Kootenai | Kootenai Health | Issue 3, 2017

Kootenai Health 2003 Kootenai Health Way Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814 KH.org (208) 625-4000 Kootenai Hospital District Board of Trustees Liese Razzeto, Chair Terence Neff, M.D., Vice Chair Neil Nemec, M.D., Secretary/Treasurer Mic Armon, Trustee 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 Quality Officer Jeremy Evans, Executive Vice President of Operations Walter Fairfax, M.D., Chief Medical Officer Daniel Klocko, Executive Vice President of Human Resources Ron Lahner, General Counsel Kirk Mahlen, Interim Chief Information Office Joan Simon, Chief Nursing Officer Kim Webb, Chief Financial 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 ques- tions about specific content that may affect your health, please contact your health care provider. Kootenai Health complies with applicable fed- eral 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 . 2017 © Coffey Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Health Tranquility by Greg Husted Jon Ness, CEO August 2017 Thank You for Your Patience For those of us who call northern Idaho home, it’s no surprise to hear our community is growing. What is surprising is to hear that growth quantified as a statistic. Recently, the Idaho Department of Labor’s regional economist, Sam Wolkenhauer, forecast that in the 10 years between 2015 and 2025, northern Idaho’s population will grow more than 14 percent. That’s more than 31,000 new friends and neighbors! At Kootenai Health we are working to be ready. As your community hospital and the regional referral center for all of northern Idaho, it is our responsibility to provide the care you—and our 31,000 new friends and neighbors—need to maintain good health. That is one of the important reasons we have invested so much in the expansion of your hospital. As the CEO of Kootenai Health, I am impressed and humbled by the patience and understanding you continue to show through our expansion work. You and our community have been and continue to be gracious throughout our east expansion, parking area improvements, Kootenai Clinic Post Falls development, surgical suite expansion and emergency department growth. You have been the best traveling companion we could ask for on our journey to expand care options in northern Idaho. Thank you! While many of these projects are in our rear-view mirror and others are well underway, there will be more to come. Although change always brings tem- porary challenges, when change is required to meet the needs of our rapidly growing community, we know it is a change we can all embrace. Wishing you good health, Jon Ness 4