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We call our
healthcare community WindberCare – a name that stands for
excellence in clinical standards, complementary therapies,
promotion of healthy lifestyles, and (through affiliation with
WRI) research. It’s a name that means innovation, best practices
wherever they can be found, and the caring tradition we expect
of the healthcare institution that has always carried the name
of Windber.
Seldom has an
institution of such modest size offered such diverse,
high-quality care or drawn such attention. WindberCare has
facilities and services you just can’t find in other community
hospitals of its size elsewhere in America.
WindberCare’s
legacy of innovative and qualitative patient-care has been made
possible by far-sighted leadership, the dedicated support and
hard work of exceptional employees, resolute regional leaders,
loyal patients and their families.
Windber Medical Center Announces Campaign Fund Drive
Windber Medical
Center publicly announced their capital campaign drive to expand
the emergency service department and the obstetrics department.
Windber has received an overflow of patients needing and
requesting their services. We want to be able to accommodate the
patients that choose Windber; therefore we have begun our fund
drive which has been supported by our Board of Directors, our
own employees, and various leaders in the region. Our campaign
chairperson, Attorney Tim Leventry, has done a great job leading
us in the right direction.
“We started
this campaign with a silent phase of which we have already
raised $2 million, and are still going strong,” Attorney
Leventry said. “We are now asking for support from the region
and community to keep our efforts at the highest level. We have
a goal of $3 million and are constantly working to reach that
goal.”
F. Nicholas
Jacobs, President and CEO of Windber Medical Center said that
expansions in the emergency room will need to double because
patient services have surged to over 15,000. In the obstetrics
department the design is to create more labor and delivery rooms
as Windber is expecting about 300 births this year, which is
about a 42% increase over the past year and a 56% increase over
the previous year.
To read
more about the campaign please check out some of the news
articles below.
2008 Planetree Annual Conference
Windber Medical Center has been selected to present two workshops at
the 2008 Planetree Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois. This
year Mr. Nick Jacobs will be presenting Becoming a
Planetree Hospital and Mrs. Jean Brinker and Mrs. Rachel
Allen will be presenting Implementation of Guided
Labyrinth Walks.
FierceHealthcare Honors Windber Medical Center
with 2007 Hospital Innovators Award
 Windber Medical Center announced today that it has been
selected for the first annual FierceHealthcare “Hospital
Innovators Award,” recognizing the institution for facilitating
one of the top hospital programs of the year. FierceHealthcare
editors evaluated hundreds of institutions, and found Windber
Medical Center to be amongst the “fiercest,” proven by their
creativity and ability to successfully step outside the
“business as usual” box.
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