Reid awards $122K to impact physical activity, nutrition, weight

Mike Emery, Richmond Palladium-Item
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Reid Health Hospital in Richmond. PI File.
Reid Health Hospital in Richmond. PI File.

RICHMOND, Ind. — Reid Health Community Benefit has awarded 20 organizations $122,475 in grants.

The second 2022 grant cycle focused on nonprofits, schools and groups with programs focused on physical activity, nutrition and weight, according to a news release. Grant requests were evaluated based on impact for exercise opportunities, adults 20 and older who are obese or sedentary, child food insecurity and overall food insecurity.

The grant awards within Reid's multi-county service area include:

  • Alquina Blue Arrows Park in Fayette County, $4,100 for improvements to the basketball court and signage for the walking trail;

  • Amigos, $6,125 to support the organization's tennis camp;

  • Birth to Five, $8,250 for the Parents as Teachers program;

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne County, $9,000 to support the Club Fit program;

  • Bridges for Life, $3,000 for food costs for the Dinner at the Lamp weekly community meal;

  • Circle U, $7,500 for weekend food supplies for students in need at 22 schools;

  • Communities in Schools, $2,000 to provide physical education uniforms for students in need as well as shoes donated through the Shoes for Kids program;

  • Council on Rural Service Programs, $3,000 for summer running through the Gateway Youth Program in Darke County, Ohio;

  • Crestdale Elementary PTO, $5,000 for inclusive playground equipment for the school and the surrounding neighborhood;

  • Franklin County Park, $15,000 for new playground equipment;

  • Gateway Hunger Relief Center, $7,000 for food supply costs for the pantry;

  • Gleaners Food Bank, $3,700 for additional produce to be distributed in four counties;

  • Golay Community Center, $5,000 for a NuStep recumbent cross trainer;

  • Hayes Arboretum, $5,234 to purchase equipment and supplies for the Nature Playscape;

  • Hope Center, $4,000 for infant formula for those in need;

  • Preble County YMCA, $8,000 to support the LiveStrong and Revitalize programs;

  • Richmond Friends School, $4,746 for equipment and supplies to support outdoor play;

  • Volunteers of America Fresh Start, $7,500 for the purchase of exercise equipment for an onsite fitness area for residents and their children;

  • Wayne County Cardinal Greenway, $6,220 to support the bike loaner program; and

  • YWCA Dayton Women's Shelter, $8,100 for nutritional supplies for the domestic violence program.

Community benefit, which is the basis of not-for-profit hospitals' tax-exempt status, is defined as programs or activities that improve access to health services, enhance public health, advance health knowledge through research and education and/or relieve the burden of government to improve health.

Reid Health's efforts to satisfy not-for-profit status requirements have put more than $172 million into its service area the past five years.

HeartFlow award

HeartFlow has recognized Reid Health's radiology staff with the company's CT Quality Award, an honor that goes to less than 15% of the nation's hospitals.

Reid passed 200 cases using the HeartFlow Analysis, a first-of-its-kind, non-invasive technology that helps in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, the most common form of heart disease and the country's leading cause of death for men and women, according to a news release.

Coronary artery disease develops when the arteries leading to the heart narrow or become blocked. That can lead to a reduction in blood flow to the heart, causing chest pain, heart attacks and potentially death.

The HeartFlow Analysis turns CTA scan data into a digital 3D model of coronary arteries. Computer algorithms then simulate blood flow to assess impact of blockages. The patient's physician learns within hours the extent of blockage and how it affects the patient.

Urgent care accreditation

Reid Health's Indiana and Ohio urgent care centers have been reaccredited by the National Urgent Care Center Accreditation.

The centers in Richmond and Connersville in Indiana and Eaton, Ohio, are now accredited for three more years, according to a news release. They were originally accredited in 2019.

Accredited urgent care centers must comply with NUCCA's care standards, including infection control and prevention, quality assessment and improvement, medication and environmental safety, health information privacy and scope of services oversight.

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