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Harbor Hospital News
Marion Kerns, MS, RN, Wins Manager of the Year Award
02/27/2007
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Andrea S. Kerns
o: 410-350-2119
c: 410-790-1616
andrea.kerns@medstar.net
BALTIMORE—Feb. 23, 2007—Harbor Hospital is pleased to announce that Director of Nursing Marion Kerns, MS, RN, has been named the hospital’s 2007 manager of the year, and received the GoldFISH award this month. GoldFISH, a program born from the hospital’s FISH (Fresh Ideas Start Here) customer service program, recognizes one employee (manager title or above) every year who continually goes above and beyond his/her job description and always exemplifies traits of an outstanding manager.
Kerns has been employed by Harbor Hospital’s parent company, MedStar Health, for nearly 10 years. Rising in responsibility her current position as director of nursing over the Women and Infants’ Center, Special Care Nursery, the Intensive Care Unit, the lactation program, childbirth education, nursing grant program, education services and the float pool, Kerns has made a name for herself at the hospital as a go-to person.
“Marion is a proven leader with an amazing personal touch on everything she does,” said Harbor Hospital President Joseph M. Oddis. “She brings creativity, insight and leadership to whatever she is tasked with.”
Kerns will enjoy a $100 American Express gift card; a paid day off; a gift; her name on a special plaque in the hospital’s lobby as well as other hospital recognition.
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For more than a century, Harbor Hospital has grown alongside the communities it serves in Baltimore City, and Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Howard counties. First established in 1903, Harbor continues to offer the personal touch of a community hospital with the services of a high technology medical center. With more than 500 physicians representing 30 medical and surgical specialties, and more than 1,000 employees, the hospital offers a full range of health care services for patients from infancy through the senior years. Harbor Hospital’s specialty areas include orthopaedics, women’s services, cancer care, diabetes care, fetal assessment, cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation, and treatment of chronic lung conditions. The hospital’s continuum of care also includes wellness programs, outpatient services and inpatient treatment.
Harbor Hospital is a member of MedStar Health, a not-for-profit, community-based health care organization comprised of seven major hospitals and 25 integrated businesses in the Baltimore/Washington area. MedStar Health is the third largest employer in the region with 23,000 employees and 4,600 affiliated physicians.
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