West Park Hospital | 2015 Progress Report

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Cody Progress Edition - Thursday, March 19, 2015 - D-7
Our Patients’ Comments
Guide Our Patient-Centered Healthcare
The Big Horn Basin's
Regional Medical Center
707 Sheridan Ave., Cody WY 82414
(307) 527-7501
We asked our patients for feedback and
this is what we heard...
• Greatest people I have ever
met. I would rather let the
cancer win rather than be
treated anywhere else!!!
• The nurses and receptionists
and all personnel I this office are
so wonderful! They remember
your name, are always happy
and are laughing with smiles
on their faces all the time. To
be around Cancer patients
as much as they are, and to
portray a feeling of happiness to
everyone, is incredible. I’m sure
this is paramount in healing and
these girls are always spreading
hope and caring in everything
they do.
• Dr. Collins and the staff are
amazing professionals. Very
caring and compassionate and
gives their undivided attention
to all of the patients. We are so
very lucky to have her and the
staff in the Big Horn Basin. If
she ever leaves, I will
go to Billings for my
care and treatment
options.
• I would like to thank
all of the nurses and
staff on the ACU/CCU
floor of WPH. In my
time of discomfort,
you were all there
with compassion and
always smiling faces
and a positive attitude. You
were there when I needed it and
left me alone when I needed
that. Your kindness was very
much appreciated and noted.
Thank you!”
In celebration of West Park
Hospital’s 75th anniversa-
ry, the West Park Hospital
Foundation has organized the
“Where Buffalo Roam” proj-
ect.
Designated proceeds from
this art project to go toward
West Park Hospital’s Baker
Community Education Cen-
ter.
“Drs. Fran and Lenox
Baker have donated $500,000
for the construction of the
Community Education Center
and have challenged the foun-
dation to provide the addition-
al $500,000 in matching funds
for completion of the proj-
ect,” WPH Foundation chair
Michele Keith said. “Celebrat-
ing the Bakers’ generous gift
with this community project
is the perfect complement to
West Park Hospital’s 75th
anniversary.”
Cody sculptor Jeff Rudolph
was commissioned to create
the model for a 5-by-6 foot
fiberglass buffalo. This pro-
totype is being reproduced
in a limited edition of 30 and
given to select artists to be
enhanced as collaborative
works of art.
As with past projects in the
community, they will adver-
tise the sale of the buffalo and
display these works of art this
summer in prominent loca-
tions throughout Cody and
Meeteetse. Various sponsor-
ship levels are available for
people to support the project.
Rudolph also crafted a
smaller version of the large
buffalo and those smaller
fiberglass buffalo are being
distributed and decorated by
many other artists for sale
and auction this summer.
The Baker Community
Education Center is one of the
final phases of construction
for the hospital.
In 2011, WPH started con-
struction of its new entrance
and primary patient-cen-
tered hub. The first phase
was completed in June 2012
and included the Emergen-
cy Department, Emergency
Medical Services, Laboratory,
Radiology and Patient Finan-
cial Services.
On Feb. 2 the second phase
opened with completion of
the Acute and Critical Care
patient rooms on the second
floor.
The final, third phase is
comprised of two different
parcels and will provide the
build out of the lower level of
the main facility.
The first phase will be the
construction of the dining
room/cafeteria. It will house
everything needed for provid-
ing patient meals in the hos-
pital, Long Term Care Center
and Hospice House. It also will
provide meals for patients’
families and friends, employ-
ees and the community. There
will be an open area of lunch
tables and banquettes provid-
ed in an atrium-like setting.
Also included in Phase 3
is construction of the Baker
Community Education Cen-
ter, including three confer-
ence rooms of various sizes to
complement the current con-
ference rooms, and restrooms
sufficient to handle large
gatherings.
“The flexibility of the
Baker Community Educa-
tion Center will accommodate
small gatherings, large board
meetings and auditorium-
type seating for close to 300
people,” West Park Hospital
CEO Doug McMillan said.
“We will be able to entertain
five attendees or more than
250. With more than 625
employees, current confer-
ence space cannot accommo-
date the capacity needed for
employee assembly or meet
the educational needs of team
members throughout the year
such as employee forums,
which are held quarterly to
keep the entire hospital team
up-to-date on hospital goals
and accomplishments.”
Architect renderings show
the outline of the conference
rooms in detail along with
the bank of restrooms. Walls
between each of the new con-
ference rooms will have the
same ability to be adjusted
based on the size of the meet-
ing or event. Storage rooms
have been provided to store
tables, chairs and state-of-the-
art audio visual equipment.
Televisions in all conference
rooms will eliminate the need
for line-of-sight for the pre-
sentations in all rooms.
“The West Park Hospital
Foundation has been instru-
mental in raising funds for
hospital projects for many
years,” Keith adds.
In 2014 the foundation
raised more than $1 million
for various hospital proj-
ects, while using foundation
endowment income for the
purchase of equipment like a
transport ventilator and CPR
compression unit for Emer-
gency Medical Services and a
vision video laryngoscope.
Improvements for the hos-
pital’s Cancer Center was the
focus for fundraising in 2014.
In 2012-13 the foundation
raised funds for the expansion
of the Dialysis Clinic and proj-
ects in the Long Term Care
Center.
For the construction of the
hospital’s Spirit Mountain
Hospice House, which opened
in November 2011, $3 million
was raised.
These projects, all support-
ed by the West Park Hospital
Foundation, have been the
cornerstone in ensuring the
hospital’s continued support
of health care services for the
Big Horn Basin.
“For 75 years West Park
Hospital has been the health
care resource for our commu-
nity and the West Park Hospi-
tal Foundation looks forward
to supporting the hospital’s
excellence in programs and
services today and into the
future,” Keith added.
Foundation’s ‘Where Buffalo Roam’ project underway
This model was created by Cody sculptor Jeff Rudolph for the West Park Hosp-
tial Foundation’s “Where Buffalo Roam” fundraising project.
In the past the foundation donated funds for a chest
compressor.
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Michele Keith,
WPH Foundation chair
The West Park Hospital Foundation
has been instrumental in raising funds
for hospital projects for many years.