Excela Insight 4/23/2020

April 23, 2020 Working from Home: Cyber Security Page 2 Mental Health Awareness Calendar Page 2 Chamberlain University Free Resources Page 3 Words of Encouragement Page 4

Volume 3 Issue 10 Top 4 COVID-19 Resources for Excela Health Employees Intranet Page EHWEB Find the latest edition of Fast Facts, updated policies and procedures, updated human resources information and more. www.ExcelaHealth.org Find public information on how to find help, information on testing results, changes to outpatient services and procedures and more.

PA Department of Health (www.health.pa.gov) Find the latest statistics on coronavirus now including zip code level data.

Centers for Disease Control (www.cdc.gov) Find the latest information including how to protect yourself and what to do if you are sick.

Support from our Community Page 6 In the News Page 2 Employee Engagement Page 3 New Faces Page 9

Help the Hungry in Our Community Due to the pandemic many in our community have had to turn to the Westmoreland County Food Bank. Excela Health has recognized this issue and has set a goal of donating $100,000. As of 4/22 we have collected $47,123.15 from our generous Excela Health family! Many in our community need our help right now with the most basic need of having food to feed their families. If you are able to donate at this time please take a minute to do so and if you already have thank you for your contribution to care for our community.

Ways to Give: - Make check payable to Westmoreland County Food Bank and hand deliver to Rosemary Yunetz in - Westmoreland Hospital Administration - Mail check to Rosemary Yunetz at Westmoreland Hospital, 532 West Pittsburgh Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 - Log on to http://weblink.donorperfect.com/wcfbexcela and enter your donation The checks will be delivered to the Westmoreland County Food Bank in early May. We are hoping to truly impress the Westmoreland County Food Bank and our community by raising a significant sum of money to address food insecurity in Westmoreland County.

If your circumstances do not permit you to contribute financially at this time, please consider volunteering to help the food bank in its packing and distribution efforts. You can sign up and learn more here.

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In the News Excela Retiree Answers the Call for Personal Protective Equipment “Dave Byers, a 67-year-old safety engineer retiree from Latrobe, had a reputation for thinking outside the box.”

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Hospitals Looking for More Help; Lawmakers say Pennsylvania Shorted on CARES Act Relief “Hospitals across the region that are looking to recover revenue they lost while preparing to meet a surge in covid-19 cases...”

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‘Sassiness’, True Grit’ Help 2 Elderly Patients Survive COVID-19 at Excela Frick Hospital Frick Hospital employees gather to celebrate two elderly COVID-19 survivors as they were reunited with loved ones and headed home to continue their recovery.

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Sen. Bob Casey, Excela Doctor Urge Caution When it Comes to Reopening Businesses U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. and Excela Health’s chief medical officer urged the public to be patient and consider “the greater good” when it comes to reopening businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Working from Home: Cyber Security The Institute for Cyber Security has placed an alert for Alexa and Google Home devices. If you are working from home in an area where your home assistant is near by please be conscience of discussing protected health information (PHI) openly --- there have been multiple instances in the US where hackers have attached themselves to the home assistant units and use the microphone to listen to conversations and capture the PHI. Excela Health cyber security team recommends you conduct business in a room where there is no home assistant present.

Lend a Hand to Your Community We are grateful and humbled by the generous outpouring of support from our friends, neighbors and community who have donated supplies to ensure we are prepared for the potential rise in COVID-19 cases across Westmoreland County and the region we serve. We are continuing to search for additional supplies on a daily basis using our Supply Chain team but we need your help with specific items.

To view a full list of needed items, where donations are accepted, and a list of donors click here.

Video Visits Through Excela Health WORKS Excela Health WORKS Occupation Medicine is currently offering video visits to help you keep your workplace healthy. Click here to learn more.

Excela Health Is Now Offering Acute Partial Hospital Program Virtually During COVID-19 restrictions, your patient or client can maintain their physical safety while also managing any exacerbation of mental health symptoms and preventing inpatient hospitalization. Please send any referral information to the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) by fax at 724-850-2972 and notify your client or patient to go to the Crisis Response Center at Excela Health. This is the only part of the treatment that will need to occur face-to-face.

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Employee Engagement April EAP Update Washington EAP services released a new online seminar free to Excela Health employees to develop an understanding on how to communicate with children. This session focuses on new and effective communication styles, beginning in early childhood. For access to the webinar, click here and use the Work-Life login code “excela” and clicking on “Online Seminars” to find all available seminars.

