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Volume 8| Issue 22| Through May 26, 2015

 
              
              
              
              
Hospital hits a four-bagger with unit moves The Surgical/Trauma ICU kicked off a four-day sequence of unit shuffles May 2 with a move to a new home on the fifth floor of AIP 2. Months of preparation paid off as all the patient moves went smoothly. >>More
                                                                 
Surgery heads west In a matter of a few hours, the General Surgery Unit moved from AIP 1 to AIP 2, expanded to 36 beds, and changed its name to the Surgical Specialties Unit.
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Cutting through the haze of cannabis research
Neurologist Maureen Leehey, MD, has approval for a three-year grant from the state to study the effectiveness of a compound in marijuana in controlling tremor in patients with Parkinson's disease. But getting marijuana-related research off the ground has presented some unusual difficulties. >>More 
  
                          
Progress through pain It seems counterintuitive: health care providers helping their patients by acknowledging their own emotional vulnerability. But it's an effective way to reduce burnout and combat compassion fatigue, says UCH Inpatient Oncology Social Worker Morgan Davis (right). >>More
Medicare fix: no easy medicine to swallow In "This Hospital Life": Legislaton from the 1990s that would have imposed draconian reimbursement cuts to physicians who treat Medicare patients finally died last month. But the real question remains: How will we find the resources to care for unrelenting waves of patients joining the Medicare ranks every day? Plus: "What You Read." >>More 
 
Joint meetings of East and West Orthopedic surgeons from China and the CU School of Medicine recently met on one another's home turf in a clinical and cultural exchange spanning thousands of physical and psychic miles. Orthopedic surgeons Jason Stoneback and Craig Hogan (near and far right, respectively) flank Yingze Zhang, the orthopedics chief of China's Hebei Medical University>>More
A new crack at COPD 
The human and financial toll of COPD is frequently overlooked and often blamed solely on smoking. Research by CU pulmonary and critical-care specialist Ed Dempsey, MD (left), suggests a protein may play an important role in debilitating changes to the blood vessels in the lungs of people suffering from the disease -- and offer a new route for treatment. >>More
                            
Around UCH Our round-up of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: Nightingale win for Lindsey McMenimen, RN ( farright), makes it seven straight for UCH; touching Mothers Day story at Coors; Cancer Center heads for Colfax; hearts, kidneys, and stroke, oh, my; more. >>More
TowerUCH in the News
Microscopic deep dives in the brain; ED MD off for Nepal; hidden signs of depression; more. Mentions: Jessica Berry; Lynne Fenton; Emily Gibson; William Jones; Adria Pearson; Diego Restrepo; Marshall Thomas; Paul Varosy; David Young. >>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: Updates on preparations for the big MRI magnet move. >>More
                 
Nursing's Great Eight Earn Hospital Salutes

The octet, selected for "Magnet Nurse of the Year" honors, demonstrated their exceptional commitment, expertise, and caring in a wide variety of areas throughout the hospital. Above: Mike Metcalf, RN, of Rehabilitation Medicine (with plaque), was also selected as a nominee for national Magnet Nurse honors.   >>Go 

                                                   
A Survey of Sticky Situations

University of Colorado Health will launch a new online conflict-of-interest survey next month to identify areas that could result in compliance issues for employees and the organization. >>Go 

                                                                 
  
ED Adds a Machine to the Team
Quality CPR greatly improves outcomes in patients who need resuscitation. Now the ED has a mechanical partner (above) whose arms and stamina won't give out. >>Go
                        
UCHealth Invites Design Ideas for new Longmont Hospital

Before construction starts on the new facility, UCHealth Facilities, Design and Construction leaders entertained comments from the providers at the Longmont Clinic who will eventually use the space (an architect's rendering is pictured above). >>Go

                       
Telestroke Continues to Push the Boundaries of Care    

In less than a year, UCHealth has expanded its Telestroke Program to a community hospital in southern Colorado and increased the number of providers who can provide remote assessments. Next up: a Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit to further shrink the time from assessment to treatment. >>Go 

               
Memorial, Children's Prepare
for June Transition 

Memorial Hospital will assume care of patients and responsibility for 113 beds at Children's Hospital Colorado in Colorado Springs June 13. Leaders from UCHealth and Children's Colorado continue to meet daily to get ready for the change. >>Go