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2009 Annual Report sent Electronically
In our ongoing efforts to further our six-year commitment to environmental stewardship, our 2010 annual report was distributed digitally on May 5th. If you did not receive the report, you can view (and download) the document at www.covenanths.org. If you did not receive the report and would like us to send you a copy, please send us your email address at info@covenanths.org. This digital format also allows us to leverage new technologies while being more fiscally responsible.
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Around the System
1,000 trees
planted in Haiti in honor of Covenant's
environmental initiatives
 Practice Greenhealth's 2010 Environmental Excellence
Award Winners were honored through a partnership
with "Trees for the Future". Each
recipient will have
100 trees planted per award, and Covenant members
received
10 awards.
Three Covenant members received the Partner for
Change with Distinction Award. They were:
MI Nursing Restorative Center (Lawrence),
St. Joseph Manor (Brockton)
and
Youville Place Assisted Living Residence
(Lexington).
They were among 29 awardees
from around the country to receive this award, and the only long-term care
facilities to receive the honor. The Partner for Change Award with
Distinction recognizes healthcare facilities that have achieved improvement in
their mercury elimination, waste reduction and pollution prevention programs
(beyond the Partner for Change basic criteria). At a minimum this
includes at least 15% recycling, a more extensive sustainability program, and a
show of leadership in the local community and/or in the health care sector.
Receiving the Partner
for Change Award were:
St. Andre Health Care (Biddeford), St. Mary's Health Care (Worcester),
St. Joseph Hospital (Nashua),
and
St. Mary's Health System
(Lewiston).
Receiving the Partner
Recognition Award were:
St. Mary's
Villa, (Pennsylvania),
Maristhill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Waltham)
and Youville House Assisted Living Residence (Cambridge).
In addition, Covenant
Health Systems was one of five systems to receive the System for Change Award at
the annual meeting in Baltimore.
As a system, Covenant has
won this award every year since its environmental initiatives began in 2004.
This award is bestowed on health systems working cohesively to collect
facility-specific data, capture sustainability activity, set system goals,
benchmark, and share successes in environmental performance at a system level.
Practice Greenhealth is the nation's leading membership and networking
organization for institutions in the healthcare community that have made a
commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices. Members include hospitals,
healthcare systems, businesses and other stakeholders engaged in the greening
of healthcare to improve the health of patients, staff and the environment.
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New Quality Dashboard
Thanks to members of
Covenant's work group headed by Susan Keiler, St. Mary's (Lewiston)
COO, with the technical assistance of Nate Greene, Covenant has
initiated a new quality dashboard which includes metrics in the areas of access
to care, effectiveness of care, patient experience, workforce engagement, and
financial performance. There is also an "end-of-life"
metric, related to respecting end-of-life wishes.
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Covenant Meetings:
On the Road to "Going Paperless"
Covenant is using
Microsoft's "SharePoint" to disseminate meeting information to committee
members. The first roll-out of this system was to the Financial Committee members for their meeting in May. Eventually all committee and board
members will use this system.
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Covenant Health Systems Corporate Office
is on the Move!
Covenant is relocating in
August.
Our new address: 100 Ames Pond Drive
Tewksbury, MA 01876
The office is
conveniently located
off of routes 495, 93 and 3.
More
details will follow.
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Around the System
St. Mary's
Regional
Medical Center (Lewiston) posts Emergency Room wait times (door to
provider) on their website at www.stmarysmaine.com.
The times are updated automatically every several minutes. St. Mary's goal
is to have most patients seen by a medical provider within 30 minutes of
entering the ER.
Congratulations to d'Youville
Pavilion (Lewiston) on their deficiency-free survey and to
Covenant's skilled
nursing facilities which received "5 star quality ratings" from the
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) as of
April, 2010. They are:
Bethany Health
Care Center (Framingham),
Campion Health Center (Weston),
Fall River Jewish Home (Fall River), and
St.
Mary's Villa (Pennsylvania).
St. Joseph Hospital (Nashua) has
retained Magnet status from the American
Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program
for excellence in nursing services. They have once again
designated St. Joseph Hospital as a Magnet hospital.
According to the
ANCC, Magnet designation is widely accepted as the gold standard of
patient
care. The program recognizes excellence and professionalism in nursing.
Applicants undergo an extensive evaluation, and members who are awarded
Magnet
status must continue to maintain rigorous standards as part of their
four-year
designation.
Congratulations,
too, to Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation
(Waltham) on celebrating
their 40th anniversary this year.
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People News
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Rev. Robert J. Levens, S.J. has been named Superior of the Campion
Center Jesuit Community. Fr. Levens replaces Rev. Paul Holland, S.J. who
will be serving as the rector of the Fairfleld (CT) Jesuit Community.
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Christine Long, formerly
of Youville Place, is now the Director of Human Resources at Holy Cross Health
Center, replacing Anne Schmidt who
is retiring. -
 Peter B. Davis, FACHE, who turns
65 in June, is retiring after 25 years as St. Joseph Hospital's president/CEO.
"St. Joseph Hospital has benefited greatly from Davis' leadership including
becoming a designated Magnet Hospital for nursing excellence;
achieving
New Hampshire's only CARF-accredited
stroke program; opening the
Adult Day
Health Center as well as the Breast Care Center, which provided Nashua
with the first
facility to offer comprehensive breast care in a single
location," said Dale Gilpin, St.
Joseph Board Chair. "Most recently he led the hospital in construction of
a new wing which provides new outpatient facilities for the
community."
