Written by Lauren Murphy | Photography by Jason Johnson Published in Aspects Magazine, Spring 2016 | Vol. 39 No. 2 Fifty-one-year-old Roy Bellamy was in and out of the emergency department more than 89 times in 2014, amassing upward of $330,000 in hospital charges. His costly pattern led him to Tracey Smith, DNP, and the team of hotspotters, a multidisciplinary group dedicated to identifying and helping hospital super-utilizers like Bellamy. Photo Caption: Dr. Tracey Smith visits Roy Bellamy while he’s not feeling well. In central Illinois, it’s a problem Dr. Smith, community workers and other

Written by Lauren Murphy | Photography by Jason Johnson Published in Aspects Magazine, Spring 2016 | Vol. 39 No. 2 Fifty-one-year-old Roy Bellamy was in and out of the emergency department more than 89 times in 2014, amassing upward of $330,000 in hospital charges. His costly pattern led him to Tracey Smith, DNP, and the team of hotspotters, a multidisciplinary group dedicated to identifying and helping hospital super-utilizers like Bellamy. Photo Caption: Dr. Tracey Smith visits Roy Bellamy while he’s not feeling well. In central Illinois, it’s a problem Dr. Smith, community workers and other

Peanut butter and bananas aren’t the usual therapy tools for patients with cochlear implants. But for 4-year-old David Heady, they whet his appetite to listen. . . and speak. Aspects Volume 39 No. 3 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson Caroline Montgomery holds up two bananas and David’s face lights up with a wide smile. He clearly likes bananas. "Do you like to eat bananas plain or with peanut butter?" asks Montgomery. While most children David’s age would respond with a quick shout, "peanut butter!" David politely articulates, "I like to eat bananas with peanut butter."

Peanut butter and bananas aren’t the usual therapy tools for patients with cochlear implants. But for 4-year-old David Heady, they whet his appetite to listen. . . and speak. Aspects Volume 39 No. 3 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson Caroline Montgomery holds up two bananas and David’s face lights up with a wide smile. He clearly likes bananas. "Do you like to eat bananas plain or with peanut butter?" asks Montgomery. While most children David’s age would respond with a quick shout, "peanut butter!" David politely articulates, "I like to eat bananas with peanut butter."

SIU Family and Community Medicine builds new walls, breaks old barriers

SIU Family and Community Medicine builds new walls, breaks old barriers

Dr. Tracey Smith finds happiness in teaching others how to be healthy Aspects Volume 39 No. 2 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP It’s hard to be unhappy sitting in Tracey Smith’s office at SIU’s Center for Family and Community Medicine. Her walls, window sills, shelves and desk display a sea of brightly colored plaques, mugs and picture frames bearing inspirational thoughts and stories. The canvas displaying the message above is the most prominent in the room, just as its meaning is in Tracey’s life. “So many things that we’re doing at SIU would

Dr. Tracey Smith finds happiness in teaching others how to be healthy Aspects Volume 39 No. 2 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP It’s hard to be unhappy sitting in Tracey Smith’s office at SIU’s Center for Family and Community Medicine. Her walls, window sills, shelves and desk display a sea of brightly colored plaques, mugs and picture frames bearing inspirational thoughts and stories. The canvas displaying the message above is the most prominent in the room, just as its meaning is in Tracey’s life. “So many things that we’re doing at SIU would

Access to Care collaborative keeps Enos Park residents from falling through the health care cracks Written by Steve Sandstrom • Photography by Jason Johnson • Published in Aspects Magazine, 39-2 Spring 2016 "Today’s kind of a spur-of-the-moment day," says Shelly Weatherholt as she pilots her car down Eighth Street in Springfield. Weatherholt has a lot of spur-of-the-moment days. Shelly Weatherholt and Shirley Thompson are the new community health workers currently tasked with improving the health and living conditions of residents in the Enos Park neighborhood adjacent to SIU School of

Access to Care collaborative keeps Enos Park residents from falling through the health care cracks Written by Steve Sandstrom • Photography by Jason Johnson • Published in Aspects Magazine, 39-2 Spring 2016 "Today’s kind of a spur-of-the-moment day," says Shelly Weatherholt as she pilots her car down Eighth Street in Springfield. Weatherholt has a lot of spur-of-the-moment days. Shelly Weatherholt and Shirley Thompson are the new community health workers currently tasked with improving the health and living conditions of residents in the Enos Park neighborhood adjacent to SIU School of