b'The Ellen and Howard Katz Family Patient When a vulnerable patient is Assistance Endowment cared for in the hospital, they receive excellent care. But when they are discharged, What happens to people when they finish theirthey are at risk. They may hospital stay but they lack the resources to continue tonot have the means to follow support their ongoing health?This single significant question troubled Howard Katz,their doctors orders for a member of the Board of Trustees, who then startedfollow-up care. They may to research how to help patients in need to follow their doctors orders and return to good health. Whobe elderly and alone, with followed them through the healing process and helpedno one to make sure they them find the necessary resources?The answer is complex. HonorHealth social workers and continue to get the follow-up case managers identify patients with these needs andcare they need. They may either connect them to community resources or providelack nutritious food or access direct support.The never-ending need for funds to cover the expenses led Howard and his wife Ellen to establish anto medicine or even the endowment to ensure the HonorHealth Patient Assistance Fund could meet these unique needs, so no one fallssimplest resources that could through the cracks. improve their health.The Ellen and Howard Katz Family Patient Assistance Endowment eases the financial burden of post- HOWARD KATZhospital care for countless patients who are uninsured,Philanthropist and 2021 Honor Ball Honoreeunderinsured or living below the federal poverty levelpatients at greatest risk of falling through the cracks. A grant from the Patient Assistance Fund helps meet their medical needs to return to their best health.HonorHealth Foundation 19'