Good News 1.13.15 - Recognition Day Honors the Founding of Bon Secours

Volume 4 | Issue 1 | January 13, 2015


1.	Be Smart --- Bon Secours' good help U offers a variety of classes to help you be your best. The class schedule is available on IRIS. Register through Healthstream today by entering the class title in the catalog search box.
2.	Be Ready --- Kindergarten Readiness classes begin this month at all our hospitals. To register or for more information, contact Avis Gates at 804-357-6101. Review a flier with details.
3.	Be Generous --- January is National Blood Donor Month. Find a donation location here.

Recognition Day Honors the
Founding of Bon Secours

January 24 is Recognition Day for Bon Secours Health System. Recognition Day commemorates the founding of the congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours in Paris in 1824. On this day, Bon Secours Health System recognizes and honors the service of its co-workers, especially those who are celebrating major service milestones.

Original Sister of Bon Secours Bon Secours Health System will observe Recognition Day on Friday, Jan. 23, celebrating the work and contributions of the dedicated staff who answered the call to serve by participating in Bon Secours ministries.

Throughout our facilities, Prayer Services and Leadership Rounds will be held, and the cafeterias will feature French-themed menus.

Our facilties will hold prayer services and leadership rounds, and our hospitals will feature French-themed menus in the cafeterias.

Review schedules of Recognition Day activities in Richmond and Hampton Roads.

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a Day of Service

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 19, observed with the MLK Day of Service which empowers individuals, strengthens communities, bridges barriers, creates solutions to social problems and moves closer to Dr. King's vision of a beloved community.

King once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'" Each year, Americans across the country answer that question by coming together on the King holiday to serve their neighbors and communities.

Learn more about Day of Service.

Look for Special Recipes in Cafeterias on Jan. 19
Our hospitals honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. each year. Along with mindfulness and observances, we include a special meal in our cafeterias. This year, we feature the cuisine of noted chef Edna Lewis (1916-2006), a champion of the Southern cooking skills she learned growing up in Freetown, Va. Later, she achieved fame for introducing new generations to early 20th century African-American cooking through her restaurant in New York and her cookbooks. Lewis received the James Beard Living Legend Award and numerous other honors for her influence.

Quick Look at a New Building

Bon Secours Hampton Roads' Cancer Center at DePaul is now open for business. See how they built it.

Now Open

Our health system continues to grow and flourish. In the past month, we've welcomed:

	About 450 employees from Rappahannock General Hospital in Kilmarnock, which became a part of Bon Secours Virginia on Dec. 31. The Chesapeake Medical Group and the Rappahannock General Hospital Foundation also joined our health system.
	The Cancer Institute at DePaul, which opened in late December in Norfolk.
	An expanded Good Health Pharmacy at DePaul Medical Center
	A new FastCare clinic in a Richmond-area Martin's store

Get the Most out of 2015

Every year, Bon Secours Virginia is recognized for our benefits, family-friendly workplace and emphasis on education. Be sure you're getting the most from our health system.

The Human Resources Operations Center (HROC), staffed by Bon Secours HR professionals, and AskHR service, provide customized access to HR-related information. To get to HROC or AskHR, you can call 804-887-7600 or 855-336-7600, email AskHR@bshsi.org or go online, from IRIS or bshsi.org, go to ezAccess/AskHR.

For discounts on a variety of goods and services, check out our Benefits Books for Richmond and Hampton Roads.

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Bon Secours Presents
Bio-Ethics Lecture Series

Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System is partnering to present a bio-ethics lecture and panel discussion series.

The second of three lectures, titled Religion, Ethics, and the Beginning of Life: Controversies and Perspectives, will be held Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. One contact hour of CME and CEU is available upon request for each lecture in the free series. Registration is requested.

