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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 11, 2009
Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center Honors R.I.S.E. Finalists and Winners
Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center is part of Mokena, Illinois-based Provena Health and our mission calls staff to build communities of healing and hope by compassionately responding to human need in the spirit of Jesus Christ. Our values flow from our mission and our identity as a Catholic Healthcare ministry: Respect, integrity, stewardship and excellence, which are important values, especially in healthcare.
Each year, Provena Health employees have an opportunity to nominate fellow employees or physicians whom they feel best live out these values in their daily work at their local ministries. Nominations were reviewed by Human Resources and then forwarded to a nominating committee comprised of members from Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center's Employee Recognition Committee. The nominating committee screened the nominations, and then conducted interviews before selecting the four R.I.S.E. winners.
From this distinguished group, the overall system winners are then selected to represent Provena Health System.
On Friday, February 13, staff joined the 2008 R.I.S.E. nominees and finalists in the newly completed conference center that is apart of the million expansion project including an eight-story tower with 199 new private patient rooms for the R.I.S.E. Ceremony.
Four employees who best exemplify each of the four values have been selected as recipients of Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center's 2008 R.I.S.E. (Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, and Excellence) awards.
Jeff Brickman, FACHE, System Senior Vice President and CEO of Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center, told nominees during the ceremony, "You are the leaders of our ministry, and people we look up to as role models for how we should perform our duties here at the Medical Center. Thanks to individuals like all of you, we have transformed ourselves from a community hospital into a regional referral center for the southwestern suburban region."
Overall, there were 13 finalists, They included Dawn Brick, Volunteer Services Department, Emerose Brotarlo, RN, Sue Clodi, RN, and Sharon Skelton, RN for Respect; Linda Dicks, RN and Rosemary Sochan, RN for Integrity; Patricia Kubski, Labor and Delivery, Stephen McGrath, CT Technology, and Cindy Shedosky, RN, Patient Care Manager for Stewardship; Janet Ditello, RN, Mary Gniady, RN, Deb Lenz, Finance, and Lynn Watson, RN, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Excellence.
The well deserved winners are: Dawn Brick- Respect, Rosemary Sochan- Integrity, Cindy Shedosky - Stewardship, and Lynn Watson-Excellence.
"At Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center, we have over 2,600 employees who continually work hard every day to exemplify our values while serving each person who walks through the doors, from our patients to their coworkers," says Ed Malindzak, Vice President of Human Resources for Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center. "The R.I.S.E. awards encourage and celebrate our mission and values of respect, integrity, stewardship and excellence as demonstrated by our employees, physicians and volunteers. This program gives us the opportunity to highlight employees who are outstanding role models of these values in both their personal and professional behaviors and attitudes here at work and in the community. All of our nominees deserve recognition for the kindness and dedication they show each day."
About Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center
Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center provides many advanced health care services
typically found in a university hospital setting. Provena Saint Joseph Medical
Center serves Will County and the southwest Chicago suburbs, providing the
area's only 24/7 neurosciences program, advanced cardiac care with a world-class
open heart program, family-centered obstetrics, a Level II Emergency Department
that has been nationally recognized for eliminating wait, and leading-edge
procedures such as daVinci, Biplane and Trilogy. Visit:
www.provena.org/stjoes for additional information.
