Bradley ED gets the spotlight in TV commercial
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Bradley ED gets the spotlight in TV commercial
A publication for Hartford HealthCare employees January 2015 NetworkNews Bradley ED gets the spotlight in TV commercial From the football field to the stands, Southington football players and family members teamed up with The Hospital of Central Connecticut for a commercial showcasing its Emergency Department services — including treatment for sports-related injuries — at its Bradley Memorial campus. Both Southington Valley Midget Football and Southington High School Blue Knights football players are featured in HOCC’s newest TV commercial filmed last November at the town’s Recreation Park. It’s now being shown on cable stations targeting Southington and surrounding communities. The commercial’s storyline focuses on a young football player — 9-year-old Kamron Beaudoin — who is injured during a game and brought to the Bradley Memorial campus ED by his parents, Kimberly and Gerry Beaudoin of Southington. Helayne Lightstone, director of Creative Services for Hartford HealthCare, says the 30-second piece showcases the ED’s excellent services, exceptional staff, high patient satisfaction and “our commitment to be there for the community 24/7.” “It’s wonderful to be able to execute these highlevel productions internally, using the talents of our Continued on page 3 HealthyU Helping you make educated health care choices Up to $500 is waiting. Have you earned your wellness credit? Employees who completed their wellness requirements by Oct. 31, 2014, should have found a little something extra in their first paycheck of the New Year — a wellness credit of $250 for single coverage and $500 for those who cover their spouse/ partner/children or family under an HHC medical plan. But there is still time to complete the requirements, and those who do by March 31, 2015, will see the credit in their checks as soon as it can be processed. To earn the full credit, here’s what you must do by March 31: 1. Complete a 15-minute online health assessment at our wellness partner website, RedBrick Health or call RedBrick at 1-877-207-0136. 2. If you have not seen your doctor since Jan. 1, 2014, make an appointment for a preventive care visit. If your care is up to date, Aetna will provide verification directly to RedBrick Health. If for some reason your information is not automatically transmitted, all you have to do is complete and submit this form. If you need preventive care, don’t wait until the last minute to make an appointment. Hartford HealthCare Tier 1 primary care practices can be found on HHC’s Aetna DocFind directory and on the HHC&Me Employee Service Center website. Find Hartford HealthCare Medical Group providers at HartfordHealthCareMedicalGroup.com. When you call, remember to tell the scheduler that you are an HHC employee or spouse/partner in need of an exam to complete your wellness requirements. To find out if you have completed your requirements, visit RedBrick Health or call RedBrick at 1-877-207-0136. When you go to the website, it’s important to know that the “welcome” page shows only your progress. To find out if a spouse/partner has completed the requirements, call 1-877-207-0136. Employees AND their spouse or partner covered by a Hartford HealthCare medical plan must complete BOTH requirements by March 31, 2015, to qualify for the full $500 credit for employee and spouse/partner/children or family coverage. For details about the wellness credit, please read our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) at the HHC&Me Employee Service Center website or at our wellness partner website, RedBrick Health. Hartford HealthCare By The Numbers 45 106,000 million *Year-end FY 2014 numbers Purchase Orders Created $20.2 2 EXAM GLOVES USED EACH YEAR million in Supply Chain cost savings Bradley ED gets the spotlight in TV commercial Continued from page 1 own staff, because it’s cost-effective and also ensures that our messaging is precisely on target,” said Lightstone. The Southington-based ED is staffed by a board-certified physician 24/7 and is capable of evaluating and managing any emergency condition, including football injuries. Its ED Press Ganey patient satisfaction scores exceeded the 95th percentile for their peer group and all EDs during the past fiscal year. The ED also excels in timeliness of care. In 2014, the median time from arrival to being seen by a provider was 9.5 minutes, and 89 percent of patients were seen in under 30 minutes. “Making the commercial was a lot of fun, and it seemed to really fit the interests of the community. We are getting the word out that our ED is here and available to anyone who needs it, whether it’s a minor injury or serious medical emergency,” said Dr. Eric Hobert, medical director of the Bradley campus ED. To support the Southington-based focus of the commercial, the Southington YMCA and Kimberly Beaudoin, Southington Valley Midget Football executive board secretary/cheerleading coach, helped secure cast members. Several members of the high school’s Blue Knights football team were featured in the stands as spectators, along with family members of the midget players. Scripting and filming were done by Hartford HealthCare’s creative team, including videographer Nick Dethlefsen. Make-up artist was Dawn Angeletti of Southington. Beaudoin says it meant a lot to the league’s executive board for the players to be a part of the film, especially with the league’s focus on sports