Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital

A 25-bed Critical Access Hospital in Willits, California, serving northern Mendocino County Services: 24-hour emergency department, intensive care, laboratory, imaging, physical rehabilitation, surgery, and total joint replacement

• Participated in the American Cancer Society Relay For Life in all three counties
• Participated in a number of community health fairs and events across the three counties
• St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake was the recipient of a two-year $497,076 Center for Disease Control Community Transformations Grant
• Ukiah Valley Medical Center continued to administer the Chronic Users System of Care program, serving 62 clients and resulting in a 28 percent reduction in emergency department visits and a 40 perecent decrease in jail incarcerations
• Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital hosted its first educational Joint Replacement Seminar with 200 attendees
• St. Helena Hospital Napa Valley conducted a six-week Survivorship Series for cancer patients and their families
• The Martin O’Neil Cancer Center at St. Helena Napa Valley hosted a prostate cancer seminar attended by 79 people
• St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake Spiritual Care department hosted Vineyard Mission Day attended by more than 200 community members
• Ukiah Valley Medical Center sponsored a Wild about Health Children’s Health Fair, attended by more than 400 children and their families
• Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital co-sponsored the 21st Annual HomeTown Health Fair
• Ukiah Valley Medical Center conducted a Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Screening Event; more than 60 community members attended and 40 free ankle brachial index screenings were performed
• St. Helena Hospital Napa Valley and St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake sponsored a matching grant program for five schools, resulting in health events for the community
• Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital employees donated coats, blankets, sleeping bags and more than 1,500 pounds of food to Willits Community Services
• St. Helena Hospital Napa Valley and St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake participated in the Giving Tree and Operation Christmas Joy, respectively, providing food and gifts for underserved families at Christmas
• Ukiah Valley Medical Center employees donated more than 3,000 pounds of food to Plowshares and the Ukiah Food Bank in November and December
• Provided $54,345,423 in free and low-cost services to the community

• Implemented shared services including a Revenue Cycle Center, Corporate Development, and Human Development and Performance, including staff from all network hospitals
• Construction began on a new hospital campus for Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital
• Continued construction on a new emergency department at St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake
• St. Helena Hospital Napa Valley received NRC Picker’s 2012 Path to Excellence award for top performing hospital with 100 to 300 beds
• Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital was ranked among the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the U.S. by the National Rural Health Association
• The Coon Joint Replacement Institute received The Joint Commission Gold Seal
• St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake’s Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program received certification by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital continued as a Blue Distinction Designation Center for Knee and Hip Replacement
• Opened the Advanced Wound Care Center at Ukiah Valley Medical Center with two hyperbaric oxygen chambers
• St. Helena Hospital Napa Valley opened the Surgical Learning Institute
• Set a record in the Ukiah Valley Medical Center Family Birth Center in October with 100 births; renovated all patient rooms and purchased new Drager resuscitaire infant warmers
• As a Planetree affiliated hospital, Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital achieved 86 percent attendance rate at its first annual retreat, which included staff, physicians, volunteers and board members
• Installed a state of the art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner at St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake
• Purchased new gastroenterology testing equipment, making Ukiah Valley Medical Center the only hospital in a three-county area with esophageal manometry and 24-hour pH testing equipment
• Ukiah Valley Medical Center recruited nine physicians, including three OB/GYNs and the only neurologist in Mendocino County