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Hospitals
Receive Tobacco Settlement Funds for COLUMBUS – Ohio hospitals are receiving about $1.25 million in tobacco grants toward programs that will benefit uninsured pregnant women and children and individuals suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The Foundation for Healthy Communities, an arm of the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA), is a partner with the Ohio Department of Health to distribute the funds. Seventy-two hospitals were selected to receive the grants through a competitive process open to OHA’s 170 eligible hospitals.
“Many families without health insurance seek emergency care at the local hospital,” said Lynne Ayres, director of the foundation. “These tobacco funds provide a vital safety net for people who are very sick as a result of tobacco use or who need to quit smoking to protect themselves or their unborn child. Some patients will notice improvement in their breathing. Others will have less stress about managing expenses. The real value of the funds is dramatic improvement on Ohioans’ quality of life,” Ayres said.
The Foundation announced awards of $541,216 for 46 pulmonary rehabilitation programs and nearly $700,000 to hospitals for 26 programs targeting uninsured pregnant women and children. These grants will be administered between now and June 2006, contingent on release of the Ohio Public Health Priorities Trust Fund monies.
The health care institutions awarded
first-time pulmonary
rehabilitation grants are as
follows: · Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster, $$15,000 · Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky, $7,500 · Medina General Hospital, $7,054 · The Mercy Foundation, Springfield, $15,000 · Mercy Hospital Clermont, $7,500, · Morrow County Hospital, Mt. Gilead, $7,500 · Samaritan Regional Health System, Ashland, $7,500 · St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, $15,000 · Trinity Health Center West, Steubenville, E$7,500 · Van Wert County Hospital, $7,500 These institutions are receiving renewal pulmonary rehabilitation grants: · Adena Health System, Chillicothe, $14,940 · Akron General Medical Center, $7,500 · Bethesda North Hospital, Cincinnati, $7,500 · Bucyrus Community Hospital, $7,500 · Drake Center, Cincinnati, $15,000 · East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry, $15,000 · Euclid Hospital, $4,000 · Flower Hospital, Sylvania, $15,000 · Genesis HealthCare System, Zanesville, $15,000 · Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, $15,000 · Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, $7,500 · Hardin Memorial Hospital, Kenton, $7,500 · Hocking Valley Community Hospital, Logan, $15,000 · Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, $15,000 · Humility of Mary - St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Youngstown, $15,000 · Kettering Medical Center, $7,500 · Lakewood Hospital, $15,000 · Marietta Memorial Hospital, $15,000 · MedCentral Health System, Mansfield, $7,500 · Mercy Franciscan Mt. Airy, Cincinnati, $7,500 · Mercy Medical Center, Canton, $7,500 · Mount Carmel Foundation, Columbus, $7,500 · Ohio State Center for Wellness & Prevention, Columbus $7,500 · Parma Community Hospital, $7,500 · Salem Community Hospital, $15,000 · Samaritan Regional Health System, Ashland, $7,500 · Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center, Cambridge, $15,000 · Southern Ohio Medical Center, Portsmouth, $14,458 · Southwest General Health Center, Middleburg Heights, $7,500 · St. John West Shore Hospital, Westlake, $15,000 · St. Luke’s Hospital, Maumee, $7,500 · St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, $15,000 · Summa Health System, Akron, $7,500 · Union Hospital Association, Dover, $15,000 · Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy, $15,000 · Wood County Hospital, Bowling Green, $7,500
The institutions that received
uninsured pregnant women and children
grants for the first time are
as follows: · Clinton Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, $19,750 · East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry, $6,000 · Forum Health, Youngstown, $20,000 · Mercy Hospital Fairfield, $20,000 · Mercy Hospital of Willard, $20,000 · Mercy Medical Center, Canton, $37,277 · The MetroHealth Foundation, Cleveland, $41,532 · Salem Community Hospital, $20,000 · St. Charles Mercy Hospital, Oregon, $13,000 · St. Joseph Health Center, Warren, $44,700 · The University Hospital of Cincinnati, $20,000
These institutions are receiving renewal uninsured pregnant women and
children grants: · Akron General Medical Center, $39,600 · Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, $15,000 · Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation, Cincinnati, $15,000 · Grady Memorial Hospital, Delaware, $15,000 · Health Improvement Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati, $30,000 · Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, $40,000 · Mercy Franciscan Hospital Mt. Airy, Cincinnati, $15,000 · Mercy Medical Center, Springfield, $35,000 · Middletown Regional Hospital, $15,000 · OhioHealth Foundation, Columbus, $40,000 · Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, $40,000 · St. John West Shore Hospital, Westlake, $40,000 · St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, $40,000 · Summa Health System, Akron, $15,000 · Toledo Children’s Hospital, $40,000
The Foundation for Healthy Communities was created and endowed by Ohio hospitals in 1994 to promote creative collaborations for better health. It encourages hospitals and health systems to move beyond traditional roles of healing illness and injury and develop promising methods for promoting health in ways that will help all members of their community realize their potential.
The Foundation is an arm of the Ohio Hospital Association. OHA represents 170 hospitals and 40 health systems throughout Ohio. OHA’s mission is to provide leadership. OHA works with members in meeting the health care needs and improving the health status of the communities they serve. Visit OHA and learn more about the Foundation for Healthy Communities at www.ohanet.org/HealthyCommunities/ ### |
