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Pride Winners Recognized

Congratulations to Tamen Squire and Glenna Halley Hill, who won the overall 2023 PRIDE awards at the FHN Recognition Day held last month!

All 2023 winners of the PRIDE award were eligible to win $500 and a prize basket and were chosen at random from the 36 winners throughout the year.

Glenna Halley Hill (Central Business Office): Glenna’s nominator Ashley writes of a time she received a call from a patient who was losing his insurance coverage and wanted to know the cost associated with his appointments. She looked at his previous visits and gave him an estimate and discussed FHN’s Financial Assistance Program with him. The patient called back a couple of days later and left a voicemail for Ashley with questions regarding FHN’s Financial Assistance Program. Before calling the patient back, Ashley called Glenna, FHN’s Financial Assistance Coordinator, to get more information, as she was not familiar with the specifics of the program. Ashley writes that Glenna was very helpful and explained that the patient should use The Marketplace to get the best deal possible on a new insurance plan. She also made Ashley aware of a tax credit that the patient could get to lower his monthly payments and offered to assist the patient in the search of a Marketplace plan if he needed assistance. Ashley made the patient aware of all of the information Glenna shared with her, and was able to do so with confidence, due to the information Glenna shared.

Tamen Squire (Echo/Vascular): Tamen’s nominator, Amy, would like to recognize Tamen for coming in on New Year’s Eve day to perform an ultrasound. A patient presented to the Emergency Department Saturday evening, and it was suspected they had a DVT (blood clot). Although this study was not considered an emergent study, the upcoming holiday and the fact that the patient recently had surgery posed a problem for treatment unless an ultrasound could be done before the Ultrasound Department would be available the following Monday. Tamen graciously agreed to accommodate this patient’s need and allowed for a more timely plan of care! Thank you, Tamen!

FHN Healthcare Scholarships

FHN is again proud to offer multiple scholarships for students in the FHN service area who are pursuing careers in healthcare.

Several scholarships are currently being offered, each with different application criteria and financial amounts.

• Healthcare Career Scholarship Program for up to three $1,000 scholarships
• Diversity Healthcare Career Scholarship Program for up to one $1000 scholarship
• Volunteer Services Scholarship Program for an active member of the FHN Student Volunteer Program with a minimum of 40 volunteer hours

The deadline for all applicants is Friday, September 6. For more information and application forms for each scholarship, visit fhn.org/scholarships or contact [email protected].

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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

June is …
Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Men’s Health Month
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
National Scleroderma Awareness Month
PTSD Awareness Month
Scoliosis Awareness Month

Weeks to Note:
June 10 – 16 is Men’s Health Week

Days to Note:   
June 14 is World Blood Donor Day           
June 18 is Autistic Pride Day       
June 19 is World Sickle Cell Day 

June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, as declared by the Canadian Parliament in 2009. It is a tribute to the heritage and diversity of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities across Canada. It’s an opportunity not only to recognize the historic contributions of indigenous peoples to the development of Canada, but also the strength of present-day indigenous communities and their promise for the future.

The United States as well as Canada and Australia observe Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month in June. Events are celebrated by communities across the nations on different dates from June through early August. The most significant date in LGBT history occurring in June was the three-day protest in 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, an event that marked the first time the gay community joined together to fight for its rights, thereby gaining national attention. The anniversary of this event was one of the reasons June was chosen as the nationally proclaimed month to celebrate LGBT pride.

National Caribbean American Heritage Month celebrated across the United States in June, was proclaimed in 2011. It commemorates a time to celebrate the history and culture of Caribbean Americans.

June 12 – 13 is Shavuot for people of the Jewish faith. Called the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost, which means 50 and therefore is celebrated on the 50th day at the end of Passover. Shavuot celebrates the time when the Ten Commandments were given to Moses on Mount Sinai. The Feast lasts for 2 days.

Muslims celebrate the Day of Hajj (Day of Arafat) on June 16 with an annual pilgrimage to Mecca. The pilgrimage is one of the five Pillars of Islam. All Muslims are expected to perform the Hajj at least once in their lifetime if they have the physical and financial capacity. About 6 million Muslims from more than 70 countries journey to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. In one of the rites of the Hajj, pilgrims move in a circular, counterclockwise procession around the Ka’bah.

June 16 is Father’s Day in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The origins of the day to honor fathers began in 1910, when Louise Dodd of Spokane, Wash., suggested to her minister that a day be set aside. Her own father was a Civil War veteran who raised his six children on the family farm after his wife died in childbirth. Interest in the day grew, and in 1966, a presidential proclamation established Father’s Day as the third Sunday in June.

Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Adha beginning June 17. It concludes the Hajj and is a three-day festival celebrating Abraham’s test of obedience to Allah when he was asked to sacrifice his son Ismael. At the last minute, Allah replaced Ismael with a lamb.

June 19 is Juneteenth in the United States. June 19, 1865, also known as National Freedom Day, is considered the official end of slavery in the United States. Slaves in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas were not told about their freedom until this day, even though other Southern states had known since April 1863. Today, the holiday is observed in African-American communities throughout the country with rallies, concerts, and fairs.

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