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What's Happening: December 30, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: December 16, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: December 9, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: December 2, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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December 2019, Swosu Bulldog Wellness Committee

SWOSU BULLDOG WELLNESS

World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day is a global initiative to raise awareness, fight stigma, and improve education about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Around the world, about 37 million people are living with HIV. In the United States, about 38,500 people get infected with HIV every year and many of which don’t even know they have it. World AIDS Day is a global initiative to raise awareness, fight prejudice, and improve education about HIV and AIDS.

The only way to know if you have HIV is to get tested. It’s important that everyone ages 15 to 65 gets …

What's Happening: November 25, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: November 18, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: November 11, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: November 4, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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November 2019, Swosu Bulldog Wellness Committee

SWOSU BULLDOG WELLNESS

National Diabetes Awareness Month Diabetes is one of the leading causes of disability and death in the United States. One in 10 Americans have diabetes — that’s more than 30 million people. There are also 84 million adults in the United States are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Depending on your age, weight, and other factors, you may be at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The good news is that making healthy changes can greatly lower your risk. To help prevent type 2 diabetes:

• Watch your weight
• Eat healthy
• Get more physical activity

What's Happening: October 28, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: October 21, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: October 14, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: October 7, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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10th Annual Pegalis Law Group Health Law Colloquium, New York Law School

Health Law Society Publications

Federalism, ERISA, and State Single-Payer Health Care. How to Make Sense of Future Legislation and the Impact on Population Health

(CLE Presentation on Oct. 24th 2019)

Moderator:

Adam S. Herbst, Esq., Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Strategic Planning Officer of Blythedale’s Children Hospital; Adjunct Professor at New York Law School teaching Health Law and Policy; Co-director of the NYLS Health Law and Patient Safety Project; Lecturer, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University

Panelists:

Honorable Richard N. Gottfried, New York State Assembly (District 75) & Chairman of the Assembly's Committee on Health and Sponsor of …

Improving Care Of The Small Baby, Beckie Palmer, Abdebayo Oshodi, Brandy Huitt, Kaylee Hurt, Pamela Kliethermes, Trudy Koons, Patricia Lanzer, Ashley Mirabile, Allyson Owen, Christian Anthony Schneider, Betsi Anderson, Steven Olsen

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Hierarchy of Aims:

• Global Aim: Create a Small Baby Unit for infants admitted to our NICU that arebirth, in which 90% of our patients are admitted to F pod on day of admission, by March 2019
• Interim Aim: Staff 80% of our micropremie patients with a Small Baby Team nurse from admission until >32 weeks by May 2019.
• Sub Aim: Increase rates of developmentally appropriate care (2 person cares, kangaroo care compliance) by 50% by August 2019.

Development And Implementation Of An Evidence-Based Process For Scarce Resource Allocation, Richard K. Ogden Jr., Daniel L. Millspaugh, Brian O'Neal

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Background: Intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) is a plasma-derived product from pooled donors. It has six FDA approved indications. It is also considered standard of care for a few other conditions in specific populations. Additionally, there is growing non-evidence-based use. Due to a global shortage, IVIG has become increasing difficult to obtain.

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Conclusions: Development, implementation, and promotion of adherence to an evidence-based criterion allowed our scarce IVIG supply to be sustained. Further refinement of the criteria for use is ongoing, as is an evaluation of IVIG utilization by indication, pre- and post-implementation. This process can be applied …

6 Hall Team Norms: It's Our Patient, Mallory Rittel, Markeyta Brown, Ron Chenoweth, Marcy Page, Chelsi Peterzalek, Amanda Woldruff

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Aim Statement

6 Hall will increase NDNQI RN-RN interaction scores from 5.06 to 5.45 to meet the 2019 National Magnet Facilities benchmark b August 1, 2019.

6 Hall Team Norms

• We strive for excellence: our work is complex, mistakes will happen.
• We provide timely (<1 >week) feedback, which includes positive, learning and interpersonal feedback.
• We celebrate as a team and our environment feels like every individual matters.
• When trust is broken, we ask ourselves: how did I contribute? What can I do to make it better? We are careful in not making assumptions.
• Our behaviors are supportive and display respect. …

Lighting The Way To Ensure Safe Transition Home, Barb Haney, Ashley Mirabile, Dianne Wilderson, Beckie Palmer, Ashley Lewis, Cris Mills, Eugenia K. Pallotto

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All aspects of discharge (education, screenings, appointments, plans and home services" must be completed and appropriately communicated prior to discharge to ensure safe transition to home.

Goal: Standardize all aspects of discharge in a large, busy 84-bed Level IV NICU with >1000 admissions/year and >300 nurses, >60 NNPs, and >25 neonatologists.

• 95% of patients with lengths of stay >3 days have all discharge planning completed prior to discharge/Parent Care Unit overnight stay

What's Happening: September 30, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: September 23, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: September 16, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: September 9, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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September 2019, Swosu Bulldog Wellness Committee

SWOSU BULLDOG WELLNESS

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

One in 5 children in the United States have obesity. Childhood obesity puts kids at risk for health problems that were once seen only in adults, like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.

The good news is that childhood obesity can be prevented. In honor of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, SWOSU encourages your family to make healthy changes together.

• Get active outside! Walk around the neighborhood, go on a bike ride, or play basketball at the park.
• Limit screen time. Keep screen time (time spent on the computer, watching TV, or …

What's Happening: August 19, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: August 12, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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What's Happening: August 5, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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Office Of Equity Diversity Report Annual Report Fy 2018-19, Children's Mercy Hospital

Equity & Diversity Annual Reports

A report on equity and diversity at Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, in the care it provides, the people it serves, and in its workforce. Specifically discusses the Equity & Diversity Leadership Structure, Employee Demographics, Patient Demographics, and the work being done to help realize the great potential that lies ahead.

August 2019, Swosu Bulldog Wellness Committee

SWOSU BULLDOG WELLNESS

National Immunization Month

We all need shots (vaccines) to help protect us from serious diseases. This protection is called immunization and it is in place to help keep our community safe. Shots can prevent serious diseases like the flu, measles, and pneumonia. It’s important to know which shots you need and when to get them.

What's Happening: July 29, 2019, Maine Medical Center

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