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News from Christiana Care Health System
Features
2 Weserveourneighbors—together 6 Top 100 hospital — again!
8 Targeting breast cancer risk earlier
10 Preventing illness before it starts
13 Healthrecordsatyourfingertips
14 Dr. Janice Nevin listed among
2019 ‘Top 25 Women in Health Care’
14 Openheart,openmind,opencommunication In Every Issue
On the cover: Janice E. Nevin, M.D., MPH, shares some joy and laughter with preschoolers at Kingswood Community Center’s early learning center. (page 2)
Focus is published monthly by the Christiana Care Department of External Affairs. Read Focus online at news.christianacare.org.
Editor
Jennifer Baldino Bonett
Managing Editor
Patrick Ritchie
Contributors
Kelly Bachman Karen Halesky Megan McGuriman Hiran J. Ratnayake William Schmitt
Designer
Donna A. Perzel
External Affairs
Drewry Nash Fennell, Esq.
Chief Officer of Strategic Communication and Development
Karen Y. Browne
Vice President of Communications
Shane Hoffman
Director of Communications
Focus does not accept unsolicited advertising or articles from outside the organization. To contact the Focus editor, call 302-327-3300 or e-mail focuseditor@christianacare.org.
We Serve
Our Neighbors –
Together
See page 2.
Five facts
on blood 12 pressure
health
5 TheChristianaCareWay 14 Extraordinarypeople
17 Best practice review
18 Calendarofevents 19 PharmacyServices 20 Let’s commit to be fit
Top 100 Hospitals!
Preventing illness
Key BP health facts
Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Christiana Care is one of the country’s most dynamic health systems, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. Christiana Care includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, medical aid units, two hospitals (1,227 beds), a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health.
Christiana Care is a not-for-profit teaching health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. We are continually ranked by US News & World Report as a Best Hospital. With our unique, data-powered care coordination service and a focus on population health and value-based care, Christiana Care is shaping the future of health care.
Learn how we deliver greater quality and value at christianacare.org.
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