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THE GO myWAY ONLINE WELLNESS TOOL OFFERS PLENTY OF WAYS TO HELP YOU STAY HEALTHY IN BETWEEN EXERCISE AND MINDFUL EATING CHALLENGES. WHEN HSHS SACRED HEART AND ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITALS WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PATIENTS' EXPERIENCES, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO TO CONSULT: THE PATIENT AND FAMILY ADVISORY COUNCIL (PFAC). REASONS TO KEEP GOING management, and nutrition. You can also find tips for starting an exercise program and recipes to help give your diet a healthy makeover. By using GO myWAY as a health maintenance tool, you'll be ready to perform like a champ during the next challenge—and you'll enjoy better wellness year-round. "WE HAD FANTASTIC participation in the Road to Rio Step Challenge, which ended in August," says Michele Paquette, Marketing Specialist and GO myWAY Coordinator at HSHS St. Joseph's and Sacred Heart hospitals. "While you're waiting to ring in the new year with our next challenge, it can be easy to fall back into being less active and overindulging in unhealthy foods. You can use GO myWAY to maintain health by, for example, logging in once or twice a month and tracking your calories for a few days. This gives you a valuable snapshot of your health. The great thing about GO myWAY is it fits anyone's schedule." Don't feel like doing a multi-day calorie count? Learn something new about preventive wellness instead. GO myWAY offers dozens of workshops on a variety of topics, including anxiety, depression, weight Ready to explore everything GO myWAY has to offer? Visit gochippewavalley.com and click "GO myWAY." Registration is free. Taking Patients' Words to Heart IN 2014, TWO councils formed—one for each hospital— to better engage patients in their care by giving them a voice in shaping key hospital projects. Each council is composed of former patients and individuals whose family members have received care at the hospital within the past three years. Members meet once a month. "Typically, a representative from a hospital department attends the meeting to discuss an idea or service that would benefit from patient and family input," says Molly Lauer, Director of Patient Relations at HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph's. "Our advisors provide constructive feedback on how we can make the project, process, or educational material more patient-friendly." In their short history, the councils have had a big impact. They helped update the guidebooks every hospital patient receives at admission and led the effort to place phone-charging stations in busy waiting areas, among other efforts. "These councils add value to our mission because they're driven to help both hospitals continue to be safe, caring environments for patients," says Julia Lyons, RN, Executive Director at HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph's. "They truly speak for our patients." Interested in joining the council at HSHS Sacred Heart or St. Joseph's? Contact Molly Lauer at 715.717.7309 or molly.lauer@hshs.org for more information. 3 S A C R E D H E A R T E A U C L A I R E . O R G