2008 Annual Report

LifePoint

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Lif ePoint

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honors the donors of 2008, listed here by f irst name:

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LifePoint Mission

Lifepoint, Inc. is an independent nonprofit corporation dedicated to advancing organ, eye and tissue donation in South Carolina for transplantation and research. It provides professional and public education regarding such donations, provides educational and emotional support to families of potential donors, and is the organ, eye, and tissue recovery organization. LifePoint is committed to serving our state effectively, efficiently and ethically at every level, and through alliances with interested individuals and organizations.

Organization History 1984 1988 2001 2003 2005

LifePoint established as South Carolina Organ Procurement Agency (SCOPA) Organization was incorporated in South Carolina Name changed to LifePoint, Inc. Merger of South Carolina Lions Eye Bank with LifePoint for ocular recovery/ distribution/research LifePoint began tissue recovery

2008-2009 LifePoint Board of Directors Henry Gibson, Chair, SC Lions Jerry Mayo, Vice Chair, SC Lions Ed Johnson, Secretary, SC Lions Kyra Morris, Treasurer, At Large (Public) Robert Sade, MD, LifePoint Medical Director, Organs & Tissue MUSC Professor of Surgery David Vroman, MD, LifePoint Medical Director, Ocular Prabhakar Baliga, MD, MUSC Transplant Surgeon Angela N. Hays, MD, MUSC Neurosciences Matt Jones, Volunteer Health Organization, SC Lions Robert Bray, PhD, MUSC Histocompatibility Laboratory Larry Fox, SC Lions Carl Ackerman, SC Lions Linda Rumsey, At Large (Public) Steve Williams, At Large (Law) Thornton Kirby, South Carolina Hospital Association Gerald Wilson, MD, South Carolina Medical Association Walter Shealy, SC Lions

Honoring the legacy of our founder. . .

In compliance with the latest governing board regulations from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), LifePoint has established an Advisory Board of Directors. We appreciate their dedicated service and expertise. 2008-2009 LifePoint Advisory Board of Directors Ed Billings, Chair, Donor Family Member Carol Moody, Vice Chair, Hospital Administration Clauda Mayo, Secretary, Voluntary Health Organization Angelo Lin, MD, MUSC Transplant Surgeon Charles Morrow, MD, Director of Trauma Amberly Jones, MTF Tissue Bank Gary Watts, SC Coroners Association Kim Collins, MD, Forensic Pathology Tom Glisson, Director, Pastoral Care, SC Chaplaincy Association Howard Gebel, PhD, D(ABHI), Assistant Professor MUSC Histocompatibility Laboratory Philip Hodge, MD, Neurosurgery

Dr. Charles Thomas Fitts

recovered by LifePoint that are needed by patients on the South Carolina waiting list, have been transplanted at the MUSC Transplant Center. Dr. Fitts’ talent and dedication as a doctor was readily apparent in the love

LifePoint celebrates the contributions and mourns the loss of Dr. Charles Thomas Fitts who passed away during 2008. He was one of the founders of our organization (originally the South Carolina Organ Procurement Organization) and served as our first medical director for 15 years. As a leader in the organ transplant world, Dr. Fitts pioneered the organ transplant program at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and performed the first kidney transplant there in 1968. Since 1984, organs

and care he showed to everyone. His philosophy that he could find out more about the “ails” of a patient by talking to them than by just running high tech tests proved invaluable to many. The knowledge Dr. Fitts possessed and shared readily with all, together with his core values and encouragement for others, formed a remarkable foundation for LifePoint. It is our privilege today to carry on the traditions he began in saving lives through donation and transplantation.

July 4, 1932 – Nov. 4, 2008

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Signs of Progress Letter from Nancy Although our work of helping save lives is never finished, LifePoint is proud to report that 2008 was filled with promising signs for organ and tissue donation in South Carolina. Concentration has been on continuous improvement through best practices and innovation. Our overall consent rate for organ donation is 88% - significantly higher than the national average. The speed with which tissue can be processed has been increased as a result of LifePoint’s new standard for tissue reporting. On the pages that follow, I invite you to read about the many new and improved

procedures, partnerships, products and services that our dedicated LifePoint employees developed last year. Positive changes occurred within virtually every facet of our business. Public awareness grew with the increase in trained volunteers and special event opportunities. Media coverage increased as we worked closely with Donate Life South Carolina to prepare for the January 2009 launch of a statewide donor registry. I am personally proud of our efforts to honor donor families and to benefit the many waiting for the gift of life. We are profoundly grateful to all who continue to be an integral part of our success story – especially the selfless, generous individuals who have chosen donation. This book is dedicated to them.

