Extending care and compassion to thecommunity has been a goal of SuburbanHospital for nearly 75 years. On a dailybasis, Suburban Hospital employeesdedicate their time and expertise toaddress the community’s most pressinghealth issues through various communityimprovement initiatives.

Below are several examples of hospitalcolleagues who have made an impact inour community beyond the hospital walls.

Dr. Dominique Foulkes, medical directorand chair of the Suburban HospitalPediatrics Department, volunteers hertime to inspire our community’s youngestresidents. Dr. Foulkes authors a blog onMontgomery County’s Girls On The Run(GOTR) website. Topics include providingtips on outdoor safety, why you get a feverwhen sick and how to stay hydrated whileexercising. When leading hospital tours forlocal Girl Scout troops and studentgroups, Dr. Foulkes demonstrates how totake vital signs, explains what happenswhen a patient is admitted to the hospital,and explains which items should beincluded in a First Aid kit.

Ahmed Omar, network analyst for SuburbanHospital’s Management Information Systemsdepartment, has been an energetic andcommitted volunteer for MontgomeryCounty’s GOTR bi-annual 5K Fun Runsince 2013. Through health-focusedinteractive games and activities such as the“Jumpstart your Heart,” “Create a HealthyPlate” and “Know your Blood PressureNumbers,” Ahmed and other SuburbanHospital employees encourage girls andtheir families to maintain healthy lives bypromoting physical activity, good nutritionand overall well-being.

The Diabetes Fine Tuning program is aseries of small group sessions for recentlydischarged patients and their care partnersto discuss crucial components of diabetescare. Pharmacist Lee Ann Alexandercontributes her time and expertise byanswering pharmaceutical-related questionsfrom patients and assists with theirdiabetes management goals to improvetheir health and quality of life. Her role as apharmacist has been vital to ensuring amultidisciplinary approach to diabetesmanagement.

Another diabetes focused initiative is theDiabetes Nurse Champion program, whichaims to improve the lives of people withdiabetes who are admitted to SuburbanHospital. Champions Periwinkle “Wink”Mackay, a nurse educator, and Jun Bie, anurse practitioner, have led the DiabetesChampion program since January 2015.Wink and Jun manage all aspects of theprogram, from recruiting participants todesigning the curriculum. Their leadershipand vision have enabled an initiative to beput in place that was previouslynonexistent. Focused on the goal ofproviding better care for our patients withdiabetes, Wink and Jun are champions forpeople living with diabetes.

Once a month, respiratory therapists, AyoSeriki and Shanmugam “Panneer”Panneerselvam facilitate the American LungAssociation’s Better Breathers Club®. Ateach meeting, the therapists provide asupportive environment where individualsliving with Chronic Obstructive PulmonaryDisease (COPD) and other respiratoryconditions are able to learn techniques tohelp them cope with their condition. Ayo

and Paneer are alsostrong advocates forsmoking cessationprograms and makingresources available forpatients who arecommitted to quittingsmoking.

In FY16, SuburbanHospital conducted 2,595community healthimprovement programs,screenings, classes,seminars and activitiesthat served 71,323individuals and dedicated$21,451,227 incommunity benefitcontributions to supportthe needs of MontgomeryCounty residents.

FoundationFundedCommunity

Benefit

Mission Driven Health Care Services

$9,104,823

CommunityBuildingActivities$597,182

Research$0

Health Professions Education$3,594,064

Charity Care$3,294,000

Community Health Services

$2,267,364

MedicaidAssessments

$1,049,766

FinancialContributions

$921,022

Caring for OurCommunityFY16

$196,847

Community Benefit Operations

$426,160

NOTE: Font size 7pt. Is this ok?

The 2016 Community Health NeedsAssessment (CHNA) processidentified—through primary andsecondary data, community surveysand input from public health expertsand stakeholders—five healthpriorities: cancer, obesity,cardiovascular health, diabetes andbehavioral health. As a result of thesefindings, strategies have beendeveloped to address and evaluateeach health need. They also overlapwith local, state and national prioritiesas well as Suburban’s 2013 CHNAfindings. This relationship affordsSuburban the ability to align itscommunity health improvementefforts in order to decrease healthinequities, lack of access andunhealthy behaviors. Read more aboutthis collective impact approach on thenext page.

