Leadership award for Humility of Mary

Leadership award for Humility of Mary

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Humility of Mary Health Partners is one of only 10 health care organizations in the state awarded the Melvin Creeley Environmental Leadership Award for 2012.

The Melvin Creeley Award, presented by the Ohio Hospital Association, recognizes hospitals that promote sound environmental practices through environmental stewardship and exemplify best practices for other hospitals to emulate. This is the second consecutive year Humility of Mary Health Partners has received the award.

“We’re not being recognized for a specific project but rather our continuing efforts to reduce our impact on the Earth and achieve environmental sustainability,” reports Matthew R. Waggle, regional director of environmental services at Humility of Mary Health Partners. “We are very deliberate in all of our new construction to make sure we are diverting construction waste so it is not buried in a landfill, and in choosing sustainable building materials.”

Clubs for Kids to help Akron Children’s

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The second annual Clubs for Kids Golf Classic to benefit Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley will be Aug. 1 at The Lake Club, 1140 Paulin Road in Poland.

Registration and lunch will begin at 11 a.m., and the golf tournament starts at noon. The event will conclude with a cocktail reception, dinner, presentation of prizes, and silent auction. A limited number of team sponsorships and reception-only tickets are available.

Prior to the adult event, a youth clinic will be from 9 to 11 a.m. The youth clinic will feature three stations for young golfers in three age groups; 6-8 years, 9-11 years, and 12-14 years.

The youth clinic will include an observation station focusing on grip, stance, posture and alignment; a hands-on chipping and pitching instruction station, and a putting contest.

The Clubs for Kids Youth Clinic will conclude with lunch, and each young golfer will receive a goodie bag, $20 gift certificate, and prizes. Cost for the youth clinic is $10 per participant.

Fraud settlement

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Attorney General Mike DeWine announced Ohio and various other states and the federal government have reached an agreement in principle for the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history.

Under the terms of the settlement, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve allegations that GSK engaged in various illegal schemes related to the marketing and pricing of drugs it manufactures.

As part of the settlement, GSK will pay to the states and the federal government a total of $2 billion in damages and civil penalties to compensate various federal healthcare programs, including Medicaid, for harm allegedly suffered as a result of the illegal conduct.

ARC blood drive at Alliance Hospital

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Alliance Community Hospital is having its American Red Cross blood drive Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in conference room 1-A of the hospital at 200 East State Street. Donors must be at least 17 years of age or 16 with a signed consent form from a parent or guardian, weigh 110 pounds or more and be in general good health. A photo ID or donor card must be presented at the time of the donation.

The hospital anticipates a high response for the blood drive, so people can schedule appointments by going to redcrossblood.org and entering the zip code 44601 or by calling the hospital’s volunteer office at 330-596-7822 or 330-596-7821.