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- Asantewide flu shot stats (Get Your Dot On, influenza, vaccination rates, ATRMC, ARRMC, ACH)
- Neuro/ortho team creates Christmas for Casa kids (ARRMC, Court Appointed Special Advocates, Jackson County, gifts, community)
- Smullin Center to receive new cooling unit (water chiller, air conditioning, a/c unit, climate control)
- Asante Medical Arts Building Offers Saturday Lab Hours (lab hours, Jackson County, Josephine County, Medford, White City, Grants Pass, ARRMC, ATRMC)
- New look and functionality for ALEC (Asante Learning and Education Center, HealthStream, upgrade, makeover, continuing education, courses, transcripts)
- Blankets warm smallest patients (Towneplace Suites, Marriott, Asante Foundation, Children’s Miracle Network, handmade, ARRMC, NICU, pediatrics, volunteer)
- APP gift homeless and at-risk youth with stockings (volunteer, Medford, Heart’s with a Mission, Christmas, presents)
- Preemies and families receive hugs from heaven (ARRMC, NICU, volunteer, gifts, handmade, Christmas, tribute, memorial, huggers)
- Flu vaccination quiz (Eric Loeliger, MD, ATRMC, influenza, myths, facts, stats)
- Asante’s Nurse Practice Council promotes excellence (ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH, quality care, patient experience, standardization, best practice)
- VIA: Daniel Reimer (Values in Action, kindness, ARRMC, food service)
- New CT Scanner for AACH (advanced, technology, fluoroscopy, orthopedic, imaging, Asante Ashland Community Hospital, state of the art)
- Human trafficking survivor offers awareness training (ATRMC, training, recognizing signs, patient protection, sex trafficking)
- Employee and volunteer donation fund special projects at AACH (Asante Ashland Community Hospital, Caregiver Fund, I Care Campaign, donations)
- On call employees eligible for paid sick leave (Oregon Paid Time Off, OPTO, attendance, illness, absence, policy)
- Opt-in to receive W-2 electronically (IRS, taxes, payroll, deadline, electronic consent)
- Sterile processing services welcomes new manager (Steven Johnson, ARRMC, credentials, experience)
- Ask-a-Provider: Dr. Huffaker on sinusitis (Q & A, APP, ear, nose, throat, sinus, inflammation, balloon sinuplasty)
- ATRMC employees spread holiday cheer to local families (ATRMC Third Floor, Thanksgiving, Christmas, seasonal giving, service, patients in need, employees in need)
- Video: Holiday Greeting from Roy Vinyard (CEO, gratitude, thanks, Spirit of Service, Asante Moments)
- Smullin Center chiller to be replaced (water chiller, air conditioning, efficiency)
- “Flu cart” offers shots to night staff one night only (ARRMC, influenza, vaccination, immunization goal)
- Dollhouse raffle benefits Children’s Miracle Network (ARRMC, Asante Foundation, Costco, fundraiser)
- ELEMENTS 2015: assignments deadline (Asante Learning and Education Center, ALEC, UltiPro, online learning, ITS, bloodborne pathogens quiz)
- APP Offers many openings for new patients (primary care provider, Affordable Care Act, population health, wellness-based health, contact information)
- DAISY Award: Dez O’Brien (ATRMC, Family Birth Center, nurse award, clinical skill, compassionate care)
- Ugly Sweater Run to take place Dec. 19 (beWell, ugly sweater run, promotions, physical activity, employees and families, Jackson County Foster Parent Association, benefit, event)
- On call employees to qualify for paid sick leave Jan. 1 (Code 3 employees, short hour fill in, Oregon Paid Time Off, OPTO, leave accrual)
- Welcome videos help set positive tone for patients (AACH, ARRMC, ATRMC, patient experience, safety, expectations, quality care, education, hospitalization, Lanphier Associates)
- AACH Employee Spotlight: Tim Burks (Asante Ashland Community Hospital, surgical services inventory specialist, motivation, inspiration, bio, profile, Q & A)
- Values In Action award and recognition system (VIA comment cards, blueberries, eligibility, ID badges, Asante core values, vision, mission)
- APP names Chief Operations Officer (Asante Physician Partners, Whitney Welter, COO, profile, bio, qualifications)
- No Shave November benefits local cancer patients (Asante Foundation, Asante Cancer Compassion Fund, employee fundraiser)
- Medford APP-Neurology doctors extend reach to Grants Pass (Asante Physician Partners, Dr. Dimitriu, Dr. Lee, Dr. Sanchez, Dr. Rajah, neurologists)
- Help for the holidays ensures festive meal for employees in hardship (Asante Ashland, Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, food vouchers, emergency assistance, ATRMC, ARRMC, employee assistance, holiday, charity)
- Sleep Clinic follow-up improves outcomes for CPAP Users (Dr. Schoenhals, ATRMC, ARRMC, sleep center, sleep apnea, treatment efficacy, Medicare requirements)
