Due to the rise in community spread and all counties in our service area experiencing “high” or “substantial” transmission levels, Kettering Health now strongly encourages masking in all non-healthcare facilities, including administrative buildings such as the ASB, Woodman, and Prestige. Thank you for your commitment to the health of our patients and each other, and…
County Masking Update
Several weeks ago, we implemented guidelines that allowed for no masking in our healthcare facilities in non-patient or non-guest-facing departments if the transmission level was yellow (moderate) or blue (low). Please note the status changes to the following counties: Auglaize County dropped from red to orange (substantial), Clark County rose to red (high), Darke County…
Celebrate Our May Employees of the Month
The Employee of the Month Award recognizes the people you love to work with. These winners show exhibit Kettering Health’s Standards of Behavior, live out our values, and demonstrate the healing presence practices outlined in Called to Care. You can read the nomination stories and view the pictures of the May Employees of the Month…
AAPI Heritage Month Week 3 Resources
Podcast – Self Evident: Asian America’s Stories “As people of all backgrounds reckon with complex legacies of race, power, culture, and identity and ask themselves, ‘where do I stand?’ Self Evident presents reported stories and radically open conversations from the everyday Asian Americans who have been confronting this question for generations. Our mission is to…
Dr. Kazue Togasaki
Dr. Kazue Togasaki was one of the first Japanese-American women to become a doctor in the United States. Born in San Francisco in 1897, Dr. Togasaki faced extreme racism and sexism, but excelled in her studies, earning a degree in Zoology from Stanford. After struggling to find work in California, she attended medical school in…
Bruce Chan
Bruce Chan currently serves as executive director of Kettering Health Brain & Spine, a position he has held for three years. A native-Californian, Bruce was born, raised, and educated in his home state, but worked in Florida, Tennessee, Kansas, and in his home state of California prior to joining Kettering Health five years ago. In…
Hospital Week: Sharing in Moments of Courage
Each day, patients come to our facilities in times of joy and excitement, or times of fear and anxiety. Meeting people in those moments takes courage, and one of our patients wants to say “thank you.”
Masking Update for Auglaize, Greene, Butler, Miami, and Clark Counties
Several weeks ago, we implemented guidelines that allowed for no masking in our healthcare facilities in non-patient or non-guest-facing departments as long as the transmission level was yellow (moderate) or blue (low). Please note the status changes to the following counties: Auglaize County rose from yellow to red (high); Green County rose from orange (substantial)…
AAPI Week 2 Resources
Podcast – The May Lee Show “Join award-winning, international journalist, May Lee, as she sits down with the most impactful and relevant Asian and Asian Americans who are boldly enhancing and elevating Asian voices and issues around the world. The show strikes an authentic and intimate tone with honest, entertaining and, sometimes, uncomfortable conversations. Expect…