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Volume 7 | Issue 10 | Through November 19, 2013 

       
    
   
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A common medical record at last With the launch of the Epic electronic medical record at Memorial Hospital Nov. 2, UCHealth hospital staffers and physicians had a regional quality dream come true. Epic leaders Soren Schoultz (near right) and Steve Hess (left) keep watch at Memorial.  >>More 

  
Hospital keeps eyes open for persistent patient parking pilferers
The campus finally has enough parking spaces for all employees, faculty and contractors. Yet some are still swiping patient and visitor parking spots. >>More
                    
What's up on the dock Inpatient and ED expansion lengthened already long delivery truck lines at the hospital's busy loading dock. A major renovation means relief is on the way, maybe by next month. >>More
               
"Duck Dynasty," "Real Housewives" anyone? In this month's Campus Diary: Employees'  guiltiest TV viewing pleasures; hot surgical headware (left); racing for wine; a revenue rescuer, the monthly list of new colleagues, more. >>More

                       
A level playing field for mental health  Measures in the health care reform legislation that take effect January 1 aim to bring mental illness and substance abuse out of the shadows and make treatment services for them accessible to all. Treatment centers like CeDAR could be big winners. >>More

 
                        
Health care for all! But who will provide it? In This Hospital Life: A balky website notwithstanding, the Affordable Care Act means tens of millions of uninsured people will be insured. But without radical changes, many of them will still find care hard to come by. Plus: "What You Read." >>More

Stroke handles a few curves The departure of two clinical leaders for another hospital last summer was a brain drain for the Stroke Program. But its large team has adjusted and is ready to chart a new direction. >>More
                       
Prehab, not rehab A new study at CU, UCH and the VA is testing whether using physical therapy to prepare frail patients for surgery could reduce complications and readmissions, and improve quality of life. "If it's logical to train for an endurance test, why not train for an operation?" asks study leader Thomas Robinson, MD.
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Birth of a new fertility option A clinical trial that included CU's Advanced Reproductive Medicine program showed a drug approved to treat cancer could help thousands of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome, a condition that causes infertility. Program director Ruben Alvero, MD (left), says the drug could replace clomid as the first-line treatment for women with the disease.  >>More
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Around UCH 
The haps in and around the hospital. Boo Bash scares up another great crowd (photos inside); a pair of construction Oscars for AIP 2; dog days in the catering kitchen; talking turkey; pumpkins preen in the AIP. >>More
                         
Laughing until it doesn't hurt  By day a mild-mannered clinical documentation specialist, Sandy Schwartz (right) morphs after work into a yoga enthusiast and teacher. She's now practicing "laughing yoga," a discipline that maintains the path to better health is a good guffaw. >>More

    
             
Saluting a Quarter Century of Service
The Transplant Program at UCH needed reviving in the 1980s -- but virtually no one wanted to see that happen. An October Conference Center celebration saluted Igal Kam, who reversed the program's fortunes 25 years ago. >>Go
              
UCH Set to Clamp Leaky Valves
The hospital is one of a small number in the U.S. approved to implant a tiny mitral valve repair device. The MitraClip (above) got the go-ahead from the FDA late last month. >>Go
                     
  
Trauma Procedures for $400, Alex
A dynamic duo of CU Department of Surgery residents (above) took top honors in the international Surgical Jeopardy finals in Washington last month. >>Go
                      
  
Who's up Next? 
The Specials team in the Clinical Lab has broken the hierarchical straitjacket that had once discouraged initiative and depressed morale. For Chief Medical Technologist Mary Ellen Boyle (above), the secret was throwing her team a few learning curves. >>Go
                        
  
Holiday Weighting Game at UCHealth
'Tis the season to indulge, then feel guilty. A new health and wellness program at UCHealth makes holiday weight maintenance a team sport. >>Go
UCH in the News

A new take on phone sex; women sizing up women; pot boosts public health; funds flow to campus research; more. Mentions: Kevin Everhart; Adit Ginde; Stefanie Johnson; William Jones; Arnold Levinson; John Messenger; Robert Neumann; Jill Norris; Daniel Rees; Ronald Sokol.

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