Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) recently recognized David Solomon, patient care coordinator in the Emergency Department, as the September CARE employee.

Solomon was nominated by a family member of a patient who was awaiting emergency treatment for a possible stroke at another healthcare facility. Concerned about the expected wait, this nominator called the CVMC emergency department and spoke to Solomon. After the patient family member shared the patient’s current condition, Solomon assured the caller that the care delivered at the other facility was appropriate. Commented the caller in nominating Solomon, “even patients at other facilities are helped by him.”

Catawba Valley Medical Center’s CARE employee, nominated monthly by employees and guests, embodies Courtesy, Attitude, Respect and Enthusiasm for commitment to maintaining a positive guest relations atmosphere while demonstrating a sincere compassion and concern for patients and fellow staff members.

Catawba Valley Medical Center is a not-for-profit, public healthcare system providing and promoting the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to serving as a center for health education, wellness services, preventative medicine and acute care. CVMC, twice recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet facility, was named as a Hospital of Choice by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers as well as twice awarded as a “Distinguished Hospital for An Outstanding InPatient Experience” by J.D. Power and Associates.