Chamberlain University Free Resources Chamberlain University has recognized the current environment has necessitated change in all our lives, both personal and professional. Chamberlain is offering free resources in leadership and management, organization effectivesness and emotional management. Click here to view full information.

Mental Health Month Calendar To remind everyone to make your mental health a priority the Behavioral Health services team has developed a calendar to recognize May as Mental Health Awareness month. Follow along every day for a new way to practice good mental health.

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Employee Well-Being Resources Under the COVID-19 resource page on the Intranet page there is a section dedicated to employee well-being. These resources include the latest EAP updates, information on how to deal with stress, and how stay calm during times of infectious disease. Click here to view.

Kudos & Recognition Thank You Excela Health!

Thank you Dr. Fox! We pray for your safety and the safety of the entire Excela Health staff who walk in that building to save others.

Department/Service Line Recognitions April National Volunteer Month Occupational Therapy Month 4/19 to 4/25 Administrative Professionals Week 4/19 to 4/25 National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week 4/19 to 4/25 National Volunteer Week 4/27 to 5/1 Patient Experience Week May Better Hearing and Speech Month National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month Oncology Nursing Month 5/6 National Nurses Day 5/8 National Student Nurse Day 5/6 to 5/12 National Nurses Week 5/10 to 5/16 National Hospital Week 5/10 to 5/16 Neuroscience Nurses Week Want to have your department/service line recognized?

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Share Your Story Have something that you would like to share with the Excela Insight staff for future editions? Email information to insight@excelahealth.org

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Words of Encouragement To Our EMS Community “In these times of hardship and uncertainty, Excela Health wanted to take a moment to recognize all of the First Responders in our County for all of their hard work and dedication. Our hats go off to all of the EMS workers who dedicate their lives to serving others and keeping our community healthy.

Keep up the great work. We assure you, it has not gone unnoticed.

From our Team at Excela Health, thank you for all you have done and continue to do! We will always have your back!”

Jonathon Jenkins, EMS Outreach Specialist

Our Volunteers are Eager to See You Again “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?”

The line to Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” resonates these days with nurses in the emergency department at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, who are without their volunteer helpers until the coronavirus stay-at-home order ends.

“I have 13 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and those nurses are about my granddaughters’ age, so I can relate to them,” Bryer said. “We have good relationships, and I really miss them. They text and say, ‘Vic, you OK? You need anything?’”

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From Our Staff “Shout out to ALL of the Excela Health employees. Keep up the great work. #excelapride” Tom G “Thank you Excela Latrobe Facilities!!! You guys are awesome!

Vickie J “We owe a lot to our EVS partners. They are doing a great job keeping us all safe.

Thank you!”

Diane M “Thank you to our wonderful volunteers!”

Traci F

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Words of Encouragement From our Community “Just want to take a minute and say how wonderful the nurses, doctors and staff truly are at Westmoreland hospital... They went above and beyond to ensure our safety and while risking theirs daily ... I just want to let others that are expecting moms to be a little comfort in knowing what experience I had and I truly know the fears of it all but the staff truly goes the extra mile for your family while your there and gets you and baby home in a timely manner while making sure it’s safe for your little one to be released when all testing is done... Thank you westmoreland hospital for all that you’ve done for us personally ..... We are home and everyone is doing well....”

Bobbi H

“A great first grade homework assignment for our daughter Nora (from Mrs. Belak at Baggaley) was to make a sign of support for doctors, nurses and healthcare workers. This should cover all of our courageous men and women working hard to beat this horrible disease! She used markers and do-a-dot art sponges!”

Jason T

“Thank you Dr. Fox! We pray for your safety and the safety of the entire Excela Health Staff who walk in that building to save others” Luanne B

“Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital Care Support, you are welcome. PTA thanks all of the hospital staff and all essential workers.”

Penn Township Ambulance Association

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Support from Our Community We are grateful for the caring support we have received at this time. These lists are comprised of the individuals and organizations that we know have donated. Many more have dropped items off without leaving their name. We thank all of those who have contributed!

This list is current as of 4/21/2020.

