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HealthBeat Area company helps vets North Wilkesboro-based Window World - a replacement window and home remodeling company - has surpassed $1 million in dona tions and in-kind :ontributions to the Veterans Airlift Command (VAC), bringing free, pri vate air transporta tion to wounded veterans and their families for med ical and other :ompassionate purposes. For over five years, Window World has partnered with the VAC in its mission to honor and assist combat wounded veterans through a network of private aircraft and pilots. Since Window World began supporting the VAC over five years ago, it has transported over 150 passengers, logging 242j hours flying over 100,000 miles to more than 20 states. Window World recently completed its 62nd mission. "Window World has been a world class sup porter of the Veterans Airlift Command and the combat wounded veterans we serve," said VAC Fouder Walt Fricke. "Not only have they pro vided important private air transportation, but they have engaged the entire franchise organi zation in supporting our work with significant financial contributions, ensuring that this serv ice remains available to those who have given so much for our freedom. We would not exist but for the support of great Americans exempli fied by the Window World Family." For more information on the VAC, visit www.VeteransAirlift.org or www.WindowWorld.com. Monarch receives grant Monarch recently received a unique grant to train public safety professionals on how to i identify and assist individuals who might be experiencing a mental health emergency. The statewide organization is one of only eight in the United States, and the only one in the Southeast, to receive a Mental Health First ; Aid USA (MHFA) grant to train up to 120 pub lic safety officials in rural areas. Often local and slate law enforcement offi cers are called to respond to individuals experi- ; encing emotional or mental stress, and mental I health training and county partnerships have proven to be effective in helping officers respond to crises. Because one in four adults and one in five youth experience mental illness in a given year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI). the eight-hour course teaches participants how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. Like CPR training, MHFA helps participants identify signs of substance abuse disorders and mental illness such as depression, anxiety, trauma, psy chosis and self-injury. Training participants will learn how to connect individuals demonstrating or exhibiting these signs to proper professional care and resources. Established in 1958, Monarch provides sup port statewide to thousands of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness and substance use disorders. The agency is nationally accredited by The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL) and is: CABHA certified. Learn more at www.MonarchNC.org. Nonnt Kcrnersvllle honor Novant Health Kemersville Medical Center has earned Quality Respiratory Care Recognition (QRCR) under a national program aimed at helping patients and families make informed decisions about the quality of the res piratory care services available in hospitals. About 700 hospitals or approximately 15 per cent of hospitals in the United States have applied for and received this award from the j American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). "We're hon ored to have earned this desig nation from the AARC," said Dr. Adnan Javaid, a pulmonoloeist and medical director of ICU at Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center. "We want patients to know that our respiratory therapy team pro vides a level of care consistent with national standards and guidelines. This ensures patient safety and demonstrates our staff's dedication to delivering the highest quality care to patients." The AARC started this quality program in 2003 to help identify facilities using qualified respiratory therapists to provide respiratory care. Hospitals earning the QRCR designation ensure patient safety by agreeing to adhere to a strict set of criteria governing their respiratory care services. Respiratory therapists are specially trained healthcare professionals who work under a physician's orders to provide a wide range of breathing treatments and other services to peo ple with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, lung cancer, AIDS, and other lung or lung-related conditions. They also care for premature infants and are key members of lifesaving response teams charged with han dling medical emergencies. WSSU Photo by (iam-tt Ganns Dr. Sylvia A. Flack heads the Center of Excellence for the elimination of Health Disparities at Winston-Salem State. Proposed scholarship will be named for Flack SPEC IAL TO THE CHRONIC! I The "How is Your Heart Project" recent ly brought together 35 people from neigh borhoods, businesses, politics, health care, faith-based organizations and academics to develop methods to support educating healthcare providers on the importance of eliminating neaitn disparities. Out of that meeting, the group decided to establish an endowed scholarship for nurs ing students at the master's degree and doctoral levels at Winston-Salem State University. Recipients would be required to concentrate their studies on some of the most pervasive issues related to the differences in health and access to healthcare in Forsyth County. Ine scholarship will be named the Dr. Sylvia A. Flack Health Disparity Endowed Scholarship in honor of Flack's years of work at WSSU to eliminate health disparities. The Project wants to raise $100,000 in order to provide approximately five scholarships each year. "1 am simply tired of seeing premature deaths and disabilities destroy opportunities for people in our community," said Alvin F. Borders, leader of the project. According to Flack, the disparities between high rates of disease and early death from obesity, cancer, HIV, diabetes, stroke, sickle cell anemia, infant mortality cardiovascular disease and hypertension are the most serious and preventable health issues facing our nation. "The rate of disease and death for racial and ethnic minorities and low-income popu lations has a detrimental effect on families and communities, as well as the productivity and creativity of our workforce," Flack added. "Our economic, education, health care and justice systems are impacted severely by the results of health disparities." For the past 25 years. Rack has strived to enhance healthcare provider education, as well as to improve the health of the medically underserved and low income residents in Forsyth County and North Carolina. During her time at WSSU, she has served as the executive director of the Center of Excellence for the elimination of Health Disparities, a special assis tant to the chancellor, dean of the School of Health Sciences and associate dean of nursing. "1 am honored that this com munity committee has chosen to name this endowment in recognition of my work," Flack said. "However, it pleases me even more to know that the entire Forsyth County community is stepping forward to get involved in increasing the number of nurses trained to help eliminate health dis parities and to increase awareness of the impact of health disparities. 