During the 2016 CHNA priority-setting process, behavioral health wasidentified as the top health priorityamong stakeholders, and for thosereasons, we are highlighting this health issue.

The statistics in our community areharrowing. Since the last CHNA in2013, there has been a 12 percentincrease in people visiting a hospitalemergency department for abehavioral health condition in

help for their loved ones.We must doeverything we can to protect ourcommunity and provide treatment to allthose in need.”

Suburban Hospital remains committedto living out its mission of improvinghealth with skill and compassion to helpshape Montgomery County as a healthy,vibrant and resilient community. Thefollowing report takes an in depth lookinto the various and complex challengeswe face as we address behavioralhealth. It also outlines the outcomes weaim to achieve and how we apply theexpertise of our professional careproviders to address behavioral healthconcerns.

Some of our initiatives include:

p Comprehensive services forindividuals with emotional problems,mental illness and addictive diseases,as well as services designed to fostermental health;

p Support groups to help communitymembers manage emotional stressassociated with chronic and acutehealth conditions; and

p Community health improvementprograms to foster social support,particularly among the seniorpopulation.

“There is such a significant need forthese services in our community and Iam proud of the approach SuburbanHospital takes in providing behavioralhealth care,” notes Suburban Hospitalpresident Jacky Schultz. “Our programsare recognized across the regionbecause we emphasize respect for thepatient and family while also providingthe least restrictive level of care bothwithin the hospital and in thecommunity. In fact, we are in theprocess of expanding our crisis unit tomeet the needs of our patients.Behavioral health services are a priorityat Suburban Hospital.”

To see the entire 2016 CHNA andassociated implementation plan for allfive health priorities, log on to:suburbanhospital.org/CHNA.

S U B U R B A N H O S P I TA L2016 - 2017 Community Health Improvement Report

8600 Old Georgetown Road | Bethesda, MD 20814 | 301-896-3939 | suburbanhospital.org

Community Benefit FY16 UpdateBehavioral Health: High Priority, Deliberate ApproachMontgomery County. The suicide ratehas remained at or over seven deathsper 100,000 population since 2007.“We face an epidemic of opioid andheroin use that is killing young peopleand destroying families throughoutour community,” notes Beth Kane-Davidson, director of Suburban’sAddiction Treatment Center.“Treatment and prevention ofsubstance abuse is more critical nowthan ever before in my 30 yearsworking in this field. Drug overdoseskill more people than car crashes andguns combined. Our AddictionTreatment Center takes hundreds ofcalls each year from distraughtparents and family members seeking

“We face an epidemicof opioid and heroinuse that is killingyoung people anddestroying familiesthroughout ourcommunity.”

Beth Kane-Davidson, Director of Suburban’s Addiction Treatment Center

O B E S I T Y

C A N C E R10%

C A R D I O VA S C U L A R D I S E A S E 18%

D I A B E T E S 18%

B E H AV I O R A L H E A LT H 23%

12%

2016 CHNA Priorities

Extending care and compassion to thecommunity has been a goal of SuburbanHospital for nearly 75 years. On a dailybasis, Suburban Hospital employeesdedicate their time and expertise toaddress the community’s most pressinghealth issues through various communityimprovement initiatives.

Below are several examples of hospitalcolleagues who have made an impact inour community beyond the hospital walls.

Dr. Dominique Foulkes, medical directorand chair of the Suburban HospitalPediatrics Department, volunteers hertime to inspire our community’s youngestresidents. Dr. Foulkes authors a blog onMontgomery County’s Girls On The Run(GOTR) website. Topics include providingtips on outdoor safety, why you get a feverwhen sick and how to stay hydrated whileexercising. When leading hospital tours forlocal Girl Scout troops and studentgroups, Dr. Foulkes demonstrates how totake vital signs, explains what happenswhen a patient is admitted to the hospital,and explains which items should beincluded in a First Aid kit.

Ahmed Omar, network analyst for SuburbanHospital’s Management Information Systemsdepartment, has been an energetic andcommitted volunteer for MontgomeryCounty’s GOTR bi-annual 5K Fun Runsince 2013. Through health-focusedinteractive games and activities such as the“Jumpstart your Heart,” “Create a HealthyPlate” and “Know your Blood PressureNumbers,” Ahmed and other SuburbanHospital employees encourage girls andtheir families to maintain healthy lives bypromoting physical activity, good nutritionand overall well-being.

