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Putting patient satisfaction on the menu
It’s no secret that proper nutrition plays a big role in
the healing process. Expressly for You, a new service
at Simi Valley Hospital, aims to make sure hospital-
ized patients get the most benefit from their meals
while enjoying the dining experience.
Each patient has one nutrition assistant who
visits the patient before each meal to describe
menu choices and take the patient’s order. That
same assistant assembles the meal tray, delivers
it to the patient and collects it after the patient
has eaten.
This personalized service establishes rapport
with the patient, helps to increase the accuracy
of the order, enhances communication between
nursing staff
and food
service staff,
reduces food
waste and
increases
patient satisfac-
tion, said
Sammy Anissi, director of Food and Nutrition Services at
Simi Valley Hospital.
Expressly for You also includes a completely revamped menu.
“We have healthier items and more options,” Anissi said.
“If a patient doesn’t care for the menu of the day, they have
17 other choices, based on their diet.”
by
Look who’s 50!
Simi Valley Hospital’s legacy of caring for our
community is in the spotlight in 2015 as the hospital
commemorates 50 years of
Life—With You
. The doors to Simi Valley Hospital
opened for the first time on August 3, 1965. Since that time, the development of the
hospital and the community it serves have been intertwined.
Watch for the Summer 2015 issue of
Living Well
for a retrospective of Simi Valley
Hospital, and mark your calendar for our gala celebration on September 26 in the
Air Force One Pavilion of the Ronald Reagan Library.
To learn more about Simi Valley Hospital’s past and future, visit our website at
SimiValleyHospital.com
.
Healing the whole person
Simi Valley Hospital’s approach to health care is also deeply influ-
enced by another hallmark of the Seventh-day Adventist wellness
model: whole-person care. The idea behind this principle is that
healing involves not just the physical body, but also the mind and
the spirit.
Whole-person care is expressed in a number of ways at the
hospital. For instance, we place an emphasis on the availability of
spiritual care services—in a wide variety of religious traditions—for our
patients and their loved ones. In addition, the hospital’s recently
launched Healing Arts program will use music, the visual arts,
massage and other means to alleviate stress and speed healing.
Simi Valley Hospital’s commitment to disease prevention, wellness
and whole-person care extends beyond our patients. We provide
information and support throughout the community to help people
make good health decisions and recover from various life events.
Among these activities are our monthly House Call health lectures;
participation in many community events, where we provide free
health screenings and distribute materials to help people better
understand the principles of healthy living; and our partnerships with
organizations throughout the community and Ventura County to
provide smoking cessation classes, cancer programs, grief and brain
injury support groups, and much more.
Wellness through nutrition
Watch for more information about a new
outpatient nutrition education
program, in development now
at Simi Valley Hospital.
Honorary Mayor Mrs. Lou Wright, joined by hospital, Seventh-day Adventist
Church and community representatives, turns a shovel of soil at the groundbreaking
ceremony for Simi Valley Community Hospital on April 26, 1964.