our community Philanthropy Report embracing our community Caring for the community is central to the mission and vision of Doylestown Health. It would be nearly impossible to tell our story without first highlighting the important relationship with our community that has sustained us for nearly one hundred years. In the early 1900s, community healthcare needs in Doylestown were growing rapidly. Patients in need of immediate care were transported out of town and the women of the Village Improvement Association MESSAGE FROM embracing of Doylestown (VIA) were working diligently to raise funds to build the first hospital. LAURA K. WORTMAN Driven by their vision of caring for people in their own community, the VIA took a bold step and hired a visiting nurse, Miss Vice President and Clementine Johnstone, in 1916. So launched our traditions of nursing excellence and caring for the community that flourish today Chief Development Officer across Doylestown Health. This issue of the Doylestown Health Foundation Philanthropy Report is unique as it showcases a collaborative community of supporters. We are proud to visit some of our partners in philanthropy who make a difference with their gifts to O ne year ago, Doylestown Health launched the most Doylestown Health and with their efforts to help our community thrive. ambitious and comprehensive fundraising effort in our We hope you will share our appreciation for what donors do for Doylestown history. ONE VISION: The Campaign for Doylestown Cover: Construction continues in the Cardiovascular and Critical Care Pavilion, Health and for others. Together, Barb and Tom Hebel, Joyce and Bob Byers, Sr., Health has galvanized our community and transformed a signature priority of ONE VISION: The Campaign for Doylestown Health. Frank Terry, and Fred Beans have made gifts that will help secure our future. our hospital campus with the Cardiovascular and Critical Doylestown Health and our community are better because of their generosity Care Pavilion and Ambulatory Center. The new Community and leadership. Center at Pine Run is now open and adds a new dimension to healthy retirement living. We are also proud to feature our outstanding nurses. We had a chance to visit with some of them as they do what they do best—deliver care to members of our These visionary projects demand equally bold investments. community with expertise and compassion every day. Doylestown Health Foundation proudly recognizes the individuals and organizations whose investments have As always, we are grateful for sponsors and attendees of our special events throughout accelerated our bold plans in such a short time. Please join the year. Their support makes these occasions memorable and meaningful. me in thanking the visionary community leaders featured Every gift makes a difference. Please accept our sincere thanks for your generosity in this issue, whose generous gifts have already made a and dedication to Doylestown Health, now and always. significant impact. We are also honored to recognize YOU, our steadfast donors, for pledging your support to the campaign and supporting initiatives and events across Doylestown Health James L. Brexler, FACHE Joan B. Parlee throughout the year. President and CEO Chair of the Boards Doylestown Health Doylestown Hospital Thank you for sharing our vision—One Vision—for the Doylestown Health Foundation future of healthcare in our community. 1 OR | Barb McGuinness our community embracing INSIDE DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL on any given day, hundreds of patients, OR | Barb McGuinness was drawn to work at Doylestown Hospital because physicians, caregivers, volunteers, and visitors cross paths. Treatments of its reputation for excellence in patient care. She’s also found a “great team and procedures are performed—some are complex, and some routine. At in my colleagues in the operating room. We listen to and respect each other, the exact same moment, a patient arrives with chest pain in the Emergency which makes it safer for our patients and a more pleasant work environment,” Department, a healthy baby girl is born, a patient leaves with a knee says Barb. replacement, a volunteer counsels a heart surgery patient, and a mom rings Patients of Doylestown Hospital have access to complex procedures such the bell to signify the end of her chemotherapy regimen. Each day at as the Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator (DEIP) because of the expert, Doylestown Hospital is different, yet life-changing moments are constant. fellowship-trained surgeons and surgical teams on staff. “For cancer patients At the heart of these life-changing moments are our nurses. They work who have had a mastectomy, Dr. Angotti and Dr. Tamburrino will take skin tirelessly to care for patients in our community every hour of every day and are united in placing and fat cells from the abdomen or another area and create a natural-looking breast with its own the needs of the patients first. With grace, knowledge, and