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Volume 7 | Issue 18| Through March 18, 2014

     
Country Inn and Suites  
         
 
 
 
         
UCH dad watches daughter win Soshi gold With UCH anesthesiologist Jeff Shiffrin, MD, looking on, 18-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest skier ever to earn an Olympic gold medal for the slalom. Her dad found more time for Q&A with the Insider following his daughter's memorable run. >>More
                                       

Magnet clock ticks toward midnight The Magnet Command Center in the Critical Care Wing is ground zero for the hospital's bid for a rare fourth Magnet nursing designation. A core team, supported by staff and nursing leadership, is finalizing a mountain of documentation due by April 1 to earn a site visit. >>More 

HealthStream diverted to ULearn UCHealth will launch a standardized e-learning system March 18. At UCH, the new system, ULearn, will replace HealthStream, its long-time training application.  >> More
             
How many gallons to the mile?
In this month's "Campus Diary": It leaks fluid, the radio, air conditioner and some of the windows don't work and it's had its engine replaced. But that doesn't diminish Urology Chief Randall Meacham's love affair with the Land Rover (210,000 miles and counting) he affectionately calls "The Beast" (left). Plus: power-lifting practice manager; restaurant row review; campus fashionista; more. >>More
                             
Closing family circles In "This Hospital Life": A remarkable series of incidents, coincidences and strange twists of fate reunited Rob Leeret, director of UCH's ED and Trauma Services and Capacity Management, with the family that until recently he never knew he had. Right: Leeret and his birth mother, Mary Lou, share a hug that had been waiting for 43 years. Plus: What You Read." >>More
            
A grateful patient returns to Neuro Simon Pate spent 49 days in the Neuro ICU in 2011 for treatment of a devastating brain hemorrhage. He was back to UCH last week to thank his providers -- and to see the hospital for the first time. Pate (far left) shakes hands with Neuro ICU Medical Director Robert Neumann, MD, and neurosurgeon Joshua Seinfeld >>More
                                
Block that toll! A new "toll bypass" solution now available at UCHealth allows employees to make intercampus calls over the system's network instead of through the phone company. The change promises to save thousand of dollars in long-distance toll charges. >>More
                    
CU Docs: don't write off medical homes yet
A much-discussed study in JAMA questioned how much patient-centered medical homes reduce utilization. But CU and UCH leaders say it's far too early to write off the effort.  >>More
                                  
New weapon in the battle of the bugs New equipment with a science fiction-sounding name in the Microbiology Lab is helping providers identify bacterial strains more quickly and get patients started on the right antibiotic sooner. Right: lead medical scientist Veronica Broslawiak and medical director of Clinical Microbiology Nancy Madinger, MD, with their new baby. >>More

UCH in the News Getting juiced; hep C breakthrough; pot's explosive secret; more. Mentions: Virginia Borges; Marc-Andre Cornier; Greg Everson; David FullertonKim Gorman; Fred Grover; Jason Hoppe; Lilly Marks; Steve Millette; Kerry MoreauRobert NeumannJudith Regensteiner; Marian Rewer >> More
                      
Around UCH  
A team we treasure helps to ease the pain (left); UCHealth rolls (Windows) 7; wax up your 'stache; border war in Rehab; more... >>More
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Dean Krugman's news The latest on what's going on at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. >> More
         
           
                     
A Return Survey Engagement
UCHealth's second system-wide Employee Engagement Survey starts  March 12. With a year of system-building work behind them, leaders aim for significant improvement over last year's scores. >>More
  
Progress in Caring for Vulnerable Patients
The hospital has solidified its relationship with "Bridges to Care," a federally funded program that funnels frequent ED and inpatient utilizers to intensive community services. The early data suggest it's saving money and improving patients' access to care. >>Go
                               
  
"If I Don't Take Care of Myself, No One Will"
She's suffered a heart attack and a stroke in the past year, but with the help of "Bridges to Care," Christina Jackson (above, center) has learned to manage her own health -- and stay at home instead of in the hospital. >>Go
                              
  
Getting Green for Going Green
Energy-saving measures installed during the construction of AIP 2 earned UCH a one-time rebate of nearly $375,000 from Xcel Energy, the largest the company has ever paid out in Colorado. Above: "eyebrows" over specially designed glass windows help to keep heat out. >>Go
                               
  
Volunteer Plays "Guardian Angel" 
Volunteer Bruce Hoskinson recently surpassed the 1,000-hour service mark. But providers say his value to the Pulmonary Hypertension Center goes far beyond those numbers. Above: Hoskinson (right) with center director David Badesch, MD. >>Go
                              
  
UCH Connects with Community Leaders
Members of the Chamber of Commerce-sponsored program "Leadership Aurora" toured the Neuro ICU (above) and Burn/Trauma ICU late last month to get a glimpse of an academic medical center in their own backyard.. >>Go