Please complete the Working at Iowa Survey—which will be emailed to you on Monday, Oct. 5. Your input will provide valuable information on what we can do to improve employee engagement, quality and safety, and other areas within UI Health Care. Also, last chance for the Campus Climate Survey—please take 15 minutes to complete it by tomorrow if it’s still on your to-do list.
Safety
All UI Health Care employees, learners, and contractors should wear a face mask (cloth or medical-grade) when in public areas of UI Health Care locations.
In a year where much feels like it’s out of our control, getting a flu vaccination is one thing that will keep yourself and others safe and healthy. Learn more about how to participate in this mandatory campaign.
How do you nicely tell coworkers or others that they’re standing a bit too close? Or wearing their mask below their nose? Conversations like those can feel awkward or uncomfortable. You might not know what to say.
It’s worth your time: 20 seconds can save lives.
September 2020: 96%
Quality
The Center for Procedural Skills and Simulation has moved to the Pomerantz Family Pavilion. With a variety of spaces, the center is equipped to help users practice anything from communications simulations to surgical procedures.
A cardiac dysrhythmia is an abnormal heartbeat, where the heart’s rhythm may be irregular, or the heart rate may be slow or fast. Some dysrhythmias are potentially life threatening; others are chronic and managed with medications or a cardiac device.
Please remember to follow the proper process when decommissioning surplus or out-of-date IT devices. Many UI Health Care IT devices contain protected health information (PHI). In order to avoid a HIPAA breach, departments must make sure that HCIS has an opportunity to redact any data from the IT device.
Patient experience
Help us recognize the work of language professionals, specifically interpreters in health care as part of International Translation Day. These translators provide exceptional care to non-English and Limited-English Proficient (LEP) patients and families.
Proceeds from Volunteer Services businesses fund in-house programs and projects which directly benefit our patients and their families. Do you have an idea to improve the patient-family experience within UI Health Care, but need the funds to make it happen?
From “Extremely pleased with the care I received. Nurses and physicians were very helpful in answering question and explaining the long-term care to full recovery,” to “Everyone just appeared to be in a hurry to get you in and out,” this month’s patient feedback is focused on communication.
In collaboration with the Patient Education Program, Marketing and Communications is excited to provide a completely virtual solution to capture and produce educational videos for the benefit of the patient experience.
Communication
Contact tracing
Help the University Employee Health Clinic (UEHC) keep UI Health Care safe and healthy. If you receive a call from 319-338-2111, make sure to answer. Your response will help the UEHC conduct COVID-19 contact tracing.
Blind Spots Reporting System has a COVID-19 category for you to submit any COVID-19-related idea, request, concern, etc., to hospital leadership.
Patients may now be contacted by SMS text message after their appointment as a reminder to complete their patient satisfaction survey. Learn more about our ratings and survey process.
There are a few major changes when the Epic upgrade goes live on Saturday, Oct. 10.
If we have learned one thing in 2020, it is to expect the unexpected. Derechos, floods, tornadoes, blizzards, and other crisis situations often happen quickly and unexpectedly. One way UI Hospitals & Clinics can be better prepared for an emergency is to ensure all clinicians have access to the Voalte system.
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