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  • LifeBridge Health Celebrates 25th Anniversary Through Service

    LifeBridge Health Celebrates 25th Anniversary Through Service

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    Baltimore – September 30, 2023, marks the 25th anniversary of LifeBridge Health, a community-focused healthcare system with five hospitals, hundreds of physician offices, more than 13,000 team members and a wide range of programs and services, from urgent care and hospice to senior living and a fitness center. 

    To celebrate this milestone anniversary, LifeBridge Health team members are reconnecting with the organization’s mission of “improving health in the communities we serve” by volunteering their time at service projects in communities served by the healthcare system, including in Baltimore City as well as Baltimore and Carroll counties.

    “LifeBridge Health was founded as a health system with a focus on community-oriented wellness and health services.  As we approached our 25th anniversary, we looked to our founding principles and our purpose of caring for our communities to commemorate the occasion. Connecting with those communities and giving back through volunteer service seemed like an ideal way to celebrate this important milestone,” says Neil Meltzer, president and CEO of LifeBridge Health.

    He adds, “From groundskeeping at schools and packing food at a rescue mission to a back-to-school supply drive and serving meals at local shelter, our team members have been volunteering in celebration of our anniversary and making a difference in our communities, above and beyond their day-to-day work of providing top-quality healthcare and community services.” 

    LifeBridge Health’s community development team reached out to the system’s partners and communities to coordinate more than a dozen events where health system team members could volunteer during this anniversary year. Volunteer projects started in the spring and will continue through the end of 2023. Plans are now in the works for a systemwide Thanksgiving food drive in partnership with the Ed Reed Foundation. 

    Through these volunteer events, LifeBridge Health team members have done everything from painting picnic tables at Mary Ann Winterling Elementary in Baltimore to sorting food donations at the Westminster Rescue Mission in Carroll County. During an outdoor summer concert at Foundry Row in Owings Mills, health system employees collected hundreds of school supplies for students at Winfield Elementary in Randallstown and for Northwest Hospital’s DOVE program, which supports families facing domestic abuse. 

    “Team members who have volunteered at these service projects have shared what a rewarding experience it has been, connecting with our community members outside of their usual business interactions. We look forward to building these connections through further projects through the end of the year,” says Larry Mack, manager of community partnerships for LifeBridge Health. 

    For teams that could not participate in onsite events, the community development team offered ideas for donation drives or other community outreach projects.  For example, Baker Rehab Group, part of LifeBridge Health’s Partners Division, is currently working with the Frederick Rescue Mission and Clarksburg Closet to provide a variety of care and resources to those in need in our community.  

    LifeBridge Health was formed on September 30, 1998, when Northwest Hospital in Randallstown merged with Sinai Health System (then compromised of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital). Carroll Hospital joined LifeBridge Health in 2015, and Grace Medical Center (formerly Bon Secours Baltimore Hospital) became part of the system in 2019. 

    A special anniversary webpage features a video timeline of LifeBridge Health’s history.

    “Caring for our communities has been the foundation of the work that we do. We are so thrilled to celebrate our 25th anniversary with our communities and show just how much we care,” says Lee Coplan, chairman of the LifeBridge Health board of directors.

    About LifeBridge Health: LifeBridge Health is one of the largest, most comprehensive providers of health services in Maryland. LifeBridge Health includes Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, Grace Medical Center, and related subsidiaries and affiliates. For more information, visit lifebridgehealth.org

     

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  • Advances in Physical Therapy Offer Unexpected Paths to Recovery

    Advances in Physical Therapy Offer Unexpected Paths to Recovery

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    Newswise — At LifeBridge Health Physical Therapy in collaboration with NovaCare Rehabilitation, individuals are discovering new and unexpected ways that physical therapy can transform their quality of life.

    “The majority of our patients are orthopedic patients, injured athletes, and people living with general aches and pains,” says Market Manager Todd Shrager, P.T., A.T.C. “But our collaboration with a national leader like NovaCare keeps us at the forefront of physical therapy research and enables the therapy team to bring an entire roster of unique services and specialists to the community.”
    The roster is indeed diverse, with services ranging from concussion management and aquatics therapy to hand therapy and vestibular rehabilitation (for patients living with inner ear disorders). But perhaps the most unique service is ReVital, the industry’s first cancer rehabilitation program, which is specially designed to help patients manage and recuperate from the often-harsh side effects of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery.

    “Our ReVital therapists are trained and certified to understand not only what cancer can do to the body, but also what cancer treatment can do,” explains Shrager. “It’s a holistic, full-body approach that’s focused on survivorship and wellness even after the patient’s treatment ends.”

    As part of the ReVital program, physical therapists work closely with the cancer care teams at Carroll, Northwest and Sinai hospitals to create a seamless, comprehensive
    care plan for each patient. It’s a level of collaboration that Shrager says is true of all LifeBridge Health Physical Therapy services.

    “There’s a wonderful continuity of care between us and our patients’ physicians at all of our locations because we are part of the LifeBridge Health family,” he says.

    Collaborative Care for Athletes
    NovaCare and LifeBridge Health have expanded their collaboration to bring medical resources to local athletes throughout the region. In addition to LifeBridge Health’s ongoing partnerships with Loyola University and Carroll County High School Athletics, the LifeBridge Health Sports Medicine team has recently become the official medical provider for The Baseball Warehouse, Pipeline Soccer Club and Baltimore Celtic Soccer Club. Together, NovaCare and LifeBridge Health will help athletes with injury prevention and treatment through physician access, athletic training, physical therapy and education.

    Heal Without the Hassle
    LifeBridge Health Physical Therapy makes recovery easier with 18 full-service locations throughout the community. Click here to find the location nearest you.

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