CAMPAIGN BAROMETER:

Gifts & pledges - $2.35 million, needed by December, 2005 - $250,000.
Please call if you would like to be a part of this historical effort.

THE COWBOY AND THE CAVALRY

Alan Pribil, M.D. has been providing medical care at PRMC since February, 1994. He comes from Oklahoma and is an undergraduate of Oklahoma State University. He is an Oklahoma State “Cowboy” through and through. In a predominantly KU medical staff environment, he is often the Lone Ranger.

He completed his medical doctoral degree at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, graduating in 1979. Dr. Pribil provides general internal medicine services as well as specializing in Diabetes, Endocrinology, Cardiovascular Disease, Cholesterol Therapy, and Osteoporosis. He is also a Registered Vascular Technologist and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Kansas University School of Medicine in Wichita.

But just like the Lone Ranger, he often wears the white hat of the good guys in health care. All of his patients enjoy his low-key, highly professional way of providing health care. His wife, Bekki, is also a great addition to the community. She has been on the Pratt Health Foundation Board for nine years. Together they have participated in numerous community programs and have helped make Pratt a great place.

The “cowboy oriented” Pribil’s are joined by a cavalry of physician families that have made commitments to the Pratt Health Foundation’s “Simply the Best” Capital Campaign. The physician families include: Dr. Gene & Julie Cannata; Dr. Wakon & Brenda Fowler; Dr. David and Renee Pederson; Dr. Dan & Marcia Suiter; and, Dr. Qaiser & Nadia Rehman.

PRMC Begins PACS Installation

The PRMC Radiology Department recently announced the installation of the new ImageLink Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS). The PACS system is provided by CPSI, the same company that provides PRMC’s hospital-wide computer system, so integration should be easier. This system will allow physicians to access the patient’s radiology reports and other specific patient information alongside the diagnostic images. The PACS system also decreases storage costs, eliminates film costs and improves access to patient radiology records.

The outstanding response to the Capital Campaign has made this purchase possible for PRMC. “The Capital Campaign has allowed PRMC to obtain state-of-the-art equipment which was outside of its financial means at this time. The hospital is radically different today because of the generosity of the community,” stated Susan Page, PRMC President and CEO.

WHAT IS LEFT TO FUND ?

A majority of the $250,000 which needs to be gifted or pledged by December, 2005 will go toward the purchase of a portable C-arm. This piece of radiology equipment is generally used with patients that are bed-ridden and difficult to move. It allows physicians and surgeons to take x-ray images of patients in the surgical suites or in the patient’s room.

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( PHF and PRMC are 501(c)3 charitable healthcare organizations.)