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Summary of Year’s Events

Proof/#1 Critical Access Hospital

Lifestyle/Healthy Recipe

Dr. Prathipati and Twardowski/FastCare

Foundation News

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HealthNotesWINTER 2013

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Major News

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Mark J. Batty Chief Executive Officer

Dear Friends, As we near Thanksgiving and the end of the year gets closer, we are reminded this past year has been full of recognition and accomplishments. This spring, RCH was recognized by iVantage Health Analytics, Inc. as one of the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the country and Top 5 in Illinois. We were notified recently that we are now recognized as the Top CAH in Illinois – a great achievement based on the efforts of our physicians and staff. This recognition was achieved on a scoring method based on market share, patient outcomes, financial strength and quality of care. We are extremely proud of this honor especially since it encompasses many different facets of our organization. This recognition is based on publicly reported data we cannot control. A national healthcare industry publication, Becker’s Hospital Review, recognized RCH on its

list of the Top 49 Cleanest Hospitals in the country and on another occasion as one of the Top 57 Hospitals in which the physicians “always” communicated well with their patients. This data was retrieved from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey, a standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care. In July, we celebrated 100 years of providing healthcare services to Rochelle and the surrounding communities. We hosted an open house with activities for all ages. All of these activities were offered as a thank you to the many loyal supporters the hospital has had over the years. As a small community hospital we would not be able to celebrate some of the accomplishments and offer many of the services we do without our mutually beneficial and friendly relationships with other organizations. This past June we collaborated with Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon to offer healthcare services in the community of Ashton, allowing both organizations to eliminate some costs while offering the same level of service as had been previously provided. Our continued relationship with Midwest Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) brought the installation of a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine this fall to RCH. Provided by MOI, the MRI further complements the wide range of imaging equipment already present at RCH. RCH has provided some notable educational events to the community this past year including: February’s heart month lecture with a Cardiologist, an Orthopaedic Lecture Series, the “Texting, Drinking and Driving” Car Reenactment event at Rochelle Township High School, Breast Cancer Awareness events at several locations, a Diabetes Awareness Fair, health screenings, cooking demonstrations for heart-healthy and diabetes-friendly audiences and much more! We want you to understand every action we take is to benefit you, our customers. We feel we are doing great things at RCH and want to give you every opportunity to experience them when you need healthcare services. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and a memorable holiday season! Sincerely,

Mark J. Batty Chief Executive Officer Rochelle Community Hospital

ProofI’M CONFIDENT“I’m confident the emergency team at Rochelle Community

Hospital can take care of my family because an emergency

delivery turned out to be a positive experience. It was March 28,

the due date for welcoming our child into the world. I woke up

around 5 AM with a few labor pains but they were pretty far apart

and I wasn’t even sure I was in labor. It felt nothing like what I

had experienced with my other two boys. Walking to the car, my

contractions were still five minutes apart, but the need to push

was overwhelming. One mile was all we made. I was scared that

the baby was coming too fast so we called an ambulance.”

- Kaycee Chadwick with son James, Rochelle

Read more of Kaycee’s story, as well as other patient stories, at www.rochellehospital.com/proof!

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RCH was recently named the Top Critical Access Hospital (CAH) in the state of Illinois and continues to be ranked

as an iVantage HealthStrong™ Top 100 CAH in the United States! “This achievement confirms the efforts of our

mission to provide exceptional care to our patients every day,” says Mark J. Batty, RCH Chief Executive Officer.

The iVantage HealthStrong™ Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals, including RCH, scored best among CAHs on the

iVantage Health Analytics’ Hospital Strength Index™. The first-ever comprehensive rating of CAHs, the Index

recognizes the Top 100 providing a “safety-net“ to communities across rural America – measuring them across 56

different performance metrics. Visit www.iVantageHealth.com/HSI to learn more.

Rochelle Community Hospital Named #1 Critical Access Hospital in Illinois!

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Lifestyle

Ingredients

1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin

3 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

3 Tablespoons tahini*

3 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice

3 cloves garlic

1 teaspoon ground cumin

½ teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper

Directions

1. Combine pumpkin, parsley, tahini,

lemon juice, garlic, cumin, salt, black

pepper and red pepper in food

processor or blender; process until

smooth. Cover and refrigerate at least

two hours to allow flavors to develop.

2. Sprinkle with additional ground

red pepper, if desired. Serve with

assorted vegetable sticks or pita chips.

