BENCHMARKS - Royal University Hospital Foundation

BENCHMARKS
SEPTEMBER 2015. Volume 21, Issue 2
Ne w sl etter o f the R oya l U n i v e r s i t y H o spi tal Fo un dati o n
Campaign Targets Adult Emergency, Critical Care
and Trauma
Freed by the Jaws of Life following a horrific
car accident, near death she arrives by
ambulance at the Emergency Department
at Royal University Hospital. In a coma, she
is resuscitated by the emergency medical
team. Six years later, she has the strength
to return to RUH, to a place she can’t
remember but which has given her life.
(ed) to be located on
the ground floor of the
new Children’s hospital
of saskatchewan. when
patients arrive at the
new ed, adults will go in
one direction, teens and
children in another.
Scenes like this play out daily at RUH —
stories hidden in statistics, yet individual
and intensely personal.
“our Board of directors
committed to the
saskatoon health
region (shr) to raise
$5 million to equip
the adult emergency
with leading-edge
technology, equipment
Architectural illustration of the adult and pediatric Emergency
and comforts,” says
entrance at the Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan
RUH Foundation CEO
Arla Gustafson. “The
Dr. James Stempien, head of Emergency
new Emergency will decrease wait times,
Medicine for SHR, says it makes sense
assist with patient flow and improve the
overall hospital experience for patients
(cont’d on page 4 )
and families.”
As the critical care and trauma centre in the
province, Royal University Hospital is about
saving lives through innovation, and the
new Royal University Hospital Foundation
campaign will ensure every second
counts when treating the most seriously ill
emergency patients in the province.
The donations raised will be used for
crucial life-saving equipment in the current
and new Adult Emergency Department
Cancer Diagnosis Improved Thanks in Part to
Donor-Supported Fellowship Training
As a gynecologic pathologist, I diagnose
cancers of the female reproductive
system. I don’t have the benefit of meeting
my patients, but I do know that behind
every slide I look at under the microscope
is a patient waiting for answers.
Pathologists’ insights allow healthcare
teams to make important treatment
decisions with those patients. Through
research, pathologists are continuously
striving to provide more accurate
information about female reproductive
cancers.
Dr. Mary Kinloch thanks donors and the RUH
Foundation for supporting her subspecialty training
When I finished my residency in 2014,
Saskatoon did not have a fellowshiptrained gynecologic pathologist.
Significantly improved diagnostics for
uterine and ovarian cancers offering
patients more information about their
treatment options were emerging, and
Saskatoon was being left behind. Through
generous donor support, the RUH
Foundation provided me with funding for
fellowship training in Vancouver. I had the
opportunity to learn from pathologists
Dr. Clement and Dr. Gilks, world leaders
in gynecologic pathology who have
revolutionized diagnosis of female cancers
of the reproductive system.
(cont’d on page 2 )
Neufeld Foundations Remain
True to Family Roots
The Neufeld family are builders. They build
homes, they sell building supplies and
they also build better communities.
Echoing the spirit of an earlier generation,
Don and Janet Neufeld and Murray
and Audrey Neufeld and their families
are making a big impact at Royal
University Hospital and other charities
through volunteerism and their charitable
foundations, namely the Neufeld Charitable
Foundation (procuring next-generation
technology for assessing hearing functions
in infants) and the Audrey and Murray
Neufeld Charitable Foundation (generously
supporting the RUH Foundation Perinatal
Loss Fund and mental health).
“We have a responsibility to help people
during critical times,” says Don, president
of J&H Builders Warehouse in Saskatoon.
Murray and Don say they learned through
their parents the importance of giving back.
Their father, Harold, grew up in extremely
humble beginnings. His family had arrived
in Canada from the Crimea area of Russia
in 1923 but Harold’s father died before
he was born, leaving his mother to raise
the family. By the age of 16, Harold
was managing the Hepburn Co-op and
eventually built the business that became
J&H Builders Warehouse. “Dad knew
what being poor was all about,” says
Murray, who is now retired. “Even after he
started his businesses and they became
successful, he never forgot the tough early
years and felt an obligation to give back to
those who didn’t have as much.”
