2024-05-31T07:11:41-05:00 2023-12-31 721396621 CARR RIGGS & INGRAM LLC 600 CLEVELAND STREET SUITE 1000 CLEARWATER FL 33755 990 2023-01-01 591751535 MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC MORT 7274627036 1200 DRUID ROAD SOUTH CLEARWATER FL 33756 ERNESTINE MORGAN CFRE PRESIDENT & CEO 7274627036 2024-05-28 1 ERNESTINE MORGAN CFRE 999009999 0 CATHERINE HAUG P01395474 7274460504 2 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z ERNESTINE MORGAN CFRE 1200 DRUID ROAD SOUTH CLEARWATER FL 33756 35021193 0 X WWW.MPMF.ORG X 1977 FL RAISING PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS AT FOUR HOSPITALS OF MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE. 25 24 0 111 0 0 5844848 6455727 0 0 833365 3556658 -179599 142884 6498614 10155269 16475427 9542232 0 0 1595118 1645567 0 0 1423592 1074752 1001414 19145297 12189213 -12646683 -2033944 108978355 116793570 5455442 4670081 103522913 112123489 X MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE HOSPITALS OF MORTON PLANT MEASE TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR COMMUNITY BY INSPIRING PEOPLE TO INVEST IN EXTRAORDINARY, COMPASSIONATE CARE. 1 1 2435519 2392216 PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF CLINICAL CARE FROM MORTON PLANT MEASE NURSES, PHYSICIANS, AND VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING: NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED VIRTUAL NURSE PILOT PROGRAM FOCUSED ON COMPLEMENTING THE BEDSIDE NURSE; CANCER-RELATED CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDIES MANAGED BY RADIATION ONCOLOGY NURSE; DR. GEORGE MORRIS EARN AS YOU LEARN NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS; FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY CLINICAL TRAINING; PHYSICIAN ENGAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM TO PREVENT BURNOUT; AND NURSING ADVANCEMENT PROGRAMS. SEE SECTION O FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAMS REQUESTED BY THE HOSPITALS OF MORTON PLANT MEASE. 905882 889776 PROVIDING DISEASE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING: ADULT CANCER SURVIVORS AND CAREGIVERS RETREAT; MAMMOGRAPHY VOUCHER PROGRAM PROVIDING BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS AND TREATMENT; MEDICAL FITNESS PROGRAM TARGETING CHRONIC DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDERS CLINIC DISTRIBUTION OF HOME SLEEP TESTS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT; MADONNA PTAK CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S AND MEMORY LOSS DISORDERS; AND PALLIATIVE CARE OFFERING A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO TREATING PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS. SEE SECTION O FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAMS REQUESTED BY THE HOSPITALS OF MORTON PLANT MEASE. 6373560 6260240 PROVIDING CAPITAL SUPPORT TO THE HOSPITALS OF MORTON PLANT MEASE, INCLUDING: ION ENDOLUMINAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM AT MEASE COUNTRYSIDE HOSPITAL TO FIND AND TREAT LUNG ISSUES IN THE EARLIEST STAGES; ANGEL EYE CAMERA SYSTEM PROVIDING FAMILIES 24/7 ACCESS TO VIEW THEIR BABIES IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; STATE-OF-THE-ART CARDIOVASCULAR ENHANCEMENTS, INCLUDING MULTIPLE ECHOCARDIOGRAM MACHINES AND UPDATING THE CATHETERIZATION LAB AT MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL; MEASE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL'S FIRST DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR ROBOTIC ASSISTED SURGERY. SEE SECTION O FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EACH CAPITAL GRANT REQUESTED BY THE HOSPITALS. 9714961 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 161 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 25 24 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 FL X X X MS KATHRYN LANE 7274627036 1200 DRUID ROAD SOUTH CLEARWATER FL 33756 SYDNEY NIEWIERSKI CHAIRWOMAN 6.00 X X 0 0 0 JON M BRETHAUER VICE CHAIR 6.00 X X 0 0 0 THOMAS J KUREY III TREASURER 6.00 X X 0 0 0 NANCY PAIKOFF SECRETARY 6.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVID ABELSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 FRED AHARI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL BARRY MD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 RAY BOUCHARD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALLIE CANTONIS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PETER B DIMMITT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KEVIN DONOGHUE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM J FISHER JR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 YVES GABRIEL MD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DIANE GOBO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 GERRY GOLDHAMMER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES E HART JR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY JENSEN DO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN C PERROTT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY CROY RAMEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT SORENSEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BENJAMIN C WHITED DO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 M JAVIER ZUNIGA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LOU P GALDIERI DIRECTOR 1.00 45.00 X 0 1046626 77927 ERNESTINE MORGAN CFRE PRESIDENT AND CEO 60.00 X 382457 0 57050 KATHRYN LANE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 50.00 X 101259 0 25132 483716 1046626 160109 3 0 1 0 0 541952 5913775 6455727 2617675 2617675 25400243 24461260 938983 938983 938983 547548 541952 404664 142884 142884 10155269 0 0 3699542 9542232 9542232 439507 131852 43951 263704 925293 329559 595734 69469 26653 42816 127735 7395 39151 81189 83563 7312 23502 52749 800 400 400 49500 49500 404280 404280 204362 4948 5001 194413 38748 3875 10934 23939 67591 1993 45289 20309 149562 12986 41971 94605 4816 1322 3494 20264 4257 16007 27067 2368 7613 17086 RETREAT 27668 16601 11067 PROSPECT RESEARCH 6756 676 6080 12189213 9714961 1050660 1423592 550 550 381360 512514 4017931 3526348 329803 367642 1667850 1331428 363489 336422 77614790 84015747 26270432 28034347 108978355 116793570 451203 363925 5004239 4306156 5455442 4670081 X 30117682 35806640 73405231 76316849 103522913 112123489 108978355 116793570 X -2033944 8354553 45527 2234440 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 6465978 4290245 15490066 5844848 5913775 38004912 6465978 4290245 15490066 5844848 5913775 38004912 6511096 31493816 2476625 2034005 2177417 2326046 2617675 11631768 49636680 1733006 0.63450 0.62760 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 29383584 1529631 30913215 32932243 -3548659 29383584 31401520 1530723 32932243 30053865 1347655 31401520 28056572 2852 1994441 30053865 1.00000 1 0 272045 272045 510729 510729 0 676678 617616 59062 122638 119966 2672 85760 83117 2643 336422 CASH SURRENDER VALUE LIFE INSURANCE 5092432 EXTERNALLY CONTROLLED ENDOWMENTS 17476543 INTEREST RECEIVABLE 94256 OTHER ASSETS 59780 REMAINDER INTEREST IN TRUST AND ESTATES 5311336 28034347 GIFT ANNUITY OBLIGATIONS 3488835 LIABILITY UNDER TRUST AGREEMENTS 817321 4306156 X 20235007 8354553 71027 2058438 10484018 9750989 404280 404280 10155269 11634431 25500 -2 25498 11608933 404280 176000 580280 12189213 PART V, LINE 4: THE FOUNDATION RECEIVES INCOME FROM CERTAIN ENDOWMENT FUNDS THAT ARE NEITHER IN THE FOUNDATION'S POSSESSION NOR UNDER ITS CONTROL. THESE EXTERNAL ENDOWMENT ASSETS ARE HELD IN PERPETUITY AND ARE INVESTED AND MANAGED BY OUTSIDE TRUSTEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH TRUST INSTRUMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE DONORS. THE FOUNDATION'S ENDOWMENT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 26 INDIVIDUAL FUNDS ESTABLISHED FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES. THE