New features in the ED Triage Note and a Clinical Summary Tab will be activated Wednesday, Sept. 30. Some examples of the ED Triage Note enhancements include:

•         The ability to select more nursing homes and squads

•         A respiratory risk and visual acuity screen

•         Significant indicators, such as category, chief complaint cough screen and acuity level

•         Immunization and tetanus questions

•         An incomplete registration alert

•         Additional chief complaints, triage interventions and triage assessment options

Wednesday, Sept. 30, is the final day to submit a nomination for the 2009 UH Team Achievement Award, developed to honor employee teams that deliver UHs promise of providing a personalized patient experience and superior quality outcomes.

Last year, five finalist teams were nominated for their achievements. Now it’s your turn! If you know of a team that has demonstrated outstanding performance in 2009, click here to complete the nomination process online. Questions? Call Total Rewards at (216) 767-8390 or e-mail Recognition@UHhospitals.org.

The Department of Family and Child Life Services invites interested UH departments to help fill Halloween treat bags for UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital patients Thursday, Oct. 29 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. in the Rainbow Community Room. All non-edible, non-latex goodies are welcome! To RSVP for this event call Debbie Tellep at 216-844-1349 no later than Monday, Oct. 19. If your department is unable to help fill the treat bags but would like to donate items, contact Debbie to arrange a time and location for donation.

UH Ireland Cancer Center presents the inaugural Lisa’s Legacy 5K run/walk Sunday, Oct. 18, starting at 8:30 a.m. at the Museum of Natural History. Funds raised from the run/walk will help advance UH Ireland Cancer Center’s mission: to cure cancer. 

Tom Batiuk, Pulitzer Price finalist, creator of the nationally-syndicated, popular comic strip Funky Winkerbean and founder of the Lisa’s Legacy Fund, will serve as Honorary Chair of this event. For race information and to register visit LisasLegacyFund.org or call Cheryl Gutchall at 216-844-0448.

UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and the Monarch Center for Autism invite you to join their walk team Saturday, Oct. 10 at 10 a.m. at Voinovich Park Registration for the walk begins at 8 a.m. Walk Now for Autism is an important fundraiser for autism research and raises awareness about autism in our community. Become a part of the team or make a donation by visiting walknowforautism.org/cleveland and select the UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital/Monarch Center for Autism Team. Question? Contact Ann Marie Dragon via e-mail at Annmarie.Dragon@UHhospitals.org.

UH employees can enjoy the following upcoming events at discounted rates: 

• Employees can choose from 27 shows and 106 performances at Playhouse Square
• Cleveland Browns vs. San Diego Chargers, Sunday, Dec. 6
• Great Wolf Lodge, special rates beginning at $99.95 per night
• Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Oct. 21-26 all tickets are $14

New discounts include TGI Fridays, DIRECTV and more! For a list of all upcoming events and current discounts, click here. Questions? Call Total Rewards at 216-767-8390 or send an e-mail to Recognition@UHhospitals.org.

Now, more than ever, your help is needed. Become a United Way donor and take advantage of the following employee perks, in recognition of your generosity to United Way.

• All employees who pledge a contribution will be given a United Way Emblem to affix to their UH ID badge
• All employees who contribute for the first time will be entered into a weekly drawing for a $25 gas card
• Groups or departments that hold special events not organized by the UH United Way committee and raise more than $250 will be recognized with a plaque
• All employees who were previous givers and increase their pledge this year will be entered into a weekly drawing for a $25 gas card.

The employee wall of fame is now live! Meant as a virtual announcement board to celebrate employees who exemplify our core values, nursing units that excel in superior patient care, and teams who strive to achieve measurable results, click here to take a look. To kick off the launch of the wall of fame, we are celebrating the transformation of nursing care at UH through the relationship-based nursing care initiative.

If you haven't already, take five minutes and help UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital win a brand new, state-of-the-art Microsoft Play Room for the patients. Microsoft has partnered with Children’s Miracle Network to provide three Children’s Miracle Network pediatric hospitals an ultimate game room experience. Cast your vote for UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and you will automatically be entered to win an Xbox 360. You can vote more than once, so the more you vote, the better your chances of winning! 

The new law requires booster seats for children 8 years of age and younger, unless they have reached 4' 9" in height. Because seat belts do not fit well on small bodies, booster seats help lap and shoulder belts fit properly, protecting a child in the event of a crash. For more information call the Rainbow Injury Prevention Center at 216-983-1110.

UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital is taking part in the annual Boo at the Zoo event Oct. 15-18 and 22-25. Rainbow’s booth will include games and fun activities to help teach kids about being safe on Halloween and all year-round. Volunteers are needed from 5-9:30 p.m. all nights to help run the different stations and teach kids about Halloween safety. All volunteers get in free and can explore the zoo before or after their shift. If you are interested in volunteering, call 216-983-1110.

Traveling from Cleveland Hopkins Airport? AviStar Airport Parking is raising money for UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Change Gang. Park at their lot and AviStar will donate ten percent to Change Gang.

Patient Becky Hennessy is participating in a cutting edge clinical trial for advanced breast cancer  and thanks to Dr. Paula Silverman and the oncologists and other specialists at UH Ireland Cancer Center, she is fighting her battle while still living a normal life.

