Summer 2022 Nationwide Children's Foundation Newsletter

SUMMER 2022

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Foundation

A Letter from the Foundation

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hile you enjoy summertime activities like family trips and backyard cookouts, I hope you find some time to read this newest issue of the Foundation Newsletter. We have interesting updates on a vital educational program called S.E.A.R.C.H., the importance (and surprising ease) of estate planning, updates on fun events, and much more.

Steve Testa President, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation

The real highlight of this issue is, however, an inspiring introduction to Dominic Holliman-Wade. In 2014, Dominic received a postcard advertising a free job assistance workshop and resume class offered through our award-winning, evidence-based Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families initiative.

A part-time salesman at the time, Dominic learned from that class and obtained a challenging and rewarding job in our Big Lots Behavioral Health Service. That initial experience led to additional roles. Today, he is a college graduate and a planning coordinator in the Department of Planning and Business Development.

“I wanted to give the hospital a chance because it took a chance on me,” Dominic has said. Yes, this hospital has taken a chance on many of us.

Whether through employment, community improvement, or treating our children, this hospital has affected all of us. And your support makes all that possible.

Please enjoy this issue and I hope you are having a great summer.

Steve Testa

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What’s

Inside?

Where Are They Now? ...................................4 S.E.A.R.C.H. ...................................................6

Your generosity helps us launch so many innovative programs and treat children in our community and beyond.

Population Health...........................................7 The Impact is Felt ..........................................8 Meet Ryan, Costco Associate and Patient Father ..............8 It’s Easier Than You Think, Planning for Your Future .................................9 Thanks to the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday .................................10

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Where Are They Now? Nationwide Children’s Employee Leads with Values

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othing can beat the feeling of satisfaction when you know your work brings about positive change. When personal values are aligned with career values, a fulfilling career becomes inevitable.

Dominic received a scholarship to participate in the Disparities Leadership Program (DLP). DLP is a yearlong, hands-on education program focused on helping health care leaders achieve equity in healthcare. The coronavirus pandemic intensified language access issues in health care – Domonic’s research identified solutions to prevent risk of COVID-19 transmission in underrepresented minority populations.

In 2014, Dominic Holliman-Wade returned to his hometown of Columbus to expand his career opportunities. He received a job readiness postcard from Nationwide Children’s Healthy In January 2022, Dominic’s career aspirations Neighborhoods Healthy Famirose to newer heights. As a planning lies (HNHF), advertising a consultant within the Department of job assistance and resumé Planning and Business Developworkshop. Dominic recalls ment, he leads and coordinates “Nothing can beat the the experience as a unique construction projects from beginone. The workshop gave ning to end, utilizing strategic feeling of satisfaction the surrounding complanning skills he learned years when you know your munity direct access to prior. Every role has been a step work brings about Nationwide Children’s up to serve the community. The human resources profesconstant attendant role gave him positive change.” sionals eager to offer their access into the professional world expertise one-on-one. of healthcare, patient care allowed him to understand the interworking “The engagement was great beof his administrative duties, and now cause they were genuinely invested in Dominic’s current role enables him to see how the community and in seeing community non-clinical roles help patients and families receive the participants leave with something valuable,” Dominic best care possible. says.

The postcard from HNHF is how Dominic’s journey Dominic received several job opportunities within began. His initiative and drive continue to take him four weeks of attending the workshop. His first role, as further. He has been given a space to thrive in, to learn constant attendant in the Big Lots Behavioral Health who he is, take on new careers, and discover unique Services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital was the ways to impact patients and their families. beginning of his journey at Nationwide Children’s, where he sought more opportunities to affect change “Nationwide Children’s has given me a platform to within his community and in the lives of others. In continue learning and growing. Every role I’ve held 2020, while in graduate school and working as popunot only fit my career goals but also my values… I can lation outreach coordinator through Partners For Kids, see myself here for years to come.”

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S.E.A.R.C.H.

