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Epic counts down to 47 days, 46... For people who work in clinics and other areas scheduled to go-live on February 1, training - most of it interactive - starts December 28. And more are moving toward the launch pad. Right: training trailers have moved in behind the AOP. Sidebar. Cyber-instructors arrive. >>More
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A blast from the past And the Clinical Lab came through it with flyer colors. Installing complex new technology (left) temporarily forced the lab staff back to processing samples by hand, just like the cobwebbed old days of 2007. >>More
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Resident revolution "Are the ways we have been training family physicians for 40 years the best way to do so for the 21st century?' Our hypothesis is 'no," says AF Williams' Dan Burke. The campus's Family Medicine residents are among a handful in the nation learning how to provide a sustainable "medical home" for patients. >>More
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A night of choreographed chaos at the WELLS Center The hospital recently took over the center, and started its new era with a wild flurry of simulations that aimed to teach student nurses the need for - and value of - interdisciplinary care. >>More
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Treating migraines has a whole new wrinkle So does treating certain neurological symptoms. Study results, new FDA approvals and a chance at easier insurance reimbursement have UCH docs using Botox, most often thought of as something to smooth wrinkles, for a growing list of conditions. More may be coming. Right: Pain Management Practice Medical Director Jason Krutsch demonstrates how he administers Botox injections. >>More
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Getting Parkinson's patients on the move A new School of Medicine study provides further evidence that exercise helps people with Parkinson's disease mitigate some of the symptoms of the debilitaing condition. >>More
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New hope for treating depression Depression Center researchers' tack of zapping the human brain with magnetic - not electric - pulses is showing increasing promise for patients for whom traditional treatments have fallen short. Right: Depression Center Clinical Services Director Neil Weiner with TMS hardware. >>More
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UCH in the News Tennis star nets lung problems; smoking diabetics; hefty questions for weight-loss drug; more. Mentions: Virginia Borges; Stephen Daniels; Lauren Frey; Lawrence Hergott; William Hiatt; Benjamin Honigman; Steven Johnson; Diego Restrepo; Pepper Scheiden. >>More
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Around UCH Our regular round-up of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: senior leaders staff the chow line (left); staff steps up for Park Lane families; hotel kicks in $20K for Cancer Center; more. >>More
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Two campus midwifery programs earn best practice recognition One is a medium-size "boutique"; the other a large practice that frequently serves women with limited resources. But both were cited as top programs by the American College of Nurse Midwives. >>More
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Heavy holidays! As you might imagine, UCH's nutrition manager has some dietary advice for the holidays. But, surprisingly, it starts with "Eat luxuriously." Just not like Kobayashi (right). >>More
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Harried holidays! Rushing between split families, dealing with loud uncles and more can make the holidays less than special. A hospital class preps employees for successfully facing down some anticipated holiday stress. >>More
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Dean Krugman's News The latest about what's going on at the School of Medicine. >>More
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See you next year The Insider will take a break the week of December 27 and resume publication Jan. 5. Happy holidays to all.
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"Different" paychecks coming | Often overshadowed by the huge prep for Epic, two big launches that affect all employees right away will happen January 3. A new, improved Lawson and a system called Taleo will replace PeopleSoft, COOL and Ceridian. Soon, paychecks may look a little different by late January. >>Go
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The Hospital Prepares to
Get Famous | With billboards, radio and TV spots, YouTube videos and more, UCH will launch an ad campaign next month to refresh people's memories about what an academic hospital can do for them. >>Go
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| | Frank Accurso of the Med School's Pediatric Pulmonology Department led the Phase 2 clinical trial of a new drug to treat CF.
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"Sweat from All Over the World Is Flying Here" | And for a good reason: TCH labs are analyzing sweat for a new Phase 3 trial of a drug that could slow cystic fibrosis in at least some patients. The results could also have major implications for the adult CF inpatients at UCH. >>Go
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| | The Cancer Center's Ana Belen Oton is one of several faculty members, students and staff whose work is on display at the Health Sciences Libray.
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Artistic Gems in the World
of Medicine | In "This Hospital Life": a campus exhibit shows art and medicine thrive, side by side. See for yourself. Plus: "What You Read." >>Go
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Our Scoreboard | The latest on how we're doing in quality outcomes, patient satisfaction and other data we use to compete with ourselves and measure our own success. >>Go
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Into the Sunlight | After nearly 37 years watching the clinical lab grow from a windowless, none-too-safe corner at 9th & Colorado into today's bright, clean, high-tech testing facility, Jayne Graham (above) figures "it's time to play." >>Go
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