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Saint Joseph - London Construction Progress Construction continues at the new hospital site for Saint Joseph - London with about 100 workers there each day. For weekly updates, visit www.SaintJosephLondon.org (you can also select the Saint Joseph - London tab from the SJHS Web site homepage). Click on “Weekly Construction Progress Report” and you will find a list of projects being completed as well as a few photos. Don’t forget to check out the Web Cam while you’re there!
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New Tax Tables
Available for tax years 2009 and 2010, the Making Work Pay credit is 6.2 percent of a taxpayer’s earned income with a maximum credit of $800 for a married couple filing a joint return and $400 for other taxpayers, but it is phased out for higher income taxpayers. Most workers will qualify for the maximum credit. Because the credit is refundable (people can get it even if they owe no tax), most low-income workers will also qualify for the full credit. LEARN
Kicks Off April 24th Saint Joseph Health System is excited to inform you of the new online training system scheduled to go live on April 24, 2009. LEARN (Learning Effectiveness and Resource Network) will replace current online training systems and will provide you with the following enhanced benefits:
LEARN will allow you the flexibility for ongoing training and development.
You will receive more information about LEARN and how Balance Wellness Center to Open this Spring The Saint Joseph - Berea Wellness Committee is pleased to announce that a wellness center is targeted to open in the hospital in early spring. The name for the new center is, "Balance Wellness Center … Balance for your body, mind and spirit." This wellness center, to be located in the LTC activities room on the 2nd floor, will offer exercise equipment and weights as well as resources for good nutrition and lifestyle balance.
Attention Gardeners! Perennial Starts Needed to Raise Money for Diabetes
Step Out to Fight Diabetes The
Lexington Step Out to Fight Diabetes walk is Saturday,
May 30 at the Keeneland Race Course. Registration begins
at 7:30 a.m., the warm-up is at 8:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 9:00
a.m. Events include a health and wellness fair, a kids' play area and
refreshments. If you’d like to sign up for the Saint Joseph Health
System team, visit http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=5850&team_id=359978.
If you can't make it to Lexington, and want to participate or help in
some way, contact Karen McKnight
at 859.313.4282. For the past eight years Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East have joined together to form an award-winning team. For the past seven years, they have won the "Walk With Your Doc" competition, a fundraising competition for health care organizations. The team has also been recognized for the large number of walkers the day of the event, and for becoming a Presenting Sponsor. This year, the Saint Joseph Diabetes and Nutrition Center staff is inviting employees at all Saint Joseph Health System facilities to join them in supporting the efforts of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to accomplish its mission to prevent and cure diabetes, and improve the lives of all people who have diabetes. They encourage everyone to raise or contribute a few dollars for the Saint Joseph team, or simply show up and participate. This
walk provides funding for local events and supports diabetes research
at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville. In fact,
these institutions have received $6 million in research dollars from
the ADA. In addition, the ADA provides support groups for all ages,
and innumerable professional resources used by Saint Joseph every single
day! Doctors' Day Monday, March 30 is National Doctors’ Day. Please celebrate the day by doing something extra nice for the physicians who come to your department/unit. Full-page ads are running in local newspapers throughout our markets thanking our doctors. |
Saint
Joseph Health System has implemented the new income tax withholding
tables which incorporate the new Making Work Pay credit, one of the
key provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009 that became law February 17. You probably noticed the boost
in your take-home pay as a result of the new tax tables.
to
be fully prepared to use the new online learning system in the next
few weeks. We are currently in “TEST” mode, however, for
a “peep,” please go to our Web site (
The
plans are coming along nicely. Colors for the walls have been chosen,
exercise equipment has been ordered and the committee is in the process
of choosing an inspirational painted mural design. The committee is
now planning a festive event to mark the center’s grand opening.
The Saint Joseph - Berea Wellness Committee members
are: Flora Washburn, Jennifer Hamblin, Vicki Hamilton, Melissa Lepore,
Crystal Catron, Karina Christopher, Janenne Abney, Andrea Conner, Leslie
Crawford, Gayle Green, Hunter Purdy, Stephanie Nelson, Katie Heckman,
and Elena Baker.
