Congratulations to our Healthy Connections Shining STAR Employees of the Month for April:
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WEST: LISA SQUIER
EAST: KENDALL BAILEY
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, Lisa and Kendall are winners of a $50 gift card to the HC Hub Company Store.
Lisa is an inventory assistant who works remotely for Healthy Connections. She rejoined the organization in 2022. Kendall is a Medical Assistant at the Malvern Pinnacle Clinic. She joined Healthy Connections in 2023 when the Pinnacle clinic joined our Community Health Network. In their nominations, this is some of what their co-workers said about them:
- “Since I started working here, I am always trying to locate receipts and Purchase Orders. Lisa has made my job significantly easier. The way she organizes the files, I no longer have to reach out to her. She has them so organized and easy to find that there are no longer hours of searching for receipts. When I send her an email, she replies within the same time I am working on it. She is just awesome.”
- “Kendall is hard-working and eager to learn new things. She is very sweet and shows compassion to our patients, some of whom we have had for 20 years. She takes her time and goes above and beyond to resolve any issues that may arise.”
Congratulations to both Lisa and Kendall.
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.
Join us as we cut the ribbon on our newly remodeled Russellville clinic.
We’ll celebrate from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at the clinic location (3312 West Main St.). Stop by and get some free lunch and watch the ribbon cutting at 11:30 a.m. Meet our provider and staff and pick up some health information and giveaways.
Thanks to Labcorp for providing the food and Arvest Bank for providing the grill and grilling staff.
And thanks to EAB of Russellville who will be doing live remote radio broadcasts with KWKK and KARV.
The clinic is open from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Call 888-710-8220 for appointments.
Thanks to everyone who came out for our Healthy Connections 2023 Community Easter Egg Hunt at our Mena clinic on Fiday, April 7.
The 2023 event was a huge success with double the eggs and double the fun.. Thanks to our Healthy Connections co-workers who put together and staffed the event. Thanks to community businesses who donated the many prizes we were able to give away. Thanks to Arvest Bank for providing and cooking the food. And thanks to KENA for brroadcasting live.
We were also able to promote and give Covid-19 vaccines and boosters to anyone who wanted one.
Healthy Connections was founded in Mena 25 years ago and continues to call Polk County home.
Check out the photos from the event on our Facebook page.
Congratulations to our Healthy Connections Shining STAR Employees of the Month for March:
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WEST: DEVIN GAGE
EAST: KIM BROWN
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, Devin and Kim are winners of a $50 gift card to the HC Hub Company Store.
Devin is a Registered Nurse at the Mena clinic. He joined Healthy Connections in 2019. Kim is a Patient Care Coordinator at the Little Rock Midtown clinic. She joined Healthy Connections in 2022. In their nominations, this is some of what their co-workers said about them:
- “Devin is great with the patients. He also is wonderful at training others. He has a lot of patience.”
- “Kim is kindhearted, calm, and respectful. When patients come in or even call, she does anything she can to help them the best she can.”
- “Devin is very helpful and patient. He ensures that the patients are taken care of. He takes the time to speak to them and answer all the questions that they ask.”
- “When it comes to helping patients Kim goes above and beyond. She takes her time and will not end a call until the issue has been resolved. She shows care with dealing with the patients and is very empathetic to their situations.”
Congratulations to both Devin and Kim.
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.
Healthy Connections is excited to welcome back Dr. Patrick J. Fox to the Mena clinic.
Call 888-710-8220 for appointments with Dr. Fox at the Health Park location (136 Health Park Lane, Mena). He will see patients for primary care/family medicine, sick and wellness visits, HIV, Hepatitis C, Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), and more.
Dr. Fox previously worked for Healthy Connections from 2014 to 2019. He is a previous winner of Best Family Physician in the Polk County Best of the Best. He spent the past four years at Mena Medical Associates.
“We are excited to welcome back Dr. Fox to our Healthy Connections family. He understands the importance of patient education, preventive medicine, and proper management of chronic health conditions,” said Healthy Connections, Inc., CEO Tony Calandro.
Dr. Fox attended UAMS in Little Rock and UAMS AHEC in Pine Bluff for his residency.
Healthy Connections is excited to announce our second annual Community Easter Egg Hunt will be held Friday, April 7 in Mena.
This year we’ve got DOUBLE THE EGGS for you to find at this this FREE event. Join us on the Healthy Connections campus at 136 Health Park Lane. Festivities will get under way at 10 a.m. There will be snacks and refreshments and prizes donated by local businesses. Plus, you can win the grand prize if you find the HCI Egg.
We will also be providing Covid-19 vaccines and boosters to the community.
We hope to see you in Mena on April 7 for some fun.
What: Easter Egg Hunt
When: 10 a.m. on Friday, April 7
Where: 136 Health Park Lane, Mena
Ages: 0-12
A look back at our 2022 event.
