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Volume 4, Issue 4 - January 28, 2011 |
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KODA Presents Saint Joseph Hospital
Saint Joseph Hospital has received a Silver Medal of Honor from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for successfully increasing the number of organs available for transplantation. The hospital achieved a 100% donation rate for the 18 months (October 2008-March 2010) considered by the awards program. Through coordinated efforts and the generosity of their families, six donors provided 12 organs to be transplanted to waiting recipients. Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) presented the Silver Medal of Honor to Saint Joseph Hospital at a reception on Jan. 26. The awards are a result of the National Organ Donation and Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative, an initiative launched by HHS in 2003 to increase the availability of transplantable organs. To learn more and to become an organ donor, visit www.DonateLifeKy.org. Photo: With the Medal of Honor, from left to right, are Chris Mays (COO/CNE), LeAnn Seagraves (KODA client services), LaJava Chenault (VP of nursing), Tricia Powers (unit manager of ICU North and South and the hospital representative for organ and tissue donation), Tom Threlkeld (KODA director of client services) and Ken Haynes (president). |
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| Flaget Memorial Hospital Now Offering Digital Mammograms Flaget Memorial Hospital is now offering the very latest in mammography screening with its purchase of the Selenia digital mammography unit that provides razor-sharp images of the breast. The Selenia is the first of its kind to be installed in the Bardstown area. Digital mammography has been shown to detect cancer better in pre-menopausal women, peri-menopausal women, in women with dense breasts, and in women under the age of 50. It has also shown to be more sensitive in picking up micro-calcifications associated with cancer. Flaget’s new digital mammogram machine was purchased in part thanks to community support of the Flaget Foundation’s “Yes, Mamm!” program. Digital mammography is also offered at Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph East and Saint Joseph - London. Saint Joseph Cancer Center Resource Services Now Open Saint Joseph Cancer Center Resource Services is now open in Lexington. Resource Services is free, confidential and available to anyone affected by cancer. Located at 701 Bob-O-Link Drive, Suite 250, hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with evening support groups and activities as scheduled. Program highlights: For more information visit www.SaintJosephCancerCenter.com or Watch for the Winter Issue of Common Thread Watch for the winter issue of Common Thread to arrive in your home mailbox soon. With the new year, we are launching a new version of the magazine. This expanded and newly designed magazine continues to focus on the inspiring stories of our co-workers and their commitment to patients and families, with more pages to tell the amazing stories of outreach and mission in our communities. In the new issue, Laura Otte shares her daughter's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal accident, Rita Wheeler talks about her surprising health screening results, Bryan Boling reflects on his trip to Haiti, iron chefs David Carpenter, Devontae Washington and John Herzog share their award-winning recipe, and more. Be sure to take the Reader Reward challenge for a chance to win a limited edition red Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit Plus! Do you know of an employee who should be highlighted in our magazine? You can share your story ideas and read past issues at www.SaintJosephCommonThread.org. Surgery On Sunday is Coming to Saint Joseph Hospital Surgery On Sunday is coming to Saint Joseph Hospital Feb. 27, 2011. We are looking for: Contact: Sandy Karli at sandrakarli@sjhlex.org or 859.268.1155 for more information or to sign up to help. Volunteers are not paid for their services. About SOS: Since Dr. Andy Moore started the program in 2005, thousands of free outpatient surgeries have been performed. SOS utilizes volunteer surgeons and other medical and non-medical volunteers. For income eligible patients with no health insurance, all services and supplies, from the pre-operative visit with a volunteer surgeon, to the imaging studies, to the medications needed before and after surgery, to physical therapy, to the post-operative appointment, are free. (Learn more at www.surgeryonsunday.org.) |
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Fidelity Investments Completed The transition to Fidelity Investments is now complete. Full services on the Fidelity website, including access to your CHI Employee Savings (403(b)) Plan or 457(b) Plan account balances (whichever is applicable), are now available in HR/Payroll Connection under the My Benefits tab: click CHI Employee Savings Plan (Fidelity) or go to www.fidelity.com/atwork. For those employees who contribute to the plans, please take a moment to go online and make sure your accounts transferred appropriately. Employees who don’t have an account can enroll online today in the plans they are eligible for. Remember, auto-enrollment for employees not participating in the Employee Savings Plan starts in March. Watch your home mail for more information. Employees keeping a balance with their Great-West Fixed Fund account will not see those amounts in their Fidelity records. Those are still managed by Great-West and can be accessed either through the Great-West website at www.gwrs.com or by calling the Great-West Service Center at 1.800.701.8255. What can I do on the Fidelity website? Please note, all transactions (except hardship withdrawals) will occur online; 2010 W-2s Now Available Online 2010 W-2s are now available online from the “My Pay” tab of HR/Payroll Connection for those employees who provided consent to receive their W-2s online only, and not by paper mail. If you did not provide consent by the Jan. 16 deadline (or in a previous year), your 2010 W-2 will be mailed to your mailing address, identified on the “Personal Information” tab of HR/Payroll Connection; your W-2 forms will be mailed on or before Jan. 31, 2011. Your W-2 form will also be made available online beginning Feb. 17, 2011 to provide you access to reprint a form in case of loss, etc. Questions? Contact the HR/Payroll Connection Support Center at 888.450.9450. |
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National Wear Red Day is Next Friday, February 4 February is American Heart Month, and the American Heart Association has designated its first Friday as National Wear Red Day—part of its Go Red For Women campaign. Go Red For Women is a movement to alert women to take action and fight heart disease, the number-one killer of women. In central Kentucky, Go Red for Women is sponsored by Saint Joseph Health System. The American Heart Association and Saint Joseph Health System urges everyone—men, women and children alike—to wear red on February 4 as a show of support for this vital fight. A dress, a shirt, a necktie, a blazer, a pantsuit, a scarf ... anything, as long as it’s red, is perfectly fitting for this occasion. Watch for people in your community—friends, co-workers, the anchors on the news, store clerks, anyone and everyone—to be wearing red. For more information about Go Red For Women, visit www.GoRedForWomen.org.
