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I N S I D E R
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Birthdays &
Anniversaries 2
Birthday=FIT test 2
Calendar 3
Communication 4
Go Red Yard Sale 5
NEWS 6
New Associates 7
NEWS 8
Diabetes EXPO 9
Great Catches 10
Hospital Olympics 11
New Associates 12
Hospital Olympics 13
eHR 14
Back Page 15
Board of Directors Local Medical Staff
The trusted
provider of
rural health
care services
for our
patients and
families.
FFF Bright Ideas—The FFF Taskforce
FFF stands for Fast Fun and Friendly, it is our goal to have a fun, bright,
exciting and friendly place to work.
Employees can submit ideas for events and activities that will help boost
employee morale by submitting a FFF Bright Idea. *Note: The FFF
Taskforce has no authority over pay, raises or PTO.
To submit your Fast Fun and Friendly Bright Idea, please complete the
electronic form or paper form located on the Intranet under “Employee
Resources”, “FFF Bright Ideas”.
*For ideas and suggestions that will improve patient satisfaction or
improve work flow, please continue to submit a Great Catch!
A U G U S T 2 0 1 2
Rita Sircy, Chairman
Terry Hornung, VP Chairman
Sandy Haman, Secretary/Treasurer
Jerry Guy, Director
Kerry Halde, Director
Garret Mitchek, Director
Barry Hinkhouse, Director
Wayne Hoppe, MD
Bong Pham MD
James Perez, MD
Zach Pimentel, MD
Kristin Janssen, PA
Candy Campbell, PA
Susan Dorman, NP
K C C H S D O f f i c e r s
Joe Stratton, CEO
Regina Korsvold,
Quality Risk Manager
Dalene Colglazier,
Patient Advocate
Linda Wardlaw,
Compliance Officer
Don Wade, CFO
Kandi Kuper, Interim CNO
Kelly Ray & Valerie Boyd,
Financial Counselors
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B i r t h d a y s & A n n i v e r s a r i e s !
Happy Birthday Anniversaries
Tina K. 2 years
Amy V. 2 years
Tina W. 2 years
Veronica B. 2 years
Alyssa A. 4 years
Courtney 4 years
Casey 5 years
Karen B 7 years
Allison M. 7 years
Kelly R. 8 years
Brenda B. 13 years
Dr. Perez 13 years
Dr. Pimentel 13 years
Linda 22 years
Dee 33 years
Robin Aug. 8th
Randi R. Aug. 10th
Savannah Aug. 13th
Kale Aug. 13th
Tammy C. Aug. 17th
Victoria H. Aug. 19th
Sylvia Aug. 21st
Nancy G. Aug. 25th
Peter Aug. 28th
When it’s your birthday it is also time for your FIT test and Hand Hygiene!
Congratulations! This is your special month, so Employee Health is asking that you
participate in 2 mandatory activities.
You need to sign up for a FIT test. The sign up sheet is posted on the bulletin board
across from the Infection Control Nurses' office in the basement. Pick a time that
works for you and remember to avoid chewing gum, drinking diet pop, smoking or
eating for at least 15 minutes prior to the test. This test is an annual test that
must now be done during your birthday month.
You will be participating in the Hand Hygiene Program during your
birthday month.
All paperwork must be turned in to me before the 5th of the month to get
credit for participation in the program.
Tonia Salmans, RN Infection Control Coordinator Employee Health Nurse Patient Education Coordinator
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August 2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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6 7
National
Night Out—In
Burlington
8 9 10 11
12 13 14
Date of the announcement of the Japanese surrender to U.S. armed forces in 1945, ending World War II. The formal surrender was signed on Sept. 2, 1945.
Birthday Treat Day in the
cafeteria!
15
Burlington
Blood Drive
16 17 18
19 20
Hospital
Olympics!
21 22
Board
Meeting
23 24
Hospital BBQ
at noon
25
26 27 28 29
Stratton
Blood Drive
30 31
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Go Red For Women G A R A G E S A L E
August 25th, 2012
Vicky Kosch Residence
162 Vine Street
7a-12p
Do you have items you would like to donate?
