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Schroffel looks back on "something really special here" After six years of phenomenal growth, a rise in both regional and national reputation, impressive financial success, and notable improvements in delivering care and technology, Bruce Schroffel ends his tenure as UCH's president and CEO this week. While looking ahead to a new job heading up University of Colorado Health, he looks back on "the most fun" job he's ever had. >>More |
The hospital's other construction site The puzzle: how to build a 12-story, $400 million state-of-the-art inpatient tower from scratch in a little more than two years. One solution: build pieces of the puzzle five minutes from campus. >>More |
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Big, new Cancer pavilion addition "on the homestretch" With indoor finish work picking up, move-in date is just six weeks away. It's not a moment too soon. When the Anschutz Cancer Pavilion opened in 2000, it hosted 44,000 patients. Now it's at 110,000 a year, with no signs of slowing. Left: the hospital's executive director of Oncology Services Strode Weaver leads a VIP tour of the facility Feb. 23. >>More |
He started working at UCH when he was just 82 In the monthly Campus Diary: the story of Bill Hannah (right), along with "Studies that make us go 'duh!'"; the Acronym Throwdown; the singers at Jimmy John's; who's new at the hospital and more. >>More |
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A transformation in the most obscure hospital department It's tucked away in a corner of the Critical Care Wing, and even its name - Sterile Processing - sounds bleak. But now its walls testify it may have also become one of UCH's most-certified units, and a sturdier foundation for most infection control initiatives. Paula Hernandez (near left with Sterile Processing Manager Lynn Parton) earned her certification the hard way, volunteering in the unit for 400 hours to earn the right to take the exam. >>More |
When technology becomes, literally, indistinguishable from magic Just starting its fourth decade, UCH's pioneering electrophysiology lab looks like something out of Battlestar Galactica, but it is now treating all sorts of electrical problems with the heart from inside the heart. >>More |
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Almost half a century later, a college degree Some take education for granted. But for the thoughtful 66-year-old program support assistant Laura Counts (left), a long journey to a degree from Regis University that finished late last year left her with something that "refined me, smoothed my rough edges and gave me a joy that I will share with others." >>More
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Sending photos ahead of the patient It's almost triage by CoolPix. With some simple cameras and encrypted photos, UCH and Denver Firefighters are trying to shave crucial minutes off care, and help other caregivers find out if and when to send burn victims on to UCH's specialized Burn Center. Burn Center Outreach Coordinator Katie Fuenning (right) hopes that eventually all trauma centers in the state will have the cameras. >>More |
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Around UCH Our regular round-up of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: hospital offers a financial assist to employees for Wellness Center (left) memberships; 9 Who Care recipient; a contest that's a big, hairy deal; more. >>More |
UCH in the News Hitting the fructose sweet spot; weighty FDA decision; moving Parkinson's study; more. Mentions: E. David Crawford; Thomas Fagan; Thomas Flaig; Richard Johnson; Joseph Kay; Elaine Morrato; Margaret Schenkman; Matthew Taylor; Timothy Vollmer; Andrew Winkler. >>More
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Dean Krugman's news The latest at the School of Medicine. >>More
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Lagging Patient Sat Scores, Smaller Bonuses? | Quality and financial thresholds for qualifying for a bonus either are about to be or already have been crossed. But patient satisfaction scores are lagging, and failing to meet any of the patient sat goals could cost employees 20 percent of a year-end payout. >>Go
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Clinically Perfect, not Always Satisfactory | In This Hospital Life: irritating patients just before they fill out a patient satisfaction survey is a national - some say inevitable - health care tradition. The cure may be adding something simple to what "care" means. Plus, "What You Read." >>Go
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A Change in
Organ Recovery | Soon, donor organ recoveries will move from UCH and other metro hospitals to a central new Donor Alliance facility at Lowry (one of its ORs is pictured above). The move, already made in some other cities, should produce "a massive gain in capacity" in UCH's ICUs and ORs, and perhaps a new emotional challenge for families and staff. >>Go
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Fine-Tuning the Path from Death to Renewed Life | The WELLS Center, Donor Alliance, emergency responders and Atticus the mannequin got together to test out a new triangular path to an organ donation and recovery. It was so realistic that it left one participant "swollen with emotion." >>Go
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Or maybe more. During many of her off-hours, Quality Improvement Specialist Janna Petrie (above) helps to feed and clothe and provide medical care to the hungry and the homeless at several Denver shelters. For all that and more, she just won a President's Award. >>Go
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