Our History

Patient safety is our priority but we want our patients to feel that we care very much for them, 'cause we do!
- Jean Boudman, R.N.

I'm a mother and we treat each child as if it is one of our kids. We don't care if they're eight or eighty, we answer their questions and make them feel as good as we can."
- Sue Keiter, R.N.

In the late 90s, Drs. Tom Green and Dan Hely put together a plan to form a full service orthopedic center for the Carlisle area community. They have designed a center to provide state of the art orthopedic services including clinical evaluation and x-ray and Dexascan services. In return for the support the community provided, the doctors went the extra distance to make the center a comfortable place where people would feel the emphasis was on the patient.

To assure quality of patient care and comfort, the doctors recruited two nurses with outstanding orthopedic and emergency medical credentials. Jean Boudman, R.N. and Sue Kelter, R.N. have headed the center's nursing care since the onset.

The caring attitudes of the Appalachian nurses are part of a nursing tradition. Every child who breaks an arm or leg will remember how they felt in the doctor's office. We want them to have a good memory. People facing surgery are under duress. We want to walk them through it with a feeling of confidence.

A third area of emphasis at Appalachian is helping our patients through the maze of insurance forms and protocols prevalent in modern health care. The Appalachian clerical staff has extensive credentials and experience in helping people through the complex payer systems. "A commitment to help" has been the motto of the women behind the window.

Progress and change will continue at Appalachian as new personnel, new technologies and new services become available. Orthopedic excellence and a caring attitude will remain our benchmark.