“Foundation-based philanthropy is on
the rise in Canada,” says Crystal Taylor,
partner at Miller Thomson LLP and RUH
Foundation Planned Giving Advisory
Committee member. “Many of my clients
want a percentage of their wealth to go to
charity. The three main reasons to set up a
private foundation are: (1) to create a family
legacy (2) to provide attractive tax benefits
(3) to unite the family unit with a common
purpose.” Taylor strongly recommends the
advice of a qualified professional advisor
when forming such plans.
Now Murray and Don report that their own
children and their spouses are actively
involved, researching where to give and
why, indicating the next generation of
Harold Neufeld’s vision inspires his family to give back
Neufelds has inherited Grandpa Harold’s
philosophy. “We want to carry on for our
kids so that they can catch the vision of
what grandpa had started,” Murray says.
“They say, ‘Dad, we’ve got to help this
cause out because it is so important,’ ”
Don adds. That sounds like something
Harold Neufeld might have said.
The RUH Foundation works with donors
to support innovative research, education
and patient care. To learn more, contact
Lisa Laskowski, Director of Development,
at 306-653-6530, visit ruhf.org or speak
with your financial or legal advisor.
Cancer Diagnosis Improved Thanks in Part to Donor-Supported Fellowship Training
(cont’d from page 1)
Vancouver is the pinnacle of gynecologic
pathology in Canada but there was
no available funding for pathology
fellowships, despite having two of the
most brilliant pathologists in Canada.
Simply put, without the support provided
by RUH Foundation and its donors, the
opportunity to receive my subspecialty
training in gynecologic pathology would
not have been possible.
In Vancouver, I was introduced to
molecular sub-typing of endometrial
(uterine) cancer, a diagnostic tool so
novel that it is not routinely used in
Canada. The advantage of molecular
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pathology is the unequivocal answers it
offers pathologists to questions including:
Does this cancer have a good prognosis?
Will it respond to chemotherapy? and
(one of the most important questions)
Is this a hereditary cancer? My
involvement in molecular pathology led
to participation in Vancouver’s screening
program for Lynch Syndrome, a genetic
condition that predisposes families to
various types of cancer. By screening
every patient with uterine cancer for
Lynch Syndrome, our group was able to
identify patients and families with ongoing
risks, so that proper surveillance could be
implemented with the goal of preventing
future cancers. Saskatchewan lacks a
provincial strategy for Lynch Syndrome
and I now intend, in conjunction with
Saskatchewan clinicians, to set up a
provincial screening program.
I have lived throughout Canada, but
Saskatoon is home and remains the
place where I want to practice and raise
my family. The training I received affords
me the opportunity to give back to my
community by ultimately providing better
health care outcomes to the people of
Saskatchewan. I am thankful to RUH
Foundation and its donors for that
opportunity.
Canada’s First Home Lottery Has Profound
Impact on Patient Care
In celebration of the 30th Hospital Home Lottery, a presentation was made on June 17 to Orme and Shirley Asher and their team at S.O. Asher
Consultants: (l-r) Steve Shannon (CEO, Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation), Bruce Acton (CEO, St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation), Arla Gustafson
(CEO, RUH Foundation), Orme and Shirley Asher, Andy Asher, Judy Lehne, Ian Eichhorn, Greg Donnelly
It seemed something of a gamble back in
1986 when the idea of creating a hospital
home lottery in Saskatoon was born.
Would it work? No one knew at the time.
But 30 years later, $30 million (net) has
been raised through the lottery to improve
patient care at Royal University Hospital,
Saskatoon City Hospital and St. Paul’s
Hospital. The hospital home lottery
fundraising concept since has spread
both nationally and worldwide.
“The impact has been profound,”
says Andy Asher, VP with S.O. Asher
Consultants, the company that originated
the lottery. “That money has gone a long
way to provide upgraded equipment at
the three hospitals in Saskatoon, which
has ultimately benefited the people of
Saskatchewan.”
