September 8, 2014, Club Bulletin, # 523

Program for September 8, 2014:  District Governor, John Ockenfels

Invocation by: Pam Collins

Happy News: Rachel Riley Smock is happy that she has a preK, a 7th grader and a college student!!  Mike Ruby is off to Haiti with Kelly Garvin and representatives from Tipton, Clinton and Fairfield. They will be checking on our wells and meeting lots of locals. Nathan Mather is happy that his daughter started preK, and that his best friend, Jill is turning 39!! Ron Yohe has been celebrating his mother in laws 93rd birthday and he is also happy that his church's ministry continues to spread!! Tony Joseph is happy that Wayne started Middle School and that Dr. Jerry Riibe was a good samaritan/Rotarian last week.

The Good Will Chair is Karen Diercks!!  Thank you, Karen!!. Reminder no meeting next week due to the Labor Day Holiday and that our next meeting on September 8 will be with the District Governor!!

Program: Dr. Manasi Nadkarni introduced Lea Wagner, Director of Clinical Operations for UnityPoint Health.  Lea provided an update on the name changes, the new location being added and generally addressing Health Care in an integrated format.  She said the " Point of Unity" is you...Centering care on the patients.  UnityPoint Health is located regionally and across multiple states.  Healthcare is moving towards elimination of the various silos so that Doctors, Hospitals, Nursing Homes and etc. share patient information and data.

A new clinic is being built at 3426 North Port Drive.  Space for patients and caregivers is minimal at the current clinic with space requirements now being about 2 times what currently exists.  Primary care has been noted as a community need particularly as the population ages and as we strive to keep patients out of the hospital and work on prevention of a lot of major health issues.