Signs of Stronger Foundation 2008 was a year of creating greater efficiencies and cost-savings through company-wide process and system improvements. The Finance Department implemented new budgeting, billing and accounting systems as well as policies/procedures for improved expense reporting and tracking. A new Quality Systems program tracks maintenance requirements on LifePoint’s laboratory equipment, while a new vendor database ensures timely contract reviews and updates. A company-wide safety committee was also created. Our IT Department implemented a case management module facilitating accurate electronic tracking/reporting of procured tissues as well as a new HR module for improved tracking of employee reviews.

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Good Signs of Best Practices Tissue Services

At LifePoint, we are keenly aware of our responsibility to honor the gifts of those who consent to donate tissue. Doing so means assuring that quality tissue is recovered and that it is available quickly to those who need it. Our devotion to this begins in our first conversations with the donor’s family, extends to the precision with which our Tissue Techs procure the tissue, and continues through the process of releasing that tissue and accompanying data to the processors with whom we partner. One of those partners, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF), honored our staff with the 2008 Hourglass Award for having the best turnaround time on charts of all MTF recovery partners in the United States. Mary Szaro, MTF Technical Manager, said, “LifePoint’s chart clearing turnaround time is exceptional and well

below the average for other agencies. Their diligence in clearing cases and the quality review performed by the staff before the paperwork even arrives at MTF has streamlined their chart releases and ultimate availability of tissue back into the community.” MTF is currently developing a flowchart based on our successful program to share with other recovery partners as a best practice model. LifePoint’s process is one of continuous improvement and communication among all involved. Our Communications Center staff and our Tissue Technicians, in conjunction with our Case Management Department, are dedicated to producing timely, error-free reports on every tissue case. Cindy Woodward, LifePoint Senior Case Manager, explained that during 2008, LifePoint defined a better

timeline and processes to ensure the consistency of every detail in every report on every tissue donor. She said, “Every detail must match on the initial screening forms and taped donation consent, the hospital-provided information and the recovery-time paperwork supplied by our Tissue Techs.” If the Case Managers note any inconsistency, it is thoroughly investigated until the correct data is obtained.

MTF Honors Reporting Process Mark Reiner, Director of Donor Services at MTF (first row) presents the 2008 Hourglass Award to LifePoint’s Case Management, Communications Center and technical staffs for excellence in chart quality and turnaround time.

Gifts during 2008: 499 Tissue Donors, 798 Ocular Donors 4

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Ocular Services

DSAEK Corneas for Surgeons The Ocular Distribution and Case Management staffs

We are ever mindful that there are thousands of people awaiting donated tissue that can change the course of their lives. They are dependent on the generosity of donors and the work we do to honor them. Lee Jernigan, LifePoint’s Tissue Recovery Manager, sums it up, “We are focused on being better stewards of the gift.”

completed rigorous training during 2008 in order to prepare and provide pre-cut corneas to local surgeons for an increasingly preferred type of corneal transplantation

Cutting Corneas LifePoint’s Pam Doctor, Operator (seated) and Carol Coleman, Circulator, team up to pre-cut and prepare a donated cornea in validated sterile conditions before supplying it to an ocular transplant surgeon.

called DSAEK (Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty). The recent rapid evolution from full-thickness corneal transplants to DSAEK has enabled LifePoint and other VisionShare eye banks to lead the industry in developing best practices for eye banking.

Providing pre-cut corneas to our local surgeons

saves them time in the operating room, shields them from the risk of equipment malfunction or cornea perforation, and eliminates their need to purchase the equipment required to cut corneas.

None of this would be possible without the

generosity of families who consented to the use of their loved ones’ eyes.

Communications Center

More process improvements Donor Coordinators within LifePoint’s Communications Center are available 24/7 to receive notification of death phone calls from South Carolina hospitals and other professionals, to advise families about tissue donation as well as to obtain consent and medical/social histories on tissue and ocular donors. The department has begun using a unique Process Improvement Plan (PIP) to ensure greater consistency in their procedures and greater accuracy in recording data. A new data review process now facilitates staff development. A new, popular peer review process has

enabled Donor Coordinators to identify best practices for communicating with families. Another new process began generating timelier, more accurate reports for Case Management. The Communications Center staff broadened its services to Spanish-speaking families, with the addition of Yasminnie Morales. A native speaker of Spanish who is fluent in medical Spanish, Yasminnie is a Donor Coordinator who also has been translating the department’s forms into Spanish and helping others communicate effectively with Hispanic donor families.

