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K O O T E N A I H E A L T H
2003 Kootenai Health Way
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814
KH.org(208) 625-4000
KOOTENA I HOSP I TAL
D I STR I CT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Liese Razzeto,
Chair
Terence Neff, M.D.,
Vice Chair
Neil Nemec, M.D.,
Secretary/Treasurer
Paul Anderson,
Trustee
Katie Brodie,
Trustee
James Eisses,
Trustee
Ernest Fokes, M.D.,
Trustee
A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
Jon Ness,
Chief Executive Officer
Jeremy Evans,
Executive Vice
President of Operations
Walter Fairfax, M.D.,
Chief Medical Officer
Michael Gaul,
Chief Information Officer
Daniel Klocko,
Executive Vice
President of Human Resources
Ron Lahner,
General Counsel
Joan Simon,
Chief Nursing Officer
Kim Webb,
Chief Financial Officer
E X E C U T I V E R E G I O N A L E D I T O R
Kim Anderson
R E G I O N A L E D I T O R
Andrea Nagel
C O V E R P H O T O
Andrea Nagel
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WELCOME
Jon Ness, CEO
Opening Thoughts
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T H A N K Y O U F O R Y O U R P A T I E N C E
If you have driven down Ironwood Drive recently,
you’ve seen the changes taking place at the
Kootenai Health emergency department. And if
you’ve been to the emergency department in the
past few years, you understand the pressing need
to expand that area.
The Kootenai Health emergency department was
built to accommodate 32,000 patients annually,
but over the past few years, we have been regu-
larly providing care to more than 50,000 patients
a year. In some ways, it reminds me of a busy airport during the holidays.
Although the quality of our emergency care is excellent and staff mem-
bers are working as efficiently as possible, we know that with improved
facilities we can do better. Our new emergency department will include the
addition of 7,000 square feet of new space and 11 new treatment rooms,
which will bring us to 36 rooms total when the project is completed in the
fall of 2018.
Each time we complete a facility improvement project, it is extremely
gratifying to see our patients and staff benefiting from that improvement. In
the meantime, we sincerely appreciate your patience as we grow to provide
an experience that is on par with the exceptional care you have come to
expect from Kootenai Health.
Wishing you good health,
Jon Ness
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