Charles A. Cannon Memorial Hospital in Linville, NC began their transition from a typical small rural hospital to a "patient-centered care" facility by becoming a Planetree affiliate in 2002. Sallie Woodring, Director of Support Services/Hospitality for Cannon describes how she found Sereneview and how the curtains have made an impact on everyone.

Our journey with Sereneview curtains started at the Planetree conference of 2003, hosted in Seattle. When I saw your curtains on display at the conference, I fell in love and just knew we had to buy your product for Cannon.

At that time, the volunteer organization at Cannon was really just starting to make lots of money through fundraising efforts and they were truly the Plantree champions. So logically, they were the group I targeted and as their Director, I had an "in" to making a pitch they could not refuse.

We started with four curtains for our CCU and ED. The response was so positive from staff, patients and volunteers, that we just had to buy enough curtains to complete the ED. Then we needed to add a curtain to the transfusion room and the CT scanning room.

The staff is always commenting on how amazed patients and families are to see that beautiful curtain envelope them as they are going through a health crisis. After all, that is what all healthcare providers should be about, providing an oasis of peace in the pain, even with something as small as a privacy curtain.

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