The Diabetes Fine Tuning program is aseries of small group sessions for recentlydischarged patients and their care partnersto discuss crucial components of diabetescare. Pharmacist Lee Ann Alexandercontributes her time and expertise byanswering pharmaceutical-related questionsfrom patients and assists with theirdiabetes management goals to improvetheir health and quality of life. Her role as apharmacist has been vital to ensuring amultidisciplinary approach to diabetesmanagement.

Another diabetes focused initiative is theDiabetes Nurse Champion program, whichaims to improve the lives of people withdiabetes who are admitted to SuburbanHospital. Champions Periwinkle “Wink”Mackay, a nurse educator, and Jun Bie, anurse practitioner, have led the DiabetesChampion program since January 2015.Wink and Jun manage all aspects of theprogram, from recruiting participants todesigning the curriculum. Their leadershipand vision have enabled an initiative to beput in place that was previouslynonexistent. Focused on the goal ofproviding better care for our patients withdiabetes, Wink and Jun are champions forpeople living with diabetes.

Once a month, respiratory therapists, AyoSeriki and Shanmugam “Panneer”Panneerselvam facilitate the American LungAssociation’s Better Breathers Club®. Ateach meeting, the therapists provide asupportive environment where individualsliving with Chronic Obstructive PulmonaryDisease (COPD) and other respiratoryconditions are able to learn techniques tohelp them cope with their condition. Ayo

and Paneer are alsostrong advocates forsmoking cessationprograms and makingresources available forpatients who arecommitted to quittingsmoking.

In FY16, SuburbanHospital conducted 2,595community healthimprovement programs,screenings, classes,seminars and activitiesthat served 71,323individuals and dedicated$21,451,227 incommunity benefitcontributions to supportthe needs of MontgomeryCounty residents.

FoundationFundedCommunity

Benefit

Mission Driven Health Care Services

$9,104,823

CommunityBuildingActivities$597,182

Research$0

Health Professions Education$3,594,064

Charity Care$3,294,000

Community Health Services

$2,267,364

MedicaidAssessments

$1,049,766

FinancialContributions

$921,022

Caring for OurCommunityFY16

$196,847

Community Benefit Operations

$426,160

NOTE: Font size 7pt. Is this ok?

The 2016 Community Health NeedsAssessment (CHNA) processidentified—through primary andsecondary data, community surveysand input from public health expertsand stakeholders—five healthpriorities: cancer, obesity,cardiovascular health, diabetes andbehavioral health. As a result of thesefindings, strategies have beendeveloped to address and evaluateeach health need. They also overlapwith local, state and national prioritiesas well as Suburban’s 2013 CHNAfindings. This relationship affordsSuburban the ability to align itscommunity health improvementefforts in order to decrease healthinequities, lack of access andunhealthy behaviors. Read more aboutthis collective impact approach on thenext page.

During the 2016 CHNA priority-setting process, behavioral health wasidentified as the top health priorityamong stakeholders, and for thosereasons, we are highlighting this health issue.

The statistics in our community areharrowing. Since the last CHNA in2013, there has been a 12 percentincrease in people visiting a hospitalemergency department for abehavioral health condition in

help for their loved ones.We must doeverything we can to protect ourcommunity and provide treatment to allthose in need.”

Suburban Hospital remains committedto living out its mission of improvinghealth with skill and compassion to helpshape Montgomery County as a healthy,vibrant and resilient community. Thefollowing report takes an in depth lookinto the various and complex challengeswe face as we address behavioralhealth. It also outlines the outcomes weaim to achieve and how we apply theexpertise of our professional careproviders to address behavioral healthconcerns.

Some of our initiatives include:

p Comprehensive services forindividuals with emotional problems,mental illness and addictive diseases,as well as services designed to fostermental health;

p Support groups to help communitymembers manage emotional stressassociated with chronic and acutehealth conditions; and

p Community health improvementprograms to foster social support,particularly among the seniorpopulation.