Prior to 1986, Orme Asher had operated
a very successful home lottery for the
Kinsmen Club. When then-University
Hospital CEO Tony Dagnone approached
him to discuss a possible hospital home
lottery, S.O. Asher Consultants was
launched along with the first-ever hospital
home lottery in North America. Orme and
Shirley Asher remain founding partners
with the company.
This year, each Saskatoon hospital
foundation will receive about $1 million
to designate to its particular priorities,
whether equipment or programs.
“The reason these lotteries exist is
because there is an ongoing need in
health care for funding,” says Andy. “We’re
offering an exciting product; offering
people an opportunity to win prizes and
support a good cause at the same time.”
The 30th anniversary of the first lottery
was commemorated with a reception
on June 17, 2015. Volunteers, industry
partners, S.O. Asher representatives and
staff from the three foundations saluted
the 30 years of this strong partnership and
its consistent success.
Arla Gustafson, CEO of RUH Foundation,
says the concept pioneered by Orme
and Shirley Asher was and still is about
much more than operating a business:
“It is about raising much-needed funds
for worthwhile causes to benefit entire
communities and the people who live and
work in them. I still remember the first time
I heard Orme say that what means the
most to him is to see the organizations
and the communities that they do a
program for, triumph.”
Our fall 2015 Hospital Home Lottery
program and ticket information can be
found at hospitalhomelottery.org.
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Campaign Targets Adult Emergency, Critical Care and Trauma
(cont’d from page 1)
CEO’s
It takes a noble person to plant a seed for a
tree that will someday give shade to people
they may never meet.
– D. Elton Trueblood
The sudden passing in 2012 of well-loved
and long-serving respiratory therapist
Warren Chykowski planted an idea: to create
a Memory Tree to acknowledge those RUH
“family members” who, through their service,
have made a difference. On June 9, Warren’s
family joined hundreds of RUH past and
current employees, volunteers and friends in
the beautiful Golden Jubilee Gardens at Royal
University Hospital
to celebrate the 60th
Anniversary of the
hospital’s opening and
to unveil the Memory
Tree.
The Memory Tree tells
the ongoing story of
many of the skilled
and compassionate
people who helped
form the legacy of
RUH. Designed and
installed by Remnant
Steel, it was funded
by generous donations in memory of
Warren and through a grant from our
Foundation’s HUG Fund. Each stainless steel
“leaf” (which can be purchased by any RUH
employee, volunteer or department for $250)
will be hung from the tree, which stands
nine feet tall and is permanently attached to
the Hospital wall. Details memorializing the
honoured person will be inscribed on the leaf.
The RUH Foundation will maintain the leaves,
and arrange for the inscribing and hanging of
new ones.
The stories on the tree are “living” reminders of
our Hospital’s significant and enduring impact
both near and far.
CEO Arla Gustafson
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for the new hospital
to house both adult
and children’s eds:
“the adult emergency
department will be on
the ground floor of the
new hospital, with the
pediatric emergency
department a separate
entity on the same
floor.”
the two departments
will share a trauma
zone and ambulance
bay. doctors, nurses, trauma specialists and other health care team members will
be available where they are needed most.
for emergency arrivals by air, the stars helicopter will land on the roof-top helipad
and patients brought directly down by elevator into the trauma zone. diagnostic
imaging equipment will be adjacent to emergency, and separate three-wall rooms
opening to a central area will offer improved patient privacy. the adult emergency
will also have a minor assessment and treatment area for people requiring a lower
level of care.
“rUh foundation is committed to saving lives and the overall health and well-being
of the residents of saskatchewan,” says arla. “the work of royal University hospital
inspires hope for the patients and families of rUh.”
to support rUh foundation in saving lives in the current and new adult emergency
department, please make your donation by contacting lisa laskowski, rUh
foundation director of development, at 306-655-6530 or donate online at ruhf.org.
