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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Pam Davis on her | ||||||
4 | 25th anniversary as president and CEO of Edward Hospital in | ||||||
5 | Naperville; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Pam Davis's time at the helm of Edward Hospital | ||||||
7 | has seen the hospital experience an era of dramatic growth and | ||||||
8 | innovation; it has reached nearly $600 million in annual | ||||||
9 | revenue and has become the 9th largest hospital in the Chicago | ||||||
10 | area according to Crain's; Edward Hospital is Naperville's | ||||||
11 | largest employer with 4,7000 employees, including 1,350 nurses | ||||||
12 | plus a medical staff of more than 1,000 physicians, with 309 | ||||||
13 | private rooms; Edward Hospital has become a full-service, | ||||||
14 | regional healthcare provider and one of the premier medical | ||||||
15 | facilities in the nation and has earned a reputation as a | ||||||
16 | healthcare leader in the fields of cardiac care, cancer | ||||||
17 | diagnosis and treatment, stroke care, and behavioral health | ||||||
18 | services; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Edward Hospital is one of Thomson Reuters 100 Top | ||||||
20 | Hospitals in the U.S. and is the number one hospital for | ||||||
21 | overall quality in Chicago's west and southwest suburbs and a | ||||||
22 | number one hospital in all key service lines in the region | ||||||
23 | according to 2012 survey by the National Research Corporation; |
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1 | it was re-designated as a magnet hospital for nursing | ||||||
2 | excellence in 2010 and is one of only 3 hospitals in DuPage | ||||||
3 | County and the only hospital in Will County with that | ||||||
4 | prestigious status; under Pam Davis's leadership, Edward | ||||||
5 | Hospital was the first one to offer all private patient rooms, | ||||||
6 | the first in Illinois to provide total cardiac care in one | ||||||
7 | location, the first to open a Ronald McDonald Room, and the | ||||||
8 | first to open a medically-based fitness center and a pediatric | ||||||
9 | emergency department at a hospital in DuPage County; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Pam Davis was named the 2012 Citizen of the Year | ||||||
11 | by American Legion Post No. 43, recognized by Crain's Who's Who | ||||||
12 | in Chicago Business 2012, featured as the ABC World News Person | ||||||
13 | of the Week in January 2009, received the Naperville CAPS | ||||||
14 | Public Service Award in 2008, and named the Daily Herald 2005 | ||||||
15 | Naperville Person of the Year; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Pam Davis is a Fellow of the American College of | ||||||
17 | Healthcare Executives and serves on the boards of the Gift of | ||||||
18 | Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network, the DuPage Regional | ||||||
19 | Development Alliance, and Choose Dupage; she is a member of | ||||||
20 | Naperville Responds for Our Veterans, the Naperville | ||||||
21 | Development Partnership, the Illinois Hospital Association | ||||||
22 | Medicaid Task Force, and the Medicaid Reimbursement Task Force; | ||||||
23 | and
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1 | WHEREAS, Pam Davis is a long-time resident of the City of | ||||||
2 | Naperville, which has declared May 22, 2013, to be Pam Davis | ||||||
3 | Day; she has 2 daughters, Kelly and Layne and one son, Nick; | ||||||
4 | therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
6 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
7 | we congratulate Pam Davis on her successful 25 years of guiding | ||||||
8 | Edward Hospital through immense growth and change and wish her | ||||||
9 | the best of luck in the future; and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to Pam Davis as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
12 | respect.
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