St. Elizabeth Hospital Volunteers donate $100,000 the St. Elizabeth Hospital Capital Contingency Fund
01 / 20 / 2010
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Maria Heim, Media Relations
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APPLETON, Wis. - The St. Elizabeth Hospital Volunteers, which is made up of 408 individuals, has made a donation of $100,000 to the St. Elizabeth Hospital Capital Contingency Fund. Marian Meyer, St. Elizabeth Hospital Volunteers president, presented the check to Travis Andersen, St. Elizabeth Hospital president during the Annual Volunteer Recognition Banquet.
“This is an extremely generous donation from the St. Elizabeth Hospital volunteers. Our volunteers continuously show their commitment to this hospital through the hours they spend volunteering and by giving back financially,” said Andersen. “The volunteers make a tremendous contribution to our patients and we rely on them everyday as part of the team to deliver our promise of personalized care to patients."
Money for the donation was raised through various fundraisers and through the gift shop.
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Affinity Health System, a Catholic mission-oriented regional health care network, is a partnership of Ministry Health Care and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare. Affinity Health System is the Fox Valley’s third-largest employer, according to the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and has been nationally listed for two years in a row among the top 50 hospitals for quality and efficiency (Thomson Reuters, Modern Healthcare; 2009, 2010). For eight consecutive years, Affinity Health System has been named to the SDI Health (formerly Verispan) Integrated Health Network Top 100, an annual assessment of the 100 most highly integrated health care networks in the nation – Affinity ranks no. 29 in the 2009 report. Both St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh rank among the top 1 percent of hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and efficiency, as determined by the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select practice National Quality Award. Network Health Plan has achieved Excellent accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the highest possible level. It has been nationally ranked in the Top 50 Health Insurance Plans for five consecutive years in the U.S. News and World Report/NCQA Best Health Plans in America listing. Members of Affinity include Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation, Oshkosh; St. Elizabeth Hospital and the St. Elizabeth Hospital Foundation, Appleton; Affinity Medical Group, a regional network of 26 family practice and specialty clinics – including two fully operational Medical Home models – in 14 communities; Calumet Medical Center, Chilton; Network Health Plan, Menasha; and Affinity Occupational Health.