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At the Hospitals
n Atrium Health Welcomes Vicki Block in hospital and healthcare administration from facility executive of Atrium Health’s Levine
Xavier University in Cincinnati. Children’s Hospital, during the launch
as Central Division President event. “We are so thankful for your ongoing
n Advance Care Planning Gives Insight commitment and dedication to the health of
Atrium Health welcomed Vicki children in our community.”
into Patient Goals
Block as the new senior vice The new app offers information on
Advance Care Planning gives insight into the following:
president of the Central Division patient goals for their health and future well- • Registration and packing tips (for both
being, and helps providers determine the best
in the beginning of April. Block plan of care. Aligning care with wishes can lead children and adults)
to increased patient satisfaction, as well as a • Information on lodging for patients coming
leads facility operations for three reduction in unwanted care thereby decreasing
inpatient costs, avoidable emergency from out of town
key acute care facilities, including department visits and readmissions. • When and where friends and family can visit
• How parents can access their child’s
Vicki Block Carolinas Medical Center, To help support advance care planning
Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy and goals of care discussions, a Care electronic medical records
Alignment Tool has been made accessible to • Pet therapy and music therapy programs
and Levine Children’s Hospital. providers to assist with goal discussions over • Interpreter services
the course of a patient’s serious illness. This • Religious services and more
Most recently, Block was a senior leader at tool helps ensure patients:
• Understand their illness and their fears about The app also provides entertainment, with
Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, games like Percy’s Pounce and Bounce,
living with a serious illness. featuring one of Morris-Jenkins iconic
the flagship facility for OhioHealth’s nationally- • Can set goals if their health gets worse and marketing characters. It also provides a
connection to Atrium Health Directions, a
recognized neuroscience, heart and vascular, and they feel the end is near. mobile app with turn-by-turn directions to
• Choose who will make healthcare easily navigate Atrium Health’s Carolinas
oncology service lines. Medical Center and Levine Children’s
decisions if they lose the ability to make Hospital. For more information, visit
This appointment also serves as a “coming healthcare choices and have legal forms AtriumHealth.org.
naming that person.
home” for Block. Early in her career, she For assistance or more information n Heart of a Champion Day
on Advance Care Planning, Advance
served as director of the heart center at Directives or the Care Alignment Tool, visit Atrium Health’s free athletic screening
yourcareyourchoice@atriumhealth.org. program returns to Mecklenburg County
Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy, where she June 1. The system launched the program
n New App Launched for Atrium in 2008 to ensure high school athletes with
chaired the Cardiac Services Committee, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS)
Health’s Levine Children’s Hospital could compete safely in sports. Unlike typical
leading improvements in continuity of care athletic screenings, Heart of a Champion
A new mobile app has been created Day includes electrocardiograms to detect
and operational efficiency between the cardiac allowing patients, families and visitors at genetic heart abnormalities that could lead
Atrium Health’s Levine Children’s Hospital to sudden cardiac arrest during competition
catheterization lab, emergency room, operating to stay better informed and connected. — a rare but catastrophic event that seems to
Between remembering what to pack for a occur somewhere every athletic season.
room and nursing units. visit or how to get to the cafeteria, traversing
a new hospital can be disorienting for Heart of a Champion Day aims to:
“I could not be more thrilled to be returning patients and their families. • Identify high-risk disorders in student-athletes.
• Educate student-athletes and their parents
home to Atrium Health to lead the Central Thanks to a generous gift from Morris-
Jenkins, a Charlotte-area HVAC and about injury prevention.
Division,” says Block. “Carolinas Medical plumbing company (owner Dewey Jenkins • Provide at-risk student-athletes with a
chairs the Atrium Health’s Levine Children’s
Center, Levine Children’s Hospital and Carolinas Board of Ambassadors), families now have treatment plan.
access to all this information and more on • Ensure previous injuries have been
Medical Center-Mercy are medical bedrocks the all-new Levine Children’s mobile app.
treated properly.
in the Charlotte community, and I look forward “On behalf of Levine Children’s Hospital, • Discuss referral options recommended for
as well as the patients and families that we
to working side by side with the teams here to serve, I want to first and foremost thank further evaluation and provide resources to
Dewey Jenkins and the entire Morris establish a primary care physician.
continue fulfilling Atrium Health’s mission to Jenkins family for powering this app,”
says Callie Dobbins, vice president and For more information, call 704-667-2570 or
improve health, elevate hope and advance healing visit AtriumHealth.org/Heart-of-a-Champion.
for all.”
Block currently serves on the American Heart
Association’s Central Ohio Board of Directors
and has long been a leader and supporter of the
organization’s work in the community. She also is
active with the American Red Cross, serving on
both its Board and Philanthropy Committee. She
also is the recipient of the 2011 Business Journal’s
12th Annual Women in Business Award.
Block is a published author, whose work has
appeared in the Journal of Electrocardiology and
the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. She
earned an undergraduate degree in biology from
the University of Akron and a master’s degree
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