Jordan Pratt, Kootenai Health, infant nutrition tech, Leave No Trace Health 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 Michelle Bouit, Chief Financial Officer Karen Cabell, D.O., Chief Physician Executive Kelly Espinoza, Chief Nursing Officer Jeremy Evans, Chief Operating Officer Joel Hazel, Chief Legal Counsel Cara Nielsen, Kootenai Health Foundation President Ryan Smith, Chief Information 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. 2023 © Coffey Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Heart Center Expansion “Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” —Helen Keller One of the special things about Kootenai Health is the close relationship we enjoy with our community. The women and men who work here are your friends and neighbors. They see you at school functions, church and community events. This is one of the reasons we work so diligently to expand our medical staff and continue to provide and expand the services available here—so more people in northern Idaho can receive the care they need close to home. One example of this amazing relationship is cardiology services. Since Kootenai Health’s Heart Center opened in 2003, thousands of our family members, friends and neighbors have received lifesaving care here. Last year alone, the Heart Center served more than 3,200 patients. Because every moment matters during a cardiac event, having needed care close by means better outcomes as well as added convenience. Thanks to many generous gifts to the Kootenai Health Foundation, later this summer we will celebrate the opening of our much-needed Heart Center expansion. The expansion will add nine new patient rooms for a total of 24. It will also add a second cardiac catheterization lab and a second electrophysiology lab. Just as importantly, with more than 40 physicians and advanced practice providers in our cardiology and cardiovascular program, we have one of the most comprehensive programs in the Inland Northwest. This is even more impressive given the shortage of physicians and health care workers we are seeing across the nation. With communities across the country, including those in northern Idaho, struggling to maintain services, Kootenai Health continues to provide for the health care needs of our community as well as those around us. As a member of our community, it is important for you to know that you play a role in this as well. When we each do our part to create a community in which health care providers want to live, raise their children and practice medicine, we help build a medical community that will be here when you and your loved ones need care. Whether it’s expanding cardiac care or one of the many clinical services we are honored to provide in northern Idaho, you, our community, are at the heart of all we do. Wishing you good health, Jon Ness, CEO 4
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