“There is such a significant need forthese services in our community and Iam proud of the approach SuburbanHospital takes in providing behavioralhealth care,” notes Suburban Hospitalpresident Jacky Schultz. “Our programsare recognized across the regionbecause we emphasize respect for thepatient and family while also providingthe least restrictive level of care bothwithin the hospital and in thecommunity. In fact, we are in theprocess of expanding our crisis unit tomeet the needs of our patients.Behavioral health services are a priorityat Suburban Hospital.”

To see the entire 2016 CHNA andassociated implementation plan for allfive health priorities, log on to:suburbanhospital.org/CHNA.

S U B U R B A N H O S P I TA L2016 - 2017 Community Health Improvement Report

8600 Old Georgetown Road | Bethesda, MD 20814 | 301-896-3939 | suburbanhospital.org

Community Benefit FY16 UpdateBehavioral Health: High Priority, Deliberate ApproachMontgomery County. The suicide ratehas remained at or over seven deathsper 100,000 population since 2007.“We face an epidemic of opioid andheroin use that is killing young peopleand destroying families throughoutour community,” notes Beth Kane-Davidson, director of Suburban’sAddiction Treatment Center.“Treatment and prevention ofsubstance abuse is more critical nowthan ever before in my 30 yearsworking in this field. Drug overdoseskill more people than car crashes andguns combined. Our AddictionTreatment Center takes hundreds ofcalls each year from distraughtparents and family members seeking

“We face an epidemicof opioid and heroinuse that is killingyoung people anddestroying familiesthroughout ourcommunity.”

Beth Kane-Davidson, Director of Suburban’s Addiction Treatment Center

O B E S I T Y

C A N C E R10%

C A R D I O VA S C U L A R D I S E A S E 18%

D I A B E T E S 18%

B E H AV I O R A L H E A LT H 23%

12%

2016 CHNA Priorities

Healthy Behaviors Foster social and emotional support

Access to Healthcare ServicesIncrease knowledge of behavioral health resources in Montgomery

County and facilitate access to available services

A C T I V I T I E S

Support Groups

Senior Fitness

Programs

Village AmbassadorAlliance Alcohol and

Other DrugsEducation Seminars

Parenting Seminars

Meditation Classes

Suburban On Call

Behavioralinpatient/outpatient services

Art Therapy

Magellan CareCoordination

Services

By linking patients in need of behavioral health services to appropriate community resources

The Change WeWant to See

By supporting aging in place of our seniors through educational and community-based programs and by providing positive parenting resources that will nurture stronger families

Health Inequities are differences in health status or in the distribution of healthresources between different population groups, arising from the social conditions inwhich people are born, grow, live, work and age. – WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Strengthening a Culture of HealthBehavioral Health

By the Numbers

HealthInequities Stigma

Hello

Language Access to Care

CostLack of Inter-generationSupport

Lack ofInformation

1,720.3 ER visits

per100,000 are related to behavioral

health related conditions

16.2%of adults experienced mental

illness in the past year

Behavioral health includes mental health, addiction and crises intervention andtranscends race, culture, socioeconomic status and life stages in MontgomeryCounty. With this expansion of health issues comes a multitude of challengesthat Suburban Hospital is dedicated to addressing.

7.0 deaths per

100,000 are due to suicide

?

8.9% of adolescents and adults use illegal

drugs each month

ACollectiveApproach

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

Addiction Treatment Center

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

ED Crisis Intervention

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

Inpatient Services

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

Community Health and Wellness

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

Outpatient Behavioral MentalHealth Services

help!

CHAL L ENGE S

Parenting

Encouragement

Program (PEP)

The

Mindfulness

Center

Washington

Area Village

Exchange(WAVE)

YMCA Youth

and Family

Services

OASIS

Montgomery

National

Alliance on

Mental Illness of

Montgomery

County Narcotics

Anonymous

Montgomery

County Stroke

Association

Montgomery

County Police

DepartmentMontgomery

County

Department

of RecreationHealthy

MontgomeryGirls on the Run

Montgomery

CountyAlcoholics

Anonymous

As an integral stakeholder in the local health care system, Suburban Hospital addresses behavioralhealth needs with the support of strong and long-standing partnerships in Montgomery County. Thesepartners work across sectors to address the complex health and social challenges of behavioral healthby aligning their individual agendas into one with a clear, common, and measurable outcome.