safety. Referencing the hospital’s Bradley Memorial campus, she says it’s “a huge relief that they’re there for us when we need them.” The commercial launch is just one more way Hartford HealthCare is showing its commitment to a healthier Southington. Over the last several months, HHC has taken a comprehensive approach to connecting with the community. Some outreach efforts have included establishing the website BradleyFuture.org to provide accurate updates and information, and creating a unique Healthy Southington Facebook page for relevant news. Additionally, a new publication, “Healthy Southington,” is produced each month and focuses on Bradley and Southington-based services and programs. It is inserted into the Southington zone of the Meriden Record-Journal, Southington Observer and Southington Citizen and distributed at a variety of locations in town. “We want to better connect with the Southington community and create a future in which Bradley continues to be highly successful — a destination for those seeking care,” said Trish Walden, president of Central Connecticut Senior Services and HHC’s project manager for the Bradley transformation. To view the commercial, visit bradleyfuture.org. The OCAP office: Here for your questions! The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has advised health care providers to develop compliance programs to establish and monitor ethical standards of business practices. Hartford HealthCare’s Compliance Program is based on the OIG’s guidance and endorsed by HHC’s Board. OCAP staff has expertise in many areas, including: accounting, internal auditing, research compliance, privacy compliance, acute-care compliance, laboratory compliance, revenue cycle compliance, behavioral health compliance, and more. The Compliance Program requires all employees to abide by HHC’s Code of Conduct and to report any concerns of potential violations to appropriate staff. There are many different ways to report concerns: • Management • Human Resources • Any OCAP staff member • The HHC ComplianceLine (1-855-HHC-OCAP or 1-855-442-6227) or HHC.OCAPComplianceLine.com • The main OCAP phone# (860) 972-1573 (calls will be triaged accordingly) • Email addresses: [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] OCAP’s motto is “Working together to do the right thing.” 3 How Hartford HealthCare Works The Work: Subgroups were established in a number of areas including Directions, Signage, Escorts/Greeters, Registration Process, and Employee/Physician Office Education. Field trips were taken to MidState Medical Center and Hartford Hospital to observe best practices in wayfinding. Workgroup members set out to tackle issues that would ultimately improve the patient’s experience such as: In each issue of Network News, we’ll highlight the work of select H3W workgroups whose projects have resulted in cross-collaboration and noteworthy achievements. See the positive impact H3W is having across Hartford HealthCare! Improving wayfinding for lost patients and visitors to • Directions Refining the accruacy and clarity of direction cards Floor direction cards in English, Spanish and Polish • Ground Offering Cardiology • Coordinating the direction cards with signage Proceed to the end of the Main Lobby Corridor. • 1.Numbering the elevators to enhance directions Directions to Ground Floor Cardiology 1. Proceed to the end of the Main Lobby Corridor. 2. Turn RIGHT at the cashier window. 2. Turn RIGHT at the cashier window. • 3.DProceed eterming the process for greeting customers and to Central Elevators and press DOWN to Ground Floor (G). escorting them to their desired location 4. Proceed LEFT out of elevators and take immediate right. • Developing a guide for Information Desk staff regarding the registration process • Estimating costs for signage T TOMASSO TOWER and identifying symbols changes commonly used in hospitals to supplement directions 5. Continue down corridor and CARDIOLOGY will be on your LEFT. 5. Continue down corridor and CARDIOLOGY will be BUILDINGS on your LEFT. 6. Press paddle on right to open door. 6. Press paddle on right to open door. TomassoTower Campus map on reverse side. >> Ambulatory North Central LBuilding Campus map on reverse side. >> EastPavilion WestPavilion DBuilding RBuilding T TOMASSO TOWER * FAMILY ENRICH. ELV NORTH N ELV Elevator ATM 32 Hawkins NORTH ** 45 Hawkins ** 45 Hawkins L ST L FAMILY ENRICH. 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EA The Work Groups Involved: Performance Improvement, Risk Management, Public Safety, Dialysis, Food & Nutrition Services, Facilities, Supply Chain Management, Main Operating Room, Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Admitting, Mercury Services, Cardiology, Radiology, Laboratory, Volunteer Services, Corporate Communications, Patient Experience R The Outcomes:E NewDdouble-sided direction cardsWwith written inW The Idea: To improve wayfinding to reduce structions and C C a map were created, CENTRAL CENTRAL lost patients and visitors at The Hospital of volunteers were trained to escort A A AMBULATORY AMBULATORY Central Connecticut visitors, and a plan was put in place for signage changes. “The work of VISITOR VISITOR PARKING PARKING The Team Members: Diamond Belejack, this team broke down silos among Susan Brodeur, Penny Charamut, Lisa Dinoia, departments, and we were able to Michael Doty, Ann Marie Faucher, Mark Gacreate a patient and visitor-centered ravel, Loreen Gawel, Christine Gregorio, Augie Holzmiller, process improvement. Tangible materials