What's going on in our health system? Check out news releases for Hampton Roads and read stories including:

	Inside Business Honors Dr. Charmaine Rochester, Bon Secours VP of Finance
	Bon Secours Cancer Institute at DePaul opens, Daily Press, Dec. 19

Read Richmond news releases and learn more about stories including:

	Bon Secours, Capital One give $100k to East End businesses, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dec. 16
	Bon Secours thrilled to serve Fort Lee community, Progress-Index, Dec. 24
	Rappahannock General to join Bon Secours Dec. 31, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dec. 22
	Bon Secours Virginia Health System acquires Rappahannock General Hospital, Northern Neck News, Dec. 22
	Bon Secours finalizes acquisition of Rappahannock General, Washington Post, Dec. 23
	Fitch Upgrades Bon Secours Health System (MD) Revs to "A" from "A-", Market Watch, Dec. 5
	Bon Secours expands its domain, Richmond BizSense, Jan. 2
	Decision Maker: Francine Barr, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jan. 6

Active Parenting: Kids Don't Come with Instructions. This parenting program begins Jan. 29 at Mary Immaculate Hospital. Find out more.

To register or for more information, call 757-886-6511 or email Delores Price.

Reflection: Recognition Day

By Mary Alig Houston
Administrative Director, Mission and Spiritual Care

Be who you are and be that well.

-Saint Francis de Sales

Mary Alig Houston Happy Recognition Day! On Jan. 24, we remember the 12 young women who professed their vows as Sisters in the Congregation of Bon Secours of Paris, on Jan. 24, 1824. We also celebrate each other as co-workers in the ministry of the Sisters of Bon Secours.

I think it is a lovely coincidence that Recognition Day is celebrated on the same day as the feast of Saint Francis de Sales. His quote is my prayer for each of you on Recognition Day, 2015: Be who you are and be that well!

Marvelously created, each of you is a gift to the patients, families and staff, who you encounter each day. Indeed, the Mission of the Sisters of Bon Secours is alive and flourishing because, together, we are a reflection of God's love for each person. It is through your innate goodness and the grace of God that we continue to advance the healing Mission to be good help to those in need.

Giving Patients the
Fast Care They Need

Our good help has never been confined by hospital walls. Now our patients have a convenient new way to get help for minor medical issues: their neighborhood supermarket.

The Bon Secours FastCare clinic is open in the Martin's grocery story in the Charter Colony shopping center in Midlothian. Another is scheduled to open on Hull Street in Richmond.

FastCare offers basic lab work and treatments and services including blood pressure checks, screenings and immunizations.

Phillip Masterson FastCare is overseen by Nurse Practitioner Philip Masterson, who is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner. He is also a Certified Health Fitness Specialist from the American College of Sports Medicine.

Click here for more information about FastCare.

Values in Action logo Thank You for Making
the Holidays Happier

Thanks to the generosity of our employees, Bon Secours Virginia's Values in Action holiday assistance program helped 134 families in Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Rappahannock have a Merry Christmas.

Without your support, the families might not have been able to celebrate.

In Hampton Roads, 53 families received help with the holidays. In Richmond, 80 families had a happier Christmas and in our new facility, Rappahannock General, one family.

Building a Hospital in Haiti

Bon Secours Health System Inc. helped build a hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. See the inspiring story in this video. CEO Rich Statuto and Sr. Pat Eck will be present at the Jan. 15 dedication ceremony.

Florence Smith
Director,
Materiel Management,
St. Francis Medical Center

In Our Own Words

The following is a periodic Good News feature highlighting employees and leaders in their own words. If you know an employee to feature, please let us know.

"I think we learn to put others first as we serve those who really, really need our help. Our attention to detail and communication with our patients and community will play an important role with those we serve. Bon Secours as a whole gives us a chance to hone in on those who need the most help. We can heal mind, body and spirit of those less fortunate.

"We not only provide help to those who come to us, but we reach out to the neighborhoods to help those who are in need. And if there's something beyond the call of our regular duty to help a patient, or community we're going to do it. In our mission and service we strive to transform hurt into hope."

Be Smart About Saving

Gas prices have gone to levels we never thought we'd see again, but that doesn't mean you have to be fuelish. Click here for gas-saving tips from the Bon Secours Economic Relief website.