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impact advancing health care through philanthropy Spring 2013 The Lytle Center For Pregnancy & 2012 DONOR Newborns RECOGNITION A UNI UE ISSUE PHILANTHROPY RESOURCE ADVANCES CARDIAC FOR FAMILIES SURGERY PROGRAM from the TOP impact advancing health care through philanthropy A year to remember Swedish Medical Center The most important year in Swedish Medical Center’s history was, Spring 2013 of course, 1910, when ten members of Seattle’s Swedish-American com- munity joined together to create the first Swedish Hospital, a 24-bed Volume 5, Issue 1 “advanced” facility on Belmont Avenue that would expand (and relocate) steadily for a century and become the Swedish we know today. Swedish’s second most important year, however, has to be 2012, the remarkable twelve-month roller coaster ride of changes, milestones, EDITOR Lindsay Hopkins challenges and accomplishments which we recently completed. DESIGNER Angela Bogdanovich Turk Early last year, as I am sure you know, we entered into an historic affiliation with Prov- idence Health & Services. This affiliation preserved Swedish’s history, its secular identity and FEATURE WRITER Jennifer Schaefer its brand, while also making us a key component of a much larger, multi-state organization. CONTRIBUTING Colleen Bromen Making this affiliation work has been a complicated task, but after many long hours put in by Swedish administrators and staff at every level, I believe we are much better WRITERS Karen Chan positioned to be able to continue providing high quality, cost-effective care in a rapidly Marnie Foust evolving health-care environment. Mary Hackett In addition to enabling us to benefit from economies of scale in areas like purchasing, Gaynor Hills human resources, accounting and information technology, the Providence affiliation has Bob Hinck placed us at the heart of a network of providers that covers Western Washington. This flexible Lauren Moore network will allow Swedish and Providence to develop innovative strategies for providing Ashley Petty care to large, geographically dispersed patient groups defined by insurers or large employers. Samantha Vanover This type of population-based care, which can focus on wellness and disease prevention much better than the fee-for-service model which now dominates care delivery in the U.S., is certain FEATURE Rosanne Olson, to become increasingly important as pressures increase to improve health and lower costs. PHOTOGRAPHER Rosanne Olson Photography A quick note: all of us who work at Swedish are pleased and very proud to congratulate Ben VanHouten, VanHouten Rod Hochman, M.D., Swedish’s former CEO, who was recently named the new CEO of CONTRIBUTING Providence Health & Services. Rod came to Swedish in 2007, and during his tenure succeeded PHOTOGRAPHERS Photography, Inc., in dramatically improving the working relationship between Swedish’s hospital leadership Swedish Medical and its medical staff leadership. He also implemented many of the structural and organiza- Photography and Video tional changes that have positioned Swedish to thrive in the demanding environment that is being created by health care reform and ongoing economic difficulties. We look forward to working closely with Rod in the years ahead. Another thing that made 2012 memorable for Swedish was the unprecedented financial challenges we faced. A year ago, you may have read a story in your newspaper that Swedish impact advancing health care through philanthropy was losing as much as $250,000 a day and facing a projected annual deficit of $90 million. Spring 2013 This story was true, and perhaps our biggest accomplishment in 2012 involved the successful steps we took to address the national problem of declining patient volumes and revenues due to the bad economy in order to put Swedish on a sound financial footing by year’s end. Our turnaround resulted from large and small steps that we took to lower costs and The Lytle Center improve our financial situation. Some of these steps involved making cuts in programs and For Pregnancy & 2012 DONOR Newborns RECOGNITION areas where patient volumes and revenues were down. We also made staffing reductions, A UNI UE ISSUE PHILANTHROPY RESOURCE ADVANCES CARDIAC mostly through a voluntary separation program with incentives for early retirement. These FOR FAMILIES SURGERY PROGRAM measures were difficult, but thanks to the hard work of Swedish staff and administrators at every level on every campus in our system, we finished 2012 with an operating gain of more ON THE COVER than $30 million. One of Swedish’s most remarkable accomplishments in 2012, and one that directly involves Four-month old Lael and her mom, the readers of IMPACT, was the success of The Campaign for Swedish, which reached its Nicole, overcame breastfeeding challenges initial $100 million goal last summer, 17 months before its conclusion on December 31, 2013. and are now advocates for the Lytle Center. Philanthropic support from the community has been crucial to Swedish’s strength since its Read their story beginning on page 6. founding, and it is certain to