Tune in to Channel 3 News Thursday, Oct. 1, at 11 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 4, at 9 a.m. to see how UH doctors make the difference. To view all of The Health Difference stories online, click here.

The Rainbow Safety Store, run by the Rainbow Injury Prevention Center, is your source for low cost home, auto and personal safety items.  Located at the Atrium entrance to UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, the Safety Store offers a wide variety of safety products including baby proofing items, car seats, booster seats, carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detectors, personal safety items like medical alert IDs, special needs products like wheelchair ponchos and evacuation mats, and sports safety items like bike and ski helmets.  All items are sold at cost, well below retail prices. Stop in the store or visit them online at rainbowbabies.org/safetystore.

Stop by the newly remodeled Uptown Plaza at the corner of Euclid and Mayfield

Wednesday, Sept. 30 and Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and enjoy live music. For more information visit universitycircle.org.

A brief online training is now available on the LMS for all UH Case Medical Center employees who interact with patients who use hearing aids. Staff will learn basic troubleshooting to ensure that hearing impaired patients and their families can effectively communicate with their health care providers. This training is located under Clinical/Patient Care and Ancilliary Services on the LMS.

For more information or to request a Hearing Aid Troubleshooting kit or in-service for your division, call Robin Piper at 216 844-5455 or e-mail Robin.Piper@UHhospitals.org.

A Fidelity representative will be available for individual consultations at UH Case Medical Center on Friday, Oct. 9; Wednesday, Oct. 21; and Thursday, Nov. 5. Employees are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about investing for retirement.

Consultations may be scheduled from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The meetings will take place in Conference Room D, located on the 5th floor of the MCCO building. Call 1-800-642-7131 to schedule your individual consultation.

E. Wesley Ely, MD, Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University and developer of the CAM-ICU, will present Delirium Management Wednesday, Oct. 21. The program will include lunch and will be held in Kulas Auditorium. Register online at accessCME.org; choose “LiveEvents” and select the UH or the Corporate College program by Tuesday, Oct. 20 or call Stephanie Konstant at 877-444-8435 Ext. 118. Questions? Call Bette Idemoto, PhD, RN at 216-844-2202, or pager 33994. See the attached flyer for registration details. Nursing contact hours and CME will be provided.

The Facilities Engineering Electrical Systems Department will shut down the normal electrical service to all floors in Lakeside/Bishop east wing and Wearn’s west wing during the times listed below. This action is necessary to enable an upgrade to the electrical distribution equipment.

• Monday, Sept. 28 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29
• Tuesday, Sept. 29 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30 
• Wednesday, Sept. 30 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1  

W.A. Jones Optical will be on-site the following dates/times for persons who have already made an order to pick up their glasses:

·        Saturday, Oct. 3, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Atrium

·        Wednesday, Oct. 7, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the lobby closest to the Rainbow Community Room

·        Saturday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Atrium

All those who participated in the UH Case Medical Center United Way basket raffle. $20,776 was raised to support the 2009 United Way campaign.

The 26th annual Rainbow Golf Classic, held on August 31 at Kirtland Country Club, raised approximately $150,000 to support UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.

The 4th annual Diamond Celebration Luncheon, honoring members of the UH Diamond Legacy Society and Diamond Advisory Group, was held on Sept. 10. William E. Karnatz Sr., Esq., a longtime UH Director, charter member of the original Estate Advisory Council, and benefactor, was honored with the Distinguished Advisor Award.  Helene and Malcolm Zucker were honored with the Distinguished Diamond Award.

The first west side “Miracles Happen” fundraiser drew a sell-out crowd of 400 guests and raised $150,000 for advanced breast cancer research at University Hospitals Ireland Cancer Center. The event was held on September 11 and hosted by Westlake residents Sean and Becky Hennessy and Jackie and Bill Greuloch.  Proceeds will benefit the UH Ireland Cancer Center’s Diana Hyland Miracle Fund for individuals facing recurrent breast cancer.  

*Click here to view IT&S Updates & Outages throughout the week.

The IT&S Server and Storage team and Unified Communications team will be performing maintenance to user and department e-mail and voicemail boxes every Saturday and Sunday through the end of October. This means that there is a possibility that you may be unable to access your voicemail or your voicemail may be delayed over the course of the weekend. If you experience these issues during the normal work week, however, please contact the UH Help Desk. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

Tuesday, Sept. 29:

UH Geneva Medical Center, scheduled Cisco phone maintenance - a brief disruption lasting approximately one minute may occur to inbound and outbound phone calls at 9 p.m.

UH Case Medical Center Rolm phonemail, routine scheduled maintenance - phonemail will be unavailable during this time frame, 5-6:30 a.m.

Clinician Portal, scheduled maintenance, starting Sept. 29 at 11 p.m.-Sept. 30 at 5 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 1:

Affinity, scheduled maintenance, 8-10 p.m.

3M Encoder (Affinity users), scheduled maintenance, 8-10 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 4:

Soarian Financials, Siemens scheduled maintenance, 3-3:15 a.m.

Please share this issue of UH Weekly Report with team members who do not have access to e-mail.