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Strong Signs of Collaboration Organ Recovery Services

“We saw many signs last year that our South Carolina hospitals are committed to working with us to learn and implement nationally-recognized best practices to further donation,” says Nancy Kay, LifePoint CEO and President. “And we couldn’t do our job of helping to save lives through donation without their ongoing dedication to this important work.” LifePoint has been experiencing the kind of donation results that only come from strong collaboration. Signs of it are increasingly apparent in our South Carolina hospitals as staffs readily incorporate the best practices for donation into their daily activities. And the signs of strong collaboration last year added up to an 88% overall consent rate. Donation outcomes improved as eight additional S.C. hospitals instituted our LifePoint Donation Best Practices Course during 2008. Those hospitals included: Conway Medical Center, Georgetown Memorial Hospital, Hampton

Regional Medical Center, Loris Community Hospital, Palmetto Health Baptist Medical Center, Palmetto Health Richland, Piedmont Medical Center and Waccamaw Community Hospital. Participants from their staffs were trained to apply the nationally-recognized best practices to maximize donation results. All who complete the 3 to 3-1/2 -hour course, taught by our Hospital Development staff, also earn 3.2 CEUs. More signs of collaboration were evident as 80 hospital professionals from throughout the state participated in the annual LifePoint-hosted Collaborative meeting. Increased partnership was showcased as the essential key to saving lives through donation. Presenters included professionals from LifePoint, S.C. hospitals, HRSA, the MUSC Transplant

Center, as well as an attorney, a coroner, and transplant surgeons, in addition to a corneal recipient, an organ recipient and a donor mom.

“more S.C. hospitals are committed to…. best practices to further donation” Nancy A. Kay

Hospital Partners Earn Donation Awards Medical professionals from many South Carolina hospitals received HHS medals of honor and LifePoint awards for their donation successes while attending our statewide Collaborative meeting.

The choice to donate was showcased as a very personal one that necessitates reverence and caring for the potential donor and their family. Obtaining consent was explained as a process – not a question. And the legacy for the donor and their family was clearly presented as the bridge to life for all those awaiting a transplant. Attendees were asked to imagine even greater possibilities for donation success and to make a professional commitment to excellence. In South Carolina, all signs of this are very promising.

S.C. Organ Donation

Consent Rates in 2008

88% Overall

(National Consent Rate Averages 65%) 74% among African-Americans in S.C. 86% among Hispanics in S.C.

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A Special Thank-You to S.C. Hospitals Congratulations to the following South Carolina hospitals for going above and beyond to increase donation success. Ten hospitals were awarded U.S. Department of Health and Human Services medals because three out of every four of their medically eligible organ donors in 2007 became donors. HHS Medal of Honor Winners: AnMed Health Medical Center, Anderson Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greenville Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia Medical University of South Carolina Hospital, Charleston Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia Providence Hospital, Columbia Roper Hospital, Charleston St. Francis Xavier Hospital, Charleston Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg

Hospitals earning the LifePoint Dove Award in 2008 were honored for their unique and special efforts to increase donation during 2007. Dove Award Winners: AnMed Health Medical Center, Anderson Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort Georgetown Memorial Hospital, Georgetown Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greenville Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia Loris Community Hospital, Loris Mary Black Memorial Hospital, Spartanburg Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill Roper Hospital, Charleston Waccamaw Community Hospital, Murrells Inlet

Kidney Perfusion at LifePoint Transplantable kidneys received from donors in South Carolina are perfused at LifePoint. This process keeps the kidney viable for transplantation while cross-matching of the donor’s DNA and potential recipient’s DNA is being completed. Perfusion also improves the overall outcome for the recipient.

Pictured here, our Lab Manager William Cook perfuses

a kidney with assistance from Eric Beckett, Organ Perfusion Coordinator. After removing the kidney from sterile packaging, it is photographed for documentation of anatomy and condition, prepared for cannulization, placed within the perfusion solution and securely connected to the pump before perfusion begins. Kidneys can be preserved in this manner for up to 48 hours.

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Signs of innovation Innovation. It is a new, different way of thinking and of doing. It is ideas applied successfully. Innovation is the birth of an idea and positive change that

transforms it into a tangible form. It yields better processes, products and services. It is an integral part of growth and

success. It creates more meaning and more valuable results.

