June 2021 Above All Else Newsletter

RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER

Above All Else IN THIS ISSUE PAGE 2 WELCOME NEW PROVIDERS WELCOME NEW LEADERS

JUNE 2021

Integrity Compassion Always Respect Excellence

Hello Research Family, It seems hard to believe that we are nearly half way through 2021!

PROMOTED LEADERS EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH PAGE 3 RMC CEO ASHLEY MCCLELLAN NAMED TO KANSAS CITY BUSINESS JOURNAL'S WOMEN WHO MEAN BUSINESS CLASS OF 2021 RESEARCH COLLEAGUES LEAD SUCCESSFUL UNION DECERTIFICATION NATIONAL BLOOD SHORTAGE PAGE 4 APPRECIATION EVENT RMCBC MONTHLY MINGLE BROOKSIDE FARMERS MARKET PAGE 5 COLLEAGUE GIVING, VOLUNTEERING HAPPENINGS PAGE 6 KC'S COMPREHENSIVE LEADER PAGE 7 DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

I hope you had a chance to watch my June First Friday Podcast where I shared mid-year updates on our key priorities.

I want to thank the Research Family for making their voice heard during the Vital Voices Engagement Survey, the Physician Engagement Survey and much more. I greatly appreciate the feedback from our colleagues.

In fact, I’ve had the opportunity to thoroughly review over 3,000 comments that we received from the Vital Voices Engagement Pulse Survey. I look forward to continuing to partner together to make improvements and take action based on the results of the survey.

Please make sure to attend a session in your department where your department specific results will be shared. Our leadership team is committed to ensuring that meaningful conversations and actions take place as a result of these surveys.

HCA HOPE FUND PAGE 8 THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

PUBLISHING TEAM: Kimberle Bovard Manager of Marketing (816) 276-9475

In addition, if you have any additional recommendations or concerns, you are always encouraged and welcome to share using our Ask Leadership link on the Intranet home page.

Warm regards,

kimberle.bovard@hcamidwest.com

Morgan Saxena Director of Marketing (816) 276-9392 morgan.saxena@hcamidwest.com

facebook.com/researchmedicalcenter

Ashley McClellan, FACHE, MHA, MBA Chief Executive Officer

2 WELCOME NEW PROVIDERS Elisa Abicht, MD – OB/Gyn

Vivian Hoang, MD – Teleneurology

Sarah Baldassaro, MD – OB/Gyn

Vasvi Singh, MD – Cardiology

John Burroughs, MD – Hospice & Palliative Care

Natasha Ahmed, MD – OB/Gyn

WELCOME NEW AND PROMOTED LEADERS Promoted Leader

Melanie Smith, Pharm D, MBA, BCPS Director Pharmacy RMC

Promoted Leader

Promoted Leader

Rebecca Saxton, PhD, RN, CNE Dean College of Nursing RCON

Promoted Leader

New Leader

Mark Reynolds

Angela Yates

Kiran Randhawa

Director School of Radiology RMC

Director Clinical Operations RMC

Manager Quality RPC

EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH Research Medical Center

Research Brookside Campus

Research Psychiatric Center

Heather Varner Pharmacy Tech Pharmacy

Gina Greene Registrar Patient Registration

Rachel Ivory, RN Psych Adult Unit

Heather Varner consistently works hard every day in the cancer center compounding, preparing, and dispensing chemotherapy.

She communicates well with her teammates and we can count on her to go the extra mile!

Gina has the biggest personality that brightens any room. The ICARE values that she represents is what we are here for. Her engagement with each and every patient is beyond amazing!

Rachel is always a great support at RPC. Whether it is patient or staff related, we can always count on Rachel to offer great suggestions.

She always maintains a positive and calm demeanor.

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3 RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER CEO ASHLEY MCCLELLAN NAMED TO KANSAS CITY BUSINESS JOURNAL'S WOMEN WHO MEAN BUSINESS CLASS OF 2021 Out of hundreds of nominations, the Kansas City Business Journal selected Research Medical Center CEO Ashley McClellan as one of the Women Who Mean Business class of 2021 honorees. We are beyond proud of this recognition due to her passionate dedication to Research Medical Center’s staff and patients as well as to the Kansas City community, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more on why Ashley was selected and join us in congratulating her on this honor by visiting Facebook.com/ResearchMedicalCenter.

RESEARCH COLLEAGUES LEAD SUCCESSFUL UNION DECERTIFICATION We are pleased to share that a majority of employees have chosen to remove SEIU as their representative, decertifying the SEIU here at Research. With this vote, we believe we can better accomplish our mission to care and improve human life when we have mutual trust, respect and open lines of communication with our colleagues. At the same time, we recognize there are some employees who may be disappointed about this outcome. And although the process was at times difficult, it’s now a time to heal, reflect and look to our future. We are committed to working together with all colleagues – regardless of their position in this vote – to make our facilities a better place for all.

To learn more, please visit ResearchMedicalCenter.com/Newsroom.

NATIONAL BLOOD SHORTAGE - WILL YOU DONATE? Did you know there is currently a nationwide blood shortage?

