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The Riverview Healthcare Association held its 121st Annual Meeting and Membership Banquet Monday, Jan. 28th at the University of Minnesota-Crookston. The evening was a celebration of a successful 2018, with a total margin of 2 percent reported for the year, and an exciting look at the future Hospital and Clinic Replacement Project, titled “RiverView 2020: Our Vision is Clear’’.
RiverView President/CEO Carrie Michalski presented an outline of the building project. The new, two-story facility will consist of 81,000 square feet. The top floor, with a view of the Red Lake River on the east and Castle Park on the west, will house a patient-centered, family-inclusive Inpatient Unit with 21 patient rooms and four family suites.
The ground level will be home to all three of RiverView’s current Crookston clinics consolidated into one large clinic with one entrance and a registration area just steps from the front door. The new clinic will have 47 patient exam rooms, patient education rooms, and well-equipped spaces for in-clinic procedures.
The process of planning a state-of-the-art facility took several years and included focus groups made up of community members and front-line care staff who work with patients on a daily basis. Surveys were completed, mock-up rooms were built, tours of other facilities were taken, and, of course, financial aspects were scrutinized. Representatives from the accounting firm Clifton, Larson, Allen reported on the conservative approach RiverView took in planning for the project.
The project is currently in the bidding stage. A groundbreaking will take place this spring, with a completion date in the fall of 2020. Watch for updates as the project progresses.
The RiverView Foundation’s Board of Directors has pledged to raise $2 million or more to go toward the project. If you would like to be a part of RiverView 2020, contact Foundation Director Kent Bruun at 281-9249 or |||EMAIL_ADDRESS||| Tremendous dedication from longtime employees who retired in 2018: Bobbie Amiot, 45 years; Laurie Steer, 42 years; Linda Bahls, 41 years; Bev Johnson, 32 years; Mary Hinkley, 31 years; Joyce Peterson, Dr. David Peterson and Dawn Jackson, all 15 years; Dr. Steven Schultz, 11 years; and Lonna Newman, 9 years.
The fact that RiverView led 305 community events in 2018, including health luncheons, support groups, concussion testing, free sports physicals, Scrubs Camp, Junior Auxiliary, monthly Food Bank volunteering, etc.
Jenny Amon and Trent Fischer were recognized for their contributions to the Board of Directors as their terms expired. Michelle Cote and Andy Oman were re-elected to the Board, while Kari Koenig and Dr. Erik Kanten were elected to their first terms.
Koenig was employed at RiverView from 1989-2012 as a nurse on the Inpatient Unit. She also began working at Northland Community and Technical College (NCTC) in 1993, where she became program director in 2012 of the Mobility Nursing Program. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from the College of St. Scholastica and a Master’s Degree in Nursing Education from Minnesota State University, Moorhead.
A Warroad native, Koenig and her husband, Joe, reside in Crookston. They have four children.
Dr. Erik Kanten has been a member of RiverView’s medical staff since 1988, and recently served as a member of the Board of Directors from 2000-2010.
Originally from Milan, MN, Dr. Kanten received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota and completed his residency in family practice through the University of North Dakota.
Other members of the Board are Tim Brinkman, Michelle Cote, Grant Gunderson, Stephanie Harbott, Dr. Steven Schultz, Michelle Snyder and Shannon Stassen.
Pictured below: RiverView President/CEO Carrie Michalski (far left) and RiverView Board of Directors Chairman Andy Oman (far right) thank outgoing Board members Jenny Amon and Trent Fisher.
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