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                      Hospital Week Guest Commentary

                      5/10/2016

                      scott lowe

                      Scott Lowe
                      Market Chief Executive Officer
                      Physicians Regional Healthcare System

                      Hospitals are more than a place where people go to heal, or to receive treatment when sick or injured. Hospitals are often at the very heart of their communities, contributing to the physical, emotional and financial health. During National Hospital Week, Physicians Regional Healthcare System celebrates the more than 1,500 associates who work together 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to ensure quality medical care is available to every person in Collier County.

                      National Hospital Week was established in 1953, and this year it will be celebrated from May 8 through May 14. The dates overlap the celebration of National Nurses Week (May 6 through 12 this year), and were chosen to coincide with Florence Nightingale’s birthday, honoring her role in revolutionizing hospital care in the mid 1800’s. This year’s National Hospital Week theme is ‘Healthcare from the Heart’, an appropriate tribute to the 5.6 million physicians, nurses, therapists, food service workers, volunteers and many more who care for their neighbors with competence, dedication and compassion.

                      Physicians Regional Healthcare System is proud to serve Collier County with high-quality clinical services that continue to expand, year after year. In 2015, our hospital touched more than 112,000 lives through inpatient and outpatient care. We performed 13,000 surgeries, and treated nearly 50,000 patients in our ER. We are proud to be the only hospital in the area to have been recognized by The Joint Commission as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care and immunization. Our Collier Boulevard hospital is home to SW Florida’s only accredited Bariatric Center. We are the area’s leader in the area of robotic-assisted surgery, and have Total Joint Centers for orthopedics that provide outcomes far better than both state and national data. Both of our hospitals have been designated by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration as Primary Stroke Centers, and our Pine Ridge hospital is an Accredited Chest Pain Center. All of these accomplishments are testament to the dedicated team of healthcare professionals who are part of the team at Physicians Regional Healthcare System.

                      In addition to celebrating the millions of workers dedicated to patient care in the U.S., National Hospital Week also serves as a reminder that hospitals are engrained in our society. Providing treatment and comfort to the sick, our physicians, nurses, therapists, engineers, food service workers, volunteers and so many more that complete our hospitals, are indeed at the heart of healthy and vibrant communities.

                      This year, Physicians Regional Healthcare System is proud to acknowledge, thank and celebrate our associates and other healthcare providers, who tirelessly serve the community and personify the 2016 ‘Healthcare from the Heart’ theme.

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