Impact 2014 Spring Final

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FEATURE

The successful, system-wide fundraising initiative launched on January 1, 2007, can be characterized by a series of numbers

7 years, the Campaigns length. $100 million, its original goal the most ambitious in Swedishs history. $130 million, the amount

of money the Campaign had raised by its conclusion on December 31, 2013. 61,000, the number of people who contributed

2,000,000, the approximate number of patients these funds have helped.

But, of course, numbers dont tell the whole story or stories, as the case may be. Because every Swedish patient has a unique

story that together combine to tell another, farther-reaching one the story of a stronger health-delivery system that is able to

offer better treatment options and more access to advanced research and clinical trials than it did seven years ago, thanks to the

generosity of community members.

This latest chapter of Swedishs history has roots that, like the rest of the medical center, date to 1910, when ten Swedish-born

physicians, led by Dr. Nils Johanson, each contributed $1,000 to start Swedish Hospital. Dr. Johanson and his colleagues would

undoubtedly have been proud to watch their humble hospital, which began with just 24 beds, grow into the largest nonprofit health-

care provider in the greater Seattle area, as well as to see it continually strive to provide better care to the communities it serves

On the following pages, youll read the stories of several Swedish patients and learn about how the Campaign has helped

provide them with enhanced care and improved health and, equally as important, a greater sense of hope.

Its a story we can all be proud of.

The Campaign for Swedish

BY JENNIFER SCHAEFER

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Nursing students study how to handle highly stressful

medical situations, but its very different to experience one forthe first time once they graduate. The Swedish RN Residency

Program was created in 2010 to

help ease new nurses transition

from the classroom into the hos-

pital environment. The program

established in part to foster

the development of skillful, com-

mitted career nurses in response

to a national nursing shortage

focuses on an intensive, 12-week

to 1-year orientation period dur-

ing which nurses focus on their

choice of several specialties,

such as Neonatal Intensive Care,

Labor and Delivery, and Emergency Care.

Before the Swedish RN Residency Program, nurses

were trained out on the units by individual nurses, so you

can imagine the variability in training, says June Altaras,

R.N., Swedishs chief nursing officer, who had an integral rolein creating the program. Now we have a standardized level

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of education and training, and nurses are evaluated in a

standardized way.Much of the program takes place in a new state-of-the-ar

Nursing Simulation Lab located

at the Swedish/Cherry Hill cam

pus, funded in part by nearly

$500,000 raised at the inaugura

Destination Swedish luncheon

in February 2 013. In the lab

residents take part in various

simulated clinical scenarios, dur

ing which they work on lifelike

computer-controlled mannequins

using real equipment, then under

go thorough debriefings.

Altaras recalls how one new

residency grad performed so well during a Code Blue that the

hospitals staff was blown away that this was a brand-new nurse

Nurses leave the program ready to go out on the floor and

take care of patients, she says. They know exactly what to do

because theyve been coached through it in a lab setting andhave gotten it right.

FEATURE

SWEDISH RN RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Donors like you have supported innovative programs and initiatives throughout The Campaign for Swedish with the goal of improvingthe overall health of our communities. Your support has increased access to quality care for all of our patients and their families throughmany programs, including the following:

RN Residency Program: $675,000The nursing Residency Program at Swedish trains recently graduated RNs to become theskilled and dedicated career nurses that are so important to the patient-centered care that is Swedishs hallmark.

Emergency services: $1.5 million

Expansions and additions to several of Swedishs life-saving emergency departments broughquality emergency care into communities that need it most, providing indispensable services within minutes of home for thousandsof our patients.

Caring for our communities: $9.3 million Swedish takes seriously our responsibility to improve the health and well-being of oucommunities. Whether through health education, charity care, or programs for the medically underserved, were committed to caringfor the people of our region and beyond.

Swedish art collection: $725,000At Swedish, we believe that art greatly contributes to a healing environment. Art fills hallwayswaiting areas and offices with pieces that convey the beauty of nature and the power of the human spirit to provide a respite andhope to patients and their families.

You made a !"#$%&$13.8 million

Swedish RN residents can now benefit from anew state-of-art Nursing Simulation Lab, funded in part by generous

donors at theDestination Swedishluncheon in 2013.


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New nurses and clinical educatorsin the Swedish RN Residency Program participatein simulated clinical scenarios that prepare themto handle highly stressful medical situations.



