2009 Annual Meeting and Awards
June 3, 2009
The Carolina Club, Chapel Hill
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Dear Prevention Partners,
Thank you for your dedication in helping to make NC a healthier state. This bulletin provides you with our latest, most relevant information related to making our hospitals even healthier. You are natural community leaders, thank you for continuing to promote good health.
In this issue:
- Congratulations New Red Apple Hospitals!
- Generating Results: NCPP's Fax Referral Challenge
- Starting the Conversation:Tools for Providers
- Healthy Food in Hospitals Open House Re-cap
- Upcoming Monthly Conference Call Dates and Topics
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Congratulations New Red Apple Hospitals!
 Congratulations to the newest additions to our Red Apple hospitals!
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Nash Health Care Systems
WakeMed Please see the latest healhty food in hospitals map and list. This brings our current total to 19 Red Apples. Let's keep up the great work NC hospitals!
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Generating Results: NCPP's Fax Referral Challenge 
NC Prevention Partner's first Fax Referral Challenge started in July 2008 and finished at the end of April. The Challenge was initiated to increase awareness about the NC Tobacco Use Quitline. Since its start, the number of referrals to the Quitline has tripled. NCPP will recognize the top large, medium, and small NC hospitals using the fax referral option in addition to the hospital that had the highest number of accepted calls at our Annual Meeting on June 3rd. Congratulations to all the hospitals that participated, and especially to the winners! Mark your calendars, our next Challenge will begin on July 1, 2009. Here is the fax referral form for use with patients and employees who are ready to quit the use of tobacco.
Challenge Results (July '08 through March '09)
- Top Large Hospital - Carolinas Medical Center (YTD 270 referrals)
- Top Medium Hospital - Carteret General Hospital (YTD 59 referrals)
- Top Small Hospital - Chowan Hospital (YTD 40 referrals)
- Hospital with the Highest Number of Accepted Calls - UNC Hospitals (63% acceptance rate)
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Starting the Conversation: Spotlight on Tobacco Cessation
 The Starting the Conversation (STC) on Tobacco is a brief screening and referral tool for healthcare providers to use to assess patients' readiness to quit tobacco use. The tool includes questions that evaluate tobacco use behavior, tips for other activities to engage in besides using tobacco, steps on how to set up a personal quit plan, information about the NC Quit Line as well as other tobacco cessation resources. NC Prevention Partners also offers STC tools on Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, Blood Pressure and Cholesterol. To view a sample and order the STC on Tobacco or any other tool in the series, go to Starting the Conversation. Please email Heather Mountz for more information, heather@ncpreventionpartners.org.
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| PCMH Open House a Huge Success!
 Thanks to all of those that attended the Healthy Food Open House on April 30th. More than 100 people representing 24 hospitals, US Foodservice, Sysco, ARAMARK, Morrison's Management Specialists, Sodexo and other project partners got the chance to see what a healthy food environment in action. The team at Pitt County Memorial hospital along with the rest of our Centers of Excellence did a great job showing the benefits of implementing the core principles of the Healthy Food in Hospitals project. Thanks to ARAMARK for their contributions in providing a delicious, healthy meal as well. Stay tuned for the dates for our next Open House at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center this Fall. |
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Upcoming Conference Calls
Thursday, May 28th, 2:00pm-Healthy Food
Join us as we discuss the development of our new Web-Based Healthy Recipe Database sharing tool. We will ask callers to provide feedback on the look and feel of the new tool as we begin to design it. Your input is very valuable as we want to make sure this tool is useful and helpful to those looking to enhance their menus with new, tasty and healthy meals.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 3:00pm- Quit Tobacco Systems
Please plan to join us for the next phone call to share updates on how implementing and enhancing a tobacco-cessation systems approach is going for hospital employees and patients. We have had several great sharing opportunities through these monthly phone calls - it is a great way to learn about what others are doing.
Call in Number: 1-800-989-2842
Conference ID#: 4880787.
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