Kootenai | Kootenai Health | Issue 2, 2019

4 Amanda Alden Bayview Dayze May 2019 Kootenai Health 2003 Kootenai Health Way Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814 KH.org (208) 625-4000 Kootenai Hospital District Board of Trustees Terence Neff, M.D., Chair Mic Armon, Vice Chair Neil Nemec, M.D., Secretary/Treasurer Katie Brodie, Trustee Robert Colvin, Trustee Thomas deTar, M.D., Trustee James Eisses, Trustee Teri Farr, Trustee Administration Jon Ness, Chief Executive Officer Karen Cabell, D.O., Chief Physician Executive Jeremy Evans, Executive Vice President of Operations Daniel Klocko, Executive Vice President of Human Resources Ron Lahner, General Counsel Patricia Richesin, President, Kootenai Care Network Joan Simon, Chief Nursing Officer Ryan Smith, Chief Information Officer Kim Webb, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Executive Regional Editor Kim Anderson Regional Editor Andrea Nagel Cover photo Andrea Nagel Published as a courtesy of Kootenai Health four times a year. Models may be used in photos and illustrations. If you have any concerns or questions about specific content that may affect your health, please contact your health care provider. Kootenai Health complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. Translation assistance services, free of charge, are available to you. Please call (877) 746-4674 . Si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Llame al (877) 746-4674 . Ako govorite srpsko-hrvatski, usluge jezicke pomoci dostupne su vam besplatno. Nazovite (877) 746-4674 . 2019 © Coffey Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Health “Health care is, by any measure, the largest economic driver in Kootenai County.” —Sam Wolkenhaeur, Regional Labor Economist Kootenai County has long enjoyed exceptional health care for the size of our community. Over the past several years, Kootenai Health has been pleased to be able to stabilize, strengthen and introduce new services in northern Idaho. The benefit to health care services is immediately obvious, but there is also a tremendous benefit to our local economy. Recently we had the opportunity to work with the Coeur d’Alene Economic Development Council, formerly Jobs Plus, to help quantify that impact. Knowing our Kootenai Health magazine readers are engaged, informed members of our community, we wanted to share the following facts. • Of the top 10 “hot jobs” in Idaho (ranked by the Idaho Department of Labor) five of them are in health care. • Within Kootenai County: ˚ There are 661 total health care employers. ˚ 10,872 people are employed in health care. Within Kootenai County, health care accounts for: ˚ Health care jobs accounted for $486,071,268 in wages in 2018. ˚ The average health care wage in Kootenai County is $44,879. Kootenai County is a special place where you can see your physician in his clinic one day and bump into him at the grocery store the next. By any metric—clinical, financial or social— quality health care close to home is good for northern Idaho. Wishing you good health, Jon Ness, CEO