PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center approved an annual service agreement for its imaging equipment on Wednesday.
The one-year agreement with DR PACS starts June 1 and will cost $161,347 after tax. Last year’s agreement was $149,733.
“The additional cost this year is due to new mammography stations, bone density stations, X-ray unit in Jamestown and the X-ray unit at the downtown health clinic and also the stock or the support of that new equipment,” Assistant Administrator Pam Hawney told the commissioners.
The board also approved a one-year, $230,923 agreement with Northwest Medical Physics, which provides on-site physicists who support radiation oncology planning and treatment.
Meanwhile, Olympic Medical Center is on target to meet 17 of the 28 goals outlined in its three-year strategic plan, Assistant Administrator Rhonda Curry said.
Four goals are behind target and it’s too soon to call seven others, she said.
“It’s our plan for viability, success, compassion and quality,” Curry said.
The areas where OMC was behind last quarter were improving employee health, surgery recruitment, nursing home services and meeting its main financial goal of a 4 percent net income.
OMC last quarter posted a 1.4 percent net income.
“We are clearly watching that and working on that as a primary goal,” Curry said.
The strategic plan is based on three main priorities:
• Quality, patient safety and satisfaction.
• Community relations.
• Organizational performance.
In other news, Fran Sisson, Olympic Medical Home Health administrator, was named Hero of the Year by the Home Care Association of Washington.
Olympic Medical Home Health aide Lea Alin-Alin was named Home Care Aide of the Year by the same association at a ceremony last month in Seattle.
“The home health agency always amazes me on getting better and the great quality of service they provide,” OMC Chief Executive Officer Eric Lewis said.
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