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ANNOUNCEMENTS BONUS & SALARY INCREASEKen has announced that KFMC staff will be receiving a 1.5% raise starting on April 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year. In addition, all staff will be receiving a bonus of 1.5%, expected during the last pay period in February.

NEXT ALL STAFF MEETINGScheduled for February 19 from 9 - 10 am

UPCOMING EVENTS HIMSS Regional EventMarch 5 - Meaningful Use Paradigm Dinner - Wichita, KSMarch 6 - Clinical Informatics Institute - Wichita, KS

CONTRACT UPDATES• KFMC was granted a No Cost

Extension (NCE) that will extend the life of the REC contract for fourteen more months. This will enable KFMC to secure the additional milestones to reach the original goal of 1200 providers assisted.

healthy@work The ECCO committee invites all staff to be healthy@work. Each week during the month of February, learn how small changes can help you live your best, healthiest life at the office and at home. The first two weeks of the program focused around healthy food choices and physical activity. For more information and to see what’s to come later in the month, please see the attached healthy@work brochure.

FINANCE MINUTEPlease make sure that you complete your timesheet daily as this is a requirement of some of our contracts. Also, all timesheets should be signed and completed by 9 am on Monday following the end of a pay period.

COMMUNICATIONS UPDATES Please continue to submit all marketing and communications requests via the communications intranet site. For technical assistance, contact the help desk.

KFMC COMMUNITYThis section serves as the KFMC “Craigslist.” Please submit your submissions via the communications intranet page for items you wish to sell, friends seeking employment, available housing,babysitting or pet-sitting needs, or any other inquiries you may wish to send through the KFMC pulse.

EFFICIENCY TIDBITTAKE A FEW MINUTES TO MAKE A PLAN FOR YOUR DAY. THIS WILL HELP YOU IDENTIFY WHAT YOUR PRIORITES ARE UPON ARRIVING TO WORK AND JUMP START PRODUCTIVITY.

WORK ANNIVERSARIESLaura Sanchez - 30 years - Feb. 11Neta Smith - 20 years - Feb. 14Russ Hilger - 2 years - Feb. 25

BIRTHDAYS Bert Lanum - 1st Russ Hilger - 12th Trish Harkness - 19th Tisha Carlson - 26th

February 2015