Sunday, September 7, 2014

LCO Community Health Clinic Receives Director's Award for Outstanding Group Performance


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Letter from LCO Health Board Chairman Kim Beaudin to LCO Community Health Center Director Gregg Duffek, August 25, 2014

The LCO Health Board is most pleased to learn that the LCO Health Center received the Director's Award for Outstanding Group Performance by the Bemidji Area Office (Indian Health Service). We offer the Commendation to you and the LCO Health Center staff.

This Award says so much about the efforts of all employees of our Health Center to make major improvements in the delivery of primary and preventative health and medical services to our families and individuals. It's clear that this Award recognizes the efforts of our patient-centered team of providers, nurses, clinicians and a support staff who offer a continuous source of high quality, comprehensive medical care to thousands of our tribal members. An Outstanding Group Performance — this award is about how everyone pulled together to strive for a better health center, to provide better services in sound and thoughtful ways to ensure survival of our clinic.

The LCO Community Health Center currently employs 74 full and part-time employees in and adjacent to our reservation. There are currently more than 8,000 enrolled tribal members in the LCO tribe. The Health Clinic offers a full-service ambulatory center. Services include family medicine, dentistry, optometry, radiology, laboratory, pharmacy, alcohol and other drug abuse clinic, mental health care, community health and elder care. Currently, inpatient care is provided at local and regional hospitals.

Thank you Gregg for your understanding of the needs of the clinic and community and in your ability to carry out the daunting task of getting the clinic into a position to be poised for success. This work is the product of unwavering leadership and staff willing to commit to making real positive changes to better our health services for our people. So on behalf of all of our dedicated employees, of the LCO Health Board, and our community Chi-miigwetch!

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