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Employee engagement survey results mixed Participation was strong, but UCHealth's Employee Engagement Survey scores failed to meet leadership's expectations. One core message: there is much work to be done to explain to employees the benefits of belonging to a system. >>More |
Breast cancer care goes system-wide Providers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center joined with oncologists in Fort Collins and Colorado Springs last month for the first-ever system-wide Breast Cancer Tumor Board meeting. It's another step toward blending the best of academic and community medicine to handle difficult cases. >>More
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Gave liver, saved mom, found career In This Hospital Life: Lindsay Pratt (left), pharma rep, gave part of her liver to her mother and became Lindsay Pratt, PA, a member of UCH's hepatology team. Plus: "What You Read." >>More
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How will the next patient be harmed? That's the key process improvement question at a growing number of UCH units, where providers are joining forces to reduce the number of preventable medical errors with comprehensive safety programs. >>More
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 Preventive chemo for breast cancer Too few physicians - not to mention women in general - know about the value of chemotherapy to prevent breast cancer, says Jennifer Diamond, MD (left), of the University of Colorado Cancer Center.
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Around UCH Goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: things get hopping at UCH picnic (right); pedal power comes to Anschutz; gearing up for Donor Dash; more. >>More
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 New insights into Alzheimer'sThe mysterious and devastating disease is complicated and difficult to diagnose. Sometimes a final answer awaits an autopsy. But neuro-ophthalmologist Victoria Pelak, MD, far left, thinks the eyes might have it.
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Check out our Facebook page News, views, and stories of inspiration on UCH's Facebook page. Give us a like!. >>More
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 UCH in the NewsGauging the effects of gas; alcohol's dizzying dangers; UCH's bronco buster; more. Mentions: Tim Bernard; Camy Boyle; Maribel Cifuentes; Patrick Fehling; Lisa McKenzie; Theresa Pacheco; Jason Stoneback. >>More
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Dean Krugman's news The latest about what's going on at the School of Medicine. >>More
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"Telestroke" Breaks and Covers New Ground |
With a new remote service, UCHealth providers aim to get the right stroke care to patients, fast, regardless of where they are. The biggest challenges for the just-launched pilot at UCH and Memorial Hospital: regulatory requirements and territoriality issues. >>Go |
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Sidebar: Telestroke Is Just the First Step
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The new neuro link between UCH and Memorial is only a precursor to system providers doing expert eConsults and monitoring UCHealth patients for each other. Distance may become a thing of the past. >>Go
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UCH, School of Medicine Fill the Great Indoors
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A recently concluded hospital-financed construction project in the Leprino Building added much-needed new office space for Emergency Medicine faculty. Above: UCH Project Manager Roy Alexander at an office space that recently housed only cubicles. >>Go
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Training the Brain to
Stop Seizures |
The state of the art of halting seizures was either "drugs, or they start cutting parts of your brain out." Patient "Margaret" and Lauren Frey, MD,have found a non-surgical, less drug-intensive way.
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Mission Accomplished for PT Educator
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Karen Backstrom continued to fulfill an early dream when she became a clinical educator on the Physical Therapy team. Now she has a prestigious award for educating colleagues and encouraging them to join her. >>Go
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