Manager helps raise money to fund new ED
An ED manager as the driving force behind a capital campaign for a new facility? It has proved to be a winning formula at Carondelet Health Network’s St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson, AZ, where a successful $11 million-plus campaign has led to the opening of a new state-of-the-art ED.
The network has a strong fundraising group called the Carondelet Foundation, says Herb McReynolds, MD, the chair of emergency medicine at St. Mary’s.
"One of the ED nursing managers and I put together a lot of data regarding how much revenue we contributed to the hospital and how many patients really came through our emergency center," he points out. "Everyone was pretty shocked."
With that part of the education process completed, McReynolds and his staff gave foundation members a tour of the old ED. "They were then really convinced we were the front door to the hospital," he says.
Another key source of funding was a group of local businessmen, which raised $1.3 million. "The foundation raised $10 million, and our hospital staff contributed as well, through payroll deductions," reports McReynolds.
"Our emergency group also contributed, and a couple of million dollars came out of the hospital capital budget to renovate the ED at St. Joe’s, our sister hospital, and to redo our main entrance." In all, there were 765 Carondelet employees who gave to the campaign and 3,332 community donors.
The campaign was launched officially in mid-2002. "We cranked out $7 million quickly enough," he says. "We were confident we could go ahead and proceed without the rest of the money."
Construction started Oct. 17, 2003, and the center opened in April 2005.
An ED manager as the driving force behind a capital campaign for a new facility? It has proved to be a winning formula at Carondelet Health Networks St. Marys Hospital in Tucson, AZ, where a successful $11 million-plus campaign has led to the opening of a new state-of-the-art ED.You have reached your article limit for the month. Subscribe now to access this article plus other member-only content.
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