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Volume 2, Issue 24 - August 21, 2009 |
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Partners for Justice Saint Joseph - Jessamine RJ Corman Ambulatory Care Center (SJJ) is now performing lab work on criminal cases for the Nicholasville and Wilmore police departments and the Jessamine County Sheriff’s Office. This July, Saint Joseph entered into a formal agreement with the police departments to assist them in gathering evidence in cases. Prior to the partnership, police officers were spending anywhere from 90 minutes to four hours at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville waiting on necessary lab work. With SJJ being closer to home, in Nicholasville, officers can more easily bring individuals in and get quantities of what is in their system.
Seated from left: Nicholasville Mayor Russ Meyer and President Ken Haynes (SJH/SJE/SJJ). Standing from left: RJ Corman, Jessamine County Attorney Brian Goettl, Nicholasville Police Chief Barry Waldrop, Assistant Jessamine County Attorney Anna Roberts-Smith, Jessamine County Sheriff Kevin Corman and Wilmore Police Chief Steve Boven. |
In this Issue:
NEW Blog Update! Check out Gene Woods' latest blog entry (topic: health care reform). Click on the image above or visit www.sjhlex.org/ |
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Don’t Lose Your Benefits! Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) is currently conducting a Dependent Eligibility Audit across the system which will confirm that dependents (i.e. spouses and children) participating in the medical, dental and vision plans meet CHI’s eligibility guidelines. All Saint Joseph Health System employees with dependents are required to submit documentation to verify their eligibility before Tuesday, August 25. NOTE: This audit is for medical, dental and vision insurance only.
If you do not submit the required information, NOTE: The audit does not cover supplemental life insurance; NOTE: After you submit the required paperwork, you can check your approval For more details: Refer to the information mailed to your home for more details, log on to HR/Payroll Connection and click the dependent audit link in your Activity Center or call the HR/Payroll Connection Support Center (1.888.450.9450). Saint Joseph - Mount Sterling employees can go to http://resources.hewitt.com/chi_yds or call their local HR department. Click here for the Dependent Audit Form Click here for Documentation Requirements New Mandatory LEARN Assignments Rolled Out Several LEARN assignments have recently been assigned to all Saint Joseph Health System employees. Each year, every employee is mandated to take required training that meets The Joint Commission’s requirements. This training has traditionally been called the “Safety Campaign.” The CHI Annual Safety modules are named: Regulatory Library Part I and Part II. They cover a variety of safety and legal topics. These modules must be completed by September 30. Also being rolled out are the first of the CHI Evidence-Based Practice modules. Assignments are specific to Hand Hygiene, Hospital Acquired Infection, Infection Control, and Surgical Never Events. These modules must be completed by November 30. Check your LEARN account today! Deadlines are fast-approaching! • Check your LEARN assignments and due dates by logging into Inside CHI, then click the LEARN link on the left side of the screen. • For additional information, visit: www.SaintJosephHealthSystem.org/LearnInfo. Completion reports/updates will be posted at this LEARN Resource Center. Join the SJHS Cycling Team Are you a weekend road warrior and interested in joining a cycling team? Saint Joseph Health System (SJHS) is looking for cyclists. There are many bike treks throughout Kentucky this fall and SJHS would like to be represented! For example, the Shakertown Bike Trek is September 19-21 and SJHS is forming a team for this premier cycling event that benefits the American Lung Association. Enjoy a ride through the back roads of central Kentucky. You can sign up for this particular ride at www.MidLandLung.org (look for the Saint Joseph team). Contact team captain Kathy Lacny, who works in respiratory care at Saint Joseph East (859.967.5501-work, 859.489.2880-cell), with any questions about the cycling team, the Shakertown trek, or to inquire about practice rides. Runners Needed for The Bourbon Chase Saint Joseph Health System is sponsoring a team for The Bourbon Chase, October 9-10, and needs 12 motivated and fun runners to participate! During this inaugural event, teams of relay runners will cover 200 miles of scenic byways along the famous Kentucky Bourbon Trail and Bluegrass horse country. Each member of the team will run three legs over distances varying from four to eight miles. The race will start near Bardstown and wrap up with a festive finish in downtown Lexington. A festival will be held at the finish line in Triangle Park, where thousands will enjoy live music, local food and drinks from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, October 10. Interested runners need to contact Greg Gerard at 859.986.6366. Visit www.BourbonChase.com to learn more about the event. Take the Cafeteria Survey Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph East, Saint Joseph - Berea and Saint Joseph - Mount Sterling employees are invited to take a cafeteria survey through August 28. Jot down your opinions about your hospital's cafeteria including current menu and services and what changes you would like to see in the future. By taking the survey, you'll be eligible for prize drawings. Look for the surveys near the cashiers' stations inside your campus cafeteria and use the drop-off box to turn in your survey. New Radiance ABG System Goes Live August 25 The new Radiance System for Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation is scheduled to go-live Tuesday, August 25. The system will be implemented at Saint Joseph Hospital, This go-live will result in the following: Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East Saint Joseph - Berea
