"Superb" Magnet Visit Wraps Up Three surveyors offered the hospital many plaudits at the end of a long-awaited three-day site visit. It could mean a rare third redesignation for UCH as a Magnet nursing facility, but CNO Carolyn Sanders urged "cautious optimism." Sidebar: a big sigh of relief for Magnet Director Danielle Schloffman. |
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Construction has begun on 17th Avenue unit that will house Big City Burrito. | |
More Food! More Drink! Two new places are coming to "restaurant row," under the Leprino Garage. |
"Less Is Less" State Budget Promises to Pinch Hospital Again Even though it receives nearly nothing in state general funds, new budget cuts likely to come out of the just-convened legislative session could further reduce UCH's Medicaid payments. UCD and other higher-ed institutions are worried about "devastating" cuts. |
Sidebar: Fed Health Care Reform Remains Biggest Uncertainty As the details begin to emerge from Washington, DC, they promise to have a powerful effect on hospital business. Here, an as yet undetermined number of employees could be affected by a "Cadillac tax" on health plans. |
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Electrophysiology Lab Director William Sauer, MD, uses new technology to locate and destroy diseased tissue that causes the heart's electrical system to "misfire." | |
Mapping the Heart The Electrophysiology Lab's first-in-Colorado technology can help clinicians spot and solve potentially deadly cardiac arrhythmias faster and more safely. |
UCH in the News This issue: hardheaded approach to ski injuries; jolly good Pharmacy fellows; depression drugs vs. placebos; more. Mentions: Raj Agarwal, Paul Bunn, John Carpenter, Sona Dimidjian, Bruce Evans, Lawrence Feinberg, Uday Kompella, Frank Lisnow. |
Dean Krugman's News The latest on what's going on at the School of Medicine. | |
Closer to bonuses? Halfway through the fiscal year, VP Allen Staver reported hospital employees are on track to qualify for Employee Incentive Plan payouts in some important areas, but still have work to do on patient sat and quality yardsticks.
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Transplant Center marks a record-breaking year Already one of the most successful solid-organ transplant centers in the country, UCH's volumes soared in 2009, while outcomes stayed among the best anywhere. Medical Director Igal Kam, MD (above), says there's no single reason for 2009's unprecedented volume.
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A comeback for H1N1? After an extraordinary fall peak of 65 H1N1 cases, the hospital is entering what is normally THE flu season prepared for another possible surge of patients. "It's premature to say we're done," a clinical leader warned.
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Alice doesn't work there anymore Former hospital manager Alice Pekarek (left), former practice manager Denise Henderson and a number of other UCHers have exchanged their secure hospital positons for relatively uncertain, three-year spots on the Epic team.
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Inside the Insider: Commentary. Room to improve, sure, but these are UCH's good old days. Plus: "What You Read" and more.
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And starring the "Bod Pod" After a sneak preview at "Healthy for Good" this week, the new high-tech system that measures body fat ratios will debut in Employee Health next month.
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"Code Pink" drill exposes some improvement opportunities The December exercise to respond to a possible infant or child abduction led to some additional training, beginning this month. Plus: what to do.
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Faculty, staff and student art goes up at library The idea of an art exhibit at the Health Sciences Library began with doubt anyone had anything to show. But it became a showcase for an "overwhelming talent stream." Plus: pictures from the exhibition. Above: med school student Spencer Tomberg with his portrait of Isaac Newton.
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23,000 genes. And in trying to find which affect an acute myeloid leukemia patient's ability to profit from chemotherapy, Christopher Porter, MD, is launching a study to find out what happens when he turns them off, one at a time.
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Around UCH Our regular round-up of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: tax time; presidential picks; Spiritual Center dedication (left); Family Medicine top doc; more...
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