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Women Invited to Participate in a Half-Marathon in NYC Several nurses in different facilities within Saint Joseph Health System are preparing to travel together and participate in an all women’s half-marathon April 3 in Central Park, NYC. Participants can either run or walk in this event, called “New York's More Magazine & Fitness Magazine Women's Half Marathon.” Current team members include: Women from across Saint Joseph Health System are invited to join this team! For more information, contact Vicki Hamilton or Melissa Agee in the Saint Joseph - Berea ED at 859.986.6527, or e-mail Vicki at vicki_h@live.com. Keeping those New Year’s Resolutions? Saint Joseph Health System partners with Massage Envy to offer corporate wellness discounts to its employees. No need to stress in 2011, call today to book a relaxing massage or facial. Call Massage Envy, located at Hamburg in Lexington, at 859.258.2200 or visit www.massageenvy.com/clinics/KY/Hamburg.aspx. |
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LEARN MODULES & MANDATORY TRAINING Upcoming LEARN Assignments Check your LEARN account regularly for your assignments, so you are not past due on mandatory training! Modules that are currently assigned are: *Denotes Assignments with select groups, not all employees will be assigned. HeartCode BLS and ACLS – Additional Step for Completion in LEARN For employees taking HeartCode BLS and HeartCode ACLS through LEARN, please note an additional step for completion of the courses. You must complete the evaluation for course credit. Even if you think you’ve finished the course, log back into LEARN and make sure you’ve completed the evaluation portion.
Literature Searching, Hands-On Training The Saint Joseph Hospital Medical Library is hosting a "lunch and learn" presentation for nursing and allied health professionals, titled “Literature Searching using the CINAHL Nursing and Allied Health Database: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature.” Separate sessions are available with hands-on computer training. Ellen Westling, a nurse trainer from the Ebsco Company, will lead the presentation and sessions. CINAHL Plus with full text is a bibliographic database which indexes the citations and abstracts of current and past nursing, medical and allied health literature. This information is then accessible, by topic and author, etc., from a Google-like search page. Many full text articles are linked for easy access. CINAHL is an outstanding research database and it complements the eClinical Reference very well. It is a great resource if you are conducting nursing or allied health research or attending school. REGISTER in LEARN (search word = CINAHL) Saint Joseph Hospital Lunch and Learn Presentation Hands-on Computer Training Sessions on CINAHL Saint Joseph East Lunch and Learn Presentation Hands-on Computer Training Sessions on CINAHL For more information call Laurie Henderson at 859.313.1677. |
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Heart of Saint Joseph Award Congratulations to Florence Martin for being named a recipient of the Heart of Saint Joseph Award at Saint Joseph - Berea. Florence works in housekeeping. You can read comments from her nomination form below.
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New Faces Saint Joseph Health System would like to welcome the following individuals to the family. These new employees attended general hospital orientation Jan. 25, 2011. Flaget Memorial Hospital
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Appalachian Outreach Program Partners with Employees This past Christmas, employees of Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph East, Saint Joseph - Jessamine, Saint Joseph - Berea and Saint Joseph - Mount Sterling volunteered for the Appalachian Outreach Program’s (AOP) “Christmas Partners Project” to help make Christmas brighter and more hopeful for families and individuals in need throughout eastern Kentucky. For the past 18 years, the program's staff has engaged employees, friends and families to sponsor Appalachian inhabitants to give basic necessities and gifts during the holiday season. Since its inception, the project has helped more than 934 families and individuals during the Christmas season. In 2010, 234 families and individuals were helped—a record year for the Christmas Partners Project and 118 more families/individuals than were served in 2009!
Appalachian Outreach Program team members Rose Rexroat, Barbara Baumgardner, Jeanie Lawson and Sister Joan Wilson, SCN, thank the following departments and individuals for partnering with them for Christmas 2010:
A Farewell to Pat Patton A farewell party was held for Pat Patton, RN, on Jan. 19. Pat, who served as chief operating officer and chief nursing officer for Saint Joseph - Berea, has moved to Denver, Colo., to start his new job as vice president of clinical leadership development at CHI.
Flaget Auxiliary Celebrates 35 Years of Volunteering Flaget Memorial Hospital Auxiliary recently celebrated their 35th year of providing volunteer aid to the patients and administrators of the hospital.
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