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Food and Nutrition updateBelow freezing temperatures that occurredthe first week in February in the desertregions of Southern California, WesternArizona, Northern Mexico and CentralMexico (worst freeze in nearly 60 years)have caused severe disruption inavailability of various raw vegetables.Damage is currently being assessed butmany vegetable varieties may benon-existent over the next two to fourweeks. Expected crop losses include:• Lettuce 80 to 100 percent loss• Cucumbers 70 percent loss• Peppers 80 to 90 percent loss• Squash 90 to 100 percent loss• Tomatoes 80 to 100 percent lossBased on availability and quality, the Foodand Nutrition department will provide ourpatients and customers with these productsif quality and pricing issues are notcompromised. At this point, we willevaluate both on a daily basis to determineif and when products will be purchased.Your patience is appreciated as this willcertainly affect our cafeteria and patientareas. We will continue to source thehighest quality raw vegetables availableand will do our best to maintain the highstandards you are accustomed to.Jim MongrainFood and Nutrition directorAscension Values LineAs part of our commitment to themission, vision and values, Genesysreminds employees of the Values Linethat provides you with an opportunity toreport concerns about integrity,compliance and ethics confidentially.Call 1-800-707-2198 or visitwww.ascensionhealthvaluesline.org.If you contact the values line, pleaseremember to call back the values line orvisit the website to get feedback andinvestigation details for your report.Corporate Responsibility provides aresponse to all reports.System strategic organizational restructuring takes placeGenesys is continuing to advance the work necessary for successfully achieving theobjectives of our fiscal year 2011 (FY11) Strategic Plan, and for effectively preparingfor the Joint Commission re-survey expected in approximately eight weeks.As a result, effective March 4, Genesys will implement strategic organizationalrestructuring that includes the following changes in roles and reporting structures.• Charlie Husson, DO, medical director of Patient Safety, will be promoted to thenewly-created role of vice president of Patient Safety and Reliability. Over thenext 30 days, Dr. Husson will transition out of his clinical practice and will directhis expertise toward strengthening our focus on patient safety and further engagingMedical Staff members in the practices necessary for compliance and for becominga high reliability organization (HRO).• Stacie Bommersbach, director of Clinical Safety, HRO, and RiskManagement, will report to Dr. Husson.• Also reporting to Dr. Husson, will be a Medical Staff Office manager (a newposition yet to be filled) that will assist in deploying the many new processesrequired to address deficiencies identified in our recent JointCommission/CMS surveys, including introducing information technology toautomate labor intensive manual systems.• Clark Headrick, DO, will be named as the full-time Medical Director of ClinicalInformatics, and will begin reporting to Chief Information Officer Dan Stross inorder to hardwire a stronger linkage between our physicians and the robust FY12clinically-oriented I.T. initiatives Genesys will be implementing.• JoAnne Herman will continue her focus on physician relations and begin reportingto CFO Chris Palazzolo. With a renewed focus on the growth required for CriticalSuccess Factor 1, JoAnne’s recruitment and physician relations efforts are betteraligned with the business development initiatives led by Chris.• Karen VanCura, Patient Experience coordinator, will begin reporting to JeanDoerge, vice president of Performance Excellence and Quality Improvement, tocreate the alignment and synergy necessary to meet the priorities of Values BasedPurchasing.• Tammy Merkel, director of System Improvement, will report to GRMC PresidentBetsy Aderholdt in order to create greater access and alignment to LEAN practicesthat will cross all aspects of our upcoming FY12 Strategic Plan, especially in theclinical settings.• Scott Cruzen, officer of Life Safety, Environment of Care & Security, will beginreporting to Rod Jones, director of Buildings & Grounds, in order to better integratetheir work, especially given our current compliance environment.• Finally, Jennifer Montgomery, vice president of Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer(CNO), will be leaving Genesys to take on a new role with increasedresponsibilities for nursing and ancillary services at Port Huron Hospital. OnJennifer’s last day of Friday, March 4, the following GRMC nursing directors willassume interim senior leadership roles:• Charlotte Mather, director of Women & Children’s Services, will becomeGRMC’s Interim Vice President of Women and Children’s and EmergencyServices. Combining these areas of focus under Charlotte will help advanceour FY11 Strategic Plan, which includes strong program development for thePediatrics and Emergency Services service lines.Continued on page 3.Learn about VisionScape: visit the intranet homepage.