help our patients Wilmaly Justiniano, Maureen Lafland, Guylaine Lagace, get where they need to be, but more importantly, we Erin Libby, Gail Millerick, Carolyn initatived a culture change and increased awareness of Murphy, Marissa Olson, Nancy Ouellette, Kim Paulakos, a problem. Now everyone knows how to role model the Monica Rinaldi, Jennifer Rodriguez, Teresa Sadlowski, expected behaviors like stopping to assist our visitors and Rhonda Smith, Christine Sniadack, Craig Stegmaier, escorting them where they need to go,” said Aimee Sturmer, Sherry Stohler, Aimee Sturmer, Linda Tompkins, Luz Vega, patient relations manager for the Central Region and Timothy Walton, Nicole Yopp co-facilitator on the project. ELV Cashier PS9402 rev 10/14 ELV E PS9402 rev 10/14 ELV ELV Cashier T ES T 5 Highland St. FLOORS 1:First 2:Second 3:Third 4:Fourth 5:Fifth 6:Sixth G:Ground B:Basement SB:Subbasement Main Hospital Entrance 52-54 Griswold St. W Gift shop ES RADIATION ONCOLOGY SUPPLY*** Cafe ELV Information desk *** ELV CAFETERIA ELV 52-54 Griswold St. W ELV Special Event R SUPPLY*** Cafe Main Hospital Entrance ELV CAFETERIA ELV Gift shop D Information desk *** RADIATION ONCOLOGY 5 Highland St. FLOORS 1:First 2:Second 3:Third 4:Fourth 5:Fifth 6:Sixth G:Ground B:Basement SB:Subbasement Walk to Wellness: Weight Loss Tuesday, Feb. 3, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Westfarms Mall, Hartford HealthCare Wellness Lounge, Lower Level, near Nordstrom Meet with Dr. Edward Hannoush, who will speak on weight loss and then take a 30-minute group walk around the mall. To register, visit the table beside the Rest and Relaxation Lounge between 8 and 8:30 a.m. on the day of the event, or call 860.561.3420, x2102. 4 S N I TechTips By Joseph Venturelli, Vice President/Chief Technology Officer As the Information Technology Services Department strives to improve customer service, ITS is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Enterprise Password Reset portal. Each month the Help Desk receives between 2,500 and 3,000 phone calls from employees who need their passwords reset. Either passwords have expired, or users may have forgotten them and have become locked out of their computers. In the past, this scenario meant a call to the Help Desk, which could take more time than most of us have during our busy days. Now when you find that your password no longer works, you will see a link on your PC sign-on screen that says, “I forgot my password.” By clicking on this link, employees will be taken to the portal and will be asked to choose their location and enter their full employee number and the last four digits of their Social Security number. Employees will be able to reset their own password without ever having to call the Help Desk. In addition to this service, ITS is also beginning to send emails to customers to let them know in advance that their password is soon expiring. It is our hope that this new functionality will get folks back to work faster when they experience problems with their password. If you have suggestions for future TechTips topics, please email [email protected]. Quick Password Tip A hint to help you remember your password: Once you choose a password you like, you can just change one aspect of the password when it expires to make it easier to remember. If you choose Iloveicecream1 for your password, the next time your password expires, simply change it to Iloveicecream2. If you change just the number at the end, and you never share your password with anyone, this method is just as secure as coming up with a new password. In the first week of the password reset launch, nearly 1,000 employees successfully reset, unlocked or changed their own passwords; and more than 3,800 employees received password expiration email reminders! Healthy Family FunFest – The countdown is on! We’re counting down to the Healthy Family FunFest with healthy tips that lead up to our Feb. 22 Health FunFest event in Southington. The tips are posted each day on Facebook pages for Healthy Family FunFest, Healthy Southington, The Hospital of Central Connecticut and MidState Medical Center. Held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Aqua Turf, the free FunFest is an exciting day with lots of health information, speakers, screenings, demonstrations and activities for everyone from children to seniors. Healthy Family FunFest is presented by the Southington-Cheshire YMCA, The Hospital of Central Connecticut at Bradley Memorial campus, and Central Connecticut Senior Health Services, which includes The Orchards, Mulberry Gardens, Southington Care Center, and the Center for Healthy Aging. We welcome you to check out our Healthy Southington Facebook page (and like and even share it!). Network News is a monthly publication produced by a sub-committee of the Hartford HealthCare Communications Council. Please send story ideas to [email protected]. The committee will make every effort to consider your story idea, but due to space constraints, editing may be necessary. 