“Ready Every Day” for Patients
Royal University Hospital is “ready every day” to serve its patients, thanks to
innovations supported by Saskatoon Health Region (SHR) and RUH Foundation.
SHR recently embarked on its “90 Days of Innovation: Ready Every Day”
initiative. The ambitious goal focuses on resolving a single issue: To be ready to
provide patients with the right care in the right place at the right time. During his
presentation at Donor Grand Rounds on May 14, 2015, Dan Florizone, SHR CEO
and President, thanked the RUH Foundation for its creation of the $500,000 RUH
Foundation Innovation Fund, with $150,807 earmarked for stroke unit equipment.
“The development and implementation of the acute stroke unit, supported by the
RUH Foundation, already has led to streamlined, best-practice care for patients
with acute strokes,” says neurologist Dr. Gary Hunter. “We are already seeing the
changes we had
hoped for — better
care for our patients
and their families.”
Sandra Blevins, VP Integrated
Health Services and team
lead for Patient Flow in the
90 Days of Innovation: Ready
Every Day initiative, explains
how the work her team is
doing improves the patient
care experience
Volunteer Advisors Act as a Voice for Patients
The little things can “count big” for
people who come to the RUH Emergency
Department (ED).
The fast-paced, often hectic environment
can be a daunting, stressful place for
someone who needs immediate attention.
Patients have plenty of questions – they
want answers, and they want them now.
Volunteer advisors such as Heather
Thiessen of the Patient and Family
Advisory Council (PFAC) give these
patients a voice. The council meets
monthly to discuss healthcare-centred
issues arising at all three Saskatoon
hospitals and tries to come up with
solutions. The council helps ensure
patients’ needs come first.
families together with RUH leaders and
staff working as a team to make the ED
a better, safer environment. The council
seeks changes that enhance the delivery
of high-quality, compassionate patientand family-centred care. The guiding
principles are respect, participation,
information-sharing and collaboration.
“We want to support and cheer on staff,
for we know the demand on them is high,”
Heather says. “I really love this work. As a
patient advisor, I am able to take my years
of experience as a patient and use it to
help make sure we continue to improve
the quality of care for the next patient who
enters our Hospitals and our Emergency
Departments.”
To support the new Adult ED, the RUH
Foundation is raising $5 million for
leading-edge technology and equipment.
To learn more or to donate, visit ruhf.org
or call 306-655-1984.
“We give our perspective on what we
feel is information important for patients
and their families to have,” says Heather,
active with the PFAC since it was formed
four years ago. “Matters like parking, and
where to eat. Also things such as staff
showing patients how to ring the bedside
call bell. If we can help lessen the anxiety
of the patient and their family, then we are
succeeding.”
PFAC has already played an important
role as the Adult ED takes shape in the
new Children’s Hospital. Heather says
the goal is to get patients and their
Volunteer PFAC Advisor Heather
Thiessen gives patients a voice,
ensuring their needs come first
Kudos!
Marilyn Gibson
A positive difference — that describes the impact of
Marilyn Gibson on the RUH community. Marilyn received
the Muriel Jarvis Award at the 17th annual SHR Service
Recognition Banquet on June 11, 2015. A Food Service
supervisor, Marilyn has been RUH Personnel Association
(RUHPA) volunteer president for 16 years. An inspiring
role model, she is always willing to listen to others’
concerns and make each day brighter for staff and
patients. The Muriel Jarvis Award was established in 1998
to celebrate a staff member who exemplifies making a
positive difference in the lives of others. From the award
commendation: “Everyone who works with Marilyn is
lucky to work with her . . . people like her are not easy to
find. [Marilyn embodies] respect, compassion, wisdom.”
Congratulations!
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Couple’s Commitment to RUH Continues
through Endowment
The Nahid Baltzan Ahmad
and Dr. Marc Baltzan
Endowment funds patient
care and research priorities
in the division of cardiology.
“I created this endowment
and plan to continue
contributing to it on a regular
basis. It provides support
for patient care and comfort
in the division of cardiology
because my late husband
had cardiac problems.