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Picnic in Nazareth The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth invite all Saint Joseph Health System employees, families and friends to the Nazareth Picnic on Saturday, August 22 from 2:00–8:00 p.m. at the Motherhouse Campus, Nazareth, KY (near Bardstown). A fried chicken dinner will be served in the air-conditioned Motherhouse dining room from 2:00-7:00 p.m. Hot dogs and hamburgers will also be available on the picnic grounds. A variety of prize booths will be featured. Raffle items include monetary prizes (1st prize: $2,000; 2nd prize: $1,000; and 3rd prize: $500) and a hand-made queen-size quilt along with other specials. Entertainment and children’s activities will be offered throughout the day. For more information about this event, please call 502.348.1578. Employee Climate Assessment Celebrations! Gene Woods and his president’s council and executive team is serving employees across the system a FREE meal to thank them for their input on the recent Employee Climate Assessment—every facility had greater than 95% participation! So far, celebrations have occurred at Saint Joseph - Mount Sterling, Flaget Memorial Hospital, Saint Joseph - Berea, Saint Joseph East and Saint Joseph Hospital. Upcoming dates are listed below. Saint Joseph - Martin (celebrating 100% participation) Saint Joseph - London (celebrating 100% participation) Saint Joseph - Jessamine (celebrating 96.2% participation)
Celebrate the rich history and tradition of bluegrass music this Labor Day weekend as Saint Joseph - Jessamine RJ Corman Ambulatory Care Center sponsors the annual J.D. Crowe Bluegrass Music Festival at Ichthus Farm in Wilmore. Grammy Award-winner and legendary banjoist J.D. Crowe and his band, The New South, will headline this lively three-day festival that features numerous bluegrass artists and festivities for the whole family. Visit www.CroweFest.com to view the schedule of events. Aside from great music, highlights include a vintage car display, cornhole tournament, 5K race, archery demonstrations and inflatables for the kids. Saint Joseph will be providing health screenings and information at the festival. Look for our booths! The event runs September 3-5 (Thurs-Sat). All Saint Joseph Health System employees who present their name badge at the festival entrance will be admitted for FREE! You can receive $5-off ticket admission for family & friends by using a special coupon code when ordering online: crowe (all lowercase). Patients and families can also use this code. Go Red for Women Lunch & Learn Series Flaget Memorial Hospital and the American Heart Association are hosting a Lunch & Learn Series featuring heart survivor and clinician Jerri Passo, RN, BSN, who will speak on “The Heart Truth for Women.” The event is Tuesday, September 8, 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m., at the Bardstown Country Club at Maywood (130 Maywood Avenue). A heart-healthy lunch will be provided and the cost is free. RSVP to 502.348.7010 by September 1. Saint Joseph Health System is the central Kentucky sponsor of the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women movement. Volunteer at the 13th Annual Spoonbread Festival The 13th Annual Spoonbread Festival will be September 18-20 in Berea. Saint Joseph - Berea will sponsor and coordinate the 5K/Fun Run to be held for the second year on the hospital campus and host a first-aid booth at Memorial Park as well as a hospitality/health/service promotion booth with helium balloons for the kids. There are many opportunities to volunteer! The work is fun and you’ll be promoting better health for your community. Contact Katie Heckman in community relations, 859.986.6535, if you’re interested in helping. |
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Free Smoking Cessation Course in Bardstown A 13-week “Kick the Habit” smoking cessation course will begin Wednesday, August 26, at 5:30 p.m. at Flaget Health Connection, 111 N. Third St. in Bardstown. Kick the Habit uses the Cooper/Clayton method to stop smoking, a highly successful program based on proven methods that include education, skills training and group support. Smoke Check, a tool that helps cigarette smokers gauge the effect of tobacco use on their health, will be used to monitor the quitters' progress. Although the course is free, participants will be responsible for purchasing nicotine replacement products. To register for the program, call 502.348.7010. Kick the Habit is being sponsored by the Kentucky Cancer Program and Flaget Memorial Hospital.
