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Fit Facts ? * Lynne Stanfield Jazzercise � Classes meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00 to 4:45 p. m. in the Mullen Auditorium. Sign-ups are continuous and will be taken by the instructor. Cost is $ 15 per month or $2.50 per session. Aerobics Class � This class will be held in the Assembly Room, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:45 to 4:30 p. m. Cost for the class is �20. Classes meet January 5 through February 25. Sign-ups in the Cardiac Rehab Center. Skiing � The first downhill trip is scheduled for January 16 at Copper Mountain. The group will meet at 7 a. m. in front of the Midtown Building (2005 Franklin St.) and carpool up. Cost is S18 for lift ticket and shared car expense. Sign-up by January 11 in Cardiac Rehab. Running Club � "Joe's Joggers" are still doing lunch time runs Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Meet us at noon to burn off rhose extra holiday calories! In A Family (Practice) Way m Family Practice physicians�the name conjures up recollections of Norman Rockwell paintings: the wise, old family doctor giving randpa his yearly physical, placing e band-aid on the skinned elbow of a young, freckled-faced baseball player and listening as the little girl offers her medical opinion on the health of her doll. And although the years and advances in technology have done much to replace those romanticized scenes, Saint Joseph Family Practice Center Director D. L Ervin, M. D., still sees the family procrice doctor in much the same light. Dr. Ervin believes in the theraputic value of a total or "holistic" approach to the health of a family unit. "Having been in this field for many years and having had the good fortune to serve as many as four generations of a single family, I think the family doctor has a better understanding of what it fakes to maintain the health of o family." The holistic approach�which involves preventative health care measures as well os curing a specific complaint�"is useful to these families and it has been more rewarding to me," he says. The physicians who apply for and re accepted into the practice at 1570 Humboldt Street, Dr. Ervin says, are of the same frame of mind. "Their drive is nor to become experts in a certain field, their motivation is to give good care overall." But a large parr of that care is the family practice doctors knowing when the problem goes beyond their ability to cure, and making the appropriate referrals to physicians who have specialized in a field. The family physician is also trained ro assist the specialist by ruling out some causes of a patient's complaint and letting the specialist take it from there. The Saint Joseph Center, which recently had its residency program approved for four years and is one of only a few in Colorado to be fully- accredited, has two major purposes. One is to train physicians to enable them to be certified by the American Board of Family Practice, and the second is for those physicians to provide "personal, primary medical services for patients of all ages," Dr. Ervin soys. He claims that a well-trained family physician can provide "definitive care" in 85 percent to 95 percent of the problems that bring a patient to the doctor's office. "And part of our rroining is to teach that physician to utilize consultants appropriately and effectively so the other i 0 or 15 percent can be referred ro an appropriate and competent specialist," Dr. Ervin adds. Dr. Ervin says that his facility is only seeing about two-thirds as many patients as they are staffed to handle and feels that more Saint Joseph employees would be well-advised to take advantage of its services. Very little, if any, waiting is necessary for an appointment, even for rhe day the patient makes the call. If a hospital's services are required, most patients will be referred to nearby Saint Joseph, although children mighr be senr to Children's Hospiral. There is also some adjustment in fees charged, depending on the patient's ability to pay. "And most importantly our physicians, as part of our training program, are required to be very thorough and be concerned about the general health and welfare of rhe family under rheir care," Dr. Ervin says. "And that includes reducing health risks rhe family mighr not be aware of at that time." One can't help but think Rockwell would approve.
