Affinity Health System registered dietitian receives Wisconsin Medallion Award
10 / 19 / 2010
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Maria Nelson, Media Relations
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MENASHA, Wis.- Rosalyn Haase, registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator with Affinity Health System, has won the 2010 Wisconsin Medallion Award, the Wisconsin Dietetic Association’s (WDA) highest honor.
To qualify for the award, nominees must be a registered dietitian in the state of Wisconsin or a registered dietetic technician and a WDA member for 15 or more years. The candidate is selected based on professional participation, professional contributions, leadership qualities and letters of support.
Haase has been with Affinity Health System since 2008 and provides diabetes medical nutrition therapy and diabetes self-management education to patients referred by their primary care physician. Haase works with endocrinologists, nurse practitioners and other diabetes educators to provide team-based diabetes prevention, education and management.
Haase participates in multiple professional activities both statewide and nationally including: serving on the board of the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators as a registered dietitian representative, serving as a contributing author to Wisconsin Diabetes Essential Care Guidelines and serving as a committee member on the Diabetes Care and Education Practice Group Leadership Committee.
Haase received her masters of public health degree in 1995 and her Bachelor of Science degree in 1979 from the University of Minnesota - Minneapolis.
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For the Editor:
Affinity Health System, a faith-based regional health care network, is the Fox Valley’s second-largest employer, according to the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry. For the fourth consecutive year, Affinity has been named one of the nation’s top 64 health systems based on clinical performance according to Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of health care. For ten consecutive years, Affinity Health System has been named to the SDI (formerly Verispan) Integrated Health Network Top 100, an annual assessment of the 100 most highly integrated health care networks in the nation. Both St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh rank among the top 1 percent of hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and efficiency, as determined by the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select practice National Quality Award. Network Health Plan has achieved Excellent accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the highest possible level. It has been nationally ranked in the Top 50 Health Insurance Plans for five consecutive years in the U.S. News and World Report/NCQA Best Health Plans in America listing. Members of Affinity include Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation, Oshkosh; St. Elizabeth Hospital and the St. Elizabeth Hospital Foundation, Appleton; Affinity Medical Group, a regional network of 26 family practice and specialty clinics – 23 of which are recognized as NCQA Level III medical homes, the highest level of recognition – in 14 communities; Calumet Medical Center, Chilton; Network Health Plan, Menasha; and Affinity Occupational Health.