WHEN SECONDS COUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION 2016–2017 ANNUAL REPORT BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016–2017 RUH Foundation 2016–2017 Board of Directors Back row (l-r) Vice Chair Don Neufeld, Executive Chairman, J&H Builder’s Warehouse; Executive Member at Large Robert Steane, Senior VP and COO, Cameco Corporation; Tyler Pochynuk, Director of Operations, Clark Roofing (1964) Ltd.; Kaylynn Schroeder, VP Corporate Services, West Wind Aviation; Nilesh Kavia, MBA, CPA, CMA, Executive VP of Operations, Affinity Credit Union; Past Chair Bryan Leverick, President, Alliance Energy Ltd.; Doug Osborn, Partner, MLT Aikens LLP; Mike McKague, Advisor, Precedence Private Wealth Front row (l-r) Dr. Karen Chad, VP Research, University of Saskatchewan; Dr. Daphne Taras, Past Dean and Professor, Edwards School of Business; Executive Member at Large Irene Boychuk, FCPA, FCA, Partner, EY LLP; Michael Smith, CPA, CA, Partner, Deloitte LLP; Sharon McDonald, Private Banker, RBC Wealth Management; Chair Dr. Paul Babyn, Joint Department Head of Medical Imaging for the Saskatoon Health Region and RUH Foundation Board of Directors University of Saskatchewan; Arla Gustafson, CEO REPORT OF THE VOLUNTEER CHAIR AND CEO Innovation is at the heart of our community Finding a Saskatchewan family without a connection to Royal University Hospital would not be easy. RUH is a pillar of healthcare innovation for this province and beyond, and is here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year anytime you or your loved ones need care. A tremendous thank you to you our donors, who contributed so generously to the $6.823 million raised in 2016–2017. Because of your generosity, our surgeons had the most advanced technology and equipment at hand to treat patients needing neurosurgery, neurology care and spine orthopedic surgery. When a Code Blue crisis signal is called and seconds count, our teams can now respond immediately with new “crash carts”. Additionally, our front-line staff have access to training, education and workshops through professional development funding, fellowships and annual scholarships. Heartwarming stories of the direct impact you have had on patient care can be read in this report. (l-r) Dr. Paul Babyn, Arla Gustafson As the healthcare landscape continues to change and the province undergoes a move to a single province-wide health Philanthropy is at the heart of our Saskatchewan community authority, our Foundation is committed to be a part of this and we thank each and every individual, family foundation, transformational change. Together, our Board, staff and business and corporation who has already made a you, our donors, can help shape care for generations to contribution to The GREATE.R. Campaign and welcome those come. This is an exciting time for health care and healthcare who wish to contribute in the future. philanthropy, and we couldn’t be more energized to be part of it! RUH FOUNDATION creates excellence in and impacts health care by As we celebrate our 34th year as a Hospital Foundation, it is raising funds to anticipate and respond to needs for important to remember that buildings alone do not deliver innovative research, education and patient care. care. Excellent care is reliant on innovation through research for care for tomorrow, advanced equipment and technology, and the dedicated physicians and medical teams who put Dr. Paul Babyn Arla Gustafson their best energy into helping others each and every day. RUH Foundation Chair RUH Foundation CEO 1 A MESSAGE FROM SASKATOON HEALTH REGION I would like to extend my deep appreciation to all those made the decision to donate to the health of our hospitals who have donated so generously to the Royal University through the Foundation. Hospital Foundation both this past year and every year. This year marks the end of an era for Saskatoon Health The support of our community is integral to our healthcare Region. At this time next year, the Region will no longer system. Over the past year, financial and volunteer backing exist; in its place will be the new Saskatchewan Health from the public has allowed the Foundation to focus efforts Authority. on improving care in our Emergency Department, our critical care units and our trauma units. Royal University Two things that will not change during and following this Hospital Foundation’s GREATE.R. Campaign is focused on transition, however, are the exceptional care that is delivered raising $20 million by 2018 for these priority areas, with throughout the hospitals in Saskatoon (of course including one main goal – transformational patient-centred care. Royal University Hospital) and the ongoing need for donations from the public to support purchases of essential, The equipment purchased through this campaign already life-saving equipment and vitally important research and is making a difference at Royal University Hospital. professional development opportunities for those who work in health care. The O-arm® Imaging System, funded by donations, was purchased and is now operational. This