Planetree in the News
News Release 10/12/07
Planetree, Inc. has announced that Fauquier Hospital (Warrenton, VA); Mid-Columbia Medical Center (The Dalles, OR); Northern Westchester Hospital (Mount Kisco, NY); Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center (Coronado, CA); and Valley View Hospital (Glenwood Springs, CO) are the first hospitals nationwide to be officially named "Designated Planetree Patient-Centered Hospitals."
News Release 2/06/07
(Derby, CT) Susan. B. Frampton, Ph.D., President of Planetree, has been invited by nonprofit organization Japan Society for Quality in Healthcare (JSQua) to speak at a symposium in Japan. The Symposium, titled "Teamwork in Healthcare-Improvement of Healthcare Quality--Patient's Health Literacy and the Role of Hospital Libraries” is supported by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare and the Uehara Foundation. It will be held on February 10, 2007 at St. Luke School of Nursing in Japan.
News Release 11/09/06
Derby, CT (PRWEB) November 9, 2006 -- Planetree, Inc., a consumer health organization and a leader in the patient-centered care movement, commemorated 25 years of community-based health information services at its 2006 Annual Conference held October 11-13 in San Diego, California. The 25th anniversary of one of the world's first consumer health libraries was cause for celebration, and provided the opportunity for 700 attendees to pay tribute to those hospitals, libraries and librarians across the country that are fulfilling Planetree's mission of empowering patients, families, and communities through information and education.
News Release 09/14//06
Healthcare professionals from around the world will travel to San Diego, CA to attend the 2006 Planetree Annual Conference on October 10-13, 2006. Hosted by Planetree-affiliate Sharp Coronado Hospital, the 2006 Conference brings together healthcare practitioners, academics, patient advocates, hospital staff and administrators, and architects to advance and expand the patient-centered care movement.
News Release 06/20/06
Trumbull, CT (BUSINESS WIRE) June 20, 2006 -- The 19th Annual Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo, the longest-running conference and exhibition dedicated to the improvement of the overall health and welfare of patients and successful business outcomes through facility design, will be held October 24-26 at Navy Pier in Chicago.
News
Release 03/15/06
Derby, CT (PRWEB) March 15, 2006 -- Leaders
in the field of long-term care from around the country will convene
March 15-16, 2006 in Shelton, Connecticut for a summit on best practices
in providing relationship-centered, holistic care in senior living
environments.
News
Release 11/30/05
Derby, CT (PRWEB) November 30, 2005 -- Susan.
B. Frampton, Ph.D., President of Planetree, has been invited to
participate as Chairman at The World Congress Leadership Summit
on Redesigning Patient Care to Maximize Margins and Improve Quality,
co-sponsored by The Wall Street Journal, to be held January 16-17,
2006 in Orlando, Florida.
News
Release 11/30/05
Derby, CT (PRWEB) November 30, 2005 -- Planetree,
a nonprofit organization pioneering methods for personalizing, humanizing
and demystifying the healthcare experience for patients and their
families, has appointed three new members to its national Board
of Directors.
News
Release 10/13/05
CHICAGO, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Empanadas
substituting for traditional hospital food, violinists strolling
by patients' rooms and the soothing healing touch of pre-surgical
massage therapy -- all are changes that took place at Swedish Covenant
Hospital during the past year since the Northwest Side hospital
affiliated with the Planetree Alliance.
News
Release 08/19/05
DERBY, Conn., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/
-- Over 800 healthcare professionals from across the globe will
attend the 2005 Planetree Annual Conference in Chantilly, Virginia
October 9-12, 2005. Hosted by Planetree-affiliated
hospitals Fauquier Hospital (Warren, VA) and Warren Memorial Hospital
(Front Royal, VA), the 2005 Conference carries on the 27-year tradition
of convening healthcare practitioners, academics, patient advocates,
administrators and
architects to advance and expand the patient-centered care movement.
News Release 06/07/05
DERBY, Conn. — From
Main Street merchants to U.S. senators, health care and its ballooning
costs qualify as the new century's worst fiscal migraine. Now the
problem is hitting not just government and employer budgets, but
millions of people forced into big co-payments or unable to get
coverage at all.
