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 RN survey scores slip; system responds with pay hike
The annual nurse survey showed that UCH's scores fell in all five categories that measure satisfaction with the practice environment. Responding to staffing and turnover concerns, University of Colorado Health announced a pay hike, effective next month, for most direct-care nurses across the system. >>More
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Exercise shines light on disaster prep
More than 50 "patients" streamed into UCH's Emergency Department Aug. 12. It was part of an elaborate drill designed to evaluate the hospital's readiness to respond to a mass disaster -- in this case exposure to gamma radiation. >>More
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 Looking for a missing sole mate
In this month's "Campus Diary": What might this lonely shoe be doing in the Critical Care Wing? Plus: a new Magnet attraction; a missing Dazbog denizen; reading suggestions for a waning summer; more. >>More
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Running to remember a night to forget
In "This Hospital Life": For two years, ED charge nurse Erin Pillette (front of the line, right) did everything she could to obscure her memories of the awful early-morning hours of July 20, 2012. This year, she confronted the anniversary of the violence head on. Plus: "What You Read." >>More
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 Study finds no need for pregnant pause in surgery
A study led by UCH cardiothoracic surgeon Robert Meguid, MD, showed that, at least in the short term, pregnant women are at no greater surgical risk than women who are not expecting. The conclusion ran against expectations, Meguid says. >>More
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Surgical outcomes: all in the numbers
Big data sometimes gets a bad name, but the hospital and School of Medicine are part of a nationwide effort to use clinical data to measure surgical outcomes, protect patients, and improve processes. It's part of harnessing the "true power of information technology," says Department of Surgery Chair Richard Schulick, MD. >>More
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 Something in the water?
Providers in the Birth and Women's Care centers, including Chuchay Tuason, RN (left), didn't have much time on their hands in July as the hospital delivered a single-month record 367 babies. That included five sets of twins -- in one day. >>More
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Around UCH
Our round-up of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: A Chick-fil-A campus test; hang-up on long-distance access codes; pushing up DAISYs; get well with cancer; more. >>More
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 UCH in the News
Shooting from the lip in firearms discussions; the pot-for-pain problem; suffering with supplements; more. Mentions: Sarah Anderson; Kian Behbakht; Marian Betz; Laura Borgelt; Kristen Boyle; Dana Dabalea; Charlie Little; Erica Schwartz. >>More
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Fight like a girl Take a look at the moving UCHealth video story of a 10-year-old girl's battle with cancer and the support she's received from the staff and providers at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs. >>More
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Dean Reilly's news The latest about what's going on at the School of Medicine -- from the new dean. >>More
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Hospital Resolution: No Surgical Item Left Behind
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After a spate of cases involving retained surgical items (RSIs), such as sponges, hospital staff and faculty resolved to protect patients with a new policy, beefed-up education, and a commitment to communication and accountability. The result: more than nine months -- and counting -- without an RSI. >>Go
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System Is the Solution in Patient Stroke Save
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She seemed an unlikely candidate for a stroke. But that's exactly what happened to a pregnant 23-year-old Colorado Springs woman. How providers at UCH, including neurologist Sharon Poisson, MD (above), and Memorial Hospital successfully coordinated her complex care against a ticking clock. >>Go
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Third Time a Charm for Conversion to ICD-10?
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The past two years have seen delays of the long-anticipated move to ICD-10, which will add thousands of new diagnostic and procedural codes to hospital and physician documentation. With the new deadline set for Oct. 1, the hospital and University Physicians, Inc., are preparing for the change as if it really will happen this time. >>Go
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Long Prep, Short Work for Bariatric Reaccreditation
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Months of preparation, team-building, and data collection to support superior outcomes paid off as the Bariatric Surgery program breezed through a one-day site visit en route to a recommendation for reaccreditation
as a Bariatric Center of Excellence. >>Go
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Clinical Trial Takes on a Stubborn Cancer Foe
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Chondrosarcomas -- tumors that arise in the bones and joints -- are often highly resistant to even heavy chemotherapy. A trial that includes the University of Cancer Center targets a mutation researchers believe often drives the disease, says Victor Villalobos, MD (above), a sarcoma expert with the Cancer Center. >>Go
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News, views, and general good stuff at UCH. Up now: Palliative care at the Cancer Center. >>Go
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