2015 Report to Our Communities

NMRS-16-004_CBR_web_spreads_Layout 1 6/3/16 3:47 PM Page 1 Nemours /Alfred I. du Pont Ho spital for C hildren Nemours Biome dical Research Nemours Bri ghtSt art! Nemours Center for C hildre n’s Health Media Nemours Childre n’s Clinic Nemours Childre n’s Hos pital Nemours Children’s Prima ry Care Nemours Children’s Sp ecial ty Care Nemours Children’s Urgent Care Nemours du Pont Pediatrics Nemours E state Nemours Fund f or Childre n’s Health Nemours H ealth & Prevention Servic es Nemours Nat io nal O ffice of Poli cy & Preven tion Nemours Seni orCare Nemours. or g NemoursEdu cation.o rg Shared Guardia ns of KidsHealth.o rg Children’s Health & ReadingBrightSta rt.org JOY 2015 REPORT TO OUR COMMUNITIES ©2016. The Nemo urs Foundation. Nem ours is a register ed trade mark of The N emours Founda tion. NMRS-16-004_CBR_web_spreads_Layout 1 6/3/16 4:37 PM Page 3 Nemours is not simply a place for care, it’s a way of caring for children. TABLE OF CONTENTS Our promise, “to treat every child as if they were our own,” means we will do everything within our power to restore and improve the health of children. We are shared guardians of 1 A Message From David Bail ey 26 2015 Commun ity Benef it 4 Meeting Children and Families 29 Recognizing Our Voluntee rs children’s health and, by extension, their JOY. As one of the largest integrated pediatric health systems Where They Are 30 Celebrating the Joy of Giving in the United States we have the power to influence the places in which we provide care, as well as the 10 Creating a Joyful Environment 32 Stewards of Hea lt h and Joy 14 Finding More Meaning in ways in which we deliver services. To do both most effectively, we examine how we can increase the joy, 35 2015 Governance the Experience inherent and extrinsic, to the environment and experience, and ultimately to the child. It is a philosophy, 36 2015 Awards and Recognition 20 A Future Full of Joyful Possibilities 38 Our Locations a way of caring, that goes far beyond the provision of care. Your child. Our promise. 24 Extending Joy Into the Community NMRS-16-004_CBR_web_spreads_Layout 1 6/3/16 4:37 PM Page 5 A MES SAGE FR OM DAVID BAIL EY VISION Freedom from dis ab ling cond itions. MISSION To provide leadership, inst itutions and serv ices to re store and i mprove the he alth TO OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND PART NERS, of children through care and progra ms There is nothing quite like the joy of a child — hearing their laughter, sharing in the experience of their curiosity not readily ava ilable, with one h igh and wonderment, and witnessing them coming into their own. There is something else that is uniquely universal in standard of qual ity and dis tinction children — their resilience. As Garth Erasmus, our 2015 visiting artist-in-residence at Nemour s/Alfred I. duPont re gardless of the recipient ’s financ ial stat us. Hospital for Children put it, “even in a child’s most fragile state, there is a strength, an aura of positivity expressed in their cheerfulness and laughter.” It is the children who remind us of the joy to be found in the smallest of things and to celebrate the everyday victories — helping us see life through a fresh lens. At Nemours, we understand parents’ innate drive to do whatever it takes to protect their children — to keep VALUES them safe from harm or to “make it better.” When a child’s ability to experience their natural sense of joy is compromised, there is nothing more urgent than to “fix” it. As a children’s health system, all of us at Nemours Bu ilding and sustaining a cu lture of trust. have accepted a sacred trust … we are shared guardians of children’s hope and joy. We ful fill this trust through a promise to families to treat every child as if they were our own. This means, we will do everything within our EXCEL RESPECT SER VE HON OR LEARN power to help children grow up healthy and reach their full potential, removing barriers — physical, emotional or social — to achieve the best possible outcome for each child. How health care is delivered continues to change, moving beyond the traditional definitions of diagnosis and COMMITMENT treatment, outside the walls of medical facilities, and toward keeping people well. Nemours is uniquely positioned to help establish a strong foundation for lifelong health in new and ever-expanding ways — keeping the highest “I will do whatever it takes to make eve ry quality care local for children and families. We are committed to continuing to establish strong networks to co ntact with Nemours a unique ly satis fying exchange knowledge, creating opportunities to inspire the next generation of health professionals, and crafting experience ... for our patients, paren ts, experiences