become an increasingly important factor in our ability to provide the best possible care to our patients as financial pressures on hospitals continue to grow. Cover photo by Rosanne Olson As we move forward into 2013, Swedish remains focused on becoming an even stronger resource for the communities and families we serve. I am humbled by and deeply grateful for the support we receive from you, our donors. Your generosity and your belief in Swedish will continue to be critical to our success, and they will, I am confident, help us to finish Welcome to Swedish Medical Center’s IMPACT The Campaign for Swedish with a bang. magazine. This publication is designed to provide you with the latest information about Warmest regards, Swedish services and events, health care and medical topics, and the activities of the Swedish Medical Center Foundation and its supporters. IMPACT is published as a community service by Swedish Medical Center. Any questions or Kevin Brown comments may be addressed to Lindsay Hopkins, Chief Executive editor, Swedish Medical Center, 747 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122-4307. IMPACT SPRING 2013 CONTENTS For additional content and information on ways to give, visit us at www.swedishfoundation.org www.facebook.com/swedishmedicalcenter To receive our newsletter with information about Foundation news and events, register online at www.twitter.com/swedish www.swedishfoundation.org/newsletter-signup SPRING www.youtube.com/swedishseattle To learn more about The Campaign for Swedish, visit www.campaignforswedish.org Annual donor roll call A “thank you” to our generous supporters 2013 17 and giving highlights of 2012 Capsules Foundation Swedish Cancer Institute 3 Social Work program News A cornerstone of integrated care services Swedish/Edmonds Advances to 12 Imagine Gala 5 cardiac surgery program Event inspires record-breaking support TAVR, hybrid-OR made possible for campus thanks to philanthropy Legacy Partner spotlight 14 Savvy donor Bob Cunnison is a Feature champion of gift annuities The Lytle Center 6 Offering families an important medical, community, and social resource When it opens summer 2013 at the Swedish/First Hill campus, The Lytle Center for Pregnancy & Newborns will be the go-to resource for families in the community. Page 6 Photo by Rosanne Olson www.swedishfoundation.org 1 Swedish Cancer Institute appoints new executive director Following a national search, Thomas Brown, M.D., M.B.A. will build upon SCI’s long history of providing high-quality, personalized cancer care. fter an extensive national search, based clinical trial consortium. the Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI) He holds an MBA from Rice Univer- A has appointed Thomas Brown, sity. A graduate of the Medical College M.D., M.B.A. as its new executive director. of Virginia, Dr. Brown completed an In his new role, Dr. Brown’s main re- internal medicine residency at the Uni- sponsibilities include overseeing the versity of Florida and a fellowship in med- Institute’s Swedish-based program and ical oncology at The Johns Hopkins network development; leading SCI’s vision, University School of Medicine. Dr. Brown’s strategy, planning, advocacy and execu- clinical practice and research focus has tion work; furthering relationship devel- been on therapeutic development in gas- opment with the Providence Health & trointestinal malignancies. His profes- Services network; organizing and leading sional and academic interests include efforts to reposition SCI for health-care health-care policy and international health- reform; overseeing the Institute’s clinical care delivery systems. research efforts and advanced technology “As the new executive director, Dr. initiatives; as well as championing SCI’s Brown will focus on furthering the 81-year fund-raising efforts. history and reputation of SCI as a leader in Dr. Brown comes to Swedish from the providing personalized cancer care with University of Arizona, where he served as a research-driven, evidence-based, multi- professor of medicine and chief operating As the new executive director, Thomas Brown, disciplinary, and disease-oriented model officer of the University of Arizona Cancer M.D., M.B.A. will steward SCI’s vision. of patient care,” says Todd Strumwasser, Center. Prior to that, he was a professor and vice president M.D., Swedish senior vice president and chief operating officer. at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and “He will help steward the development of a world-class cancer while on the faculty at Duke University led development of the program, that is both cost effective and quality driven, but most multi-disciplinary GI cancer program and a regional, community- importantly patient-centered.” i Swedish/Edmonds cares for its community Physicians and nurses and help a student avoid sudden cardiac the electrical signals of the heart. All child- participate in heart screening event arrest,” says Gregg Miller, M.D., medical ren received limited physical exams, and director at Swedish/Edmonds emergency in some cases underwent an echocardio- for local high school students.