Overland Park Regional Medical Center

This year, we're providing more than 600 meals to the families utilizing the Ronald McDonald Family Room at OPRMC. Today, our Cardiovascular Services team took us to our halfway mark of 300 meals!

Every year, HCA Healthcare honors our people for their outstanding service to our patients, our teams and our communities through the HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction. Please help us in congratulating Tiffany Crabtree, Social Worker in our NICU, for receiving the Frist Humanitarian Employee Award. Throughout his life, HCA Healthcare founder Dr. Thomas Frist embraced the value of the human spirit and the duty each of us has to improve ourselves and others. And Tiffany Crabtree exemplifies this every day in her role as a social worker based in Overland Park Regional Medical Center’s NICU. Tiffany is a fierce advocate for NICU families and babies and works tirelessly to find solutions to their social challenges and mental health needs. Tiffany’s advocacy helped secure a grant for mental health resources for NICU mothers, and she was instrumental in securing the new Ronald McDonald House Family Room at the hospital. In addition, she helped create the Circle of Hope NICU Foundation, which raises money to support NICU families through gift and gas cards, sibling support tools, infant books and other resources. Beyond the hospital, Tiffany extends her dedication to helping others through community organizations like the March of Dimes and through her church, where she’s volunteered for numerous service projects on the national and local levels. Tiffany embodies what it means to show up for our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Congratulations, Tiffany!

Please help us congratulate Nisha Mills, Vice President of Operations, on her recent completion of HCA Healthcare’s Executive Development Program (EDP). During her time in EDP, Nisha was a capstone project winner for her work to maximize resources and support to help the Emergency Department during a surge. “At the start of this EDP journey, we were asked to contemplate our legacy statement. Mine was, 'Lead with humility, impact, and passion through meaningful relationships that encourage others to leave the world a little better than when we found it.' This project helped me demonstrate that. By leveraging our strategic relationships with ancillary and inpatient nursing leaders, we understood that during busy periods in the ED, it's everyone's responsibility to help decompress. As I learned in EDP, communicating with impact is crucial, especially with this project. We are asking teams to leave their departments to assist the ED, which can cause a lot of anxiety. With the skills I acquired in EDP, I was effective in engaging the ancillary team to meet our primary objective. Together, we have succeeded in learning how to work together rather than in silos, all for the betterment of our community. This has led us to keep our access open for the community, improve coordination of care for our patients, and deliver operational excellence.” Congratulations Nisha!

Please join us in recognizing Kirstin Ryan, RN, Labor & Delivery, for the receiving the DAISY Award! Her nomination reads, “Kirstin was extraordinary through our entire labor! She was always prepared for the next step in the process. She took the time to get to know us and was always ready to be my advocate. She helped make sure we always understood what was happening and advocated for our baby when needed. She was by our side through the whole experience and even came to check on us the next few days. Kristin truly exemplifies what it means to be a nurse: kind, compassionate, treating others with dignity and respect. I am so thankful that Kirstin was a part of our journey” Congratulations to Kirstin Ryan!

Thirty students from the Blue Valley Capps Program's Exploring Health Professions Class spent the day shadowing our Maternal and Neonatal Transport Teams. Our teams spent the day teaching the students about our transport services and hospital overall. Partnering with programs like Blue Valley CAPS is one of the many ways we can inspire young adults in our community to pursue careers in healthcare. We hope to see these students in a future OPRMC orientation class! "Our time at OPRMC was truly such an amazing opportunity that I thoroughly enjoyed. Everyone was so welcoming and so passionate about teaching us about their every day lives and sharing with us the passion they have for their jobs. This visit allowed me to open up to new careers and have a greater understanding of ones I already knew about. One thing I learned was that in the NICU they actually have PTs and OTs for the babies to help with feeding and education to the parents. I've always been interested in PT/OT and the NICU so learning about this field made me so excited for the future. Another part I enjoyed was getting to see the helicopter and actually getting the feel of what it is like to be loaded up in it. I thought it was awesome how passionate everyone was and supportive to our learning." - Alexa Sutton, Senior, Blue Valley West High School "While I was at Overland Park Regional, I had the unique experience to learn more about the Maternal Care and Transport unit, as well as the NICU. What these nurses and practitioners, as well as the entirety of the flight team do is extremely admirable and the collaboration to ensure the health of the mother and baby is truly inspiring." -Sophie Fitman, 11th Grade, Blue Valley West High School

Please help us congratulate Lindsey Fisher, CNC, Mom/Baby, on receiving the Employee of the Month award! Her nomination reads, "Lindsey arrives to her shift with a great amount of positivity and no matter what the day throws at her she keeps a calming and positive attitude. She genuinely loves what she does and it shows in her enthusiasm and ways she tries to show others support. She does this in a way that makes them feel competent and accomplished. She routinely will take mothers to the NICU to see their babies. When patients share feedback they want us to recognize Lindsey for her compassion, kindness and knowledge. They routinely state that she is supportive, informative, makes them feel heard, and cared for. The patients also state that she made what was a scary situation with their babies in the NICU more bearable by being with them." Congratulations, Lindsey! Thank you for your commitment to ensuring our patients receive high-quality, compassionate care.

It's been an honor celebrating our first responder partners during EMS Week. We are forever grateful for the lifesaving care you provide each day!

We love when patients bring their provider a thank you note. This one is from a very special pediatric physical therapy patient. Receiving this note made the outpatient therapy team smile! To learn more about our therapy services, visit oprmc.com.

Our favorite part of Hospital Week, is celebrating colleagues who are dedicated to serving our patients, community and each other with dedication and compassion. Congratulations to the 2024 Hospital Week Award Ceremony awardees!

This week, we held our annual Hospital Week Corn Hold Tournament. It's always a crowd favorite! Congratulations to our first place winners, Sam and Calvin from Dietary, and second place, Grayson and Connor from EP Lab!