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Title | TowerTalk Volume 2 Issue Nr. 10, December 1981 |
Subject 1 | Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver, CO) -- history |
Subject 2 | Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (Kansas) |
Subject 3 | Periodicals -- Newsletters |
Description | TowerTalk Volume 2 Issue Nr. 10, published in December 1981. Published for and about employees, and featuring articles focused on departmental news items, awards for employee achievements and recognition, recipes, milestones for the Hospital, and general health and wellness. |
Collection Name | Newsletters Collection |
Publisher | Saint Joseph Hospital |
Date.Original | 01/12/1981 |
Date.Digital | 2016-05-11 |
Rights | In Copyright - Non-Commerical Use only (IC-NC) |
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Title | TowerTalk Volume 2 Issue Nr. 10, December 1981 - Page 3 |
Subject 1 | Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver, CO) -- history |
Subject 2 | Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (Kansas) |
Subject 3 | Periodicals -- Newsletters |
Description | TowerTalk Volume 2 Issue Nr. 10 - Page 3, published in December 1981. Published for and about employees, and featuring articles focused on departmental news items, awards for employee achievements and recognition, recipes, milestones for the Hospital, and general health and wellness. |
Collection Name | Newsletters Collection |
Publisher | Saint Joseph Hospital |
Date.Original | 01/12/1981 |
Date.Digital | 2016-05-11 |
Type | Text & Image |
Rights | In Copyright - Non-Commerical Use only (IC-NC) |
Source | Two-colour print of varying dimensions over the years, from 8.5 x 11 to 11 x 17 inches in size. |
Format | Creekside |
Coverage-Spatial | 1981-12_0003.txt |
Transcript | Fit Facts ? * Lynne Stanfield Jazzercise � Classes meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00 to 4:45 p. m. in the Mullen Auditorium. Sign-ups are continuous and will be taken by the instructor. Cost is $ 15 per month or $2.50 per session. Aerobics Class � This class will be held in the Assembly Room, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:45 to 4:30 p. m. Cost for the class is �20. Classes meet January 5 through February 25. Sign-ups in the Cardiac Rehab Center. Skiing � The first downhill trip is scheduled for January 16 at Copper Mountain. The group will meet at 7 a. m. in front of the Midtown Building (2005 Franklin St.) and carpool up. Cost is S18 for lift ticket and shared car expense. Sign-up by January 11 in Cardiac Rehab. Running Club � "Joe's Joggers" are still doing lunch time runs Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Meet us at noon to burn off rhose extra holiday calories! In A Family (Practice) Way m Family Practice physicians�the name conjures up recollections of Norman Rockwell paintings: the wise, old family doctor giving randpa his yearly physical, placing e band-aid on the skinned elbow of a young, freckled-faced baseball player and listening as the little girl offers her medical opinion on the health of her doll. And although the years and advances in technology have done much to replace those romanticized scenes, Saint Joseph Family Practice Center Director D. L Ervin, M. D., still sees the family procrice doctor in much the same light. Dr. Ervin believes in the theraputic value of a total or "holistic" approach to the health of a family unit. "Having been in this field for many years and having had the good fortune to serve as many as four generations of a single family, I think the family doctor has a better understanding of what it fakes to maintain the health of o family." The holistic approach�which involves preventative health care measures as well os curing a specific complaint�"is useful to these families and it has been more rewarding to me," he says. The physicians who apply for and re accepted into the practice at 1570 Humboldt Street, Dr. Ervin says, are of the same frame of mind. "Their drive is nor to become experts in a certain field, their motivation is to give good care overall." But a large parr of that care is the family practice doctors knowing when the problem goes beyond their ability to cure, and making the appropriate referrals to physicians who have specialized in a field. The family physician is also trained ro assist the specialist by ruling out some causes of a patient's complaint and letting the specialist take it from there. The Saint Joseph Center, which recently had its residency program approved for four years and is one of only a few in Colorado to be fully- accredited, has two major purposes. One is to train physicians to enable them to be certified by the American Board of Family Practice, and the second is for those physicians to provide "personal, primary medical services for patients of all ages," Dr. Ervin soys. He claims that a well-trained family physician can provide "definitive care" in 85 percent to 95 percent of the problems that bring a patient to the doctor's office. "And part of our rroining is to teach that physician to utilize consultants appropriately and effectively so the other i 0 or 15 percent can be referred ro an appropriate and competent specialist," Dr. Ervin adds. Dr. Ervin says that his facility is only seeing about two-thirds as many patients as they are staffed to handle and feels that more Saint Joseph employees would be well-advised to take advantage of its services. Very little, if any, waiting is necessary for an appointment, even for rhe day the patient makes the call. If a hospital's services are required, most patients will be referred to nearby Saint Joseph, although children mighr be senr to Children's Hospiral. There is also some adjustment in fees charged, depending on the patient's ability to pay. "And most importantly our physicians, as part of our training program, are required to be very thorough and be concerned about the general health and welfare of rhe family under rheir care," Dr. Ervin says. "And that includes reducing health risks rhe family mighr not be aware of at that time." One can't help but think Rockwell would approve. |
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