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UCH and Poudre Valley take a big step toward linking arms with Memorial Just before the holidays, the Colorado Springs task force reviewing proposals to assume responsibility for Memorial Health System unanimously recommended the joint proposal from UCH, Poudre Valley, Children's Colorado and the university to the City Council. The council starts deciding whether to approve the recommendation next week. >>More |
Surgical robot does 500th case; still no PTO It didn't take long for the technology to work itself into the mainstream of UCH's OR procedures. The three surgeons who started using it in 2009 have been joined by at least nine others. And as more surgical specialists train on it, the numbers look to climb even faster. >>More
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"Addiction doesn't discriminate," but segregating the sexes helps treat it The hospital's Center for Dependency, Addiction and Rehabilitation is finding its thriving new women's cottage makes identifying a patient's "own brand of insanity" a little easier among its female patients. CeDAR Director of Operations Anne Felton (left) and Addiction Case Manager Anne Meese probe the roots of addiction in women. >>More |
Library thief booked In October, people started finding that some of the books they were pulling from the Health Sciences Library's shelves were mysteriously mauled or eviscerated. Still other books - not the kind money-motivated thieves might target - went missing. How campus police followed a trail that led from nearby trash cans and off-campus libraries to the cluttered home of a book lover with a taste for eastern medicine. >>More |
A step toward banks of "immortal" skin cells? The campus is one of five places in the U.S. where new, genetically engineered skin tissue is being tested. The payoff - including less pain and disfigurement and a reliable supply of tissue - for burn victims would be enormous. >>More
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A publishing boom in Nursing Thanks to a group of "manuscript mentors," 2011 was a banner communications year for UCH nurses, who published a dozen professional articles, a book, and made numerous poster presentations at symposiums, seminars and other professional gatherings. Mentors, for example, helped Dianne Leeth, RN (left), publish an article now on display near the Outpatient Surgery area. >>More
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A more effective Employee Health Clinic shows off some shiny numbers The hospital reduced the number of workers comp claims from employees, the number of workdays lost to injury and average costs per claim in 2011. Employee Health and Wellness Clinic leaders give a big portion of the credit to Tina Collier, RN (right), the clinic's first certified occupational health nurse. >>More |
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A UCH/Children's collaboration that's still paying off Eighteen years ago there was a baby in the NICU struggling to survive pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and with few prospects of ever reaching adulthood. Children's Hospital Colorado and UCH joined forces to save his life. Patients today continue to benefit from the collaboration. Left: Children's Colorado nurse practitioner Beth Coleman (left) with UCH nurses Robin Hohsfield (center) and Deb McCollister at the 2011 PHun Run, a jointly sponsored event for PAH education and research. >>More |
Sidebar: Back from the brink Eleven years ago, Jess Young (pictured right) fought a battle with pulmonary hypertension that brought him to the edge of death at the age of 26. He survived, and has transitioned his care to UCH, where he's managing his chronic lung condition with medications, oxygen and regular pulmonary rehabilitation stints. >>More |
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Gadgets for the waistline Two campus wellness leaders are helping a Chicago entrepreneur launch a "high-tech, high-touch" - and "fairly expensive" - weight-loss program that uses consultants, a wireless physical-activity tracker (which keeps tabs on motion and even sleep quality) and a wireless scale. Both send data to servers that track progress. >>More |
Housebroken hospital horses? In This Hospital Life, it seems the much-loved canine companion to the disabled and the sick is being ordered to make room for a somewhat bigger "service animal" that, frankly, may be something of a neigh-sayer. Also: "What You Read." >>More |
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The hospital's Mrs. Claus When she's not working her regular job, Support Services' Phyllis Hoskins (left) spends much of her time knitting scarves and organizing gift collection for the hospital's most vulnerable patients and families. >>More |
Around UCH Our regular round-up of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: Baby Number One (right); raising the roof; a successful toy drive; more... >>More |
Dean Krugman's news The latest from the School of Medicine. >>More
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UCH New Home for Area's Only Gamma Knife | It took a lot of construction, negotiation, coordination and heavy lifting to get the 42,000-pound gamma knife, used to destroy tumors and other brain malformations, into a new home at the Outpatient Pavilion. The first patient arrives next week. >>Go
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You Stuck What? You Stuck It Where? | | Also in Campus Diary: thoughts on sex, food and sleep; the return of the prodigal otolaryngologist (above); the monthly listing of who's new to campus, and more. >>Go |
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Voice Mail Close to Hanging up on Late UCHers | | Even as the January 11 shutoff date for the hospital's old voice mail system draws near, some three-quarters of staffers still have not responded to repeated requests to sign up for the new one. The consequence: no voice mail for the laggards. >>Go |
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The Medical Record Sleuth | Mina Salazer of Health Information Management (above, right, with supervisor Debbie Boos-Neff) is the hospital's version of "CSI-Aurora: Data Integrity Unit." She's a forensic investigator who solves the mysteries that bubble up through inconsistencies in patients' medical records. >>Go
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When the Patient Needed a Little
off the Top | | For her thoughtful, unusual consideration for a patient who needed some tonsorial therapy for the spirit, Transplant Unit nurse (and former stylist) Kimberlie Jackson (above) won a DAISY Award for exceptional care. >>Go |
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UCH in the News | Suspicious elderly deaths; shaky stories; a real pain in the ED; more. Mentions: Julie Berk; Marian Betz; Paul Bunn; Jonathan Campbell; Lisa Forman; Olga Klepitskaya; Georgeanna Klingensmith; Steven Ojemann; Marion Sills; Timothy Vollmer. >>Go
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