| Volume 4 | Issue 4 | February 3, 2015 |
 | | We're looking ahead to Friday! | | 1. | Friday, Feb. 6, is National Wear Red Day,  drawing attention to the shocking statistic that one in three women's deaths each year is from heart disease. | | 3. | Pharmacy Fridays begin this week at the Good Health Pharmacy at Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View. They'll continue each week through February. Patients get free consultations about medication questions. | | 3. | The forecast is fine, so go outside for a walk! But don't get left behind --- sign up for the Bon Secours Colon Cancer 5k, to be held March 28.
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Celebrating Black History
Month at Bon Secours
Black History Month, or National African American History Month, celebrates achievements by black Americans and recognizes their central role in U.S. history. Since 1976, every U.S. president has designated February as Black History Month.
Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom,  also designate a month to celebrating black history.
Check out PBS programming during February for some interesting stories of how African-Americans have shaped our nation.
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 Get to Know
Bon Secours
Richmond CEO
Toni Ardabell
Yesterday's Richmond Times-Dispatch featured Bon Secours Richmond's new CEO Toni Ardabell in a lengthy article. Find out her motivation to succeed, her dedication to the ministry and an interesting story about how she got her name.
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Kids Can Spend Spring Break at Richmond Family Centers
Richmond-area school kids are off for spring break, April 6-10. Help your child or grandchild enjoy this respite, while they continue learning!
Bon Secours Richmond Family Centers offer fun, safe ways for your school-age children to enjoy time with their peers in a theme-based, supervised environment.
Contact the center nearest you now to reserve your spot!
 | St. Mary's Family Center, 804-285-0444 | | Memorial Regional Family Center, 804-559-0647 | | St. Francis Family Center, 804-594-4990 |
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Governor Names Employee
to Advisory Board
 Congratulations to Joyce O. Hawkins, didactic coordinator at the Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital School of Medical Imaging, who recently was named to the state Advisory Board on Radiological Technology by Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
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Do You Know Individuals
Who Need Health Insurance?
The federal Affordable Care Act helps make affordable health insurance coverage available to all Americans via an online health care marketplace. Each year there is an enrollment  period when individuals can buy coverage. Tax credits and subsidies also are available.
Bon Secours Health System is involved with other community organizations to provide community outreach to help people better understand their options and to sign up for this health care coverage. Enrollment is available until Feb. 15.
Please help get the word out. If you have a friend or family member who needs health insurance coverage, please ask them to call Advanced Patient Advocacy at 877-272-6001 or BeneFinder at 855-213-4323.
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Submit Your Health &
Well-being Photos and Win!
Are you "Powering Up" for better health in 2015? Share your wellness or healthy lifestyle efforts in a photo and enter the Bon Secours Health System's Power Up Photo Competition. To enter, send a creative, high-quality healthy life or lifestyle photo to GoodHealth@bshsi.org by Feb. 16. The best high-quality photos will be used in future BSHSI publication and displayed at Bon Secours facilities.
For complete photo contest guidelines, click here or go to IRIS on the Healthy Me, Healthy You page, under Health and Well-being Resources.
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New Cardiac Offering Helps
Physicians Customize Care
 Bon Secours Heart and Vascular Institute now offers new technology for patients with heart failure. The cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) is an implantable device that features advanced technology designed to improve the pumping function of the heart, providing physicians with more options to customize the therapy for each patient's needs.
Electro cardiologist Dr. Ryan Seutter, Bon Secours Cardiovascular Specialists, is the first physician on the Hampton Roads Southside to offer this technology. Read more.
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Prepare to Prepare Your Taxes
Though February is just beginning, April 15 will be here before you know it. Now is the time to start thinking about your 2014 Income Tax Return.
 The IRS Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, is used to report wages paid to employees and the taxes withheld from them during the previous calendar year. Bon Secours Health System's 2014 W-2, forms were printed and mailed the week of Jan. 19.
If you want to get an early start on your tax returns or lose your hard copy W-2 you can access it electronically. Click here for instructions to create a user account for and print your 2014 W-2. Questions? Contact your local system payroll contact or Lois Ann McDonald.
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Working Despite the Weather
Thankfully, we're not having another polar vortex this year. But it's February, and there's still a chance of  winter weather. Be aware of your department's policy on reporting to work in inclement weather, as all Bon Secours Virginia employees are expected to have a reliable way to meet their schedule and patient obligations, even with snow on the ground.
Policies can vary from hospital to hospital and within different departments, so it's important to understand your procedure and make plans in advance.
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Learn the ABCs of
Kindergarten Readiness
Knowing how to prepare your preschoolers for kindergarten can be challenging. Bon Secours is offering free kindergarten readiness workshops in Hampton Roads to help. Click here for details.
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What's going on in our health system? Check out news releases for Hampton Roads, and check out news coverage including:
Read Richmond news releases and learn more about stories including:
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