WELCOME TO OUR NEW PROVIDERS

On May 22nd, Andrew Bayci, MD – General Surgery, was surprised with his award as Physician of the Quarter. Click the video Above to watch!

Patti Irwin, Trauma Program Manager

He has stepped into the role of Trauma Medical Director and hit the ground running. He is actively engaged and quickly addresses any concerns. Dr. Bayci encourages open dialogue among all specialties caring for trauma patients to improve care. He consistently advocates for trauma patients and the trauma program. He is meticulous with patient care, provides thorough evaluations and manages any potential patient concerns.

Donna Wilson, Director Patient Care Services – Surgical Services, OB & Trauma

He has demonstrated great growth in leadership and communication skills in the past two years and has really stepped up in his new role as Trauma Director. He can facilitate discussions between providers and staff on complex trauma care patients. He is looked at as a knowledgeable resource for trauma cases.

Stella R. Macheso, DNP – General Surgery

Dr. Bayci is so passionate about his patients and what he does. He goes above and beyond the call of duty in pursing excellence. He always looks to find the best evidenced based solutions for his patients. He takes his time explaining procedures and makes sure his patient really understands. He does not shy away from explaining multiple times, so they understand.

Lori Leppek, RN – Operating Room

Dr. Bayci is one of my favorite surgeons to work with, whether circulating or scrubbing. Always willing to teach and enjoys questions brought to the table. Takes great care of his patients and cares deeply about their outcomes. If Dr. Bayci is your surgeon…you’re in great hands!

Monica Downing, CST – Operating Room

Dr. Bayci consistently demonstrates punctuality at the commencement of his surgical days. The general surgery team is honored to be associated and collaborate with him. He is committed to achieving excellence, particularly in the application of innovative techniques utilizing the da Vinci robotic system for minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Bayci serves as an exceptional mentor and instructor, readily addressing medical inquiries and highlighting anatomical structures encountered during procedures. Fun Fact: In his leisure time, he actively engages in mixed martial arts.

Patient Comments

• Dr. Bayci, my nurses Brandi and Jacob, did an excellent job explaining everything to me from making sure I understood what was going to happen during the procedure to how to handle things after my procedure.
• I was very nervous about everything. From the time I got there till I left everyone I dealth with made me comfortable and were great to me. I’m hom resting now and grateful for Dr. Bayci and the entire team.
• Thanks to Dr. Bayci for your expert surgery!

Congratulations, Dr. Bayci, and thank you for Doing What's Best!

Topic: Heart Function in Heart Failure

Date: June 12, 2024

Time: 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Location: Johnson East/West and Teams

Speaker: Sue Hafer, NP-C, Cardiology

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Meeting ID: 246 874 986 294

Passcode: 33QpT8

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Phone Conference ID: 183 859 049#

Grand Rounds provides a forum for healthcare providers to share clinical expertise and experiences, best practices and other topics of interest that help improve patient outcomes and enhance the patient experience. By presenting the research-based knowledge in conjunction with clinical scenarios, the participants will be able to apply the new knowledge into their clinical practices. 

Educational Objectives:

• Disseminate knowledge and improve patient outcomes by team learning approach.
• Share clinical expertise and experiences, best practices and other topics of interest that help improve patient outcomes and enhance the patient experience.

Download the full flyer HERE.

The hospital received approval to add an internal medicine residency to join its established family medicine program.

Six internal medicine residents will join the hospital’s GME program when the program year begins July 1, 2024. A three-year program, six internal medicine residents will be added every year, reaching its full maturation in 2026 with 18 residents.

“Primary care is a resource that guides our overall health and wellbeing,” said Dr. Kenneth Parsons, McLaren Bay Region Chief Medical Officer. “With the addition of this training program, we will increase patient access to this vital service along with opportunity to add additional attending physicians to the Great Lakes Bay Region upon completion of their residency program. This is a great achievement made possible by the vision and dedication of a great team. McLaren Bay Region is proud to have positioned our organization to offer this service to the community.”

Internist Parul Sud, MD, will serve as program director of internal medicine. Additional GME core faculty include Hira Iftikhar, MD, (Associate Program Director), Rajesh Dandamudi, MD, Elizabeth Pionk, DO, Amanda Gomes, MD and Tazeen Ahmed, MD.

