Thomas Hospital Foundation Inc.

“The foundation board of directors is elected or appointed by the board of directors of baldwin county eastern shore health care authority.”

“The form 990 is carefully prepared by accountants employed by infirmary health system with considerable assistance and input from the thomas hospital controller and the executive director of the foundation. The executive director reviews the return before filing. No other review will be performed for the current return.”

“Each director signs a conflict of interest statement annually.”

“Foundation documents required to be made available to the general public are provided upon request. Financial statements and the conflict of interest policy are not made available to the public at this time.”

“The foundation's board of directors is made up of all volunteers. The major fund-raising events each year are also supported and staffed by volunteers.”

“Emergency department patients with cardiovascular and gastrointestinal complaints requiring immediate point of care diagnostics will benefit from a foundation grant to purchase a new state of the art ultrasound system with a cost of almost 48,000. Allowing the physicians to perform quick, bedside studies on these patients takes only a fraction of the time it would take to call in ancillary departments to do the tests. The cardiac rehab department received an 83,005 grant from the foundation to purchase a cardiopulmonary rehab patient monitoring system which includes integrated monitoring, program management and outcomes modules. Each of the two workstations has a 16 channel capacity. Prior to receiving a 30,000 grant from the foundation to purchase minimally invasive heart valve instruments, the cardiovascular surgeons had to take their patients to other facilities when certain procedures were called for. The instruments are used for right thoracotomy approach for mitral and aortic valve repairs or replacements. The procedure is done through a small incision beneath the breast instead of the normal midline sternotomy incision. The minimally invasive procedure is safer for patients, results in less post-operative pain and a smaller scar. The foundation provided just under 19,000 for the purchase of a verathon glide scope for the emergency department. This special intubation tool has a fiber optic camera in the tip of the unit that transmits a video image of the patient's airway to a digital monitor. This enables the physician to clearly view the airway opening and to guide the tube precisely where it needs to be, even in the most difficult cases. During the fiscal year ended 03/31/2016 the pediatrics department received over 18,000 to make various equipment purchases. This includes 10,000 used to purchase halo sleepsacks which are wearable blankets that replace loose blankets in the crib that can cover a baby's face and interfere with breathing. This year the employee assistance fund granted 5,990 to employees facing unexpected or extraordinary financial circumstances.”