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Volunteers brighten lives
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Heart health for women
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Help fund cancer care
WELCOME
to the 2013
winter edition
of
CMH Health
Compass
.
In
this special New
Year’s edition,
we invite you
to learn more
about our
commitment to
healing your body, your mind and
your spirit. See how each and every
department is centered on just one
thing: You. CMH and Planetree
have partnered together to provide
outstanding patient-centered care
to our community. The next time
you need our services, the CMH
team of dedicated caregivers will
provide you with an exceptional
experience. I encourage you to
learn more about Planetree at
www.planetree.org
.
Erik Thorsen,
CEO
C E O L I N K
Planetree
means
healing you
Erik orsen, CEO
IMAGINE
a hospital experience
where your family, friends and even
your pet are welcome to visit you and
support you anytime, day or night.
Where one of your loved ones
takes on the role of care partner
and stays in the hospital with you to
assist with every aspect of your care.
Where a massage
therapist stops by to
see if you would like
a foot massage, and a
volunteer o ers you
music, aromatherapy,
fuzzy socks or other
free comfort items.
Where you order
room service from a
menu of delicious choices, and your
meal is delivered to you when you
are ready to eat.
Where your nurse takes the
time to walk you and your care
partner through your medical chart,
makes sure you have a thorough
understanding of your condition,
and gives you educational materials
to take home with you for the best
possible recovery.
The health care of your dreams is provided at CMH
Where, if you have any problem
at all, you can call the Patient
Advocate hotline, and that person
assists you and makes sure you have
a 10 out of 10 experience during
your hospital stay.
Where, once you are discharged,
your nurse calls you to make sure
you are doing well
and to answer any
questions you may
have about your
recovery.
Imagine that each
caregiver you meet
during your hospital
stay treats you like
family and o ers the
highest quality of care possible—
every touch, every time.
As a Planetree hospital, Columbia
Memorial Hospital (CMH) is
working to turn this dream into
reality for every patient. We strive to
o er excellent patient-centered care
to those we serve.
For more information about
Planetree hospitals, please visit
www.planetree.org
.
THE PLANETREE ISSUE
™
W I N T E R 2013
“
Whatever you vividly
imagine, ardently
desire, sincerely believe,
and enthusiastically act
upon must inevitably
come to pass.”
—
Paul J. Meyer