WellStar joins Spirit of Women ® Hospital Network

WellStar Health System is a new member of Spirit of Women®, an elite coalition of hospitals and healthcare providers across the United States that ascribe to the highest standards of excellence in women’s health, education and community outreach. Their mission is to inspire women in all stages of their lives to take action for better health for themselves and their families. To execute this mission, each year Spirit of Women develops a national education platform with topics based on critical areas of women's health that parallel hospital business building strategies across all service lines. As our community's exclusive Spirit of Women hospital system, we have direct access to evidence-based, best practice programming that will build loyalty and drive women to our physicians, hospitals and other key services we provide. By joining Spirit of Women, we have an opportunity to further differentiate WellStar as the provider of choice for women in our community. 

This partnership will provide a wide variety of programs, including:

• A quarterly seminar series: Offered through our Speaking about Wellness for Women programs, this series will pair fun activities with educational health messages for women of all ages.  Please call 770-956-STAR (7827) for schedule information and to register to participate in these programs. These seminars will be a great opportunity to earn points for HealthStart.
•  eNewsletter subscription: Sign up to receive a free monthly newsletter and information on other special events; to request a subscription or to be added to our mailing list, please visit www.wellstar.org/SpiritofWomen or e-mail SpiritofWomen@wellstar.org.
• National Signature events: Through events held annually, WellStar Health System and other Spirit of Women member hospitals come together to address critical women’s health issues. Through fun and camaraderie with other women, signature events provide attendees with education on how to live vibrantly while maintaining best cardiac, breast and overall health. We will share more information about these events in the future.  

Physicians and other clinical team members will have numerous opportunities to be involved in Spirit including:

• Contribute articles to the monthly Spirit eNewsletter and quarterly national Spirit Magazine.
• Participate as a presenter for WellStar’s Speaking about Wellness for Women programs and other monthly health promotions.
• Participate in future national signature events. 
• In working towards achieving the National Standards of Excellence in Women’s Health designation, it will also be in asset in our journey toward MAGNET status.
• Physician/clinician led community presentation opportunities under future new OB programming (coming in FY13).

For more information about our Spirit of Women partnership, please contact Kristin Caudell, Director of Corporate & Community Health/Women’s & Children’s Resources and Spirit of Women coordinator at 770-793-7385 or kristin.caudell@wellstar.org.