Sound Physicians Donates $15,000 to Charity to Celebrate 15th Anniversary

Tacoma, Wash. – March 29, 2016 – Sound Physicians, a leading healthcare organization with a proven record of improving quality of care, patient satisfaction and financial performance for hospitals and post-acute facilities nationwide, celebrated 15 years a leader in hospital medicine by donating $15,000 to charity.

Sound Physicians recently exhibited at the Hospital Medicine 2016 annual conference, held in San Diego from March 6-9, 2016, and encouraged attendees to write down their favorite charities and submit them at the Sound Physicians exhibitor booth. Nearly 200 different charities were submitted during the course of the event, which, with nearly 4,000 attendees, is the largest professional gathering of the hospital medicine specialty annually. Following the event, exhibitors from Sound Physicians selected thirty charities at random; and made $500 donations to each. The following organizations (listed in alphabetical order) received a donation:

• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• CARE
• Celiac Disease Foundation
• Children’s Miracle Network
• Columbia St. Mary’s Foundation
• Compassionate Care Hospice Foundation
• Doctors Without Borders
• Feeding America
• Foundation for AIDS Research
• Gluten Intolerance Group of North America
• Habitat for Humanity
• Human Rights Campaign
• Humanity First USA
• Kidney Disease Aid and Research Fund
• Lupus Foundation of America – Connecticut Chapter
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center
• Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
• Northwest Harvest
• Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Foundation
• Patient Access Network
• Rosie’s Place
• Salvation Army
• Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• Susan G. Komen
• The American Red Cross
• The Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care Academy
• UNICEF
• United for Kids Foundation

Rob Bessler, MD, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Sound Physicians, commented, “Our vision is to be the unmatched leader in improving quality and reducing the cost of healthcare for patients in the communities we serve. We’re proud to celebrate fifteen years of healthcare leadership and make donations to organizations that are committed to making a similar impact in communities across the United States and around the world.”

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