- Grants aid in transition to sanctuary model for Behavioral Health Unit (ARRMC, Asante Foundation, Arthur Dubs Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation, anonymous grant, renovation, increase capacity, healing environment, trauma-informed approach)
- Night shift employees pilot food cart rounding (ARRMC, nutrition services, healthy food options)
- Scott Kelly Shares public thanks through social media (Executive VP, gratitude, thanks, medical excellence, outstanding service, Asante care team, We Are One)
- Spirit of Service annual winners (volunteer service, recognition, community, Larry Dzieman, Benjamin Nyman, Ellen Downes, Hope Equestrian Center, TinkerBell Preschool, Ashland Food Project)
- Affordable Care Act mandates proof of insurance for 2015 tax season (ACA, Form 1095-C, IRS, health-care coverage)
- Clean hands prevent the spread of infection and can earn bonuses (Dr. Jamie Grebosky, hand hygiene, hand washing compliance, protection, culture of safety, PEAK)
- ELEMENTS 2015: deadline Dec. 15 (Asante Learning and Education Center, ALEC, UltiPro, online learning, ITS)
- Asante Three Rivers Sleep Center grand opening Dec. 3 (celebration, refreshments, tours, service overview, sleep studies, sleep disorders, CPAP)
- Ask-a-Provider: Ramesis Bacolod on flu (Q & A, APP, family medicine, prevention, influenza, flu shot, immunization, hygiene, antiviral, Tamiflu)
- Asante and Propel Health partner to bring Care Advising to employees (population health, benefit, Regence BlueCross BlueShield, support, physician referral, managing health)
- Asante shirts brighten lives of women affected by violence in Congo (Perinatal Rescue Network, donation, appreciation, charity, translation, thank you, to your health, Adventist AIDS international ministry)
- Snyder Fund seeks to support doctors and nurses in medical mission work (the Asante Foundation, reimbursement, humanitarian medical leave, international, impoverished areas, access to medical care)
- Bedside Manners, the Play now available on video (OHSU School of Nursing, teaching tool, patient experience, teamwork, communication, Suzanne Gordon, Lisa Hayes, Scott Reeves)
- APP-Neurology in Grants Pass relocates to ATRMC campus (Dr. Dimitriu, Dr. Lee, Dr. Sanchez)
- Electronic W-2 consent forms due by Jan. 15 (IRS, taxes, payroll, UltiPro, TurboTax, Q & A)
- Lights for Life trees raise funds for Ashland Community Hospital Foundation (donation, tradition, fundraiser, Sid Field, Barbara Field, tribute, honor, remembrance)
- Walden University to hold higher education information sessions (University Partners, ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH, online courses, Grand Canyon University, Kaplan University, University of Phoenix, tuition reimbursement, Asante Education Services, links)
- Asante’s beWell team invites employees, families for Ugly Sweater Run (promotions, physical activity, employees and families, Jackson County Foster Parent Association, benefit, event)
- Medical Home model is the future of Asante (APP, patient-centered, team-based, provider-led primary care providers, PacificSource Charitable Foundation, grant, population health, training, grant, behavioral health, pharmacy)
- Evans Scholarship Recipient: Shannan Widboom (education, nursing degree, financial assistance, bio, profile, inspiration)
- Hand hygiene high five: clean hands earn rewards (Dr. Jamie Grebosky, incentive, Infection control, hand washing compliance, protection, culture of safety, PEAK, coffee cards)
- AACH Spotlight: Dawn Dille (Asante Ashland Community Hospital, volunteer services coordinator, social works, patient experience, spiritual care, inspiration, Q & A, bio, profile)
- Day long Artisan Faire features employee made arts and crafts (ARRMC, Asante, event)
- Seven employee volunteers win Spirit of Service awards (community, drawing, first quarter, school, church, police, fire, non-profit, Judy James, Heather Lorenz, Shelley Molea, Robby Pratt, Mandy Robertson, Deborah Theos)
- Compliance Corner: Gifts to non-employed physicians (federal regulations, limits, reporting, non-monetary gifts, meals, the Stark law, Gift Tracking Form, check request)
- ITS warns of phishing scams appearing to be from a technical help desk (Compliance, suspicious email, cyber attacks, SPAM, ITS Help Desk, computer upgrades)
- To Your Health: Quit tobacco during the Great American Smokeout (American Cancer Society, Breath for Life, Health Promotions, Employee Health, benefits, support)
- Employee engagement survey results (Asante, ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH, improvement, stats)
- VIA: Marti Sargent (Values in Action, kindness, nurse, CCU, reading, comfort care)
- Top 5 VIA Winners for 2015 honored at banquet (VIA, Asante core values, vision, mission, Valerie Chamberlain, Chris Fuller, Jared Hill, Dr. Lee Milligan, Sharon Young)