How?How?

Mindoulasupport for

individuals facingbehavioral health

challenges

Healthy Behaviors Foster social and emotional support

Access to Healthcare ServicesIncrease knowledge of behavioral health resources in Montgomery

County and facilitate access to available services

A C T I V I T I E S

Support Groups

Senior Fitness

Programs

Village AmbassadorAlliance Alcohol and

Other DrugsEducation Seminars

Parenting Seminars

Meditation Classes

Suburban On Call

Behavioralinpatient/outpatient services

Art Therapy

Magellan CareCoordination

Services

By linking patients in need of behavioral health services to appropriate community resources

The Change WeWant to See

By supporting aging in place of our seniors through educational and community-based programs and by providing positive parenting resources that will nurture stronger families

Health Inequities are differences in health status or in the distribution of healthresources between different population groups, arising from the social conditions inwhich people are born, grow, live, work and age. – WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Strengthening a Culture of HealthBehavioral Health

By the Numbers

HealthInequities Stigma

Hello

Language Access to Care

CostLack of Inter-generationSupport

Lack ofInformation

1,720.3 ER visits

per100,000 are related to behavioral

health related conditions

16.2%of adults experienced mental

illness in the past year

Behavioral health includes mental health, addiction and crises intervention andtranscends race, culture, socioeconomic status and life stages in MontgomeryCounty. With this expansion of health issues comes a multitude of challengesthat Suburban Hospital is dedicated to addressing.

7.0 deaths per

100,000 are due to suicide

?

8.9% of adolescents and adults use illegal

drugs each month

ACollectiveApproach

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

Addiction Treatment Center

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

ED Crisis Intervention

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

Inpatient Services

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

Community Health and Wellness

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

Outpatient Behavioral MentalHealth Services

help!

CHAL L ENGE S

Parenting

Encouragement

Program (PEP)

The

Mindfulness

Center

Washington

Area Village

Exchange(WAVE)

YMCA Youth

and Family

Services

OASIS

Montgomery

National

Alliance on

Mental Illness of

Montgomery

County Narcotics

Anonymous

Montgomery

County Stroke

Association

Montgomery

County Police

DepartmentMontgomery

County

Department

of RecreationHealthy

MontgomeryGirls on the Run

Montgomery

CountyAlcoholics

Anonymous

As an integral stakeholder in the local health care system, Suburban Hospital addresses behavioralhealth needs with the support of strong and long-standing partnerships in Montgomery County. Thesepartners work across sectors to address the complex health and social challenges of behavioral healthby aligning their individual agendas into one with a clear, common, and measurable outcome.

How?How?

Mindoulasupport for

individuals facingbehavioral health

challenges

Healthy Behaviors Foster social and emotional support

Access to Healthcare ServicesIncrease knowledge of behavioral health resources in Montgomery

County and facilitate access to available services

A C T I V I T I E S

Support Groups

Senior Fitness

Programs

Village AmbassadorAlliance Alcohol and

Other DrugsEducation Seminars

Parenting Seminars

Meditation Classes

Suburban On Call

Behavioralinpatient/outpatient services

Art Therapy

Magellan CareCoordination

Services

By linking patients in need of behavioral health services to appropriate community resources

The Change WeWant to See

By supporting aging in place of our seniors through educational and community-based programs and by providing positive parenting resources that will nurture stronger families

Health Inequities are differences in health status or in the distribution of healthresources between different population groups, arising from the social conditions inwhich people are born, grow, live, work and age. – WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Strengthening a Culture of HealthBehavioral Health

By the Numbers

HealthInequities Stigma

Hello

Language Access to Care

CostLack of Inter-generationSupport

Lack ofInformation

1,720.3 ER visits

per100,000 are related to behavioral

health related conditions

16.2%of adults experienced mental

illness in the past year

Behavioral health includes mental health, addiction and crises intervention andtranscends race, culture, socioeconomic status and life stages in MontgomeryCounty. With this expansion of health issues comes a multitude of challengesthat Suburban Hospital is dedicated to addressing.

7.0 deaths per

100,000 are due to suicide

?