warmth, they guide patients and families blood supply,” says Barb. With the new operating rooms on the horizon, Barb is “excited about how through some of the most joyful and painful times in life. No gesture is too small or too great for nurses we’ll do even more to enhance the safety of our patients and staff, and utilize technology in these new who, with the same quiet confidence, can offer a patient a hand to hold or a surgeon an instrument. ORs,” she says. “It’s awesome how the leadership of the hospital treats the nursing staff. It makes a difference for us and our patients.” Because of their dedication to education and training, nurses across Doylestown Health are prepared for anything, from stitches to stents. Hundreds of letters and comments from grateful patients and ICU | Sharon Held carefully monitors the heart rate and oxygen saturation for critically ill patients their families share stories of nurses that go above and beyond to explain a complicated procedure, in the Intensive Care Unit, among her other responsibilities in this fast-paced unit. Of the many tools comfort a family member, and deliver expert care with kindness and the utmost professionalism. nurses use to care for patients, “communication and collaboration are essential. We work as a team The nursing teams have helped Doylestown Hospital achieve national recognition for patient safety and I can count on my co-workers,” says Sharon. and quality, year after year. “Watching the progress of the construction of the Cardiovascular and Critical Care Pavilion has We visited just a few of our nurses at Doylestown Hospital on a Thursday afternoon in August. been amazing,” she adds. “Our patients and their families will get to enjoy beautiful new rooms with Our goal: to catch a glimpse of them doing what they do best—caring for patients with expertise natural light, and we will have more space for advanced technology and for our critical care teams to and compassion. work together.” PORTRAITS We share these portraits with deep appreciation and admiration for nurses IN NURSING across Doylestown Health and the unparalleled care they provide every day. Doylestown Hospital ICU | Sharon Held IMU | Tara Sparling IMU | Tara Sparling NICU | Suzanne Ryan ED | Chris Tranchitella 2 3 IMU | After 23 years at Doylestown Health, Tara Sparling has confidence in the way “we genuinely CV/ICU | Joanne Friel appreciates that Doylestown Hospital is preparing to expand cardiovascular care about our patients.” Today, as float nurse and unit coordinator, she’s managing transfers and services. “Right now, I have two patients—one has atrial fibrillation and another is preparing for ensuring patients are ready for discharge. “Nurses do so much more now. We anticipate people’s open heart surgery. It’s always busy,” Joanne says of her unit. No matter how busy it gets, “we treat SPOTLIGHT needs. Formally and informally we are case managers, making sure that patients have their care plans our patients like family and we can do that because we work as a team. Our communication is THE HEART OF HEALTHCARE in place so they can continue to heal after they leave the hospital,” says Tara. excellent—among nurses all the way up to management.” After 16 years at Doylestown Hospital, Joanne remains “grateful every day I made the move to come work here.” Among the many characteristics she admires about Doylestown Hospital, “I think it’s amazing that we are still independent,” says Tara. “It keeps us who we are.” CV/IVU | Doylestown is one of only a few hospitals in the area performing the complex transcatheter NURSES ARE AT THE HEART OF PATIENT CARE at Doylestown Health. With their commitment to advanced education aortic valve replacement (TAVR) surgery. Sarah Furness will be one-on-one with her TAVR patient NICU | In the Level II neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), Suzanne Ryan cares for the hospital’s for eight to 12 hours post-op. In the new year, Sarah and her unit will move to the Cardiovascular and training, they dedicate themselves to improving the health of patients in our community with compassion and excellence. tiniest patients. “In Level II we take care of preemies born at 32 weeks of gestation. Right now, we have and Critical Care Pavilion, an expansion that allows patients to remain in the same room as they a few babies that just need to gain some weight before they can go home,” says Suzanne. As a nurse recover and their care levels change. “I can’t wait for the new pavilion to open,” says Furness. “As educator, Suzanne values the way Doylestown Hospital supports one-on-one patient education. “I Nurses today are respected for far more than their time-honored reputation for compassion and To achieve this ambitious goal, leadership at Doylestown Health increased the amount of tuition nurses, we were invited to be part of the design process and I’m excited for the new unit, because can speak to this from what I do with new parents and from personal experience when my husband dedication.