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Volume 2, Issue 34 - November 20, 2009 |
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Celebrate the Season with Natalie Cole Saint Joseph - Berea and Saint Joseph Health System are sponsoring “An Unforgettable Christmas with Natalie Cole” on Saturday, December 5 at 3:00 p.m. at Saint Mark Catholic Church in Richmond, KY. Tickets are $75 and on sale at all Ticketmaster outlets (www.ticketmaster.com). Hurry! They’re going fast...
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Check out Gene Woods' latest blog entry. Click on the image above or visit www.SaintJoseph |
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Annual Enrollment Ends TODAY! Annual enrollment for Saint Joseph Health System facilities ends today, November 20, 2009 (Saint Joseph - Mount Sterling concluded its annual enrollment Monday). Reevaluate your benefits and make changes that best fit your and your family’s needs. Enrollment for benefits is online through HR/Payroll Connection on Inside CHI. The following online tools are available to help you decide what plan is best: • Compare Your Medical Options Refer to your Open Enrollment packet, review the LEARN modules, or visit www.SaintJosephHealthSystem.org to learn more (under “Saint Joseph Employees,” click on “SJHS Annual Enrollment 2010” and look for your facility). Social Networking Survey—Take a quick survey, you may win a prize! Saint Joseph Health System is currently developing a social media plan to expand its marketing and communications efforts into this arena. One component of the plan is to establish a presence on various social networking sites (i.e. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.). With this in mind, we are interested to hear how active employees are online, what sites are the most popular, and if you would like to receive communication through this route. Whether you have never been on a social networking site, or can’t stay off, we want to hear from you. By completing this simple online survey, you will register for a drawing for one of three $75 VISA gift cards that will be given after the December 11 deadline. Take the survey at www.sjhlex.org/SocialNetworkingSurvey. Medically Supervised Weight Loss Program Offered in Lexington January is notoriously the time of year that people begin to try and lose weight. However don’t wait until January; now’s the time to start thinking about it. With annual enrollment wrapping up, it is a great time to consider the cost of weight loss and plan ahead to include these expenses within your flexible spending accounts. Did you know the Saint Joseph Center for Weight Loss Surgery (located at Saint Joseph East and Saint Joseph Hospital) offers a 6-12 month medically supervised weight loss program? The program includes one-on-one counseling with a medical doctor, registered dietitian, and exercise physiologist. There is even an on staff psychologist available as needed. The program is tailored to meet your needs and address your specific problems with long term weight loss success. Maybe you have tried weight loss in the past and are now considering weight loss surgery. You should know that currently CHI insurance requires medical documentation of 12 consecutive months of your participation in a supervised weight loss program such as the one offered within our clinic. So stop thinking and start planning for 2010! If you would like more information regarding our weight loss program and the cost associated with it or more info on the surgical options available, please contact Amanda at 859.967.5518. Today is Our One-Year Anniversary of Being Tobacco-Free! Saint Joseph Health System (SJHS) is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its tobacco-free initiative. This time last year, November 20, 2008, SJHS implemented a tobacco-free campus policy prohibiting the use of any tobacco products on hospital grounds. The initiative To help employees kick the habit for good, SJHS is still offering FREE enrollment into the Quit for Life Program; call 1.866.QUIT.4.LIFE or visit www.QuitNow.net. Keeping Our Facility Grounds Tobacco-Free Thanks for continuing to assist Saint Joseph Health System in monitoring its campuses by asking abusers to comply with the tobacco-free policy. Security or facilities should be contacted if someone refuses to stop smoking. If you see a person using tobacco products on Saint Joseph Health System property, your response should be: “Excuse me Sir/Ma’am. Good morning/afternoon/evening, my name is __ and I am a __ here at the hospital. I need to inform you that all of our hospital property and parking areas, including inside cars, are tobacco free. May I ask you to please refrain from smoking? Thank you for coming to our facility and for respecting and abiding by this policy.” Potential visitor statement: “Why do I need to leave the hospital property in order to smoke?” Our response: “Sir/Ma’am, we need to have a healthy environment for your health and the health of others, so our hospital is a tobacco-free campus. Some of our patients who come to this hospital have cancer or respiratory problems and their health is directly affected by secondhand smoke, and all other people are indirectly affected by secondhand smoke. We have a responsibility to create an environment that improves wellness rather than causing health complications." Patients are informed of our tobacco-free policy during pre-admission/admission. Hearts and Minds in Bloom Have you seen the Saint Joseph Health System Nursing Annual Report for fiscal year 2009? It was published to recap recent nursing accomplishments throughout the system. It is an impressive scrap book of milestones. Check it out on our Web site: www.SaintJosephHealthSystem.org (look for it under the “About Us” heading). Or, ask your manager for a hard copy of the book. Foundation/United Way Employee Campaign THANK YOU to all employees who participated in the “LIVE UNITED” Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation Employee/United Way Campaign. CAMPAIGN TOTALS: Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph East & Saint Joseph - Jessamine This year’s campaign is up 31% in donations from last year! 65 employees donated to the “HOURLY CLUB”; donating ONE HOUR of pay, per pay period to the Foundation. In addition, 91 employees donated $500 or more to the Foundation to become members of the “PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE.” These recipients will receive a “President’s Circle” pin and attend a luncheon with Ken Haynes, President/CEO of Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph East and Saint Joseph - Jessamine on January 14, 2010. Saint Joseph – Mount Sterling This year’s campaign is up 5% in donations from last year! Two employees donated to the “HOURLY CLUB”; donating ONE HOUR of pay, per pay period to the Foundation. "LIVE UNITED" Campaign Celebrations were held November 18-19.
