Lenny Parracino, soft tissue therapist with the Los Angeles Clippers, recently mentored the extended Hammond-Henry Hospital Rehabilitation team during an intensive, two-day hands-on training. "Lenny is a genius of movement, and this is an incredible opportunity for our staff," said Greg Janicki, Rehab Services Manager. "He is teaching us the newest and best research and principles centering around soft tissue manipulation. We will use that information to best benefit our patients." Parracino co-authored the Certified Functional Applied Science Program. In addition to serving the NBA for the past seven years, he is also a clinician at the Meyer Institute of Sports in El Segundo, CA., and a faculty member of The Gray Institute, Adrian, MI.

The physician and nurse communication star ratings combine data from three HCAHPS survey questions and summarizes how well patients feel that their physicians and nurses explained things clearly, listened carefully to the patients, and treated the patient with courtesy and respect.

The star rating is based on survey data collected from hospital patients from July 2021 through June 2022. The figures are from CMS’ Provider Data Catalog and were recently released. Hammond-Henry Hospital was among the 347 hospitals throughout the nation that received five stars for physician communication and among the 364 hospitals throughout the nation that received five stars for nurse communication.

Diane Fortune (pictured), Activities Director for the LTC Living Center, along with David Frew and Nancy Swain, Environmental Services, have spent an inordinate amount of hours, sometimes beating 100-plus degree temperatures, to keep the HHH flowers and greenery watered, healthy, and in a beautiful array. Thanks to the HHH Foundation for the purchase of the plants a few years back, to our horticulturist trio for their sweat equity, and all the junior volunteers who have also helped to keep our gardens growing!