Mercy Health Partners News

            During the February Heart Month celebration, the Know Your Numbers educational programs will provide cholesterol screening and a featured speaker to help you understand the facts about cholesterol for a heart-healthy lifestyle.

            The screening is a fingerpick specimen collection with results available in five to seven minutes.  The results provide a cholesterol panel and glucose reading and require an eight-hour fasting period.  People taking the blood test should follow their normal medicine(s) schedule, and diabetics should check with their physician before fasting.

To register for any of the Know Your Numbers programs, call the Ask Mercy physician referral and service line at 632-5200 (toll-free at 877-368-7362).  Registration is also available online at www.mercy.com and following the links for classes and events.

The Know Your Numbers programs are scheduled for:

·        Tues., Feb. 3 at St. Mary’s Medical Center North – Sister Elizabeth Assembly Center – I-75 at Emory Road 

Time:  Screening from 7-8 AM /Breakfast-Educational Program at 8 AM

Cost: $10 for screening and breakfast - $8 for Mercy Gold members

Featured Speaker:  Nicholas P. Thornton, M.D. – Board Certified in Family Medicine

Registration deadline: Jan. 30, 2009

·        Tues., Feb. 10 at Scott County Senior Center (sponsored by St. Mary’s Medical Center of Scott County)

                  Time:  Screening from 7-8 AM/Breakfast-Educational Program at 8 AM

                  Free for screening and breakfast

                  Featured Speaker:  Judy Gordon, FNP – Certified Nurse Midwife

                  Registration deadline:  Feb. 9, 2009

·        Thurs., Feb. 12 at the Castleton Regency Ballroom on Jacksboro Pike in Campbell County (sponsored by St. Mary’s Medical Center of Campbell County)

Time: Screening 7-8 AM/Breakfast-Educational Program 8 AM

Free for screening and breakfast

Featured Speaker:  Richard D. Kauffman, D.O.; Board Certified in Family Medicine

Registration deadline: Feb. 11, 2009

·        Tues., Feb. 17 at Baptist Hospital West – Judy and Joe Johnson Conference Center – 10820 Parkside Dr.

Time: Screening 7-8 AM/Breakfast-Educational Program 8 AM

Cost: $10 for screening and breakfast - $8 for Mercy Gold members

Featured Speaker: Raye-Anne Ayo, M.D.; Board Certified in Family Practice

Registration deadline: Feb. 16, 2009

·        Wed., Feb. 18 at the Mountain Crest Inn, 1010 Cosby Highway, Newport (sponsored by Baptist Hospital of Cocke County)

Time: Screening 7-8 AM/Breakfast-Education program 8 AM

Free for screening and breakfast

Featured speaker: Constantino Diaz-Miranda, M.D.; Medical Director of Baptist Hospital of Cocke County Emergency Department

Registration deadline:  Feb. 17, 2009

·        Tues., Feb. 24 at St. Mary’s Jefferson Memorial Hospital – Classroom

Time:  Screening 7-8 AM/Breakfast-Educational Program 8 AM

Free for screening and breakfast

Featured Speaker:  F. Ward Phillips, Jr., M.D. – Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Registration deadline: Feb. 23, 2009

·        Wed., Feb. 25 at Baptist Riverside Outpatient Campus on Blount Ave. – Bailey Conference Center

      Time:  Screening 7-8 AM/Breakfast-Educational program 8 AM

      Cost:  $10 for screening and breakfast - $8 for Mercy Gold members

      Featured speaker:  Philip Meyette, M.D. – Board Certified in Family

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      Registration deadline:  Feb. 24, 2009

Individuals unable to attend any of the Know Your Numbers programs can learn more about their risk of heart disease by using the HEARTaware assessment tool on the MHP Web site, www.mercy.com.  HEARTaware is a seven-minute cardiac risk test that will identify any risk factors a person might have. 

Those with two or more risk factors from the HEARTaware test can request a free screening by a Mercy cardiac clinician.

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