ENDOWMENTS ARE ALL DONOR-RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS. THE FOUNDATION HAS NO BOARD-DESIGNATED ENDOWMENTS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FOUNDATION HAS INTERPRETED THE FLORIDA UNIFORM PRUDENT MANAGEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS ACT (FUPMIFA) AS REQUIRING THE PRESERVATION OF THE FAIR VALUE OF THE ORIGINAL GIFT AS OF THE GIFT DATE OF THE DONOR-RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS ABSENT EXPLICIT DONOR STIPULATIONS TO THE CONTRARY. AS A RESULT OF THIS INTERPRETATION, THE FOUNDATION CLASSIFIES AS PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS (A) THE ORIGINAL VALUE OF GIFTS DONATED TO THE PERMANENT ENDOWMENT, (B) THE ORIGINAL VALUE OF SUBSEQUENT GIFTS TO THE PERMANENT ENDOWMENT, (C) ACCUMULATIONS TO THE PERMANENT ENDOWMENT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE APPLICABLE DONOR GIFT INSTRUMENT AT THE TIME THE ACCUMULATION IS ADDED TO THE FUND, AND (D) FOR ENDOWMENTS INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE SILENT AS TO THE RESTRICTION OF THE EARNINGS, THE BOARD HAS DETERMINED TO RECORD ALL REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES THROUGH TEMPORARILY OR UNRESTRICTED DEPENDING ON THE PURPOSE RESTRICTION OF THE ENDOWMENT. PART X, LINE 2: THE FOUNDATION UTILIZES THE ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES USING THE PROVISIONS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (FASB) ASC 740, INCOME TAXES. USING THAT GUIDANCE, TAX POSITIONS INITIALLY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHEN IT IS MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT THE POSITIONS WILL BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY THE TAX AUTHORITIES. IT ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR DERECOGNITION, CLASSIFICATION, INTEREST AND PENALTIES, ACCOUNTING IN INTERIM PERIODS, DISCLOSURE AND TRANSITION. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 AND 2022, THE FOUNDATION HAS NO UNCERTAIN TAX PROVISIONS THAT QUALIFY FOR RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: CHANGE IN SPLIT-INTEREST AGREEMENTS 2,063,664. UNCOLLECTIBLE PLEDGES -5,226. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: ROUNDING -2. PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: PRIOR YEAR GRANT REFUND 176,000. GOLF TOURNEY 265106 159773 105333 22500 40389 50425 PLANTERS 105084 92785 12299 18618 20000 15033 6 365508 289394 76114 5500 6964 96242 14633 107640 735698 541952 193746 5500 29464 155249 34633 173098 397944 -204198 1 MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC 300 PINELLAS STREET CLEARWATER FL 33756 590624462 501(C)(3) 5689270 0 SEE SCHEDULE O FOR GRANT DESCRIPTIONS TRUSTEES OF MEASE HOSPITAL INC 300 PINELLAS STREET CLEARWATER FL 33756 590855412 501(C)(3) 3741462 0 SEE SCHEDULE O FOR GRANT DESCRIPTIONS BAYCARE MEDICAL GROUP INC 3503 E FRONTAGE ROAD TAMPA FL 33607 593140335 501(C)(3) 111500 0 SEE SCHEDULE O FOR GRANT DESCRIPTIONS 3 0 PART I, LINE 2: THE PURPOSE OF THE MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION IS TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC. D/B/A MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL AND MORTON PLANT NORTH BAY HOSPITAL, AND TRUSTEES OF MEASE HOSPITAL, INC. D/B/A MEASE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL AND MEASE COUNTRYSIDE HOSPITAL. GRANTS ARE ONLY MADE TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS OR THEIR AFFILIATES TO FURTHER THEIR MISSIONS AND EXEMPT PURPOSES. X X X X 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LOU P GALDIERI DIRECTOR 0 951728 0 0 0 94898 0 51252 0 26675 0 1124553 0 0 ERNESTINE MORGAN CFRE PRESIDENT AND CEO 319857 0 0 0 62600 0 39255 0 17795 0 439507 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 3 SALARIES OF ALL OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES WERE ALIGNED WITH INDEPENDENT MARKET STUDIES THROUGH SULLIVAN, COTTER AND ASSOCIATES, INC., AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, AND DEEMED REASONABLE BASED ON EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE OF INDIVIDUALS. THE SALARY FOR THE PRESIDENT & CEO IS ESTABLISHED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FOUNDATION AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OTHER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEE SALARIES ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE PRESIDENT AND CEO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INDEPENDENT SALARY SURVEY. A PORTION OF THE PRESIDENT & CEO'S CURRENT YEAR COMPENSATION WAS DUE TO A PAYOUT OF PTO AS EXECUTIVES ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO ACCRUE PTO. PART I, LINE 4B LINE 4B: 457(F) NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN, 2023 CONTRIBUTIONS WERE AS FOLLOWS: ERNESTINE MORGAN $62,600 & LOUIS GALDIERI $94,898. X 12 1127081 AVG PRICE ON TRANSFER 0 1 0 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 RESPIRATORY THERAPIST PROGRAM ($181,588) EMPLOYMENT OF RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS IS PROJECTED TO GROW 23% FROM 2020 TO 2030, MUCH FASTER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR ALL OCCUPATIONS. THERE IS CURRENTLY A SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGE OF RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS THROUGHOUT OUR HOSPITALS. THIS GRANT WILL PROVIDE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR UP TO 10 GRADUATES WHILE FUNDING ONE CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR FOCUSING EXCLUSIVELY ON OVERSEEING AND COORDINATING OVERSIGHT OF RESPIRATORY THERAPIST STUDENTS. ADVANCING PARAMEDICS AND LPNS TO REGISTERED NURSES ($122,800) CURRENTLY, THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF PARAMEDICS AND LPNS WITHIN OUR HOSPITALS INTERESTED IN BECOMING A NURSE. THESE PARAMEDICS AND LPNS, UPON COMPLETING THE PROGRAM, WILL FILL NURSING VACANCIES AT ALL FOUR OF THE HOSPITALS OF MORTON PLANT MEASE. THIS NEW PILOT PROGRAM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PASCO-HERNANDO STATE COLLEGE, IS AIMED AT HELPING THE CURRENT NURSING SHORTAGE. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE SPECIALIST ($117,312) EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE (EBP) IS A PROCESS THAT INVOLVES SHARED CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING TO GUIDE POLICY AND PRACTICE DECISIONS, BASED ON THE BEST AVAILABLE RESEARCH, DATA, CLINICAL EXPERTISE, AND PATIENT PREFERENCES TO IMPROVE THE CARE FOR ALL WE SERVE. FROM THE PATIENT CARE SIDE, THE POSITION IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE, DECREASING HOSPITAL READMISSIONS, DECREASING LENGTH OF STAY, AND DECREASING HOSPITAL-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS AND MORTALITY. WELLNESS IS EVERYTHING PHYSICIAN ENGAGEMENT ($111,500) PHYSICIAN BURNOUT IS A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO THE EVER-GROWING PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE SHORTAGE. NOWHERE IS THAT STRAIN MORE APPARENT THAN WITHIN LARGE MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUPS. BAYCARE HEALTH SYSTEM'S PHYSICIAN PRACTICE GROUP, BAYCARE MEDICAL GROUP (BMG), EMPLOYS 544 PHYSICIANS AND 180 ADVANCE CARE PRACTITIONERS (ACPS) ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL FLORIDA. BMG DEVELOPED A PILOT PROGRAM INCORPORATING THREE KEY STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE WELL-BEING AND INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AMONG PHYSICIANS AND ACPS TO PREVENT BURNOUT. NEUROSURGICAL PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT RESIDENCY PROGRAM ($100,000) FROM CRANIAL NEUROSURGERY, SPINE SURGERY, STROKE, AND INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGY, MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL REMAINS THE COMMUNITY LEADER IN NEURO-INTERVENTIONAL CARE. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA, THIS NEW PILOT PROGRAM IS A ONE-YEAR, ACCREDITED PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES THE FULL SPECTRUM OF CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS TO PREPARE THE RESIDENTS TO PERFORM THE TASKS OF AN EXPERIENCED PA IN NEUROSURGERY INCLUDING PARTICIPATING IN HOSPITAL ROUNDS. SLEEP DISORDERS HOME SLEEP TESTING PROGRAM ($100,000) AFTER THE COVID PANDEMIC, OUR HOSPITALS ARE TRANSITIONING SLEEP TESTS TO HOME SLEEP TESTING. TO SCHEDULE A PATIENT WITH A CURRENT ORDER FOR AN IN-LAB TEST SLEEP STUDY, THE WAIT IS CURRENTLY OVER THREE MONTHS, AND THE AVERAGE TURNAROUND TIME FOR HOME DEVICES IS SEVEN DAYS. THIS GRANT WILL HELP IMPROVE PATIENT SATISFACTION BY PROVIDING NEEDED SERVICES QUICKER, NOT WASTING RESOURCES ON A MORE EXPENSIVE IN-LAB TEST, NOT HAVING TO PAY OUT OF POCKET, TESTING IN THEIR HOME ENVIRONMENT, AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH SYSTEM'S SCHEDULING PROCESS. PLASMA AMYLOID TESTING FOR DEMENTIA PATIENTS ($50,000) DEMENTIA IS A GENERALIZED TERM REFERRING TO COGNITIVE DECLINE INTERFERING WITH DAILY FUNCTIONING. EARLY DETECTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE DISEASE COURSE DUE TO ITS PROGRESSIVE NATURE. CURRENTLY, THE MOST ACCESSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO DETECT AMYLOID BETA PEPTIDES, THE PROTEINS DEPOSITED IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASED BRAINS, IS A LUMBAR PUNCTURE, WHICH CAN BE AN INVASIVE TEST. THIS GRANT REQUEST WILL PROVIDE COST-FREE PLASMA AMYLOID TESTING TO DEMENTIA PATIENTS WITH FINANCIAL NEEDS. NURSE WELLNESS PROGRAM AT MEASE COUNTRYSIDE ($31,500) HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE BURNOUT RATES, TURNOVER, AND GENERAL LACK OF ENGAGEMENT HAVE SURGED RECENTLY. THE GOAL OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM IS TO HELP REDUCE THE ANXIETY, STRESS, AND FATIGUE OF OUR NURSES AND INVEST IN THEIR WELL-BEING BY FUNDING OUR OWN NURSE LEADERS AT MEASE COUNTRYSIDE HOSPITAL TO COMPLETE THE CERTIFIED NURSE COACH TRAINING PROGRAM TO BETTER PROVIDE OUR TEAM WITH SUPPORT ON-SITE, COPING MECHANISMS AND MENTORSHIP FROM PEERS. VIRTUAL NURSE PILOT PROGRAM ($29,500) MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL PILOTED A VIRTUAL NURSE PROGRAM TO REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS THAT OFTEN BURDEN THE FRONTLINE NURSING TEAM. THE PURPOSE OF THE VIRTUAL NURSE PROGRAM IS TO COMPLEMENT THE BEDSIDE NURSE, NOT REPLACE THEM. THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE NURSING SATISFACTION, ENHANCE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE, AND REDUCE PATIENT HARM. THE VIRTUAL NURSE WILL BE FOCUSED ON HELPING WITH ADMISSIONS, DISCHARGES, PATIENT EDUCATION, OR FOLLOW-UP PHONE CALLS. LIVING SPRINGS CANCER RETREAT ($24,375) AFTER A PAUSE DUE TO COVID, VOLUNTEER RESOURCES HOSTED THE LIVING SPRINGS RETREAT AT THE SAFETY HARBOR RESORT AND SPA IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. THIS ADULT CANCER SURVIVOR WEEKEND RETREAT IS OFFERED AT NO COST AND FEATURED ENTERTAINMENT AND SPA SERVICES FOR ADULT CANCER SURVIVORS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. THIS MEMORABLE WEEKEND PROMOTES CAMARADERIE AND SHARED EXPERIENCES WHILE NURTURING THE SPIRIT OF THOSE TOUCHED BY CANCER. PEACE MEMORIAL JOSEPH CLAPP SCHOLARSHIP ($20,000) RESEARCH CONTINUES TO PROJECT THAT DESPITE THE CURRENT EASING OF THE NURSING SHORTAGE, THE US NURSING SHORTAGE IS PROJECTED TO NEED 525,000 REPLACEMENTS NURSES IN THE WORKFORCE BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JOB OPENINGS FOR NURSES DUE TO GROWTH AND REPLACEMENTS TO 1.05 MILLION BY 2023. "GROWING OUR OWN" WILL BE LESS EXPENSIVE IN THE LONG RUN. THE EAYL PROGRAM ALSO PRODUCES EMPLOYEE LOYALTY AND INCREASES RETENTION. SUPPORTIVE BEREAVEMENT RESOURCES & MEMORY MAKING ($9,020) THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN ADULT ICU AND FETAL DEMISE CONSULTS TO PROVIDE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT TO CHILDREN SUFFERING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. THIS HAS LED TO NEEDING ADDITIONAL BEREAVEMENT RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT DURING THESE CONSULTS. ITEMS WILL EQUIP THESE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES TO AID COPING IN THEIR GRIEF JOURNEY. FLEECE BLANKETS FOR PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENTS ($4,000) THE SEWING ROOM CURRENTLY MAKES FLEECE BLANKETS FOR OUR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS OR VISITORS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. GRANT DOLLARS WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE MORE FLEECE FABRIC TO CONTINUE THIS SPECIAL GIFT FOR THE CHILDREN IN OUR ERS. THIS GIFT HELPS TO ALLEVIATE SOME STRESS AND PROVIDE COMFORT TO PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WHILE IN OUR CARE. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 3 ATLAS OF RETINAL IMAGING IN ALZHEIMER'S STUDY / ARIAS ($397,000) ARIAS IS A MULTI-SITE LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF RETINAL IMAGING BIOMARKERS OF DISEASE RISK, DISEASE BURDEN AND DISEASE PROGRESSION IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A POINT-OF-CARE SCREENING PROTOCOL, FOR OLDER ADULTS AT RISK FOR ALZHEIMER'S AND WHO MAY BE IN THE PRECLINICAL STAGE OF THE DISEASE. STRETCHERS FOR THE NURSING SIMULATION PROGRAM ($17,594) SIMULATION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LEARNER TO REPEATEDLY PRACTICE SKILLS LEADING TO PROFICIENCY LEVEL IN A SETTING FREE OF RISK AND PATIENT HARM. SIMULATION OCCURS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE MISTAKES ARE TOLERATED, THE PARTICIPANTS LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES AND PATIENTS ARE NOT HARMED. THIS GRANT PROVIDED STRETCHERS TO TRANSPORT THE HOSPITALS' PATIENT SIMULATORS THROUGHOUT THE FLOORS TO TRAIN OUR TEAM MEMBERS. C.A.S.E. (CARDIOVASCULAR, ARRHYTHMIA, SURGERY, ENDOVASCULAR) SYMPOSIUM ($15,835) THE CARDIOVASCULAR SERVICE LINE LED AN EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR PHYSICIANS, AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FOCUSED ON HEART FAILURE AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TWO DISEASES THAT ACCOUNT FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF READMISSIONS TO THE HOSPITALS. THE GOAL OF THE SYMPOSIUM WAS TO EDUCATE OUR CARE TEAMS TO CATCH THE DISEASE PROCESS EARLY, AND MEDICALLY TREAT WITH GUIDELINE THERAPY OPTIONS EARLY, ALL TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR PATIENTS' LIVES. PULSE OXIMETER COMPLIMENTARY PILOT AT MORTON PLANT NORTH BAY HOSPITAL ($7,337) MORTON PLANT NORTH BAY HOSPITAL HAS BEEN CHALLENGED WITH READMISSIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DIAGNOSES CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) AND HEART FAILURE. THE HOSPITAL'S INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS OFTEN HEAR PATIENTS GET SCARED WHEN THEY ARE SHORT OF BREATH, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. THIS ANXIETY, COMBINED WITH NO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AVAILABLE EXCEPT THE ER, LEAD TO FREQUENT READMISSIONS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. THE PULSE OXIMETERS WERE USED TO HELP THE PATIENT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ANXIETY AND A REAL SHORTNESS OF BREATH ISSUE. ANNIE MILLER SCHOLARSHIP ($5,000) THIS SCHOLARSHIP WAS FOUNDED TO HONOR ANNIE MILLER, BS, RN AFTER HER RETIREMENT SERVING THE HOSPITALS OF MORTON PLANT MEASE FOR 43 YEARS. THE SCHOLARSHIP IS AWARDED YEARLY TO LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES PURSUING FURTHER EDUCATION WITH THE GOAL OF BECOMING A REGISTERED NURSE (RN). THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ASSIST THE TEAM MEMBER WITH EXPENSES (BEYOND TUITION) THAT CAN BE A BARRIER TO ACHIEVING THEIR RN DEGREE. TOYS FOR MORTON PLANT NORTH BAY HOSPITAL'S HOLIDAY LIGHTS ($5,000) MORTON PLANT NORTH BAY HOSPITAL HELD ITS ANNUAL HOLIDAY LIGHTS CELEBRATION IN DECEMBER TO HELP CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY'S LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ONLY NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITAL IN WEST PASCO COUNTY. GRANT DOLLARS HELPED FUND TOYS TO ENSURE EVERY CHILD IN ATTENDANCE RECEIVED A TOY FOR THE HOLIDAYS AT THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHTS EVENT, WHICH RETURNED BACK TO BEING AN IN-PERSON EVENT. PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT ($1,824) SINCE THE PANDEMIC, THE HOSPITAL HAS SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ADMISSIONS OF PEDIATRIC BAKER ACT PATIENTS AND THERE ARE LIMITED RESOURCES FOR THOSE PATIENTS. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN AN INCREASE IN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES STEMMING FROM THE PANDEMIC. EACH OF THESE PATIENTS IS ASSIGNED A SITTER TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO MORE SOCIAL INTERACTION RATHER THAN BEING ISOLATED. THIS GRANT FUNDED ACTIVITY BOOKS, CARD GAMES, PUZZLES, AND BOARD GAMES. PART V, LINE 2A ALTHOUGH MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION DOES HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO RECEIVE SALARIES, THEY ARE PAID BY BAYCARE HEALTH SYSTEM AND RECEIVE A W-2 FROM BAYCARE HEALTH SYSTEM. THE FOUNDATION REIMBURSES BAYCARE ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR ALL PAYROLL EXPENSES. THEREFORE, THERE ARE NO W-2'S ISSUED BY MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION HAS MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A ELECTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY IS DONE DURING AN ANNUAL MEETING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE COMPLETE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. A COPY OF THE APPROVED FORM 990 IS THEN SENT TO EACH BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. THE TREASURER, WHO IS ALSO CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THEN REVIEWS THE RETURN WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM ANNUALLY. AT ALL BOARD MEETINGS, THE CHAIRPERSON WILL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 SALARIES OF ALL OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES ARE ALIGNED WITH INDEPENDENT MARKET STUDIES THROUGH SULLIVAN, COTTER AND ASSOCIATES, INC., AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, AND DEEMED REASONABLE BASED ON THE EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE OF THE INDIVIDUALS. THE SALARY FOR THE PRESIDENT AND CEO IS ESTABLISHED BASED ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OTHER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES SALARIES ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE PRESIDENT/CEO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INDEPENDENT SALARY SURVEY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH A REQUEST VIA MAIL OR E-MAIL, OR UPON VERBAL OR WRITTEN REQUEST AT THE FOUNDATION'S OFFICE. IN ADDITION, THE FORM 990 AND THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE POSTED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE AND EXTERNAL WEBSITES SUCH AS GUIDE STAR AND CHARITY NAVIGATOR. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: CHANGE IN SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENTS 2,063,664. ROUNDING 2. UNCOLLECTIBLE PLEDGES -5,226. PRIOR YEAR GRANT REFUND 176,000. PART XII, LINE 2C THE AUDIT REPORT IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. THE AUDITORS THEN PRESENT THE AUDIT REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING WHERE IT IS REVIEWED. A COMPLETE COPY IS THEN MADE AVAILABLE TO EACH BOARD MEMBER. FORM 990, PART III - STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION, INC. PROVIDES PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT TO THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALS OF MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE, INCLUDING MORTON PLANT (CLEARWATER); MEASE DUNEDIN, (DUNEDIN); MEASE COUNTRYSIDE, (SAFETY HARBOR) AND MORTON PLANT NORTH BAY, (NEW PORT RICHEY). THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY'S PHILANTHROPIC GENEROSITY, MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION GRANTED $9.6 MILLION IN 2023. STAYING TRUE TO OUR MISSION AND REMAINING STEADFAST IN OUR COMMITMENT, $9.6 MILLION IN 2023 WAS INVESTED IN 37 PROGRAMS AND 21 CAPITAL PROJECTS. GIFTS FROM THE COMMUNITY HELP PURCHASE CUTTING-EDGE, LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT, BUILD STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES, AND SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES: FORM 990, PART III - STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS EXPANDED DESCRIPTION OF GRANTS FROM 4A (ENHANCING CLINICAL CARE): $2,392,216 FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM ($525,000) THE FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM PROVIDES PHYSICIAN EDUCATION AND CLINICAL TRAINING FOR 24 USF MORSANI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE RESIDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE RESIDENCY AND THE TURLEY FAMILY HEALTH CENTER SUPPORT 42,000 PATIENT VISITS PER YEAR AND LABORATORY, IMAGING, AND SOCIAL SERVICES. GRANT DOLLARS FUND CLINIC OPERATIONS, PHYSICIAN STAFFING, RESIDENCY ADMINISTRATION, AND FACILITY EXPENSES. ELEANOR THOMPSON NURSING SCHOOL ($321,711) NURSING ASSISTANTS ARE VITAL MEMBERS OF THE PATIENT CARE DELIVERY TEAM. THEY PROVIDE DIRECT PATIENT CARE AND SPEND MOST OF THE TIME IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE PATIENT AND FAMILY. THANKS TO THIS PROGRAM, MORTON PLANT MEASE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SELECT AND TRAIN MORE THAN 400 QUALIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS OVER THE PAST DECADE. WHEN TEAM MEMBERS COMPLETE THE PROGRAM, THEY ARE GUARANTEED A PATIENT CARE POSITION IN AN INPATIENT UNIT. RESPIRATORY THERAPIST PROGRAM ($181,588) EMPLOYMENT OF RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS IS PROJECTED TO GROW 23% FROM 2020 TO 2030, MUCH FASTER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR ALL OCCUPATIONS. THERE IS CURRENTLY A SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGE OF RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS THROUGHOUT OUR HOSPITALS. THIS GRANT WILL PROVIDE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR UP TO 10 GRADUATES WHILE FUNDING ONE CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR FOCUSING EXCLUSIVELY ON OVERSEEING AND COORDINATING OVERSIGHT OF RESPIRATORY THERAPIST STUDENTS. FAMILY CARE FUND ($161,059) WHEN UNEXPECTED EMERGENCIES AND EVENTS OCCUR IN OUR LIVES, MEETING OUR EVERYDAY NEEDS AND RESPONSIBILITIES CAN BECOME DIFFICULT. ASSISTANCE TO TEAM MEMBERS FACING THESE UNANTICIPATED AND UNUSUAL SITUATIONS IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FAMILY CARE FUND. LAST YEAR, THE FUND APPROVED OVER 100 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE AND PROVIDED OVER $160,000 TO TEAM MEMBERS WITH NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN. CLINICAL RESEARCH NURSE FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY ($153,018) A FULL-TIME CLINICAL RESEARCH NURSE SUPERVISOR WAS ASSIGNED TO SUPPORT RADIATION ONCOLOGY AND HAS EXPANDED NEW CLINICAL TRIALS AT MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL. TWO NEW MOFFITT-PHYSICIAN-INITIATED TRIALS STARTED IN 2023 WHILE MAINTAINING FIVE ALLIANCE RADIATION ONCOLOGY TRIALS, ENROLLING 14 PATIENTS. MORTON PLANT MEASE IS ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION ON CANCER, A DISTINCTION THAT RECOGNIZES OUR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING CANCER PATIENTS' SURVIVAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE. ADVANCING