Weight Watchers At Work in Martin—New Series Starting A new Weight Watchers series will begin Tuesday, September 8 at Saint Joseph - Martin. Attend an open house Tuesday, September 1 at 12 noon in the Community Education building. Cost is $144 and can be made in three payments of $48 on September 8 and the payments will be deposited on September 8, October 8 and November 8. For more information, contact Carol Jo May at 606.285.6692. Weight Watchers At Work in Berea—Informational Meeting A representative of Weight Watchers will be available in the Saint Joseph - Berea boardroom at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 10 to answer employee and volunteer questions about the program. The first Saint Joseph - Berea Weight Watchers At Work enrollment meeting will be held the next week. If you have questions about signing up, please contact Katie Heckman at 859.986.6535 or Vicki Hamilton at 859.986.6527. |
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Moderate Sedation and Analgesia Class for RNs Adult Moderate Sedation And Analgesia Register via the LEARN system Advanced
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Update for Nurses Advanced Pharmacy Update This continuing education workshop is for nurse
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Letter to Saint Joseph East To Denise Hundley,
Administrator of Women’s Care "I would like to take a minute to let you know how incredibly pleased we were with Saint Joseph East during the birth of our son. I do hope you have access to our file to see exactly who worked with us because unfortunately I was unable to write down any of the names of the wonderful nurses. I am so incredibly grateful for the care that each nurse showed us and the care they showed our son. We could not have been more pleased and comforted in welcoming our first child. I want to personally thank you and all the nurses and staff at Saint Joseph East that made the birth of our son and our hospital stay so enjoyable. If you ever need a personal testimony for any reason please feel free to contact us. I am so grateful and will be telling everyone just how great of an experience we had at Special thanks to the Saint Joseph East employees Labor & Delivery: Debbie Rose and
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Daisy Award Winner Congratulations to Jeanetta Marcum, L.P.N. for being named a recipient of the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses at Saint Joseph - London. Jeanetta is the first recipient of this award at Saint Joseph - London. 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. To learn more or to nominate someone, visit SaintJosephNurses.org, or look for Daisy Award nomination boxes throughout your hospital. inCommon will frequently highlight Saint Joseph Health System's Daisy Award winners. NOTE: The next deadline for nominating a nurse for the Daisy Award at SJH, SJE and SJJ is Friday, August 28!
Foundation Helps Patients Honor Staff The Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation’s Caring Spirit program is designed for patients and/or their families to recognize extraordinary care they received at Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph East and Saint Joseph – Jessamine. A donation is made to the Foundation in honor of a Saint Joseph physician, nurse or staff member who made a difference to a patient, including a brief note of thanks. The note is delivered to the Saint Joseph caregiver, and they are presented with a Caring Spirit pin to commemorate their compassionate care. This program allows the Foundation to enhance Saint Joseph’s unwavering commitment to person-centered care and continuing our healing ministry. The Foundation has recently honored the following with a Caring Spirit pin: Dr. John Dineen, Pulmonology - Saint Joseph Hospital Dr. Robert Salley and Mike Dugan, PA - Saint Joseph Hospital
Natalie Brewer, RN - Saint Joseph Hospital
4th Floor Med-Surg - Saint Joseph East
Leslie Bryant, RN - Saint Joseph Hospital
Pain Management Team - Saint Joseph East
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Employee Climate Assessment Celebrations in Lexington Saint Joseph East and Saint Joseph Hospital employees were treated to a free meal for achieving 96.2% participation on the recent Employee Climate Assessment. Saint Joseph Health System CEO Gene Woods and members of his president's council and executive team hosted the celebrations, helping the nutritional services staff serve the complimentary meals. Below are a few snapshots! Saint Joseph East
Saint Joseph Hospital
'Go Red Night' with the Legends As the central Kentucky sponsor of the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women movement, Saint Joseph Health System (SJHS) regularly hosts “Go Red” events in its communities to support women’s heart health awareness and provide heart-healthy education and screenings. On July 29, SJHS partnered with the Lexington Legends to paint Applebee’s Park red during an evening of baseball. Legends ball players wore red jerseys and a heart disease survivor threw out the first pitch. SJHS provided free blood pressure screenings and information about heart health. A portion of the ticket sales went toward the American Heart Association.
