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 Project to pump up patient safety across UCHealth
After a year of preparation, UCH and its UCHealth partners are gearing up to launch a system-wide initiative to integrate Alaris programmable infusion pumps with the Epic electronic health record. UCH will be the first to go live with the technology, which promises to significantly reduce the number of medication errors and risk to patients. Pictured, left to right: Krystle Fulton, Demi Jacobi, and Sondra May of the UCH medication safety team are among a large number of providers leading the change system-wide. >>More
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DBS for OCD at UCH
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is well-established as a treatment for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. But this July, the hospital used DBS for the first time to treat a patient with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). >>More
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 Transitions-of-care pilot looks to speed patients home
A pharmacy-centered effort to reduce 30-day readmission rates at UCH did its job. Now efforts are underway to make the process more efficient by calling on multiple providers to shoulder the responsibility for discharging patients with the resources they need. Pictured: Fourth-year medical student Brittany Badesch discusses a patient during multidisciplinary rounds. >>More
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UCH erects new barriers in battle against C-diff
To guard against the spread of C-diff, a damaging and potentially deadly intestinal infection, the hospital has instituted tighter contact precautions, piloted a new disinfectant, and implemented more stringent review of antibiotic use. Rates are down, but "There is no acceptable level for C-diff," says Michelle Barron, MD, medical director for infection prevention and control.
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 Blood Bank, OB aim to cap wrong blood in tube errors
The pilot in the Women's Care and Birthing centers uses special, shorter pink-topped tubes (left) sent by the Blood Bank to collect second specimens for typing. The aim: ensure safety if emergency transfusions are needed. The successful pilot is a prelude to electronic cross-matching, coming next month. >>More
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UCH parking lot becomes a work of art
In "This Hospital Life": The parking lot outside the Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion might not get your creative juices flowing. But then again, you're not artist Dianne Massey Dunbar, who recreated the lot in an oil painting (right) that will be exhibited this month in New York. Plus: "What You Read." >>More
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 Time to Shine for two more UCH teams
They do very different jobs, but the teams from the Clinical Lab's Specimen Management Department (left) and the Multispecialty Surgery Clinic are united in their commitment to exceptional service. They are the latest recipients of the "Teams We Treasure" award. >>More
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Around UCH
Our round-up of goings-on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: UCHealth-Broncos partnership gets real; 9Health Fair at Anschutz on tap; getting ready to ride the Silver Tsunami; more than a skeleton crew for "Let's Talk" (right); more. >>More
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 UCH in the News
Implosion sparks 9th Ave. memories; successful ad for kidney transplant; blue pill for men, pink pill for women; more. Mentions: Aviva Abosch; James Borgstede; Jeffrey Brent; Isabelle DeSilver; Robert Doebele; Saketh Guntapalli; Kennon Heard; Douglas Ney; Terry Shade; Alex Wiseman. >>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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Three-into-One Intranet Conversion on Tap
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So long, Hub, VIC and M-Net; say hello to The Source. UCHealth will fold its three intranets into one Sept. 16. It's a move toward efficiency and improved functionality, leaders say. >>Go
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UCHealth Gears up Once Again to Shoo the Flu
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The calendar says it's still summer. But fall and winter are around the corner, and UCHealth is deep in preparations to ensure some 15,000 employees, as well as thousands of affiliates, get mandatory flu shots to protect patients and themselves. >>Go
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Three Decades of Excellence for the Cancer Center
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It's not yet official, but a one-day on-site visit from an American College of Surgery surveyor ended with the Cancer Center all but assured of a three-year reaccreditation from the Commission on Cancer. It would continue a streak that began in 1986. >>Go
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PERT to Ease Hurt of Blood Clots in the Lungs
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It's the third-leading cause of cardiovascular death, but protocols for responding to pulmonary embolism are surprisingly few. The Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) this month launches a multidisciplinary pilot to identify PE patients and direct care to the bedside quickly. >>Go
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Surgery Group Conquers Sherman for Third 14-er
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Attendings, residents, staff, family, kids, and dogs came together last month for the third annual Surgical Mountain Assault Series Hike. More than a few of the original 50 (above) made the summit of 14,000-foot-plus Mount Sherman. >>Go
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