Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Joanie Abdu donation
YOUNGSTOWN
The Grainger Foundation, an independent, private foundation based in Lake Forest, Ill., donated $5,000 to the Mercy Health Foundation in support of the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center.
This grant will go directly to helping uninsured and underinsured women in the community receive the diagnostic breast services they need. It will help cover the costs for screening and diagnostic mammograms, breast-specific ultrasounds, magnetic resonance imaging, molecular breast imaging – whatever the patient needs up to and including image-guided breast biopsy, said Juli Dulay, manager of the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center.
This donation was recommended by Jeff Hughes, market manager of W.W. Grainger Inc.’s Youngstown location.
One of the best centers
YOUNGSTOWN
The Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center, Mercy Health Youngstown, is one of America’s Best Breast Centers, according to Women’s Choice, which identifies services women most recommend and trust.
“Breast care is extremely vital to women’s health, and we want them to know that Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center has met the highest standards in caring for the needs of their female patients. The Women’s Choice Award is the only program that identifies the nation’s best in health care based on patient satisfaction, clinical excellence and what women really want when it comes to treatment and a quality medical experience,” says Delia Passi, CEO and founder of WomenCertified, home of the Women’s Choice Award.
Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center earned the award for the second year in a row by meeting the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) standards from the American College of Surgeons.
30 minutes or less
SHARON, PA.
Sharon Regional Health System has launched a 30-Minutes-or-Less Emergency Room Service Pledge.
When a patient enters the ER, the arrival time is noted. The 30-Minute ER Service Pledge begins the minute a patient checks in at the ER desk.
“Our pledge is that a clinical professional will work diligently to initially see each patient within 30 minutes or less of their arrival to begin evaluation and treatment. When the patient is seen by a clinical professional — a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner — the time is logged on the patient’s chart so we can track our performance in keeping our pledge of short ER wait times,” said RN Amy Smith.
“While the goal of Sharon Regional’s ER pledge is to work diligently to initially see every patient within 30 minutes of their arrival, the most critical health emergencies will always receive top priority at triage,” said Michael Garfinkel, M.D., FACEP, director of emergency medicine at Sharon Regional.
$25,000 grant
CINCINNATI
A $25,000 grant from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health will allow the Health Gap in Cincinnati to lead the Ohio African-American Coalition for Health Disparities.
The Health Gap will expand its Community Engagement Academy Model that has served as a foundation for its extensive experience in influencing cultural shifts among African Americans in Cincinnati to the entire state of Ohio.
The Health Gap is a nonprofit organization that aims to ignite dialogue about social conditions, access to care issues and health care system problems through education, training and community outreach.