- Asante-wide flu shot campaign update (Get Your Dot On, influenza, national stats, vaccination)
- Ask-a-Provider: Linda Niehaus on cholesterol (Q & A, APP, family practice, risk, heart disease, heat attack, strok, ASCVD, clogged arteries, healthy lifestyle habits, preventive measures)
- APP’s Trunk or Treat a success (Halloween, community, event, costume, family friendly, activities)
- ATRMC nursing staff holds hands-on Skills Days (training, continuing education, central line care, chest tube updates, tracheotomy care, defibrillators, crash cart, Broslow review, insulin pens, hypoglycemia, glucose meter competency, hourly rounding, specimen labeling, patient throughput, post-partum hemorrhage, hypertensive crisis, flu vaccine, hand washing, C-diff, blood pressure cuff)
- ATRMC Scrub sale to benefit various hospital projects (Care Wear Uniforms, ACOH, Asante Three Rivers Auxiliary, fundraiser)
- To Your Health: Only days left to complete activities for health insurance savings (biometric screenings, general health assessment, Regence Blue Cross-Blue Shield, deadlines)
- Annual PEAK bonuses announced (Productive Employees Achieving Key Goals, results, stats, incentive, award, bonus, benefit)
- Physician profile: Nick Engstrom, MD (APP, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, values, bio, profile, Q & A)
- Sleep Center opens at Asante Three Rivers (service overview, sleep studies, sleep disorders, insomnia, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, narcolepsy, polysomnographic technologists, CPAP, clinical sleep educator)
- AACH and APP Grants Pass celebrate Halloween with pumpkin carving contests (entries, winners)
- Hospice and Palliative Care teams offer educational events (ATRMC, AACH, ARRMC, bucket list, end-of-life care)
- No benefit deduction from third pay period of the month (compensation, benefits, deductions, HR, UltiPro)
- Construction begins on linear accelerator project at Spears Cancer Center (ATRMC, Elekta Infinity, 4D, 3-D, low dose, radiation, precision)
- AACH Caregiver Fund purchases support patient safety and experience (in room cameras, fall-risk, monitor, bladder scanner, Emergency Department, Family Birth Center, Same-Day Surgery, employees, donation, contribution, matching funds, hospital charitable fund)
- Ask-a-Provider: Megan Frost on Breast Biopsies (Q & A, APP, General and Colorectal Surgery, clinical breast exam, self-exam, annual wellness checkup, breast lump, ultrasound, mammogram, procedure)
Oct. 28, 2015 (Special PEAK Edition) 
- Hand-hygiene campaign coming to Asante (statistics, guidelines, hand sanitizer, points of contact, culture of safety, incentive, PEAK)
- Asante Moments: Shane Oakley (leaking aortic heart valve, cardiac, ARRMC, valve replacement, inspiration, connection, television, commercial, campaign)
- Price estimate inquiries referral guidelines (secret shopper, cost-of-service, patient-friendly billing, price transparency initiative, Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems)
- ARRMC recognized for connectedness among nation’s hospitals (computerized record-keeping, U.S. News and World Report, information technology, high-performing, nationally ranked)
- Miracle Baby Reunion celebrated at ARRMC (NICU, Asante Foundation, testimonials, success stories, news coverage)
- Asante Center for Outpatient Health participates in polio awareness campaign (ACOH, End Polio Now, Rotary International, event, World Polio Day, vaccination, eradication, stats)
- No-Shave November event to support Asante Cancer Compassion Fund (Asante Foundation, fundraiser, cancer awareness, non-profit)
- Elections lock in for 2016 at close of open enrollment this week (information review, benefits, UltiPro, dependents, Flexible Spending Account, ETO or PTO cash-out)
- To Your Health: Know Your Numbers program coming to completion (biometric screenings, general health assessment, savings, Regence Blue Cross-Blue Shield, deadlines)
- APP awarded The Practice Innovation Challenge Award (American Medical Association, Medical Group Management Association, patient registration process, coordinator, operational excellence, Bruce Budmayr, Dave Gilmore, Vicky Thompson, Rae Piazzini, Felecia Shaw)
- Temporary vaccine shortage slows Get Your Dot On! campaign (influenza, flu shot, vaccination, incentives, stats)
- Rep Greg Walden discusses home health care at ACOH (Grants Pass, health industry, technology, Daily Courier)
- ELEMENTS 2015: audio not important to learning experience (Asante Learning and Education Center, ALEC, ITS, mandatory learning, technical issues, subtitles, visual backup)
- Credit classes available for employees (Consumer Credit Counseling service, partner, budgeting, free credit report, financial education)
