University Hospitals’ Marketing and Communications Department is producing a video for the upcoming 2008 United Way campaign. Each year, over 400,000 greater Cleveland residents benefit from United Way funded programs. We are looking for grateful UH employees whose lives have been touched by United Way and its more than 125 partner agencies. For a complete listing of United Way partner agencies, click here. We encourage you to review this list, as you may have been served by an agency without realizing it was a United Way partner.

If you would like to share your story, please send a brief description of your United Way experience for possible inclusion in the video to Loree Vick at Loree.Vick@UHhospitals.org. The deadline for story submissions is Thursday, Aug. 28.

A beautiful new display highlighting some of UH’s most important contributions to the community has been installed at the end of the Cornell Road bridge leading to the Mather Pavilion lobby. The display, with its clean, contemporary style, brightens the corridor as it welcomes visitors and employees. The display describes a sampling of our clinical services and research programs, and demonstrates how the hard work of employees throughout the system benefits Northeast Ohio. The display also thanks our benefactors and volunteers, and features a video presentation that will change throughout the year. Currently playing: UH’s 2007 Year-in-Review. Stop by to admire the display, and take pride in UH and in the role you play in our success. You make the Difference!

PLRM Enhancments coming Thursday, Aug. 28

As part of the Patient Lists and Results Management (PLRM) upgrade process, report enhancements to the Detailed Patient Worksheet and Sorted by Location - Current List functions. They are scheduled to go live on Thursday, Aug. 28, at all UH facilities currently using PLRM.

Detailed Patient Worksheet
The new report names will be called Detailed Patient Worksheet Sorted by Location / Patient – Current List with Options, and Detailed Patient Worksheet Sorted by Patient Name – Current List with Options.

Enhancements will include availability of patient list reports to all end users who have access to current patient lists, one report type for all end users, and visit reason function. Currently, there are two types of worksheet reports for physicians and nursing.

Sorted by Location - Current List
A new visit reason function has been enabled.

As we upgrade the system, there may be a brief period (estimated at 10-15 minutes) when the reports will not be visible in the Report Selection drop-down window, or you may get an error message if you are in the process of selecting a report. Thank you in advance for your patience.

Radiology Results Order Message Revised

Due to a recent enhancement, Radiology results now post as “Order Revised by Radiology.” Previously, they posted as “ORDER/EXAM CANCELLED CANCEL REASON: UNKNOWN.”

“It takes a lot of energy just to copy with pain,” says Jeffrey Janata, PhD, Director of the Behavioral Medicine Program at UH Case Medical Center, on the first page of today’s Health Section of the Plain Dealer, as part of a feature article of how more than 70 million people in this country are in chronic pain.

“They feel that they have precious [little energy] to deal with the rest of life’s demands, and that’s demoralizing,” says Dr. Janata. The article also looks at alternatives to medications for children, and quotes Howard Hall, PhD, Pediatric Behavioral Psychologist at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. The story states that he “hooks up children to a monitor to capture their heart-rate variability, which gives a measure of their stress level. He then teaches them breathing techniques to bring the stress down, which also lowers their pain with continued practice.”

Find these and other Plain Dealer health stories at: http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/

Stop by the UH Case Medical Center cafeteria on Thursday, Sept. 11, from 6:30-9:30 a.m. for a hearty breakfast of pancakes, sausage and orange juice. The cost is $4 per person and all proceeds benefit the 2008 United Way campaign. Payroll deduction can be used for payment. Click here to view the event flier and pre-order form.

Please join University Hospitals Neurological Institute in welcoming John Adler, MD, world-renowned Neurosurgeon and inventor of CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery, on Friday, Aug. 29, at 8 a.m. in the Rainbow Amphitheater. Dr. Adler will discuss the latest in CyberKnife technology and breakfast will be provided.

Dr. Adler is welcomed by Andrew Sloan, MD, Director of the Brain Tumor/NeuroOncology Center, Robert Maciunas, MD, Co-Director, Radiosurgery Program, UH Case Medical Center, and Douglas Einstein, MD, PhD, Co-Director, Radiosurgery Program, Director, Genitourinary Oncology, UH Case Medical Center.

The UH Case Medical Center Nursing Research Council invites all nurses to participate in the fourth Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Conference: EBP – It’s as Easy as ABC IV. The fourth conference in the series, focusing on evaluating the research found and developing the next steps, takes place in Bolwell room A on Tuesday, Sept. 9, from noon-1 p.m. If you would like a box lunch, register by Thursday, Sept. 4 to Yvonne Stewart at (216) 844-7869 or Yvonne.Stewart@UHhospitals.org, otherwise no registration is required. Questions? E-mail Gail.Bromley@UHhospitals.org or Mary.Anthony@UHhospitals.org.

University Hospitals of Cleveland (OH-003), is an approved provider of continuing education by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. OBN-001-91. Provider status is valid through 05/01/2008.

University Hospitals Bedford Medical Center recently acquired the Southeast Medical Office Building to use for physician offices. Bedford employees and tenants of the building can expect to see major renovations in order to improve surroundings internally and externally. Questions? Contact the Ambulatory Call Center at (216) 767-1032.

Arrow Electronics presents "Bowling for Tikes," a charity event to benefit Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital. The event will be held on Sunday, Oct. 5, from 2-5 p.m. at Roseland Lanes in Oakwood Village. The cost of the event is $25 per person, which includes lane rental, shoes, ball, two slices of pizza and a raffle ticket. There will be a silent auction with donated items to bid on, a chinese auction, and a 50/50 raffle. All proceeds from the event benefit Rainbow. For more information visit www.bowlfortikes.info. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, Sept. 3.

Art Express Fundraising will be selling items for the home (bed, bath, beauty, art and area rugs) beginning tomorrow at 7 a.m. through Friday at 4 p.m. Payments can be made via payroll deduction, cash, checks and credit cards. A portion of the proceeds from the sale will benefit the Auxiliary of UH Case Medical Center.

Tuesday, Aug. 26:

Physician Portal, server scheduled maintenance, starting Aug. 26 at 11 p.m. - Aug. 27 at 5 a.m.

CPRPlus, application maintenance, starting Aug. 26 at 10 p.m. - Aug. 27 at 1:30 a.m.

UH Extended Care Campus, intermittent network disruptions - network hardware maintenance, starting Aug. 26 at 11 p.m. - Aug. 27 at 1 a.m.