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Board approves bonus payout For a fifth consecutive year, UCH employees will receive an Employee Incentive Program bonus payout. The UCH Board of Directors gave the thumbs up at its Aug. 28 meeting. Employees who qualify will get their bonuses by direct deposit to their accounts Sept. 14. >>More |
Stressed, depressed and overweight at UCH About 40 percent of employees who responded to last spring's Health Risk Assessment (HRA) are overweight, obese or extremely obese. Nearly a third said they feel above-average levels of stress and one in six says they're depressed. The result: millions of dollars in lost productivity. "It's reason for concern," says HR Director Ellen Rehmar. >>More |
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Heart surgery without cracking the chest The hospital is one of the sites for a trial of the second generation of technology that enables minimally invasive transaortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures. The new device could offer an alternative to open-heart surgery to a wider pool of patients. >>More |
Crackdown on campus speeders Frustrated with drivers who whiz through the 15-mile-an-hour speed limit on heavily traveled 17th Ave., Campus Police are dropping the kid-glove approach and opening their ticket books. "We've finished with education. Enough is enough," said Chief Doug Abraham. >>More |
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Three straight for VAD The hospital this month earned its third straight disease-specific Joint Commission certification for its Ventricular Assist Device Destination Therapy Program. It remains the only one in the state certified to implant the circulatory support devices in patients too sick to get heart transplants, says mechanical circulatory support manager Anne Cannon, RN (left). >>More |
Spirit rises at CeDAR A gift from CeDAR's own Rollie Fisher and his wife Michelle funds a three-year residency for a chaplain with a specialty in addiction counseling. The program, thought to be the only one in the nation, strengthens CeDAR's longtime emphasis on spirituality as a key to the recovery process. >>More |
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Sidebar: Closing a circle CeDAR's Rollie Fisher (left) hopes the Chaplain Residency Program he founded with his wife will help prevent others from losing their fathers -- as he did -- to alcoholism. >>More |
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RN Survey: a lot to like, room for improvement The annual survey got a 96 percent response rate and put UCH above the average for other academic medical centers and Magnet facilities in every category measuring practice environment. But nurses still expressed concern about the hospital's staffing and resource levels. The downward trend in that area "has my attention," said Chief Nursing Officer Carolyn Sanders. >>More |
Two staffers lose it! But that's good Struggling to lose weight after childbirth but guilty about leaving their kids to exercise, UCH-ers Angie Dangler (near right) and Julie Gasca took a 9News "Bikini Body after Baby" exercise and wellness challenge. The results speak for themselves. >>More |
Employee Health heightens FMLA scrutiny The federal Family and Medical Leave Act entitles qualified employees for up to 12 weeks of leave in case of illness, pregnancy, childbirth and other reasons. Employee Health and Wellness now requires employees who apply for the leave to meet with occupational health nurses for an assessment. It's part of nurses establishing a working relationship with employees, says Roxane England, RN. >>More
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Center of Excellence award for cancer program Payer OptumHealth accredited UCH as a member of its network of preferred providers on the basis of the cancers it treats, patient outcomes, quality measures and other factors. The designation gives a greater number of adult patients access to the hospital. >>More
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HIV blocker looking for an audience at UCH Truvada, recently approved by the FDA as the first ever drug to reduce the risk of contracting HIV, extends the boundaries of patient care. But the physicians most likely to treat patients who could benefit from it -- primary care physicians -- may not be aware of it or be comfortable prescribing it, infectious disease experts at UCH say. >>More
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Campus classifieds Looking to buy or sell or locate services or merchandise? Try our new classified ad and guide to campus services section, University Health Marketplace. >>More |
Around UCH Raising the roof at Lone Tree (right); fresh plans for new employee orientation; a giant LEAP; help for employees who want to butt out; more. >>More
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Colorado Springs Goes Big In Approving Memorial Lease | |
By an 83% margin, Colorado Springs voters Tuesday agreed to lease the city-owned Memorial Health System to University of Colorado Health. The vote creates a system that stretches the length of the Front Range, with nearly 14,000 employees and more than $2 billion in revenue. Above: UC Health CEO Bruce Schroffel, flanked by President Rulon Stacey (right) and Springs City
Council President Pro-Tem Jan Martin during press conference.
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"Elation" at MHS | |
Tuesday's lopsided vote approving the lease of Memorial Health System to UC Health left relieved employees in Colorado Springs with a long-lost sense of optimism. >>Go |
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Turning off Obesity | | In his new book The Fat Switch, CU Renal Diseases and Hypertension chief Richard Johnson, MD (above) makes the case that survival mechanisms etched in our genes may help explain the obesity epidemic. >>Go |
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Microscopes, Telescopes and Health Care | | In "This Hospital Life": in his study of obesity Richard Johnson (above, with his well-received book), got down to the microscopic level but also showed an insatiable appetite for knowledge gleaned by scanning the literary and historical heavens. Plus: "What You Read." >>Go |
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UCH in the News | NCI desingation for Cancer Center; big brains explained; rare Alzheimer's advance; more. Mentions: Jeffrey Cain; Thomas Flaig; John Harney; Lilly Marks; Huntington Potter; Linda Overholser; Judith Regensteiner; James Sikela; Dan Theodorescu; David Wagner; Andrew Winkler. >>Go
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