NorthEast Foundation 2018 Annual Report

OVER $1 MILLION AWARDED!
2018 INTERNAL GRANTS
ENDOWMENT DOLLARS AT WORK
Since 2013, the Foundation and its Board have awarded over $1 million from its Endowment
Fund to CHS NorthEast departments through the internal grants application process.
GRANT: Aroma Fan Diffusers & Lavender: Creating a Healing
Environment for Quality Sleep in Post-Surgical Patients
RECIPIENT: Integrative Medicine & Wellness and Post-Surgical
Departments
IMPACT: This project offers a nurse-driven integrative option for postsurgical
patients experiencing poor quality sleep or restlessness. This
grant funds 100 Aroma Fan Diffusers and 30 bottles of Lavender
essential oil; enabling night nurses to offer patients the choice of
inhaled clinical aromatherapy (fan diffuser) to enhance sleep and
promote healing. Previously, such patients were offered a hand-held
container with a Lavender cotton ball.
GRANT: Cardiac Rehabilitation To Go Program
RECIPIENT: Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Wellness Center
IMPACT: The American Heart Association reported Cardiac
Rehabilitation (CR) helps to reduce a repeat heart attack by 47%,
however, only 34% of individuals participate in CR programs. Women,
minority populations and patients with lower socioeconomic status
are less likely to enroll in Cardiac Rehab. This “Cardiac To Go”
program exposes patients to Dietitians, Psychologists, Nurses and
Exercise Specialists through weekly phone calls and three in-person
visits to introduce patients to the CHS NorthEast Wellness Center.
GRANT: Complex Chronic Care Center Incentive
RECIPIENT: Clinical Care Management
IMPACT: Timely follow-up care for patients with multiple chronic
conditions and complex medical needs is essential to keeping them
well and preventing re-hospitalizations. Unfortunately, many patients
miss their follow-up care appointments at the CHS NorthEast Complex
Chronic Care Center due to socioeconomic factors including lack of
adequate transportation. This grant promotes access to follow-up
care by providing 229 transportation vouchers at $25 each to at-risk
patients, thereby reducing "no shows," improving medical outcomes
and reducing re-hospitalizations.
GRANT: Healing Touch Massage Tables
RECIPIENT: Cabarrus College of Health Sciences
IMPACT: Cabarrus College of Health Sciences is the first college in
the nation to offer a Healing Touch curriculum for college-level credit.
The College worked for over a year with the national Healing Touch
Program to develop the coursework to ensure that at completion,
students would be awarded professional certification. With its own
massage tables, the College will no longer need to borrow tables
from elsewhere in the system.
GRANT: iPads – Mobile Education Program
RECIPIENT: Clinical Education Services
IMPACT: Clinical Education Services (CES) provides the education
and professional development of all members of nursing services at
CHS NorthEast, including over 1,000 nurses and care partners. The
provision of 15 iPads enables the CES department to provide mobile
education, skills training and validation, and increase staff knowledge
at the point of care; thereby improving patient outcomes.
GRANT: L Dex Bioimpedance Device
RECIPIENT: NorthEast Outpatient Rehabilitation at Gateway
IMPACT: The Outpatient Rehabilitation Team identified the need for
early subclinical detection of lymphedema as it results in less severe
chronic disease and potential complications such as cellulitis, loss of
extremity function and chronic pain. The L Dex Bioimpedance Device
screens patients for early lymphedema detection which allows for
initiation of early intervention practices which ultimately reduces
healthcare costs with fewer hospitalizations and long-term therapy
interventions.
GRANT: Outpatient Lactation Services Program
RECIPIENT: Lactation Services
IMPACT: The department has a robust inpatient lactation program.
However, a need exists for outpatient lactation programs that enable
moms and infants to continue breastfeeding after hospital discharge.
This grant supplements the cost of approximately 400 outpatient
follow-up lactation appointments for underserved patients while
the department develops an innovative, evidence-based outpatient
lactation consultative service for 2019.
GRANT: Springboard Healthcare EP Academy Learning Program
RECIPIENT: Cardiac Catheterization Lab
IMPACT: The EP Academy Learning Program for current
Electrophysiology (EP) Lab staff members is a one-of-a-kind program
that has been recently developed to provide much needed education
to all EP nurses and technicians across the country. This program
provides 12 months of online training to prepare our staff members
to obtain their Registered Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist
certification. The training helps our staff excel in their specialty and
provide the best care to cardiac patients.
GRANT: STOP THE BLEED: Cabarrus County High School
Preparedness for the Mass Casualty Incident
RECIPIENT: CHS NorthEast Trauma Services
IMPACT: The STOP THE BLEED education and training program
prepares and equips Cabarrus County High School teachers, staff
and students to adequately respond to bleeding victims in the event
of a mass casualty incident. Funding allows the outreach program to
equip local high schools with the STOP THE BLEED recommended
medical resources to optimally manage life-threatening situations.
GRANT: WIN with SPROUT: A multi-faceted approach to growing
healthier kids
RECIPIENT: Outreach Services
IMPACT: Strengthening Parents to Reduce Obesity Utilizing Triple
P (SPROUT) is an obesity reduction program designed for families
with overweight children ages 5 to 10 years old. The program equips
caregivers (parents, grandparents, etc.) with strategies to help their
children adopt healthy lifestyles using the Group Lifestyle Positive
Parenting Program (Triple P) intervention. At the same time, children
experience fun fitness challenges and learn ways to prepare healthy
snacks through concurrent programming.
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