Adventist Health Castle | Windward Health | Summer 2019

2 | WINDWARD HEALTH CASTLE NEWS 2 6 3 - 5 5 0 0 Community connections 27th annual I Love Kailua Town Party Adventist Health Castle shared its mission of “Sharing God’s Love by Inspiring Health, Wholeness and Hope” at the I Love Kailua Town Party. The event included glucose and blood pressure screenings as well as information about Castle’s quality awards, Mammography Services, Cardiovascular Services, Joint and Spine Center, and Bariatric Services. Castle’s physicians were at the “Ask A Doctor” table, and Castle’s birth center provided car seat safety information to parents. A “Mission in the Community” tent invited visitors to share their personal mission activities and their thoughts about the needs of Kailua and the Windward community. Achievements and accolades AH Castle receives four 2019 Healthgrades awards Healthgrades recently honored Adventist Health Castle with: Two hospital quality awards • America’s Best 250 Hospitals Award TM : Top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation for consistently delivering clinical quality. • Outstanding Patient Experience Award TM : Top in the nation for overall patient experience based on nine measures related to doctor and nurse communica- tion, hospital cleanliness and noise levels, and medication and post-discharge care in- structions. This is the third consecutive year that AH Castle has received this award. Two specialty clinical quality awards • Critical Care Excellence Award TM : Superior clinical outcomes in treating pulmonary embolism, respiratory system failure, sepsis and diabetes emergencies. • America’s 100 Best Hospitals for General Surgery Award TM : Superior clinical outcomes in bowel obstruction treatment, colorectal surgeries, gallblad- der removal, esophageal and stomach surgeries, and small intestine surgeries. Healthgrades is a U.S. company that provides online information about physi- cians, hospitals and health care providers. It evaluates hospital performance using objective quality measures including clinical outcomes and patient safety, as well as patient experience. Healthgrades has amassed information on over 3 million U.S. health care providers. AH Castle wins national and international marketing awards Castle honored for creativity in video production AVA Digital Awards —an international competition that recognizes excel- lence by creative professionals responsible for the planning, concept, direc- tion, design and production of digital communication—awarded AH Castle the 2019 Gold Award for Creativity (Video Production) for the video “Data Mani- festo.” The competition is held by the Association of Marketing and Communica- tion Professionals. Entries are judged at random and not compared directly to other entries in their categories. Judges base their decisions on learned percep- tions of creative excellence. Castle gets the Gold and Bronze at SIA Awards Service Industry Advertising (SIA) Awards recognizes the advertising excellence of the service industry. More than 600 advertising agencies and over 825 institutions participated in the 16th annual SIA Awards. A national panel of judges evaluated and rated entries in eight groups and 26 catego- ries. AH Castle won: • Gold for the Winter 2018 issue of Windward Health . • Bronze for the Spring 2018 issue of Windward Health . • Bronze for “Patient Orientation” (Special Video category). Castle wins Platinum and Gold Hermes Creative Awards 2019 Hermes Creative Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The international organization consists of several thousand creative professionals who oversee awards and recognition programs, provide judges, and reward outstanding achievement and service to the profession. Castle won: • Platinum for “Because of Love” (Electronic Media—Corporate Image). • Platinum for the Summer 2018 issue of Windward Health (Print Media—Magazine). • Gold for “Data Manifesto” (Electronic Media—Corporate Image). • Gold for COPE Scholars at Adventist Health Castle (Documentary). • Gold for the Winter 2018 issue of Windward Health (Print Media—Newsletter). A volunteer extraordinaire Castle held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on April 19 at the Ko‘olau Glass Ball- room. Joyce Patrick, pictured here with Castle Governing Board member Michael W. Perry and Hospital President Kathy Raethel, was recognized for her 40 years of volunteer service to Castle. Patrick graduated from the St. Francis School of Nursing before deciding to become a flight attendant. In her free time, she decided to use her nursing back- ground to volunteer at Castle. For the past 28 years, Patrick has also volunteered with St. Francis Hospice, where she is involved with patient care alongside certi- fied nursing assistants and registered nurses. Convoy of Hope O‘ahu community event Adventist Health Castle encourages you to join Convoy of Hope! Castle needs help serving thousands of guests with free resources such as groceries, haircuts, family portraits, job and health services, a kids zone, and more. TO VOLUNTEER, register online at convoy.org/oahu . For more information, call 380-3356 . • Volunteer rally: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, First Assembly of God, 3400 Moanalua Road, Honolulu. • Volunteer check-in: 7 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, Aloha Stadium, 99-500 Salt Lake Blvd., Honolulu. AH Castle welcomes new leader Ryan Ashlock joined Castle in April as the new operations execu- tive. Ashlock comes to Castle from Adventist Health Feather River, where he was the finance executive. “Ryan is a strong, mission-driven executive leader and will be a positive addition to our team here at AH Castle,” President Kathy Raethel says. Ashlock received a bachelor of science in accounting from La Sierra Univer- sity in California and a graduate degree from the University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Info