At

LifePoint, innovation is

at the core of our business.

We believe it is essential to building meaningful

relationships and improving outcomes. It permeates our processes and our partnerships.

We pride ourselves, not only on our innovations, but on our innovators. Read the next few pages to learn about some of the innovations in development last year and the people who are helping bring them to life. 8

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Advanced Practice Coordinator (APC)

Robert Koppenaal LifePoint is proud to be one of several organ procurement organizations in the United States to have a full-time Advanced Practice Coordinator. After identifying the need for an APC and the many benefits it could offer, we followed the model established by The California Donor Transplant Network. With advanced, specialized training, Robert Koppenaal, one of our staff nurses, was wellsuited to step into this new role. Robert was fortunate to receive his training from several top-notch surgeons including: Dr. Arthur Crumbley, Associate Professor of Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, MUSC, Charleston, S.C.; Dr. Thaddeus W. Golden, Doctor of Internal Medicine with sub specialties in Pulmonary

Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Dr. Andrew Weisinger, Doctor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Providence Heart Hospital, Columbia, S.C. and Dr. Joshua Sonett, Surgical Director of the Lung Transplant Program and Attending Surgeon, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia University Medical Center. Now, after LifePoint has obtained donation consent, Robert is dispatched to the hospital in advance of the LifePoint nurse who will clinically manage the donor. Robert places the lines for monitoring the donor’s blood pressure, fluids and heart function, and visually assesses the lung quality with a bronchoscope. Subsequently, he sends video

of the lung anatomy to UNOS for review by the potential recipient’s transplant surgeon. With the creation of this key new position at LifePoint last year, we aim to assess a donor’s organ function as quickly as possible with less disruption to the consulting physician. We are now able to augment the hospital’s services and, ultimately, help contain the cost of transplantation for the recipient. Robert’s work also provides the host hospital’s staff with another real-time opportunity to observe and learn about lung anatomy. Robert feels “proud to spearhead this position for LifePoint.” He adds, “I look forward to furthering the scope of this role to include performing echocardiograms, bedside liver biopsies and X-ray interpretation.”

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Coroner Liaison

Patti Thompson When a person dies in a manner that requires a coroner’s investigation, many people must work closely together to insure that the opportunity for the deceased to become an organ and tissue donor is also honored. Through her working relationships with South Carolina coroners and forensic pathologists, LifePoint’s Patti Thompson helps pave the way for every family to have the best possible donation potential for their loved one following their tragic loss. Last year there was a considerable increase in organ and tissue donors subsequent to coroner investigations. Patti is confident that this was a direct result of the continuing education she provides to coroners and their staffs about the process and procedures of organ and tissue donation. Patti says, “I believe the success of this relationship is based on LifePoint’s understanding of the important responsibility coroners have to the public and our ongoing communication and education to them of the benefit of this gift of life to

recipients and also to donor families.” In her role as Coroner Liaison, Patti addresses the many interrelated concerns and factors that impact the investigative, hospital and donation processes with respect to the family of the deceased. She conducts workshops and in-services using a comprehensive training manual she has developed. She has formed a LifePoint Coroners Task Force, makes a presentation at the Coroners’ regular meetings and participates in their annual legislative luncheons. LifePoint is a major sponsor of the Coroners’ Association Annual Training Conference and also sponsored a statewide forensic pathologist’s workshop, conducted by Dr. Joel Sexton, forensic pathologist. Coroners are actively involved in LifePoint activities as well. Their representatives serve on the LifePoint Advisory Board and the review board for the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. They also participate in such LifePoint special events as our annual 5K race to benefit organ and tissue transplant recipients.

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Funeral Home Liaison

Tina Holmes Tina Holmes began her first full year at LifePoint uniquely qualified to be the Funeral Home Liaison. She is a licensed funeral director and embalmer and has authored protocol for approaching families regarding donation. As she met South Carolina’s funeral professionals, Tina learned how their services to donor families interrelate with LifePoint’s services to the same families. She identified the fundamental goal that unites us – to provide the best possible care and respect to every family whom we have the privilege of serving. Achieving this would necessitate some changes at LifePoint and within the funeral homes. With Tina’s leadership, we partnered with the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association to create the first idea-sharing forum of its kind. By co-hosting a statewide organ and tissue donation conference, funeral directors and LifePoint representatives had open and educational discussions about our respective roles, needs and processes. This led to the formation of a LifePoint Funeral Services Advisory Committee and, ultimately, new and better

