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8 NetWork — Our Bimonthly Publication for Employees, Physicians and Friends — Our Bimonthly Publication for Employees, Physicians and Friends 92006 HolidayCalendar1In the Nick of Time Holiday Craft andBake Sale organized at SSM DePaul HealthCenter (Bridgeton, Mo.).Last day of three-day Annual HolidayCraft Bazaar and Bake Sale at St. FrancisHospital & Health Services (Maryville, Mo.)2St. Francis Hospital and Health Center(Blue Island, Ill.) participates in Main StreetBlue Island Christmas Light Parade 2006.Children and grandchildren eat Breakfast withSanta at SSM DePaul Health Center.30-foot star, restored atop SSM St. JosephHealth Center-Wentzville (Mo.) thanks tofundraising effort, is visible for miles.3Children carol forpatients and staffin Angel Processionat St. Mary’s HealthCenter (JeffersonCity, Mo.).First Sunday of Advent4Annual Festival of Love and Light tree-lightingceremony celebrated at St. Clare Hospital &Health Services (Baraboo, Wis.).Lights of Love tree-lightingprogram at SSM St.Joseph Hospital ofKirkwood (Mo.).5Cookies and cocoa are delivered todepartments, and night-shift employeesshare a midnight meal in SSM DePaulHealth Center cafeteria.6St. Francis Hospital & Health Center (BlueIsland, Ill.) employees deliver gifts collectedfor An Angel’s Touch, a program whichprovides clothing, food and toys for familiesin need.Good cheer spread on the Centralia, Ill.,campus of St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Inc.during the Christmas Party for employees.7SSM DePaul Health Center employees votefor their favorite department door decoratedfor the holidays. Winners announced Dec. 8.St. Mary’s Health Center (Jefferson City)and St. Francis Hospital & Health Servicesemployees adopt families for the holidays.8Holiday cookies on saleat SSM St. JosephHospital of Kirkwood.Good cheer spread on theMount Vernon, Ill., campus ofSt. Mary’s Good SamaritanInc. during Christmas partyfor employees.9SSM St. Joseph Hospital West (Lake SaintLouis, Mo.) hosts Santa for breakfast.Santa also makesstop at SSM St.Mary’s Health Center(Richmond Heights, Mo.)to eat breakfast withemployees and children.10By mid-December, SSM St. Joseph Hospitalof Kirkwood employees wrap up presents forfamilies adopted from St. Joseph OutreachCenter, a nonprofit group which distributesfood and utility assistance to people in need.The Feast of Saint NicolausThe Feast of the Immaculate ConceptionSecond Sunday of Advent11St. Clare Hospital and Health Services andSt. Clare Meadows Care Center employeessupport the Sauk County Giving Tree by fillingthe gift wishes of more than 100 children.12Our Lady of Guadalupe display continues atSt. Mary’s Health Center (Jefferson City.)13More than 700 squares knitted and crochetedby St. Francis Hospital & Health Center (BlueIsland) employees make up blankets presentedto nursing homes for Warm Up Blue Island.Employees pick names of first-graders atEugene Field Elementary School from a treeat Bone & Joint Hospital (Oklahoma City)and buy gifts, which are delivered to studentsalong with cookies and milk.14St. Louis Blues hockey players trek the hallsof SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s MedicalCenter (St. Louis) during visits with patients.15Employees at St. Anthony Hospital pluckfrom giving tree wish lifts of children at St.Anthony’s Behavioral Medicine Center andare entertained at Christmas Celebration byOklahoma City’s Canterbury Choral Society.SSM St. Joseph Hospital West celebratesits 20th anniversary.Hanukkah Begins16Display celebrates Hanukkah at St. Mary’sHealth Center (Jefferson City).17Used bicycles collected at SSM St. JosephHealth Center (St. Charles, Mo.) for Sts.Joachim and Ann Care Service, a crisisintervention program for low-income people.Third Sunday of Advent18Last day of holiday food drive at SSM HealthCare Corporate Office for Operation FoodSearch and Sts. Joachim & Ann Care Services.19Sharing the Spirit drive by employeesbenefits patients of SSM Home Careand SSM Hospice. SSM Hospice alsohosts remembrance services for familiesto recognize their loss during what is afestive season for most.20In December, employees atSt. Anthony Hospital collect anddonate toiletries to Other Options FoodBank, a program for people living withthe AIDS virus.St. Mary’s Hospital (Madison, Wis.)employees serve a holiday meal topeople in need at St. Martin House.21 22SSM Rehab Foundation beginspoinsettia deliveries to