2022 FUNDED PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

As a highly reliable organization, Inspira is committed to providing our patients with the full continuum of care… but philanthropy enables us to do MORE.

Philanthropy allows us to go above and beyond to address the health care needs of patients in our region. Contributions to Inspira Health Foundation help to create programs and services that support our patients, advance cutting-edge technology, and fund facility enhancements to enrich the health and wellness of our community.

In 2022, more than 1,990 philanthropic partners invested nearly $3.3 million through the Foundation to support the mission of Inspira Health. Together through philanthropy, we were able to support projects and initiatives such as these in our community.

Simulab Central Venous Catheterization Training Model

Emergency Department at Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill – This equipment provides enhanced training tools for emergency department medical residents, allowing them to train on and earn certification in autonomous central line placement. This expedites care when time is critical and enhances the level of care our physicians are able to provide to the community we serve.

Adult Activity Books for Patients

Guest Services at Inspira Medical Centers Mullica Hill, Vineland, and Elmer – The Foundation funded an assortment of activity books, coloring books, and colored pencils to have when patients contact Volunteer/Guest Services requesting something to do.

Giraffe Infant Incubator

Maternal Child Health at Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill – These isolette beds enable our clinicians to provide care for infants while maintaining the baby’s body temperature. There was only one of these giraffe beds in the unit. Funding another one allows the team to provide more of this quality care to infants.

Furniture for the Zen Den

Outside the Deborah F. Sager Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Inspira Medical Center Vineland – The implementation of mindful meditation and opening of a meditation room has improved this unit’s patient interactions and decreased their errors. This can also be measured in our employee engagement scores as staff have been asking for a meditation room.

Mindfulness Bathroom

Cardiac Progressive Care Unit at Inspira Medical Center Vineland – With the success of the mindfulness rooms, nursing council members decided that it would be beneficial to adapt the same concept to the staff bathroom. Depending on the day’s stressors, staff only have time for a quick bathroom break and feel the Mindfulness room would take an extra effort on their part to be used. The idea behind the concept of the Mindfulness bathroom is that it will provide the same calming environment to help reduce staff stress levels with less effort.

Bereavement Resources

Network-wide – Contributed to the newly developed bereavement packets to be given to families of those who pass in one of our facilities.

pH Testing

Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill (available network-wide for patients) – Expanding GI services, to include pH testing - the standard to confirm a gastroesophageal reflux disease, as well as determine the severity and duration of the disease. Previously patients requiring this test needed to seek care elsewhere, as it was not an available service in our network.

Sponge Detection Initiative

ORs and Labor & Delivery Units at Inspira Medical Centers Mullica Hill, Vineland, and Elmer – Acquired new technology that assists with the elimination of retained sponges, a constant concern nationwide in all surgical areas. This technology allows patients to be scanned prior to closing the surgical site to provide confirmation that all sponges have been removed from the surgical site.

Decreasing Patient Stress

Adult Behavioral Health at Inspira Health Center Woodbury — To decrease stress levels of voluntary patients in the Behavioral Health Unit, team members proposed incorporating aromatherapy oils and diversionary crafting projects. Staff members are measuring patients’ engagement and stress levels before and after project implementation.