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Westerly Hospital Breakfast & Coalition Building Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday Feb 4, 2015
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ESTWesterly Hospital Breakfast & Coaliti...Description
Dear Heart Health Advocate:
In 2012 – 13, under the leadership of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island (HARI) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (DOH), health care providers and advocates conducted a comprehensive statewide community health needs assessment. Following the assessment, a prioritization process was undertaken and heart disease was identified as an area for particular focus. More specifically, goals identified include:
- Increase the number of women that are aware of their heart disease risk
- Reduce heart disease through early identification, and early and appropriate treatment/management.
As you are likely aware, there is much positive work in place and underway in the Westerly area as it relates to heart health:
- Westerly was the first town in Rhode Island to receive the DOH’s Heart Safe Community designation, indicating the community’s commitment to saving lives through prevention, early access to care, early CPR, early defibrillation, and early advanced care.
- Westerly hosts the annual American Heart Association Heart Walk, with hundreds of participants raising thousands of dollars for the fight against heart disease and stroke.
- Westerly AED maintains a locations list of over 80 defibrillators throughout the greater Westerly-Pawcatuck area and services many of those.
- Westerly Hospital offers Cardiac Risk Factor Reduction prevention programs as well as Cardiac Rehabilitation programs and prevention-focused community programs.
Please mark your calendar for February 4, 2015 at 8 – 9:30am in the Nardone Conference Center at Westerly Hospital for a breakfast and coalition building meeting. We will update on the heart health status of Westerly residents as well as review best practices, then deciding what Westerly would like to undertake to become more heart healthy.
Communities that join together to address public health concerns have made a big difference in many ways. Westerly has a track-record of doing just this. Please join us in this effort.
Dr. George Bourganos Frank Palaia Dr. Rita Peter-Faherty
Cardiologist Westerly AED Cardiologist
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