Holzer Health System

Joshua Hall, MD, Holzer Pediatrics, discusses social media! To read the full article, visit https://lnkd.in/gdpt2928.

Holzer Health System has earned an "A" Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for the third time in a row! The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program focused exclusively on preventable medical errors, infections and injuries. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring. Way to go Holzer team!

The Holzer Heritage Foundation Celebrity Dinner and Auction was enormously successful, raising over $136,000. This unique fundraising event took place at the Holzer Leadership and Innovation Institute on the Gallipolis campus with an “Escape to Margaritaville” theme. Over 300 attendees came from throughout Holzer’s service area to raise funds for The Holzer Heritage Foundation. For more information, click the link below: https://lnkd.in/gGfW7t-h

Holzer has received the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines Resuscitation Silver Award for Adult patients and Bronze Award for Pediatric patients for the Critical Care Unit at Holzer Medical Center - Gallipolis. Holzer Medical Center-Jackson received a Bronze Award for Adult patients. These recognitions are quality achievement awards for the commitment to treating in-hospital cardiac arrests, ultimately improving patient survival rates. Learn more about these awards here: https://lnkd.in/g2yNFCuH

? Champions of Hope – Placenta Hospital Champion ? It is our pleasure to announce Holzer Health System - Gallipolis as the 2024 Placenta Hospital Champion!? ? The Holzer – Gallipolis team shows compassion to patients and collaboration with Lifeline of Ohio. Staff consistently support the placenta donation program by providing community education, encouraging the labor and delivery staff to be educated on placenta donation, and talking to their patients about the program. The labor and delivery (L&D) unit played a key role in the creation of this hospital’s Donation Council, and the team’s leadership regularly and actively participates in hospital-wide donation activities during Donate Life Month and throughout the year. The L&D unit leadership has worked to streamline the placenta donation process by implementing a Placenta Donation Checklist to ensure necessary medical records are readily available and promote communication between the hospital and Lifeline of Ohio. This team has also created its own Donation Tree in the unit, where each placenta donor, upon discharge, gets to place their baby’s birthdate on a leaf, celebrating their placenta donation!?

? Champions of Hope – Tissue Hospital Champion ? It is our honor to announce Holzer Health System as our 2024 Tissue Hospital Champion!? ? Within the last year, Holzer has formed a donation council that meets quarterly and is represented by a cross-section of departments. This hospital system has also made great strides in its donation processes by educating staff, collaborating with Lifeline of Ohio and updating its policies.? ? But more importantly than processes, Holzer truly cares about its patients and community members. It has developed a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Health Literacy initiative related to donation, with a focus on caring for patients on the transplant waitlist in need of a kidney. What’s also exciting about this project is that two major transplant centers have come to the table as additional stakeholders. It’s hopeful that this project can have a far-reaching impact beyond Ohio. We thank Holzer Health System for their incredible work!?

? Champions of Hope – Hospital Donation Champion ? It is our pleasure to announce Brandon Coughenour with Holzer Health System as our 2024 Hospital Donation Champion. Brandon is a person who gets things done. He has partnered with Lifeline of Ohio to develop a donation council and plan Donate Life Month events, including a pinwheel ceremony and Donate Life Walk this past year. He is excited to introduce Lifeline of Ohio to key stakeholders within the hospital, which strengthens our partnership. Through his work, he recognized the need for greater health literacy within the community and now leads a group of hospital and Lifeline of Ohio staff in partnership to resolve the issue. This project will help identify how rural community hospitals can help patients on the waitlist for a kidney transplant better understand the process, their waitlist status, and what they need to do to remain on the waitlist. The result will literally save lives, and it could serve as a model for other hospitals. Your advocacy shines, Brandon!?

Holzer welcomes Cho Cho Khine, MD, to the Internal Medicine department in Gallipolis! For more information, visit https://lnkd.in/gP33mFbM.

Holzer welcomes Sananjay Singh, MD, to the Internal Medicine department in Gallipolis! For more information, visit https://lnkd.in/gUc-jfUB.

Holzer Health System has received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines??– Coronary Artery Disease Rural Recognition?Bronze Award for its commitment to offering rapid, research-based care to people experiencing a specific type of heart attack known as an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)! To read the full article, click the link below: https://lnkd.in/gEtN-6nM