2020 ANNUAL REPORT THAT MOMENT WHEN HEROES SHINED THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. 2020 was a year like no other in modern history. It was a year of extraordinary challenges for each of you, for our team members, for this community, and for our organization, like so many others across the nation. One hundred thirty-three years ago, in 1888, our founders had a vision for our health WHAT’S system. That vision was grounded in the belief that if we worked together with our community, we could transform healthcare in Greater Cincinnati. Now, in 2020 our team INSIDE and our community has demonstrated how that vision is still alive and strong. 01 Timeline This past year, The Christ Hospital Health Network team members dedicated themselves to ensuring our community had access to the highest quality of healthcare offered, 02 Awards & Recognition sometimes in new and different ways as a result of the pandemic, but all with the goal 03 Clinical Excellence of making sure that our patients and the entire community were well cared for. 05 Patient Experience I am so very proud of our 6,500 team members, 1,200 physicians and 600 volunteers, who despite all obstacles and challenges, never wavered in giving much needed hope to 07 Affordable Care & Access patients, sometimes in their darkest moments. They have been collectively creative in 09 Community Involvement their approaches to providing care, utilizing evolving science, cutting edge technologies, and transforming the way in which care was delivered almost overnight in many cases, in 11 The Christ Hospital Foundation addition to taking on new roles never before contemplated. Annual Report Each of them has shown heroic dedication to this community and the care of every patient 12 Our Donors who reached out in their time of need. 14 The Christ Hospital Our 2020 annual report highlights these accomplishments and more. Board of Directors and Foundation Board I am proud to say that in 2020, just like the preceding 132 years, we achieved the vision of our founder, continuing to ensure that the Greater Cincinnati community has the finest healthcare possible… and we will continue to do so for many years to come. I hope you enjoy this report. DEBBIE HAYES Interim President & CEO The Christ Hospital Health Network 1889 1930 The North Wing is THE CHRIST completed, including the hospital’s iconic cupola, which has become one of the most enduring and HOSPITAL distinctive landmarks on TIMELINE the Cincinnati skyline. 1889 1962 1969 Christ’s Hospital is dedicated at 46 York Street The department of in a home donated by James cardiac surgery is formed. Gamble. Unlike traditional A total of 13 open heart hospital wards of the time, procedures are performed Christ Hospital’s wards have in the first year, including the appearance of a well-kept the first open heart surgery private dwelling. Pictured is in the region. the hospital in 1927. The Christ Hospital opens an intensive care unit, the first of its kind in the area. 2020 ANNUAL REPORT THAT MOMENT WHEN HEROES SHINED Throughout this report, read stories of The Christ COVER TEAM LEFT TO RIGHT: Hospital Health Network’s everyday champions, frontline Terry Chappell, Safety & Security; Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease; Michael R. Jennings, MD, Internal Medicine; heroes and survivors. A world-class organization Gabrielle Vandervort, Lab Services; Brian M. Deye, IT Services; Debbie Hayes, standing together to serve our community through a Interim President and CEO; Doug Mitchell, Pastoral Services; Ashley Clos, Community, Government and Social Relations; Duane Campbell, Pastoral Services; trying year – caring for our patients, their families and Thomas D. Lamarre, Jr., MD, Infectious Diseases; Terri Stutler, Respiratory our employees with the highest quality care available. Therapy; Travis Collins, Respiratory Services AWARDS & RECOGNITION The Christ Hospital is honored to be recognized six years in a row and during a pandemic as one of the Nation’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. 2020 2008 2010 2015 2020 An initiative begins to bring care to people in The first patient is seen in the Joint & Spine their own neighborhoods. Outpatient Centers Center, a national healthcare destination, open in Anderson and Red Bank, followed by and first of its kind in the region, keeping the Green Township, Ft. Wright and Montgomery. continuum of care under one roof. The Christ Hospital opens new primary care locations in Cold Spring and Union, The Christ Hospital 2012 2018 navigates significant KY in 2020. Our Union change as it transitions office specializes in family to an independent medicine, and the Cold hospital, reestablishing Spring location specializes The Christ Hospital The Christ Hospital implements a new brand in internal medicine and Medical Associates, identity, becoming The Christ Hospital Health The Christ Hospital Medical Center – Liberty pediatrics; including yearly the hospital’s primary Network, to better extend our reach in the Township opens, offering a state-of-the-art physicals and preventative care physician group. community and breadth of services outside family birthing center, emergency room and exams, and same-day sick the hospital setting. The Christ Hospital Medical many other comprehensive services. appointments. Associates is also renamed as The Christ 2 Hospital Physicians. 