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The big, new ED opens Right on cue, the bright red sign outside the spacious new Emergency Department lit up at 5 a.m. April 7, even as the sign outside the old unit went dark. A few minutes later, the first ambulence arrived. Thus began the smooth,uneventful transfer of a handful of patients to the spacious new unit. Up next: a revamped patient-care system and getting comfortable in the new digs. >>More |
The last of a long line Shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday, the last patient departed the old ED for the new. Inside, a brief tracing of the last patient's ride and the end of an eventful six years in a space-challenged unit. Right: Emergency Medicine Resident Elaine Reno, MD, looks at a computer screen for once devoid of patient names. >>More |
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Next month: UCH goes live on CORHIO In another jump for electronic medical records, the hospital announced it will join the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO), the statewide health information exchange. The aim: give providers in the network access to a single medical record, avoid redundant care, reduce inefficiencies and prevent medical errors. The hospital is scheduled to connect late next month. >>More |
"If our walls could talk." A new UCH ad campaign debuted last week, offering compelling stories of advanced clinical care and compassion. Billboards, microsites, print ads and even three-dimensional "walls" at Coors Field and the DCPA (right) help tell the stories. >>More |
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"We're big picture people" Social Services Manager Jayne Blanchette, LCSW (left), says social workers bring a "systems approach" to health care, ensuring that patients and families get the psychosocial services and resources that often play a profound role in recovery. Recently arrived from Hartford Hospital in Connecticut, Blanchette would like to integrate social workers more tightly in the hospital's multidisciplinary care teams. More |
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New tests complicate prostate cancer picture The PSA test remains a standard, but a dozen new ones have recently hit the market. They give providers new detection tools that could save lives and give patients better information to make treatment decisions. But experts at the University of Colorado Cancer Center say the new tests are also expensive and that validating how well they detect lethal forms of prostate cancer will be the next big question. >>More |
One small step to seal a provider gap A new course at the University of Colorado College of Nursing offers a path to acute-care nurse practitioner (ACNP) certification. Course creator Laura Rosenthal, DNP, ACNP (right), says looming shortages of primary care physicians and intensivists will increase demand for ACNPs, who can perform many of the duties of physicians in the hospital setting. The course begins this August. >>More |
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Knit bombed! In this month's Campus Diary: Who saw fit to knit a sweater or scarf for a bike rack (left) in the Leprino Garage? Plus: should women start vacuuming more to lose weight?; a fish fan at CeDAR; more rantings about Garden View signage. >>More |
Will dollars for data go to waist? In This Hospital Life: Employees at UCH will get a $150 incentive if they take the Personal Health Assessment. The aim is to get as many people as possible to get a screening and blood test and take the online survey, but how will our health be assessed if we blow the incentive on KFC, chips, beer and other, um, good stuff? Plus: "What You Read." >>More |
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PSAs lessen pressure on RN managers A 2010 survey found nurses felt a lack of recognition from their managers. To respond to this threat to retention, leaders turned to program support assistants (PSAs) to relieve pressure on nurse managers. After foundering for want of training, PSAs are taking on more responsibilities. Left: Vivian Parry (left) and Anita Benedikt are two longtime PSAs who say they benefited from additional training and support from their peers. >>More |
Around UCH Goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital: Moustachioed marvel twirls his way to repeat victory -- and funds for Burn Center; April goes into OT; circle game begins on 16th Ave.; more. >>More |
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Dean Krugman's news The latest from the School of Medicine. >>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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Construction updates We see a new tower arisin'. The latest news on the hospital's building projects. Available only to those with access to the Hub, the hospital's intranet. >>More |
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Pictures at a Transition | |
Both the old and new EDs were beehives of activity in the wee hours of April 7. Even as the new space came to life, the old one was winding down, preparing for its temporary new role as a "Medical Surgical Holding Unit" better suited to treat inpatients. Inside: images of a move. >>Go |
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YouTube Benched For Employees |
Heavy lunchtime use of YouTube was eating up Internet bandwidth, slowing everyone's Web traffic and potentially compromising patient care. Information Services' temporary solution: restrict employee access to the popular site for the rest of this month. Patients can continue to use it, and employees should be able to get back on after the hospital doubles its bandwidth in early May. >>Go |
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Patients Help Clinic Reduce Workload | |
The busy Neurology Clinic handles more than 1,500 patient visits a month and fields some 1,500 phone calls a week. Providers and staff are getting some help managing the load as the number of patients contacting the clinic through Epic's My Health Connection (MHC) grows. Above: Neurology Practice Manager Kearin Schulte with computers set up in the clinic for patients who want to create an MHC account. >>Go |
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Hospital Filled with
Ties that Bind |
After our piece last December about family members who work together at UCH, we received plenty of additional examples from readers. Here is round two of "All in the Family" at UCH. >>Go |
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UCH in the News |
Targeting gun access for suicidal ED patients; health problems in the womb; bioengineering boom; going ape for primates; more. Mentions: Marian Betz; Laura Brown; Darren Gregory; Lawrence Hergott; Kerry Hildreth; Naresh Mandava; Dan Savin; Robin Shandas; Stephanie Teal; Richard Weir. >>Go |
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