October 06, 2020

This week we celebrate four national recognition weeks: Healthcare Supply Chain Week, Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week, Midwifery and Physician Assistant Week. We want to acknowledge the many talents and hard work of each of these teams over the last year, as each plays a vital role in The TriHealth Way of Delivering Care and our commitment to Getting Healthcare Right.

Our supply chain team members ensure that team members and physicians have the necessary supplies and equipment to provide the best and safest care possible to our patients and their families. They work together to manage supplies and services from all levels of TriHealth, with a focus on efficiency, standardization, safety, contracting, logistics of supplies and purchased services. They work closely with Accounts Payable and Receiving to move supplies throughout our locations. In response to COVID-19, our supply chain team has been called upon more than ever to source the personal protective equipment and supplies needed to protect team members and patients.

The TriHealth Food and Nutrition Services team is responsible for ensuring our patients have healthy, nutritious meals to aid in healing and wellness. Most of their work is done behind the scenes to bring food to patients, guests, and team members every day. They make certain each patient gets the right meal to fit their diets and produce food in a timely manner for patients and guests. Healthcare foodservice team members help just about everyone in our hospitals daily. They provide a service to all team members, enabling us to recharge so we can get back to the sacred work of caring for our patients.

Midwives work in TriHealth Women’s Services practice locations and through TriHealth Nurse Midwives, which is a dedicated midwifery practice. While Midwives are known primarily for their pregnancy and childbirth expertise and a personalized approach to women’s care, they also provide a range of other women’s health services. Licensed midwives provide limited primary care and work with women throughout their childbearing years and past menopause, including routine gynecologic checkups. 

For moms-to-be who may want a more natural approach to childbirth, a continuous presence during the labor period and intermittent monitoring, midwives are often the solution. Midwives encourage women to develop their individual birth plan, which could be a birth with only non-medical pain management techniques including water therapy or a plan that includes pain medication including epidural or spinal block. For more information about midwifery at TriHealth, click here.

Our physician assistant (PA) team members provide the clinical expertise to deliver the safest, most reliable care possible to all our patients. PAs are medical professionals who diagnose illness, develop and manage treatment plans, prescribe medications and can serve as a patient’s principal healthcare provider. PAs are versatile and are committed to team practice with physicians and other healthcare providers.

Now more than ever, as we work to keep our facilities safe and ready during the COVID-19 pandemic, the work of each of these teams could not be more critical! Each of these teams helps us provide truly exceptional care and we are grateful for all that they do in helping us SERVE our community.