It was just a lapel pin and round of applause, but Army veteran Sylvester Baran said Monday’s VeteranCare reception was the most meaningful honor he has received for his service. “I thought that was one of the nicest programs anybody could have done,” Baran, 77, said after the Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber event Monday in WindberPlace conference center. Baran has been employed for 16 years as a courier for the medical center. He was among 36 hospital employees, physicians, volunteers and board members recognized Monday for their military service. The program introduced VeteranCare, the medical center’s new focus on responding to the unique health care needs of military veterans, hospital President and Chief Executive Officer Barbara Cliff said during the program.
Read More“We will officially begin to introduce VeteranCare, a new niche of WindberCare at Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber,” Windber Medical Center president and CEO Barbara Cliff said. “VeteranCare is being developed as a type of Planetree patient-centered care that responds to the unique needs of veterans within an acute care hospital.” As the only Planetree patient-centered care hospital in Pennsylvania and one of only 12 Planetree designated hospitals in the world, Windber Medical Center is uniquely positioned to enhance the inpatient and outpatient care of veterans from a mind, body and spiritual perspective, Cliff said. As for those veterans who are currently cared for within the VA system, she said the hospital will continue to support that setting for their primary care. “Windber Medical Center is proud to be instituting VeteranCare within our Planetree patient-centered care environment. It is an honor to care for veterans and to extend thanks and appreciation to those who have been willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in protecting our country,” she said.
Read MoreIn October, Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber is joining hospitals and health-care organizations around the world in commemorating Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month. The event is sponsored and coordinated by Planetree, a not-for-profit organization partnering with health-care organizations to advance patient-centered approaches to care.
Read MoreThe Panera Bread stores in Johnstown and Altoona will be giving Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber a boost by donating Pink Ribbon Bagel sales during their Go Pink campaign Oct. 5.
Read MoreChan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber practitioners use the Planetree way of life, meaning hospitals combine the best of modern technological medicine with things like art, entertainment and human touch to care for patients.
Officials said the hospital already has gardens and paintings inside the building, but now it’s time to paint the blank walls outside of patient windows.
Volunteers met at Windber Medical Center on Saturday to start painting a mural of an elaborate garden.
Read MoreSara DelSignore, a physical therapist at Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber), knows that few women are aware of pelvic floor dysfunction and the discomfort it creates. She also knows that just as few women realize that their issues are muscular in nature and can be treated rather simply through physical therapy.
Read MoreChan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber recently announced that they have been named an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. The ASMBS BSCOE designation recognizes surgical programs with a demonstrated track record of favorable outcomes in bariatric surgery.
Read MoreConstruction of a new, $6.5 million emergency department is expected to begin next year at Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber.
Read MoreA book designed to tell the stories of those who battled breast cancer and provide inspiration for those still battling the disease was released Thursday at the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber.
Read MoreChan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber) is a 54-bed Designated Planetree Patient-Centered Hospital in western Pennsylvania.
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