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| Our Current Featured Member is: Volunteer Community Hospital |
Senior Management Team at VCH (Left to Right) Steve Westenhofer, chief executive officer, Lori Brown, chief quality officer, Tammie Bell, Director of Human Resources, John Conti, chief financial officer, Sandy Brundige, clinic administrator, Donna Barfield, chief nursing officer.
Volunteer Community Hospital is your community hospital. Established in 1964 as a city owned hospital, today we are still your local hospital providing care to many in our community. Over the years, Volunteer Community Hospital (VCH) has expanded in size and added new services, equipment and specialty physicians to meet the ever changing needs of the community and healthcare. Currently, Volunteer Community Hospital has 24 active staff physicians in 19 specialties. VCH is licensed for 100 beds and has 295 employees providing quality care everyday. Specialties include cardiology, emergency medicine, ear, nose and throat, family practice, gastroenterology, general, vascular and oncological surgery, internal medicine, interventional radiology, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopaedic surgery, pathology, pediatrics, pulmonology/critical care and urology.
As healthcare changes, so does VCH. From 1964 to today, we continue to strive and focus on excellent patient care to our patients. In order to reach our goal, we have implemented a more efficient proactive approach to patient care. As a patient of VCH, you will notice many changes not only in our facility’s appearance, but in the way that our staff interacts with you. As a patient of VCH, you can expect us to make hourly rounds. Through hourly rounding, our goal is to anticipate your needs and meet them in a timely manner. Our staff is dedicated to anticipating your personal needs and actively monitoring your well-being on an hourly basis so that your family and friends can help you focus on your recovery. If at any time during your stay you have any questions or concerns, please request the Administrator on Call, who is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
VCH also provides community outreach programs to help educate the community on healthcare issues. Senior Circle provides opportunities for the 50+ age group to get more out of life through health talks, in-hospital benefits, local business bargains and discounts on prescriptions, vision care and personal emergency response systems and many more valuable member-only discounts and privileges. Another VCH community program is Healthy Woman. Healthy Woman was established to empower women as healthcare consumers and to engage them in dialogue about effective healthcare choices. The program also supports health and wellness with events on life management, relationships, and interpersonal communication. The third community outreach program provided by VCH is the diabetes self management program. Provided by a certified diabetes educator, the class teaches those affected by diabetes and their families to reduce the risk factors of the disease through appropriate diet, exercise, stress relief techniques and monitoring. The newest program at VCH is our Tiny Toes OB program. This free membership program brings together many resources the expectant mother will feel are valuable during her pregnancy and additional perks she can use after delivery. In addition to our Tiny Toes OB program, prenatal classes are offered through the VCH Maternity Center. VCH provides a variety of education program to meet your healthcare needs no matter what your stage of life.
Excellent patient care, right here at home, that is what you will find at VCH. For more information on these programs or to request a physician directory, please call (731) 588-3201 or visit our website at www.volunteercommunityhospital.com.
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