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2008 Community Benefit Report CONTENTS Dear Friends, This past year has been an important one for Olympic Medical Center. In 2008, the more than 1,000 employees at Olympic Medical Center continued their focus on our mission of “Working together to provide excellence in health care.” The year also brought with it our ongoing work toward quality, and found Olympic Medical in the 95th 2008 Board of Commissioners: In the back percentile in many quality and row are Cindy Witham, Jim Leskinovitch, satisfaction measures. Olympic John Beitzel and Jim Cammack, and standing Medical continually works toward in the front are Arlene Engel, Gary R. Smith maintaining outstanding quality (2008 board chair), Eric Lewis (CEO) and and satisfaction levels to best serve Jean Hordyk. the Clallam County community. We would like to personally thank the community for the ongoing support through the years, especially in regard to the tax levy voters supported this past August. Using the funds provided through the levy, Olympic Medical is placing emphasis on upgrading and expanding the emergency department, birth center and inpatient hospital services, as well as recruiting needed physicians. In addition, the funds will be used for wellness and chronic disease management services and providing care to uninsured residents of Clallam County. Community support is demonstrated in many ways, including assistance from the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. Please accept our sincere gratitude for all the work and funds raised through special annual events and campaigns. Our donors are incredibly important to us, and a donor list is included in this issue. One of Olympic Medical’s guiding principles remains caring for all members in the community. It is our goal during the next year and beyond to further strengthen our partnership with you by expanding services and extending community outreach, including promoting fit lifestyles and healthy activities. Eric Lewis ADMINISTRATOR OLYMPIC MEDICAL CENTER Jim Leskinovitch 2009 CHAIR BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 3 Free Clinics Work to Fill the Need for Medical Care Employees Raise More Than $127,000 for United Way 4 A Year in Review – Improving for You 6 2008 Financial Report to the Community 8 Giving Back Each Year 10 2008 Olympic Medical Center Foundation Donors Living Well is the official publication of Olympic Medical Center and Clallam County Public Hospital District #2, located at 939 Caroline Street, Port Angeles, Washington 98362 • (360) 417-7000 • www.olympicmedical.org • To change your address or be removed from the Living Well mailing list, call (360) 417-7122 or e-mail bbeeman@olympicmedical.org. EDITOR: Rhonda L. Curry MANAGING EDITORS: Jeff Anderson, Bobby L. Beeman CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Bobby L. Beeman, Thomas Crocker, David Martin, Noelle Omer DESIGNER: Sherri Thornton PHOTOS: Eric Neurath Photography, Jeff Anderson, Bobby L. Beeman, Matt McAlvanah PUBLISHER: True North Custom Publishing, LLC (800) 624-7496 Our Mission Working together to provide excellence in health care. Our Vision We will be the community’s first choice for quality, compassionate health care. We are committed to achieving excellence and providing value in everything we do. We will be guided in our daily activities by the highest professional and ethical standards and organizational values. Our Values Integrity, Compassion, Quality, Stewardship, Respect, Teamwork 2 www.olympicmedical.org
Free Clinics Work to Fill the Need for Medical Care Dungeness Valley Health and Wellness Clinic volunteer Karen Epler, RN, works closely with patients such as Greg Bland in managing chronic disease and providing preventive health care services. Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics (VIMO) in Port Angeles and the Dungeness Valley Health and Wellness Clinic (DVHWC) in Sequim are continuing to provide vital primary care services to the uninsured and underinsured of Clallam County. Olympic Medical Center supports both clinics through in-kind lab and X-ray services – approximately $96,000 total – as well as by leasing clinic space to each for $1 per year. VIMO In 2008, VIMO provided medical care to 750 patients for a total of 2,250 visits. The services included acute care, chronic disease management and mental health services. Of these 750 patients, 84 percent were uninsured. Fifty-three percent of those were employed and 11 percent were homeless. VIMO is located at 909 East Georgiana Street in Port Angeles, and it is open from noon to 5 p.m. Mondays and 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays. A behavioral health clinic is open on Fridays and the second and fourth Saturdays of each month from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Olympic Medical Center Commissioners Gary R. Smith, Cindy Witham and Jim Leskinovitch spearheaded the effort to make the VA Clinic a reality in the spring of 2007. The VA Clinic – located at 1005 Georgiana Street in Port Angeles – experienced 3,954 patient visits in 2008, providing a very valuable service for veterans in Clallam County. Dungeness Valley Health and Wellness Clinic DVHWC offers a primary care clinic, a chronic health care clinic and wellness education. Other services include prescription assistance and specialty, dental and behavioral health referrals. DVHWC recorded 1,172 patient visits in 2008. The most exciting news for the free clinic is its move into a space at the Sequim Medical Plaza, allowing for much-needed clinical space and access to other medical services such as lab work and imaging. Dungeness Valley Health and Wellness Clinic is located at the Sequim Medical Plaza at 777 North Fifth Ave. in Sequim, and it has drop-in clinic hours Mondays and Thursdays from 5 to 9 p.m. and a chronic health care clinic by appointment on Tuesdays. Employees Raise More Than $127,000 for United Way Olympic Medical Center employees continue to make a big difference in the community, collectively raising more than $127,000 for the United Way and internal Olympic Medical charities in 2008. “We consider this a very successful fundraising campaign on behalf of Olympic Medical Center employees,” says Eric Lewis, administrator and co-chair of the medical center’s combined fund drive committee. “Our employees have shown tremendous support for the United Way, raising more than $360,000 in the last three years alone.” Lewis, along with Bobby Beeman, marketing and public relations coordinator, co-chaired the 2008 fund drive with significant participation of fellow employees Jeff Anderson, Heather Delplain, Pamela Hawney, Stacie Neff, Sally Rowland, Sandy Smith and Lorraine Wall. Please contact the United Way of Clallam County at (360) 457-3011 to see how you can help. www.olympicmedical.org 3
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