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Guy Hudson, M.D.examines Emmitt, a 13-month-old patien

in his office at Swedish/First Hill

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Most of the nearly 9,000 babies born at Swedish each year

have routine births, but about one out of every 10 isnt so lucky.

These infants require specialized care

at the Swedish Neonatal Intensive Care

Unit (NICU) at the First Hill campus, the

most experienced, high-tech Level III

NICU in the state. In August 2010, the

NICU which often operated at up to

90 percent capacity, when the recommen-

dation for such a facility is 75 percent

underwent a 10,735-square-foot ex-

pansion that added 15 additional neo-natal intensive-care beds to the existing

61 beds, as well as family rooms, a family

lounge and an educational conference

center. The $3.7-million expansion was

made possible by a combination of the

hospitals own capital, which funded the physical-space reno-

vation, and $1.9 million in gifts used to purchase state-of-the-

art technology and equipment.

One of the tiny patients who benefitted from the expanded

facility was Piper Baily, who was born seven weeks early due

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to a malformation of mom Stephanies uterus that put her at

risk for premature labor.

I had such a hard time leaving Piper

and going home without her, but the little

things the nurses did, like dressing her in

a special outfit each day, made me realize

they were treating her as if she was part

of their family, says Stephanie of Pipers

25-day stay in the NICU. They let me cal

anytime, 24/7, answered all our questions

and accepted all our emotions in a nice

and reassuring manner.To say thanks and help support future

patients, for Pipers first birthday, Stephanie

and husband Jonathan asked friends and

family to make donations to the Swedish

NICU instead of giving Piper gifts of toys

or clothes. Piper, who is thriving, will celebrate her second

birthday this summer.

Our team at Swedish treated us like people, not just another

patient, and that really made a difference, says Stephanie

Swedish has such a special place in our hearts.

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SWEDISH NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Thanks to you, and thousands of donors like you, weve changed the way we care for women, infants and children in ourcommunities. The story above and programs listed below show how your gifts have made an impact:

The Lytle Centerfor Pregnancy and Newborns: $2.8 millionThe Lytle Center provides a full spectrum of care for expectanand new moms including well-baby exams, lactation consultations, education classes, support groups, and postpartum mooddisorders screening.

The Gossman Center for Advanced Simulation: $2.7 millionThe Gossman Center allows physicians and medical teams toutilize lifelike mannequins and advanced simulation to perfect their skills.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit expansion: $1.9 million The expansion increased the capacity of the Level III NICUby50 percent, enabling the highly-skilled and dedicated caregivers to provide the highest level of neonatal intensive care toour most vulnerable patients.

Pediatric Therapy Services: $100,000 Pediatric Therapy Services provides occupational, physical and speech therapy to improvethe quality of life for children and teenagers with special needs, and provides resources and support for their families.

The Center for Perinatal Research: $250,000The Center studies the cause and consequences of adverse pregnancy outcomesand uses this knowledge to reduce the burden of morbidity and mortality in maternal and infant populations.


After spending her first 25 days of life in theSwedish NICU, Piper Baily is now a thriving toddler.


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Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of gynecological

cancer-related deaths among women between the ages of 35

and 74. One reason why is that its usually detected in later

stages, when it is more serious and difficult

to treat. In 2009, the Marsha Rivkin Center

for Ovarian Cancer Research, in collabora-

tion with Swedish and the Fred Hutchinson

Cancer Research Center, launched the Ovar-

ian Cancer Early Detection Screening Program

to study ways to diagnose more women withthis devastating disease earlier. The program

tests whether two screening methods

biannual CA-125 blood tests and annual

ovarian ultrasounds can help detect ovarian

cancer at an early stage in healthy women

found to be at risk for the disease. Addition-

ally, it provides researchers with information and resources that

could assist in finding additional blood markers that might work

together with the CA-125 blood tests.

An extension of a screening study started in 2002 at theHutchinson Center, this potentially life-saving program is

made possible because of community support and is free to

qualifying participants. Currently, 479 women are enrolled.

Candidates must have two or more blood relatives with breast

Marsha Rivkin Centerfor Ovarian Cancer Research

or ovarian cancer or have tested positive for genetic markers

such as BRCA1 or BRCA2. The latter was the case for study par

ticipant Marissa Thomas, who was referred to the Rivkin Center

by Swedishs genetic-counseling group after it

confirmed that shes a carrier of a genetic muta-

tion associated with hereditary nonpolyposis

colorectal cancer, known as Lynch Syndrome

When I first heard the news, I was

shocked, says Marissa. This was my firs

time hearing about this program and learningabout ovarian cancer as a whole. The staff at

the Rivkin Center have made it a smooth

transition and dont make me feel like just a

number or a participant in a study. Everyone

Ive encountered has been extremely helpful

caring and nice.

