2020 Outcomes Report Portland Shriners Hospital

Patient Education Committee This interdisciplinary team assesses and evaluates identified patient education needs and requested resources, ensuring materials are up-to-date and age-appropriate. The committee is responsible for approximately 170 handouts and booklets on medical topics to educate our patients and families about their conditions. The committee helps to promote optimal health care outcomes by developing resources for patients and families to enhance their knowledge and skills to assist them in making care decisions, and providing improved continuing care within the scope of Shriners Hospitals for Children’s mission. Family Resource Library Medical-themed resources for patients and families are available for check-out and include approximately 1,000 topics from amputations, education, healthy relationships, nutrition, parenting, support, transition, and various condition-specific resources. There is also a visual display board of resources with major topics of importance to our population (adaptive driving, camps/recreation, jobs, SSI, scholarships, etc.) Clinical nutrition Registered dietitians play a vital role in the overall health of our patients as diet is important for growth, development and the healing process. At Shriners Hospitals for Children — Portland, pediatric clinical dietitians are a part of the clinical team working with patients before and after surgery to make sure the patient’s nutrition status is optimal. Their teaching includes topics such as weight management and energy balance, boosting calories and protein to improve growth and development, as well as recommending vitamin and mineral supplements to support healthy bone growth and post-operative healing. Financial counselor Shriners Hospitals for Children - Portland provides non-emergent, elective, medically necessary care to individual patients without discrimination and without regard to their ability to pay, ability to qualify for financial assistance, or availability of third-party coverage. All health care professionals treating patients in Shriners Hospitals for Children - Portland locations abide by this Financial Assistance Policy. A financial counselor is available to assist patients and their guardians to determine their eligibility for financial assistance.

40-60 students/year 1 full time licensed teacher and 1 part time educational assistant

Family resources On-site school

Halo-traction Treatment average stay 4-6 weeks

The Portland Shriners Hospital is complete with a school through a partnership with Multnomah Education Service District’s Hospital School Program. The hospital school program is committed to serving as a bridge between home, hospital and school by providing patients with a flexible, motivational, educational experience that empowers them to take control of their academic future despite the challenges that accompany their diagnoses and treatments. Individualized instruction is available to patients K-12 who are staying onsite for more than a few days and the instructors work directly with each child’s teacher to deliver a continuation of education as they transition to the hospital and return to their home schools. Patients often thrive in the familiar routine of school and the opportunity to experience educational growth through individualized instruction, which reduces anxiety and adds value to the hospital stay.

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