PARAMEDICS AND LPNS TO REGISTERED NURSES ($122,800) CURRENTLY, MANY PARAMEDICS AND LPNS WITHIN OUR HOSPITALS ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A NURSE. THESE PARAMEDICS AND LPNS, UPON COMPLETING THE PROGRAM, WILL FILL NURSING VACANCIES AT ALL FOUR OF THE HOSPITALS OF MORTON PLANT MEASE. THIS NEW PILOT PROGRAM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PASCO-HERNANDO STATE COLLEGE, IS AIMED AT HELPING THE CURRENT NURSING SHORTAGE. DR. GEORGE MORRIS EARN AS YOU LEARN NURSING PROGRAMS ($118,000) THE DR. GEORGE MORRIS EARN AS YOU LEARN PROVIDES PARTICIPANTS INTERESTED IN BECOMING A NURSE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND COLLEGE AND WORK PART-TIME IN ONE OF OUR HOSPITALS. THE PROGRAM HELPS FOSTER THE GROWTH OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS TO ENTER OR ADVANCE IN THE NURSING PROFESSION BY PROVIDING BOOKS AND ACCESS TO NEEDS-BASED FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS SO THEY CAN BETTER FOCUS ON SCHOOL WHILE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE SPECIALIST ($117,312) EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE (EBP) IS A PROCESS THAT INVOLVES SHARED CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING TO GUIDE POLICY AND PRACTICE DECISIONS, BASED ON THE BEST AVAILABLE RESEARCH, DATA, CLINICAL EXPERTISE, AND PATIENT PREFERENCES TO IMPROVE THE CARE FOR ALL WE SERVE. FROM THE PATIENT CARE SIDE, THE POSITION IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE, DECREASING HOSPITAL READMISSIONS, DECREASING LENGTH OF STAY, AND DECREASING HOSPITAL-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS AND MORTALITY. WELLNESS IS EVERYTHING PHYSICIAN ENGAGEMENT ($111,500) PHYSICIAN BURNOUT IS A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO THE EVER-GROWING PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE SHORTAGE. NOWHERE IS THAT STRAIN MORE APPARENT THAN WITHIN LARGE MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUPS. BAYCARE HEALTH SYSTEM'S PHYSICIAN PRACTICE GROUP, BAYCARE MEDICAL GROUP (BMG), EMPLOYS 544 PHYSICIANS AND 180 ADVANCE CARE PRACTITIONERS (ACPS) ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL FLORIDA. BMG DEVELOPED A PILOT PROGRAM INCORPORATING THREE KEY STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE WELL-BEING AND INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AMONG PHYSICIANS AND ACPS TO PREVENT BURNOUT. NEUROSURGICAL PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT RESIDENCY PROGRAM ($100,000) FROM CRANIAL NEUROSURGERY, SPINE SURGERY, STROKE, AND INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGY, MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL REMAINS THE COMMUNITY LEADER IN NEURO-INTERVENTIONAL CARE. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA, THIS NEW PILOT PROGRAM IS A ONE-YEAR, ACCREDITED PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES THE FULL SPECTRUM OF CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS TO PREPARE THE RESIDENTS TO PERFORM THE TASKS OF AN EXPERIENCED PA IN NEUROSURGERY INCLUDING PARTICIPATING IN HOSPITAL ROUNDS. SALLY L. BAILEY SCHOLARSHIP ($100,000) NURSING STUDENTS OFTEN HAVE MORE FINANCIAL NEEDS THAN THOSE PROVIDED BY BAYCARE TUITION ASSISTANCE. THIS SCHOLARSHIP IS NEED-BASED TO ASSIST WITH LIVING EXPENSES SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, CHILDCARE, AND TUITION/ BOOKS NOT COVERED BY TUITION ASSISTANCE. PROSPECTIVE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES WILL BE SELECTED BASED ON THEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR STUDIES, CARE AND COMPASSION TOWARDS PATIENTS AND THE ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED. LOIS ODENCE PLANTERS ENDOWMENT ($52,000) THIS SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO MORTON PLANT MEASE NURSING STUDENTS AND IS BASED ON FINANCIAL NEED AND NOT ACCORDING TO OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES FOR TUITION AND BOOKS. THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WILL ASSIST IN THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF NURSING SCHOOL, WHICH WILL, IN TURN, HELP FILL VACANCIES IN NURSING UNITS AND CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, MORE THAN $450,000 HAS BEEN AWARDED TO 192 NURSING STUDENTS. AL EADDY FAMILY MEDICINE RESEARCH CENTER ($50,000) THIS GRANT PROMOTES RESEARCH-BASED EDUCATION AND STRUCTURED CLINICAL STUDIES FOR THE FAMILY MEDICINE FACULTY AND RESIDENTS. SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS PROVIDED THROUGH THIS FUNDING DISTINGUISH OUR FACULTY AND RESIDENTS REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY, AS WELL AS ENHANCE THE QUALITY AND SCOPE OF PATIENT CARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. GRANT DOLLARS OFFSET PHYSICIAN SALARIES, DATA MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, AND EDUCATION SUPPLIES. BEREAVEMENT COORDINATOR ($50,000) THE BEREAVEMENT PROGRAM SERVES AS A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL FOR SUPPORTING PATIENT FAMILIES, TEAM MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY IN TIMES OF GRIEF. THE BEREAVEMENT PROGRAM PROVIDES VALUABLE RESOURCES TO FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE WHILE IN OUR CARE. THIS GRANT FUNDS A PART-TIME BEREAVEMENT COORDINATOR WHO ASSISTS IN CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM. WOW! AWARDS ($50,000) CELEBRATED DURING NATIONAL NURSES WEEK AND HOSPITAL WEEK IN MAY, THE WOW! NURSING AND TEAM MEMBER EXCELLENCE AWARDS HONORS OUR COMPASSIONATE NURSES AND TEAM MEMBERS WHO EXEMPLIFY OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE, TEAMWORK, AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. WINNERS ARE NOMINATED BY FELLOW TEAM MEMBERS AND ARE SELECTED BY A COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF A CROSS-SECTION OF TEAM MEMBERS, INCLUDING LEADERSHIP AND PEERS. KATHERINE T. SMITH SCHOLARSHIP ($36,000) THE KATHERINE T. SMITH NURSING SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND IS AVAILABLE DUE TO THE GENEROSITY AND LOVE OF NURSING THAT KATHERINE T. SMITH POSSESSED THROUGHOUT HER PROFESSIONAL NURSING CAREER. TO ADVANCE NURSING EDUCATION, THIS GRANT REQUEST OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP MONIES TO QUALIFIED NURSES WHO HAVE ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE TO PARTICIPATE IN BSN, MSN, PHD (NURSING), OR DNP DEGREE PROGRAMS. NURSE WELLNESS PROGRAM AT MEASE COUNTRYSIDE ($31,500) HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE BURNOUT RATES, TURNOVER, AND GENERAL LACK OF ENGAGEMENT HAVE SURGED RECENTLY. THE GOAL OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM IS TO HELP REDUCE THE ANXIETY, STRESS, AND FATIGUE OF OUR NURSES AND INVEST IN THEIR WELL-BEING BY FUNDING OUR OWN NURSE LEADERS AT MEASE COUNTRYSIDE HOSPITAL TO COMPLETE THE CERTIFIED NURSE COACH TRAINING PROGRAM TO BETTER PROVIDE OUR TEAM WITH SUPPORT ON-SITE, COPING MECHANISMS AND MENTORSHIP FROM PEERS. VIRTUAL NURSE PILOT PROGRAM ($29,500) MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL PILOTED A VIRTUAL NURSE PROGRAM TO REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS THAT OFTEN BURDEN THE FRONTLINE NURSING TEAM. THE PURPOSE OF THE VIRTUAL NURSE PROGRAM IS TO COMPLEMENT THE BEDSIDE NURSE, NOT REPLACE THEM. THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE NURSING SATISFACTION, ENHANCE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE, AND REDUCE PATIENT HARM. THE VIRTUAL NURSE WILL BE FOCUSED ON HELPING WITH ADMISSIONS, DISCHARGES, PATIENT EDUCATION, OR FOLLOW-UP PHONE CALLS. FORM 990, PART III - STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS CONTINUATION OF EXPANDED DESCRIPTION OF GRANTS FROM 4A PEACE MEMORIAL JOSEPH CLAPP SCHOLARSHIP ($20,000) RESEARCH CONTINUES TO PROJECT THAT DESPITE THE CURRENT EASING OF THE NURSING SHORTAGE, THE US NURSING SHORTAGE IS