That was the reason for
doing it,” says Nahid, a
retired psychologist in the
Department of Clinical Health
Psychology.
Dr. Marc Baltzan was
a pioneer in renal
transplantation. By the end of
2003, 930 kidney transplants
had been performed by his
Nahid Baltzan Ahmad is committed to the health and
team in Saskatoon. He died
well-being of the citizens of Saskatchewan
January 1, 2005. Prior to
his death, he had travelled to
Vancouver for surgery and received further
For Nahid Baltzan Ahmad, the endowment
treatment in Edmonton. Nahid says it is
she established with the Royal University
important that Saskatoon’s health facilities
Hospital Foundation is rooted both in her
are well-equipped so that patients don’t
family and in her life’s work. She spent her
need to travel elsewhere for necessary
career serving patients at RUH, as did her
medical care.
late husband, Dr. Marc Baltzan.
Hockey Pros Tee Up for
RUH Foundation
Pro hockey players with local connections traded their sticks for
clubs at RUH Foundation’s Celebrity Golf Classic on June 24
and 25. NHLers Eric Gryba and Jared Cowen, along with some
of their NHL friends, raised more than $172,000 for the RUH
Emergency Department. “Having the right equipment in place at
the right time is critical for our physicians and emergency medical
teams. Thank You to Eric, Jared and the other NHL celebrities;
presenting sponsor FFUN Motor Group; and to our committed
sponsors, golfers and volunteers. With your support, much-needed
equipment for emergency and trauma patients will now become a
reality,” says Arla Gustafson, RUH Foundation CEO. Launched in
2006, the Golf Classic has raised a net total of $1.53 million.
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(l-r) Bob Fawcett, Volunteer Event Chair;
Vanessa Monar-Enweani, RUH Foundation Volunteer;
Eric Gryba; Jared Cowen
Nahid points out that her endowment
provides indirect support for the
RUH Emergency Department: “The
endowment is for patient care in the
division of cardiology and that relates
to emergency care because when the
cardiac patient comes to Royal University
Hospital, they go through Emergency.”
Funding for equipment in the new Adult
Emergency Department to be located in
the Children’s Hospital is the focus of the
$5 million RUH Foundation campaign.
A former RUH Foundation board member
and Board Chair, Nahid fully understands
the important role the Foundation plays in
aiding and enhancing patient and medical
care at RUH. She also served on the
RUH Foundation Royal Ball Committee,
volunteered with the $15 million Royal
Care campaign and hosted a successful
private “Who’s Coming to Dinner?”
fundraising event in support of the Every
Heart Matters campaign.
Nahid is strongly committed to
supporting medical research and
enhanced excellence at RUH, a
commitment that is making a difference
through her foundation. For information
on creating an endowment, contact
Lisa Laskowski, Director of Development,
at 306-655-6530.
Foundations Partner to Meet Needs of
Our Youngest Patients
An urgent need in pediatric surgical
services has been met thanks to
the generosity of donors to the
RUH Foundation’s HUG (Helping.
Understanding. Giving.) Grant program.
“The children of Saskatchewan
deserve to have modern ultrasound
technology to meet their needs,” says
Dr. Kristine Urmson, SHR Division Head of
Pediatric Anesthesia, who further reflected
that medical care now allows children to
survive whose fate even a decade ago
would have been otherwise.
This spring, $36,368 (one-quarter of
the $154,970 total cost) was allocated
through a HUG Grant for the joint
purchase, along with the Children’s
Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan,
of two Zonaire ZS3 Bedside Ultrasound
Systems. Bedside ultrasound procedures
enable fast and accurate diagnosis of
potentially life-threatening conditions in
acute care and
in the operating
room.
“One of the most
important tasks
high-fidelity
ultrasound
facilitates is
intravenous
and intraarterial access.
It cannot be
stressed enough
how important these tasks are nor the
importance of high-fidelity ultrasound,”
Dr. Urmson says in a letter in support
of the HUG Grant application. “Every
minute without an intravenous in an
anesthetized, complex child when the
anesthesiologist uses blind techniques to
establish an IV, increases the risk of harm
to the child.”
