EHN 2022AnnualReport 9DIGITAL - Flipbook - Page 3
A year in review
The story of 2022 has been access.
The story of 2022 has been access. Early in 2022,
access was challenging primarily because of staffing
challenges. Later in 2022, the pressure came more
from hospital flow, being able to move patients to
the appropriate next step. Despite these issues,
those of us who work in this field are somehow
finding our way through with innovation, hard work,
and continued commitment to the community
members we serve every day.
This past year, Eastside Health Network (EHN) officially
adopted a new mission, vision, and values. You will
read more about them later in this report. However,
I would like to take this opportunity, in my letter, to
introduce you to our new values and show you how
they relate to the important work we do at EHN.
Impact. Perhaps the most obvious way we see
impact is in the success we reach on our contract
performance. When we succeed, the hospitals and
providers in our network make money, but patients
live healthier lives, too. As our Medical Director,
John Nelson says, our greatest success is what we
don’t hear about. The heart attack that doesn’t
happen. The patient who doesn’t fall. Speaking
of Dr. Nelson, he continued his work supporting
providers through provider wellness groups. Our
network continues to grow. The Health Connect
contract reached and surpassed 10,000 lives.
To thrive in challenging times, EHN staff is leaning
into innovation. We are finding ways to work
within less-than-ideal circumstances. To accomplish
the work we need to do, we are often having to be
creative and think out of the box. I am constantly
amazed at the ways the EHN team finds to do
just that. You will see stories of this innovation
throughout this report.
As a Clinically Integrated Network, we find our
best success when we focus on collaboration.
Collaboration with our colleagues at our partner
hospitals. Collaboration with the clinics in our
network. Collaboration with providers. As just
one example, our work on Annual Wellness Visits
involves the work of countless people at EHN,
hospitals, clinics, and beyond.
And always, the end goal of all of this work is
excellence. We strive toward great outcomes.
We work to help clinicians in our network provide
high-quality care. In that work, we hold ourselves
to a high standard every day.
Thank you for all the ways you have contributed to
EHN in 2022. If you are reading
this report, I’m sure you
have. I hope you enjoy
reading about this past
year as much as I do.
David LaMarche, MBA
PRESIDENT
EASTSIDE HEALTH NETWORK
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