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CHI Provides Life-Saving ToolsSurrounded by towering pines, Lake of the Woods draws thousands of visitors annually to its remote fishing vacation spot. The last thing anyone wants while reeling in another walleye is to experience sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). But if that happens, more organizations now have automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at the ready.

An On-Site Heart-SaverSCA can happen to anyone. Suddenly, the heart stops beating and there are only a few minutes to live, warns the American Heart Association, unless the right help arrives in time. The nearest hospital to many of the area’s fishing destinations can be 15 minutes or more away. So it’s a good thing to have a portable medical device on site to deliver a life-saving electrical shock, if it’s needed, to get the heart pumping again.

Keeping the Community SafeBallard’s Resort is one of eight area organizations that received an AED in 2014 from CHI LakeWood Health. LakeWood joins 11 other CHI hospitals in distributing a total of 220 AEDs throughout rural Minnesota and North Dakota over the next three years. This community improvement initiative was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.

All AEDs come with certified Red Cross training, which covers: CPR, safety for victims and rescuers, and hands-on practice. “Its simple audio commands and step-by-step prompts are designed to give the user the confidence to operate it in a tense life-or-death situation,” says Danielle Rudd, who attended the training and is the resort’s office manager.

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“If we ever have to use the AED,” adds Jessie Anthony, the resort’s managing partner, “we still would utilize emergency services by calling 911. Meanwhile, we’re wise to keep up with the medical technologies available, so that in a time of emergency, we can be of even better service to our guests.”

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a three-year Rural Access to Emergency Devices grant to 12 CHI rural hospitals within CHI’s Fargo Division, including CHI LakeWood Health. The total estimated cost for the AED Collaborative project is $1,034,720 over the next three years. Of this, HRSA has awarded $198,061 in federal funds in the first year, with the remaining year one cost of $143,080 to be provided as a match from the CHI facilities. The award is for a 12-month budget period with two additional allocations for the remaining two years, providing $595,920 of potential federal assistance over the three-year period.

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Community Benefit report 4

Cold-Weatherexercise tips 6

Meet Our new Providers 8

Danielle Rudd and Jessie Anthony show their new AED.

Welcome to another edition of NorthReach. At CHI LakeWood Health, we will continue to evolve to meet the changing needs of our community. Along with our new name, CHI LakeWood Health, we also have an updated mission statement that incorporates our focus on education and research.

Page 4: Community BenefitsOn pages 4 and 5, you will find information from our community benefit report. Last year, our community benefit totaled more than $1 million; the report identifies the services we provide to promote the health of our neighbors.

Page 7: New Ambulance CotsLakeWood Regional Healthcare Foundation, with the help of the Baudette Rotary Club, North Star Electric Cooperative, CoBank, and local donors, helped purchase two hydraulic cots for the ambulance service. We are blessed to have such a generous community that once again joined forces to help address this need.

Page 8: Welcome New ProvidersCHI LakeWood Health is excited to introduce its two newest providers: Laci Burk, F.N.P., and Maile Roper, D.O. They will become familiar faces at the clinic, hospital, and care center. Please welcome them to our community.

We continue to partner with Sanford Health in Bemidji to provide specialist services. Jolyn Seitz, M.D., is providing OB/GYN services and Adam Johnson, M.D., is providing services in podiatry. Both are at CHI LakeWood Health on a monthly basis. Your provider can refer you to see these physicians.

As I close this message, I wish you a happy holiday season, which will soon be here. Slow down to enjoy the best part of life: family and friends.

Focus on Safety

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Building a Healthier Community Together

SafetyFirst is a program designed to strengthen CHI LakeWood Health’s commitment to always putting patient, employee, and medical staff safety first. As part of the program, employees from various departments have committed to the role of safety coach.

Coaches help promote the importance of using SafetyFirst tools and techniques to improve patient and employee safety. They also attend safety coach trainings and meetings, record

formal safety observations, and share good catches with their respective departments, among other duties.

Says Lindsay Nagle, a radiologic technologist and safety coach at CHI LakeWood Health: “If we are always in the habit of safe practices, we can be confident that we are offering the very best for the patients we serve. We also know that we are being safe, which affects our jobs, our families, and the community.”

LakeWood Update from President Jason Breuer

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Vicki Fulton, R.N., safety coach lead, and Lindsay Nagle, R.T. (R) RDMS, safety coach

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Grandma Melvie’s Potato Dumplings

Fill a large cooking pot ½ to ¾ full of water. Place

one medium sized ham bone in the water and

bring to a boil, then let simmer for two to three

hours before making potato dumplings.

Potato Dumplings:

5 to 6 large russet potatoes

½ lb. diced ham or salt pork

2 cups flour

1 tsp. salt

2 sticks butter

Grate or grind potatoes, then add flour and salt.

Form mixture into oval balls. Place a piece of

cubed ham in the center of each ball. Place balls

into the simmering ham broth and cook

approximately two hours, stirring occasionally.