Summer Education And Research in Clinical Healthcare

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ore and more evidence is coming to light, showing just how important it can be to have a doctor who is from the same racial or ethnic background as their patients. The interactions go better, with patients seeming to be more willing to discuss their symptoms and pains with a doctor who looks like them. Importantly, medication adherence rates go up. At Nationwide Children’s, our goal is do what’s best for every patient that walks through our doors. To do so, we’ll need a workforce that represents, that looks like those very same patients.

ing to the latest data report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges. These numbers are even more alarming in a pediatric setting. Simply, pediatric healthcare institutions must create programs that encourage and bring underrepresented minorities into the healthcare profession.

According to census data, the U.S. population is projected to become a majority-minority in 2045. The need to prepare and train healthcare professionals who are culturally responsive and equipped to provide quality care in a multicultural society is quickly expanding. Only about 9% of current physicians identify as Black or African American, Native American or Alaska Native, or Hispanic or Latino accord-

Pipeline programs promote a diverse, culturally competent healthcare and biomedical research workforce to enhance patient care and ensure health equity. However, most pipeline efforts ignore the barriers that prevent targeted students from participating. The S.E.A.R.C.H program addresses those issues head-on with a comprehensive approach. Students are provided with stipends, housing, and travel reim-

Nationwide Children’s Summer Education And Research in Clinical Healthcare (S.E.A.R.C.H) program introduces talented undergraduate students to the healthcare profession, with focus on both medicine and research.

bursements to ensure equitable access.

During the six-week program, scholars are paired with a chief mentor, shadow different divisions of the hospital, and complete a capstone project.

The program provides experiences to students from diverse backgrounds, with focus on underrepresented minority students from economically disadvantaged and underserved communities and/or first-generation students. Students must have completed at least two years of full-time college-level education to qualify. We’re proud to have welcomed students from Bethune-Cookman University, Howard University, Tennessee State University, Capital University, and a number of other colleges from across the country.

We know that this experience can play a formative role in a student’s future, and look forward to following their work for years to come.

MEET THE MENTORS:

Students are provided with Stipends, Housing, and Travel

Reimbursements Timothy Feltes MD, FACC, is a Pediatric Cardiologist and Cardiac Intensivist in The Heart Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He holds the Andy Paxton Endowed Chair in Cardiology. He is also a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

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Long-Sheng Chang PhD, is a principal investigator for the Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases at The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Dominique Williams MD, is a physician in the Section of Primary Care Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

to ensure equitable access.

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Nationwide Children’s Hospital understands that one of the most important factors in someone’s health is one that you might not realize: your zip code.

here you live and grow up affects many of what are known as the social determinants of health. To help address these issues, Nationwide Children’s is helping children where they are: at home, at school, and in their neighborhood. To date, Nationwide Children’s has invested more in this type of programming than any other pediatric healthcare system.

We’re extending our nationally recognized Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families (HNHF) program to the Linden neighborhood, working to replicate the successes we’ve had on the South Side. HNHF has already built or improved more than 500 properties in communities around the hospital, and has begun to make similar inroads into Linden. Understanding the importance of data to help drive smart decision-making, we’ve created the Center for Child Health Equity and Outcomes Research, lead by Dr. Deena Chisolm, to help us understand our progress and drive better outcomes for our families.

Through a number of programs, Nationwide Children’s school based health services seek to take advantage of a child’s school

attendance to make sure they’re getting the health care they require. We realize that, for one reason or another, many children don’t make it to all of their recommended check-ups. By working with school systems, we can ensure that fewer kids fall through the cracks and get the care they need. For instance, our Diabetes and School Health (DASH) program sees diabetic children at their school, helping them measure their glucose levels, and providing them with the medication and support they need.

Our new strategic plan also calls for Nationwide Children’s to further invest in Partners For Kids (PFK), our impactful accountable care organization. Alongside its partners, PFK supports the highest quality care for almost all children served by Medicaid in more than half of Ohio counties, while also sharing best practices with pediatric providers across the state. We will also continue to support and grow our Pediatric Vital Signs program, an initiative to measure the wellbeing of all children in its community across eight metrics, with the goal of determining what is working and expanding the initiative as a national model for pediatric care.

HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS HEALTHY FAMILIES

Why Should a Hospital Care?