The
Saint Joseph Diabetes and Nutrition Center will be
having a Mother’s Day flower and garden sale on May
7-8 at Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East with
all proceeds going to the Lexington Step Out to Fight Diabetes walk
sponsored by the American Diabetes Association. They need contributions
of perennials from your gardens to include in the sale. In previous
years, hostas, hen and chicks, unique daylilies, and numerous flowering
perennials have sold very well. Extra vegetable plants and herbs are
also needed. Pots can be provided and the center's staff can pick up
your donations. If you are interested, please contact 
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Saint Joseph - Mount Sterling will celebrate employees' birthdays each quarter by serving a Birthday Breakfast. Those employees with birthdays in January, February and March are invited to attend the first celebration on Tuesday, March 31. Please stop by the Human Resource Conference Room from 7:00–9:00 a.m. and enjoy the celebration. Coping With Financial Stress Flaget
Memorial Hospital employees are invited to “Coping With
Financial Stress,” a lunch and learn session presented by Mark
Cain from Lighthouse Counseling on Wednesday,
April 1. Session times are 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and
12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. in the Nazareth Conference Center. Take a lunch
break and learn how to manage your financial stress in these tough economic
times. Easter Egg Hunt Saint Joseph - Mount Sterling is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 4 at 2:00 p.m. at the Shelter at Easy Walker Park. Employees' children (12 and under) can participate. If you would like to help please call Cindy Clark (859.498.7746) or Tammy Imel (859.498.7744). 'Relay for Life' Bake Sale Challenge Saint Joseph - Mount Sterling is holding a departmental challenge during a Relay for Life fundraiser bake sale on Thursday, April 9. Each department or area may enter an Easter Basket, wreath or any kind of spring décor. The items will be raffled and the department raising the most money will receive $50.00. Please let Lynn Lockridge or Phyllis Byrd know if your area is planning to participate by Monday, April 6. Entries should be submitted to Phyllis (859.498.1220) by Wednesday, April 8. Relay for Life Fundraisers
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Birthday
Celebration
Saint
Joseph - Martin's Relay For Life team needs members! The event
will be Friday, June 12 at
Archer Park in Prestonsburg. If you are interested in being a member
of the Saint Joseph – Martin team, contact |
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Weight Watchers at Work
The Cooper/Clayton Method to Stop Smoking A new class starts April 21 and runs for 13 weeks on Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., at the Beaumont YMCA in Lexington. This program is free and open to everyone in the community. The Cooper/Clayton Method to Stop Smoking, a proven successful 12-week program, involves nicotine replacement, nicotine reduction and behavioral modification. Call the Saint Joseph Healthy Living Center at 859.219.0530 to sign up. |
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Joseph - London employees interested in joining the Weight
Watchers At Work Meeting series is invited to an Open House on Thursday,
April 2 at 11:30 a.m. in the Chapel Conference Room.
A 15-member minimum is required and payment is due at that meeting.
If you have questions, please contact |
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‘Customer-focused Communications’ for Leaders
• Listening Skills This
workshop was developed to strategically support Saint Joseph Health
System's current move to service lines and the need to create new skills
sets and competencies among key stakeholders, especially as it relates
to communications with our medical staff. Basic Medical Library Information Skills Class
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Customer-focused
communication skills are essential to the success of leaders in a highly
competitive market. This interactive training session will provide role-modeling
and tips to develop and enhance leaders’ skills as they market
services to the medical staff and community partners:
Get
hands-on experience in using Saint Joseph Health System’s medical
information resources, including the Virtual Medical Library. This course
is open to anyone interested in using these resources for work, study
or research. Also, it's a good way to learn about resources for consumer
health and patient/family information. |
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Dear Saint Joseph - London
I would especially like to mention Heather, Mary, Patsy, Katie, Norma and so many more on Med/Surg who went above and beyond the call. If a hospital experience can honestly be enjoyable, this one was, with the exception of my medical problem. Thanks to all for being here in London, Kentucky. This town should be proud to have such a fine health care establishment.” |
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would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to Saint
Joseph - London physicians and all of the nursing personnel
on Med/Surg. Over my years I have been in the hospital in Knoxville
and Central Baptist in Lexington and I must say the time spent at Saint
Joseph - London surpasses all. I could not have asked for more attentiveness
and would say the overall experience was commendable. |
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Lenten
Reflection (Jeremiah 31:31-34) The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers the day I took them by the hand to lead them forth from the land of Egypt; for they broke my covenant, and I had to show myself their master, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will place my law within them and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer will they have need to teach their friends and relatives how to know the Lord. All, from least to greatest, shall know me, says the Lord, for I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sin no more. The prophet Jeremiah describes the relationship God desires to have with us as a “new covenant.” The prophet reminds us about the first covenant when God “took our ancestors by the hand to lead them forth from the land of Egypt.” This new covenant is so personal that it is no longer written on tablets of stone but written upon our hearts by the tender, compassionate hand of God. Jeremiah lovingly describes this relationship God desires to have with us: “I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Ask yourself: Have I allowed myself and others to see the words of love written on my heart? Am I resisting God’s invitation to be vulnerable and so recognize my true self? |
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'Cover the Uninsured Week' Events
During Cover the Uninsured Week, Flaget Memorial Hospital set up a booth at the Bardstown Wal-Mart to provide the community with information about the hospital’s prescription assistance program, the Kentucky Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Nelson County Community Clinic, a clinic supported by Flaget and whose mission is to help local people with no health insurance get basic medical and dental care. Pictured, from left, are Starr Caldwell, Hospice of Nelson County; Grace Craig, Prescription Assistance Program Coordinator; and Rachel Briney, Senior Health Educator for the Nelson County Health Department. The group also set up shop at the local Save-A-Lot to share information about how people who are uninsured can increase access to health care services.
Surprise Party in Berea
Christi Henderson enjoyed a surprise baby shower given by her Saint Joseph - Berea Health Information staff on Friday, March 27. |
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