Set a price for your items and drop them off the week of August 20th
at one of the following locations in Burlington:
Vicky’s house
Health and Human Services
Parke Wellness Center
All proceeds go toward the Go Red for Women Gala coming to
you in February 2013.
Love your heart and others in Kit Carson County!
Questions? Call Us!
Vicky Kosch 349-1298
J e n n i e J o l l i f f e 3 4 6 - 0 3 6 6
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S t a r t i n g A u g u s t 1 s t P o p i n t h e m a c h i n e
Due to the price of soda pop is going up, the Fast Fun and Friendly Taskforce
had to raise the price of pop in the downstairs pop machine from 50 cents per
can to 60 cents per can. The FFF Taskforce is sorry for the inconvenience,
however in order to cover costs and still provide FFF events the price increase
was necessary.
T e l l U s A b o u t Y o u !
Part of being a Fast Fun and Friendly Place to work is getting to know your co-workers!
We want to learn more about you! Go to the Intranet and look for the link under Employee
Resources of the screen you will see a link to Tell Us About You!
Fill out the electronic form, or print and complete the paper form and turn this in to Savannah.
We look forward to learn more about you!!
2012 Hospital Olympics! -
Department Flag Contest Flag entries are due to Shauna by Monday, August 20th.
Each department is asked create a flag that “best” represents their department. There are no
restrictions on the size, colors or materials use for this flag.
Once all flags are submitted to Shauna, they will be on display in the hallway next to her office. Staff
can then vote on the “best” flag.
The department with the most votes will win a Goodie Bag to share with the employees in their
department.
Have fun and we look forward to seeing your creative Flags!
N e w A s s o c i a t e s
Name: Jennifer
Department: Summer Intern
Favorite things
Color: Hot pink, lime green, purple and blue
Type of Music: All kinds of music
Pets: I have three dogs
Interests: Sports, softball, and having fun
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Name: Malaree
Department: MA at Parke Health
Favorite things
Color: Yellow
Type of Music: All kinds of music
Pets: I have two dogs
Interests: Sports, softball, and having fun
Name: Vianey
Department: EVS
Favorite things
Color: purple
Type of Music: Hip-Hop
Snack: Hot Cheetos and pickles
Interests: photography, doing hair and makeup and spending
time with my baby girl
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C e l e b r a t i n g b i r t h d a y s w i t h a b i r t h d a y t r e a t !
Starting in August, each month KCCHSD will be
celebrating birthdays by having birthday treats for
everyone to enjoy. Employees with a birthday or
anniversary in that month will be listed on the wipe off
board in the cafeteria and the second Tuesday of each
month employees can get a birthday treat during lunch.
Whether or not you are eating lunch on the second
Tuesday of each month, you can come to the cafeteria
and get a birthday treat to help celebrate that month’s
birthdays.
This idea came from a several employees who submitted
Great Catch ideas for celebrating birthdays!
- Thank you for the wonderful idea team!
C e l e b r a t i n g A u g u s t B i r t h d a y s o n T u e s d a y , A u g u s t 1 4 t h
3 M M e e t i n g N o t e s a r e n o w o n t h e e m p l o y e e i n t r a n e t !
L o o k f o r t h e 3 M n o t e s u n d e r E m p l o y e e
R e s o u r c e s
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KCCHSD hosted the 1st annual Diabetes EXPO on July 14th, 2012 at the Old Town Barn. The evening began with an EXPO, which covered subjects ranging from the definition of diabetes to treatment and management of the disease.
Dinner was prepared and served by "All Of It Catering" and included a diabetes friendly meal of Grilled chicken with apples and leeks, gingered orange carrots, harvest medley potatoes, plum tomato and escarole salad with parmesan balsamic dressing and a pumpkin dessert. Guests of the dinner were given recipes of all of the food served at the dinner as a take home gift.
