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Butterfield Memorial Foundation Issues First Grants
FOUNDATION CREATED WHEN DEACONESS
HOSPITAL SOLD
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| Lab Tech, Janine, from the Dessalines Rural Health Program in Haiti (Butterfield Foundation grantee. To see several more grantee pics, CLICK HERE). |
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The Butterfield Memorial Foundation has awarded its initial grants, totaling $1.625 million. Created with proceeds from the sale of a majority interest in Deaconess Hospital (Oklahoma City, OK — see sidebar) and continuing an affiliation with the Free Methodist Church of North America, the newly created foundation will make grants to Christian organizations for medical or health-related projects.
Deaconess Affiliates with Triad Hospitals, Inc.
Deaconess Hospital, Oklahoma City, officially affiliated with Triad Hospitals, Inc. (NYSE: TRI) on April 1, 2005, following a December announcement by the board selecting Triad as a capital partner. For many years, Deaconess remained the metro area’s only independent hospital. Recognizing the need for a capital partner in 2003, the board entertained discussions with a number of local and national health-care entities before selecting Triad.
The official closing of the transaction followed due diligence for the joint venture. The structure of the new organization is 80 percent ownership by Triad and 20 percent ownership by the Deaconess Health Care Corp. (DHCC). The joint venture will be governed equally by Triad and the DHCC, with five governing board members each. David Houston will serve as chairman of the board the first year.
An additional advisory group has been created for physician input called the Physician Leadership Group. Members include 16 physicians from the Deaconess medical staff.
“We have worked hard to earn our reputation for successful partnerships with not-for-profit hospitals,” said James D. Shelton, Triad chairman and CEO. “We’re proud of our ability to join with community hospitals like Deaconess and continue to build upon their strengths, including quality care, customer service and employee satisfaction.”
Triad, based in Plano, TX, is the third largest hospital company in the United States. It currently operates three facilities in Oklahoma: SouthCrest Hospital, Tulsa; Claremore Regional Hospital; and Woodward Regional Hospital.
In 2000, Deaconess partnered with a group of six rural Oklahoma hospitals managed by Quorum Health Services to assure streamlined patient transfers for tertiary care and continuity of care. Quorum is a subsidiary of Triad.
“Triad offers vast resources and expertise, which are of keen interest to the Deaconess board for future development,” said Eric Baird, Deaconess board chairman. “At the same time, we’re delighted to announce the creation of the Butterfield Memorial Foundation that will continue the 104-year heritage of Christian compassion for which Deaconess is known.”
Proceeds from Triad’s 80 percent investment in Deaconess will create the Butterfield Memorial Foundation, located in Oklahoma City. In addition to offering grants, the foundation will continue to operate Deaconess Home Pregnancy & Adoption Services (now Deaconess Pregnancy and Adoption Services), which was founded by the Deaconess Ladies of the Free Methodist Church in 1900. This organization has helped thousands of women with unplanned pregnancies and successfully placed more than 5,000 children in homes.
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| Evan Collins, foundation president |
“The board of directors is dedicated to providing health care for the disenfranchised and poor in the name of Christ,” said Evan Collins, president. “We want to encourage Christians in Oklahoma City to step forward and develop basic systems to care for the neediest among us.” National and international grants are to be awarded as well.
The new foundation is named for Pastor Ralph and Gladys Butterfield. Ralph served as Deaconess Hospital administrator from 1951 to 1976, while Gladys was superintendent of the Home of Redeeming Love, now known as Deaconess Pregnancy and Adoption Services (DPAS). DPAS was not included in the Deaconess Hospital transaction and remains in operation.
Grants awarded in central Oklahoma include:
- Skyline Urban Ministry: $250,000, Free Clinic Pilot Project, jointly sponsored by the Health Consortium Alliance for the Uninsured, a group made up of representatives of Oklahoma County Medical Society, Central Oklahoma Turning Point, and Greater Oklahoma City Hospital Council. The project will study operations at three area free clinics, implement standards and make recommendations for improvement.
- St. Anthony Hospital Foundation: $200,000, Medical Home Clinic. The grant will evaluate efforts by area hospitals to provide “medical homes” with primary care for emergency room patients who do not have insurance or other health-care resources. It will also fund a portion of the start-up costs for St. Anthony’s medical home efforts.
- Mount Olive Baptist Church: $200,000, SAVE IT abstinence program. The program will provide community-based sexual abstinence education for adolescents ages 12 through 18.
- Reaching Our City: $80,000, expansion of free clinic hours
- In God’s Care: $75,000, expansion of free clinic hours
- Oklahoma Christian University: $60,000, nursing scholarships
- Birth Choice of Oklahoma: $50,000, operations
- The Children’s Center: $50,000, equipping of patient suites, Pediatric Medical Rehabilitation Unit
- Southern Nazarene University: $40,000, nursing scholarships
- White Fields: $40,000, a scientific study of the organization’s continuum of care model
- St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church: $25,000, free clinic services to diabetics
- Equine Therapy Center: $10,000, equine-assisted psychotherapy
Grants awarded nationally and internationally include:
- Umri Christian Hospital, central India: $200,000, renovation and construction
- Friends of Hope Africa University, Burundi, Africa: $200,000, construction of a medical school
- Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA: $50,000, nursing scholarships
- International Child Care Ministries, Free Methodist Church of North America: $25,000 grant plus $25,000 in matching funds, to provide food for children in Burundi
- Free Methodist Church of North America, Dessalines Rural Health Program, Haiti: $30,000, hospital operational support
- Continental New Life International, Azusa, CA: $25,000, establishment of a medical clinic in Ethiopia
- Cliff Drive Christian Counseling, Santa Barbara, CA: $10,000, counseling center operations
- Free Methodist Church of North America, International Youth Congress: $5,000, medical clinic
To learn more about Butterfield Memorial Foundation, visit www.butterfieldfoundation.org or call (405) 608-0522.
About Deaconess Hospital
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Deaconess is a full-service, acute care hospital with more than 1,400 employees known for the high level of patient care they deliver. HealthGrades ranked Deaconess among the nation’s top 5 percent of hospitals for clinical quality performance. Deaconess is Oklahoma’s first hospital to be recognized by J.D. Power and Associates and HealthGrades for clinical and service excellence. Those companies recognized Deaconess in 2003 and 2004 as the Distinguished Hospital in Oklahoma.
ore than 650 physicians make up the medical staff, which treats 40 medical specialties at Deaconess. The hospital, licensed for 313 beds, specializes in cancer, cardiology, pulmonology, orthopedics, women’s services and urology. Two campuses include 5501 N. Portland and Deaconess at Bethany, 7600 N.W. 23rd, which houses behavioral health, wound care, sleep diagnostics, outreach and home health services. Deaconess is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and CARF. Its CEO is Thomas H. Litz.
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