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New Items in the FHN Store!

We’ve updated the FHN Store online with new FHN logo-ed items – both apparel and non apparel! If you’re looking for a nice gift that shares your pride in FHN, visit the FHN Store today!

Community of Friends 2023 Kick Off

The Community of Friends program, funded by FHN and Aramark staff, provides assistance to team members who are experiencing a short-term crisis, plus handles bereavement and new baby gifts.

In 2022, the Community of Friends program paid out more than $29,000 to team members during short-term financial crises. It is only through your ongoing support that the Community of Friends program can continue!

To make a donation, please fill out your donation card and return to the Human Resources Response Center by Sunday, April 9. Donations can be made as FTO, one-time contributions, payroll deductions, cash, or check. Collection canisters are also located in various FHN locations.

Any donation amount is appreciated. Individuals who donate $100 or more will be entered in a drawing to win a trip sponsored by the FHN Foundation! Individuals who donate as little as $3.85 a pay period will be eligible for this prize (details related to this trip are included in the Kick Off flyer).

IMAGINE-a-bowl to Benefit Pediatric Therapy at FHN

The FHN Foundation is pleased to present an evening of bowling in support of improvements to FHN Memorial Hospital’s pediatric therapy department.

IMAGINE-a-bowl will be held Thursday, April 27 at 4 Seasons Bowling Center, 1100 W. Galena Avenue in Freeport. Check-in begins at 5 p.m. with the first ball thrown at 6 p.m.

Teams of 6 bowlers are encouraged to bring out their inner child and dress up for the evening; individuals may raise or donate the $50 entry fee. Those who raise at least $100 will receive a Striking Success for Children t-shirt, and individuals who raise $250 or more will receive a Striking Success for Children t-shirt and sweatshirt. Please submit your donations to the Foundation by April 10 to receive your shirt(s) the night of the event.

All proceeds raised will go toward room renovations, a new storage area, and equipment for the pediatric therapy area at FHN Memorial Hospital.

For more information or to register, visit www.fhn.org/strikingsuccess or contact the FHN Foundation at 815-599-6900 or [email protected]. Those who cannot attend may donate to the pediatric therapy department renovations at the link above.

Center For Wound Healing at FHN Receives Patient Satisfaction Award

FHN is pleased to announce that The Center For Wound Healing at FHN Memorial Hospital has received a Patient Satisfaction award from RestorixHealth. Recipients of this biannual award have met or achieved a patient satisfaction score of 96 percent or higher.

“We are very proud of this achievement, as it reaffirms our commitment to the patient experience,” said Wound Center Director Nurse Practitioner Carrie Wright, FNP-BC, WCC.* “We are proud to be recognized for the quality of care we offer our patients every day.”

The Center for Wound Healing, located in the FHN Specialty Care - Stephenson Street clinic at 1036 W. Stephenson Street in Freeport, offers state-of-the-art wound care treatments from advanced products and dressings to hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOt) to help patients dealing with chronic wounds. The Wound Center's team of multidisciplinary specialists includes surgeons and podiatrists and achieves some of the best healing rates and fastest healing times in the nation.

For more information on The Center for Wound Healing at FHN Memorial Hospital, visit www.fhn.org or call 815-599-7410.

League of Women Voters and Local NAACP Host FHN Presentation on Regional Healthcare Needs, Including Emphasis on Minority Care

The League of Women Voters of Freeport and the Freeport branch of the NAACP are hosting a presentation from FHN outlining local healthcare needs as identified in the FHN Community Health Needs Assessment in December 2022. The event will take place from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28 at FHN Family Healthcare Center - Burchard Hills, 1010 W. Fairway Drive in Freeport.

FHN Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Nursing Officer Kathryn J. Martinez, DHA, MSN, RN, FACHE will review the results of the FHN Community Health Needs Assessment, a Federally required data collection and survey project that must be undertaken every three years, and FHN's planned activities to address those needs. There will be plenty of time for questions, which will be answered by Martinez as well as FHN Family Nurse Practitioner Tamisha Bonvillain, FNP-BC, IBCLC. The public is invited and encouraged to attend this important session.