Various members of our teams have been managing these donations. In an effort to streamline the process and to best allow search efforts to continue unimpeded, we would ask that you direct your information as follows: COVID-19 Testing Systems: PPE Procurement: Diane Lingenfield Scott Koscho

PPE-Sewing: Denise Addis

Donations: Al Novak

dlingenfield@excelahealth.org skoscho@excelahealth.org daddis@excelahealth.org anovak@excelahealth.org 724-832-4048 724-516-8858 724-237-3727 724-433-7965

Randy Stas rstas@excelahealth.org 724-757-6012

Donations from Community Businesses/Organizations 333 Club Abie and Bimbos Pizza Allante Hair Designs & Spa American Textile Company Army and Navy Store Arnold Palmer Regional Airport Bardines Country Smokehouse Bible Baptist Church C'mon Jesus CaffĂŠ Barista Calvary Church Calvin Presbyterian Church Cheesecake CafĂŠ Chick-fil-a Eastgate Plaza Citrix Systems City of Latrobe City of Latrobe Police Cleveland Price Conforti's Pizzeria Country Hammer Moonshine Crooked Creek Distillery CYV Fitness Dairy Queen Dino's Restaurant Direct Energy DMJ Transportation Domino's Pizza Don Patron Mexican Grill Dunkin' Donuts Duolingo Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center EHMG Surgical Specialists Elliott Group Falbo's Restaurant and Lounge

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Firehouse Subs First Assembly of God First Lutheran Church of Greensburg For the Love of Fur Babies Fort Ligonier DAR Chapter Frazier Sign Express General Carbide Corporation Giannelli's II Restaurant & Lounge Giannelli's Restaurant & Lounge Good Shepherd Lutheran Grace Ministries Greater Latrobe School District Greater Latrobe Track Booster Club and Westmoreland County Coaches Association Greater Latrobe/ Laurel Valley Chamber Greater Parkview Church Greensburg Alliance Church Happy Camper Cakes Harbor Freight Heritage United Methodist Church Home Depot Jaden's Catering Jaffre's Restaurant Joann Fabrics Katherin Mabis McKenna Foundation Kennametal Employee Association Keystone Candies King's Super Tire L & I's Food & Spirits LAH Credit Union & LESCO Federal Credit Union Latrobe Rotary Latrobe Volunteer Services Lawyers Abstract Company of Westmoreland County Level Green Women's Club Life Spring Christian Church

Support from Our Community Donations from Community Businesses/Organizations Cont.

LifeFlight Lincoln Crossings Dental Care Little E's Pizzeria Mannitto Golf Club and Restaurant Marsula Electric Inc. Mastro Signs of Trafford McDonald's, Greensburg McDonald's, Hempfield Plaza McDonald's, Latrobe McDonald's, North Huntingdon McDonald's, Norwin Town Square McDonald's, South Greensburg Morelands at Waterworks Mount Pleasant Area School District National Hydraulics, Inc. New Stanton Church Norvelt Pizzeria O.C. Cluss Lumber Order of the Eastern Star Otterbein United Methodist Church Pantalone Funeral Home Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus Pet Supplies Plus Piddler's Pub Pitstop Pizza Pleasant Valley Lion's Club Product Evaluations Racer's Sports Bar and Grill Re-Bath Rewind-Reuse Center & Workshop Ridal Designs Rizzo's Malabar Inn Rolling Hills Industries, Inc. Saint Cecelia's Catholic Church Saint Vincent College Salem Spirits Salvation Army Sanctus Spa and Salon Scott Electric Employees Scotty G's Pizzeria Shop With A Cop Slickville Volunteer Fire Department

South Westmoreland Mask Makers Southmoreland School District Special Education Program Spotless Solutions Stantec Architecture and Engineering Starbucks Sunset CafĂŠ and Customers The Bee Happy Consortium The Boulevard The Original Pie Shoppe, Inc. The Pickled Chef The White House Club Thirty's Craft Pizza and Beer Toyota of Greensburg True Value University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg UPS & Norwin Chamber of Commerce ViaQuest Home Health and Hospice Vizient, Inc. Wabtec, Greensburg and Tronix3D, Mount Pleasant Walmart - Greensburg Walmart - Latrobe Walmart - North Huntingdon Walmart, Latrobe Walmart, Mount Pleasant/South Huntingdon Westmoreland Historical Society Westmoreland Hospital Auxiliary Westmoreland Hospital Hospitality Shop Westmoreland Mall Westmoreland Mask Makers Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research Westmoreland/Frick Foundation Works of Heart

