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|  UCHealth widens its reach The system announced it has purchased Longmont Clinic, a Boulder County fixture with 49 physicians and some 200,000 patient visits annually. The purchase is expected to be final by year's end. >>More
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Looking up to athletes -- literally In this month's Campus Diary: Volunteer Services Manager Rita Alexander (near right) makes a yearly trek eastward to indulge her fanatical passion for University of Kansas basketball -- and take on the vertical challenge of mixing and mingling with the players. Plus: CU plastic surgeon mulls Renee Zellweger makeover; staffer with some "cool" ties; a measured view of a dosimetrist; and new arrivals for November. >>More |
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 Distaste for waste means pharma savings for hospital
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Beware of gift giving 'Tis the season for exchanging presents, but Compliance warns that federal regulations nearly always prohibit gift giving between employees and patients. Plus: How to say 'no' gracefully. >>More |
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 Pituitary partnership thrivesA long-running multidisciplinary clinic unites endocrinologists, neurosurgeons, and a host of neurology subspecialists in caring for patients with problems of the pituitary, a tiny gland that can cause outsized health issues. >>More |
Initiative mends hip-fracture care Too often, elderly patients suffering hip fractures wind up on units at UCH that don't specialize in orthopedic care. A just-launched program aims to change that with streamlined order sets and processes that funnel patients to the Orthopedic Unit. The program had early success, say leaders (from left) Kelly McDevitt, RN, Jason Stoneback, MD, and Mary Anderson, MD. >>More
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 Around UCH |
Where there's smoke, there's...savings? In "This Hospital Life": the booming Anschutz Medical Campus and construction of a new VA Medical Center give every indication that volume is still king in health care. But that's changing, and smoking cessation offers one of illustration of how UCH might succeed by investing in keeping people out of the hospital. Plus: "What You Read." >>More |
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UCH in the News Unhealthy healthy eating; pot's turbulent year; anatomy lesson for a gubernatorial hopeful; Ebola theat to lab equipment; more. Mentions: Dawn Comstock; Patrick Fehling; Bryan Haugen; Ron Lepoff; Ryan Moroze; Dawn O'Keefe; Stephanie Teal; William Vandivier; Richard Zane. >>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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Four-Year Top-10 Quality Run Ends for UCH |
The hospital slipped to number 14 in quality and safety rankings among academic medical centers belonging to the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC). Work is underway to identify the steps needed to get UCH back to the number-one rankings it earned in 2011 and 2012. >>Go |
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Emergency Prep Pays off for UCHealth |
Even if the system's hospitals never see a single Ebola patient, the work to prepare for one has been worth it, leaders say."We have developed a process that is applicable to any new infectious disease," said one. Above: UCH Safety Officer Pat Conroy examines state-approved containers for disposing of biohazardous waste from an Ebola patient. >>Go |
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Ebola Dress Rehearsal |
With a couple of weeks of training under their belts, members of UCH's high-risk provider team practiced caring for an Ebola patient during a WELLS Center simulation in the infectious disease isolation unit. >>Go |
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Pharmacists to Manage Pharmacy Needs |
The hospital has found a way to capture millions of dollars in revenue by filling orders for expensive and difficult to manage specialty pharmaceuticals in-house. With pharmacy staff and clinicians managing the process, pilot clinics have also been able to free up staff to do the jobs they were trained to do. Above: the Centralized Renewal Center team is a key component of the success. >>Go |
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Program Aims to Get at the Root of Pain |
A broad initiative at UCH is developing methods to help patients manage their pain -- and improve the hospital's HCAHPS scores in the process. It's a complex process, but leaders say it nearly always begins with clear communication and involving patients in managing their own care, says Aurora Davis, RN, OCN (above), co-chair of the Pain Champions Committee. >>Go |
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Art and Life Converge |
Five months after providers at UCH saved his brother's life, sculptor Gino Miles saw his aptly named work, "Aurora," installed as the crown jewel of the courtyard between AIP 1 and AIP 2. >>Go |
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