News Release 04/06/05
Derby, CT: Susan. B. Frampton, Ph.D., President
of Planetree, has been invited to participate in a discussion panel
of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Identifying and
Preventing Medication Errors. The committee’s aim is to produce
a blueprint for system-wide change that addresses patient safety
and quality of care along the medication use continuum from prescribing
to dispensing, administering, and monitoring the patient for effect
News
Release 04/06/05
Derby, CT: Susan B. Frampton, Ph.D., President
of Planetree, a not-for-profit membership organization working with
hospitals and health centers to develop and implement patient-centered
care in creating healing environments, has been asked to serve as
an expert advisor to the newly created Connecticut Healthcare Research
and Education Foundation’s Patient Safety Organization (CHREF
PSO).
News
Release 03/10/05
Mt. Kisco, NY – Joel Seligman, President
and Chief Executive Officer at Northern Westchester Hospital (NWH),
has been named 2005 Citizen of the Year by the Mt. Kisco Chamber
of Commerce.
News
Release 02/14/05
PITTSFIELD -- Berkshire Medical Center is
in the midst of a major push to improve patient satisfaction, while
the Massachusetts Hospital Association is undergoing a drive of
its own to improve the quality of care and the patient experience
statewide.
News
Release 12/13/04
Derby,
CT -- Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson has
appointed Griffin Hospital President Patrick Charmel to a three
year term on the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research
and Quality.
News
Release 11/24/04
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commented that the type of changes she witnessed were common among
hospitals such as CPGH that have become affiliated with the Planetree
philosophy of ...
News Release 10/11/04
NEW YORK, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ --What:
Planetree Annual Conference - Panel on Healthcare Consumerism
News
Release 03/10/04
Leader in Patient-Centered Care Movement adds
affiliates to the international membership, asked to speak at W.H.O.
in Russia.
News Release 02/03/04
Maasslandziekenhuis in Sittard, The Netherlands,
Aurora Medical Center in Wisconsin, Hackettstown Community Hospital
in New Jersey, Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Massachusetts,
and Stamford Hospital in Connecticut, all join the Planetree Alliance
News
Release 02/03/04
Incredible Growth is Marked with International
Addition to the Planetree Alliance
News
Release 02/03/04
Putting Patients First: Designing and Practicing Patient - Centered
Care' Named ACHE'S Book of the Year'
News
Release 10/16/03
New York Presbyterian joins Planetree
News
Release 07/16/03
Planetree documents the transformation of
the healthcare system in new book
News
Release 07/29/03
Planetree Annual Conference Celebrates 25
Years of Caring
News
Release 01/28/03
Berkshire Medical Center in Massachusetts
and St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center in Indiana joins Planetree
News
Release 5/8/2002
Ethical Dilemmas in "Patient-Driven Care"
Confronted by Experts
News
Release 5/7/2002
Planetree Annual Conference Draws Experts
in
Management and Healthcare
News
Release 1/22/2002
Planetree Affiliates Named as "America's
Healthiest Hospitals"
News
Release 1/7/2002
Planetree Grows to Over 50 Affiliate Hospitals
in the U.S.
News
Release 6/13/2001
Planetree Affiliates Get Top Honors
Massage
& Bodywork
A Day in the Life
Strategic
Health Care Marketing
Isn't It Time to Review Planetree - As a
Marketing Strategy?
Newsweek
Japan
Putting the Patient First
Jamic
Journal
The Embodiment of an Ideal Hospital - Visiting
the Planetree Hospital
Planetree
Video Finalist for National Award
Inc.
Magazine
Intensive Care
Healthcare Forum Journal
Through the Patients Eyes: The Planetree
Experience at Griffin Hospital
Hospitals & Health Networks
A Kinder, Gentler ER
Prevention Magazine
The Best of Alternative Medicine:
Hospitals with the Human Touch
JAMA
New Trends Aimed at Healing by Design
Nursing Times
Plane Speaking
Trustee
The Planetree Model: Personalized Patient
Care
Health Facilities Management
Healing Environments: Opening Doors by Turning
Patient-Centered Design Concepts into Reality
The Quality Letter for Healthcare Leaders
Designing for Patient-Centered Care:
Making It Happen in Today's Marketplace
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