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Ulupono
Wholeness:
COVID-19 Rx:
A Weekly Dose of Appreciation Page 4
Hope:
Navigating Stressful Seasons
Page 8
Health:
Castle Launches Telehealth Page 12
Our Mission
Living God’s love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope.
E ola mau ke Aloha o ke Akua i ke olakino, i ka pono iho, a me ka mana‘olana.
Administration
(808) 263-5142
Kathryn Raethel
President
Heidar Thordarson
Finance Officer
Ryan Ashlock
Operations Exexcutive
Alan Cheung MD
Medical Officer
Erik Anderson
Patient Care Executive
Local Compliance Officer Andrea Suzuki
ext. 5363
Facility Privacy Officer
ext. 5363
Facility HIPAA Security Official Brandon Hargrett ext. 5462
Jasmin Rodriguez
Marketing Director
Helene Waihe‘e
Editor
Joseph Abad Jr.
Art Direction/Design
Ulupono is the associate magazine of Adventist Health Castle, published monthly by the Marketing Department. News for Ulupono must be received in the Marketing office by the end of day of the first week of every month to be included in the issue for that month. Information received thereafter will be held for the following issue. The editor reserves the right to edit material for length, clarity and style. Issue: April 2020
To Grow Well and Flourish
A Message from the Chief of Staff
To the nurses, staff and administrators of Adventist Health Castle and healthcare facilities on Windward O‘ahu
On behalf of the medical staff of Adventist Health Castle, I want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your care of our shared patients. On the campus of the hospital, you have worked tirelessly under stressful conditions to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic as it moves into our community.
Many of you are working outside of your regular positions to
fill needs in less than comfortable conditions screening patients entering the hospital and standing outside in the rain to provide care and testing.
Those of you directly caring for our patients are selflessly putting yourselves at risk for the good of others.
Those of you working in the surrounding clinics are helping your patients navigate a complicated health care system in difficult times while also directly caring for those who are becoming ill.
As an emergency physician, I want to personally thank you for helping your patients avoid the emergency department. Emergency departments and hospitals are getting significant attention and accolades for caring for the acutely ill. The professionals staffing primary care clinics are not receiving enough credit for the work they are doing in making the system work across the country and here in Hawai‘i.
The next few months will be difficult, and we will get through them together. The people of our community are lucky to have you working alongside us.
Warmest regards,
Will Scruggs, MD,
Chief of Staff
Adventist Health Castle
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