Dumplings will slowly rise to the top of the broth

as they cook. When the dumplings are done, place

one stick of butter in a container and pour some

ham broth over it to melt it. Pour this mixture over

dumplings when serving. Dumplings can be

served with sliced baked ham and butter.

A recipe from LakeWood’s

Tasteful Treasures Cookbook

Mission Momentby Kay M. Schell, Mission Leader

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Serving Others and Giving Back to the CommunityCatholic hospitals were born out of community need and that tradition continues to this day. At CHI LakeWood Health, we express our mission each day through our work serving the broader community and those with greater need.

Community benefit is one of the ways our mission is brought to life. We believe it is necessary to extend beyond our walls and to lend a helping hand for the good of the whole community. CHI LakeWood Health offers numerous programs that are subsidized or offered at minimal cost to improve access to health care services, to enhance the health of the community, or to advance health care knowledge. We also participate in mission programs and other outreach programs across the nation and globally.

Just as our values of reverence, integrity, compassion, and excellence are woven into our work in the community, our involvement in the community is woven into our identity as a health care provider. Contributing to the health and well-being of our neighbors isn’t just something we do; it’s who we are.

We are grateful to have the opportunity to make tangible, positive differences in the lives of those who live, work, and play in Lake of the Woods County and the surrounding area.

Community benefit prayer: Loving God, we thank and praise you for the

power of your presence deep in our hearts. May our love for you overflow into

joyous service to others. We pray for deep commitment to the healing ministry

especially as we serve the poor and vulnerable. Breathe into us a restlessness

that we may embrace the Gospel path to which we are called and with the help

of the Holy Spirit we may use our resources wisely for the good of all. Amen.

At CHI LakeWood Health, our goal is to contribute to the

health and quality of life of our community. We strive

to make community benefit a visible part of who we

are. We are thankful that we have the resources of

time, talent, and other gifts to share. Please read on to

find some of the benefits provided to the community.

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CHI LakeWood Health: Serving the Community

Community Health EducationClasses and programs offer reliable health information and resources that help community members achieve their best health:

Local DonationsCHI LakeWood Health is fortunate for the opportunity to donate to causes, programs, projects, and events that positively affect the community. Donations may come in the form of money, staff time, talent, meeting space, office equipment, supplies, or whatever else is needed. Donations this year were made to:

Healthy Communities InitiativeCHI LakeWood Health is committed to building a healthier, safer community. To do so, we have participated in, donated to, or promoted the following:

• Childbirth classes• Alzheimer’s support group• CPR classes• Dietitian newspaper column• Concussion screening program• Diabetes Resource Center• Freedom From Smoking program

• Chamber of Commerce• Child Protection Team meetings• Dollars for Scholars• Christmas Giving Tree• International mission project

(Philippines)• Minnesota Healthcare Engineers

• Baudette Community Foundation• Emergency disaster planning• Disease prevention control• The Salvation Army – Lake of the

Woods County Service Unit• Lake of the Woods County Prevention

Coalition (alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs)

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Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Runs Through December 7CHI LakeWood Health is offering free appointments to community members who need assistance changing or enrolling in a Medicare prescription drug plan (Part D). Call Chrissy at 218-634-3487 to schedule an appointment. Guests should bring their Medicare and health insurance cards and all current medications in their original labeled bottles.

Chrissy Draper can assist with Medicare Part D enrollment.

• Health fairs• Family health counseling• Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

program for Lake of the Woods County• Pharmaceutical patient assistance program• Skin cancer screening program• Visually impaired support group

• Baudette Area Ministerium• Pequana Playhouse• United Blood Services blood drive• Youth Hockey• Triple A Boosters Club• Lake of the Woods County Relay for Life

• Violence prevention• Statewide Health Improvement

Program (SHIP)• Lake of the Woods County Board

of Adjustments• Medicare Part D Enrollment

Assistance

Donated aeDs Protect Community HeartsOn page 1, you read about CHI hospitals distributing AEDs to provide better care for people who experience sudden cardiac arrest. CHI LakeWood Health has distributed AEDs to the following community businesses and organizations:

• Arnesen’s Rock Harbor Lodge• Ballard’s Resort• CHI LakeWood Health Ambulance• Lake of the Woods County

Law Enforcement• Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church• Sportsman’s Lodge• Sportsman’s Lodge Oak Island• Zippel Bay Resort

CHi lakeWood Health Statistics July 2013 to June 2014

HOSPitalPatients admitted (includes swing and respite): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Patient days of care (includes swing and respite): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1643

Average length of stay (includes swing and respite):. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 days

Surgical procedures (including scopes):. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

ER visits: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,296

Outpatients registered: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,657

Ambulance runs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Care CenterTotal resident days: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,154

Percentage occupancy: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.5%

CliniCClinic visits: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,875

Parker’S arC—aSSiSteD livingTotal tenant days: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,179

Percentage occupancy: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.1%

CHI LakeWood Health Employees: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165a Prescription for a Healthy DietThe Fresh Start Farmers Market in Baudette works hard each year to bring fruits, vegetables, meats, and other fresh foods to community members. This year the market began working with CHI LakeWood Health on a new program that has the opportunity to bring the market’s fresh foods to even more area families.

