[Vision2020] congratulations to BJ Swanson

[B. J. Swanson]

Thank you for very kind words both on and offline.  

 

I received the award but those most deserving are the 500 Gritman employees,
the 500 volunteers, the physicians and the entire community who make it all
happen.  

 

Thanks again.

 

B. J. Swanson

 

From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Bill London
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 11:53 AM
To: vision2020 at mail-gw.fsr.net
Cc: 'B. J. Swanson'
Subject: [Vision2020] congratulations to BJ Swanson

 

Way to go, BJ!

As explained in the announcement from today's Tribune, BJ is now
nationally-recognized for her decades of good work on behalf of Gritman
Medical Center.

She is very deserving of that honor.  She is committed to community-focused
health care and an incredible asset to this community.

BL

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Lewiston Tribune, Sunday, March 8, 2009

National magazine recognizes work of Gritman board chairwoman

MOSCOW - Modern Healthcare magazine has named B.J. Swanson its 2009 trustee
of the year for small health care organizations with less than $75 million
in annual revenue or fewer than 250 beds.

Swanson is the chairwoman of the board of directors of Gritman Medical
Center in Moscow and has served on its board for 21 years.

The hospital has successfully responded to a variety of challenges under her
leadership, according to an article in Modern Healthcare magazine about
Swanson winning the award.

Moscow's population size made it vulnerable to a for-profit company opening
an out-patient surgery clinic that could have cut into Gritman's revenues.
Instead the hospital collaborated with area physicians and started the
for-profit Palouse Surgery Center. The volume at the surgery center was at
200 cases per month as of January and it had a net income of close to
$400,000 for 2008. 

Swanson was on site soon after the hospital's emergency room flooded when a
driver accidentally hit a fire hydrant just outside Gritman's entrance in
May 2007. She helped coordinate an effort to bail 18 inches of water out of
the emergency room and move the emergency room to a temporary location at
the hospital. 

Within four hours the emergency room was accepting patients again. A $2
million renovated emergency room opened in October 2007, even though the
insurance claim on the loss isn't yet settled. 

Swanson's work for the hospital is in a volunteer capacity. She is vice
president and manager of AmericanWest Bank in Moscow.

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