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Toledo Performance Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Amazing patient care Creating the future

Our efforts to build a culture of safety for our patients The Toledo Region has established a General Neurology
and our team resulted in the Toledo Region working with Residency Program at Mercy Health — St. Vincent Medical
Vestagen Protective Technologies to fit employees with Center to help achieve the goal of providing state-of-the
VESTEX scrubs. These scrubs are made of innovative art neurology services in our community. The 4-year
active barrier fabric designed with an EPA-registered residency program will begin in July and will train four
antimicrobial agent. Made from material that has a residents per year. Under the direction of
unique combination of technologies used to produce neuroendovascular surgeon Sam Zaidat, MD, the
comfortable, continuous-wear uniforms, these scrubs program will help build up the area’s neurology expertise.
are intended to minimize the risks associated with This program is in addition to a Stroke Fellowship that
unanticipated exposure to body fluids. This occurs by was created in the Toledo Region in 2016.
repelling fluid splatter and spills from the fabric. VESTEX is
the only scrub to receive an exclusive endorsement around Also, Mercy College recently announced the addition of a
safety and quality from the American Hospital Association. Master of Health Administration (MHA) program,
beginning in August 2018. This online program was
Operational excellence designed to develop leaders who can perform at a
strategic level to improve health system operations,
In response to the overwhelming numbers of patients positively impact patient outcomes and prepare
suffering from flu, members of the Mercy Health individuals for leadership roles in healthcare.
Physicians team responded efficiently and effectively by
building a process to offer extended hours at our Walk-in Fostering healthy communities
Family Medicine locations. Several physicians and APPs
stepped up to cover shifts and in one day, the team was By partnering with GoNoodle, Mercy Health — Toledo and
able to coordinate all walk-in sites, increasing access to Mercy Health — Children’s Hospital are helping bring an
twelve hours a day, seven days per week through the innovative and active method of learning to 249 public
end of January. and private elementary schools and more than 97,000
elementary-aged children throughout nine northwest Ohio
counties. GoNoodle brings movement, mindfulness and
core subjects together to develop fluency in grade-
specific math and Language Arts topics. With this tool
now available in their classrooms, teachers have the ability
to customize content, which further supports their lesson
plans and their individual academic goals. Toledo follows
in the footsteps of the Lima Region, where GoNoodle was
introduced last year with great success.

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