August 06, 2024
For the entire fiscal year, more than $230,000 has been or will be distributed to various locations throughout the Good Samaritan Region! Listed below are this year’s department honorees.
One specific area of funding was Good Samaritan’s Perinatal Programs. The program received funding for 1,000 diabetes educational manuals in the fall. This manual is titled "Your Journey to Diabetes Wellness During Pregnancy" and was developed by a TriHealth nurse and dietitian. This is a diabetes education teaching manual that the nurse and dietitian use during their instruction with the patient. The patient can then take this manual with her for future reference.
“Many thanks to the Good Samaritan Foundation for the generous funding for our diabetes manuals called ‘Your Journey to Diabetes Wellness During Pregnancy,’” said Julie Wanstrath, MEd, RD, LD, CDCES, Registered Dietitian/Diabetes Educator, Perinatal Programs. “These manuals are an essential part of our teaching sessions with our pregnant women with diabetes. Treatment includes lifestyle changes, such as eating a healthy diet, carbohydrate counting, checking blood sugars, a walking plan, and when needed, medication to control blood sugars. These changes can help toward a positive pregnancy outcome.”
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Now Accepting Proposals
The Good Samaritan Hospital Guild is now accepting funding proposals for the fiscal year 2025 fall cycle. Applications for this cycle will be due on August 28, 2023, by 11:59 p.m. Any proposals turned in after this date and time will be considered for the winter cycle. Applicants can now submit proposals online via the Guild website: gshfoundation.com/guild.
The Good Samaritan Hospital Guild is associated with Good Samaritan Foundation. Guild members are not required to do volunteer work for the hospital, but are invited to take part in membership dinners, educational programs, entertaining presentations, and service projects. Special projects and programs funded by the Guild benefit patients, visitors and all who work in the hospital. This unified group enjoys working hard and, more importantly, working together.
Fiscal Year 2024 Award Winners
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Departments Awarded Spring |
Items Funded |
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GS Free Health Center |
General Operations, including UberHealth, vaccines, and diabetic supplies |
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Volunteer Services |
Yarn for Comfort Items - Baby Hats and Prayer Shawls |
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Faculty Medical Center |
Artwork for the center |
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Clinical Nutrition |
Patients with malnutrition 30-day supply of supplement to improve patient care and reduce readmission rates |
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Emergency Department |
Two emergency care for stroke, STEMI, and critical patients |
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Med Surg Intensive Care Unit |
Eight new recliners for patient rooms |
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Breast Surgical Practice |
New exam tables for improved patient and provider safety |
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PPS/Float Pool |
Refresh the team breakroom |
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Speech Therapy |
New testing materials for the Speech Therapy Department |
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MOB Wound Center |
Arjo Maxi Move Lift to enable a single caregiver to manage demanding everyday patient or resident transfer and repositioning tasks |
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Rehabilitation Services |
Therapy equipment to improve therapists’ ability to complete interventions within both the acute care and outpatient settings to optimize patient outcomes |
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Departments Awarded Winter |
Items Funded |
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Med Surg Intensive Care Unit |
Two bariatric recliners |
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Care Management |
Clothing Assistance Program |
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Event Medicine |
Monitors and defibrillators |
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Perinatal Programs |
Assistance with funding to continue yearly contract with New Life Furniture Bank |
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Departments Awarded Fall |
Items Funded |
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Mother/Baby Unit |
Our Hopes Closet funding for TriHealth bags |
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GS Endoscopy Center North |
A new EKG machine |
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GS College of Nursing |
Two nursing baby mannequins |
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GSH Fun Committee |
Events for team member engagement |
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BH Day Treatment Program |
Panic Packs for Stress Management Group |
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GS Western Ridge Emergency Department |
Philips IntelliVue patient monitor mx100 to track cardiac rhythm and take sequential vitals |
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Perinatal Programs |
The cost of diabetes education manuals |
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Rehabilitation - Pediatrics |
Therapy equipment and toys to improve interventions and expand the age ranges and goals to address in the outpatient and clinic settings. This funding provides space-saving solutions to improve the safety and efficiency of therapy work areas |