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Support from Our Community Donations from Community Members Erik Agostoni Mallory Baker Lyla Barr B. Bell Jodi Bisko Marilyn Brown Zofia Brown Shelly Bryner Mike and Darlene Campbell Melissa Candy Mary Carasella Bonnie Chelsa Rick Commo Patricia Constantine Patti Cook Ann Coyner Dawn Cumpston MaryAnn Curley The Curtin Family Dadrea Davis Barbara DeCaro Christine Dedo & Family Darlene Delaini Sue Dengler Vicki DiCola Shirley Dilla Lynda Dixon Michelle Diyon Mary Ann Eidemiller Drusilla Emanuel Susan Endersbe Sandie Feldmeier Barbara Ferrier Therese Fitzpatrick Lucille Forich Jim and Dr. Carol Fox Marianne Frey Bardo Galloro Joanne Gebhardt Sandy George Helen Gernicky Scott Gibb Linda Gougler Brooke and Scott Graham Russ and Maureen Gratto & Family Robin Haines Lisa Halas Amanda Hammond Lois Hancock Tyler Handford

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Dr. Marti Haykin Christine Herko MaryAlice Hoffer & Family Beth Howe Sarah Hurley Jean Hurst Amy Jacobelli Pat Kirk Sue Klauss Colleen Klimchak & Family Kathy Klinger Chelsea Komar Liz Krajc Abby Laduke Debbie Lake Cindy Lowden Renee Mansour Joseph Massaro Dr. Beth Maxwell Roberta McCahan Sandy McCurdy Nancy McKinnon Lisa McNichol & Family Dorothea Miller Melissa Miller Katie Miller Eileen Minnick Dr. Ralph Miranda Candy Moore Joe Mosso Tammy Murphy & Family Marlene Murty Rachelle Naser Janice Nees Sally Anne Novak Audrey Novak Carole O'Bryan Pam Parker Jill Patterson Kathy Patton Christine Peipock Dawn and Michelle Pepper Doris Phillips Mary Lou Polk Wendy Poole Sharon Lauffer & Amanda Porterfield Kathy Prosperi Chuck Pyle David Rabel Dana Rankin Tricia Raspotnik

Bridget Reed Dr. Ralph Ritenour Vickie Rossey Tina Roy & Family Donna Ruble John Saban Bonnie Saxman Bonnie Schall Anna Scherb Mindy Schompert Robin Shanefelter Coreen Sheridan Portia Shirley Linda Smales Sharon and John Smetanka Holly Smith Charlie and Lynn Springer Megan Stahl Michelle Stevens Luitgarde Suhjansky Polly Swanson Paula Sykes Peggy Taylor Anita Tenekowicz Linda Tessaro Sue and Bob Thomas Kaaren and Mark Tintori Lindsey Turchetta Dr. Randi Turkewitz Linda Valore Dr. and Mrs. Vasudevan Rich and Diane Very Theresa Very Brigita Vingelis Douglas, Carla, and Morgan Wano Jennifer Whitaker Val Wilson Paulisick Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Winter Bob and Audrey Wright Marcia and Fred Yarnal Lisa Yetter Dorothy Zello Marcie Zello Marcie and John Zello Nick and Dorothy Zello Renee Zimmerling Gwyn Zollinger Sue Ann Zollinger Wendy Zollinger

New Faces Frick Hospital

MedCare Equipment Company

Environmental Services: Rachael Basinger, Materials Management Worker

Greensburg: Jason Marlowe, Human Resources Business Partner Monroeville: Michael Caroccia, Delivery Technician

Latrobe Hospital Nursing Administration: P Checca, Telemetry Technician Pacemaker Clinic: Jamie Switalski, Medical Secretary Respiratory Care Services: Sophia Harrison, Respiratory Therapist

Westmoreland Hospital Behavioral Health Services: Terra Betters, Behavioral Health Therapist Communications: Alissa Pugliese, Communication Coordinator PCU 1E: Abigail Priolo, Technical Partner Respiratory Care Services: Nancy Abbott, Certified Respiratory Therapist James Colborn, Respiratory Therapist Bethany Smith, Respiratory Therapist Step Down Unit: Madison Fiaschetti, BSN

Home Care & Hospice Adam Karczewski, RN Denetti Macpherson, Direct Care Partner

EHMG

Family Medicine: Saltsburg Family Medicine Kayla Keith, Medical Assistant Obstetrics and Gynecology: Greensburg Kassie Lux, LPN

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