5 > > Around HHC > > The holidays are a reason for celebration, but they are no reason for distracted driving! That was the message at the Fifth Annual Meriden White Out Walk on Dec. 30, when approximately 35 members of the Meriden Chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), the Meriden Healthy Youth Coalition and staff from Rushford donned white and took their annual post-sunset awareness walk from Meriden City Hall to the Meriden Police Station to educate the public about the perils of drinking and driving, distracted driving, and buzzed driving. Pictured left to right are Rushford billing specialist Rosanne Gumlaw, Meriden SADD members Abby Chichester, Jordan Gumlaw, Kodi Nosal, and Rushford Prevention Manager Sheryl Sprague. The Orchards at Southington received two prestigious awards in December, one on the national level and the second from the State of Connecticut. SeniorAdvisor.com recognized The Orchards with a Best of 2015 Award that recognizes senior living and home care providers that consistently receive high ratings and positive reviews from their residents, families and visitors. The Orchards also received the GreenCircle Award from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. This award recognizes businesses, individuals and community organizations whose activities or projects promote conservation and/or environmental awareness. Accepting the GreenCircle Award on behalf of The Orchards at Southington are, from left, Kathy Johnson, director of environmental services, Audrey Vinci, executive director, and Patty Hooper, executive chef, with Rob Klee, commissioner of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. On Dec. 12, at the Annual Meeting of the Corporators, MidState Medical Center named Jan Vocola as the 2014 recipient of the Crystal Obelisk Award. The Crystal Obelisk Award was established by MidState in 1991 and recognizes individuals, groups or organizations for distinguished contributions to the advancement of the health care delivery system in our community. During her tenure, Jan led many community outreach activities and has served on the Auxiliary Board, first as membership chair, then treasurer, and now as president. Pictured are Jan Vocola (center), with Carl Grant, chairman, MidState Medical Center Board of Directors; and Lucille Janatka, Hartford HealthCare senior vice president and Central Region president. Construction continues on The Hospital of Central Connecticut’s new cancer center. Ceilings, lighting, flooring and millwork are being installed throughout the facility. Work on critical systems such as the fire alarms, nurse call system, electrical system commissioning and elevator work is also in progress. A certificate of occupancy for the center was received on Dec. 30 and the medical office building’s certificate is expected by Jan. 30. The cancer center is set to open in the spring. 6 > > Around HHC Dave Whitehead, left, president of Hartford HealthCare’s East Region, talks about services being offered at the new Backus Family Health Center at Crossroads in Waterford during a ribbon cutting for the facility on Dec. 16. The center offers orthopedic sub-specialists, primary care, and physical and occupational therapy. With the ribbon cutting ceremony accomplished, Crossroads Orthopedics Dr. Frank Maletz, center, holds the giant scissors aloft in celebration of the official opening. Dr. Carl Braren (second from left), who retired from practice at Hartford Hospital after 35 years as an internist, brought members of the Silk City Barbershop Chorus from Manchester to sing for staff, patients and families at Hartford Hospital during the holiday season. During the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the CareConnect offices in Farmington were transformed into “DiaperConnect” in an effort to collect diapers and laundry supplies for My Sisters’ Place, a safe and nurturing shelter for women and children who are without a home.Organized by Dr. Spencer Erman, chief medical information officer for Ambulatory Care at HHC, and Linda Nazarko, CareConnect administrative assistant, the staff at CareConnect donated more than 8,700 diapers and more than 3,200 loads worth of laundry detergent to this community resource. Pictured are CareConnect’s Linda Nazarko and Dr. Spencer Erman with staff donations of diapers and laundry detergent for My Sister’s Place. > The roadmap to employee engagement Last fall Hartford HealthCare conducted a brief “progress check” to help gauge the progress we’ve made around employee engagement. Employees at acute-care organizations answered five engagement-related questions as part of the Culture of Safety Survey they were asked to take, and employees in non-acute care settings were asked to take a stand-alone, five-question survey. While the results of these surveys are still being tabulated, leadership hasn’t wasted any time in looking at what could be done to better engage staff. In October, a dashboard was created that focuses on what HHC leaders are doing to make improvements. Much like a roadmap, this dashboard is designed to get us to our ultimate destination – a fulfilled and fully engaged workforce! “Fostering a culture of engagement is an ongoing process and the right thing to do for our staff. Our new dashboard is 7 best-practice and modeled after the dashboard created to track hand hygiene progress,” said Tracy Church, senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Hartford HealthCare. Each HHC entity is being held accountable for tracking their respective progress. The initiatives tracked are those believed to help drive engagement across our organization: face-to-face communication; monthly one-on-one meetings between managers and their supervisors; continued focus on H3W leadership behavior training; and asking your manager, staff and colleagues, “How can I better partner with you?” These are only a few of the many initiatives being monitored. Stay tuned to Network News for updates on our progress, and look for a full engagement survey in May.