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Volunteer Opportunities
Spring is coming up and there
will be many chances for you to volunteer to earn career ladder hours.
If you are interested in working
any of the following events, please contact
Kelly Kyle
at ext. 3518.
Sunday, April 19
A Woman's Center for Reproductive Medicine Fertility Reunion
Saturday, April 25 March of
Dimes
March for Babies
Sunday, May 3 Rocketchix
Triathlon
Saturday, May 30
American Cancer Society
Relay for Life
*Please note that we
are at capacity and no longer need any additional volunteers for Baby
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New Campus
Development
By Stan Shelton
Project Status
As you know, in January we made the decision to suspend
construction until
long-term financing for our project can be obtained. Since
then, we’ve finished
the five structural support towers that were under construction,
and we’re winding
down all site work. Our steel fabricator will continue to
fabricate our structural
steel through April, and then they will stop working on our
project.
Though we are pausing construction, we are not discontinuing our
work on
the project. In the last few weeks, we have gotten the hospital
project under
budget, we’ve continued to meet and negotiate with the
subcontractors who
bid on portions of our project, and we have begun a detailed
review of our drawings
and specifications to find ways to improve the project from
functional as well
as economic perspectives. We’re also almost finished with the
design
of our open office administrative areas. And, our finance
team is working
diligently to explore all possible financing options.
The question we are asked most often is, “When are we going to
restart
construction?”. Unfortunately, we do not know the answer to that
question.
Our timing for restarting construction is directly related to
how and when we
are able to finance our project. The best way I can answer the
question is
that we don’t know when we’ll restart, but we’re working every
day to find financing
and to make our project irresistible for those who might want to
invest in us.
Medical Office Building
During the week of March 2, we held our design meetings with
Lillibridge and
Sg2 for the medical office buildings on the new campus.
This initial, walls
only, portion of our design process will continue through May,
with the full
design of the buildings to be complete around August.
8-Week
Look Ahead
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Continue bid negotiations for the remainder of the
construction
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Finish open office design work
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Continue to work on leasing arrangements for medical office
building
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Continue detail design of the medical office building
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Continue to monitor the credit market and explore options to
obtain long-
term financing for project
If you have any questions or suggestions about the new hospital
development,
please contact Stan Shelton at
stan.shelton@womans.org
or 924-8645.
Komen Walk
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Carter and Jamie Schmolke |
Lani
Carter, Lynn Griggs, Lauren Landreanu, Jamie Schmolke,
Cindy Bonfanti and Pollie Harris |
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Group
of Woman's Hospital Employees and their children
enjoying the race festivities. |
Lucie
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Female Runners,
Tennis Players and Bikers Find Relief
Female runners, tennis players and bikers need
specialized attention as women are more likely
to experience repetitive-use injuries because of
less muscle mass. Woman’s Center for Wellness
therapists have pioneered the use of an
innovative pain relieving method,
Graston Technique®
(GT). Physical and
occupational therapists use this noninvasive
approach to treat soft tissue and muscle
injuries. Results have been staggering as
individuals with long-term discomfort find pain
relief from overuse and sports injuries, and
neck and back pain.
GT is a unique form of soft tissue
instrument-assisted mobilization that
effectively detects and treats inflamed tissue
from injuries and surgery that can be painful
and restrictive to range of motion. Skilled
therapists use specially designed, ultra precise
stainless-steel instruments to ease tendon and
muscle pain. Their crafted edges help break up
and separate restricted, knotted soft tissue.
Repairing the Problem
Many soft-tissue problems occur within the
fascia, the web of connective tissue that
supports muscles and organs. If an individual
suffers an injury, however, the fascia tends to
attempt to stabilize the area by binding to the
muscles much like poorly applied wallpaper,
complete with air bubbles or adhesions. GT
instruments smooth out those air bubbles.
Conditions Treated
GT has been clinically proven to achieve quicker
and better outcomes in treating both acute and
chronic conditions, including:
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Cervical sprain/strain
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Lumbar sprain/strain
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Rotator Cuff Tendinitis
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Lateral Epicondylitis
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Hip pain
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I-T Syndrome
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Patellar Tendinitis
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Plantar Fasciitis
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Joint Contractures
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Scar Tissue
Most patients will begin to notice positive
results after 3 to 4 sessions, with
treatment lasting about 8 – 10 sessions.
Some will experience results even faster. To
learn more about
GT,
consult a doctor or call Woman’s Center for
Wellness at 924-8450.
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Patient Satisfaction
Our Year-To-Date Score is 94.06%
Patient satisfaction scores, survey copies and comments can be found
on the Intranet. From
the home page, select “Service Excellence Hub” at the
bottom of the
page. If you have ideas
or suggestions for improving patient satisfaction, please let your
Director or VP know.
Patient satisfaction at 94% or higher
As of February 28, our overall year-to-date combined (home health,
inpatient, outpatient,
and NICU) patient satisfaction score is 94.06%. Our “very satisfied”
patient satisfaction
scores in February were:
Inpatient
91.9% (increased from 89.0% in January)
Outpatient 96.6% (increased from 94.2% in January)
Combined 95.1% (increased from 93.2% in January)
Positive comments in January were related to nurses and staff.
Negative comments were related
to parking, staff and wait time. Service excellence presentations
and videos are now available
on the Service Excellence Hub. Our actresses/employees had a lot of
fun demonstrating
everything that can go wrong with wait times, cell phone use and
way-finding. Please take some
time to view the presentations and watch the video clips. In
less than 10 minutes, you can laugh
at your coworkers and learn/refresh service excellence skills.
Operational efficiency at 83.50% or less
Operational efficiency measures how much we spend on controllable
expenses as a percentage
of revenue collected. Expenses associated with the new hospital are
budgeted separately, and
do not affect this score. If we meet the target, the minimum bonus
pool is $200,000. For every
dollar in savings or revenue below the target, $.50 will be added to
the bonus pool. For this
reason, and because we have to meet or exceed budget for the year in
order to meet the target,
it’s very important that we continue to be diligent about increasing
revenue and controlling costs.
Our current year-to-date score is 82.2%.
Thanks for your commitment to our patients, to each other and to
Woman’s.
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