A special thank you to our cabinet and division chairs 2009 Employee Campaign/United Way Cabinet Dent Smith, Co-Chair 2009 Employee Campaign/United Way Division Chairs Stacie Back, Saint Joseph – Jessamine Fayette County H1N1 Vaccine Clinics Because the vaccine that has been distributed to Saint Joseph East and Saint Joseph Hospital is very limited, please consider attending one of the Fayette County Public Health Department H1N1 Influenza Clinics listed below. If you go to the influenza clinics, you should be immunized as long as the health department has vaccine. For additional information, call the help line at 877.843.7727. November 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. December 5, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. December 6, 1-5 p.m. December 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. December 19, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
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Nurses to Honor their Favorite Physicians in 2009 Upcoming ceremonies are planned at Saint Joseph East and Saint Joseph Hospital to honor the 2009 Nurses’ Choice Award recipients. Every year, nurses nominate one physician from each campus who demonstrates Saint Joseph's core values on a daily basis while dealing with patients, families and employees, and who provides collegial support to the nursing staff. Recipients of this award respect the nursing profession and value the knowledge and expertise of the nursing staff. This year, nurses will honor Dr. Jorge Ang and Dr. Bruce Belin for their collaborative spirit and exemplified core values.
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LEAD Classes Saint Joseph Health System leaders are invited to participate in the following LEAD (Leadership, Education And Development) class. To register, go to www.SaintJosephHealthSystem.org, click on Education and Events Calendar, and choose Leadership as a category. Click on the desired class. Resolving Conflicts Within Your Team Excellence in Staffing Seminar Saint Joseph Hospital Kathy Douglas, RN, MHA, will lead this seminar. Kathy is president of the not-for-profit Institute for Staffing Excellence and Innovation, CEO of the Global Nursing Network and CNO for Concerro, Inc., offering technology solutions that support excellence in staffing. Kathy has more than 25 years of leadership in health care technology; for the past eight years she has devoted her time to understanding and designing solutions for health care staffing that consider sustainibility and value across stakeholder groups. Kathy is a frequent speaker on topics related to staffing, author of many published articles and has a column on staffing in Nursing Economics. LEARN and Complimentary CE Nearly all clinical staff members are required to complete a certain number of CE hours each year. Complimentary CE, available exclusively through the “Hospital Direct” tab of the LEARN e-Learning Center, provides access to more than 50 continuing education courses for nurses, pharmacists, radiology technicians, respiratory therapists, case managers and physicians. Free CE courses are available to you for assignment through the standard assignment tools and for student self-enrollment through the catalog and Hospital Direct tabs. Check it out! Grant funds for these continuing education activities have been provided by Action Products, Aspect Medical, B. Braun, Baxter, Cardinal Health, Covidien, Encision, KCI, Medegen, Oridion, Pyxis, and Stryker Orthopaedics. |
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Diabetes Journey for Control Participate in a FREE interactive learning experience led by Denise Barnett, RD, CDE, and Marcia Jett, ARNP, CDE, on Thursday, December 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Maloney Room in Flaget Hall (the building behind St. Joseph Church) in Bardstown. RSVP: 502.349.0160 or 502.349.0105; registration limited to first 20 callers. |
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A Letter to Saint Joseph – Berea “We can’t begin to express our gratitude for what you’ve done for us during those first critical hours after [our loved one's] motorcycle accident. We appreciate your incredibly kind, gentle and knowledgeable treatment. Please know how much we appreciated your help. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.” —From a patient's family Way to go Saint Joseph - Berea! |
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Daisy Award Winner Congratulations to Natashia Osborne, RN for being named a recipient of the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses at Saint Joseph - Martin. Natashia is a registered nurse on the surgical team. The award is part of the Daisy Foundation’s national program to recognize the super-human efforts of nurses, and is in place throughout Saint Joseph Health System. Honorees receive a certificate of commendation, a Daisy Award pin, and a sculpture hand-carved by the Shona Tribe in Africa titled “A Healer’s Touch.” In addition, the nurse’s unit is treated to cinnamon buns. The next deadline for nominating a deserving registered nurse for the "Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses" is Monday, November 30. You can complete & submit your nomination online at www.SaintJosephNurses.org, or look for the Daisy Award brochures and nomination boxes throughout the hospitals. If you have questions, call Paula Keally at 859.313.4776.
Congratulations to the first quarter, fiscal year 2010 recipients of the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses listed below! Watch for more spotlights in upcoming issues of InCommon. Carrie Clark, RN, ICU South, Saint Joseph Hospital |
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SJHS Revenue Cycle Team Celebrates Ruth Shelton's 40th Anniversary!
A Fall Hike in Berea
Radiology Week at Saint Joseph - Jessamine
Gift Card Winner in Bardstown
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