Volume 2, Issue 13
Through Jan. 5, 2009 |
UCH Gets Greener
New recycling receptacles - as well as a new "single stream" system for recycling plastic, bottles and more - appeared throughout the hospital last week.  |
Aurora Court Arrives
Ursula Street officially became Aurora Court Dec. 10. Changes to hospital forms, messages, signs and more are underway. Plus: what's changing and what to do. |
Linking a Mother And A Wedding
Nurse Susie Schreiber, working with IS, helped a dying 'Mrs. G' watch her daughter exchange vows. |
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| DAISY Award winner Schreiber holds hand-carved statue she received for care she provided to a brain-injured patient. | |
Two New Neuro Fellowships Boost Care
They will also help professionalize training in the emerging field of neurocritical care, raise stroke's already-high reputation, and open appointment slots. |
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| Colleen Gill of The Center for Integrative Medicine reached a 20-year milestone at UCH. | |
Around UCH
Mrs. Claus at the NICU, four Milestone winners, school book drive results and more. |
UCH in the News
Donor inquiries spike after Alex Wiseman, MD, and his patient appear on TV. Plus: a blog about the stories behind the stories. Also: David Kao, MD, Michael Bristow, MD, Yang Chen, MD, Colin Weekes, MD, Martin McCarter, MD, Mary Weber, PhD, RN, and Richard Spritz, PhD. | |
We win. We win big. Capping what Bruce Schroffel called a "spectacular" UCH and affiliate staff effort, the Joint Commission finally visited last week and left tossing bouquets of compliments and, better yet, full accreditation. |
| First look at a new IT era.Many got their first look at what a unified IT system might do for a hospital when EPIC came to UCH for a week of invitation-only demonstrations. In general: more questions, but "so far I like it." |
New life for a College of Nursing program.A generous new gift will let UCD's College of Nursing lift its moratorium on psych nurse admissions, help ease a "terrible" faculty shortage, and do more to meet the underserved region's mental health needs.
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A special patient visit.Four months later, a seriously burned young man returned to University of Colorado Hospital December 5 to thank the emergency responders and the health care providers who saved his life.
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The Insider out. A schedule note: the next issue of UCH Insider will appear on January 6, after the holidays. And... The Recap: commentary and letters. Last issue's story about violations of the tobacco ban drew many letters, and reflections on a mini border war. Also: behind the "missing" holiday decorations. 
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Scary lessons, well after Halloween.Those high school students around UCH Dec. 5 were learning what driving under "diminished capacity" means from the vantage point of a hospital emergency department.
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What "throughput" really means.To us, it's "capacity management." To Patient and Family-Centered Advisory Council co-chair Carl Miller, it's shortening the frustrating waits to get into and out of beds. Miller's hoping to get the hospital to listen to "Roseanne Barr" messages.
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Before they fall. UCH has joined 40 other organizations to prevent the leading cause of injury death among people 65 and over.
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Blue Christmas? Tips for busting holiday stress.Too often, holiday celebrations can tumble into feelings of being overwhelmed. Mitra Razzaghi, MD, on how to prevent that from happening.
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