Guest speakers included Sylvia Hodgkinson, RN who spoke of being a mother of a 10 year old Type 1 with diabetes. Her story was heartwarming and inspirational. Kathy Dowd, RN spoke of the challenges of having diabetes while incarcerated. She is the Certified Diabetes Educator for our local prison, and coordinates their care. Dawn James, RN was our final guest speaker. She included a power point presentation that tied everything together for the evening. Her talk was focused on prevention of the disease, as well with a question/answer session, which opened the room up to several great questions from community members.
Gift bags and baskets were donated from our community:
1 a general diabetes care bag, including a free meter.
2 an eye care kit that included a free diabetes eye exam donated from Dr. McAtee at Vision Source.
3 a foot care kit that included a free pedicure donated by Dana Richards from "Nail'd It".
4 an alternative options basket donated from Health Essentials, which included a free consultation.
The evening was concluded and declared a successful start to informing the public of the disease, that will hopefully become an annual event.
If anyone would like recipe cards of the menu served, call ext. 2506.
1 s t A n n u a l D i a b e t e s E X P O
Idea: We need a sign put up at the Vending, “Children need to be supervised by adult, not left
unattended”. I see children everyday playing with the coffee machine, getting hot cocoa, or getting
coffee. This can result in severe burns.
Follow-up: Looking into this
Idea: When policies are updated, highlight or italicize the new changes so we know what is different
Follow-up: In progress
Idea: Place hand sanitizer outside of ER for patients and staff.
Follow-up: Great idea! When the new sanitizer is installed we will make sure one is placed in this
location.
Idea: Have drainage pans under the flowers outside of ER.
Follow-up: Completed!
Idea: Have a customer service box in high patient/guest traffic areas. The customer service box would
have marketing items or coupons that we would give if we make a mistake. E.g. scheduling, long waits
etc...
Follow-up: Taken into consideration and will go to AC.
Idea: Have information in one location for how to apply for social security number for new mothers.
Follow-up: Savannah is working with Medical Records and OB to create a brochure.
Idea: Have a sign that says no pets.
Follow-up: The pet policy was forwarded via email to all employees
Great Catch Ideas– July 2012
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2012 Hospital Olympics! - Aug 20-24th
Registration is due by August 16th
KCCHSD is hosting their own Olympic games August 20th through the 24th. We will start out
Monday, August 20th with the Olympic torch traveling through each department, and we will light
the eternal flame at 12:40 pm in the classroom. We will then have our opening ceremonies with a
special celebrity guest, making her appearance.
We will have an Olympic game each day and on Friday we will close the Olympics with a FREE
BBQ lunch and honoring the Olympic game winners.
We want to make sure everyone is included in the Olympic games. On Tuesday and Thursday of
Olympic week we will have one game at 7:30 am to involve those who worked the night shift and
have the same game again in the afternoon to catch those who work day shift.
If you don’t think your department or your staff members will be able to make the Olympic events,
but would like the Olympic materials please let Savannah know.
- see the Olympic schedule on page 13
Represent the U.S.A for our Olympics!
On Monday, August 20th for the opening ceremonies of the
Hospital Olympics we ask that KCCHSD staff members wear red,
white and/or blue to represent the U.S.A.!
Name: Bong Pham
Department: Family Physician
Favorite things
Color: purple
Type of Music: anything
Pets: Border Collie Mix named Minnie
Interests: Cooking, Hiking, spending time with family/friends,
skiing and biking
N e w A s s o c i a t e s
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Name: Abbey
Department: Nursing/RN
Favorite things
Color: red
Type of Music: anything
Pets: Dog named Maci
Restaurants: Mexican food and The Route
Name: Alicia
Department: Physical Therapy/ DPT
Favorite things
Color: pink
Type of Music: country
Hobbies: outdoor sports, cooking and reading
Restaurants: Mexican food and Italian food
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2012 Hospital Olympics! - Aug 20-24th
Registration is due by August 16th
Monday, August 20th
The Olympic torch will be passed around the hospital– an email with the route
of the torch is soon to come.