that lighten the load for children and their families. vis itors, colle agues and busine ss pa rtners .” Within the pages of this report are the inspiring stories and highlights from 2 015 that we hope will allow you to share our optimism for the future. On behalf of all of us at Nemours, we are committed to the relentless pursuit of helping children and families preserve their joy by providing exactly the care they need and want, how and when they need and want it. Your child. Our promise. David J. Bailey, MD, MBA Nemours President & CEO REPOR T TO OUR COMMUN ITIES 1 NMRS-16-004_CBR_web_spreads_Layout 1 6/3/16 4:37 PM Page 7 She ca lls the WREX her At 19 months old, Ivy was diagnosed ‘BUTTERF LY A RMS’ with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and she ca lls Dr. Rahman (AM C), meaning the tendons in her ‘DR. BU TTERF LY .’ wrists, elbows and shoulders are extremely tight. She could not bend or lift her arms, making it impossible for her to do things like brush her hair or feed herself. Ivy was referred to Tariq Rahman,PhD, at Nemour s/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, who had invented the WREX (Wilmington Robotic EXoskeleto n). The WREX is a device made of lightweight parts that eliminate gravity and allow tension where needed, helping patients use their limbs more freely. Nemours specialists made Ivy’s WREX by taking a cast mold of her body, to size the plastic shell that goes over her. The rest of the pieces were made with a 3D printer. Ivy doesn’t wear her WREX all the time, but she does use it when doing activities at the table, such as eating. 2 NEMOURS.ORG REPOR T TO OUR COMMUN ITIES 3 NMRS-16-004_CBR_web_spreads_Layout 1 6/3/16 4:38 PM Page 9 “It’s all important. You want to practice on a MEETING CHI LDR EN AND mannequin before real life ... This is what it’s FAMI LIES WHERE THEY ARE going to sound like, this is what it’s going to feel like, this is what it’s going to look like ....” No matter where or when a child is in need of care — at home, at school, in the middle of the night, Nemours is — School nurse attendee, Nemours NICE transforming our system to de liver School Nurse Health Conference at NCH services and support to families where they are, as close to home as possible, even in the palm of their hands. For CONNECTING WITH FAMILIES FOR 20 YEARS health advice, treatment or follo w-up, to ease their worries, and to help In 1995, the Nemours families receive the answers they need Center for Children’s BUILDING SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE TO CARE FOR more quickly, all so kids can get back Health Media launched CHILDREN AT SCHOOL to what they do best — being kids. a new website, KidsHealth.org , and Nemours Institute for Clinical Excellence forever changed the (NICE) remains at the forefront of medical way families access simulation services, an area increasing in CARECONNECT: 2 4/7 ONLINE HOUSE CALL BRINGING CARE INTO MORE COMMUNIT IES trustworthy demand. Using tools from high-tech mannequins to health care theatre, Already an established In our continuing efforts information about health. Industry benchmarking NICE programs enhance participants’ method for community to meet locally the freestanding indicates that KidsHealth provides the highest quality technical, cognitive and behavioral skills. physicians to talk to our demands of families who 0 2 hosp itals information and user experience of all health care pediatric specialists, seek out our care, we are Nemours content providers. What families have experienced has In 2015, NICE hosted the first annual Nemours CareConnect bringing Nemours to 6 0 lo cations now been affirmed by health care systems: about 80 Nemours School Health Conference at has now been expanded to more communities and hosp ital children’s hospitals choose KidsHealth for web content, Nemours Children’s Hospital . Nearly 100 school health Florida families with the neighborhoods through 1 7 affil iations bedside videos and patient instructions. professionals from six Central Florida counties attended 20 15 launch of our direct- expansion, acquisition the conference, which featured the use of mannequins to to-consumer version . The and alliances. In 2 015, we acquired one primary care simulate a number of conditions, including asthma attacks practice in Delaware and four primary care and anaphylactic seizures. service offers families First “My 5-year-old swallowed a ma rble and we 24/7, immediate access # 1 pediatric practices and one specialty care office in were in a panic about it, even though our to a face-to-face online direc t- to-consumer Southeast Pennsylvania ; entered into a care doctor said it would pass naturally .

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