Community Health Needs Assessment 2012 - Saint Joseph Hospital

Community Health Needs Assessment 2013
Community involvement and partnerships are very important to Saint Joseph Berea. The hospital has a
close relationship with the Madison County Health Department, local government, businesses, civic organizations,
educational systems and community agencies. This includes Bowl for Kids’ Sake, Relay for Life,
A Day of Hope, hosting the Berea Farmers’ Market, Spoonbread Festival, blood drives, medical screenings
and health fairs. Lights for Life is a community and employee supported program that provides prescription
assistance and other medical supplies if there is a need when they are discharged from the hospital.
Henrietta Childs fund provides assistance for uninsured Berea residents who need to have a small procedure
but do not have the means to pay. Each year the hospital hosts Get Healthy Berea, an event coordinated
with local schools and businesses to promote health and wellness. Medical staff volunteers for
Surgery on Sunday, a program for patients who do not have insurance or the means to pay for needed surgical
procedures. All medical staff volunteer their time for this program. It is also a clinical site for Eastern
Kentucky University, Somerset, University of Kentucky and Berea College for students who need clinical
hours in a variety of medical professions including Nursing, Emergency Room, Health Information, Pharmacy,
Pulmonary, Lab and Radiology.
Another important community relationship is the volunteer services provided at Saint Joseph Berea. The
volunteers not only run the gift shop, greet visitors, provide information and assist as needed, they support
hospital programs such as providing a gift bag to all oncology patients who come to their first chemotherapy
treatment and providing items for the patient clothing closet. Two large projects they have helped us
with includes paying to seal and re-stripe the front parking lot to promote safety for visitors and purchasing
a Cholestech machine that will enable us to provide more thorough community health screenings.
Saint Joseph Berea Hospital is part of KentuckyOne Health, the largest health system in Kentucky with
more than 200 locations including hospitals, outpatient facilities and physician offices, and more than
3,100 licensed beds. An 18-member volunteer board of directors governs KentuckyOne Health, its facilities
and operations, including Saint Joseph Berea Hospital, with this mission:
Our Purpose
To bring wellness, healing and hope to all, including the underserved.
Our Future
To transform the health of communities, care delivery and health care professions so that individuals and
families can enjoy the best of health and wellbeing.
Our Values
Reverence: Respecting those we serve and those who serve.
Integrity: Doing the right things in the right way for the right reason.
Compassion: Sharing in others’ joys and sorrows.
Excellence: Living up to the highest standards.
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