…………………… … … Celebrating in Jessamine Co. Saint Joseph - Jessamine RJ Corman Ambulatory Care Center (SJJ) marked its six-month anniversary (and its 10,000th patient!) in June with a cake celebration.
………………………… Reaching Out to a Targeted Population On June 13, African-American health care professionals employed or affiliated with Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East conducted a health fair at Shorter Chapel A.M.E. Church in Paris, Kentucky. The health fair, planned upon request from the community, targeted illnesses prevalent in the African-American population. LaJava Chenault, RN, MSN, provided an overview and scope of the problem. Those participating in the sessions included Sherry Mason, RN, unit manager of the stroke unit, who discussed stroke and its associated risk factors; Kerry Leach, RN, unit manager of the inpatient dialysis unit, who discussed renal disease, dialysis and its associated risk factors including hypertension and diabetes; Trudy Gochette, RN, who discussed prostate and breast cancer; and Dareni Lowe, RN, unit manager of 4med/surg at Saint Joseph East, who provided information on obesity and associated health risks. Katherine Parker, RN, operating room clinical manager, discussed the Surgery on Sunday program (she donates one Sunday a month to this program) and Tracey McFarland, RN, med/surg clinical educator, and Peggie Brooks, RN, certified wound, ostomy and continence nurse, performed blood pressure and blood sugar checks. The health care offering was chaired and co-chaired by LaJava Chenault, RN, and Katherine Parker, RN, respectively, both long-term members of Shorter Chapel A.M.E. Church.
Sitting, left to right: Kerry Leach, RN, manager for dialysis clinic (DCI); Trudy Gochett, RN, oncology nurse specialist & staff nurse; Sherry Mason, RN, unit manager of 5A stroke; LaJava Chenault, RN, nursing director-med/surg and oncology; Rev. Terrence Cato, pastor of Shorter Chapel AME Church in Paris, Ky Standing, left to right: Katherine Parker, RN, clinical manager-ENT-surgery dept, SJH; Peggie Brooks, RN, CWOCN, SJH & SJE; Tracey McFarland, RN, clinical educator med/surg, SJH Not pictured: Dareni Lowe, RN, unit manager, 4med/surg, SJE ………………………… Celebrating Dr. Martin's 47 Years of Service Saint Joseph - Martin employees honored Dr. Lowell Martin for his 47 years of service with a community-wide retirement celebration July 30. Friends, family, community officials and hospital employees gathered to share memories and unveil signage for the "Dr. Lowell D. Martin Highway" named in his honor.
………………………… Volunteer Scholarship Winner Congratulations to Kara Marcum, Saint Joseph - London's 2009 Volunteer Scholarship winner. Kara is the daughter of Lonnie and Paula (OB unit manager) Marcum and a recent graduate of South Laurel High School. Her plans include enrolling at Western Kentucky University and studying elementary education.
(Left to right): Jo Smith, volunteer coordinator; Billie Ridings, volunteer auxiliary president; Ginna Dempsey, president of Saint Joseph - London; Kara Marcum, scholarship winner; and parents Paula and Lonnie Marcum. ………………………… Living Well in Berea The Saint Joseph – Berea Balance Wellness Center opened late April and offers exercise equipment, weights and resources for good nutrition and lifestyle balance 24 hours a day. Balance Wellness Center is a generous gift from the Saint Joseph - Berea Foundation to employees, volunteers and physicians.
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