Sioux Center Hole-in-one winner
August 30, 2010
On August 23, Steve Van’t Hof won a new car when he hit a hole-in-one during our annual Swinging Fore Scholarships golf tournament. The tournament was a huge success and gives scholarship money to local students continuing their education. We thank all of our sponsors for this success!
On hole 12 of the Ridge Golf Course, Steve used a 7 iron that carried his golf ball 169 yards directly into the hole. His amazing achievement won him a new car courtesy of Mouw Motor, Ver Hoef Automotive, Vos Motor, and Perspective Insurance.
Congratulations Steve!
New building plan advances
July 28, 2010
The Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center Avera has begun the initial planning stages for the new hospital and medical center replacement.
Hospital officials recently have appointed a 13-member steering committee to assist the building committee during the “pre-planning process.” The committee consists of physicians, employees, board members and community residents.
Senior Residents Given New Bus
May 25, 2010
A new 12-passenger bus has been purchased for senior residents of Royale Meadows, Crown Pointe, and Franken Manor in Sioux Center. Residents can now enjoy more outdoor trips and activities because of the charitable contributions from others.
Each year the Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center Avera holds an annual Year End Appeal to raise funds for specific projects throughout the organization. Last year, part of the funds went to the purchase of a new bus for senior services. In addition, a gift of $7,500 was pledged by the Senior Enrichment Foundation Board.
“We are touched by the support of the community and the Senior Enrichment Foundation Board,” said Kathy Gerdes, senior services director with the Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center Avera. “This is a wonderful gift from our community and the staff and residents are thrilled to have this bus.”
The bus will be used by the senior services departments to take residents off campus for fun, social activities. With a larger capacity than the previous van, seniors now have easier access for wheelchairs and much larger windows in the bus which provide better views while riding.
“Improving the ease of transportation will help us as we continually strive to increase activities available for our residents and enhance the quality of life for all of our residents and tenants,” said Kayleen Lee, chief executive officer of the Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center Avera.
The bus made its first journey for the organization to the Tulip Festival Parade in Orange City.
National Honors for Exemplary Customer Service
May 20, 2010
Royale Meadows Care Center received My InnerView’s Excellence in Action award, a national honor recognizing the facility’s commitment to superior customer satisfaction. Over 5,000 nursing homes in the country participated in a 2009 satisfaction survey. Royale Meadows was one of only 342 nursing homes to receive this high honor. The award, which is presented annually, recognizes those providers that performed in the top ten percent of nursing homes.
“This year’s award recipients deserve to be recognized and applauded for their dedication to customer satisfaction,” said Neil Gulsvig, President, My InnerView. “This annual award underscores the difference they make and serves to honor the valuable work that they do.”
My InnerView, the applied research and quality-improvement solutions provider that presents the annual award, supports leaders across the entire senior care profession with tools to measure, benchmark and improve performance. This year’s award for superior customer satisfaction was presented to select My InnerView customers who completed a resident or family satisfaction survey in 2009, had a minimum 30 percent response rate, and scored in the top ten percent of qualifying facilities on the question “What is your recommendation of this facility to others?” in terms of the percentage of respondents rating the nursing home as “excellent.”
“We are pleased to receive yet another quality award for our nursing home care,” said Kayleen Lee, chief executive officer for the Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center Avera. “This award is exemplifies what we knew all along – that we have a caring staff and strong commitment to providing the highest quality care for our residents.”
This is the second quality award given to Royale Meadows Care Center in 2009. They were also given a Step I Quality Improvement Award from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.
Hospital Purchases Land
February 18, 2010
UPDATE: See our latest coverage from KTIV about the new land purchase and future building site.
The Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center Avera has purchased land for a new main campus building. The deal was finalized on December 29, 2009, and includes 40 acres of land located east of the water treatment plant on the southwest corner of B40 (9th Street) and 13th Avenue.
This step is the beginning of our vision becoming a reality. The next step focuses on planning and design. Meeting with community stakeholders and local residents will be instrumental in identifying future health care needs of our community. Our goal is to design and build a safe, cost-effective facility that allows us to continue our tradition of providing quality health care. (more…)
Awards and Accolades
January 22, 2010
In the 2009 Fiscal Year, the Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center Avera received several awards and accolades. We are proud of these accomplishments because they are a reflection of the quality of care that our patients receive in all areas of our organization.
- 100 Great Iowa Nurses Honor bestowed to Marilyn Vermeer Registered Nurse and Clinical Coordinator/Quality Officer
- Avera Caring with Excellence Award for Implementation of a computer-based Patient History Program in Hull Medical Clinic
- Christian Commitment to Professional Nursing Award from Northwestern College given to Laurie Vander Weide, Registered Nurse
- Four-Star Rating from the Iowa Department of Human Services for Excellence in Early Childhood Care
- National Press Ganey Compass Award for Quality Improvement in Ambulatory Care
- National Silver Aster Award for Excellence in Medical Advertisement
Sioux Center Wins Summit Award
January 15, 2010
Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center Avera was named a national 2009 Summit Award Winner by Press Ganey Associates. The Summit Award recognizes top performing hospitals that sustain the highest level of patient satisfaction for three or more consecutive years. The Press Ganey Summit Award is the health care satisfaction industry’s most coveted symbol of achievement. Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center Avera is one of only 23 hospitals in the nation to receive this award for excellence in Emergency Care.
Alex, Lily are top local names in 2009
January 7, 2010
A total of 180 babies were born at the Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center during the 2009 calendar year that ended last Thursday night. While that total was short of the 199 babies born during the 2008, year, it was better than the total of 178 in 2007.
The most popular Sioux Center names were Alex for boys and Lily, variations, for girls. Alex was picked four times while Lily was picked three times. Top runner-up names for boys were Blake and Ayden for boys with three selections each, while for girls, the runner-up names were Addison, Bailey, Brooke and Haley or Hailey, with two selections each. (more…)
2010 New Year’s Baby is born
January 6, 2010
Joseph Alan Sandbulte is the 2010 New Year’s Baby at the Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center. He was born on Sunday, January 3, at 8:34 a.m. His parents, Joseph Sandbulte and Trinity Nuzum of Sioux Center, welcomed him. He weighed 8 pounds and 2 ounces.
His arrival was a bit of a surprise as Trinity said that he wasn’t due to arrive until January 10, but the early arrival claims the New Year’s Baby title for 2010 and receives a number of gifts from Sioux Center businesses. Joseph’s family also includes grandparents Joe Sandbulte, Bob and Vicki Beaver, Randy Nuzum and Jackie Nuzum, all of Sioux Center; and great-grandparents Arlin and Joyce Sandbulte, Mary Sandbulte, and Janet LaPointe, all of Sioux Center, and Dale Turk of Council Bluffs.
This article was written by Steve Hoogland with the Sioux Center News on January 6, 2010.
Congratulations to the family of this year’s New Year’s baby!
