Business Briefs: Newark teen receives Distinguished Young Woman of Ohio awards

Kent Mallett
Newark Advocate
Kennedy Aikey

MARYSVILLE – Kennedy Aikey, of Newark, received a $700 cash scholarship at a statewide scholarship program for high school girls at Veteran’s Auditorium in Marysville. The program awarded $18,800 in scholarships to participants.

Aikey, a senior at Newark Catholic High School, was one of 19 Ohio high school senior girls who competed in the Distinguished Young Woman of Ohio for 2020.

Participants were evaluated in the categories of scholastics (25%), interview (25%), talent (20%), fitness (15%) and self-expression (15%). Aikey received awards for communication, generation and fitness.

Founded in 1958, Distinguished Young Women is a free program that encourages participants to reach their full individual potential. The 63rd national finals will be June 25-27, in Mobile, Alabama.

LMH receives Most Wired Hospital award

NEWARK – Licking Memorial Hospital was recognized as one of CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired Hospitals for 2019.

The award honors hospitals and health systems for using healthcare information technologies to improve delivery of care, maximize benefits of technologies and embrace new technologies that support population management and value-based care.

HealthCare’s Most Wired, in its 21st year, traditionally tracked the adoption of healthcare IT in hospitals and health systems. CHIME acquired the Most Wired program and revised the survey questions and methodology to highlight strengths and gaps in the industry. The goal is to identify best practices and promote the strategic use of healthcare IT to elevate the health and care of communities around the world.

LMH provides digital diagnostic images from radiology, cardiovascular imaging, mammography, neuroimaging and nuclear imaging to the care provider regardless of the provider’s location, and integrates those images with the electronic medical record.

Voice communication using the unique hands-free Vocera devices, worn by nearly every member of the clinical staff, occurs over the secure wireless network. In addition, Vocera devices allow patients to communicate directly with nurses by activating the nurse call button.

LMH also utilizes patient monitoring equipment which sends data directly into the EMR, including bedside blood pressure, pulse oximetry, temperature, glucose, lab tests and fetal monitoring.

County Health Department accredited for five years

NEWARK – The Public Health Accreditation Board has accredited the Licking County Health Department for five years.

This accomplishment recognizes the health department meets or exceeds the rigorous standards established by the non-profit, non-governmental Public Health Accreditation Board.

The national accreditation program works to improve and protect the health of the public by advancing and transforming the quality and performance of the nation’s state, local, tribal and territorial public health departments.

The Licking County Health Department was first accredited in 2013, one of the first 22 agencies accredited nationally. Accreditation means LCHD is committed to continuous quality improvement to meet community’s needs.

Schaller, Campbell & Untied adds attorney

NEWARK – Law firm Schaller, Campbell & Untied announced it has hired Jarod Rose as an associate attorney.

Rose, a Lakewood High School graduate, received his undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He recently graduated from Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, where he served on Law Review.

Schaller, Campbell & Untied is a general civil practice law firm that has served Licking County for more than 100 years.

Utica attorney honored for 50 years practicing law

UTICA – Richard Heath, an attorney with Hite and Heath, LLP, was honored by the Ohio State Bar Association for 50 years of practicing law.

Heath, a member of the Licking County Bar Association, has lived and practiced law in Utica for 48 of his 50 years as an attorney. He is a 1965 graduate of the University of Kentucky and a 1969 graduate of Northern Kentucky University. Heath was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1969.

Before coming to Utica in 1971, Heath served as Ohio assistant attorney general. He is assistant village solicitor for the village of Utica and formerly village solicitor in Johnstown.