8.9% of adolescents and adults use illegal

drugs each month

ACollectiveApproach

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

Addiction Treatment Center

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

ED Crisis Intervention

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

Inpatient Services

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

Community Health and Wellness

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL EXPERTISE

Outpatient Behavioral MentalHealth Services

help!

CHAL L ENGE S

Parenting

Encouragement

Program (PEP)

The

Mindfulness

Center

Washington

Area Village

Exchange(WAVE)

YMCA Youth

and Family

Services

OASIS

Montgomery

National

Alliance on

Mental Illness of

Montgomery

County Narcotics

Anonymous

Montgomery

County Stroke

Association

Montgomery

County Police

DepartmentMontgomery

County

Department

of RecreationHealthy

MontgomeryGirls on the Run

Montgomery

CountyAlcoholics

Anonymous

As an integral stakeholder in the local health care system, Suburban Hospital addresses behavioralhealth needs with the support of strong and long-standing partnerships in Montgomery County. Thesepartners work across sectors to address the complex health and social challenges of behavioral healthby aligning their individual agendas into one with a clear, common, and measurable outcome.

How?How?

Mindoulasupport for

individuals facingbehavioral health

challenges

Extending care and compassion to thecommunity has been a goal of SuburbanHospital for nearly 75 years. On a dailybasis, Suburban Hospital employeesdedicate their time and expertise toaddress the community’s most pressinghealth issues through various communityimprovement initiatives.

Below are several examples of hospitalcolleagues who have made an impact inour community beyond the hospital walls.

Dr. Dominique Foulkes, medical directorand chair of the Suburban HospitalPediatrics Department, volunteers hertime to inspire our community’s youngestresidents. Dr. Foulkes authors a blog onMontgomery County’s Girls On The Run(GOTR) website. Topics include providingtips on outdoor safety, why you get a feverwhen sick and how to stay hydrated whileexercising. When leading hospital tours forlocal Girl Scout troops and studentgroups, Dr. Foulkes demonstrates how totake vital signs, explains what happenswhen a patient is admitted to the hospital,and explains which items should beincluded in a First Aid kit.

Ahmed Omar, network analyst for SuburbanHospital’s Management Information Systemsdepartment, has been an energetic andcommitted volunteer for MontgomeryCounty’s GOTR bi-annual 5K Fun Runsince 2013. Through health-focusedinteractive games and activities such as the“Jumpstart your Heart,” “Create a HealthyPlate” and “Know your Blood PressureNumbers,” Ahmed and other SuburbanHospital employees encourage girls andtheir families to maintain healthy lives bypromoting physical activity, good nutritionand overall well-being.

The Diabetes Fine Tuning program is aseries of small group sessions for recentlydischarged patients and their care partnersto discuss crucial components of diabetescare. Pharmacist Lee Ann Alexandercontributes her time and expertise byanswering pharmaceutical-related questionsfrom patients and assists with theirdiabetes management goals to improvetheir health and quality of life. Her role as apharmacist has been vital to ensuring amultidisciplinary approach to diabetesmanagement.

Another diabetes focused initiative is theDiabetes Nurse Champion program, whichaims to improve the lives of people withdiabetes who are admitted to SuburbanHospital. Champions Periwinkle “Wink”Mackay, a nurse educator, and Jun Bie, anurse practitioner, have led the DiabetesChampion program since January 2015.Wink and Jun manage all aspects of theprogram, from recruiting participants todesigning the curriculum. Their leadershipand vision have enabled an initiative to beput in place that was previouslynonexistent. Focused on the goal ofproviding better care for our patients withdiabetes, Wink and Jun are champions forpeople living with diabetes.

Once a month, respiratory therapists, AyoSeriki and Shanmugam “Panneer”Panneerselvam facilitate the American LungAssociation’s Better Breathers Club®. Ateach meeting, the therapists provide asupportive environment where individualsliving with Chronic Obstructive PulmonaryDisease (COPD) and other respiratoryconditions are able to learn techniques tohelp them cope with their condition. Ayo

and Paneer are alsostrong advocates forsmoking cessationprograms and makingresources available forpatients who arecommitted to quittingsmoking.

