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Volume 3, Issue 6 * Through September 28, 2009
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Epic Goes Public
With a series of open forums, new CIO Steve Hess kicked off the hospital's massive, three-year information system overhaul. The project, he said, will "touch about every one of us." Go
Hospital Asks for Faster Charge Entry 
Timely charge entry means quicker cash flow. A mighty effort last year greatly reduced the number of "late" charges for the hospital's inpatient units and ambulatory practices. This year's goal: reduce them even more.  Go
Michael Dinneen
CeDAR clinical coordinator Michael Dinneen describes a harrowing plunge that began his ascent from addiction.
Redemption Songs 
As part of Recovery Month, two men with close ties to CeDAR speak candidly about their disease and the recoveries that will continue the rest of their lives.  Go
Sleep Team
Sleep Medicine Clinic providers treat a variety of disorders. Left to right: Sheila Tsai, Janice Shire, Martin Reite and Jean Tsai (no relation to Sheila).
Taking Sleep Seriously 
Sleep medicine isn't taught in medical schools, but clinicians in the hospital's Sleep Medicine Clinic are trying to change that with a holistic approach that includes neurology, psychiatry and pulmonology.  Go
A New Hot Line
for MDs and Nurses

Anti-coagulant meds can be lifesavers. They're also risky and difficult to administer. Now Pharmacy has turned on a special pager to guide providers through dosing complexities and answer clinical questions.  Go
UCH in the News 
Flu queues; health care reform and crime prevention; stomach surgery and infant health; more. Mentions: Michelle Barron; Dana Dabelea; Edward Janoff; Douglas Jones; David Olds; Joseph Vogel.  Go
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Alerts
Good-bye, ShareLink Even as bonus checks for 2009 are set to arrive, the hospital unveiled a new, different incentive plan for 2010. The goal: more closely align individual performance with organizational objectives. More
Flu Shot
Hello, flu season Clinic phones lit up with questions from nervous patients, employees queued up for flu shots and the hospital began its count of confirmed H1N1 exposures. Plus: vaccination clinic schedule and locations; where to go for workplace flu updates. More
Getting better at taking in patients Treating high-acuity patients transferred from community hospitals is a key to any academic medical center's success. A drive to improve efficiency has reduced the number of "lost" transfers at UCH, but there is still work to be done.  More
Rehab Medicine
Getting the patient home It's not a traditional inpatient unit, but Rehab Medicine's unique mix of providers (above) help patients get home as soon as possible, with as much independence as possible. Next week, they'll show off their unit with an open house.  More
Troublesome colleague? Low performer? Better managers! HR Vice President Darryl Varnado and others from his group have been holding a semi-regular series of informal noon-hour "coffee cup" training sessions with managers to sort through tricky issues of discipline, performance and employee relations. More
Video equipment
Teaching innovation in Outpatient Psych With patient consent, the practice is using cameras that allow attending physicians to view and videotape intake and therapy sessions with residents. The benefits: improved supervision and extra instruction time. "We're taking an old idea and modernizing it," says medical director Robert Feinstein, MD.  More
Inside the Insider Commentary: Do our restrictive rules for pharma and medical device advertising apply to us too? Plus: What You Read. More
A trifecta of accreditations The hospital's Clinical Pastoral Education Center will get a site visit next month in its bid to win a 10-year reaccreditation. It's one of three big accreditation and designation efforts reaching their climax this fall.    More
Sidebar: Where pastoral education meets medicine Residents in UCH's Clinical Pastoral Education program say they are developing both crisis intervention and pastoral skills they don't get in divinity school.    More

Radiology
Around UCH Our regular round-up of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: trio of President's Award winners, including "Rock Solid Economics" honorees from Radiology (above); ShareLink celebration; new SICU manager; Rad Onc at Ronald McDonald's; more...More
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