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PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center
370 volunteers
have donated more than
43,900 hours to
PeaceHealth St. John Medical
Center since november 2010.
On a monthly average, the
volunteers assist with about
780 discharges, more
than 1,770 directional
instructions, and 380 escorts. We have more than
20 areas of opportunity for
volunteers to provide service
and gain experience.
interested in volunteer-
ing? Contact Sue Oliver
in Volunteer Services at (360)
414-7504.
Volunteer contributions
60% 40%
Community benefits
Benefits for the broader community
•Subsidized health services: $3,644,816
•Financial and in-kind contributions to
community groups: $161,073
•Community health services: $193,474
•Community health care activities: $72,833
Subtotal: $4,072,196
89%
4% 2% 5%
Totalcommunity
benefits:$27,000,230
Benefits for those in financial need
•Medicaid (shortfall): $13,798,333
•Charity care at cost: $9,129,701
Subtotal: $22,928,034
By the numbers Payroll and benefits: $136,511,503Outpatient registrations: 194,026 emergency Department visits: 52,970Clinic visits: 187,941 Babies born: 1,137new hires: 283taxes paid: $7,656,940
PeaceHealth radiation
Oncology caregivers, Bev
eaton, Lacy King and Pam
Johanson, with family
members at the annual
Cancer Survivor’s Day picnic
at the hospital.
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Community Benefit Report 2011
Part of our community
• American Heart
Association—
Go red tea
• American red Cross—
Heroes Breakfast
• Bike to Work
• Cabaret 2010
• Candlelight vigil
(domestic violence)
• CAP (Community
Action Program)
• CASA auction
• Castle rock CAre
Coalition run/Walk
• City of Longview earth
Day; Parks ’n rec guide
• Columbia theatre
Association for the
Performing Arts
• Community Health
Partners (CHP)
• Cowlitz economic
Development Council
• Cowlitz Free Medical
Clinic
• Diabetes expo
• emergency Support
Shelter breakfast
• ethnic Support
Council–international
Festival
• Family House Academy
• Foundation for Private
enterprise education—
Healthcare Week
• Go Fourth Festival—
Cardboard Boat regatta
• Harvest Classic
• Hispanic Health Fair
• Humane Society
Dinner/Auction
• Justice and Hope
Conference
• Kelso Highlander Festival
• Kelso-Longview
Chamber of Commerce
Kelso tree Lighting
Festival
• Leadership Academy
• Life Works—Jeans &
Jewels; Lose the train-
ing Wheels program
• Local school and youth
sports programs
• Longview Junior
Service League–
Festival of trees
• Longview Police
Department Bike
rodeo
• Longview Stageworks
• Lower Columbia
College Foundation—
Chili Cook-off
• Lower Columbia
College Head Start–
ABCD Program
• March for Babies
(March of Dimes)
• Mental Health run/walk
• Mountain Mania run/
walk
• newspapers in
education
• north County
recreation Assoc.
Bike Park
• Pathways 2020
• Pne Golf tournament
(Habitat for Humanity)
• relay for Life—American
Cancer Society
• St. Mary’s Parish
• St. rose Parish and
School
• Southwest Washington
Symphony
• thunder Mountain
rodeo
• tour de Blast
• United Way Day of
Caring
• Women’s Affaire
• Year-to-Year run/Walk
• YMCA
Some of the community organizations and activities PeaceHealth supports:
Bovine Divas Janet ritchie, Denise
reel and Michelle randall catch,
control and clothe a reluctant
calf at the thunder Mountain Pro
rodeo’s calf-dressing competition.
they and Clown Posse, (Saydra
Goodrum, emily Carlson and
Michelle Brandhorst), represented
PeaceHealth at the competition.
PeaceHealth
caregivers gear up
for decontamination
of hazardous
materials during
annual drills.
PeaceHealth’s Knights
of St. John were back
in action again at the
Kelso Highlander
Festival games.
PeaceHealth caregivers
at one of two
residential resource’s
homes where they did
yard work during the
United Way Day of
Caring.
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Awards and recognition
Friends of St. John contributions:
Community Benefit Report 2011
• For the fifth year in a row, Cleverly and Associates, an
independent research firm, has ranked PeaceHealth St.
John a top 100 hospital for offering quality care while
keeping costs low.
• PeaceHealth Lower Columbia Cancer Center earned
the highest possible scores from the Commission on
Cancer (CoC), receiving a three-year accreditation with
commendation through the CoC.
• PeaceHealth Breast Center Accreditation through
national Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
(nAPBC); Accreditation with commendation from the
Commission on Cancer of the American College of
Surgeons
• regence Palliative Care implementation Grant
• PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center has a gold seal of
approval from the Joint Commission for quality.
in addition, these PeaceHealth St. John caregivers were
recognized:
• 56 caregivers from PeaceHealth St. John who volunteered
958 hours at the Cowlitz Free Clinic in a 12-month period:
Community Advocate awards.
• robert Hepner, Security Manager, and Jeane Conrad,
Facilities Project Manager: “Citizen Service” award from
the Longview Police Department for coordinated training
opportunities and continued support and partnership.
• Marilyn Davis, Health improvement Division Director:
recognition for her contribution to the it review Project
to make the County’s information technology (it) more
efficient by Cowlitz County Commissioners.
• Peggy Malone, Mn, rn, CCrn: Gannett education
nursing excellence Awards Mountain West, finalist in
the teaching/Mentoring category 2011.
• Heather Schoonover, Mn, rn, PHnCS-BC: Sigma theta
tau excellence in nursing Management 2011 and the
northwest Organization of nurse executives Authentic
Leadership Award 2011.
the heart fund: $3,000
Sponsor for the Go red tea: $2,000
Underwriter for the Golf tournament: $1,000
Document reader for Health information Management: $20,000
the Joint replacement Center: $110,802
tOtAL Friends gifts last fiscal year to PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center: $133,802
PeaceHealth St. John teamed up with Lowe’s to create the
first place entry “Wiki Wiki emua” in the Fourth of July
cardboard boat regatta.
PeaceHealth caregivers Jan Hiatt, Kelly Derosier
and ruth Melvin don pink aprons for Life Works
“Jeans & Jewels–Vegas” fundraiser.
PeaceHealth St. John emer-
gency Department nurse
Sara reid was named
March of Dimes nurse of
the Year in December 2011
for her work in the category
Advocacy for Patients. Sara earned
the award for her excellent work with
victims of sexual assault.
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