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Find more healthy recipes

from Debbie Clark, our Dietary Manager, at

rochellehospital.com/ForYourHealth.

* Tahini is a paste made from ground sesame seeds; it is available in grocery stores in the Asian aisles

Try this Hummus for the Holidays!Savory Pumpkin Hummus

Makes 1½ cups (about 12 servings)

2 Tablespoons per serving.

Five Tips for Staying Healthy This WinterWhen the mercury drops, keep your immunity rising with a few simple

strategies.

• Wash your hands often to help keep viruses and bacteria at bay;

wash palms, between fingers, under fingernails.

• Flush your nasal passage to get rid of infectious, irritating

agents that enter through the nose and thin mucous, making it

easier for the body’s natural defenses to expel.

• Stay active with regular exercise that boosts your immune

system and offers many health benefits.

• Get your sleep… give in to the desire to hibernate in cold

weather. You might even enjoy the 7 to 9 hours of shuteye that’s

recommended!

• Eat a balanced diet so that your body gets the fruits and vegetables it

needs to fight the viruses and bacteria that are more likely to attack in winter.

Check the “For Your Health” section of our website for more great tips and resources!

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On September 16, we had an open house to welcome

Sushmita Prathipati, M.D., and Sara Twardowski, APN,

FNP-BC to Rochelle Medical Group… and say a fond farewell to

Dr. Theresa Elises, who served area patients for three years and

helped ensure Dr. Prathipati’s smooth transition. With an

emphasis on total family care, Dr. Prathipati offers

aspects of healthcare from preventive to emergent

and focuses on keeping your whole family healthy

from birth through adulthood. And Sara, who has

served the community at our FastCare location,

recently moved to Rochelle Medical Group

too! Together, the two are helping to maximize

families’ access to great care by providing

additional opportunities for treatment.

Other NewsWe’ve Grown Our Family to Keep Yours Healthy

Schedule your appointment by calling 815-561-8335.

Sushmita Prathipati, M.D., and Sara Twardowski, APN, FNP-BC

Happy 2nd Anniversary! Walk in without an appointment

On November 1, FastCare celebrated two years in Rochelle! Located inside Walmart on

Highway 38, FastCare makes getting medical attention easier. They’re all about providing

help when you’re sick without a wait or big bill! That’s right, FastCare offers no-appointment/

no-wait medical attention, plus one low price of $65 per visit!

FastCare is especially good this time of year… for colds, sore throats, flu shots and more.

Plus, the clinic offers extended hours… even open on holidays and weekends! If you need

healthcare and don’t have time to wait for an appointment, visit FastCare’s nurse practitioners

– Katie Coulter, APN, FNP-BC, and Jessica Peck, APN, FNP-BC.

HoursMonday - Friday8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Saturday8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Sunday11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Holidays10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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Foundation News

Diamond: $1,001 or GreaterAnytime Fitness RochelleMark BattyDel Monte FoodsBob & Carol ElliottFirst National BankClyde & Nancy GelderloosBob & Jeri JohnsMidwest Orthopaedic InstituteNEBO/Passport HealthOSF Saint Anthony Medical CenterDr. Dinesh PandyaThe Pension Specialists, Ltd.Mrs. Cherryl Sparks in

Memory of Scot SparksXpressions Salon & Spa Ruby: $501 -$1,000Brian Thomas PhotographyComfort Inn & SuitesMr. & Mrs. David GuestInVironmentsKishHealth SystemMax IT HealthcareMechanical IncorporatedMedical Outsourcing SolutionsBill & Sue MesserRuth MoellerQuery Insurance AgencyRochelle Community HospitalRockford Anesthesiologists Associated, LLCThe Samuels Group, Inc.SwedishAmerican Health SystemWilliams-Manny, Inc. Emerald: $101-$500Allied Business AccountsAmerinetAnderson Plumbing & HeatingBob & Jan AubryBEE DesignsBlue Cross Blue ShieldBlue Pars, Inc.Mr. Steven ButzCamelot RadiologyCarpet Land USA, Inc. RockfordCastle BankCity of RochelleCliftonLarsonAllen & Ward, Murray,

Pace & JohnsonMarlin & Catherine ClutsCulver’s of RochelleDr. Juanito & Elaine Delfinado