2020 ANNUAL REPORT CLINICAL EXCELLENCE Our world-class physicians pioneer innovations and research breakthroughs that bring new treatment options to our patients. In an ever-changing healthcare landscape, our doctors, nurses and staff provide the best quality of care and experience. This commitment to excellence has earned us the title of “Most Preferred” hospital in the region. HIGH-RISK CANCER risk for cancer due to factors such Patients can meet with both a genetic as early cancer diagnosis, significant counselor and an advanced practice SCREENING CLINIC family history of cancer or personal provider in a single clinic visit to Your genetic profile can reveal how history of rare cancers, to name a determine personal risk of specific your body will respond to certain few. Our multidisciplinary team of types of cancer based on genetic tests treatments and medications. At genetic counselors, advanced practice and family history. From there, an The Christ Hospital, we are making providers and physicians, work individualized plan is created for the precision medicine a priority to help together to provide individualized patient focused on cancer screening, people experience better health. evaluation, genetic counseling/testing, monitoring and prevention options, This year we launched the High- imaging, cancer screening and as well as diagnostic and treatment Risk Cancer Screening Clinic, which prevention programs for people who options if necessary. The clinic provides genetic risk-evaluation are concerned about their personal also provides nutrition and lifestyle as well as advanced screening and and family history of cancer. counseling for risk reduction, and imaging for individuals at increased emotional and psychological support. 3 2020 ANNUAL REPORT TRANSITIONING BACK Medical Director of The Christ Hospital surgeons from some of the top Medical Associates, and the Director of hospitals in the United States, Europe TO PATIENT CARE the Department of Internal Medicine. and Australia. This year, Chief Clinical Officer and Dr. Jennings leaves a legacy of integrity Christ Hospital icon, Mike Jennings, and commitment to patients that will Advancements in robotic-assisted MD, made the decision to return to his impact The Christ Hospital Health surgeries have a direct impact on first love – patient care – specifically Network for decades to come. We patient wellbeing. The months that serving those in long-term care cannot thank him enough. accompany traditional open-heart facilities. “I’ve always had a love surgeries are not so much about the heart itself recovering, but rather for geriatrics as part of my internal ROBOTICS AND HEART medicine practice,” he says. the body recovering from a sternum ADVANCEMENTS incision. “Overall, with robotic Dr. Jennings has been a fixture of In January, we added world-renowned surgeries you have better outcomes. The Christ Hospital for nearly 40 and locally loved cardiac surgeon, They are less invasive, which means years, beginning with his internship J. Michael Smith, MD, a pioneer in less bleeding and faster recovery and residency here. Throughout that the development of robotic cardiac time for the patient,” says Dr. Smith. time, he has been the President of surgery, to The Christ Hospital team. “As we advance to do more surgical The Christ Hospital Physicians, Vice Dr. Smith is credited with bringing procedures robotically, we can provide President and Chief Clinical Officer, robotic-assisted surgery to Greater better results for our patients.” President of the Medical Staff, Cincinnati in 2003, and, on top of Director of the Internal Medicine personally performing about 3,000 Residency Program, Board member, robotic heart surgeries, has trained THAT MOMENT WHEN HEROES SHINED DEAN J. KEREIAKES, MD A DOCTOR’S PERSPECTIVE Convalescent Plasma Breakthrough Dean Kereiakes, MD, was the principal investigator of a convalescent plasma protocol that utilized antibodies of those who had recovered from COVID-19 to treat the sickest of patients with the disease. Partnering with David Oh, MD, of Hoxworth Blood Center, Dr. Kereiakes developed this treatment, and received FDA approval, in April, well before specific antiviral drugs were widely available for COVID-19. The protocol went on to be used by other major hospital systems in the region and saw success in turning around the conditions of those most afflicted. “There is no worse feeling than watching someone deteriorating in front of your eyes and feeling helpless and hopeless,” Dr. Kereiakes said. “We had to have something readily available. We needed to have at least one weapon to help make a difference in the care of patients.” 4 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Marcia Grant, with her occupational therapist at Christ Hospital, Gabriella Bartruff, enjoys a visit from her husband during the lock down.