Littauer announces Paula Zemken 2015 Employee of the Year Posted on March 17, 2016 by Dakota PikeGLOVERSVILLE – Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home announces Paula Zemken, Office Coordinator Women’s Health as the 2015 Goodwill Employee of the Year. Zemken was nominated by her peers for this top honor for going above and beyond to help others every day. She has been a Littauer employee since 2003.Littauer President and CEO Laurence Kelly made the announcement at a hospital-wide celebration praising Zemken stating, “She is an example of the best of the best.”“I am very surprised and very, very honored” said Zemken.Littauer has over 1000 employees and Paula Zemken was nominated by her peers for this top honor. She has a special way with our patients and our providers,” said Goodwill Committee Chairperson Brenda Hammons. “From helping to bring new life into this world, to promoting healthy lifestyles, Paula is someone we count on to get things done,” Hammons added.In a blind format, the Goodwill Committee narrowed the scope to three finalists. First runner up honors went to Michelle Beckley, a Registered Nurse in Littauer’s Special Care Center and second runner up to Occupational Health Coordinator, Deb Perham.Zemken received along with her honor Flowers, a cake, gift certificate, check, and the coveted year-long prime parking spot, and a plaque on Littauer’s Wall of Fame.Paula Zemken, Littauer’s 2015 Goodwill Employee of the YearLittauer 2015 Gooedwill Award winners, Kelly Perham, left, standing in for second runner-up Deb Perham, 2015 Goodwill Employee of the Year Paula Zemken, and first runner-up Michelle Beckley
Health Information Management donates food items Posted on February 16, 2016 by Dakota PikeDecember 2015In a greatly welcomed and very generous manner, Littauer’s Health Information Management department collected 102 pounds of food and home items for the Fulton County Office for the Aging. Thank you HIM!
Littauer brings a holiday taste of home to patients and guests Posted on February 16, 2016 by Dakota PikeThanksgiving DinnerLittauer’s General Manager of Nutrition Service, Scott Norris, said the holidays prove to be an especially busy time for his department, but he finds his staff is happy and excited by the challenge. The season kicked-off in November with Thanksgiving as Norris and staff preparing approximately 100 pounds of turkey, 160 pounds of potatoes, 80 pounds of green beans and baby carrots each, 100 pounds of sweet potatoes, and countless servings of fresh stuffing. Over 325 meals were served at Littauer on Thanksgiving Day 2015. In addition to hospital patients and staff, the 84 resident Nathan Littauer Nursing Home was full to capacity and hosted a special Thanksgiving dinner. Over 30 addition family members joined their loved-ones for Littauer’s special dinner.
NATHAN LITTAUER HOSPITAL PROJECTS AWARDED STATE SUPPORT THROUGH MOHAWK VALLEY REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Posted on February 15, 2016 by Dakota PikeDecember 11, 2015“We had a lot of good news in December”GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. – Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home’s goal of delivering dialysis care and expanding their primary care footprint is getting closer to becoming a reality. In December, when Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the 2015 Regional Economic Development Council Awards, several important projects for Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home (NLH) were awarded critical support from New York State. The hospital is slated to receive $740,000 from Empire State Development (ESD) to expand its primary care services and to contribute towards the cost of building a dialysis care facility. The funds will help offset the significant investment the hospital is making to bring the projects to fruition.The hospital submitted Consolidated Funding Applications (CFA) to the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council and ESD earlier this year with two goals in mind: to expand primary care and to provide comprehensive renal health care at Nathan Littauer’s Hospital campus. In addition to the dialysis center, two applications were submitted in response to the burgeoning demand for Littauer’s primary care.Laurence E. Kelly, Nathan Littauer’s CEO and President stated, “Primary care is vital to our population health goals. We have a hugely successful primary care practice spanning almost 50 miles. It is a formula we would like to replicate for underserved communities.” One such goal is to build a new Primary and Specialty Care Center in the village of Fonda.“The Certificate of Need for our Fonda project was approved,” explained Kelly. He added, “We had a lot of good news in December.”The renal dialysis care center, when completed, will provide critical access to dialysis care in Fulton, Montgomery and Hamilton counties and the surrounding rural communities. “With the prevalence of kidney disease in our area the center will fill an important need,” said Kelly.Geoff Peck, Vice President and Executive Director of the Nathan Littauer Foundation stated, “Traveling long distances to receive primary care and in particular, dialysis care is not only a financial burden it is also an emotional and physical burden on our patients and their families. Kidney failure disproportionally afflicts minorities and the disposed.” He concluded, “So this project is wonderful for the community because it will drastically improve the quality of life of our neighbors.”In August, Littauer announced a relationship with American Renal Associates, LLC (ARA), a national provider of outpatient dialysis services and nephrology care and two local physicians Hani Shahata, M.D. and Soo Gil Lee, M.D. The new center will be one of the few dialysis centers with direct access to a nursing home and a hospital. New York State approved the Certificate of Need for the project this fall.“It is exciting to think of the lives that will improve with these projects,” said Kelly. “Thursday’s announcement by the Governor is a wonderful endorsement of that vision.”“Nathan Littauer is grateful to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Empire State Development, Mohawk Regional Economic Development Council and the Fulton County Planning Department,” said Kelly.
Littauer hosts PTech students Posted on February 15, 2016 by Dakota PikeDecember 2, 2015 (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) students, a part of HFM BOCES, visited Littauer on Dec. 2. They received an extensive overview of health care career options and were taken on a hospital tour. The 50 ninth grade students met with various Littauer administrators and staff and were able to explore a number of career choices in the health care field. The tour included departments such as Diagnostic Imaging, Cardio/Pulmonary Rehab, Physical Therapy Rehab, the hospital lab and a visit with Mazor Robitics.
