{"id":4622,"date":"2019-08-02T18:05:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T18:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/?p=4622"},"modified":"2019-08-02T18:16:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T18:16:31","slug":"giving-patients-the-gift-of-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/giving-patients-the-gift-of-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Patients The Gift of Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"box_count\" share_url=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/giving-patients-the-gift-of-reading\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4623\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/book-box.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"167\" \/>Improving overall patient experience is a top priority for the Person-Centered Services Department at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.\u00a0 The department has implemented several quality assurance initiatives and is constantly exploring new ways to bolster patient satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>One of their newest initiatives involves providing patients with an escape from clinical environments by way of reading.\u00a0 \u201cWe want patients to feel relaxed and take their minds away from what may be a stressful situation.\u00a0 Books will help them to transcend to any place their imaginations will take them,\u201d explains Emilia Escamilla-Rebaza, Director of\u00a0 Person-Centered Services. \u201cWe are collecting new and gently used books and magazines. All will benefit the patients and family members of our hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donations can be dropped off at the Jamaica Hospital A\/B Building room 535 or in the drop box located in the hospital\u2019s admitting office.<\/p>\n<p>For questions, please contact Person-Centered Services at 718-206-8798 or email <a href=\"mailto:DSanche3@jhmc.org\">DSanche3@jhmc.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareImproving overall patient experience is a top priority for the Person-Centered Services Department at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.\u00a0 The department has implemented several quality assurance initiatives and is constantly exploring new ways to bolster patient satisfaction. One of their newest &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/giving-patients-the-gift-of-reading\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4622"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4628,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4622\/revisions\/4628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}