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help in protecting citizens.
The message Meadows of
ficials are communicating
is to mask up and get vac
cinated.
“We don’t have a prob
lem with supplies. We are
well stocked and well posi
tioned to take care of this
community. I am forever
grateful and proud of all
the healthcare heroes we
have at Meadows who are
working tirelessly to care
for our patients,” Hasb-
rouck emphasized.
As a nonprofit commu
nity hospital which tran
sitioned in May 2021 to a
for-profit facility owned
by HCA Healthcare, one
of the nation's leading pro
viders of healthcare servic
es, Meadows has access to
a vast system of resources.
HCA Healthcare has 185
facilities in 20 states and
over 2,000 care sites across
the United States and the
United Kingdom that are
going through this pan
demic. “Because of that
scale, we have been able
to take advantage of best
practices,” Hasbrouck said
in a recent interview. HCA
Healthcare has 11 health
care facilities in the South
Atlantic Division, which
Meadows joined this year,
and this relationship re
cently paid off when the
local facility was able to
bring in regional HCA
Healthcare providers
when the Meadows work
force was compromised by
COVID.
“I have learned about
some of the great things
Meadows has done over
the last 16 months (to
combat COVID). Those
processes are still in place
and can be turned on and
off, based on need. In terms
of supplies and equipment,
we could not be better pre
pared,” Hasbrouck said.
Every morning at 8 a.m.,
hospital staff goes through
hospital incident com
mand. “It is 30 minutes of
touching bases on staffing,
processes, supplies and
equipment. We make sure
we have what we need to
take care of patients and to
address surges.”
While the current cri
sis took center stage in his
first few weeks as CEO,
Hasbrouck has also been
hard at work ensuring
Meadows is ready to “bring
care closer to home.” He
noted, “We are actively re
cruiting six physicians to
this community right __
now. These physi
cians include special
ists in general surgery,
pediatrics, medical
oncology, urology,
and ENT. He empha
sized, “It’s not just
about the hospital,
the equipment or the
team, but about med- ““
ical professionals liv
ing in this community. We
want to get them here and
keep them here.”
He noted, “My job
is to make sure we sus
tain Meadows, and grow
and provide additional
services. We need to be
the healthcare system of
choice.”
In listing his goals and
objectives for the medi
cal facility, Hasbrouck
outlined the duties of the
Memorial Health Mead
ows Hospital Advisory
Board, which is comprised
of community, healthcare,
physician and hospital
leaders. This Board has a
fiduciary responsibility to
manage the well being of
the facility and commu
nity. Hasbrouck explained,
“We go through a number
of goals with our Advisory
Board and they advise us
based on their areas of ex
pertise.” This board is dif
ferent than the Board of
Trustees that was in place
for the community-owned
hospital, but the essence of
the Board of Trustees is at
the core of the Advisory
Board, Hasbrouck added.
Hasbrouck referenced
the healthcare organiza
tion’s philosophy. “We
look at it as building with
six foundational pillars:
people, quality, service,
community, growth, and
finance. We believe each
of those pillars is equally
sure folks have access to
services like that. We are
working very diligently to
identify a partner to work
with on reopening and op
erating the fitness center. It
is a priority of mine.”
He noted, “Population
health and wellness are
near and dear to my heart
and really, the mission of
a healthcare center such
as Meadows. We want to
identify what we are do
ing well in terms of com
munity health services and
determine where we can
add further support in the
future. It is a priority that
we are working on.”
Hasbrouck pointed
out, “We have tremendous
opportunity now as we
partner with HCA Health
“Meadows has invested just over $7
million in the community in the last 90
days. That is local and will he part of the
economy here.”
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important to hold up the
foundation of this facility
and instrumental in how
we serve this community.”
He said that over the
past month he has met with
individuals and groups
within the community to
hear about their healthcare
expectations and to learn
what Meadows means to
them. For instance, Hasb
rouck met with the leader
ship of Meadows Hospital
Auxiliary, which is known
for its volunteerism and
support of the hospital
through the years. “I was
extremely impressed with
what they have built and
how they have served the
community. I want to con
tinue to invest in that and
work with them. That will
continue,” Hasbrouck
said, adding, “At the end
of the day we are a service-
based organization.”
