Direct Line from Steve Edwards for 11/15/2019

CoxHealth to build super clinics in Nixa and Ozark

CoxHealth will soon launch a new model of care in the Ozarks with construction of two new super clinics in Nixa and Ozark. Once complete, the super clinics – 30,000-square-foot, standalone facilities – will ultimately offer primary care, urgent care, dedicated pediatric offices, and physical therapy all in one place. In Ozark, the new facility will be located at US-65 and CC, and in Nixa, on US-160 just north of MO-14. It is expected that ground will be broken on the projects mid-December, and they will open in the fall of 2020.

CoxHealth welcomes new physician

Scott Ferreira, MD, has joined Cox Medical Group and will be seeing patients with Ferrell-Duncan Clinic in the Cardiology department.

Missouri’s First Lady visits Cox South

First Lady Teresa Parson visited with pediatric patients and their families at Cox South this week during a tour of our children’s hospital. She recognized CoxHealth as one of the top three maternity hospitals in Missouri and a leader in delivering more newborns than any other hospital in the region.

CoxHealth recognized as Provider of the Year

Springfield Business Journal honored CoxHealth as its first Provider of the Year during Health Care Champion ceremonies last night. Dr. Staci Niemoth, Joint Operations Committee chair and medical director of CoxHealth women’s services was named Top Doctor. Neurology nurse Lisa Potthoff and occupational therapist Kristy Bright also received individual Health Care Champion awards.

CoxHealth honors veterans, active service members

For Veterans Day this week, CoxHealth honored employees, providers, volunteers and guests who are veterans and active service members in the U.S. Armed Services with a complimentary meal in all CoxHealth cafeterias. Images of employees who are veterans were displayed on digital signage at all hospitals. Staff at Cox Branson participated in the annual Branson Veterans Day Parade.

CoxHealth in the news

• KY3/KSPR interviewed Dr. Michelle Boise, OB/GYN at Cox Monett and Cox Barton County, for a story about a shortage of services in rural areas.

• KOLR-10 interviewed Dr. Curtis Mattson, Integrated Behavioral Health coordinator, for a story about the importance of reducing stress to increase productivity.

• KY3/KSPR interviewed Dr. Mattson about Daylight Saving Time and Seasonal Affective Disorder.

• Springfield Business Journal featured several CoxHealth professionals as Health Care Champions, as well as CoxHealth for being named Provider of the Year.

Voice of the patient

"Everyone within the Cox network within the last two or more years are the most sincerely compassionate individuals in the doctor’s office as well as this visit in the hospital. Thank you for knowing how to hire so many wonderful staff. While in the hospital, my nurses were very attentive, compassionate to my needs - I was in a lot of pain. The staff was wonderful."

Thank you for everything you do to support our patients and our community,

Steve