Roman Spivak, MD, receives the Planetree Clinician Champion Award from Planetree President Dr. Susan Frampton./ Contributed photo
DERBY- Roman Spivak, MD, and Dike Miller, RN, both of Shelton, were recently honored with Spirit of Planetree Awards at the 2017 Planetree International Conference on Patient-Centered Care in Baltimore.
Spivak received the Clinician Champion Award for his work as a pulmonary critical care physician at Griffin Hospital.
The award recognizes physicians around the world who personalize, humanize and demystify the healthcare experience.
Spivak was nominated for the award for his ability to earn the trust of patients and their families with his caring and compassionate bedside manner.
He is considered a great role model for the hospital’s resident physicians, especially in the intricacies of critical care, and Griffin nurses respect and appreciate him for actively including them in patient rounding and in discussions about patient care plans.
Dike Miller, RN, receives the Planetree Caregiver Award from Planetree President Dr. Susan Frampton./ Contributed photo
The Caregiver Award recognizes Miller’s commitment to both Planetree’s and Griffin Hospital's patient-centered approach to providing care.
In his five years as a nurse at Griffin, Miller has been a leader, forming positive relationships with clinical co-workers and staff throughout the hospital.
Miller is also known for the empathy he exhibits to his patients. He always takes time to sit, talk, explain, or sometimes just lend an ear to a patient who is frightened, confused, or agitated.
“The Spirit of Planetree Award Ceremony is always a highlight of our Annual Conference,” said Planetree President Dr. Susan Frampton. “At the heart of the Planetree patient-centered model are the human interactions between patients and caregivers. With the Spirit of Planetree Awards, we celebrate individuals like Dr. Spivak and Dike who, with their compassion, empathy, and simple human kindness, are improving the patient experience, and that is most definitely worthy of recognition.”
About Planetree
Founded in 1978 by Angelica Thieriot, a San Francisco patient who endured a traumatic healthcare experience, Planetree is an internationally-recognized not-for-profit organization that partners with health care providers around the globe to advance patient-/resident-centered approaches to care.
Planetree has been at the forefront of the effort to personalize, humanize, and demystify the healthcare system for more than 30 years. With its model of care being implemented in a diverse range of hospitals, continuing care facilities, outpatient clinics, and consumer health libraries across North America, Canada, Brazil, The Netherlands and Japan, Planetree is demonstrating that patient-centered care is not only an empowering philosophy, but a viable, vital, and cost-effective model of care.
This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.
