A Place for Women
We are turning an old school maternity ward into a one stop shop for women's health to serve more women, more efficiently. We are creating a hospital within a hospital to cater to the specific needs of women.
About You
About You
First Name
Mark
Last Name
Kalinowski
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About Your Organization
Organization Name
Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center
Organization Website
Organization Phone
(716) 297-4800
Organization Address
5300 Military Road
Organization Country
United States, NY
Country where this project is creating social impact
United States, NY
Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
How long has your organization been operating?
More than 5 years
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Innovation
Entry Form title
A Place for Women
What change do you want to bring to the world?
We are turning an old school maternity ward into a one stop shop for women's health to serve more women, more efficiently. We are creating a hospital within a hospital to cater to the specific needs of women.
What are the primary activities of your project?
The primary activities require an entire remodeling of Mount St. Mary's Hospital second floor to create a special place for the women that we serve. So routine services like annual exams, pap smears, and breast imaging, can all be done at the same place obstetric services are obtained, in addition to speciality services like vitamin therapy, weight management, and hormone replacement therapy.
What is innovative about your initiative? How is it a new contribution to the field?
The idea of a one stop is innovative, especially with some of the underserved populations that we deal with, such as the Tuscarora Indian Reservation, or Canadiens crossing the border to avoid the wait for medical treatment to inner city women from Niagara Falls. It is a women's hospital within a hospital that can care for women throughout their lives.
What stage is your project in?
Operating for less than a year
Tell us about the community that you engage? eg. economic conditions, political structures, norms and values, demographic trends, history, and experience with engagement efforts.
Our hospital is located in suburban Niagara Falls, USA. As such we serve a diverse population. We serve many from the inner city of Niagara Falls, in addition to many rural areas in the northern part of the county. We are just on the outside of the Tuscarora Indian Reservation, so many from the reservation obtain health care from our facility, and we are but a stone's throw away from Canada, and often serve many Canadiens as services can be obtained in a much more timely manner here.
Share the story of the founder and what inspired the founder to start this project
Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center began as the "Little House on the Corner" in Niagara Falls in 1907. Founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Williamsville, at the request of the Bishop of Buffalo, the Hospital provided acute care services to all, especially the poor. In 1965 a new Hospital was opened on a 30 acre campus in Lewiston. Today, Mount St. Mary's, under the sponsorship of Ascension Health continues in that same spirit. In addition to the main campus, the hospital still maintains a clinic in the inner city of Niagara Falls to administer health care to those who need it.
Social Impact
This Entry is about (Issues)
Please describe how your project has been successful and how that success is measured
The project is truly in it's infancy, as one quarter of the hospital floor is being gutted, redesigned, and rebuilt to house a brand new OB/GYN Physicians Suite. Once that is complete, other phases of the project will begin, such as the addition of three state of the art Labor, Delivery and Recovery suites, and ten private rooms with overnight accomodations for fathers. When all phases are complete success will be measured by census and net promoter score.
How many people have been impacted by your project?
Fewer than 100
How many people could be impacted by your project in the next three years?
1,001-10,000
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
The completion of phase one will see a new physicians suite which will refer more patients to our own hospital, this making possible to achieve growth and sustainability.
Task 1
Vacate all but essential services from the second floor of the hospital.
Task 2
Gut, and remodel the southside of the floor to include a modern physicians suite for OB/GYN services.
Task 3
Move in physicians to dispense health care to women from "A Place for Women"
Identify your 12-month impact milestone
In twelve months, the physicians suite will be fully functional and the labor, delivery & recovery suites will be complete.
Task 1
Begin to vacate other sections of the floor to ensure that remodeling can begin in other places while maintaining all essential services without compromising patient safety.
Task 2
State of the art labor, delivery & recovery suites will be added.
Task 3
How will your project evolve over the next three years?
When complete in 2013, "A Place for Women" will be equiped with, not only a physicians suite, and state of the art birthing rooms, but patient rooms that foster family values by making room for fathers. Women from every community and socioeconomic background we serve will be able to obtain comprehensive health and education services to benefit them at every stage of life all under one roof. Making efficient delivery of a wide array of services commonplace in a community where it had previously not existed.
Sustainability
What barriers might hinder the success of your project and how do you plan to overcome them?
Most hindrances really are of no real concern. Maintaining patient safety and essential services during the remodeling is the most difficult part of the whole project, however our facilities management, infection control, employee safety and nursing work together to make sure everything gets done in a compliant and correct matter.
Tell us about your partnerships
Currently, this project enjoys no partnerships.
Current annual budget of project, in US dollars
$250,001‐500,000
Explain your selections
The hospital foundation is spearheading the fundraising efforts, in addition various fundraisers are held within the hospital to raise money from employees, friends and family.
How do you plan to strengthen your project in the next three years?
The project will be complete in the next three years, and therefore financially self sustaining.
Challenges
Which barriers to health and well-being does your innovation address?
Please select up to three in order of relevancy to your project.
PRIMARY
Lack of physical access to care/lack of facilities
SECONDARY
Limited access to preventative tools or resources
TERTIARY
Lack of access to targeted health information and education
Please describe how your innovation specifically tackles the barriers listed above.
This will create a new facility, a hospital within a hospital, to give women all of these services under one roof. Giving access to preventative medicine as well as treatment for the resolution of health issues in one place, which also means comprehensive educational programs in one place all revolving around women's health, from breast health, to child rearing, to menopause.
How are you growing the impact of your organization or initiative?
Please select up to three potential pathways in order of relevancy to you.
PRIMARY
Enhanced existing impact through addition of complementary services
SECONDARY
Grown geographic reach: Within host country
TERTIARY
Grown geographic reach: Multi-country
Please describe which of your growth activities are current or planned for the immediate future.
Once A Place for Women is complete, not only will the hospital be a comprehensive care center for all women's health issues, but we will be able to expand our areas of care to reach more of the poor and indigent in our own country, but also cater to Canadiens who have to endure much longer wait times for medical services.
Do you collaborate with any of the following: (Check all that apply)
Government, Academia/universities.
If yes, how have these collaborations helped your innovation to succeed?
We constantly use information provided for us by our local and state health departments when ensuring our facility is compliant with all applicable laws and regulation. We also have many students in this hospital, constantly showing them new experiences and new learning opportunities.
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