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FOCUS
Quality, safety: Exceptional today, better tomorrow
Kicking diabetes in the pants
LVAD gives hope to heart failure patients
News from Christiana Care Health System
Features
2 One suicide is too many
5 Quality,safety:Exceptionaltoday,bettertomorrow
9 IV Lab upgrade enhances quality and safety
10 Kicking diabetes in the pants
13 Christiana Care partners with BAPS Charities
14 Cancer specialists aid in discovery of cellular network
16 LVAD gives hope to heart failure patients
Christiana Care takes new steps to prevent suicide. See page 2.
On the Cover:
Rosemary Szczechowski, PsyD, meets with a patient at a Christiana Care primary care practice. As Christiana Care screens more patients for suicide risk, it’s creating many opportunities to connect patients with behavioral health support.
Focus is published monthly by
the Christiana Care Department of External Affairs. Read Focus online at https://news.christianacare.org.
Editor
Shane Hoffman Communications Director
Managing Editor
Pat Ritchie Communications Manager
Contributors
Jennifer Baldino Bonett
Senior Marketing Communications Manager
Karen Halesky Marketing Coordinator
Hiran Ratnayake
Senior Marketing Communications Manager
William Schmitt
Senior Marketing Communications Manager
Drewry Nash Fennell, Esq.
Chief Officer of Strategic Communication and Development
Karen Y. Browne
Vice President of Communications
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Focus does not accept unsolicited advertising or articles from outside the organization. To contact the Focus editor, e-mail focuseditor@christianacare.org or call 302-327-3300.
©2018 Christiana Care Health System.
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One Suicide
is Too Many
In Every Issue
2 The Christiana Care Way 12 Let’s commit to be fit
19 Extraordinary people
21 Best practice review 26 Calendar of events 28 Therapeutic notes
THE CHRISTIANA CARE WAY
We serve our neighbors as respectful, expert, caring partners in their health. We do this by creating innovative, effective, affordable systems of care that our neighbors value.
FEBRUARY 2018
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