“Developing a new GME program is a significant undertaking, but hospital leadership and our medical staff have us positioned to see that it is a success,” Dr. Sud said. “We are able to offer our residents an excellent environment in which to train and an organization that has long been a pillar in this community. We are very excited for this initial class and the experience that awaits them.”

Read the full article HERE.

New patients will be accepted in the clinic beginning 7/29/2024 at:

McLaren Bay Center for Academic Internal Medicine

3175 W. Professional Dr., Suite 1

Bay City, MI 48706

Contact information will be provided in a future announcement. Any questions can be directed to the Graduate Medical Education department at 989-894-3950 ext. 2.

Surgical Services will have the ability to move faxed forms and patient information directly into Cerner through a program called Work Queue Manager (WQM).

Therefore, paper copies of H&Ps, external records, etc. will not be printed and available with the chart on the day of scheduled surgeries. Providers will need to view these records directly in Cerner under the DOCUMENTATION link.

There will be no change in the current process for submitting scheduling requests or H&Ps and Clearances, etc. for the provider offices. The Cerner Flash notice for this new process can be viewed HERE and a Physician Job Aid to Locate Documents in Patient Files can be viewed HERE.

This change will be taking place mid June.

Benjamin Mize, MD, a fellowship-trained and board-certified gynecologic oncologist at Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Bay Region, will be moving his Bay City clinic to the KCI building on West Campus:

Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Bay Region

Oncology Specialty Clinic

3140 West Campus Drive

Bay City, MI 48706

Phone: 989-667-2325

Fax: 989-671-1353

As a reminder, Suzanne Law, DO, breast surgeon is also located at the Oncology Specialty Clinic and can be reached at the following:

Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Bay Region

Oncology Specialty Clinic

3140 West Campus Drive

Bay City, MI 48706

Phone: 810-238-1118

Fax: 989-671-9275

ASIST – Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training presented by the Barb Smith Suicide Resource and Response Network: August 22-23

Training: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (registration 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.)

Location: Resurrection of the Lord Catholic Parish: 423 Cedar St., Standish, MI 48658

About This Training

ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. Skills learned in one environment are transferable to others, creating a life-saving impact across the community. Help is possible when skills, opportunity, and safety are present. When these are available throughout the different facets of someone’s life, they’re more likely to receive help.

– Live instruction, audiovisuals, and simulation

– Trusted by professionals yet learnable by anyone

– Built-in safety resources and features

Who Should Attend

Anyone can experience thoughts of suicide. By giving participants the skills to help friends, family members, colleagues, and clients stay alive, ASIST supports suicide-safer communities. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, no formal training is needed to attend the workshop. Anyone 16 or older can learn and use the model.

Continuing Education Credits are available. For a full flier, including a full agenda for both days, click HERE

Team Bands Together to Enhance Safety Through Appropriate Antibiotic Use

The Joint Commission released a new standard aimed at providers, motivated to raise the standard of patient health and safety through the appropriate use of antibiotics.

A topic of great importance, the McLaren Pharmacy team began searching for ways to increase awareness of this new standard to McLaren care facilities across Michigan.

The team at McLaren University reached out to offer their assistance, creating an interdisciplinary team comprised of physicians, infection control, nursing, McLaren Pharmacy, and McLaren University.

Assessing the current environment, learning needs, and collecting the latest research and evidence-based clinical practice data, Dr. John Sangeorzan (McLaren Northern Michigan infectious disease specialist), Matt Faust (McLaren University Clinical Specialists), and Linda Deitering (McLaren Pharmacy Clinical Manager) turned their findings over to McLaren University.

McLaren University’s Faust, Courtney Cook, Sheila Martinez, Ashely Stachowski, and Sally Aluia strategized the best way in which to deliver those finds, ultimately designing an engaging course to effectively impart physicians, nurses, and all learners with the knowledge they would need to continue providing excellent care.

McLaren University Senior Clinical Specialist Lisa Hoover developed a pair of eLearning courses using interactive elements and real-world examples that best communicated antimicrobial stewardship.

Meeting the compliance requirement, the team that originally came together to enhance physicians’, nurses’, and pharmacists’ understanding of the topic, leaving them better informed on the prevention of unnecessary antibiotic use, further protecting the health of the patients we serve.