In FY16, SuburbanHospital conducted 2,595community healthimprovement programs,screenings, classes,seminars and activitiesthat served 71,323individuals and dedicated$21,451,227 incommunity benefitcontributions to supportthe needs of MontgomeryCounty residents.

FoundationFundedCommunity

Benefit

Mission Driven Health Care Services

$9,104,823

CommunityBuildingActivities$597,182

Research$0

Health Professions Education$3,594,064

Charity Care$3,294,000

Community Health Services

$2,267,364

MedicaidAssessments

$1,049,766

FinancialContributions

$921,022

Caring for OurCommunityFY16

$196,847

Community Benefit Operations

$426,160

NOTE: Font size 7pt. Is this ok?

The 2016 Community Health NeedsAssessment (CHNA) processidentified—through primary andsecondary data, community surveysand input from public health expertsand stakeholders—five healthpriorities: cancer, obesity,cardiovascular health, diabetes andbehavioral health. As a result of thesefindings, strategies have beendeveloped to address and evaluateeach health need. They also overlapwith local, state and national prioritiesas well as Suburban’s 2013 CHNAfindings. This relationship affordsSuburban the ability to align itscommunity health improvementefforts in order to decrease healthinequities, lack of access andunhealthy behaviors. Read more aboutthis collective impact approach on thenext page.

During the 2016 CHNA priority-setting process, behavioral health wasidentified as the top health priorityamong stakeholders, and for thosereasons, we are highlighting this health issue.

The statistics in our community areharrowing. Since the last CHNA in2013, there has been a 12 percentincrease in people visiting a hospitalemergency department for abehavioral health condition in

help for their loved ones.We must doeverything we can to protect ourcommunity and provide treatment to allthose in need.”

Suburban Hospital remains committedto living out its mission of improvinghealth with skill and compassion to helpshape Montgomery County as a healthy,vibrant and resilient community. Thefollowing report takes an in depth lookinto the various and complex challengeswe face as we address behavioralhealth. It also outlines the outcomes weaim to achieve and how we apply theexpertise of our professional careproviders to address behavioral healthconcerns.

Some of our initiatives include:

p Comprehensive services forindividuals with emotional problems,mental illness and addictive diseases,as well as services designed to fostermental health;

p Support groups to help communitymembers manage emotional stressassociated with chronic and acutehealth conditions; and

p Community health improvementprograms to foster social support,particularly among the seniorpopulation.

“There is such a significant need forthese services in our community and Iam proud of the approach SuburbanHospital takes in providing behavioralhealth care,” notes Suburban Hospitalpresident Jacky Schultz. “Our programsare recognized across the regionbecause we emphasize respect for thepatient and family while also providingthe least restrictive level of care bothwithin the hospital and in thecommunity. In fact, we are in theprocess of expanding our crisis unit tomeet the needs of our patients.Behavioral health services are a priorityat Suburban Hospital.”

To see the entire 2016 CHNA andassociated implementation plan for allfive health priorities, log on to:suburbanhospital.org/CHNA.

S U B U R B A N H O S P I TA L2016 - 2017 Community Health Improvement Report

8600 Old Georgetown Road | Bethesda, MD 20814 | 301-896-3939 | suburbanhospital.org

Community Benefit FY16 UpdateBehavioral Health: High Priority, Deliberate ApproachMontgomery County. The suicide ratehas remained at or over seven deathsper 100,000 population since 2007.“We face an epidemic of opioid andheroin use that is killing young peopleand destroying families throughoutour community,” notes Beth Kane-Davidson, director of Suburban’sAddiction Treatment Center.“Treatment and prevention ofsubstance abuse is more critical nowthan ever before in my 30 yearsworking in this field. Drug overdoseskill more people than car crashes andguns combined. Our AddictionTreatment Center takes hundreds ofcalls each year from distraughtparents and family members seeking

“We face an epidemicof opioid and heroinuse that is killingyoung people anddestroying familiesthroughout ourcommunity.”

Beth Kane-Davidson, Director of Suburban’s Addiction Treatment Center

O B E S I T Y

C A N C E R10%

C A R D I O VA S C U L A R D I S E A S E 18%

D I A B E T E S 18%

B E H AV I O R A L H E A LT H 23%

12%

2016 CHNA Priorities