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Trinity Regional Health System —Rock Island, IllinoisFocusing on the Trinity Mission to improve the health of our community and our Vision to be a community partner, 2005 was a year in which our efforts were consistently aimed in that direction. Here is a sampling of Trinity Regional Health System initiatives: · Trinity’s Parish Nurse Program coordinates wellness programs in 58 churches in the Quad-City community, including 18 Lutheran churches. These nurses collectively: n made 32,058 contacts n presented 490 educational programs, attended by 7,626 people n offered 128 support group sessions with 1,564 attendees n made 3,678 client referrals to pastors and church resources n made 2,187 client referrals to physicians n made 603 client referrals to health-care professionals n made 860 client referrals to community agencies n made 520 client referrals to other services n offered area children interactive children’s health fairs where 1,361 elementary-age children learned the body systems and healthy lifestyle habits. In all, the parish nurses – both paid and volunteer – gave 30,669 hours to the community for which no client pays.
· Trinity’s pastoral care department served the needs of the community in the following ways:
1) Took a leadership role in educating the public about the importance of advance care planning and assisting individuals and groups in completing advance directives. That included: n making 31 community presentations n facilitating 225 advance care planning consultations n training 43 people to serve as facilitators 2) Worked on a community task force with another area hospital and Generations Agency on Aging to present a clear, consistent message to the public. 3) Provided 30 hours of training to 15 volunteers selected to do pastoral care visitation in the hospital and in their congregations. 4) Sponsored two grief gatherings for families affected by perinatal loss: Butterfly Blessings, a spring community memorial gathering, and a fall burial service for the remains of miscarried infants. 5) Presented 17 community programs on various aspects of the spiritual/mental/and physical health connection. 6) Made over 19,000 pastoral visits to patients, families and staff members.
· The Robert Young Center for Community Mental Health proudly serves those area residents with mental illness. It helps its clients with everything from transportation, money management, medication costs, socialization skills and so much more. In all, Robert Young gave back more than $3 million in charity care, medication for the indigent and other outreach programs. This includes but is not limited to more than $800,000 in subsidized care for patients without insurance or Medicaid and an additional $30,000 for emergency assistance to individuals. The center also provided at least $30,000 to individuals who could not afford medications. Overall more than 5,000 residents of Rock Island and Mercer counties directly benefited from the center's charity care.
· Trinity offered, on average, 40 health classes every month. These are presented to the public to help educate them on health issues.
· Through the Trinity Speakers’ Bureau, Trinity employees spoke at 133 different events, attended by 4,819 people.
· My Nurse handled 80,494 health-related transactions. This is a 59 percent increase from the year before. These transactions mostly include telephone calls, made for free to this health-information and physician referral service.
· Trinity Community Benefits grant awards are centered around grant allocations in six areas:
In 2005, $217,545 from this funding source was given back to the community. Here is the breakdown:
Health Promotion and Prevention Total Grant Allocation: $75,273 Horace Mann Choice Elementary School $9,000 Aldridge Early Learning Center $7,000 Mississippi Valley Girl Scouts Positive Power $5,000 American Red Cross $10,200 Boys and Girls Club of the Mississippi Valley $15,000 Martin Luther King Center $10,474 South Park Presbyterian Church: The Junior Drop-In Center $1,000 Rock Island YOUTHBUILD $17,599
Healthcare Access/Outreach Total Grant Allocation: $47,740 Midwest Hope and Healing $5,000 AIDS Project Quad Cities $19,500 World Relief: Health Outreach to Refugees $11,240 Floreciente Neighborhood Association $12,000
Community Health Partnership Total Grant Allocation: $50,000 Quad City Health Initiative $50,000
Behavioral Health Total Grant Allocation: $20,000 Family Resources Inc. $5,000 Big Brother’s/Big Sister’s Mentoring Program $5,000 Big Brother’s/Big Sister’s Facility $10,000
Corporate Health Sponsorship Total Grant Allocation: $21,032 Trinity’s Best Foot Forward $7,532 Camp Hand In Hand $ 500 Putnam Museum and IMAX “The Human Body” $13,000 Primary Care; Direct Patient Care Total Grant Allocation: $3,500 Children’s Therapy Center $3,500
In 2005, the Trinity Health Foundation awarded $465,030 in grants, scholarships and special events awards. That is a 92 percent increase over our 2004 allocation. Following are the allocations:
Direct Patient Care Total Grant Allocation: $362,500 Hospice $225,000 Emergency Medication Fund $17,000 Cardiac Rehab Telemetry $75,500 Durable Medical Equip. for Hospice $11,000 Mapping Equip – Oncology $34,000
Staff Development and Support and Student Scholarships Total Grant Allocation: $55,530 Student Scholarships $40,000 NHPCO Clinical Conference $2,200 CPR-AED Mannequins $ 730 Certification – Perioperative Nursing $ 200 Registered Nurse – 1st Assistant $9,000 Food Baskets for Needy Employees $3,400
Patient Education Total Grant Allocation: $9,000 Patient Health Literacy Program $9,000
Community Health Outreach Total Grant Allocation: $40,000 Parish Nurse $32,000 Community Advanced Directives $6,000 Smoking Cessation $2,000
Also, it is worth noting that in the fall of 2005, Dr. Mark Jacobson of Selian Lutheran Hospital, near Arusha, Tanzania, met with Bishop Wollersheim, members of the Synod's Global Mission Sub-committee, a Trinity representative and myself.
Dr. Jacobson presented on the work of Selian and the
new hospital being constructed in the heart of Arusha, and ways that
the Trinity, the Synod and Selian could work together in the future.
Our hope is that with Trinity’s and the Lutheran Synod’s support, the Arusha Lutheran Medical Center will have the immediate effect of saving lives and plant seeds for a better life for millions for years to come.
In closing, I’d like to tell you that Trinity is proud of its Lutheran roots, and please know that it is a constant focus as we aim every year to be the best Community Partner we can be.
Respectfully submitted, William B. Leaver President/CEO Trinity Regional Health System |