Serving
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital - Forbes Regional Campus and Forbes Hospice
Welcome to the Forbes Health Foundation web site. The mission of the Foundation is to raise funds to advance quality health care at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital - Forbes Regional Campus and Forbes Hospice.
United Way Designation Codes:
618 - Forbes Regional Campus-WPAHS
909605 - Forbes Hospice-WPAHS
September 28 , 2009
RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 5th
Golf Classic
The feel of sunshine, the smell of freshly cut grass, and an incomparable view of the river is what you will experience at the Forbes Health Foundation’s eight annual Golf Classic held at Longue Vue Club on Monday, September 28th. Participants will not only enjoy the course but will have the opportunity to get to know better our new president, Gary Strong and other community leaders as together we raise money to advance the care delivered to the people at Forbes.
Click here for a brochure with 2009 event details.
View photos from the 2008 Golf Classic. |
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Forbes Unveils
Oncology Wall of Hope
When courage, genius, and generosity hold hands, all things are possible. This giving wall is a tribute to the heroes, caregivers, family and friends that have accepted life’s challenges and accepted them with grace and dignity. Individual plaques of flowers, butterflies and clouds are personalized in memory of a loved one.
Click here for the brochure
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Let us deliver a...
VIP Care Package
Allow the Foundation staff to deliver a VIP Care Package to the Hospital room of a friend or loved one complete with an embroidered Foundation fleece blanket, embroidered Foundationvas tote to take home personal items and discharge instructions, chilled bottled water, the daily newspaper, decaffeinated tea and mug, crossword puzzle book and pen, nail file, helium filled balloon and more all wrapped up with festive bows for $45. Call 412-858-4472 to order. |
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Harmony Ball and Community of Care Awardees
Foundation President Mary Lee Gannon congratulates the 2009 Community of Care Awardees at the Harmony Ball held on May 15th at the Marriott City Center. The awardees are: Tim Turner of Turner Dairy - Corporate Partner of the Year; Tom Izydore of Plum EMS representing all of the Forbes' EMS Providers - Distinguished Service Award; LaDonna H. Fuge, M.D. - Ed Dardanell Legacy Award.
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The Highmark Foundation Grants $262,500 for
Redefining Chronic CARE Program
Director of the Redefining Chronic CARE Program Dr. Michael Culig escorts guest of honor Mr. Ed Dardanell into the Ed Dardanell Heart and Vascular Center at its debut. |
The Highmark Foundation has awarded a $262,500 grant to the Forbes Health Foundation to support a new program that uses manufacturing-based quality principles to dramatically change the way heart patients are cared for at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital – Forbes Regional Campus. The new program, called Redefining Chronic CARE, is a three-year concentrated effort that is changing the organizational culture by adopting Toyota production system concepts. St. Vincent College’s Kennametal Center for Operational Excellence is teaching, training and demonstrating the concepts.
Click here to link to the Ed Dardanell Heart and Vascular web site. |
$10.4 Million Raised for New
Ed Dardanell Heart and Vascular Center
Ed Dardanell is flanked by Hospital and Foundation officials at the recent opening of the Ed Dardanell Heart and Vascular Center. Mr. Dardanell donated $1 million to launch the capital campaign for the Center that raised $10.4 million for the project. The Heart Center Intensive Care Unit continues to perform in the 99th percentile for patient satosfaction. As of June of 2009, the they had performed more than 200 open heart procedures and 2000 cardiac catheterizations.
Click here to link to the Ed Dardanell Heart and Vascular web site. |
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Forbes Leads Pennsylvania in Heart Failure Treatment
Forbes is the only accreditied Chest Pain Center in southwestern Pennsylvania. In a recent Federal study of heart failure death rates, Forbes scored as the only hospital in Pennsylvania to have better-than-average results when compared to 4,453 hospitals nationwide. Only 38 hospitals nationwide were included in this elite group. The Hospital treats more than 700 patients with heart failure each year, and its aggressive and timely management of the condition contributed to its better-than-average score. Treatment measures include providing smoking cessation counseling to patients, performing tests that show how the heart is pumping, and prescribing appropriate medications that are beneficial to patients with decreased function in the left side of the heart.
Legislative and Community Support
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Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell discusses the initiatives of Forbes Health Foundation with Foundation Board Chairman Ed Little on a recent visit to the Hospital.
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Board of Directors
Chairman:
Edward Little
Vice Chairperson:
Michael A. Scoletti, Jr.
Michael H. Culig, M.D.
John D. Finnegan
Mary Lee Gannon
L.P. Gupta
James S. Hamilton
Nancy Kacin
Christopher T. Olivia, M.D.
Robert F. Petrilli
Gary J. Strong
Barbara VanKirk
Robert J. Wratcher
Advisory Board:
Edward L. Dardanell
Gerald E. McGinnis
H. Campbell Stuckeman
Forbes Health Foundation
2570 Haymaker Road
Monroeville, PA 15146
Phone: 412-858-4472
FAX: 412-858-2351
email: efeth@wpahs.org
