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Volume 8| Issue 21| Through May 12, 2015

 
              
 
A bigger footprint for UCHealth In a joint venture designed to bring patient care closer to home, UCHealth adds a dozen freestanding ERs. More expansion into Colorado communities is planned. >>More
                                                                 
System readies engagement check-up A year after an Employee Engagement Survey that yielded disappointing results, UCHealth is back next month with a "Pulse" survey to gauge what progress -- if any -- the system has made in forging connections with staffers.
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A "Miracle Baby" update
In this month's "Campus Diary": Back in 2009, Megan St. Amand (left) arrived at UCH weighing not much more than a pound. Today, the five-year-old, who spent months in the NICU, brings joy to the lives of her parents, UCH employees Jane and Tom. Plus: the joys and perils of reading on the move; fashion spring flings; welcomes to new employees; more. >>More
  
                     
Taking melanoma fight to the streets Cancer Center researcher Neil Box, PhD, has dug deeply into the clinical roots of melanoma, the most deadly of skin cancers. But he's brought the battle to the community through the Colorado Melanoma Foundation and tools like a UV camera, which show startling portraits of the sun's effect on skin (right). >>More
Why not shine a light on the dark side of tanning beds? In "This Hospital Life": The link between indoor tanning and increased risk of skin cancer is beyond dispute, so CU researchers want to know: why won't the Surgeon General simply come out and say it? Plus: "What You Read." >>More
                          
Building a better shoulder UCH orthopedic surgeon Jonathan Bravman, MD (right), for the first time performed shoulder-replacement surgery using technology he says vastly increases the precision of the hardware placement. It brought relief to a patient crippled by rheumatoid arthritis. >>More
Teams bring top-flight service, inside and out 
Members of the Ambulatory Float Pool team (left) are ready to pitch in and contribute, no matter where in the hospital they are asked to serve. That makes them one of this month's "Teams We Treasure," along with the Fall Prevention Champions. >>More
                          
Around UCH Our round-up of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. more. This month: a brand man for UCHealth; Children's makes new chief official; a perk for taking the Pulse; getting on board for babies at City Park (right) more. >>More
TowerUCH in the News
Depression donation; dog days for cancer combat; edging toward diabetes vaccine; weighty challenges of menopause; more. Mentions: Bruce Benson; Todd Bull; Liz Concordia; James O. Hill; Georgeanna Klingensmith; Wendy Kohrt; Dimitriy Levin; Dan Theodorescu. >>More
Dean Reilly's news The latest about what's going on at the School of Medicine -- from the new dean. >>More

Follow us on Facebook News, views, stories of inspiration, and general good stuff at UCH. Up now: Take a gander at our Mother Goose and her newborns (video also available). >>More
                 
"Mystery Shoppers" Play Customer Service Private Eyes

In a program inspired by supermarket secret shoppers, UCHealth is using callers posing as patients to check appointment scheduling wait times and staffers' willingness to meet patients' needs.  >>Go 

                                                   
SICU Aims for No-Drama Trauma Transition

When the Surgical Intensive Care Unit moves to AIP 2 this weekend, it will also begin regular care of trauma patients for the first time. Clinical Nurse Educator Elyse Bueno (above) is among the many who have spent months preparing nurses for the change. >>Go

                        
Cancer Clinic Manages Both Symptoms and Capacity

The recently opened CARE Clinic in the Infusion Center helps patients through the often debilitating challenges of cancer treatment -- meanwhile reducing the number of ED trips and preventable hospitalizations. Above: some of the CARE Clinic's providers. >>Go

                       
Despite Cost Advantage, Drug Struggles for Acceptance    

Flolan, a drug used to dilate blood vessels in patients with severe pulmonary problems, is as safe and effective as the alternative -- at about a tenth the cost. So why do so few physicians at UCH use it?  >>Go 

                                                                 
  
Hospital Continues to Build a Better Stroke Team
Thirteen nurses at UCH have earned a recently available stroke certification. One of them, neurosciences nurse Krista Dienhart (above), says earning the credential is part of the hospital's effort to continually improve the level of care it provides stroke patients. >>Go
               
CeDAR Celebrates Recovery

Dark stories of depression are standard fare in the media's treatment of addiction. With next month's Colorado Recovery Festival, CeDAR will highlight the inspirational stories of those who battled back from the brink. >>Go