Healthy Connections, Inc. is proud to announce the winner of the 2022 Employee of the Year award is Jeffrey Slatton.
Slatton is the Business Communications and Marketing Manager for the Healthy Connections Community Health Network. He is based in Hot Springs but covers the entire network.
Slatton is been with Healthy Connections, Inc., since 2018 after joining the organization from Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock.
See the complete list of 2022 Healthy Connections award winners at: www.healthy-connections.org/awards22.
Most Healthy Connections clinics are scheduled to be open during their regular hours this holiday season. There are a few exceptions. We will post any schedule changes and updates to this post as they are made available
| Clinic/Date | Friday, Dec. 23 | Saturday, Dec. 24 | Sunday, Dec. 25 | Monday, Dec. 26 | Tuesday, Dec. 27 | Wednesday, Dec. 28 | Thursday, Dec. 29 | Friday, Dec. 30 | Saturday, Dec. 31 | Sunday, Jan. 1 | Monday, Jan. 2 |
| Arkadelphia | Closed | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm |
| De Queen | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm |
| Hot Springs Central | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm |
| Hot Springs Chippewa | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm |
| Hot Springs McAuley | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | 8 am-6 pm7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm |
| Hot Springs Village | Closed | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm |
| Little Rock Midtown (Health For Life Clinic) | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm |
| Malvern Teeter Plaza | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 8 am-7:45 am-6 pm pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm |
| Mena | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm |
| Mount Ida (MCCC) | Closed | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm |
| Haskell | 8 am - Noon | Closed | Closed | 7:30 am -5 pm | 7:30 am-5 pm | 7:30 am-5 pm | 7:30 am-5 pm | 8 am - Noon | Closed | Closed | 7:30 am-5 pm |
| Russellville | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | 7:45 am-6 pm | Closedd | Closed | Closed | 7:45 am-6 pm |
The Mount Ida clinic will be closed Wednesday, November 23.
All Healthy Connections clinics in Arkansas and Colorado will be closed on Thursday, November 24, for Thanksgiving.
The Mena (136 Health Park Lane) and Hot Springs Central (3604 Central Ave. Suite D) will be open from 7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, November 25. All other Healthy Connections clinics will be closed on Friday.
If you have questions, please call us at 888-710-8220.
Healthy Connections is excited to announce its May 2022 Shining STAR employees of the month:
WEST: Paula bradley
EAST: kenzie martin
Each month across the Healthy Connections Community Health Network, exemplary employees are nominated for this award for representing our Three Pillars: Excellence, Compassion, and Community. These pillars are considered heavily when choosing winners.
As winners of this Shining STAR award, Paula and Kenzie are winners of a $50 gift card.
Paula works as the administrative assistant for Healthy Connections and is based at the Mena clinic. She was also heavily involved in the planning for 2022 Admin Days for employee training. Kenzie is a Behavioral Health Patient Care Coordinator and works at the Evolve Behavioral Health clinic at Hot Springs McAuley.
- Paula always goes above and beyond to help in any way she can. Paula worked very hard on getting everything together for the fashion show for admin day. She went above and beyond to make sure it was appropriate for the dress code but fun for everyone to enjoy.
- Paula has a very positive and professional attitude and has been an amazing addition from day 1. She is always willing to take on projects to help us better serve our patients and co-workers.
- Kenzie gives 100 percent every day she is here, from answering every phone call, taskman, or patient questions. And she is extremely dependent and loyal as a co-worker. We could NOT function without her!
- Kenzie is a hard worker and is very compassionate with her work and for the patients, we endure. She strives to be better at everything she does.
- Kenzie is a hard worker and is always willing to help. She is dependable and very good at her job. I often find myself not having to follow-up to see if something is taken care of because she has already taken care of it and let me know.
Congratulations to both Paula and Kenzie.
Thanks again this month to everyone who nominated an employee. There were a lot of great nominations. Do you know who should be our next employees to be recognized? You can nominate them by visiting https://www.healthy-connections.org/nominate.
Congratulations go out to Healthy Connections, Inc., Chief Executive Officer Tony Calandro for being named to the 2021 Arkansas 250 list.