patients.Poinsettia Deliveries23St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Inc. employeesfill wishes of needy children.24Daily holiday e-mails greet SSM DePaulHealth Center employees.Hanukkah EndsFourth Sunday of Advent25ChristmasChristmas Day Eucharist celebrated inthe chapel at St. Mary’s Health Center(Jefferson City).26 27Seven days of Kwanzaa begins During the month of December, thank-younotes and pre-paid phone cards are sentto military families from SSM St. JosephHospital of Kirkwood auxiliary.28 29First Steps Back, which provides food andshelter to homeless people, and Troy House,an assisted living community, are helped bygifts of food collected by SSM St. JosephHealth Center West employees.30 31Kwanzaa Begins Kwanzaa Ends January 1November / December 2006 SSM Health Care SSM Health Care November / December 2006
10 NetWork — Our Bimonthly Publication for Employees, Physicians and FriendsGroundbreakingArchitectural renderings of the soon-to-bebuiltSSM St. Clare Health Center in southwestSt. Louis County show a campus designed withthe convenience and accessibility of patients at theforefront. The new hospital, which will replaceSSM St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood, will openin late 2008.“Our goal is to redesign the health-care experience,from the ground up, for patients, physicians and staff,”said Ronald J. Levy, president and chief executiveofficer of SSM Health Care-St. Louis. “Withoutquestion, this is not going to be your traditional, cutfrom-the-same-moldhospital.”How will St. Clare HealthCenter be different?“The design is focused on creating a healing,human-centered environment, while respondingthoughtfully to how patients and family membersactually use and interact with a hospital,” said BobPorter, SSMHC-St. Louis executive vice presidentfor strategy and business development and St. Clareproject executive.For instance, the design incorporates four distinctpatient experience zones—emergency, outpatientservices, inpatient care and surgical/specialty services—each with clear landmarks, separate parking and easyentrances. A central “town square” convenientlyconnects the zones, while offering dining and retailservices, a business/health information center andmeeting space. The hospital will also have meditation/spiritual areas throughout.For more information, go to www.ssmstclare.com.An aerial view of SSM St. Clare Health Center and itsadjoining medical office building (structure at top left).Ground was broken for the new hospital in June.Innovative features of St. Clare• Multiple, decentralized nursing alcoves, ratherthan the traditional centralized nursingstation, to place caregivers closer to patients.The ability to see patients at all timesimproves safety and response.• Large, all-private patient suites with sleepingaccommodations for family members. Roomswill also feature large windows to maximizenatural light while offering views of attractivegardens and water features.• Consistent patient room configurations sostaff is always familiar with room layout andequipment locations to reduce errors.• Acuity adaptable rooms will reduce the need totransfer patients from one area of the hospitalto another, which helps in preventing infectionswhile improving patient comfort and safety.• Patients control their room temperature,lighting, menus, meal times and more.• A hotel-like “front stage/back stage”orientation to optimize work flows. Whilepublic spaces are focused on warmth,comfort and visual appeal, high-pacedbackstage areas, like procedure prep/sterile/materials distribution, stress efficiency andquick turnaround.• Flexible, modular design to accommodatefuture growth and rapid technology changes.• The latest information technology, such aselectronic health records, to promote qualitycare and patient safety. Bar codes on patients’wristbands will correspond with bar codes onmedications to lessen the risk of errors.The St. Clare Health Center site plan — supplied by the architecturalfirm Hammel, Green & Abrahamson, Inc. — shows multiple points ofentry and key areas on the campus.The main drive into St. Clare provides a view of the towers that include all 158 private patient-family suites, along with a prominent family andvisitors’ zone (protruding section). The visitor zone on each floor will include amenities such as a kitchen area, a fireplace and computer access.November / December 2006SSM Health Care
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