One of the things Ive learned, she continues, is tha

most women who have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer

usually dont know they have it because the symptoms are

pretty quiet, and they dont realize it until its too late. Myadvice for other women would be to go get checked out. Our

health is one of the most important things we have, but women

can be so busy taking care of others, we can forget to take the

time to take care of ourselves.

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OVARIAN CANCER EARLY DETECTION SCREENING PROGRAM

Because of the incredible philanthropic investments made throughout The Campaign for Swedish,the Rivkin Center now annuallyinvests more than $1.5 million in research and scientific programs focused on improved treatment, early detection and preventionof ovarian cancer. Some programs that your investments help make possible include:

Early Detection Program:The Early Detection Program invests in studies with promising evidence of establishing a more effectiveearly detection test for ovarian cancer, and provides women at high risk of developing ovarian cancer free access to novel biomarkerstwice every year.

Research grants:Research grants fund up to $1 million annually to researchers who offer the greatest hope for creating a reliableeasy to administer test for ovarian cancer, through a competitive peer-review process.

Saul Rivkin Innovation Fund:

This fund honors Dr. Rivkin and further expands research in the detection, prevention and treatment oovarian cancer, by supporting activities that lie outside the scope of the Centers traditional grant-making program.

Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium:The Symposium is the longest-running meeting of the best and brightest minds in ovariancancer research, providing researchers the opportunity to come together, discuss their work, and share recent advances.


Saul Rivkin, M.D., founder andchairman of the Marsha Rivkin Center

for Ovarian Cancer Research.


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Your gifts support critical research andthe best and brightest scientists who are

working to find a safe, reliable and effectiveearly detection test for ovarian cancer



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Jim Bowen, M.D., looks on as a patienutilizes the specialized exercise equipment a

the new Swedish Multiple Sclerosis Center

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More than 400,000 people in the U.S. are battling multiple

sclerosis a chronic, lifelong disease that causes neurological

problems, ranging from loss of balance to decreased mobility,

that affects nearly every aspect of a persons life. Since April

2012, multiple sclerosis (MS) suffer-

ers in our area, as well as across the

nation, have been able to have their

needs met under one roof at the

Swedish MS Center. The 11,700-

square-foot center one of the larg-

est of its kind in the nation provides

diagnostic and clinical care by nation-ally recognized MS specialists and

providers and also addresses every

aspect of living with MS through a

host of specialized services and facil-

ities. These include a physical-therapy gym and wellness gym

designed for the needs of MS patients; emotional-wellness

programs, such as social work and psychiatry for patients and

families; and support services as diverse as pet therapy, music

therapy and yoga. The center also offers a vocational coun-

selor to help patients find and keep employment.Equally important, patients have access to one of the larg-

est MS research programs in the Pacific Northwest. Research

coordinators are available to assist those who are interested

in participating in research studies, says Jim Bowen, M.D.,

Swedish Neuroscience Institute

the centers medical director, adding that approximately 25

studies are ongoing.

The centers patient-centered design combines both func

tion and aesthetics, featuring abundant natural light and ma

terials, a lobby with a live plant wal

and an outdoor therapy terrace with

an area for physical therapy and gai

training on multiple terrains, outfitted

with a safety harness.

The project wouldnt have be

come a reality without support from

the community, notes Dr. Bowen, including $2.2 million in construction

funds and $2.2 million raised to sup

port programs.

Says Dr. Bowen, Prior to the Cam

paign, our MS Center was located on the 2nd floor of the

Jefferson Tower a big improvement from our previous space

in the James tower, but nevertheless one with limitations. We

had no room for expansion and no physical-therapy gym. It was

difficult to schedule multiple appointments on the same day

because our services were dispersed across campus. This newfacility at the Cherry Hill campus allowed us to consolidate the

different components of care into a single location. Furthermore

these services are all specific to MS patients, with provider

that have devoted their careers to treating this disease.