"It has been an honor for me to play a role in
carrying forth the Catholic healing ministry over these past 25 years," said
Davis. "I am grateful to the colleagues I have worked with to
make St. Joseph Hospital and its affiliated companies the compassionate and
quality health system it is. We have been inspired by being able to build on a
century of service to meet the growing needs of our community through
innovation, leading-edge technology, and the highest-quality medical care. Our
medical staff, employees, and volunteers are recognized among the very best by
all the standard quality measures and by those who count the most, our
patients, and I am grateful for this."
"I have worked with Peter for these 25
years and have seen his dedication to St. Joseph's mission, the careful way he
responds to community and employee needs, the deliberate nature of his
decision-making process and his commitment to quality and patient-centered
care," says David R. Lincoln, Covenant
president/CEO. "Peter has been a valuable and cherished member of the Covenant
team.On behalf of everyone within
Covenant, I thank him for his years of service and wish him and his family well."  David Ross has been appointed
President/CEO of St. Joseph Hospital
replacing Peter Davis, after an extensive
10-month national search. He is an
accomplished healthcare executive who comes to St. Joseph Hospital from
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital in St. Peters, Missouri. As President of
BJSP, Ross led the organization to achieve national "Top Hospital" status for
outstanding patient satisfaction by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
(CMS); recognition as a Top 15% performer in quality care nationwide; and
national top quartile rankings for employee satisfaction. Additionally, Ross
has a long history of community involvement beyond the hospital walls, as
evidenced by his extensive community organization involvement, including board
appointments on the United Way and Make A Wish Foundation, and serving as
corporate chair for Alzheimer's, Arthritis, and Diabetes Walks, to name a few.
- David R. Lincoln, Covenant's president/CEO, has been appointed to a member of the American Hospital Association's "National Board of Advisors" by the Board of Managers of the Center for Healthcare Governance. The Center's mission is "to be the source for innovative thinking, information, tools and counsel to affect excellence in health care governance by engaging hospital teams consisting of trustees, executives and clinical leaders."
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Shannon Coro,
administrator, St. Mary's Health Care Center, has accepted a position to become
administrator at Mount Saint Joseph in Waterville, ME. Ellen Kane has been appointed to the Fanny
Allen Foundation as Executive Director, replacing Sr. Irene Duchesneau who recently retired. Susan McDonough, Covenant's Vice President, Strategy
& System Development, is
speaking on "Preparing for the Future of Aging Services" at the Catholic Health
Association Assembly in June. Nancy Mulvihill,
Covenant's Vice President, Corporate Communications, presented as part of a panel with Catholic Health Association
members at the annual Clean Med conference on "Three Systems
Going Green: Baby Steps and Leaps of Faith - You Can Do It Too!"
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Covenant Member's "YouTube" update
St.
Joseph Manor's (Brockton) video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs8h6XJL0eQ
Covenant's
video on "Changing the Face of the
Mountain" featuring Sr. Marie
Lefevre, SGM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V0kHPUYq0M
St.
Joseph Hospital's (Nashua) patient stories, "Exceptional Happens Here," http://www.youtube.com and type in St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua
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Elder Care Facilities' Activities Programming
Covenan t Health Systems, booklet entitled: "Different, Creative & New Activities and Programs for Elder Residents" won a silver Aster Award in the "Service Line, Seniors" category. The Aster awards honor excellence in
healthcare marketing.
The 30-page booklet highlights Covenant's "best practices" for those
activities in elder care facilities including a "Haiku Poetry Group," a "Pirates of Penzance" play staged by residents, and more. If any Covenant member did not receive
a copy of this
booklet, please contact us at info@covenanths.org
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Palliative Care
Covenant's Pain and Palliative
Care Committee headed by Sr. Catherine
O'Connor, CSB, Ph.D., DAPA, Covenant's
Vice President, Mission and Sponsorship and
Louise Clough, Covenant's Director
of Clinical & Administrative Support invited Esther
Charves, Family Services
Coordinator, New England Organ Bank, to talk about organ donations. More than 100,000 Americans
are waiting for lifesaving organ transplants and many more wait for donated
tissues. On average, 17 people in this country die every day - 6,600 each year
- waiting for organ transplant. The reason is simple - a tragic shortage of
donated organs and tissues. Charves told the committee that although most
people support donation, many have not taken the important step of signing up
to be a donor. She explained that it
is easier than ever to make your wishes known by signing up at the "Donate
Life New England Organ and Tissue Donor Registry" at www.neob.org The committee was also introduced to the Center to Advance
Palliative Care (CAPC) www.capc.org, which provides
health care professionals with the tools, training and technical assistance
necessary to start and sustain successful palliative care programs in hospitals
and other health care settings. Located at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in
New York City, CAPC is a national organization dedicated to increasing the
availability of quality palliative care services for people facing serious,
complex illness. Covenant's "Health Care Ministry Concepts for Leaders" for
mid-level managers has been a tremendous success.The next one-day program is being held Tuesday, June 22 at
Covenant's corporate office and on Friday, November l2 at St. Mary's in
Lewiston. Evaluations have been
outstanding, with leaders saying that they better understand the connection between the
"Catholic" side and the corporate side of Covenant.Attendees said they understand better that: "We all are continuing the mission on a
daily basis by doing our jobs;" "It is not only up to just the religious to
care, it is up to us as well," and "that what I do and how I do it does matter
and is appreciated."
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