12:40 pm we will light the eternal flame in the classroom with special guest
appearance
First Olympic game– Sticky Note Fencing
Tuesday, August 21st
Baby Swaddling
- 7:30 am in the nurses’ lounge
- 12:40 in the classroom
Wednesday, August 22nd
Wheel chair race
- 1 pm PHC south parking lot
Thursday, August 23rd
Pain Chart competition
- 7:30 am in the nurses’ lounge
- 12:40 atrium
Friday, August 24th
Rubber band archery
- 9:30 hallway by the atrium
11:45 BBQ starts, Announcing Department Flag winner, giving medals to winners
and Closing ceremonies
Sign up for these events and the BBQ on the intranet!
Don’t forget, Department Flag entries are due Monday, August 20th
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EHR and KCCHSD, 2012
Implementing an Electronic Health Record (EHR) is an adventure—you see things you’ve never
seen, do things you’ve never done, and sometimes you hear things you’ve never heard. And you
work as a team.
The federal government, through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, devised
a plan to partially reimburse funds used by healthcare physicians and hospitals for EHR and pe-
nalize them if they make the decision not to use EHR (by withholding Medicare payments). They
describe the plan with the words “Meaningful Use”. Here are the three main components of
“Meaningful Use”:
The use of a certified EHR in a meaningful manner, such as e-prescribing.
The use of certified EHR technology for electronic exchange of health information to improve
quality of health care.
The use of certified EHR technology to submit clinical quality and other measures.
Simply put, “Meaningful Use” means providers need to show they are using the EHR technology
in ways that can be measure significantly in quality and in quantity.
There are many requirements (“objectives”) outlined for Meaningful Use in both the hospital set-
ting and the Clinic setting. To qualify for an incentive payment, hospitals must meet 19 of the 24
outlined objectives. There are a similar number of objectives for the Clinics to follow.
The week of August 6-10, there will be daily webinars to show how the EHR system will work in
the hospital. Several employees will be viewing these webinars to help prepare them for the next
step, to be trained as trainers for the rest of the involved employees. Clinical departments, the
Business office, and Health Information Management are all preparing for this by viewing several
teaching videos individually.
The timeline has been revised again. Now it looks like we will GO LIVE right after Thanksgiving.
This is an exciting time for all of us. We are moving into the future of healthcare, which will be
supported by more and more technology.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible sit-
uations. Chuck Swindall
- See the attachment to the email or look on the intranet for additional information!
K U D O ’ S L e t t i n g s o m e o n e k n o w h o w m u c h
t h e y a r e a p p r e c i a t e d www.kcchsd.org
I would like to say a HUGE Thank You to the
KCCHSD staff that volunteered their time and effort to
make the 1st annual Diabetes EXPO a success! Thanks
goes out to Vernon , Don , Regina, JoBeth, and Kandi Ku
Also, thanks goes to Savannah H Jennifer B and Angel
H for helping me prepare for the event. Thank you to
Rachel F and Cecelia Nor coming and being available
translators, it was appreciated more than you know! We
have some pretty awesome staff! - Tonia S
The G & D Daylight Donuts store has been sold, effective 8-1-12. The new owner is John Revenboer, the Daylight Donut will still be operating the same as usual. I want to thank everyone for your business, kindness and support over these nine years. We have had the opportunity to get to know lots of good people in our county and surrounding communities. Thanks again. Dee R
Kandi K.—Thanks for washing my instruments and cleaning after a delivery for me so I could do paperwork!- Katie D.
Cecelia– The service you provide at PHC is excellence and thank you for your help with the FFF Taskforce.
Thank you to Julie, Sara, Kezia, Tonia, Todd, and Marty for your willingness to help cover the ED, whether picking up an extra shift or covering call. We all need to have a little time away from work to enjoy. It's not said enough, but I truly do appreciate all your hard work and time! Judi
HUGE thank you to all rodeo chow tent volunteers! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!
It is not your customer’s job to remember you. It is your obligation and responsibility to make sure they don’t have the chance to forget you.
—Patricia Fripp
This is why you don’t allow others to
take messages for you.