Mr. Dave DiamondFastCareFearer, Nye & ChadwickFehr-Graham & AssociatesFormFastMr. Sam GraberGuest Legal, P.C.Ronald & Leota HansenReed & Laurie HarrisH-O-H ChemicalsHolcomb State BankHoliday Inn ExpressMrs. Kathleen HollonbeckHub Printing IncIntegrated HealthCareLarge Car RebuildersLarson & DarbyLincoln State BankJanet LodicoLong View Consulting, LLCDave & Mary Anne LouisDale & Wanda MacklinMalta Family DentalMaplehurst Farms, Inc.Jim & Merilyn MayMcDaniels Healthcare MarketingMaster Graphics LLCMercy Ambulance ServicesMoore’s Hardware & RentalWayne & Wynetta MyrothNippon SharyoLance & Lori NoggleOgle County LifeOSF Saint Francis, Inc.Norma J. PetersPetro Travel PlazaPrincipal FinancialDr. Jason PoppDwayne & Doris QueryRalphie & LuLu’sJeff & Shirley ReifReinhart LawRochelle Municipal UtilitiesRochelle Disposal ServiceRochelle News-LeaderRochelle Printing CompanyRochelle Rehab & Health Care

CenterRockford Health SystemRockford Mercantile AgencyRock River Valley Blood CenterRyder Systems, Inc.SBM Business Equipment CenterDavid & Marsha SchuetzSusan SevedgeState Representative Bob PritchardStillman BankTechnicut Custom EngravingTee Jay Service Automatic DoorsDr. Surjit ThiaraBrent & Karen TracyLois TurkingtonUnion PacificWalter Wayne Development, LLC.Walters Accounting Inc. in Memory

of George & Ala Marie WaltersDr. Scott & Cheryl WilsonZip’s Autobody

Sapphire: $1.00-$100Rhys & Tina AbbasiThe Ackland FamilyAngie AgnosRoger AlhensdorfNic and Emily AnayaLinnae AndersonScott AntoineAlice ArjesDianna BachmanMr. & Mrs. Wayne BakerBlayne & Peggy BakkenFred & Barbara BarthaCatie BeguinMr. & Mrs. Dennis BergJoyce & Gene BialasMr. & Mrs. Larry BlumeyerKelsey BonacquistiTimothy BowermanJohn & Brianne BradleyKarla BrownNancy BrownShirley J. BrownJami BrunsBrix BryersLaura M. BungerMr. & Mrs. Paul BuschingBT CarmichaelDaniel CarmichaelLyn CarmichaelMr. & Mrs. Larry CaseyCasey’s General StoreJulio CastillasArslett CastilloLydia CastroDr. & Mrs. Dean CaterBobby ChadwickKarli ChisamoreMrs. Patricia CiganekClayton CorlessDanelle DavisSteve & Jane DeGolierBud & Doris DickeyMr. & Mrs. Carl W. DillingChris & Trisha DonaldsonConnie DoughertyMr. & Mrs. Matt DowningRick DowningSteve DowTrisha DrakeSusan D. DuffyHolli DuthieCrystal DyerButch & Colette EckhardtKendra EglandKenneth & Nancy EsgarSandra EysterFred FallerMike FeltesHolly FinkLes R. FinkbonerMargaret B. FosterSusan FosterBerneice Frey in Memory of

Joseph GallowayThomas GearhartThelma GeskeThe Gibson FamilyLeo & Diane Gildea

Thank You to Our 2012

FOUNDATIONDONORS!

Michele GlenTina GonnermanGabriel GonzalezMr. Joseph GridleyNorman & Doris GrubenChaz GunnKathleen R. HaasNatasha HacagaJaime HaedtMr. & Mrs. HakansonHeidi HallJoyce HallKyle HallTracey HallMarcus HansenJan HartJerome C. HartwigRyan HatfieldDavid & Cherie HayesAmy Jo HaysJan HealJoanne HenryRichard & Beverly HerrmannOlive HickersonEd & Sandy HickeyDon & Margie HiggsMary J. HillardDiane HinderliterMunn HindsEvelyn HintzscheLauren HintzscheAshley HoelzerJesse & Shelia HoinessMegan HopwoodLindsay HoyleJulie HuddlestonEllie HynsonJodi JacobsTimothy JacobsKelly JohnsonKim JohnsonLinda JohnsonTara JohnsonMatt & Lynn KalninsJohn KaneyArthur & Marjorie KeastWayne & Rose Anne KerstenDan & Ann KerestesKim KirkolisKyle & Jennifer KissackWendy KissackMarlin Jordal & Kathleen KnutsonBarbara KoehnkeSamantha KrawszykClyda LambKeith & Penny LambThe Lapinski FamilyCodelle LeonardShauna LewisSandy LightnerCraig LittlefieldBillie LongKim & Kevin LouisMarilyn LowenbergKathleen J. LutzSandy MaceClarence & Jean MacTaggartDeborah MaasGwen MarieJeanne MayChristel McCarter-AcklandPatricia McGeeTrese McNinch