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SWEDISH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTER

Our world-class neurosciences program is dedicated to the treatment and study of a full spectrum of disorders affecting the brainand central nervous system. A few initiatives that you supported include:

Multiple Sclerosis Center: $4.4 million

The Swedish MS Center is one of the largest, most comprehensive sites for MS diagnosis,treatment, and research in the country, and is designed to help each individual patient address their unique social, emotionalpsychological, vocational and recreational needs.

Ultrasound research and therapy: $800,000 Ultrasound treatment, including low-frequency, low-intensity pressure waves, arebeing studied as a non-invasive alternative to surgery for patients who have suffered stroke and other brain disorders.

Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment: $13.7 millionThe Ivy Center provides comprehensive, patient-centered care, conducts innovative research to improve survival rates, and provide a higher quality of life for braincancer patients.

Stroke Telemedicine: $450,000 Stroke Telemedicine uses the two-way transmission of data and high-definition video to connecpartner hospital emergency departments with Swedish neurologists, improving outcomes for stroke patients throughout Washington.


The new MS Center at Swedish/Cherry Hill was made possiblein large part because of generous Campaign gifts.


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Cancer impacts the whole family, especially a familys pri-

mary caregiver a role often assumed by women. Building on

the rock-solid foundation of the Swedish Cancer Institute

Washingtons oldest and largest cancer treatment center in

June 2012, Swedish opened the True

FamilyWomens Cancer Center, fund-

ed entirely by more than $12 million

in generous philanthropic support. The

center focuses exclusively on treating

the specialized needs of women with

cancer, which can differ significantly

from those of men from survival rates

for certain types of cancer to differing

responses to particular drugs.

The 23,600-square-foot True

Center, located at the Swedish/First Hill

campus, combines the latest treatment options, including promis-

ing clinical trials, with a wealth of support services, all in one

place. Support services include the Sellen Construction

Education Center, cancer-education classes, support groups,

oncology social workers, psychiatric care focusing on the

emotional challenges of living with cancer, genetic counselors,

nutritional counselors and financial counselors. Consolidated-

care teams work together to handle every detail of a patients

care, with American Cancer Society navigators helping to

guide patients to the appropriate available services.

One of the first patients to be treated at the True Center was

Nancy Haunty, a 45-year-old, stage IV breast-cancer patient

Nancy was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, when she was

just 33. For the past 12 years, under

the care of her longtime oncologist

Kristine Rinn, M.D., she has coura-

geously battled the disease as it has

spread to her lungs, liver, spine and

brain. Late last year, Nancy started on

a new chemotherapy drug, Halaven

and was seeing promising results.

When you have cancer, your en-

tire life is impacted, says Nancy

Everything from your ability to work

and pay the bills to coping with the

emotional toll of living with a terminal disease. Having a

wide variety of services under one roof is essential, because

fighting cancer involves so much more than receiving che-

motherapy.

She adds, I often reflect on how fortunate I am to receive

world-class oncology care in such a lovely, inviting environ-

ment. Im at the center nearly every week, and it makes me

feel very valued and special to have such an amazing place

with an amazing staff, to call home.

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Writer Jennifer Schaefer is a frequent contributor toIMPACT.She can be reached at [email protected].

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Swedish Cancer InstituteTRUE FAMILYWOMENS CANCER CENTER

Community support to the Campaign established numerous services and patient-centered programs that contribute to the qualityof care that the Swedish Cancer Institute is known for, including:

Breast Care Express: $1.1 million Mobile coaches house full-service mammography clinics-on-wheels, bringing same-daybreast cancer screening results to women throughout Western Washington.

Robert and Jean Reid FamilyInnovative Therapeutics & Research Unit: $3 millionThe Innovative Therapeutic & ResearchUnit will utilize molecular biology to find the personal molecular fingerprint of both the cancer patient and their tumor to informcustomized, preventative or anticancer therapy.

Supportive Care Services: $1.5 million Supportive Care Services complement clinical care by addressing non-medical needsof each patient ranging from social work, financial assistance, support groups, educational resources and art therapy.

Swedish Cancer Institute research: $4.4 million SCI is one of the most comprehensive community-based cancer researchorganizations in the Western United States, empowering choice and instilling hope in our patients and their families.

The True FamilyWomens Cancer Center: $12.6 million The single largest Campaign project, the Center is a single portawhere cancer patients receive personalized, coordinated care and access to an array of resources and specialists.


Patricia Dawson, M.D., medical director and surgeon,treats patients in the True Family Womens Cancer Center.


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