Research Medical Center is partnering with the American Red Cross of Missouri to provide a convenient place for our colleagues and the community to donate blood.

Our next blood drive will be held on Friday, July 2 from 7:30 am to 1:30 pm in our 1N Conference Room (2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO, 64132).

Please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: ResearchMC to schedule an appointment. If you donated at the June 21st blood drive, you must wait 8 weeks before giving blood again.

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4 APPRECIATION EVENT The Research leadership team hosted an appreciation event to thank the Research Family for making their voice heard during the Vital Voices Engagement Survey, the Physician Engagement Survey and much more!

We hope you were able to enjoy a cool treat on a hot day.

BROOKSIDE CAMPUS MONTHLY MINGLE During our Research Medical Center Brookside Campus' June Monthly Mingle CEO Ashley McClellan visited the departments and spent time with our colleagues.

Ashley learned what is working well as well as what specific resources or tools are needed to make our colleague’s work load more efficient.

The leadershp team appreciates the engagement from our Brookside Campus colleagues. There are a lot of great things happening at this campus!

BROOKSIDE FARMERS MARKET Research Medical Center is excited to support the 2021 Brookside Farmers Market Outdoor Market!

At the market, we promote the services offered at our four campuses. We most recently promoted the ER of Brookside.

The market is held every Saturday from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm at HJ's Community Center located at 6425 Wornal Road in Brookside. Please stop by or let Nisha Mills know if you'd like to volunteer.

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5 COLLEAGUE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING • ECHO Fund - RMC • Since 1994, The Research Foundation's Employee Assistance Fund has provided support to employees in emergency financial need. The fund has been and continues to be exclusively funded by employee contributions. It pays for basic needs such as rent or mortgage payments, utility payments and food.

• To give or apply for assistance, visit theresearchfoundationkc.org • HOPE Fund - HCA • As HCA Healthcare colleagues, it is our top priority to take excellent care of our patients, but through the HCA Healthcare Hope Fund, we can also take care of each other. The Hope Fund is a 501(c)3 charity that provides emergency funds to our colleagues when significant hardships arise due to illness, injury, natural disasters or other difficult situations.

• To give or apply for assistance, visit hcahopefund.com/

HAPPENINGS BROOKSIDE FARMERS' MARKET SATURDAYS FROM 8 AM - 1 PM 6425 WORNAL ROAD CANCER SURVIVORS' DAY SUNDAY, JUNE 6 APPRECIATION CELEBRATION FRIDAY, JUNE 11 FROM 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM 1N CONFERENCE ROOM RMC BLOOD DRIVE MONDAY, JUNE 21 FROM 7:30 AM - 1:30 1N CONFERENCE ROOM JUNETEENTH SATURDAY, JUNE 19 FATHER'S DAY SUNDAY, JUNE 20 JUST FOR HER EVENT JUNE 25 - 27 OVERLAND PARK CONVENTION CENTER HTTPS://JUSTFORHEREVENT.COM/ AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE MONDAY, JULY 2

• Are you already giving or volunteering or interested in volunteer opportunities?

• Go to HCA.YourCause.com • Give to Hope Fund (one time or recurring) • Have HCA match a gift • $25 minimum, up to $1,000 a year ($500 to Hope Fund, $500 other) • Log volunteer hours • For every 10 hours vlunteered, you receive $200 for the charity of your choice (up to $1,000 per year, per colleague) • Find volunteer opportunities

7:30 AM TO 1:30 PM, 1N CONFERENCE ROOM

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KC’S COMPREHENSIVE LEADER IN: Heart

Stroke

Trauma

Level I STEMI Center

Comprehensive Stroke Center

ACS Verified Level I Trauma Center

7 THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY - LIGHT THE NIGHT On behalf of Research Medical Center CEO and Chair of the 2021 Light the Night event Ashley McClellan, we want to thank medical oncologist Jaswinder Singh, MD and his colleagues from MidAmerica Cancer Care for their generous donation to Research Medical Center’s fundraising efforts for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night event. If you’d like to donate, please visit Research’s fundraising page at bit.ly/RMCSupportsLLS and please join us for the walk on Saturday, Oct. 2 at Cleveland University.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION - JUNETEENTHKC PARADE The Research Medical Center Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council (DEI) volunteered at the JuneteenthKC parade on Saturday, June 12. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.

The volunteers assisted in distributing masks and hand sanitizer along the route.

HCA HEALTHCARE HOPE FUND SAVERS PROGRAM The Hope Fund Savers Program is designed to make financial security easy and fun, to help colleagues build their emergency savings and learn positive savings behaviors.

Registration ends June 30, 2021.

Please visit the link below to see if you are eligible and take advantage of this great opportunity! hcahopefund.com/savers R E S E AR C H MED ICAL C ENTER • A P UB LI CATI ON FOR STA FF, P H YS I CI A N S A N D FRI E N DS

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2021 Hoeper Primary Care Symposium 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Friday, September 24, 2021 Sheraton Overland Park Hotel Jointly sponsored by

Register at

theresearchfoundationkc.org/symposiums 816-276-4218