Clinical Care Accounts for

20%

of Modifiable Health Outcomes

10%

Physical Environment

30% Health Behaviors

40%

Social and Economic Factor

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The Impact is Felt

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normous gratitude for our corporate giving partners! We are inspired by their energetic support of our mission to help children everywhere. They actively share our mission to help children around the world with our breakthrough research, and locally with our personal care, no matter the family’s ability to pay.

From the humblest jingle of the spare change you leave at the register or round up with your order - it all adds up, and the impact is immense. We are grateful for the hard-working associates and loyal customers that make this possible.

This summer, while you are traveling and shopping, consider visiting these Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ partners to support Nationwide Children’s Hospital through their campaigns.

Meet Ryan, Patient Father and Costco Associate

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hen Ryan’s daughter, Sephira, was born in 2012 she was blue. He and his wife Stephanie soon learned that she had transposition of the great arteries (TGA), a congenital condition in which the aorta and pulmonary arteries are switched from their normal positions. She appeared blue because her body was not getting enough oxygen and would quickly need open-heart surgery.

Today, Sephira is nine years old and thriving. She has three younger siblings, partially because her parents know that even when scary things happen to newborns, there are teams at Nationwide Children’s ready to provide the very best care.

Ryan is now an associate at Costco, where he is a top fundraiser for their Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals campaign. When he found out that Costco raises money for Nationwide Children’s, Ryan knew it would be his opportunity to give back and help other families get important, lifesaving care like his daughter. He tells shoppers when they donate at checkout that even if they don’t think their donation feels like a lot, families like his have benefited from the collective generosity of those donations. Every dollar really does make a difference!

In May, Costco associates and shoppers in central and northwest Ohio raised over $208,000! We are so grateful for Ryan, and all the Costco associates and shoppers who are so passionate about helping the patients and families at Nationwide Children’s.

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It’s Easier Than You Think, Planning for Your Future.

August is National Make-A-Will Month.

It’s the perfect time to be reminded of the importance of creating or updating your will and estate plan.

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espite the importance of having a will, recent studies show that nearly half of all Americans never get around to drafting it. A common misconception is that planning for the future is a lengthy, complicated process. Creating a plan is less about form and procedure and more about considering all the people and causes that are important to you. The reality is more like this: • Many assets can be transferred outside of your will.

• A well-written will can be a couple of pages long.

• If you do not create a plan, the state will create a plan for you, one that may not match your goals.

In addition to directing how you want your assets distributed, you can avoid or limit taxes for your heirs, include healthcare directives and end-of-life instructions so others will know your wishes, and appoint a guardian to care for your minor children.

Most importantly, you can live every day knowing you have not left your life’s work to chance. While you are writing your will, you’ll have the opportunity to join our amazing supporters who have helped Nationwide Children’s by including legacy gifts in their estate plans. Gifts of any size can make a lasting impact on future generations of children everywhere.

Everyone needs a will. And there’s no better moment than now to find some peace of mind in planning for the future. Our Estate Planning Guide can make the first steps easier. Scan the QR code below to download a copy of the guide.

If you have questions or would like more information, contact:

Lori Caldwell Aiello, JD, CAP® Director, Planned Giving Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation 614.355.5417

Lori.Aiello@NationwideChildrens.org

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Thanks to the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday

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his is the inaugural year that Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation joins the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday as a collaborating charitable partner alongside Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation. This year’s proceeds will benefit Nationwide Childrens’s programs and services that share the mission focus of Eat. Learn. Play., which includes fighting to end childhood hunger, improving literacy and access to quality education, and providing safe places for all children to play and be active.

Founded in 1976 by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, the Memorial Tournament is held annually at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.

“We are excited and so appreciative of both Workday and the PGA TOUR for their collaboration and support of the Memorial Tournament,” Jack Nicklaus said. “Since day one of the Memorial Tournament, we have tried to ensure the event is a vehicle to give back and impact families and children in Central Ohio and beyond. Nationwide Children’s Hospital has always had a special place in our family’s heart, and we will continue to support their tremendous efforts.”

Congratulations to Billy Horschel, winner of this year’s the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday.

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