1 don't know of another community that has taken such a broad step to improve the health of its peo ple." The How Is Your Heart Project commu nity group has already initiated efforts to bring awareness about the differences in health and accessibility to healthcare in Forsyth County, including presenting the play "Dr. BlockHeart Family Practice," hosting health and health disparities walks and mini conferences at local churches. Borders Senior Services trying to raise $ 1.5 million ( HRONICLE STAFF REPORT Senior Services board members Richard Budd and Jason Zaks are leading the nonprofit agency's 2014-15 Annua] Fund, which has an ambitious goal of $1.5 million. "As we try to meet the growing challenges facing our elderly, we hope our community win realise me iiiipuiutm uivcMiiiciu nicy ic making in Senior Services," said Budd. On average over the last decade. Senior Services has efficiently delivered its services with only 10 percent combined management and fundraising costs. "The impact we can have on improving the lives of our seniors is the key reason we came together to lead the 2014 Annual Fund. We hope both new and loyal donors respond gener ously to help our community's elderly in need." said Zaks. Senior Services, which has been operating in Winston-Salem since 1974, provides help to older adults in Forsyth County so that they can remain at home as long as possible to live with dignity. Senior Services currently has seven major programs thai respond to the needs of the elderly: The Elizabeth and Tab Williams Adult Day Center. Meals-On-Wheels. Help Line. Home Care, Senior Lunch, Living-at-Home and Elder Care Choices. People wishing to volunteer or donate can call 336-725-0907 or visit seniorservicesinc .org. i _2 h mm Senior Services Ptwto Richard Budd and Jason Zaks Record giving by Wake Forest Baptist SPEC IA1 in [HE CHRONICLE Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's financial commitment to programs and activities defined as community benefits by a state agency totaled $258.9 million in fiscal year 2013. The figure represents an all time high for the institution; an increase of $21.5 million, or 9 percent, over the previous year; and 13.3 percent of the Medical Center's total expenditures during the 12-month period that ended June 30, 2013. "Once again, these numbers clearly illustrate our intense dedi cation to and positive impact on the health and well-being of the residents of this region," said Dr. John L). McConnell, I Wake Forest I Baptist's ? chief execu- I tive officer. I "We are ? proud to he V a national leader in clinical care, educa t i o n , research and innovation, but we also believe that our mission in the community runs deeper than what is generally expected of aca demic medical centers." Wake Forest Baptist submitted its community benefits figures for fiscal year 2013 in an annual report required by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, an agency of the state Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Health Service Regulation. Wake Forest Baptist's outlay of $95.9 million for non-reim bursed costs of treating patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid and other non-negotiated govern ment programs accounted for the largest share (37 percent) of the community benefits total. It also marked the largest increase - $31 million, or 47.8 percent - over the previous year, largely because payments from the various pro grams did not rise proportionally with the increased costs of this care. The amount devoted to provid ing charity care, $69.5 million, was the second-largest expendi ture by category, followed by medical and health professions education ($56.6 million) and research not funded by outside sources ($30.2 million). The Medical Center also spent $5.2 million on community health-improvement initiatives, non-billed services, donations to local organizations and sponsor ships of community events and $1.5 million on subsidized health programs, including operation of the Downtown Health Plaza. In accordance with state Medical Care Commission's guidelines. Wake Forest Baptist did not include in its report $44.9 million in bad debt from uncol lected charges for services per formed. The increase of $13.6 million, or 43.3 percent, over fis cal year 2012 was due in large part to disruptions caused by the Medical Center's implementation of an electronic records system. lU I McConnell WSSU fraternities take stand against domestic violence ??H II \ CHKUNH Lh 51 M l KfcKl IK I j Members of Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma. Alpha Phi Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi fraternities at Winston-Salem State University are actively involved in the Fraternities 4 Family campaign, which encourages young men at col leges across the state to speak out against domestic violence. The Wake County law firm Charles R. Ullman & Associates sponsors the campaign. During April - Sexual Assault Awareness Month - a number of events were held on the WSSU cam pus. On April 24, the fraternities - along with the Department of Interpersonal Violence Prevention and the women's group Beloved - held ihe Clothesline Project and Candlelight vigil, uuring the event, survivors visually depict their stories on t-shirts that were prominently displayed for other students to See Prats on A7 Mitchell Submitted Photo WSSU stu dents Daniel Crudup and Fredrick Graham show their support for the cause.
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