HDH Foundation
Foundation formed to promote community involvement in hospital's future.
The Highland District Hospital Foundation was formed to build a bridge between the community and the hospital. Its role is to encourage community involvement in the hospital's future through financial support and to manage that support to the maximum benefit of the hospital and the people using its service.
"It All Comes Back to You" is the theme guiding the foundation's efforts. Because the hospital is a not-for profit organization, the patronage of individuals is critical to its ability to provide state-of-the-art technology and excellence in health care services to people in the community.
The Foundation's Board of Directors is a diverse group of volunteers, with each member bringing a special perspective and expertise to the Board. They believe in Highland District Hospital and its importance to the community as a place of healing and caring to all people without regard to their ability to pay. The Board realizes the healthcare industry and Highland District Hospital face unprecedented economic challenges—rising costs, uninsured patients, dwindling federal reimbursement and the high cost of rapidly changing technology. Philanthropic support of the Hospital is one way to ensure that future generations of Highland County citizens have access to locally available quality healthcare.
ANNUAL FUND GOAL 2011
Physio Control Lifenet Package - $17,550
Despite great advances in care, heart attack remains a leading killer. Every year, half a million Americans experience acute changes on their electrocardiogram (ECG) with their heart attack. The key to improving outcomes for these patients is to identify these patients with changes on their ECG and arrange for and or provide lifesaving treatment as soon as possible. This requires the ability to quickly share ECG data and alert the people who need to know – whether it’s from paramedics in the field to the hospital Emergency Department, between departments or physicians within our facility, or from our hospital to another hospital to facilitate patient transfer. This allows for information where you need it, now. The physicians need insight into their patients so they can make the best decisions. Recent studies put diagnosis to treatment at 90 minutes, and any savings in this area have been shown to have dramatic affects on patient outcomes. With LIFENET 5.0, EMS crews have trusted tools for streamlining their response protocol and making a greater impact on in-hospital patient care. Hospital clinicians have detailed advance notice of a patient’s arrival and a comprehensive set of emergent data for managing their care. Clearly the key to improving outcomes for patients suffering from and acute heart attack is identification and lifesaving treatment as soon as possible. These funds would provide for the purchase of the equipment needed for our emergency department and for 11 area squads.
HDH Foundation Health Fair – $30,000
In April our 10th annual health fair will be held. We are expecting 1000+ community members to attend. The health fair provides multiple health screenings such as comprehensive blood panel, blood pressure, mammogram vouchers and bone density. Each year we receive calls asking when the health fair will be held with concerns such as this is the first time in my life that I have not had insurance and I have a family history of diabetes or breast cancer. And each year we have participants discover health issues that have up until that point been undiscovered such as prostate cancer, diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, osteoporosis and kidney disease. Our local physicians our very supportive of the health fair and suggest the health fair to many of their patients that are unable to pay for the screenings but are medically needed. The Ohio Hospital Association and the State Office of Rural Health presented Highland District Hospital the Program of the Year Award for the 2009 Health Fair.
Mammography Screening and Early Detection - $15,000
Breast cancer’s survival rates depend largely on how far the disease has progressed when it is discovered, early detection is key. With that in mind a voucher program has been established to assist those women that are under insured or uninsured to pay for their screening mammogram. In addition, it is well known that the discomfort that many women feel during mammography compression is the reason that many do not receive regular screening. A solution to this is utilized with our mammograms, a Mammopad. A softer warmer mammogram provides a noticeably more comfortable exam. In 2010 we provided 164 mammograms through this voucher program. This year with your help we plan to provide 227.
Medication Assistance Program - $7,500
Today patients are unable to pay for their medications. As our social workers and discharge planners prepare patients for discharge a reoccurring issue continues to come up, the patient not being able to pay for their to have their prescriptions filled. A recently discharge gentlemen told our social worker that he would have his prescriptions filled in a few months when he was eligible for Medicare, one of those prescriptions was for an antibiotics to continue to treat the severe infection which brought him to the hospital. This would serve not only the patients discharged from inpatient stay but also those treated and discharged from our emergency department. When our goal is reached we will be able to provide vouchers to the area pharmacies. Our physicians are very aware of the four dollar pharmacy formularies and this will allow us to provide well over 1,000 prescriptions, recognizing that not all prescriptions provided will be on the four dollar formularies. Many patients are discharged with multiple prescriptions. In the last 5 months of 2010 we were able to assist 19 patients with their immediate prescription needs.
$70,050 Annual Fund Goal for 2011
To make a donation, or for questoins about the Foundation, please contact
Cathy Jones at 937.393.6360.