Ovation - giving thanks to caregivers | HonorHealth Foundation

Overview

A meaningful way to applaud your HonorHealth care team

Ovation When you — or someone close to you — receives exceptional care at HonorHealth, it feels good to express your gratitude. The very act of recognizing your care team can contribute to healing.

Ovation gives grateful patients and their loved ones the opportunity to share their appreciation with the doctor, nurse or team that made a difference in their healthcare journey. And your Ovation gift supports the HonorHealth program of your choice, whatever is most meaningful to you!

Submitting your Ovation is easy:

Complete the online Ovation form, including your message of thanks.
HonorHealth Foundation will send your Ovation message to the provider or care team you designate, with a copy to their supervisor.
For select Ovations, the Foundation will make a surprise visit to honor your caregiver in front of their peers with an Ovation pin to wear on their badge, plus a certificate.

Your words of gratitude hold deep meaning for the care team. Your Ovation brightens their day and sustains them during difficult shifts. It reinforces their dedication to this calling. And your gift will advance the program of your choice, making great care available for future patients as well.

Sample Ovation

“My brother unexpectedly passed away in your ICU at Shea. He was a big hearted, loving man and one of my best friends. There is so much to process after such a shocking loss. I often think through his 3 final days and hope that I did enough, told him enough times how much I love him, and did what I could to help his passing.
We were incredibly fortunate to have John R. as our ICU nurse. When thinking through those days John R. is always on my mind; he is an incredible person. I was so distraught, so confused, and so afraid of making a bad decision for my brother. John was always steady, patient, constantly monitoring and working on my brother while compassionately and thoughtfully guiding us through what was ultimately going to end with my brother's death.

The other part of our story is that my mother was hospitalized down the hall from my brother. Mom is a heart failure patient and was admitted a few days before my brother. It was so surreal when I had to walk from my brother's room in the ICU to mom's room and tell her that her son was down the hall and not going to survive. My memory is pretty blurred but what I do know is that John R. was incredibly gentle and kind to my mother. She visited my brother several times and was with me holding his hand when he passed. The next morning Mom told me that John R. had visited her and sat with her a bit, telling mom that he did everything he could for my brother.

I am sure he knows how important his exceptional nursing skills are, but how he touched our lives as a person is the motivation behind me writing you. His hard work and dedication to my brother was admirable, the strength and steadfast reassurance he gave to me was exactly what I needed, and the compassion and kindness he showed to my mother still brings me to tears.

It has been almost 6 months now and I still do not have enough words to thank John for what he did for me and my family. I can simply say thank you, I will forever be grateful, and I will remember you always."

Brenda K.

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Show your gratitude with an Ovation gift to honor your healthcare provider

Your Ovation

Say "thank you" with an Ovation

Saying "thank you" is easy and makes a world of difference to the HonorHealth team.

Write your personal message and submit (below)
HonorHealth Foundation will send an Ovation card with your message
We'll also send a copy of your note to their supervisor to honor them in front of their peers

Authorization to use or disclose protected health information to publish or photograph release

HONORHEALTH HOSPITAL OR FACILITY: HonorHealth Foundation

The patient hereby authorizes HonorHealth and HonorHealth Foundation (“HONORHEALTH”), or anyone authorized by HONORHEALTH to:

1. Act as an intermediary, making it possible for (name/agency) to interview, quote, and/or photograph still or film for purposes of publication in newspapers, magazines, or other printed media or for broadcast by means of radio or television transmission, social media, or for use on the intranet or internet or any other medium deemed appropriate by HONORHEALTH.

2. Use the patient’s name in connection with any electronic or print publications (including but not limited to newspapers, television and/or radio broadcasts, books, brochures, magazines, motion pictures, and web and/or social media sites) for publicity, scientific or educational purposes in such manner and at such times and in such places as HONORHEALTH or the person authorized by HONORHEALTH shall determine.

3. Use any quotation and comment made verbally or tape recorded by the patient and/or his or her designated representative concerning the patient and such patient’s medical case.

4. Take and reproduce in photographic or digital form pictures, slides and audio/video recordings of the patient in connection with the diagnosis, care and treatment (including surgical procedures) or departmental functions at the abovenamed facility. HONORHEALTH shall own unrestricted rights to all materials produced.

Use such pictures, slides and audio/video recordings in any electronic or print publication (including but not limited to newspapers, television and/or radio broadcasts, books, brochures, magazines, motion pictures, and web and/or social media sites) for publicity, scientific or educational purposes in such manner and at such times and in such places as HONORHEALTH or the person authorized by HONORHEALTH shall determine.

I understand that I may refuse to sign this authorization form and that HONORHEALTH will not change or deny treatment based on my signing or not signing this authorization.

I understand that if information is disclosed to a third person, including media, that the information can no longer be protected by state and federal regulations, and may be redisclosed by the person or organization that receives the information

I understand that I may revoke this authorization at any time, except to the extent that action based on this authorization has already been taken.

Unless otherwise revoked, I understand that this authorization has no expiration date. To revoke this authorization, please submit your request in writing to:
HonorHealth Health Information Management Department
7400 E. Osborn Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

I release HONORHEALTH, its affiliates and subsidiaries, employees and agents, medical staff members and business associates from any legal responsibility or liability for disclosure of the above images and information to the extent indicated and authorized herein.