Kootenai Health 2003 Kootenai Health Way Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814 KH.org (208) 625-4000 Kootenai Hospital District Board of Trustees Katie Brodie, Chair Robert Colvin, Vice Chair Teri Farr, Secretary and Treasurer Dave Bobbitt, Trustee Cindy Clark, Trustee Thomas deTar, M.D., Trustee Liz Godbehere, Trustee Steve Matheson, Trustee Robert McFarland, M.D., Trustee Administration Jon Ness, Chief Executive Officer Jim Adamson, Executive Vice President and General Counsel Karen Cabell, D.O., Chief Physician Executive Jeremy Evans, Chief Operating Officer Julie Holt, Kootenai Health Foundation President Daniel Klocko, Executive Vice President of Human Resources Pam Bauer, President, Kootenai Care Network Joan Simon, Chief Nursing Officer Ryan Smith, Chief Information Officer Kim Webb, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer John Weinsheim, Executive Vice President of Kootenai Clinic Executive Regional Editor Kim Anderson Regional Editor Shannon Carroll Cover photo Katrina Walker 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. 2022 © Coffey Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Health Change and Renewal: A Season of Growth “Growth requires change; change requires work.” —Unknown I recently visited my daughter and her husband in Salt Lake City. While walking through a mall, I noticed a sign in one of the business windows that said, “Growth requires change; change requires work.” Whether you are self-employed or leading an organization, you are always thinking about how everything you see, read and hear applies to your work. In my case, I was impressed by how applicable that sign in a Salt Lake shopping mall is to Kootenai Health. Acornerstone tokeepbuilding on This past March, Kootenai Health made the change from the Meditech electronic health record system to Epic, the top-rated electronic health record in the U.S. Epic will give us one connected system for every patient visit at every Kootenai Health hospital, physician office, urgent care, outpatient surgery and imaging location. It will make all your medical records easily available on your home computer or smartphone. It will also connect your information about care you receive at most Spokane hospitals and physician offices. Even considering all the growth Kootenai Health has experienced in the past 12 years, the move to Epic is likely the most significant change Kootenai Health has made. As anyone who has experienced a major life change knows, just like that sign in the mall says, change requires work. The move to Epic has definitely been work, but it is a necessary change that will be the cornerstone for our organizational growth. Northern Idaho is one of the fastest growing areas of our country. Our community can fight that fact or we can prepare for it and consider the change that growth will require. When it comes to health care, I am proud to say Kootenai Health is doing the work, preparing for the change and continuing the growth needed to care for our community now and in the future. Wishing you good health, Jon Ness, CEO Teresa Ragan, NP, hospitalist, Shades of Twilight 4
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