UCH Contributions to Medically Underserved Climb
The 33 percent increase -- to a projected $265.5 million in gross charges this fiscal year -- reflects the recession's hand in driving up unemployment and the number of Coloradoans without insurance.  |
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| Left to right: School of Medicine gastroenterologist Norio Fukami, MD; CU President Bruce Benson; and UCH Executive Director of Oncology Services Strode Weaver look on as the state legislature offers its thanks for cancer care delivered at the Anschutz Medical Campus. | |
Legislature Lauds Campus Cancer Care
The hospital, Cancer Center and School of Medicine received praise from both the House and Senate at a statehouse ceremony last week. "It's a feather in our cap," said one UCH official -- especially with prominent press coverage -- although a bump in state funding is unlikely to follow. |
"Jumbotron" Gives
Cath Lab a Big Heart
The 56-inch, high-def, liquid crystal display (above) is giving UCH physicians an even more precise look inside patients during interventional cardiology procedures. |
Ophthalmologist at UCH Named 2010 New Inventor of the Year
Malik Kahook (above) has a device he hopes can treat glaucoma noninvasively and more safely. Next: more trials and tests. |
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| Mark Deutchman, MD, directs the Rural Track program at UCD. | |
With Grant, More Med Students Headed up the Country
A tiny sliver of the federal spending bill is having a "big impact" on the med school's efforts to get students to deliver care in rural areas, where the physician shortage is dire. |
UCH in the News
A sound approach to hearing loss in the elderly; Finger hits it on the nose; heartening results from salt study; more. Mentions: Thomas Campbell, Robert Eckel, Thomas Finger, Edward Hendrick, James O. Hill, Robert Hodges, Malik Kahook, Ginny Kitch Lupo, Richard Wobbekind. | |
Epic gets real Hospital staff and partners got their first close-up look at what will be UCH's integrated electronic medical record at an Epic "kickoff" February 2. The Epic team, in turn, started intense work to shape the system to the hospital's needs.
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Providers to hospital, UPI: There's room for improvement Nurses, the inpatient staff and the facility itself won big kudos in UCH's and UPI's first-ever Provider Satisfaction Survey. But results unveiled Jan. 19 revealed discontent with communication and process efficiency. Up next: focused efforts to improve problem areas.
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After "wellness day" crowds, hope for a pay-off Having made some 400 attendees at the inaugural "Healthy for Good" event aware of the hospital's widening array of wellness resources, including massage (above), organizers hope to see more people using them.
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A mess in the tubes An improperly bagged blood culture broke inside in a container hurtling through the hospital's pneumatic tube system last month, causing a rare spill, an hour-and-a-half system shutdown and cleanup, and delays in patient care. Sidebar: How to prevent spills and handle them when they happen.
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Inside the Insider Commentary: Don't talk, just do. There's no shortage of pontificating about health care these days, but the hospital and many of its employees prefer giving to shouting. Plus: "What You Read" and a guide to the many commemorative days and months devoted to health care providers.
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A bigger P.A.R.T.Y. than ever What started as an innovative effort to take on a difficult task -- getting teens to drive safely and behave as if they're not immortal -- suddenly has almost tripled in size.
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The campus's own physician without borders Head of UCD's Center for Global Health Cal Wilson, MD (left), spreads family medicine to foreign (and often stricken)lands.
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Sure, it's spiritual and empowering But clinical documentation specialist Sandy Schwartz also has a more down-to-earth message about yoga: stick with it and you'll probably get a tighter butt. Sidebar: Dr. Chopra lays down the law on yoga.
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Around UCH Our regular round-up of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: "Hearts of All Ages"; a good thing at the hospital; cone zone update; "I like Ike" opportunities; more...
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Dean Krugman's News The latest about what's going on at the School of Medicine.
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Prepare to comply "If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters." -- Allen K. Simpson. Coming soon: a program to help employees create and maintain the ethical workplace they deserve. Look for more details soon..."because I matter."
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