By Roxanne Williams
Blanchard Valley Health System Director of Corporate Quality and Patient Safety
In today's healthcare landscape, ensuring high-quality patient care is a top priority for hospitals and health systems. Quality scores are vital to assessing how well a facility delivers safe, effective, patient-centered care. These scores, often derived from clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction surveys, and adherence to best practices, serve as a benchmark for hospitals to identify areas of excellence and pinpoint opportunities for improvement.
FROM FACEBOOK__Fall Brawl Classes for Saturday, September 20 at Ada War Memorial Park, east Lima Ave. entrance. Order will be determined on the day of the event. Pull starts at 3:00 p.m. and registration opens at 1:45 p.m.
Admission is $10 for adults, kids 10 And under are free with a paid adult. Seniors and veterans admission is free.
Bleacher seating is available with plenty of room for lawn chairs. Food vendors are on site.
The "309 Cup" is scheduled to be broadcast live on WKTN radio, 95.3 FM and begins at 6:30 p.m.
By Cort Reynolds
The Bulldog boys soccer team will travel roughly 80 miles to play a Hardin County rival in a historic contest at Franklin County this Sunday evening, September 21.
Ada will play a rare game at the home of the Columbus Crew Major League Soccer franchise on Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m. vs. local foe Kenton (7-1-2).
MEDIA RELEASE__State Wildlife Officer Jason Porinchok, assigned to Putnam County, received a call about groundhogs that fell into a dry cistern and became trapped. Officer Porinchok advised the caller to place an object in the cistern long enough to reach to the top and leave it overnight. Groundhogs can climb trees and Officer Porinchok expected they could climb out of the cistern on another object. The strategy was successful and the groundhogs escaped unharmed.
FROM FACEBOOK__Two Ada area organizations, Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Ohio and Vancrest of Ada, are collecting candy for the Halloween season.
The Village of Ada Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 15 and with emergency actions passed an ordinance prohibiting adult use cannabis operators and medical marijuana cultivators, processors and retail dispensaries from operating within the Village of Ada. The ordinance which had previously been renewed every six months, was allowed to expire earlier this year. With no applications currently in process, council members opted to reinstate the restriction as a precautionary measure, this time without a set expiration date.
