WHAT ’ S NEWS IN PETERS TOWNSHIP
CLASS OF 1971 PLANS 50TH REUNION
Attention PTHS class of 1971 ! Please join in for an epic 50th Reunion , starting on June 11 , at this year ’ s Peters Township High School graduation ceremony where the class will be honored .
On Saturday , June 12 , the celebrations will continue with activities throughout the day and an evening dinner will be held at the Bella Sera Event Villa in Canonsburg . A picnic will culminate the festivities in Peterswood Park on Sunday , June 13 .
It will be great to rekindle friendships and catch up with fellow classmates !
We ’ re attempting to locate everyone and could use some help . Please contact anyone on the committee ( names listed below ) to sign up and make our 50th reunion a success !
Dee Fickenscher Johnson at deefjohnson @ gmail . com
Gordon Wilson at d . gordonwilson @ gmail . com
Cyndy Mattern Blackhurst at cblackhurst @ dekalash . com
Sally Barnard Hosmer at sbhosmer @ comcast . net
Becky Fife Evans at bevans8311 @ gmail . com
WASHINGTON HEALTH SYSTEM ACHIEVES HEALTHGRADES 2020 LABOR AND DELIVERY EXCELLENCE AWARD™
Washington Health System announced that it is a recipient of Healthgrades 2020 Labor and Delivery Excellence Award . This distinction places the WHS Care Center for Family Birth and Women ’ s Health in the top 10 % of all hospitals evaluated in the nation and recognizes the exceptional care of mothers during and after labor and delivery , according to Healthgrades , the leading resource that connects consumers , physicians and health systems .
“ Today , expectant parents are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of hospital quality and understand that it needs to play a factor in selecting where to deliver their baby ,” says Brad Bowman , MD , Chief Medical Officer , Healthgrades . “ The 2020 Labor and Delivery Excellence Award recognizes those hospitals that provide high quality care for mothers during labor and delivery , so parents can have confidence in their decision .”
To help consumers evaluate and compare hospital performance in labor and delivery , Healthgrades analyzed patient outcomes data for virtually every hospital in each of the 16 states that provide all-payer state data for years 2016 through 2018 . Healthgrades found that the variation in hospital performance makes a significant difference in terms of clinical outcomes :
• From 2016 through 2018 , if all hospitals included in the analysis performed similarly to those that received the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award , 124,867 patients with complications could have potentially been avoided *.
• From 2016 through 2018 , patients treated in hospitals receiving the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award had , on average , a 40 % lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award .
“ I ’ m so proud of our labor and delivery team at WHS ,” says Kathryn Simons , MD , OB / GYN Division Chair and practicing physician with Washington Health System . “ Not only do we have top-rated , exceptional care , but our newly renovated unit called the CARE Center for Family Birth and Women ’ s health was customized with our patients ’ needs in mind .”
WHS completed its renovations to the CARE Center for Family Birth and Women ’ s Health in spring of 2020 . The new unit was built with plenty of extra room for visiting families ( visitation is currently limited due to COVID ), large spacious and modern bathrooms for mom and partner to use , blue tooth speaker access in every birthing room and so much more .
The new unit also has a newly renovated level 2 special care nursery with a team of neonatal resuscitation professionals that are present at every birth .
WHS also received the healthgrades Five-Star distinction for Vaginal Delivery , 6 Years in a row ( 2015-20 ) as well as the Five-Star distinction for C-Section Delivery , 2 years in a row ( 2019-20 ).
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