advanced imaging Royal University Hospital has seen many changes and system enables our orthopedic and neurology surgeons’ advancements over the years and will continue to see more, work to be more efficient, accurate and safe. many of these thanks to the fine people who make donations through the Royal University Hospital Foundation. This past year, with the support of donations both large and small, Royal University Hospital Foundation was able to purchase 30 new Code Blue Carts for the hospital, a great boost to our Code Blue teams that save lives throughout the hospital, every day. The GREATE.R. Campaign overall will invest $10 million Dan Florizone in the Emergency Department, $8 million in technology President and CEO, and equipment and $2 million in people and programs by Saskatoon Health Region attracting, training and retaining top medical professionals. I am extremely proud of the efforts of the Foundation to raise these funds, and so thankful to all of you who Dan Florizone FOUNDATION SUPPORT HIGHLIGHTS PATIENT CARE EDUCATION INNOVATIVE RESEARCH $2,696,370 $365,742 $182,254 Royal University Hospital holds a unique role in Making sense of a traumatic life-altering event, whether Today’s research informs tomorrow’s patient care. This is why Saskatchewan’s healthcare system. On any given day, physical or mental, is never easy. How we cope and heal Royal University Hospital Foundation invests donors’ gifts in more patients are treated and cared for by our medical is different for each of us, and often the road to recovery priority research that advances our understanding of disease and support teams at RUH than at anywhere else in the requires involvement of a variety of healthcare providers at and debilitating medical conditions. One such condition is province. Through the generous support of our donors, Royal University Hospital. The effectiveness of the medical lower back pain. we are improving patients’ experiences and their health teams’ efforts is greatly enhanced when patients and/or outcomes. Every donor’s gift, regardless of size, helps save their families are able to offer clear information about RUH neurosurgeon Dr. Daryl Fourney is part of a province- lives. why they have come to the hospital. But what if (for many wide group researching, supporting and implementing possible reasons) a patient finds it close to impossible to talk innovative changes around the assessment, screening and As a result of donations to The GREATE.R. Campaign, Royal about, for example, the loss of a loved one involved in a traffic treatment of lower back pain patients. Their work, the University Hospital Foundation was able to grant funds accident, or about the mental and/or physical abuse he or “Saskatchewan Spine Pathway Project,” includes research for the purchase of 30 new life-saving state-of-the-art she has endured at the hands of bullies – or even of family funding support of Dr. Fourney by RUH Foundation. This Code Blue Carts. These new carts ensure that our medical members? project, the first of its kind in Canada, is showing promise teams have the most modern and necessary equipment in increasing medical coordination, more appropriate and immediately at their fingertips when every second Thanks to RUH Foundation’s $80,000 funding support for timely access to care, more efficient use of MRI utilization, matters in responding to a patient experiencing cardiac or SHR’s Professional Development fund, in the past year 405 better outcomes and enhanced patient experience. The respiratory arrest anywhere in the hospital. RUH staff were able to attend a conference, participate in a research is helping create the first and only comprehensive workshop or acquire training to increase their professional provincial pathway for lower back pain in Canada. Other examples of donor-funded patient care initiatives knowledge and skills. One of these is medical social worker for 2016–2017 include $100,000 for 32 staff-initiated Cheylyn Shipley O’Neil. In March 2017, Cheylyn attended Further, in 2016–2017 donations to The GREATE.R. Campaign priorities through HUG Grants (including waiting room a two-day workshop where she learned alternative were invested in seven other new research projects. upgrades, new seating, a blanket warmer, a bladder scanner, communication skills involving play, drama and integrative Researchers engaged in the Psychiatry and Mental Health and recreational programming for the early psychosis body-based techniques including mindfulness, sensory and Suicide Psychological Autopsy Project and others from the support group and funding for purchases of mattresses whole-brain activities. As a result, she now is better equipped departments of Surgery, Medicine, Obstetrics, Gynecology at Calder Centre) as well as the O-arm diagnostic scanner to engage with and support families in traumatic situations. and Reproductive Services, Pharmacology and Anesthesia and the limb positioner, new beds and a state-of–the-art have received funding from RUH Foundation and either anesthesiology machine for the angiography biplane suite.