Please see instructions below to view the Provider Notification tab where documentation can be found including change of status, critical results, or other important notifications from the nursing staff.

Attached is the Spring 2024 quarterly newsletter from Patient Safety & Clinical Risk – a department of the Clinical Excellence Division at McLaren Health Care. This Patient Safety Connection newsletter includes topics and initiatives that promote a safe patient care environment for staff and patients.

Please submit topics of interest, suggestions, or feedback to patient.safety@mclaren.org

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Our outpatient rehabilitation has extended hours to meet our patients needs.

McLaren Bay Region Center for Rehabilitation

3190 E. Midland Rd., Bay City, McLaren Bay Region’s West Campus

EXTENDED HOURS:

Monday – Thursday: 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

McLaren Bay Region West Side Medical Mall Physical Therapy

4175 N. Euclid Ave., Bay City

EXTENDED HOURS:

Monday – Thursday: 7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

For all questions or referrals, please call 989-667-6600.

Please click HERE for a printable flyer.

McLaren Bay Region is now offering an outpatient clinical nutrition service led by Jayde-Ann May, Registered Dietitian, to manage your patients' chronic conditions and stay healthy.

Services offered:

• Weight loss/weight gain plan
• Education on label reading
• Menu planning based on health conditions such as:
• Celiac disease
• Food allergies
• GERD
• GI disorders
• Heart disease
• High cholesterol
• Hypertension
• Kidney disease
• Liver disease

A doctor’s referral is required to schedule an appointment. Please send an electronic referral in Cerner or fax a paper referral (click HERE for the form) to

(989) 772-6844. Once we receive the referral, a dietitian will call the patient to schedule an in-person or telehealth appointment.

We are a participating provider with most insurance plans to cover Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) or the patient may choose to self-pay.

Sessions are scheduled for up to one hour in length and will be held in the McLaren Bay Region Anticoagulation Clinic wing of the West Campus at the following address:

McLaren Bay Region West Campus

3250 E. Midland Road

Bay City, MI 48706

Please call 989-772-6781 with any questions.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

Brought to you by Laura Love

June 12: Bay Area Stroke Education Series “It’s Cool to Eat Healthy”; 3:00 p.m. at Center for Rehabilitation, 3190 E. Midland Road, Bay City, 48706; register online HERE or call toll-free 1-877-411-2762

June 19: Virtual Childbirth Crash Course; 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.; contact (989) 894-3020 for questions or register online HERE

June 26: Hernia Screening Clinic; 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Lincoln Center, 820 S. Lincoln Street, Bay City, 48708; registration required by calling toll-free 1-877-411-2762 or register online HERE; Free

June 28: American Red Cross Blood Drive; 10:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. at McLaren Bay Region Lincoln Center; 820 S. Lincoln Street, Bay City, 48708; for information or appointment, visit RedCrossBlood.org (sponsor code: McLaren BC) or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

For more information on upcoming community health events, click HERE.

MEDICAL STAFF RULES – REMINDER

Leaving on vacation?

Out of Town CME?

Notify Medial Staff Services, (989) 894-3806, either verbally or in writing, the beginning and ending dates of your vacation and who is covering your patients.

In addition, the Health Information Services Department uses this information when completing their list for suspensions. Any provider going on vacation will not be suspended for records that have been discharged 48 hours before their vacation; and they will then have 48 hours after returning to complete these records.

Please contact Medical Staff Services at (989) 894-3806 or medstaffservbay@mclaren.org with any questions regarding Medical Staff Bylaws.

Questions regarding suspension can be directed to HIM at (989) 894-9541 or teresa.ricupati@mclaren.org or heather.humphrey@mclaren.org.

We are asking all of our healthcare partners to inform us of any changes within your office, including provider status, address, phone number, fax number or other pertinent information. This is key to ensuring that offices are getting all necessary communications regarding patient care and hospital updates.

Please send any changes to Sheri Kelley, Patient Access Supervisor, at sheralee.kelley@mclaren.org or call (810) 600-7915.

For hospital credentialed provider offices, please ALSO send changes to Janet Matuszewski, Regional Manager of Medical Staff, at janet.matuszewski@mclaren.org.

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