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Pershing Health System

 

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News & Events

EMR Update

Pershing Memorial goes EMR (UPDATE)We want to thank all our patrons for their understanding as we have been undergoing the first month of our new system. We are making daily progress in the use of the system and the process is getting more familiar all the way around. We still have a few bumps from time to time but the professional staff at Pershing had worked hard to keep patient care at a premium during this time and will do so as we move forward.

Health Fair

Don't forget the Health FairMonday May 7 will be the start of our Health Fair conducted at the Y. Please be sure to join us and take advantage of our screening services. We look forward to seeing you at the YMCA.

 

 

 

 

Welcome To Pershing, how may we be of service?

EMR is Here!!

For recent patrons of Pershing Memorial you have no doubt noticed some changes in not only the rooms with new computer system, but also how all your information is being handled. This is a new system that we went live with on 11/1/11 call Paragon. This new system will allow better tracking of all our patients data, but also streamline the processes between departments providing you with better all around care. We are still getting adjusted with this system so we appreciate your understanding as we keep working through this learning process.

Our Services

 

Department Spotlight:Physical Therapy

Dept. Head: Gary Fite

 

PERSHING PHYSICAL THERAPY IS STILL HERE!!!

We just do not do home health now.

 

Physical Therapy is one of those services you might not know much about until you need it. A friend came to us after surgery and told me he didn’t want to hurt my feelings, but he thought we only worked with old people.  I didn’t want to hurt his feelings, but he is old. I guess he meant older people.      Actually we work with all ages.  We have helped lots of infants, with developmental issues, learn to roll, sit up, crawl and walk.  We work with grade school children with all sorts if injuries, fractures and their complications being a common one. We work with sports injuries of all kinds and all ages, as well as lots of farm and industrial injuries, motor vehicle accidents, workers compensation and disability cases. We do the assessment for qualifying for a power chair. We treat all sorts if itises…arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, myositis, cellulitis, dermatitis. We work with burns, abrasions, lacerations, post mastectomy programs, post joint replacement, strokes and heart attacks.                  

                                                                                  
We utilize mostly physical modalities of heat, ice, whirlpool, ultrasound, diathermy, electric stimulation and lots of exercise programs. We don’t use many medications, that’s up to your doctor, but we do use some. We have iontophoresis which is a method of putting a drug, usually an anti inflammatory, on a pad and using direct current to push it through the skin for a local effect. It helps sometimes with some of those itises.                                                                                                                                                            
Physical therapy has grown a lot in recent years. This area has benefited from this growth. I helped start therapy here in 1978. At the time there was one PT in Chillicothe, one in Moberly, one in Macon, none in Kirksville. Now, in this general area, there are over 35 PTs.  Missouri didn’t license physical therapy assistants until 20 years later, 1998. Now there are 30 in the area. In Linn County alone there are 6 PTs and 5 PTA’s. So patients have a choice and this is a good thing.                                                                     

 

Pershing has two PT’s and two PTAs. We offer Inpatient, outpatient, and skilled swing bed programs.  We have a well equipped full service department as well as a separate cardiac rehabilitation department in a separate area. A referral from a doctor or nurse practitioner is required.  We get a lot of referrals from local doctors but nearly as many from specialist in Columbia, Kansas City, Kirksville, St. Louis and other places.   A lot of patients have surgery or hospitalization for some reason elsewhere, and then transfer here to a swing bed for rehabilitation. This allows them to be closer to home and family, and frankly, get better individualized care. We recently got out of the home health business, now covered by Serve Link, but patients still have the option of utilizing Pershings’ swing bed program as a transition between acute hospital and home or out patient care.                                                                         
 What ever your need you can get excellent care right here at home.