“IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET SCREENED FOR YOURSELF, THEN DO IT FOR YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER, DO IT FOR YOUR SISTER, DO IT FOR YOUR COUSIN, YOUR MOTHER. GIVE THEM PEACE OF MIND.
- Michelle Haney, patient navigator
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Smart Curve design, which makes the screening process more comfortable. “Smart Curve is more focused on the paddles,”
said Birchfield. “At one time many years ago, pad- dles were very, very square. Smart Curve focuses on a new curved paddle design that forms a little bit more to the breast tissue. This is something that re- ally helps the patient’s comfort.” The new technology, which was put into service
in early March, is already garnering rave reviews from patients and healthcare workers alike. And that’s good news considering the backlog of screen- ings the hospital is still dealing with created by the pandemic. “I think if we can take something positive out
of COVID, it raised awareness of people’s health,” Haney said. “A lot of people passed these types of things off as not being serious until, all of a sudden, they see how the littlest thing can turn into a big thing. Everyone knows somebody who has been affected by cancer. And here, we’re a
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tightknit community, so a lot of our patients who do have cancer, we know them and we have co- workers that know them. It’s like part of our fam- ily getting sick.” The next chapter for the 3D mammography is
already in the works, as Ozarks Healthcare plans to christen a mobile mammography unit this fall, bringing the imaging technology to even more pa- tients throughout the hospital’s service area. “We want to see an increase in the healthy life-
style of all of the women in our community,” Haney said. “With every conversation we have, we make it personal because these are our neighbors. These are people that we see in the grocery store every day. This is personal. “We try to express the importance of the test. We
tell women all the time, if you’re not going to get screened for yourself, then do it for your grand- daughter, do it for your sister, do it for your cousin, your mother. Give them peace of mind. We are very focused on generational growth and education.”
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Above (from left): Jackie Nevels, Sherri Bay, Glenda Kentner, Laurie Birchfield, Monica Oaks, Robyn Sims, and Michelle Haney.
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