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Neuro ICU grabs the gold UCH's Neuro ICU became one of just two neurology/neurosurgery units in the nation to earn a three-year gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. "Units that receive this national award serve as role models to others on the journey to excellent patient and family care," said the association's president. >>More |
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Gossip...good. In this month's "Campus Diary," the benefits of many people's favorite guilty pleasure: whispering about others. Also: a new physician arrival with a taste for music and S. David White (left), whose profession, well, speaks for itself. Plus: tell us what's in the box and win a $5 Daz Bog card; new arrivals at UCH. >>More |
An award for speeding up stroke Response time, that is. The hospital next month will receive a national quality-improvement award for figuring out how to drastically reduce the amount of time it takes to get inpatients with suspected strokes from beds to brain scans. Hospitalist Ethan Cumbler, MD (right), helped lead the effort. >>More |
The hospital's spring scramble for space In an effort less visible than the new-tower construction, but no less important, the hospital is busy renovating the Critical Care Wing and the AOP, mainly to create additional clinical space. But with no additional square footage to use, the process is something akin to arranging pieces in a giant jigsaw puzzle. >>More
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Solving the charge-capture caper In the months following the "big bang" launch of the Epic EMR in the hospital, the Emergency Department faced a mystery: why were charges down 20 percent from where they should have been? How a team of providers from various departments came togehter to crack the case -- and expose an Epic hole. >>More |
Getting PT to the ICU ASAP A new study at UCH is looking at whether regular physical therapy could benefit traditionally bed-bound intensive care unit patients. Margaret Schenkman, near right, and Daniel Malone of the Physical Therapy Program at CU are helping to lead the investigation. >>More |
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Everyday heroes In This Hospital Life: You don't have to look far for them at UCH. Just find the folks doing their jobs and the patients bravely confronting their limitations. Our reporter found three of them in heart transplant patient James Lilly (left, center) and physical therapists Kyle Ridgeway and Kristin Hoffman. Plus: "What You Read." >>More |
Seven precious months A phase 2 clinical trial showed a drug recently approved by the FDA extends survival for patients with late-stage melanoma to 16 months -- seven more than the average. "It's really unheard of," says UCH oncologist Karl Lewis, MD (right). "It changes the natural history of the progression of the disease." >>More |
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Power pump in the cardiac quiver A UCH cardiologist and vascular surgeon collaborated last month in implanting a tiny device capable of pumping up to five liters of blood per minute in a gravely ill patient. The hospital is the first in the state to use the pump -- in effect, a short-term left-ventricular assist device. >>More |
Around UCH Our regular round-up of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: Love for docs (right); getting a grip on grief; Wellness Center tours; amazing preceptors; more. >>More
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UCH in the News Burning questions about sun screen; the pain of opiates; expanding obesity rates; Manning's pain in the neck; more. Mentions: John Carroll; Eric Coleman; Thomas French; Adit Ginde; Maryan Guiahi; James O. Hill; Richard Krugman; Nancy Lowe; Eric McCarty; John Messenger; Theresa Pacheco. >>More
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Dean Krugman's news The latest at the School of Medicine. >>More
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New Hope for Heart Patients | | UCH is the first in the region to offer an alternative to open-heart aortic valve surgery. As a result, two patients have valve replacements -- delivered by catheter. Above: the Sapien transcatheter aortic valve is part of an ongoing revolution in cardiac medicine. >>Go |
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"I Was Existing. I Wasn't Living." | | Deemed inoperable because of a severely narrowed aortic valve, Susan Brickner (above) thought she was out of options. Today, she has a new valve -- and renewed hope. >>Go |
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Sidebar: But Who Pays for It? | |
The new Sapien aortic valve replacement is approved for patients considered at too high a risk for open-heart surgery. That's clear. But Medicare still hasn't decided who it will pay to perform the procedure. A decision is expected next month. >>Go
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IS to UCH: Wrap Emails in a Security Blanket | |
Before hitting "send," IS wants employees to consider two questions: is the information sensitive and is it going outside the campus? If the answer to both questions is yes, the email must be encrytped. Learn how -- and why. >>Go
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Hospital Board Approves Med Staff Changes | | The medical staff altered some requirements for supervising anesthesiologists, and consolidated rules of care for inpatients and outpatients. Then it held an election. See the results. >>Go |
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