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COMMUNITY MESSAGE

WORKING TOGETHER
We're building better, smarter and healthier care
through partnerships

At a time of significant change in healthcare,
hospitals have been challenged to re-evaluate
initiatives to improve patient access to care,
increase the quality of care in a cost-efficient manner
and enhance preventive care.
Understanding that it takes teamwork, the hospitals
of Community Healthcare System are working through
a number of partnerships to build a healthcare delivery
system that is better, smarter and healthier-a system
that delivers improved care, spends healthcare dollars
more wisely and makes our communities healthier.
Heart disease remains high on the list of health risks in Northwest Indiana.
The Limb Ischemia and Vascular Excellence (L.I.V.E.) heart and vascular program is using a team approach to save the limbs and lives of patients with
leg vessel blockages, limb ischemia and peripheral vascular disease. You can
read about the program on page 3.
Nursing staff members across the healthcare system are partnering to share
in the decision-making process, to have a voice and help advance our mission.
This partnership, described on page 6, is leading not only to increased employee
satisfaction, but also to better safety, better healthcare, greater patient
satisfaction and shorter lengths of stay for our patients.
At Community Hospital, maternal-fetal medicine specialists from the University
of Chicago Medicine have partnered with our Mother-Baby unit staff to consult and
co-manage high-risk situations before, during and after pregnancy (page 50). These
maternal-fetal specialists work in tandem with the expectant mother's obstetrician
to provide counseling, screening and fetal diagnostic testing for healthier
moms and babies.
St. Catherine Hospital has unveiled its enhanced Intensive Care Unit that affords
new comforts and advanced technologies for critical care patients and their
loved ones. You can learn more about it on page 52. The 16-bed unit has been
completely redesigned as part of a $2 million project by the hospital.
St. Mary Medical Center is making advanced cancer care available locally with
TrueBeam™ radiation therapy technology (page 54). When combined with the
expert hands of our radiation oncology team, TrueBeam is truly a game-changer
for cancer patients-a faster, smarter, more powerful treatment in the fight
against cancer.
Donald P. Fesko, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana

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COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Frankie L. Fesko, chairman; James J. Richards, vice
chairman; William A. Hasse III, secretary; David E. Wickland,
treasurer; David Bochnowski; Gene L. Chang, MD;
William Ciesar; Joseph E. Costanza; Dan Dumezich;
Michael J. Mellon; Joseph T. Morrow; Sister Kathleen
Quinn; Richard Schumacher; Monsignor Joseph
Semancik; M. Nabil Shabeeb, MD; Donald C. Torrenga;
Robert J. Welsh; Edward L. Williams, PhD; Joe P.
Williamson
EXECUTIVE STAFF
Donald P. Fesko, FACHE, president/chief executive officer;
Lou Molina, CEO, Community Hospital; Leo Correa, CEO,
St. Catherine Hospital; Janice Ryba, CEO, St. Mary Medical
Center; Mary Ann Shacklett, senior vice president of finance
and CFO; Alan Kumar, MD, chief medical officer
REGIONAL EDITORS
Marie Forszt, regional director, marketing and corporate
communications
Elise Sims, public relations and publication specialist

PRODUCTION
EDITORIAL

ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Matt Morgan
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Meredith Heagney
SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Gillian Scott
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DESIGN

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ART DIRECTORS: Cameron Anhalt, Molly Meisenzahl,
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