(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - PeaceHealth recently unveiled its systemwide Mission and Values Award recipients. The annual awards recognize inspiring employees (who PeaceHealth refers to as “caregivers”) who are living PeaceHealth’s Mission and Values of Social Justice, Stewardship, Respect and Collaboration, every day.

PeaceHealth Ketchikan physical therapist lead Catherine Addington was selected as one of five people across PeaceHealth's system for a Mission and Values award. She is the recipient of the Social Justice Award for her work helping people get fitted for the correct wheelchair. The award recognized Addington’s efforts identifying the need local patients had for accessible technology and the difficulties they had acquiring that technology in Ketchikan. Despite the hurdles of bringing a wheelchair program to an island in Alaska, Addington pursued the project and has since facilitated outfitting numerous patients in wheelchairs enhancing their mobility and quality of life.

This is a particularly special award to be received by a caregiver in Ketchikan. PeaceHealth employs over 16,000 caregivers in Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Both being nominated and receiving the award is an honor for a Ketchikan-based caregiver. The last system-wide Mission & Values award presented to a caregiver in Ketchikan was awarded to Ashley Hackert in 2018.

Five caregivers across the PeaceHealth system - hailing from Bellingham and Vancouver, Washington; Florence, Oregon, and Ketchikan, Alaska - were selected for this special honor from a group of more than 60 recognized during virtual celebrations held in each PeaceHealth community in January.

The winners are:

Overall Mission and Values Award: Rachel Kelley, RN, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, Bellingham, Washington. Watch the video.

Respect Award: Denise Gideon, Shared Services Center, Vancouver, Washington. Watch the video.

Stewardship Award: Dustin Degman, CRNA, PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center, Florence, Oregon. Watch the video.

Collaboration Award: Liz Westover, RN, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, Vancouver, Washington. Watch the video.

Social Justice Award: Catherine Addington, PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center, Alaska.

PeaceHealth has approximately 16,000 caregivers, a group practice with more than 900 providers and 10 medical centers serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Northwest. In 1890, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth. The Sisters shared expertise and transferred wisdom from one medical center to another, always finding the best way to serve the unmet need for healthcare in their communities. Today, PeaceHealth is the legacy of the founding Sisters and continues with a spirit of respect, stewardship, collaboration and social justice in fulfilling its Mission. 

Edited By Mary Kauffman, SitNews

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