Mercy Health is noted for rigorous standards

Mercy Health is noted for rigorous standards

YOUNGSTOWN

Mercy Health – Youngstown’s St. Elizabeth Youngstown, St. Elizabeth Boardman and St. Joseph Warren hospitals were recently re-designated MAGNET hospitals by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s MAGNET Recognition Program for meeting the most rigorous standards for nursing professionalism, teamwork and superiority in patient care.

With the initial designation of St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital and St. Joseph Warren Hospital in 2002, Mercy Health – Youngstown became the first health care organization in Ohio to be recognized by MAGNET. St. Elizabeth Boardman joined the other two hospitals in MAGNET in 2011.

Only 8 percent of U.S. hospitals rise to MAGNET status, and even fewer earn re-designation. MAGNET hospitals must complete the re-designation process every four years., said Lori DeNiro, chief nursing officer for Mercy Health – Youngstown.

Free educational health services offered

SHARON, PA.

The Sharon Regional Health System is offering a variety of free educational health sessions and community services. They are:

Sharon Regional Free Marketplace Open Enrollment Session: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 1 to 2 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 15, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the Hermitage Diagnostic & Specialty Center, 2375 Garden Way, Hermitage, Pa. Sharon Regional counselors are offering community assistance to identify and enroll in the health insurance plan that best serves the individual’s needs available through the health insurance Marketplace. Call 724-983-3994 for information.

Sharon Regional Orthopedic Joint Camp: Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Diagnostic & Imaging Center, 2435 Garden Way, Hermitage. The Orthopedic Joint Camp educational session is designed to learn to expect in preparing for surgery, the care received during a hospital stay, and what you can do to ensure that you make a quick and full recovery once you return home. Spouses, significant others or supportive friends and family are welcome. For information, visit SharonOrtho.com. To register, call 1-800-451-5599.

19th annual shoe and sock drive underway

BOARDMAN

Ankle & Foot Care Centers’ 19th annual holiday shoe and sock drive is underway with the goal of delivering more than 700 pairs of shoes and hundreds of pairs of socks to local residents through the Salvation Army early next year.

The podiatric physician group and its staff are collecting new or nearly new shoes and new socks through Jan. 6 at its offices in Alliance, Andover, Austintown, Boardman, Campbell, Champion, Columbiana, Cornersburg, East Liverpool, East Palestine, Greenville, Pa., Liberty, Niles, Poland, Ravenna, Salem, Struthers, Warren and Youngstown.

Shoes from children’s to adult sizes from athletic to dress to casual are accepted, as are all types of shoes from athletic to dress to casual. Boots in children’s sizes are especially needed, and socks of all sizes are accepted. Specific locations and other information are located on the group’s website, at www.ankleandfootcare.com.

‘Diabetes Counts’ workshops offered

YOUNGSTOWN

The Ohio Living Home Health & Hospice Senior Center, 1110 Fifth Ave., is offering “Diabetes Counts,” a series of weekly two-hour workshops from 1 to 3 p.m. on Mondays from Feb. 6 to March 13.

The free educational workshops, designed for people who are diabetic or pre-diabetic, 60 years and over, or have Medicare or Medicare/Medicaid, encourages small life-style changes while participants learn about diabetes and how it affects their health. To register, call 330-744-5071.