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Schroffel says farewell A funny, emotional Bruce Schroffel said good-bye to a throng of well-wishers in the AIP 2 Conference Center that now bears his name. Inside, a look back at Schroffel's influential eight years at the helm of first of UCH, then UCHealth.. >>More |
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UCH nurse in the national spotlight Burn/Trauma ICU clinical nurse Samantha Weimer (left) was named a National Magnet Nurse of the Year at last week's conference in Orlando. Weimer was one of just five nurses in the nation to earn the honor. >>More |
US News rankings: love 'em, hate 'em. Leave 'em? Hospitals spend hundreds of thousands to climb the US News "Best Hospitals" rankings. To some, it's little more than a popularity contest. Right: Rheumatology Division Chief Michael Holers, MD, competes with programs with promotional deep pockets, like the Cleveland Clinic and NYU Langone. >>More |
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The desk dilemma In this month's Campus Diary:What your clean or messy desk says about you. Plus the latest UCH fashionista; a new employee goes nuclear; a recruiter returns to the ice; more. >>More |
Walking in a patient's socks In This Hospital Life: Process Improvement Director Derek Birznieks' broken clavicle early this summer won him an up-close look at the ED processes he helped to redesign. A few weeks later he was back to experience capacity management from a patient's perspective. Shoulder repaired, he's ready for some heavy process-improvement lifting in the inpatient arena. Plus: "What You Read." >>More |
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200 days without a fall The General Surgery Unit (left) celebrated 200 straight days without a patient fall Sept. 28 -- and the streak continues. Now, they share their secret . >>More |
Arresting RA Kevin Deane, MD (right), and colleagues in the CU Division of Rheumatology are pursuing important new work aimed at isolating the precursors of rheumatoid arthritis before the often-debilitating disease takes root. >>More |
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Lab experts extend search for cancer genes More exacting laboratory work at the University of Colorado Cancer Center could increase the number of lung cancer patients with a specific gene mutation who are eligible for a medication that extends lives. Left: Hala Nijmeh of the Garcia Lab studies the activation of genes under a microscope. >>More |
Long-time campus leader passes James Shore, MD, a psychiatrist and former chancellor of CU's health sciences and Denver campuses, passed away Sept. 29 at 73. Just-retired UCHealth CEO Bruce Schroffel was among the many to warmly remember Shore (right), who also chaired the UCH Board of Directors and was a powerful advocate for improved mental health services for Native Americans. >>More |
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Around UCH Happenings, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: treasure for EVS and ED staff; last chance at a Men for the Cure Lexus (left); a silver for Transplant; more. >>More |
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Vaccine Delayed; UCH Launches Tiered Plan |
Delays in vaccine shipments, now exacerbated by the federal government shutdown, led the hospital to activate a contingency plan to immunize the most vulnerable patients and providers first. >>Go |
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UCHealth Enters Exchange Scramble |
UCHealth and Anthem joined to create a network offered on Colorado's health insurance exchange. The exchange launched Oct. 1 to meet the needs of consumers -- many of them now uninsured -- who must meet the individual coverage mandate in the Affordable Care Act. >>Go |
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Care for
the Uncared-For |
UCH, School of Medicine faculty and Aurora community reps finished a plan to improve access to primary and specialty care for the underserved. It meets a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, says UCHealth Government and Corporate Relations Director Jeff Thompson (above). >>Go |
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The Indelible Mark of "Tattoo Nation" |
A new photography exhibit at CU's Fulginiti Pavilion delves into artistry that is more than skin deep. Above: photographer Eric Schwartz, creator of the "Tattoo Nation" exhibition. >>Go |
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Medicine Shines Light on Adverse Events |
The Department of Medicine's Mortality & Morbidity conferences aren't looking for medical mysteries or opportunities to find blame for less-than-ideal care. Rather, the goal is to ferret out what went wrong and prevent it from happening again. >>Go |
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UCH in the News |
Nabbing scholary scofflaws; got rash? there's an app for that; feds and the research shutdown; more. Mentions: Aviva Abosch, Jeffrey Beall, Robert Dellavalle; Elaine Lam; Mike Scialdone; Richard Traystman; Steve VanNurden; Inge Wefes. >>Go |
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The Dean's News |
The latest from the School of Medicine. >>Go |
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