Addressing the future
of the Meadows Fitness
Center, which closed as
the first wave of COVID
struck in 2020, Hasbrouck
said, “We know how loved
the fitness center has been
in the community and
we want to be able en
care.” The corporation’s
South Atlantic Division
has a large presence in this
area that includes a part
nership with Memorial
Health University Medi
cal Center in Savannah.
In turn, the Medical Cen
ter’s medical school is in
partnership with Mercer,
which has a large gradu
ate medical education de
partment training the next
physicians and providers.
Hasbrouck said he
expects Meadows to be
working with this resource
in the future to provide
access to people in the
Meadows area, particu
larly around sub specialties
that might include electro
physiology, gynecological
oncology, and pediatric
subspecialties. These sub
specialties would comple
ment the core specialty
services that Meadows
offers full-time locally.
“The team here has done
a tremendous job over the
years and I think we now
have access with our scale
to extend that further.”
Regarding the role of
the hospital going forward,
Hasbrouck enumerated
three goals. “Number one
is about investing in our
people so we can provide
top-notch health care. Sec
ondly, to bring care closer
to home, we need to bol
ster services we currently
offer. We need to be sure
we have the scale to serve
this area.”
He emphasized, “My
family is here and I want
to make sure when they
need healthcare they stay
right here. There will be
situations when a higher
level of care is needed that
we don’t provide and we
want to make sure we get
patients to a facility we
trust to provide that level
of care.”
The third goal is three
fold: superb quality, excep-
__ tional experience, and
efficient service.
“We have
a beautiful facility
here and we need to
continue to invest
in what we already
have. That means not
only keeping these fa
cilities up to date, but
““ continuing to acuitize
our services to pro
vide the latest and great-
, »
est.
In addition to bring
ing specialty and subspe
cialty care close to home,
Hasbrouck would like to
see more medical innova
tions at Meadows. “I have
a passion for robotically-
assisted programs. That is
an opportunity I see here
in the future and certainly
an attraction for surgeons
that have been trained on
these instruments and see
a better outcome for their
patients.”
Between additional
capital equipment and
clinical supplies, adjust
ments to staff wages, and
facilities infrastructure
Meadows has invested just
over $7 million in the com
munity in the last 90 days.
“That is local and will be
part of the economy here,”
Hasbrouck commented.
“We are proud of Mead
ows and proud to be part
of HCA. Trust in us. We
are here to grow with and
invest in this community.”
Hasbrouck and his
wife, Brianna, a certified
fitness instructor who is
active in early childhood
development initiatives,
have two daughters, Ad
dison, 6, and Brynlee, 4.
Since his arrival Hasb
rouck has visited with local
leaders in government and
civic organizations and
looks forward to becom
ing even more active in the
community.
Hasbrouck is no
stranger to the area. He
was the COO at Memorial
Health University Medical
Center in Savannah since
February 2018, when that
facility transitioned to
HCA Healthcare. He also
served as the COO of Fair-
view Park Hospital in Dub
lin.
His leadership is re
sponsible for driving nu
merous successes in Savan
nah, including:
• Completion of
southeast Georgia’s only
freestanding Children’s
Hospital
• Expansion of the
Heart & Vascular Tower
• Renovation of the
Behavioral Health Center
• Expansion of the ro
botics program to the 2nd
busiest in Georgia
Hasbrouck assumed
the CEO responsibilities
at Meadows on July 5, suc
ceeding Alan Kent, who
retired after 21 years with
the facility.
Hasbrouck earned his
bachelor’s degree at the
University of Minnesota
and his Masters of Health
care Administration at the
University of North Caro
lina.
Memorial Health
Meadows Hospital is a
regional healthcare sys
tem featuring the only
nationally-accredited
hospital in Montgomery,
Toombs, Treutlen and
Tattnall counties. Mead
ows Hospital has a Level
IV trauma center and
emergency department, a
15,000-square-foot can
cer center and a network
of physician practices that
serve Vidalia and the sur
rounding communities.
Meadows offers
the latest in medical ad
vancements including
cutting-edge cancer care,
life-saving heart attack
procedures, women’s ser
vices, wound care, ortho
pedic medicine and more.
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free vaccination, please call (912) 535-SAFE (7233).
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