During the 2015 market season the two organizations will work together to spread the word about how foods from the market can contribute to a healthier diet. Through healthy cooking demonstrations and taste testing, families will see how easy it can be to incorporate our local summer and fall harvest into their current meal planning.

July 2013 to June 2014 Community Benefit Ministry total: $1,484,229

Activities and programs for the poor and underserved. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$26,283

“Spirit of Caring” (charity care) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $184,789

Unpaid cost of Medicaid and other public programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,171,335

Activities and programs for the broader community. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $101,822

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Are You Ready for Colder Days?Cold-weather exercise tips from CHI LakeWood Therapy Services

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 68 percent of adults over the age of 20 are either overweight or obese. One of the best ways people can prevent or combat obesity and its consequences is by making the commitment to be physically active—even in the winter.

The Department of Health and Human Services recommends that children and adolescents get at least one hour of physical activity per day. Adults should get two and a half hours of moderate-intensity activity per week, or one hour and 15 minutes’ worth of vigorous-intensity activity.Here are some tips that can help you and your family stay active this winter:• Plan weekend outings that involve physical activity. This

could include cross country skiing, downhill sledding, or just building a snowman.

• Help your children plan physical activities with friends, such as ice skating.

• Have a “snow day” game plan of fitness games, such as Wii Fit or Dance Dance Revolution.

• Be your child’s “exercise buddy.” Plan daily activities and set goals together for increasing physical activity. This is a great way to spend time together!

• Do exercises while watching TV (or at least during commercials). Try situps, pushups, or jumping jacks.

• Design a backyard obstacle course as a fun, cost- effective activity for your family. This can be especially fun with mounds of snow!

Stay Warm and Fit with a 24-Hour Fitness Center Membership

A membership to the Body Works Fitness Center gives you 24-hour access to treadmills, a stair climber, elliptical machines, a recumbent bike, a rowing machine, and free and stationary weights. The facility offers a locker room, changing room, and shower room. Several large flat-screen TVs are available for viewing during your workout.

CHI LakeWood Therapy Services staff is also available to help develop a personalized exercise program specially tailored to address your needs. Personalized workout plans are available for a one-time cost of $40. Your personal plan includes:• A needs analysis• Personal exercise program development• Follow-up within 30 days to review exercise

techniques and modify the program as needed

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Stop in for membership rates or call CHI LakeWood Therapy

Services at 218-634-3429.

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apple FestParker’s Arc celebrated fall with its annual Apple Fest on October 8. Residents, community members, and staff gathered for apple cider and freshly baked apple goodies. Parker’s Arc is the assisted living facility at CHI LakeWood Health, providing apartments with health-related services.

Recent Events

Community DinnerLakeWood’s annual community dinner was held on Thursday, September 4 in the Care Center backyard. The Highway 11 Ramblers provided entertainment to the 565 guests who attended.

ambulance Cots arriveEmergency medical technicians (EMTs) from CHI LakeWood Health Ambulance Service attended the Baudette Rotary Club meeting on September 25 to demonstrate their new hydraulic cots. See page 2 for information about the cots’ purchase. The cots allow patients to be moved up and down with the touch of a button, sparing the backs of EMTs and improving patient safety. EMTs pictured: Bobby Jo Castle, Gwenn Johnson, Don McKay, and Scott Christensen. Ann Ellis, a Baudette Rotary Club Member, volunteered as “the patient” during the demonstration.

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Upcoming EventeMt training ClassIn late November, the CHI LakeWood Health Ambulance Service is offering an EMT training class. Call Ambulance Service director Bobby Jo Castle at 218-434-1112 for more information.

Meet Our New Providers

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Welcome Laci Burk, F.N.P.Laci Burk, a board certified family nurse practitioner, recently joined the CHI LakeWood Health staff and began seeing patients in September.

Burk graduated with a bachelor’s in nursing from the University of Maine at Fort Kent. She went on to complete her master’s in nursing as a family nurse practitioner at Montana State University. Burk completed a preceptorship in women’s health and has been practicing in women’s health and primary care for the past two years.

Burk and her husband, Eric, are originally from Montana. They have two boys, ages 3 years and 5 months. The family enjoys hunting, fishing, hiking, and camping.

Welcome Maile Roper, D.O.

Maile Roper, D.O., joined the staff at CHI LakeWood Health in October.Dr. Roper attended medical school at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed an internship in Family Medicine at Maine Medical Center’s Brighton Campus in Portland, Maine. Dr. Roper is certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians and has more than 35 years of experience in family medicine and women’s health.

Dr. Roper has lived in Minnesota for the past 10 years. She has four children and eight grandchildren. She enjoys reading, gardening, and woodworking, and is excited for the opportunity to learn more about farming.

To schedule an appointment, call CHI LakeWood Health Clinic at 218-634-1655.

The Mission of Catholic Health Initiatives is to nurture the healing ministry of the Church, supported by education and research. Fidelity to the Gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we create healthier communities.