Each year about $100,000 in donor
support is invested in 10 or more projects
on average through HUG Grants. The
HUG Fund was introduced in 2006 to
provide for the “softer” side of care. Those
departments who apply aim to improve
the quality of care for patients during
a hospital stay or support staff morale
initiatives. The HUG Fund is supported
through donations to the RUH Foundation
by individual and corporate donors and
through disbursements from endowments
set up by donors to support pressing
priorities. Applications for funds are
reviewed quarterly. Visit ruhf.org for further
information about HUG Grants.
An infant receives a crucial bedside ultrasound from Dr. Lorrie Hansen,
Pediatric Anesthesiologist in the OR thanks to donor support of HUG
Thank You to
Retiring Board
Members
The Foundation welcomes four
new board members and bids adieu to
two outgoing members
Thank You! and farewell to two outgoing RUH Foundation
board members. Sandra Blevins, SHR VP of Integrated
Health Services and “on board” from 2009–2015, served
on the Granting and the Development Committees.
Gordon Martell, Superintendent with Greater Saskatoon
Catholic Schools, served as Member at Large on
the Executive Committee, oversaw the Research
subcommittee, chaired the Granting Committee and was a
member of Audit and Finance during his term. Welcome!
to four new board members: Michael Smith, Partner,
Deloitte LLP; Nilesh Kavia, SHR VP of Finance and
Corporate Services; Irene Boychuk, Partner, EY LLP; and
Tyler Pochynuk, Director of Operations, Clark Roofing.
Maunders McNeil
Foundation
(l-r) Dr. Stempien, Dr. Hickie, Lee Hergott,
Arla Gustafson. Absent from photo:
Donates $30,000
John McInnis
for Emergency
Department Image Capture System
The Maunders McNeil Foundation once again has been generous to
RUH’s Emergency Department (ED), with a recent donation of $30,000
for ultrasonography software. Dr. James Stempien, department head
of Emergency for SHR, led the request for support for the QPath
system, which will provide an image capture system for thousands of
bedside ultrasounds from ED patients to be used for teaching, quality
assurance and patient safety. “This technology will greatly improve both
the efficiency and quality of procedures,” says Dr. Bob Hickie, Professor
Emeritus, College of Medicine, and board member of the Maunders
McNeil Foundation. A big Thank You to the Maunders McNeil Foundation
for its ongoing support since 1987 totaling over $181,678 for health care
priorities at RUH.
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You’re Invited!
October 17, 2015
Royal Steampunk Ball
December 1, 2015
Giving Tuesday
March 16, 2016
Greek Gourmet Feast
June 14-15, 2016
RUH Foundation’s Eric Gryba
Celebrity Golf Classic
Visit ruhf.org for details.
Executive
Chair Bryan Leverick, President, Alliance Energy Ltd.
Vice Chair Dr. Paul Babyn, Joint Department Head of Medical Imaging for the Saskatoon Health Region and
University of Saskatchewan
Member at Large Robert Steane, Senior VP & COO, Cameco Corporation
CEO Arla Gustafson, Royal University Hospital Foundation
Members at Large
Irene Boychuk, Partner, EY LLP
Dr. Karen Chad, VP Research, University of Saskatchewan
Nilesh Kavia, VP Finance and Corporate Services, Saskatoon Health Region
Keitha McClocklin, Chartered Accountant
Mike McKague, Advisor, Precedence Private Wealth
Rita Mirwald, Retired Senior VP of Corporate Services, Cameco Corporation
Don Neufeld, President, J&H Builders Warehouse
Tyler Pochynuk, Director of Operations, Clark Roofing (1964) Ltd.
Michael Smith, Partner, Deloitte LLP
Dr. Daphne Taras, Dean and Professor, Edwards School of Business
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Director of Development Lisa Laskowski
Director of Finance Maria Styacko, CPA, CA
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