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Renovation turns Garden View into grab-and-go Work to add 145 seats to the Garden View Cafe begins Nov. 30, and is slated for completion in early February. But all dining-area seating there will be gone, and all food stations will become exclusively "Grab 'n Go." The Courtyard Café will be restricted to patients and visitors during renovation. For employees, there will be a new food kiosk between the AOP and the Cancer Pavilion. Plus: Endoscopy and the EAU hold a swap meet. >>More |
Never can say good-bye: hospital seeks to follow patients after discharge The changing health care landscape demands that hospitals follow their patients after they leave to help answer questions and address problems with medications, access to primary care and the like. The effort is underway at UCH, but providers and administrators are finding there are plenty of moving parts that have to mesh. >>More |
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"Pearls" pitch in Originally brought in a year ago to help residents meet work-hour restrictions, the patient resident liaisons (PRLs, or "pearls") have become integral members of many medical teams, taking on fundamental work that keeps inpatient units functioning efficiently. Left: some of the PRLs on a rare moment off. >>More |
Hospital guards the antibiotic gate With constant vigilance and collaboration between providers, the hospital reduced antibiotic costs by nearly a third in a little more than three years. But the real benefits are to patient safety: smarter use of antibiotics produces better outcomes and lessens the chances of microbes mutating into dangerous multidrug resistant organisms -- an increasingly worrisome proposition for modern health care providers. >>More |
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Who heals the healers? Concerned she might be feeling early symptoms of burnout, nurse resident Stephanie Wong, RN, set out to do something about it. The results: two nights of 10-minute massages for anyone who wanted them. Left: an 8 West Orthopedics Unit nurse gets the treatment from Ann Mathews, a massage therapist with The Center for Integrative Medicine. >>More |
Getting out the (bed) vote The hospital was a laboratory of democracy Nov. 6 as Deb Peek (near right) and Rita Alexander of Volunteer Services and their helpers made sure 21 patients were able to exercise their right to vote on Election Day. >>More |
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Zero-calorie drinks versus water in diet test Do no-calorie drinks trigger obesity or are they metabolically equal to water? A study led by Anschutz Health and Wellness Center researchers aims to settle the debate. "The subtlety here is if there's something unique about sweeteners themselves that are playing fast and loose with your body," says the Wellness Center's John Peters (left). >>More |
Art for Zimbabwe's sake Hoping to infuse more funds into the fight against HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe, the ZATA (Zimbabwe AIDS Treatment Assistance) Project will bring art from the African nation to the Anschutz Medical Campus next week. With strong support from the CU School of Medicine, ZATA has helped stem the AIDS epidemic in the impoverished southern African country. Details on the art auction/fundraiser inside. >>More |
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Pennies on the dollar to fight a deadly disease In "This Hospital Life": Azure Tariro Makadzange, MD, PhD (left), is a distinguished scholar, researcher and clinician. But the native of Zimbabwe is less interested in discussing her credentials than in raising $25,000 -- a pittance in the U.S. health care system -- to fight HIV in her native country. She's bringing her message to the Anschutz Medical Campus. Plus: "What You Read" and a final word about the service provided by a just-retired 44-year hospital veteran. >>More |
Around UCH Our regular roundup of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: forums to discuss changes to retirement plans; meals on the house; hospital gives the bird(s); chili battle winners (right); more... >>More |
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Why is this woman smiling? She's earned it. Barbara Jane Katz, RN, of the hospital's Medical Intensive Care Unit, recently retired after 35 years of service. Along the way, she built a body of knowledge in pulmonary services and intensive care few can match. >>More |
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UCH in the News Bad news, Jenny McCarthy; conceiving before consulting; good grade pills flunk safety test; more. Mentions: Michelle Barron; Jonathan Bowser; Mark Deutchman; Gail Katz; Wendy Kohrt; Dan Meyers; Steve Millette; Robert Page; Laura Roth; Comilla Sasson; Matt Vogl. >>More |
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Campus classifieds More services, products to buy or sell. Also: nearby dining and lodging. Try our new classified ad and guide to campus services section, University Health Marketplace. >>More |
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Dean Krugman's news The latest from the School of Medicine. >>More |
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ORs Ride the Surgical Surge | |
The number of inpatient surgeries at UCH is up 20 percent during the first four months of fiscal year 2013, thanks in large part to more than a dozen new surgeons brought on board in anticipation of the opening of the new tower. The brisk business has meant longer OR hours, creative staffing and scheduling, and capacity challenges, but so far, not a single elective surgery has been cancelled. >>Go |
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Starry Night at the Four Seasons | | The annual President's Awards dinner Nov. 9 honored dozens of hospital staffers and faculty for their outstanding service to UCH. Above: President and CEO John Harney (left) with Neuro ICU Nurse Manager Kathi Waite and Medical Director Robert Neumann, winners of the Exceptional Partnership in Leadership Award. Full list of winners inside. >>Go |
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Medical Mission to Katmandu | |
For the seventh time, UCH cardiothoracic surgeon Fred Grover, MD, is in Nepal, providing much-needed medical care and expertise in an underserved part of the world. Grover has in tow a small army of School of Medicine experts eager to lend a hand. "You're never quite the same afterwards," Grover says of the mission. >>Go |
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Taking a Shot at a Medical Mystery | | It's long been recognized that alcoholics fall prey to pneumonia in disproportionate numbers and suffer from it more severely than others. But why? CU critical care and pulmonary specialist Ellen Burnham, MD (above), and a consortium of about a dozen other researchers have created a biorepository to search for clues to the mystery. >>Go |
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Pick Your Poison | | The hospital's recently opened Toxicology Clinic aims to help patients suffering from the ill effects of exposures to a surprisingly large number of toxins -- many of them found in the household and the workplace.>>Go |
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