Largest Programs

Honorhealth Foundation reported its largest program on its FY 2019 Form 990 as:

MISSION STATEMENT: TO STRENGTHEN AND ADVANCE THE MISSION OF HONORHEALTH THROUGH PHILANTHROPY. VISION STATEMENT: TO SET THE STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RELATIONSHIP-BASED FUNDRAISING. HONORHEALTH FOUNDA ... (More)
MISSION STATEMENT: TO STRENGTHEN AND ADVANCE THE MISSION OF HONORHEALTH THROUGH PHILANTHROPY. VISION STATEMENT: TO SET THE STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RELATIONSHIP-BASED FUNDRAISING. HONORHEALTH FOUNDATION EXISTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES THROUGH PHILANTHROPY. WE WILL DO THIS BY: -SETTING THE STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RELATIONSHIP-BASED FUNDRAISING; -MATCHING DONORS AND PROSPECTS WITH PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND SERVICES THAT MAXIMIZE THEIR INTERESTS AND THEIR PHILANTHROPY; -PROVIDING STEWARDSHIP THAT EXCEEDS OUR DONOR'S EXPECTATIONS; -RECRUITING, TRAINING AND RETAINING A WORLD-CLASS TEAM TO OVERSEE AND MAINTAIN THE FUNDRAISING PLAN AND INITIATIVES; -INCREASING PHILANTHROPY TO SUPPORT, ENHANCE AND GROW HONORHEALTH. THE HONORHEALTH FOUNDATION MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN AND ADVANCE THE MISSION OF HONORHEALTH THROUGH PHILANTHROPY. HONORHEALTH FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR HONORHEALTH PROGRAM AND CAPITAL NEEDS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS: ADVANCED CARE FOR NEWBORNS HONORHEALTH OFFERS THE ONLY LEVEL III NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU) IN THE NORTHEAST VALLEY AT SCOTTSDALE SHEA MEDICAL CENTER. EVERY YEAR, THIS FACILITY SERVES AROUND 450 OF THE HOSPITAL'S TINIEST, SICKEST PATIENTS. IN 2019, 462 INFANTS WERE ADMITTED TO THE NICU. EMERGENCY TREATMENT THE LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTERS AT JOHN C. LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER, DEER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER AND SCOTTSDALE OSBORN MEDICAL CENTER TREAT THOUSANDS OF SERIOUSLY ILL OR CRITICALLY INJURED PATIENTS EVERY YEAR. IN 2019, THE THREE LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTERS SERVED MORE THAN 7,500 PATIENTS. ACCESS TO CLINICAL TRIALS HONORHEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE OFFERS MORE EARLY-PHASE CLINICAL TRIALS THAN ANY OTHER CANCER CENTER IN ARIZONA. MANY ARE "FIRST-IN-HUMAN" STUDIES OF NEW DRUGS OR TREATMENTS. THIS TYPE OF ROBUST RESEARCH IS RARELY FOUND IN THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SETTING AND PROVIDES PATIENTS WITH ACCESS TO NOVEL TREATMENTS BEFORE THEY ARE AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE. MADE POSSIBLE BY PHILANTHROPY, THIS LEVEL OF INNOVATION IS TYPICALLY ONLY FOUND IN MAJOR ACADEMIC HOSPITAL SETTINGS. SINCE 2015, HONORHEALTH RESEARCH INSTUTUTE'S FIRST-IN-HUMAN CLINCIAL TRIALS HAVE BEEN KEY TO THE FDA APPROVAL OF AT LEAST TWO DOZEN NEW CANCER TREATMENTS, INCLUDE EIGHT IN 2019. LIFESAVING TRANSPLANT PROGRAM HONORHEALTH'S CANCER TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE HAS PERFORMED MORE THAN 1,150 BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS SINCE OPENING IN 2012. IT ALSO ESTABLISHED THE FIRST TARGETED ADULT ACUTE LEUKEMIA PROGRAM IN METRO PHOENIX. INNOVATIVE BREAST HEALTH TECHNOLOGY THE BREAST HEALTH & RESEARCH CENTER AT DEER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER OFFERS COMPLETE SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC EXAMS AND INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST IN ARIZONA TO OFFER 3-D MAMMOGRAPHY. IN 2019, IT HAD 31,346 PATIENT VISITS, SERVING AN AVERAGE OF 102 PATIENTS PER DAY. SAFEGUARDING PATIENTS FROM INFECTIONS WITH PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT, HONORHEALTH IS EXPANDING ITS FLEET OF GERM-ZAPPING ROBOTS. THE MIGHTY ROBOTS DESTROY GERMS IN HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTS, HELPING TO SAFEGUARD PATIENTS FROM INFECTIONS THAT CAN IMPACT THEIR HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE, LENGTHEN THEIR HOSPITAL STAY, INCREASE COSTS AND POTENTIALLY BE DEADLY. THE ROBOTS REPRESENT STATE-OF-THE-ART AUTOMATED DISINFECTION TECHNOLOGY AND REDUCE THE RISK OF INFECTION BY KILLING MICROSCOPIC GERMS THAT MAY SURVIVE THE MANUAL CLEANING PROCESS. TAKING ROOM DECONTAMINATION TO THE NEXT LEVEL, THE ROBOTS EFFECTIVELY DESTROY BACTERIA, VIRUSES AND BACTERIAL SPORES-INCLUDING COVID-10 AND ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT "SUPERBUGS." THANKS IN PART TO THE ROBOTS, THE HONORHEALTH RATE OF C.DIFF INFECTIONS PER 1,000 PATIENT DAYS HAS DECREASED AS MUCH AS 75 PERCENT SINCE THE 2016 IMPLEMENTATION AND EXPANSION OF OUR ROBOT DISINFECTION PROGRAM. EASING THE WAY FOR NEUROSCIENCE PATIENTS OPENING IN 2021 ON THE CAMPUS OF HONORHEALTH SCOTTSDALE OSBORN MEDICAL CENTER, THE HONORHEALTH NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE WILL SERVE PATIENTS AND FAMILIES DEALING WITH PARKINSON'S, ALZHEIMER'S, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS OR LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE), STROKE, BRAIN TUMORS, BRAIN INJURIES AND OTHER DEVASTATING CONDITIONS. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY WILL OFER COMPLETE, COORDINATED NEUROLOGICAL, NEUROSURGICAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES IN A SINGLE LOCATION. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED WITH PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT, WE IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AROUND THE VALLEY. PHILANTHROPY TOUCHES THE LIVES OF PATIENTS AND THOSE IN NEED IN SO MANY WAYS. IT PROVIDES FOOD TO HUNGRY FAMILIES, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUNG CHILDREN AND COMPASSIONATE CARE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS. QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DURING THE 2018/2019 SCHOOL YEAR, 441 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN DESERT MISSION LINCOLN LEARNING CENTER PROGRAMS. THE CENTER'S EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CURRICULUM PROVIDES YOUNG CHILDREN WITH THE STRONG START THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL-AND LIFE. SUPPORT FOR SENIORS DESERT MISSION'S ADULT DAY ENRICHMENT PROGRAM OFFERS PARTICIPANTS AN ACTIVE AND STIMULATING ENVIRONMENT, WHILE THEIR CAREGIVERS ARE PROVIDED A RESPITE. IN 2019, 97 PARTICIPANTS WERE SERVED WITH 24 PERCENT ATTENDING FIVE DAYS A WEEK, 37 PERCENT ATTENDING THREE OR FOUR DAYS PER WEEK, AND 39 PERCENT ATTENDING TWO DAYS PER WEEK. OF THESE PARTICIPANTS, 83 PERCENT HAD DEMENTIA. FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY HONORHEALTH DESERT MISSION FOOD BANK PROVIDES NUTRITIOUS FOOD ITEMS FOR 200-225 HOUSEHOLDS EVERY DAY. IN 2019, DESERT MISSION FOOD BANK SERVED 31,011 INDIVIDUALS AND 13,031 HOUSEHOLDS. IMPORTANTLY, 34 PERCENT OF CLIENTS SERVED IN 2018 WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. MANY CLIENTS ARE WORKING POOR FAMILIES AND SENIORS LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME. IN 2019, 996 PERCENT OF THE CLIENTS WERE AT OR BELOW 100 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. COMPASSIONATE CARE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS HONORHEALTH'S FORENSIC NURSE EXAMINERS SERVE PATIENTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEX TRAFFICKING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STRANGULATION, PHYSICAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE. THEY PROVIDE HEAD-TO-TOE MEDICAL-FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS ON VICTIMS. AS PART OF THIS, THE SPECIALLY TRAINED NURSES PROVIDE QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE NURSING CARE, COLLECT MEDICAL SAMPLES AND DOCUMENT INJURIES. THIS CAN BE VITAL TO AN INVESTIGATION OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE AND HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT PROSECUTE ABUSERS AND ATTACKERS. THE FORENSIC NURSE EXAMINERS ALSO FREQUENTLY PROVIDE EXPERT TESTIMONY IN COURT WHEN A PATIENT'S CASE GOES TO TRIAL. ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 200 MEDICAL-FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS ARE PERFORMED EACH MONTH. LIFESAVING TRAINING PROGRAM HONORHEALTH'S MILITARY PARTNERSHIP TRAINS MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN ALL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY-FROM HELPING NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE PERSONNEL TO KEEP THEIR MEDICAL SKILLS SHARP TO PREPARING NEWLY COMMISSIONED AIR FORCE NURSES FOR ACTIVE-DUTY MEDICAL SERVICE TO PROVIDING CRITICAL CARE NURSING SKILLS TO AIR FORCE NURSES. THESE SERVICE MEMBERS RECEIVE HANDS-ON, REALISTIC TRAINING AT THE MILITARY PARTNERSHIP'S SIMULATION LAB, WHERE THEY PRACTICE CRITICAL MEDICAL SKILLS ON ADVANCED HUMAN PATIENT SIMULATORS WITH LIFE-LIKE FUNCTIONS. THEY ALSO GAIN REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE DURING CLINICAL ROTATIONS IN AREAS RANGING FROM WOUND CARE AND BURNS TO INTENSIVE CARE, PEDIATRIC TRAUMA, THE OPERATING ROOM AND MORE. ULTIMATELY HELPING MORE SOLDIERS MAKE IT HOME, THE HONORHEALTH MILITARY PARTNERSHIP ALSO BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS AND COORDINATED APPROACHES WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, MILITARY BRANCHES AND OTHERS TO ENSURE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. NOAH TRANSFORMING THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, NOAH OFFERS ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE CARE AT NINE CLINICS ACROSS SCOTTSDALE, PHOENIX AND GLENDALE. CLINICS ARE LOCATED IN AREAS WHERE INCOME IS LOW AND THE NUMBER OF UNINSURED AND UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS IS HIGH. THROUGH PHILANTHROPY, NOAH PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF PRIMARY AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH SEREVICES FOR ALL AGES AND STAGES OF LIFE. PATIENTS RECEIVE COMPASSIONATE, QUALITY CARE REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. IN 2019, NEARLY 37,000 PATIENTS WERE SERVED WITH 144,282 TOTAL VISITS. (Less)