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Justine MedineMick & Mary Beth MetzgerSusan MetzgerDavid MillerElizabeth MillerTara MimsDiane MonsonDoug & April MooreheadLeanna MooreheadLindsay MooreheadDerek MossholderMarcus MossholderBrandon NauertzKaty O’ReillyJennifer O’RorkeJo Ann OrrDan PalmerZalihta PegeeseShirley PelletierCasey PerezCharles PetermanKayla PetermanJoe & Dawn PetersHolly PhillipsKate PillenCecile M. PlourdeEmily PrattPrescott BrothersBarbara PriceMichael & Lori PriceTodd & Janice Prusator

Paul & Jane QuitnoKatie ReedNancy ReedMr. & Mrs. John ReinkeLore ReishDarroll & Bernice RichardsonTracy RichardsonTeresa RickettsAdam RobertsonWanda RobertsonRochelle Park DistrictRock Valley Federal Credit UnionShirley RyanPeter SchumacherBruce SeldalMr. & Mrs. Gary SchabackerJean & Lester SchiszikJeremy SchlacksDr. Marcia SchnorrGinny ShawLeroy & Dorine ShoemakerVelma I. SmithJenifer SparrowStacey SpiresDeanie SpringmireSandy StainbrookRita StanfaDennis & Janet StewartWilliam & Joanne StoreyMallory StreitPrem Sud

Sullivan’s FoodsNeil & Marianne SwansonGlen & Audrey TaylorTerry TempleDayne ThomasEmily ThomasJack & Sharen ThompsonEllen ThysMary Ellen TracyJeanie TuckerTurnroth Sign Co.,Inc.Roy TylkowskiBruce & Kathy VickreyDon & Tootie VogelerPam Needham-VolkertWalmartDavid & Dawn WaltripJoanne & Jerry WatersDale WellsMichael WellsChristine WengelewskiGary WessonClarice WhaleyDonna WhaleyDavid & Dawn WaltripAnthony WheelerLayla WheelerKyle WhiteLynsey WhittenbergWill WidickTed & Vonnie Wilkinson

Chris WillisJenni WinterlandJim & Karen WinterlandMelody WorthingtonPhil & TJ YordyGary YorkMr. Tom Zhe

If you’re looking for a special gift that keeps on giving, look no

farther than our Love Lights! All funds raised go toward upgrading

our cardiac and bedside monitors … and they are only $7 per

name, per ornament! By the way, you can even choose to keep

the ornament yourself this year.

The upgraded monitors will record the patient’s heart

rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure and oxygen

saturation both at bedside and a centralized location.

The upgrades will also allow vital signs to interface into

our current electronic medical record (EMR), giving RCH

a fully integrated EMR!

It’s easy!!! Download and complete a form on our website

(rochellehospital.com/LoveLights), place your check (made out

to RCH Foundation) in an envelope and put it in the designated

Love Light dropoff box – you can pick up your ornament starting

December 22, up until January 10, 2014.

Love Light names will also be displayed in the Rochelle News-

Leader, and all donors will be recognized as members of the 2013

Legacy Society. Order yours today!

Join us for the Love Light Tree Lighting

on Thursday, December 5, at 6:00

p.m. This is an annual tradition

that is fun for everyone. Meet in

the lobby at the Second Street

entrance for the ceremony,

then enjoy cookies and hot

chocolate following the Tree

Lighting. Plus, the RCH Gift

Shoppe will be open late that

evening for your convenience.

Support the RCH Foundation with a Love Light!

Don’t Miss the Love Light Tree

Lighting December 5!

900 N. Second St.Rochelle, IL 61068

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New Patient Health Portal Now Available!

On October 1, we unveiled our new Health Portal. This interactive

web portal empowers patients and their families to take a more

active role in their care by providing easy, secure access to their

health information.

Enhancements continue to be made so that once enrolled,

the Health Portal will offer patients access to everything

from laboratory and radiology results to medications

and allergies. Patients can check their history, discharge/

aftercare information and more online. Patients can even

view their appointments!

>> Visit RochelleHospital.com/HealthPortal to enroll and learn more now!

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