Input for FHN's Assessment was collected from area leaders as well as the community at large across a broad range of demographics and interests. Topics addressed included perspectives on a range of issues that affect the area's health and well-being, such as community resources, barriers to care, and reasons for various types of disease and mortality. Areas for focus that were identified were prioritized into three primary categories by FHN's Care Transitions Steering Committee: community identified needs, health and well-being, and chronic disease management. Specific tactics for the next three years have been slated for implementation to address these focus areas.

Recognizing that the national healthcare system should provide a basic level of quality care at an affordable cost for all residents, ensuring quality healthcare for all Americans is one of nine priorities identified by the National League of Women Voters. Basic care includes disease prevention, primary care (including prenatal and reproductive health), acute long-term care, and mental health care, as well as health promotion and education. For more information on this priority and how to help, as well as the other eight outlined by the League - including topics such as voting rights, immigration, climate challenges, and gun violence - visit the national website.

FHN Career Corner

There are many career opportunities within FHN. If you or someone you know is interested in new challenges go to our Career page, displaying the latest open positions.

Help Spread the News: We’re Here, For You!

We have a lot to be proud of at FHN, from our talented, dedicated staff to the many advanced capabilities we offer our patients. We’re working hard every day to be sure we provide excellent care to our patients.

Each week, look to the Focus for good news to share about FHN in the form of downloadable flyers you can print and post or hand out to patients who may be interested. Also look for links to our most recent radio interviews and past interviews to listen to and recommend to others. Don’t forget to Like us on Facebook! Please encourage patients, friends, and family to also take advantage of these FHN information resources. Thanks for your help in promoting FHN!

Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion and Worldwide Health

March is …

Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month

Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month

Myeloma Action Month

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

National Endometriosis Awareness Month

National Kidney Month

National Nutrition Month

National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month

Save Your Vision Month

Trisomy Awareness Month

Workplace Eye Wellness Month

Weeks to Note:

National Poison Prevention Week March 19-25

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week March 20-26

Days to Note:

World Tuberculosis Day March 24
Epilepsy Awareness – Purple Day March 26
American Diabetes Alert Day March 28
National Doctors’ Day March 30

March is Women’s History Month in the United States and the United Kingdom. National Women’s History Month began as a single week and as a local event. In 1978, Sonoma County, California, sponsored a women’s history week to promote the teaching of women’s history. The week of March 8 was selected to include “International Women’s Day.” This day is rooted in such ideas and events as a woman’s right to vote and a woman’s right to work, women’s and the U.N. Charter declaration of gender equality at the end of World War II. The day is an occasion to review how far women have come in their struggle for equality, peace, and development. In 1981, Congress passed a resolution making the week a national celebration, and in 1987 expanded it to a full month.

Ramadan begins today (March 23) for people of the Islamic faith. This is the holiest month in the Islamic year and it begins at the sighting of the new moon. It commemorates the period during which Prophet Mohammad received divine revelations. Observing Muslims fast between the hours of sunrise and sunset during the entire month, read the Qu’ran and worship in the mosque or at home.

Christians celebrate Annunciation on March 25. It commemorates the day Jesus’ mother, Mary, was visited by an angel to inform her that she was blessed and chosen to be the mother of Christ.

March 25 is Evangelismou in Greece. The Greeks combined the national Independence Day with the Annunciation and what was earlier believed to be the spring equinox. They wear traditional clothes and celebrate with speeches and folk dancing.

People of the Zoroastrian faith celebrate the Birth of Prophet Zarathustra on March 26. Zarathustra (Zoroaster in Greek; Zarthosht in India and Persia) is the founder of the Zoroastrian religion dating back to sometime between 1500 and 1000 BC. Zoroastrianism became the state religion of various Persian empires until the 7th century AD. When Arabs, followers of Islam, invaded Persia in 650 AD, a small number of Zoroastrians fled to India, where most are concentrated today.

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We extend our sympathy to ...
Tammy Clubb (Lanark) on the death of her niece.

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