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Dear Community Partners,

Here are today’s updates:

• Congratulations to DAISY Award Winner Debra Fritts
• “To Your Health” on WIBW-TV Tonight –Dr. Seshu Rao
• Baker School of Nursing Team Gets Published
• Stormont Vail Leader Educates Community about Flu Season

Congratulations to DAISY Award Winner Debra Fritts

The DAISY Award honors and recognizes nurses who go above and beyond in providing exceptional care and compassion to their patients. Debra Fritts, an RN at our Cancer Center, helped advocate for a patient and get them answers in a time when every moment mattered.

“After completing my radiation and chemo back in the first part of July, it was several weeks before anything else was being done. I spoke with Fritts, she went to bat for me and got things moving,” the patient wrote in their nomination. “She is the most caring, knowledgeable and absolutely one of the best people I’ve had the pleasure to be associated with. I can’t think of anyone more deserving of this award than her.”

Notably, this is Debra’s second DAISY Award which clearly exemplifies her dedication to go above and beyond for patients.

Read Debra’s full nomination.

“To Your Health” on WIBW-TV Tonight –Dr. Seshu Rao

In tonight’s WIBW-TV “To Your Health” segment, Dr. Seshu Rao discusses various interventional cardiology procedures and how technology has advanced to make them less invasive for patient. The segment that airs at 10 p.m. on WIBW-TV, Channel 13. The segment typically repeats at 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. Fridays on 13 News This Morning and is posted on wibw.com.

Baker School of Nursing Team Gets Published

Congratulations to a team of faculty members at the Baker School of Nursing for publication of an article in the February 2025 Kansas Nurse, a magazine published by the Kansas State Nurses Association. The article, “Improving Knowledge, Confidence, and Skills in Perinatal Bereavement Care Through Simulation in Baccalaureate Nursing Students” was written by Shelby True, MSN RN; Libby Rosen, PhD, RN, IBCLC; Ashely Seematter MSN, RN; Jeri Harvey and Karly Lauer, MSN, RN. Great job!

Stormont Vail Leader Educates Community about Flu Season

Chad Yeager, Vice President, Quality and Population Health, was interviewed this week by KSNT-Channel 27 about the influenza season and how people can take steps to lessen their exposure.  Chad explained while the flu is still considered at a high level across Kansas, in recent weeks the numbers have lowered slightly. Getting vaccinated and wearing a mask in crowded areas are two ways to protect yourself from getting the flu, he noted. Thank you, Chad, for representing Stormont Vail.

We together,
Dr. Kenagy