Public Notice - Magnet Recognition Program® Site Visit

• Baptist Hospital East has applied to the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for the prestigious designation of Magnet. The Magnet designation recognizes excellence in nursing services.

• Patients, family members, staff, and interested parties who would like to provide comments are encouraged to do so. Anyone may send comments via e-mail, fax, and direct mail. All phone comments to the Magnet Program Office must be followed up in writing.

Your comments are confidential and never shared with the facility. If you choose, your comments may be anonymous, but must be in writing.

• YOUR COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY August 1, 2008.

Address: 
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Magnet Recognition Program Office
8515 Georgia Ave., Suite 400
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3492
Fax: (301) 628-5217
E-Mail: magnet@ana.org
Phone: (866) 588-3301 (toll free)

• Baptist Hospital East has submitted information for the appraisers to review. That information is available, twenty-four hours a day, to you for review at or in the Library or Medical Records (Health Information Management).