forms of communication. Tina is laying the groundwork so that honoring a donor’s gift of life always remains paramount. She envisions how initial planning to be a donor will become an integral part of funeral pre-planning. She strives to keep everyone focused on respecting each other’s commitment to the donor’s family throughout the donation process. And, her goal is to have each organ and tissue donor commemorated for their gift during their funeral service. Providing donation education takes Tina beyond South Carolina’s funeral homes. She serves on the Funeral Services Advisory Board of the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF). In addition, she has addressed students at the South Carolina Mortuary Program (Piedmont Tech Community College) who aspire to be funeral directors and embalmers. Plans continue for Tina’s ongoing educational role there – with a focus on developing tomorrow’s foremost authorities on organ and tissue donation within the funeral industry.

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Signs of support Services to Families

Probably one of LifePoint’s most unique contributions last year is one we are always proud to report on. It is the high level of care we offer – not only to donor families – but also to families who need emotional support immediately after their loved one has experienced a traumatic injury. We are privileged to provide them with the highest possible level of respect, understanding and care. Care begins as one of our LifePoint Family Support Counselors arrives at the hospital to assist a family by offering them emotional support, getting answers to their questions, and doing everything possible to help them at a most devastating

Following donation, families continue to receive a high level of care made possible through the efforts of a full-time four-person Donor Family Services staff dedicated exclusively to meeting their needs. Families benefit from the ongoing support of our Certified Grief Counselors who are always available to assist them. We are proud to have such a comprehensive program of services dedicated to donor families who have given so much during a time of such great loss. High attendance at several donor family functions last year shows that increasingly more donor families need and want our support. Approximately 700 attended the annual Donor Family Ceremony in Columbia, S.C., 19 families participated in the Donor Recognition Ceremony in Pittsburgh during the National Kidney Foundation U.S. Transplant Games, and nearly 200 families honored their loved ones at holiday tree-trimming ceremonies in hospitals throughout South Carolina.

“We could have never gotten through this time without your help.” - a donor family to a Family Support Counselor

time. Regardless of whether or not their loved one can become a donor, we are there – sometimes for days – simply providing the kind of support they need and appreciate. If their loved one is unable to be saved and donation becomes an option, we remain with the family to answer questions and help them understand the donation process. LifePoint employees in our Communications Center further assist families who desire to have their deceased loved ones become tissue and ocular donors.

Donor Family Quilt Donor families continue to create patches in honor of their loved ones for LifePoint’s memorial quilts. Each family presents their quilt square during our annual Donor Recognition Program. Last year, work began on the third quilt. The one shown here was assembled by a donor’s wife.

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Continuous Caring Family Support Counselors (on right) Lillliana Bruce and Ken McLeod spend time with donor families during events honoring their loved ones.

Services: Counseling available 24/7 Certified grief counseling Six support groups Buddy program

Special Events & Opportunities: Life - The Greatest Gift of the Season Beverly and Fred Hutson, whose son was a donor, ride the LifePoint float in Charleston’s Holiday Parade with a young boy they hope to adopt.

LifePoint Annual Donor Recognition Program National Donor Ceremony – Washington, D.C. Donor Recognition Ceremony at the National Kidney Foundation U.S. Transplant Games Holiday Tree-Trimmings – Statewide Candlelight Service at Colonial Lake – Charleston, S.C. South Carolina Donor Quilts Volunteer Training for Community/Media Events LifePoint Holiday Float – Charleston, S.C.

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Signing up to save lives – New South Carolina Registry The number of people awaiting organ transplants in the U.S. grew to more than 100,000 last year, with another person being added to the list every 11 minutes. The critical need for organs far exceeded their supply and the cry for help became our call for action. The more people willing to be donors, the more lives that could be saved – including the lives of more than 750 people waiting on the South Carolina list. Our state legislators took the first steps toward help in 2007 by enacting legislation to increase the number of organ and tissue donors and better honor their final wishes. The law called for establishment of a South Carolina Organ and Tissue Donor Registry – a secure, online database on which individuals could register their legal consent to become donors. The majority of other states already had a registry. 2008 was the year South Carolina’s was developed. Donate Life South Carolina (DLSC), a non-profit organization that promotes donation and provides