PROJECTED TO NEED 525,000 REPLACEMENTS NURSES IN THE WORKFORCE BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JOB OPENINGS FOR NURSES DUE TO GROWTH AND REPLACEMENTS TO 1.05 MILLION BY 2025. "GROWING OUR OWN" WILL BE LESS EXPENSIVE IN THE LONG RUN. THE EAYL PROGRAM ALSO PRODUCES EMPLOYEE LOYALTY AND INCREASES RETENTION. VOLUNTEER NURSE INITIATIVE ($18,488) NURSE MANAGERS HAVE REPORTED A CONTINUING NEED FOR INDIVIDUALIZED PATIENT ATTENTION AND COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES. VOLUNTEER NURSES SERVE AS "AMBASSADORS OF CARE" PROVIDING POSITIVE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCES FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES. THEY CONTRIBUTE TO PATIENT SATISFACTION BY ASSISTING WITH MEALS, HYGIENE, PROCEDURES, COMFORT, DIVERSIONS, THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION, PATIENT ADVOCATES, AND PATIENT EDUCATION. JOAN CLOW SEMINAR FUND ($16,600) THE JOAN CLOW SEMINAR FUND PAYS FOR REGISTRATION, TRAVEL, HOTEL AND FOOD EXPENSES FOR SEVEN NURSES AT A NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN THEIR AREA OF SPECIALTY, SUCH AS (1) MED SURG, (2) CRITICAL CARE NURSING, (3) ASSOCIATION OF OR NURSES, (4) WOMEN'S SERVICES OR PEDS NURSING, (5) EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION, AND (6) WOUND OSTOMY. THE NURSE AND ORGANIZATION BENEFIT BECAUSE EVIDENCE-BASED KNOWLEDGE IS ACQUIRED AND SHARED WITH OTHER BEDSIDE NURSES. CHRISTENSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP ($10,000) THE DALE AND CAROLE CHRISTENSEN NURSING SCHOLARSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE CHRISTENSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION AS A WAY TO HONOR DALE WHO PASSED AWAY FROM PROSTATE CANCER AT MEASE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL. AS A WAY TO GIVE BACK, THE FAMILY ESTABLISHED THIS SCHOLARSHIP TO ASSIST TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE PURSUING A NURSING CAREER OR ARE CURRENTLY STRIVING TO ADVANCE THEIR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. ALL GRANT DOLLARS GO TO FUNDING SCHOLARSHIPS. BLUMENTHAL FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP ($5,600) THE BLUMENTHAL FAMILY EARN AS YOU LEARN (EAYL) NURSING SCHOLARSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE FOUNDATION THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE BLUMENTHAL FAMILY. THE BLUMENTHAL FAMILY HAS A PASSION FOR NURSING AND WANTED TO ASSIST AN EAYL REGISTERED NURSE WITH THEIR LIVING EXPENSES WHILE IN THE PROGRAM. THE SCHOLARSHIP WAS AWARDED TO DESERVING EAYL NURSING STUDENTS WHO REMAIN IN EXCELLENT STANDING AT SCHOOL AND WORK. DAISY AWARD PROGRAM FOR EXTRAORDINARY NURSES ($5,500) THE DAISY AWARD IS AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM THAT REWARDS AND CELEBRATES THE EXTRAORDINARY CLINICAL SKILL AND COMPASSIONATE CARE GIVEN BY NURSES EVERY DAY. MORTON PLANT MEASE IS PROUD TO BE A DAISY AWARD PARTNER, RECOGNIZING ONE OF OUR NURSES WITH THIS SPECIAL HONOR EVERY MONTH. NURSES ARE NOMINATED FOR THE AWARD BY PATIENTS, FAMILIES, PHYSICIANS AND/OR CO-WORKERS. FLEECE BLANKETS FOR PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENTS ($4,000) THE SEWING ROOM CURRENTLY MAKES FLEECE BLANKETS FOR OUR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS OR VISITORS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. GRANT DOLLARS WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE MORE FLEECE FABRIC TO CONTINUE THIS SPECIAL GIFT FOR THE CHILDREN IN OUR ERS. THIS GIFT HELPS TO ALLEVIATE SOME STRESS AND PROVIDE COMFORT TO PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WHILE IN OUR CARE. THE DIANE RAUCH CAMP NURSE JR. ($1,040) THE CAMP IS FOR STUDENTS ENTERING 7TH OR 8TH GRADE AND WILL BE HELD AT THE SALLY L. BAILEY EDUCATION CENTER ON THE MEASE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CAMPUS. THE HANDS-ON CAMP ALLOWS STUDENTS TO EXPLORE NURSING AND VARIOUS OTHER HEALTH CARE CAREERS IN A FUN AND INTERACTIVE SETTING. THE CAMP IS NAMED IN HONOR OF DIANE RAUCH, A DEDICATED PEDIATRIC OR NURSE AND THEN A PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOL NURSE. FORM 990, PART III - STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS EXPANDED DESCRIPTION OF GRANTS FROM 4B (DISEASE SPECIFIC AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH): $889,776 MADONNA PTAK CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH AND MEMORY DISORDERS ($308,000) ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF DEMENTIA A GENERAL TERM FOR THE LOSS OF MEMORY AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES SERIOUS ENOUGH TO INTERFERE WITH DAILY LIFE. THE CENTER PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CARE TO PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER MEMORY LOSS DISORDERS USING A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF MEMORY DISORDERS AND HELPING THE PATIENT LIVE A MORE FUNCTIONAL LIFE. PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES ($250,000) AN INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL SPECIALTY THAT FOCUSES ON PREVENTING AND RELIEVING SUFFERING AND ON SUPPORTING THE BEST POSSIBLE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES FACING SERIOUS ILLNESSES. IT IS A PERSON AND FAMILY-CENTERED APPROACH TO CARE FOCUSED ON EXPERT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PAIN AND OTHER SYMPTOMS, ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT OF CAREGIVER NEEDS, AND COORDINATION OF MEDICAL, SOCIAL, AND PRACTICAL SERVICES. PALLIATIVE CARE ATTENDS TO THE PHYSICAL, FUNCTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, PRACTICAL, AND SPIRITUAL CONSEQUENCES OF A SERIOUS ILLNESS. SLEEP DISORDERS HOME SLEEP TESTING PROGRAM ($100,000) AFTER THE COVID PANDEMIC, OUR HOSPITALS ARE TRANSITIONING SLEEP TESTS TO HOME SLEEP TESTING. TO SCHEDULE A PATIENT WITH A CURRENT ORDER FOR AN IN-LAB TEST SLEEP STUDY, THE WAIT IS CURRENTLY OVER THREE MONTHS, AND THE AVERAGE TURNAROUND TIME FOR HOME DEVICES IS SEVEN DAYS. THIS GRANT WILL HELP IMPROVE PATIENT SATISFACTION BY PROVIDING NEEDED SERVICES QUICKER, NOT WASTING RESOURCES ON A MORE EXPENSIVE IN-LAB TEST, NOT HAVING TO PAY OUT OF POCKET, TESTING IN THEIR HOME ENVIRONMENT, AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH SYSTEM'S SCHEDULING PROCESS. PLASMA AMYLOID TESTING FOR DEMENTIA PATIENTS ($50,000) DEMENTIA IS A GENERALIZED TERM REFERRING TO COGNITIVE DECLINE INTERFERING WITH DAILY FUNCTIONING. EARLY DETECTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE DISEASE COURSE DUE TO ITS PROGRESSIVE NATURE. CURRENTLY, THE MOST ACCESSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO DETECT AMYLOID BETA PEPTIDES, THE PROTEINS DEPOSITED IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASED BRAINS, IS A LUMBAR PUNCTURE, WHICH CAN BE AN INVASIVE TEST. THIS GRANT REQUEST WILL PROVIDE COST-FREE PLASMA AMYLOID TESTING TO DEMENTIA PATIENTS WITH FINANCIAL NEEDS. MAMMOGRAPHY VOUCHER PROGRAM ($40,000) FIRST STARTED IN 2000, THIS COMMUNITY BREAST HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM SERVES UNINSURED AND LOW-INCOME WOMEN WITH ACCESS TO CLINICAL BREAST EXAMS, SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAMS, BREAST ULTRASOUND, MRIS, FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATIONS, IMAGEGUIDED AND SURGICAL BIOPSIES, SURGICAL CONSULTATIONS, AND TREATMENT. MATERNITY BLOOD PRESSURE CUFFS ($28,570) HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS DURING PREGNANCY ARE A LEADING CAUSE OF MATERNAL MORTALITY WORLD-WIDE. THIS PROJECT WILL FUND HOME-MONITORING BLOOD PRESSURE KITS FOR WOMEN AT HIGHEST RISK FOR DEVELOPING PREECLAMPSIA AND OTHER HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO IMPROVE THE OUTCOMES OF HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY BY EDUCATING, SUPPORTING, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND IMPROVING HEALTH CARE PRACTICES. INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE PROGRAM FOR CANCER PATIENTS ($25,000) INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE ADDRESSES ALL ASPECTS OF A PATIENT'S HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE, INCLUDING PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL, AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING. THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW THE INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE CLINIC TO ASSIST PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, WITH FINANCIAL LIMITATIONS, THROUGH SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING ACUPUNCTURE, AURICULOTHERAPY, BREATHWORK, MEDITATION, STRESS MANAGEMENT, AND LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS. LIVING SPRINGS CANCER RETREAT ($24,375) AFTER A PAUSE DUE TO COVID, VOLUNTEER RESOURCES HOSTED THE LIVING SPRINGS RETREAT AT THE SAFETY HARBOR RESORT AND SPA IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. THIS ADULT CANCER SURVIVOR WEEKEND RETREAT IS OFFERED AT NO COST AND FEATURED ENTERTAINMENT AND SPA SERVICES FOR ADULT CANCER SURVIVORS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. THIS MEMORABLE WEEKEND PROMOTES CAMARADERIE AND SHARED EXPERIENCES WHILE NURTURING THE SPIRIT OF THOSE TOUCHED BY CANCER. GLADYS DOUGLAS FOREVER FIT ($21,480) THE FOREVER FIT PROGRAM IS A SUPERVISED, PERSONALIZED EXERCISE PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED A FITNESS PROGRAM BASED ON CARDIOVASCULAR, STRENGTH, BALANCE AND AGILITY IMPROVEMENT, AS WELL AS FALL PREVENTION. HELPS PARTICIPANTS BEGIN OR CONTINUE A FITNESS PROGRAM AND GIVES THEM THE TOOLS AND SKILL TO TRANSITION INTO EXERCISING. MEDICAL FITNESS PROGRAM ($21,331) THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ESTIMATE THAT 6 OF EVERY 10 ADULTS IN THE US SUFFER FROM A CHRONIC DISEASE SUCH AS HEART DISEASE, CANCER, LUNG DISEASE, STROKE, OR DIABETES WITH LOW LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BEING A KEY CONTRIBUTOR. THE MEDICAL FITNESS PROGRAMS BEING OFFERED AT THE BAYCARE FITNESS CENTERS FOCUS ON PATIENTS WITH DIABETES, BONE LOSS PREVENTION, BALANCE PROGRAMS, AND FIT-4-SURGERY A PRE- AND POST- SURGERY EXERCISE PROGRAM. INFANT AND CAR SEAT SAFETY TRAINING ($12,000) MORTON PLANT AND MEASE COUNTRYSIDE HOSPITALS WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR CAR SEAT EDUCATION AND DISTRIBUTION CLASSES WHERE PARENTS COULD ATTEND IN THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT INFANT SAFETY AND LEAVE WITH A NEW CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT THAT WILL GROW WITH THE INFANT INTO CHILDHOOD, WHICH WILL ALSO BE INSTALLED PROPERLY WITH THE SUPERVISION OF A TRAINED CAR SEAT INSTALLER. IT IS PROJECTED TO GIVE OUT ABOUT 100 CAR SEATS BETWEEN THE CLASSES AND THOSE NEEDING THEM IN THE MOM-BABY UNITS AT MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL AND MEASE COUNTRYSIDE HOSPITAL. SUPPORTIVE BEREAVEMENT RESOURCES & MEMORY MAKING ($9,020) THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN ADULT ICU AND FETAL DEMISE CONSULTS TO PROVIDE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT TO CHILDREN SUFFERING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. THIS HAS LED TO NEEDING ADDITIONAL BEREAVEMENT RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT DURING THESE CONSULTS. ITEMS WILL EQUIP THESE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES TO AID COPING IN THEIR GRIEF JOURNEY. FORM 990, PART III - STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS EXPANDED DESCRIPTION OF GRANTS FROM 4C (CAPITAL GRANTS): $6,260,240 CAPITAL GRANTS MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION PROVIDES THE HOSPITALS WITH A VARIETY OF CAPITAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND FACILITY UPGRADES. IN 2023, THESE CAPITAL FUNDS PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING: MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL CATHETERIZATION LAB ($2,400,000) THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT OF THE MORAN HEART HOSPITAL COMMUNITY CHALLENGE, MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL UPGRADED ITS CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABS WITH THE PHILIPS AZURION IMAGE-GUIDED THERAPY PLATFORM. THIS EQUIPMENT ALLOWS CLINICIANS TO PERFORM COMPLEX INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES SUCH AS ANGIOPLASTY, A MINIMALLY INVASIVE CATHETER-BASED PROCEDURE THAT OPENS NARROWED OR BLOCKED ARTERIES THAT SUPPLY BLOOD TO THE HEART, MORE PRECISELY. DA VINCI XI SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR MEASE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL ($1,700,000) ROBOTICALLY-ASSISTED SURGERY, COMPARED TO OPEN SURGERIES, IS MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND CAN PROVIDE THE PATIENT WITH THE ADDED BENEFITS OF LESS BLOOD LOSS, MINIMAL SCARRING, LESS TRAUMA TO THE BODY, SHORTER LENGTH OF STAY, AND LOWER RISK OF INFECTION, RESULTING IN FASTER RECOVERY, FEWER COMPLICATIONS, AND OVERALL IMPROVED OUTCOMES. THE SYSTEM ALSO ALLOWS SURGEONS BETTER VISUALIZATION, FULL USE OF THEIR WRISTS, AND BETTER BODY ERGONOMICS AS THEY GENERALLY SIT RATHER THAN STAND. THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY'S PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT, THIS IS MEASE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL'S FIRST DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM. ION ENDOLUMINAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM AT MEASE COUNTRYSIDE ($613,000) LUNG CANCER HAS BECOME THE MOST DIAGNOSED CANCER SINCE 2018 WITH MORE THAN 2.1 MILLION PEOPLE DIAGNOSED EACH YEAR. THIS ION ENDOLUMINAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM WILL ALLOW OUR INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGISTS AT MEASE COUNTRYSIDE HOSPITAL TO BIOPSY AREAS OF THE LUNG THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ACCESSIBLE. THE TECHNOLOGY FEATURES AN ULTRA-THIN, ULTRA-MANEUVERABLE CATHETER THAT ALLOWS NAVIGATION FAR INTO THE PERIPHERAL LUNG, AND THE PRECISION NEEDED FOR BIOPSY. CIOS SPIN 3D FLUOROSCOPY ($370,000) MORE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES DIE FROM LUNG CANCER THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF CANCER. 70% OF EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER RESIDES IN THE TOUGHEST-TO-REACH PARTS OF THE LUNG AND ARE VERY SMALL IN SIZE. THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL ENABLE MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL TO INCREASE ITS ABILITY TO DIAGNOSE LUNG CANCER AT AN EARLY STAGE, OFFERING PATIENTS MORE CURATIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS. THE CIOS SPIN WILL DECREASE PROCEDURE TIME FOR PATIENTS, AND INCREASE ACCURACY OF BIOPSY NEAR VITAL STRUCTURES. ECHOCARDIOGRAM MACHINE FOR MEASE DUNEDIN ($244,206) ECHOCARDIOGRAM IS OFTEN THE FIRST CARDIAC IMAGING TEST PERFORMED FOR PATIENTS WITH HEART DISEASE. MEASE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL IS ABLE TO OPEN ITS SERVICES TO MORE PATIENTS, INCLUDING CANCER PATIENTS. WITH CANCER PATIENTS, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR EVALUATIONS OF HEART FUNCTION BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENTS. THIS NEW MACHINE WILL OFFER THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGY AND ALLOW THE CLINIC TO OFFER 3D IMAGING. STRUCTURAL HEART CLINIC ECHO MACHINE AT MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL ($197,712) MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL'S ADVANCED VALVE AND STRUCTURAL HEART CARE CLINIC PROVIDES INNOVATIVE HEART CARE TO PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. IN 2022, THEY RECEIVED THE TRANSCATHETER VALVE CERTIFICATION FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. THIS NEW MACHINE WILL OFFER THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGY, ALLOWING THE CLINIC TO OFFER 3D AND STRAIN IMAGING. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LAB AT MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL ($187,791) MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL'S CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROGRAM IS A FULL-SERVICE RHYTHM PROGRAM FROM TESTING TO DIAGNOSIS TO TREATMENT OF ANY TYPE OF ARRHYTHMIA, INCLUDING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AFIB), VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA, AND ATRIAL FLUTTER. AS A LEADER OF CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL PERFORMS THE MOST COMPLEX PROCEDURES, AND COMPLEX ABLATION VOLUME CONTINUES TO INCREASE. GE PANDA WARMERS FOR NICU AT MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL ($80,612) THIS GRANT FUNDED FOUR NEW PANDA WARMERS FOR THE NICU WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND FEATURES. THE PANDA WARMERS WILL DECREASE ALARM FATIGUE AND INCREASE THE TEAMS' EFFICIENCY AS THE NEW DESIGN ALLOWS THE TEAM MORE ROOM TO WORK AND BETTER ACCESS TO THE INFANT FOR BOTH THE NURSES AND PARENTS. NEONATAL TRANSPORTER AT MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL ($72,316) MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL'S NEW NEONATAL TRANSPORTER, WITH AN INTEGRATED VENTILATOR, WILL BE UTILIZED TO TRANSPORT CRITICAL NEONATES FROM THE ER AND ORS TO THE HOSPITAL'S LABOR AND DELIVERY AND NICU. THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW FOR SAFER AND MORE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATE STABILIZATION OF THE PRETERM INFANT, WHICH CAN ULTIMATELY LEAD TO DECREASED LENGTH OF STAY AND IMPROVED CRITICAL OUTCOMES. VIDEO STROBE FOR MORTON PLANT NORTH BAY HOSPITAL'S SPEECH THERAPY DEPARTMENT ($70,806) DIGITALLY RECORDS STROBOSCOPIC AND ENDOSCOPIC EXAMS WITH AN HD OPTICAL SYSTEM, OFFERING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CONTRAST AND COLOR REPRODUCTION. THIS WILL ALLOW PROVIDERS TO SEE FINE DETAILS OF VOCAL CORDS DURING SPEECH, ALLOWING THEM TO EVALUATE THE MOVEMENT AND ASSESS FOR LARYNGEAL ABNORMALITIES. FETAL MONITORS FOR MEASE COUNTRYSIDE HOSPITAL ($64,730) ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING IS ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING SAFE CARE TO OUR ANTEPARTUM AND INTRAPARTUM PATIENTS. THE MONITORS PROVIDE THE CARE TEAM WITH INFORMATION REGARDING FETAL OXYGENATION. POSITIVE INFANT DELIVERY OUTCOMES ARE REFLECTED IN APGAR SCORES, NICU ADMISSIONS AND CORD GAS VALUES. GIRAFFE CARE STATION FOR MORTON PLANT'S NICU ($49,986) THE GIRAFFE INCUBATOR CARE STATION IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART NEONATAL ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES NATURAL, PEACEFUL HEALING WHILE FOSTERING FAMILY-CENTERED CARE AND BONDING. ADDITIONALLY, THE HEALTH CARE TEAM HAS IMPROVED ACCESS TO THE SMALLEST PATIENTS, GIVING THEM A BETTER CHANCE AT PROVIDING SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WHILE MAINTAINING A STABLE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT ESSENTIAL FOR NEONATAL HEALING. THESE BEDS CAN ALSO BE UTILIZED IN A MOTHER BABY ROOM IF A BABY REQUIRES WARMING AND PHOTOTHERAPY. ANGEL EYE NICU VIEW SYSTEM AT MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL ($47,420) WHILE MOST PREGNANCIES END WITH A HEALTHY BABY, ABOUT 10% OF NEONATES REQUIRE SPECIAL CARE IN THE NICU, WHICH CAN CAUSE HIGH LEVELS OF ANXIETY FOR THEIR FAMILIES. THE ANGEL EYE SYSTEM ALLOWS FAMILIES THE ABILITY TO SEE THEIR INFANTS, RECEIVE COMMUNICATION UPDATES, AND VIEW EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON ANY DEVICE WITH INTERNET. THIS TECHNOLOGY GIVES FAMILIES 24/7 ACCESS TO VIEW THEIR BABIES IN THE NICU TO ALLOW FAMILIES TO FEEL LIKE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR BABY'S CARE TEAM. SONOSITE ULTRASOUND FOR MEASE COUNTRYSIDE HOSPITAL'S NICU ($41,925) THIS TECHNOLOGY PROVIDED THE NEONATAL TEAM WITH VISUALIZATION TOOLS NEEDED TO ENHANCE THE CARE OF NEONATES IN THE NICU, INCLUDING IV PLACEMENT. IT WILL ALLOW INFANTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO ACCESS TREATMENTS NEEDED FOR THEIR CONDITIONS. IT WILL ALSO REASSURE THE PARENTS OF INFANTS THAT THE PROCEDURE IS BEING PERFORMED WITH THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGY, PROVIDING SAFE AND ACCURATE LINE PLACEMENTS. TECOTHERM NEO-INFANT COOLING SYSTEM ($38,181) THIS EQUIPMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO BEGIN THE COOLING PROCESS FOR INFANT BRAIN INJURY THAT OCCURS WHEN THE BRAIN DOESN'T RECEIVE ENOUGH OXYGEN OR BLOOD FLOW. COOLING IS RECOGNIZED AS AN EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION TO DECREASE ADVERSE NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING PERINATAL ASPHYXIA. THE SYSTEM MONITORS INFANT TEMPERATURE EVERY TWO SECONDS AND MAKES CHANGES TO COOLING FLUID TO ENSURE THE INFANT'S TEMPERATURE REMAINS STABLE. VOLUNTEER RESOURCES GOLF CART TRAMS ($24,000) VOLUNTEER RESOURCES PROVIDES RIDES FOR VISITORS, PATIENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND TEAM MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON OUR HOSPITAL CAMPUSES. THE RIDE HELPS TO ENSURE THESE PEOPLE GET TO THEIR DESTINATION ON TIME AND SAFELY. IT ALSO HELPS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOING TO THE WRONG BUILDING OF OUR GROWING CAMPUSES. TWO NEW GOLF CARTS ON THE MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL CAMPUS WILL ALLOW THE VOLUNTEER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE THIS CUSTOMER SATISFIER AND HELP TO ENSURE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SAFETY. NURSING SIMULATION EQUIPMENT ($19,952) THIS GRANT PROVIDED OUR UNIT-BASED EDUCATORS WITH NEEDED EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE TRAINING OF TEAM MEMBERS TO IMPROVE TEAM MEMBERS' KNOWLEDGE, SKILL COMPETENCE, AND PROFICIENCY. THIS GRANT HELPED PURCHASE MOBILE VIRTUAL PATIENT MONITORS FOR THE SUSIE SIMULATOR, WHICH ALLOWS EDUCATORS TO CREATE IMMERSIVE SCENARIOS TO ENHANCE SIMULATION-BASED LEARNING, SUCH AS PRACTICING VITAL SIGN DOCUMENTATION AND INTERPRETATION SKILLS AT THE BEDSIDE OR IN TRANSIT. INBODY TECHNOLOGY TO COMBAT OBESITY FOR MEASE BARIATRIC PROGRAM ($17,995) MORE THAN 63% OF PINELLAS COUNTY ADULTS ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE. THIS TECHNOLOGY OFFERS PATIENTS A MORE PERSONALIZED APPROACH TO OBESITY TREATMENT WITH PRECISE DATA MEASUREMENTS. TRADITIONAL MEASUREMENTS OF HEIGHT, WEIGHT, AND AGE DO NOT ANALYZE WHAT'S GOING ON INTERNALLY. INBODY PROVIDES A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO PINPOINT WHAT IS HAPPENING INTERNALLY TO DETECT ISSUES SUCH AS EXCESS VISCERAL FAT OR WATER. FORM 990, PART III - STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS CONTINUATION OF EXPANDED DESCRIPTION OF GRANTS FROM 4C POST CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT ($11,000) OUTPATIENT REHAB IS EXPERIENCING AN INCREASING NUMBER OF REFERRALS FOR A POST-CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT DIAGNOSIS. 3D MODELING TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS FOR SUPERIOR EYE MOVEMENT TESTING AND OBSERVATION RELATED TO VESTIBULAR PATHOLOGY SEEN IN POST-CONCUSSION PATIENTS. THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL ENHANCE PATIENT EDUCATION WITH SELF-TREATMENT TECHNIQUES FOR HOME MANAGEMENT UTILIZING REAL-TIME VISUAL FEEDBACK. PEDIATRIC MONROE BED ($8,608) THIS SPECIALTY BED FOR TODDLERS HELPS MAINTAIN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHILE STILL ALLOWING PARENTS AND STAFF TO CARE FOR THE CHILD USING PROPER BODY MECHANICS. THE BED IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR ACTIVE PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WHO MAY BE AT RISK OF CLIMBING OUT OF BED. 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