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Volume 7 | Issue 21| Through April 29, 2014
 
         
      
 
Country Inn and Suites  
 
            
Jacksons for the health assessment Members of the CU Health Plan can snag a $20-per-month reduction in their health care premiums if they take the Personal Health Assessment and undergo a biometric screening in May. >>More
                                          
A wider door for tertiary care patients The hospital's Access Center is in the midst of an overhaul aimed at making it easier and faster for referring providers to transfer patients here. So far, so good, but there are old habits and barriers to break.  >>More

 

 
                  
Patient record portal a winner for patients; MDs on the fence The number of UCHealth patients using My Health Connection to access their medical records continues to grow -- along with their satisfaction. But some docs worry it could be too much of a good thing. >>More
                                  
Drug dilemma Like many hospitals, UCH is struggling to balance the need to control the enormous cost of high-dollar drugs used to treat serious illnesses with a duty to provide high-quality care to patients. >>More 
                
We're #17!
A statewide Denver Post survey of employees named UCHealth as one of the top 100 places to work in Colorado. Only one large health care system employer ranked higher. >>More
                                   
Dribbling out the clock on change In "This Hospital Life": the recent delays on implementing ICD-10, the "doc fix" and other long-over due changes show that our constantly bickering political parties can agree on something: procrastinating. Plus: "What You Read." >>More 
                       
"We are not our wounds"
In a compelling new exhibit at the Fulginiti Pavilion on the Anschutz Medical Campus, artists use images to give voice to wounded veterans. Left: Michael D. Fay, founder of the Joe Bonham Project, with some of his work. >>More
                                       
Minority report Minorities have the same need as the rest of the population for access to potentially lifesaving clinical trials, but they're underrepresented -- both as patients and as providers leading the trials. The Cancer Center's Colin Weekes, MD (right) is among those trying to change that. >>More
   
Around UCH Goings on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: Raising the roof at RMLEI (left); a day for drugs on campus; double-secret probation for email; hail to the Lab; more... >>More
UCH in the news Attack of the zombie cells; doubling down on transplant; pricing patients out of a cure; more. Mentions: Michael Barnes; Heidi Bougher; Greg Everson; CT Lin; Dan Pollyer; David Ross; Robin Shandas; Bill Sonn; Andrew Thorburn; Wei-Shin Wang. >> More
          
Dean Krugman's news The latest on what's going on at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. >> More
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UCHealth Deepens Clinical Trial Pool
A big win for a big goal for the system - enrolling patients up and down the Front Range in clinical trials - has just gotten a lot closer, says the Cancer Center's Anthony Elias. >>More
     
Thumbs up for UCHealth Bonds
UCHealth was among a small minority of nonprofit hospital and health care systems to receive a revenue bond-rating upgrade from Fitch last month. The vote of confidence helps the system keep its bond interest rates down. >>Go
                                  
  
A Needed Downsizing
The rush to open the new ED and AIP 2 units brought a record number of expensive "agency nurses" to the UCH workforce in FY13. Staffing leaders Deb DeVine (above left) and Jamie Le-Lazar have helped get this year's labor costs under control. >>Go
                      
  
Center Fights a Foe of Many Faces
CU's Movement Disorders Center is forging a reputation as a top site for patients suffering from a complex of neurological diseases that take a physical and emotional toll. Above: neurologist Brian Berman, MD, is helping to broaden the center's research mission. >>Go
                                 
  
Sidebar: Patients Help Heal Patients
The Movement Disorders Center has supplemented its clinical expertise with an underutilized resource: patients. Above: Karen Talcott, a recent retiree from UCH who is battling Parkinson's disease, is one of them. >>Go
                                 
  
Nurse Midwives Go
South to Move Up
The Center for Midwifery opened a new practice at the Lone Tree Health Center April 4. The six nurse midwives (pictured above) believe business will be brisk. >>Go