Focus on Community Brings Major Announcement
Sept. 1, 2010, marked an important date in the history of ProMedica—St. Luke’s Hospital officially became a member of the health system. After completing several months of rigorous due diligence following the signing of a definitive agreement to bring the two organizations together, the transaction is now complete!
Located in Maumee, St. Luke’s has 1,500 employees and 600 physicians who provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including high-risk cardiac surgery, oncology, labor and delivery, medical/surgical services, critical and emergency care. Each year, this nonprofit organization cares for more than 235,000 patients.
We are thrilled that St. Luke’s has become a member of the ProMedica family. We are all dedicated to achieving the same Mission: to improve the health of the individuals whom we serve. This new agreement also enables us to: provide convenient and easier access to programs and services, provide a comprehensive continuum of care, and evaluate ways to add value to existing services … just to name a few of our integration goals. For more information about this announcement, please see St. Luke’s Officially Becomes Member of ProMedica in this issue of Inside.
Also helping to underscore our value of being community-based, ProMedica is launching its annual United Way Campaign to help serve those in our region who are less fortunate, especially important during this time of economic uncertainty.
United Way spans the globe, with more than 1,000 local organizations in the U.S. But when you give, advocate or volunteer for the United Way, your contributions make a difference right here, close to home. I encourage your support when the United Way Campaign launches this fall.
United Way focuses on three key areas—education, income and health—to create opportunities for a better life for everyone. By uncovering and addressing the underlying causes of problems that stop advances in these areas, United Way hopes to create lasting change in our communities. United Way also provides essential services to meet the most critical, basic needs and outreach to connect volunteers with opportunities in our communities, as evidenced by their role in coordinating assistance in the aftermath of the tornadoes that devastated portions of our region earlier this year.
Because of my personal experience, United Way is very special to me. Coming from ProMedica with our Mission to serve others, it’s easy for me to embrace the similar mission of United Way. For several years, I volunteered on the United Way of Greater Toledo Board of Trustees, during which I witnessed firsthand the positive impact that contributions like yours and mine can make. Our chief human resources officer, Arturo Polizzi, now serves on the board representing ProMedica. And, throughout Greater Toledo and the outlying areas, there are many other ProMedica leadership team members and employees who volunteer their time to benefit the United Way.
This fall, all of us will have an opportunity to give to United Way during our annual campaign. I encourage others to join me and become part of the change we want to see in our communities. Please see Rise to the Challenge: 2010 United Way Campaign in this issue of Inside for the campaign dates in your area. Then watch for more information about how to participate in this year’s campaign.
Feel free to send questions about topics you’d like to see me address in future issues to inside@promedica.org.
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