesarean birth suite with me, if a Cesarean is needed
During my pregnancy, I will talk to my doctor/midwife about the following:

Positions for pushing and delivering my baby, and what will work best for me
Ways to start or restart labor, such as breast stimulation, artificial breaking of membranes and Oxytocin/Pitocin
Assisted birth devices, such as forceps and vacuum extraction
Opinions on circumcision of boy babies
Opinions on breastfeeding versus bottle
Opinions on immunizations and antibiotics
Episiotomy Vs Tearing


After the Baby Arrives

Couplet Care

After delivery, you will be moved to private room with a comfortable bed. A nurse will take over care for both you and your baby. This is called “couplet care,” and it ensures that your needs will be met.

Birth Certificates and Social Security

The official legal record of birth of your baby is the State of California, Certificate of Live Birth. While in the hospital, you will need to complete and sign your baby’s birth certificate. If you are discharged before signing the legal copy, please return to the hospital Medical Record Department to sign before your baby is 10 days old. By law, the hospital must register the birth with the Sutter County Health Department within ten (10) days.
You may obtain a certified copy of the Birth Certificate at the Sutter County Health Department approximately two (2) weeks after your baby is born. There is a fee for each certified copy requested.

You may also apply for a Social Security Card for your baby at the same time you provide information for the birth certificate, or you may apply at a later date at the Social Security office.

Mother-Baby Unit

Soon after the baby is born, you will be moved to a spacious, private room that is equipped with flat-screen television, telephone, sleeper couch and comfortable accommodations.

Occasionally, a baby will require extra care after birth and stay in the hospital's Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This unit is located next to the Maternity unit so parents can be near their babies.

A Helping Hand

The nurses on the maternity unit are flexible and helpful, and will make all accommodations to ensure that mothers and babies are as comfortable as possible. During the hospital stay, the nursing staff provides individual instruction on baby care as needed.
The nurses are also very supportive with breastfeeding, and the staff will help new mothers. They will encourage you to ask questions and will help you with breastfeeding tips and instruction. They truly want you to be successful and they understand that you may have questions.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Most babies born at the Women and Infants Center at Fremont Memorial Hospital, arrive healthy without any complications. Should something critical happen, however, it’s comforting to know that our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) offers comprehensive technology with compassionate patient care. We offer a Level II regional NICU.

Our NICU offers complete diagnostic and treatment services for sick infants. Our NICU has a dedicated health professionals who will provide the highest quality care for all newborns, healthy ones as well as those who are sick or premature.

We are well equipped to stabilize your baby and to transport to other healthcare facilities with a Level III NICU, if it becomes necessary.


When You Leave

Discharge

Discharge time is at least 24 hours after the delivery of your baby, provided you have had a normal delivery and as long as you and your baby are in good health and GBS Status is negative. If the GBS Status is positive, you will require extra observation. For cesarean births, discharge is within two to four days.

It is helpful to send gifts and flowers home the night before discharge. The hospital's front entrance on Plumas Street is to be used for departure.

Infant Car Seat The use of infant car seats is mandated by California state law. You will need to bring your car seat to post-partum. There, a nurse will make sure you have the baby properly securied. A nurse will walk with you to your car that can be pulled up to the front of the hospital entrance.

Keeping Baby Healthy

Please don’t expose the baby to anyone who has an infection or a communicable disease.

Good hand washing is essential before anyone handles the baby. A nurse can instruct the new mother and her partner in the proper technique. They can explain the procedure to their visitors and assist their older children in proper hand washing.