Pride & Promise: Healthcare Leaders Share their Wins for '24 and their Hopes for '25
Thomas Worsley, President Spearfish Hospital and Hills Markets, Monument Health
Thomas Worsley, President Spearfish Hospital and Hills Markets, Monument Health
In our ongoing effort to keep our metaphorical finger on the pulse of what's happening in our wide and diverse medical community, we invited regional healthcare leaders to share their insights about the year past and the year to come. Our hope is that you'll learn something new about the health systems around you, get to know some of the people at the helm, and find inspiration for your own organizations as we navigate a new year.
1) What are you proudest/most excited about what your organization has initiated or accomplished in 2024?
In 2024, we kicked off an $80 million building project that will disrupt our medical campus for the next few years. But in the end, the project will have transformed both our physical facilities and the way in which care is delivered in Spearfish and the Northern Black Hills.
With the many building site options available, after listening to the community, we chose to invest in the heart of Spearfish to maintain the convenient access to services the community has depended upon for over 6 decades. Our project will provide all new private medical/surgical rooms, new perioperative space, and a new and expanded emergency room area.
Additionally, we will have a new main entrance to the hospital and other improved common spaces for our physicians and nurses to care for the community they love. We are extremely proud to be able to continue to care for our patients and community throughout the construction process. While there will be brief periods of disruption, we are committed to being able to provide the highest level of patient experience for those we serve throughout construction.
2) What are you most looking forward to or hopeful about for your organization in the coming year?
We have so much to look forward to! We are constantly focused on expanding services for the area.
In a growing community and region, one of the services we are highly committed to is Pediatric Care. We are excited to welcome two new pediatricians to the community. Dr. Mauricio Rendon and Dr. Paula Marsland, both well trained and highly skilled pediatric providers that have joined Dr. Tara Ulmer as well as advanced practice providers Jami Kortan and Mackenzie Gatzky.
I continue to be amazed by our caregivers and the incredible dedication they have to caring for the evolving needs of the community.