The Catalyst Issue 15 | November 2012 | Page 2

Robert W. Pryor, MD, MBA President and CEO Scott & White Healthcare Nancy L. Birdwell Chief Development Officer, Scott & White Healthcare; Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Scott & White Healthcare Foundation Believing in a better future Alfred B. Knight, MD President Scott & White Healthcare Foundation BRIAN HERVEY Vice President, Philanthropy and Communications Sarah Mackey Associate Vice President, Marketing Rachel K. O’Neal Manager, Foundation Branding and Communications pivotal events have transpired this year, giving the delivery of S ome healthcare and Scott & White’s efforts to improve access to care significant meaning. The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act results in more than four million Texans’ gaining healthcare insurance coverage. Long-term challenges in the delivery and financing of healthcare remain, to be sure, but experience tells us that timely access to highquality healthcare services, especially in primary care, reduces healthcare gaps and gives people a better quality of life. Scott & White Healthcare has long been focused on increasing access to highquality healthcare throughout the 29,000-square-mile area that we serve. We’re ahead of the curve when it comes to implementing an electronic health records system and other federal requirements to provide value-oriented care. With our new strategic initiative Empowering Excellence, we’re refining our efforts even further to better serve each of you, and generations of families for years to come. I hope you enjoy reading this issue of THE CATALYST, and learning about the ways we’re reaching even higher, with your support, to sustain a future focused on good health. Robert W. Pryor, MD, MBA President and CEO, Scott & White Healthcare AMY M. PERKINS Project Manager Patricia Brennan Editorial Manager Meredith Knight Kathy Lesko Laura Tuma Contributing Writers Jan McInroy Copy Editor Melody Clampet Gary L. Hansen Kathy Lesko Rebecca McCoy Photography Korzenowski Design Design The Catalyst is published for friends of Scott & White by Scott & White Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)3, not-for-profit Texas organization. For appointment information, call 800-792-3710 or visit our website, sw.org. Correspondence and inquiries should be addressed to: Amy M. Perkins, Project Manager, Scott & White Healthcare Foundation, The Catalyst, 2401 South 31st Street, Temple, TX 76508. SUPPORT SCOTT & WHITE For information about how you can make a gift to Scott & White, please contact the Scott & White Healthcare Foundation. 800-293-4483 | 254-724-2768 foundation.sw.org Send an e-mail to [email protected] THE CATALYST is online! Visit swcatalyst.org for additional articles, photos, and videos on the latest developments at Scott & White Healthcare. our Vision Scott & White will be the most Trusted and the most Valued name in American Healthcare. Our Mission To provide the most personalized, comprehensive and highest quality healthcare enhanced by medical education and research. 2 The Catalyst November 12 | sw.org © 2012 Scott & White. All rights reserved. Reproduction by any means of the entire contents or any portion of this publication without prior written permission is strictly prohibited.