Longtime Halton Healthcare president and CEO claims farewell

Immediately after a lot more than two decades with Halton Health care, President and CEO Denise Hardenne is retiring.

The healthcare chief penned a farewell letter to the community. This is what she had to say:

“At the cornerstone of our communities are the hospitals and healthcare solutions that touch the life of each individual and every one particular of its residents. It has been an honour to be entrusted with the profound accountability of major an business that touches so a lot of. I am privileged to have led Halton Healthcare as President and CEO for the past 9 yrs and to have been a section of a crew that life its values of compassion, accountability and respect for the past 23 a long time.

There are so a lot of explanations for me to be grateful as I prepare for my last working day in a position that I love, on March 24. Alongside one another we have prepared a terrific history – a person that we can consider great pleasure in. I am humbled to have worked together with an incredible group of outstanding personnel, doctors, and volunteers – all striving to care for our sufferers, communities and every other and committed to delivering ‘exemplary client encounters, constantly.’

Our groups have faced exhausting challenges and made monumental sacrifices to make sure that our patients, families and communities had been constantly cared for. This was never ever extra accurate than more than the previous 3 many years of the pandemic.

I will constantly be grateful for all the aid I have acquired over the decades, and want to thank our team, physicians, volunteers, Board of Administrators, the healthcare facility foundations, our donors, the better community and our lots of companions for aiding change Halton Health care into the high-carrying out health care crew and organization it is today.

Early in my vocation, I realized that there are couple of matters that can be accomplished on your own. The quite a few amazing reminiscences that I get with me are wrapped in the accomplishments of our teams.

Alongside one another we celebrated the opening of the new Crisis Department at Georgetown Hospital and renovation of its Diagnostic Imaging office, opened our new Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and welcomed our clients by means of the doors of the Milton District Clinic growth challenge. In the midst of the pandemic, we launched our new strategic system, Inspiring Care, which positions us with a shared goal, TO Treatment, that is woven in all that we do.

With the thriving launch of our upgraded electronic health info system and our new Digital Roadmap, we have moved the firm into the up coming electronic horizon in treatment shipping and delivery and are boosting superior-good quality, protected, affected person treatment by empowering inter-skilled collaboration and reworking the team and medical doctor experience.

We have started vital do the job in clinical company setting up to enable us to be even additional responsive to the evolving demands of our communities and as a founding member of the Linked Treatment Halton Ontario Wellness Crew, I will be permanently happy of the leadership we proceed to present in broader health system transformation.

More not long ago I have been reflecting with pleasure on the astounding society that we nurture at Halton Healthcare. While we arrive from diverse backgrounds and encounters, we are an business that embraces diversity and we are empowered to excel by means of our motivation to effectively-remaining and belonging.

With each other our groups care for every single other in as many approaches as we treatment for our sufferers, family members and our communities. This is so evident that we ended up a short while ago regarded as a person of Canada’s Most Admired Company Cultures by Waterstone Human Money.

With that, I am leaving with entire self confidence in the Board, senior leadership team, our physicians and all of our personnel, volunteers and associates that perform to care for individuals in various methods.

Halton Health care and its devoted individuals will often keep a exclusive place in my heart and I know that I am leaving it in excellent arms as Hilary Rodrigues, Senior Vice President, Corporate Companies, Functionality & Chief Economical Officer potential customers the group until eventually Melissa Farrell formally takes her seat as President and CEO on June 5.

To you all – thank you for your assist and for entrusting me with the chance to take the firm this significantly with you.

Although I bid you a heat ‘farewell,’ make sure you know that I will be cheering you on as you keep on to evolve and increase.”