Tri-City Hospital Foundation

TO HELP ADVANCE EXCEPTIONAL HEALTHCARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE FOUNDATION IS A SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TO THE TRI-CITY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT DBA TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER (DISTRICT) AND PROVIDES GRANTS FOR HOSPITAL PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL NEEDS AS APPROVED BY THE FOUNDATION BOARD. THE FOUNDATION IS SUPPORTED PRIMARILY THROUGH DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS.THE MAJOR PROJECTS ACCOMPLISHED THIS FISCAL YEAR UNDER THIS PROGRAM WERE:NEW IMAGING SUITE/MRI:WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE LATEST, STATE-OF-THE-ART 3T-MRI MACHINE, A NEW IMAGING SUITE WAS NEEDED AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE FOUNDATION, IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACE FOR OPTIMAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING. ONCE COMPLETED, IT PROVIDE A SAFE AND SPACIOUS ENVIRONMENT TO FACILITATE FULL CARDIAC AND ONCOLOGY IMAGING, ADVANCED SKELETAL, BRAIN, SOFT TISSUE, BREAST, NEURO, ORTHOPEDIC, AND SPINE IMAGING TO OUR COMMUNITY. THIS NEW MRI AND IMAGING SUITE WILL ALLOW ALL OF THE ABOVE TO BE DONE IN A MUCH LARGER SCAN OPENING TO REDUCE CLAUSTROPHOBIA AND ALLOW FREER BREATHING TO MAKE MRI IMAGING AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE.EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT REMODEL PROJECT: WE HAVE LAUNCHED A $4.5 MILLION REDESIGN TO RENOVATE OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO MATCH OUR QUALITY, STATE-OF-THE-ART EMERGENCY CARE. THIS REDESIGN WILL ALLOW THE MEDICAL CENTER TO BLEND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ELEMENTS WITH OPERATIONAL INNOVATION TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES UNIQUE TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE FUTURE. COMFORT AND SPEED WILL BE CENTRAL TO COMPLEMENTING THE OUTSTANDING CLINICAL OUTCOMES THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH. ONCE COMPLETELY FUNDED, THIS PROJECT WILL COMPLETELY REIMAGINE THE MEDICAL CENTERS EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE, PATIENT AND FAMILY WAITING AREA, LIGHTING, TRIAGE AREA, AND STATION A, ONE OF THREE MAJOR TREATMENT AREAS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THIS PROJECT WILL SERVE TO STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE CRITICAL EMERGENCY SERVICES TO A COMMUNITY WHICH IS SOCIOECONOMICALLY DIVERSE WITH A LARGE TRANSIENT POPULATION. OB/GYN AMBULATORY MEDICAL PRACTICES:THE HOSPITAL IS OPENING A NEW OB/GYN PRACTICE TO SERVE WOMENS HEALTH IN NORTH COUNTY. WE SUPPORTED THIS PRACTICE WITH THE PURCHASE A STATE-OF-THE-ART ULTRASOUND UNIT WITH A LARGE PROJECTION SCREEN FOR PATIENT AND PARTNER VIEWING; POWER EXAM TABLES AND LIGHTS FOR COMFORT AND PRECISION FOR EXAMINATIONS; POWER PROCEDURE TABLES FOR IN-OFFICE PROCEDURES THAT OFFER FULL-SCOPE MINOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES.INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY SPECIALIZED ULTRASOUND EQUIPMENT: THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED THE HOSPITAL BY PURCHASING SPECIALIZED ULTRASOUND EQUIPMENT THAT WILL ENABLE PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT AND SPECIALIZED BIOPSY PROCEDURES. THE HOSPITAL IS RECEIVING MORE REFERRAL FROM MUCH OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOR PROSTATE FIDUCIAL MARKERS TO FACILITATE STEREOTACTIC CYBERKNIFE RADIATION TREATMENTS. THIS EQUIPMENT WILL FURTHER EXPAND OUR ONCOLOGY SERVICE LINE.MISCELLANEOUS:OTHER SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED FOR HOSPICE SERVICES, COVID RELIEF, WOMEN & NEWBORN SERVICES.