patient assistance for S.C. transplant recipients, was designated as the legal manager of the registry. DLSC Executive Director and CEO Tracy Armstrong says, “We are proud to be providing a secure way for individuals to register their desire to be organ and tissue donors in order to save and improve lives.” With a strong shared vision, LifePoint partnered closely with DLSC throughout the year to plan the operational and logistical aspects of the registry and to develop the content design for the registry Web site. After selecting an advertising agency, we shared in the creation of a dynamic marketing campaign to build awareness of the need for donors and inspire potential donors to register. We also worked closely with the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (SCDMV) to implement the logistics and security of obtaining registrants and their data from the SCDMV offices and Web site. By the end of the year, all signs pointed toward

success for the planned launch online in January 2009. The Web site www.Every11Minutes.org would be unveiled. The inspirational multimedia campaign, built around the creative brand of “Every11Minutes,” was almost ready to roll. In fact, the SCDMV was able to implement their portion of the registry in December 2008. And, there was greater hope for helping those awaiting transplants. By year’s end, thousands of registrants had already signed up through the SCDMV. LifePoint President and CEO Nancy A. Kay believes, “Over time, the registry will be a meaningful resource allowing us to honor the donor’s wishes and giving potential donor families the knowledge of their loved one’s desire to become a donor.” We look toward a future that promises more lives saved, as the registry becomes a way of life in our state.

Raising Public Awareness Mark Johnson (left), LifePoint Media Relations Coordinator, also served as our liaison with DLSC for pre-launch registry development and publicity. Volunteers like these (right) were instrumental in our publicity about donation for Donor Sabbath, Donate Life Month, the NKF U.S. Transplant Games and the pending S.C. donor registry.

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Signs of Help As DLSC focused on registry development last year, LifePoint took an increasingly greater role in growing public awareness about donation. This could not have been accomplished without our many dedicated volunteers. They are donor family members, transplant recipients, families of those who died waiting, staff employees and many other supporters of donation who are committed to helping save lives. More than 100 volunteers attended regional training orientations during 2008 and became active in our community activities. During at least 50 public awareness events, these volunteers made thousands of people aware of the need for organ and tissue donors and the process for becoming a donor. Some volunteers also shared their compelling stories in live and pre-recorded radio and television interviews throughout the year, as well as in marketing videos. Building on this strong team of volunteers, we will continue to increase donation education and motivation in South Carolina.

Volunteer’s Loss Shows Great Need Justin Sipe died at the age of 23 after waiting in vain for 1-1/2 years to receive the new lungs he needed to live. His father, Alan Sipe, now helps promote organ and tissue donation as a LifePoint volunteer with the hope of sparing other families from the pain of a similar loss.

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Signs of Life A total of 29 transplant recipients formed Team South Carolina to compete against transplant recipients from throughout the country during the 2008 National Kidney Foundation U.S. Transplant Games in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They cycled, golfed, jumped, ran, swam, threw and walked in a great celebration of life following transplantation. Thirteen recipients won an impressive total of 17 medals (3 gold, Melissa Layton, 6 silver and 8 bronze). But, all are winners thanks to the generosity of organ donors who saved their lives. transplant recipient, Team South Carolina During the six-day event, athletes were cheered on by many South Carolina donor families and by donation/ transplantation professionals representing LifePoint, the NKF-SC office as well as the MUSC transplant center. Donor families also received special honors in appreciation for their loved ones’ gifts of life during recognition and quilt-pinning ceremonies.

“I feel so fortunate to have been blessed with age 30, a new chance at life.”

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More Teamwork LifePoint was honored with the 2007-2008 Partnership Award from the National Kidney Foundation of South Carolina (NKF-SC). Peggy Strawhorn, Director of Patient Services for NKF-SC (left), said, “LifePoint is deserving of this distinction for their outstanding work with us recruiting members and helping with fundraising for the U.S. Transplant Games, which display the success of organ transplantation.” LifePoint President & CEO Nancy A. Kay (right) accepted the award for LifePoint during the NKF-SC annual meeting.

thank you Racing to a Strong Finish

Kidney/Pancreas Recipient Wins

Powerful Teamwork

Seven S.C. athletes earned a total of eight medals in track and field events.

Amy Saylors, along with two other Team S.C. athletes, swam their way to a total of six medals.

Win or lose, S.C. athletes played hard in basketball, volleyball, golf, cycling, and track and field events.

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This annual report was created by the LifePoint Communications Department with assistance from many who provided content information, arranged their schedules to be photographed and assisted with photography at company events. Our special thanks for the wonderful teamwork.

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