The Arkansas 250, which is produced by Arkansas Business, features Arkansas’ most influential business leaders from many industries across the state.
“Each year we compare notes with executives and leaders from every region and each major industry category in the state. We mine board of directors lists for publicly traded companies, universities, and nonprofit organizations,” said Chris Bahn, publisher of Arkansas 250. “We deep dive into reporting from media outlets, including Arkansas Business, to identify the business, political, and quality of life stories that mattered most. It is important to us that this list includes people actively plotting the course of our state.”
Calandro is in his 11th year as CEO of Healthy Connections. Last year he was named a finalist for Arkansas Nonprofit Executive of the Year.
“I am honored to have been included in such a prestigious list of Arkansas business leaders,” Calandro said. “This wouldn’t be possible without the hard work and dedication of our Healthy Connections staff. This recognition is a reflection of the job they did throughout the past year.”
Arkansas Business praised Calandro for Healthy Connections growth in recent years. This has included expansion to areas like Little Rock, Bryant, and Hot Springs Village, and new services being made available to patients throughout the region.
Calandro is listed amongst many of the state’s top healthcare leaders including:
- Chad Aduddell, CEO CHI St. Vincent
- Chris Barber, President and CEO of St. Bernard’s Healthcare
- Marcy Dodderer, President and CEO of Arkansas Children’s
- Matt Troup, CEO Conway Regional Health System
- Troy Wells, President and CEO Baptist Health
The list also includes business leaders from nearly every industry in Arkansas, including prominent names such as:
- Warren Stephens, CEO of Stephens, Inc.,
- Jim Walton, Chairman and CEO of Arvest Bank Group
- Asa Hutchinson
- Hunter Yurachek, Vice-Chancellor and Director of Athletics, University of Arkansas
See the complete list at https://digital.abpg.com/arkansas250-2021/page/1
Healthy Connections is a Mena-based Community Health Network with locations throughout southwest and central Arkansas. Since its founding as a home-visiting program in 1998, Healthy Connections has been able to provide much-needed health, dental, behavioral health, and social services to families of every lifestyle. Services include primary care/family medicine, specialty services including cardiology, podiatry, and women’s health, My Kids Pediatric Clinic, Evolve Behavioral Health Services and Medication Management, Health For Life Clinic, Healthy Families Arkansas Polk and Garland counties, and more. Learn more about Healthy Connections at www.healthy-connections.org.
February is recognized as American Heart Month, a time in which we spread the word about strategies for preventing heart disease and encourage people to live heart-healthy lives.
Did you know the Healthy Connections Community Health Network offers cardiology and cardiovascular disease treatment in both Mena and Hot Springs? Visit www.healthy-connections.org/heart for more information.
Friday, February 5, 2021, is designated as National Wear Red Day as part of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women initiative. For information on this event, visit www.goredforwomen.org.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. In most years, 1 in 4 deaths is caused by heart disease. The good news is that heart disease can often be prevented when people make healthy choices and manage their health conditions. Communities, health professionals, including those at Healthy Connections, and families can work together to create opportunities for people to make healthier choices.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, many people have delated or avoided going to hospitals for heart attacks and strokes – netting poorer outcomes and prompting the AHA to create “Don’t Die of Doubt,” a national awareness campaign that reminds people that hospitals are the safest place to go when you have symptoms.
Also during the pandemic, more people have engaged in unhealthy lifestyle behaviors such as poor eating, drinking more alcohol, and limiting physical activity. These factors can contribute to heart disease.
Heart disease continues to be the greatest health threat to Americans and is still the leading cause of death worldwide, according to the AHA’s Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2021 update. The report a 17.1 increase and a 26.6 percent increase in cardiovascular disease over the past decade.
In most cases, heart disease is preventable when people adopt a healthy lifestyle, which includes not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, controlling blood sugar and cholesterol, treating high blood pressure, getting at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity a week, and getting regular checkups.
If you have questions about your heart, please make an appointment at our cardiology clinics in Mena or Hot Springs by calling 888-710-8220. Learn more at www.healthy-connections.org/heart.
