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WOMEN’S HEALTH Heart disease is an equal-opportunity disease. THE CORD OF LIFE Have you considered donating cord blood? MOM AND BABY Why Katie Svela Crews is back at Jackson. 4 6 7 9 10 | A BIG THANKS! Lights of Love shone bright in 2015. 13 | TOUCHSTONE Our members drive innovation in the region. 15 | DOCTORS’ DAY You help us acknowledge our excellent physicians. OH, BABY! Everything is new and beautiful at The Jackson Hospital Family Birth Center.Here’s to
a healthy
2016!
DEAR FRIENDS:
A new year brings forth growth,
change and new beginnings. That’s
definitely the case at Jackson. We
have a wonderful newly renovated
Family Birth Center to welcome
many new lives into the world.
Funded completely by the Jackson
Hospital Foundation, the $3 million
renovations integrate comfort and
convenience and feature state-of-the-
art construction and equipment to
make your birthing experience the
best it can be.
We have more reasons to
celebrate as Blue Cross Blue Shield
recognized Jackson Hospital as a
Blue Distinction Center+ for hip and
knee replacements, maternity care,
and spine surgery. Blue Distinction
Centers have a proven track record
for delivering better results—
including fewer complications and
readmissions—than facilities without
these recognitions.
Don’t forget: March 30 is National
Doctors’ Day. Please consider show-
ing your appreciation with a gift to
the Jackson Hospital Foundation in
honor of your doctor.
Thank you for entrusting your
family’s health to Jackson Hospital.
We look forward to sharing our new
facilities and services with you in
2016.
Joe B. Riley
President and CEO
Check out
www.facebook.com/jacksonhospital,
www.twitter.com/jacksonhospitaland
www.youtube.com/jacksonhospital .Also be sure to visit Jackson at
www.jackson.org.
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Founded in 1946, Jackson Hospital
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WINTER 2016
On the cover: “Nightingale of Paradise” mosaic created and installed by local artist Enid Probst and assistant Celeen Robertson at the Jackson Family Birth Center entrance.