Tina Griggs, RN, a nurse with Baptist Health Paducah Home Care, recently received certification as an OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set) Specialist-Clinical (COS-C).
Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths worldwide, mainly because it is often diagnosed at an advanced stage. Indiana has some of the highest lung cancer rates in the country according to a recent study by the American Lung Association.
Chris Holcomb, Assistant Vice President, Behavioral Health Services, Baptist Health Corbin was nominated and his story was selected to appear in the 2019 edition.
The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted three-year accreditation to the cancer program at Baptist Health Floyd. To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality care standards, be evaluated every three years through a survey process, and maintain levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care. Baptist Health Floyd first received CoC accreditation in 2013 and has maintained a