- Compliance Corner: disposal of sensitive information (HIPAA, destruction guidelines, policy revision, 400-IS-CMP-0052, breach of information, hard copy, typewriter or printer ribbons, carbon paper, photocopies, zebra printer ribbons)
- Spiritual Care events planned throughout Asante (documentary, death, dying, interfaith, blessing of the hands, gifts, caring for caregivers, panel discussions ARRMC, Smullin Center ACOH, AACH)
- Open enrollment period nearing completion (information review, benefits, UltiPro, dependents, Flexible Spending Account, ETO or PTO cash-out)
- Ask-a-Provider: Eric Van Bean on sinus infections (Q & A, APP, family nurse practitioner, signs, symptoms, viral, bacterial, infection, treatment, medications)
- Get Your Dot On! flu vaccine campaign underway (Get Your Dot On, influenza, flu shot clinic, ATRMC, ARRMC, ACH, incentives)
- Retirement: James Olson (pathologist, medical examiner, ATRMC, bio, profile, credentials, hobbies)
- Values In Action top five award winners for 2015 announced (VIA, Asante Core Values, Valerie Chamberlain, Chris Fuller, Jared Hill, Lee Milligan, MD, Sharon Young)
- APP to host Trunk or Treat in Grants Pass (Halloween, community, event, costume, family friendly, activities)
- AACH to host town hall forums (Sheila Clough, financial patient experience, PEAK, ALEC, mandatory training)
- ATRMC and AACH plan events around pastoral care (Spiritual Care Together, holistic care, blessing of the hands, massage, gifts, panel discussions, interfaith)
- Open enrollment period allows two weeks for changes and updates (information review, benefits, UltiPro, dependents, Flexible Spending Account, ETO or PTO cash-out)
- Bedside Manners, the Play to be performed at the Smullin Center (OHSU School of Nursing, teaching tool, patient experience, teamwork, communication, Suzanne Gordon, Lisa Hayes, Scott Reeves)
- Ask-a-Provider: Rodney Pray on Bug Bites (Q & A, APP, family medicine, danger signs, treatment guidelines, pain, itching, allergic reaction, antihistamine, anesthetic spray, topical ointment, pain reliever)
- Employee parking sticker requirement clarifications (ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH, parking lot, parking structure, security)
- Breast Cancer Awareness: Mammogram MythBusters (breast cancer, early detection, facts, risk factors, preventive measures, community, benefit, charity events, Women’s Imaging, Women’s Health Center, AACH)
- Ear, Nose and Throat specialists join APP in Grants Pass (ACOH, Dr. Richard Huffaker, Dr. Daniel Fear, Dr. Jonathan Miller, bio, profile, qualifications)
- Bedside Manners, the Play to be performed at the Smullin Center (OHSU School of Nursing, teaching tool, patient experience, teamwork, communication, Suzanne Gordon, Lisa Hayes, Scott Reeves)
- Education Department offers consumer credit classes for employees (Consumer Credit Counseling service, partner, budgeting, free credit report, financial education)
- DAISY Award: Jennifer Lynch (ARRMC, Family Birth Center, nurse award, care, calm)
- Transamerica Retirement Solutions offers mobile app (benefits, retirement planning, MyTRSRetire, account balances, rates of return, manage, contributions, allocations, deductions)
- MyTech goes live: training to follow (ITS, self-service, order, track, equipment, requests, ALEC, training module)
- To Your Health: Know Your Numbers participation increasing (biometric screenings, Know Your Numbers, savings, Regence Blue Cross-Blue Shield, participation rates)
- Breast Cancer Awareness month programs and promotions (community, donations, local businesses, mammograms, stats, Asante Women’s Imaging, Asante Women’s Center, AACH)
- AACH Spotlight: Anna Spellman (Asante Ashland Community Hospital, floor nurse, charge nurse, ICU, Medical/Surgical, Family Birth Center, inspiration, Q & A, bio, profile)
- ICD-10 conversion changes coding, documentation and data yield (ICD-9, coders, documenters, reimbursement, health data, ELEMENTS 2015, Alec, UltiPro)
- ITS rollout of myTech on schedule for October release (self-service, online documents, move requests, hardware, software, password reset, computer user application forms, CUAF, remote user application forms, RUAF, purchase requests, compatibility, upgrade)
- Spirit of Service participation forms due Oct. 15 (Spirit of Service, volunteer recognition, quarterly prizes)
- New Purchasing Manager: Randy McElmurry (process improvement, bio, profile, qualifications)
- Asante Foundation hosts year-end clearance sale (locally-created art, wine glasses, apparel, bags, Oregon Wine Experience, Children’s Miracle Network, Child Life program, fundraiser, benefit)
- Excel classes for employees (technology training, ALEC, Microsoft Office, training, basic, intermediate, advanced)
- To Your Health: Blood Pressure (biometric screenings, Know Your Numbers, systolic, diastolic, preventive measures, savings, Regence Blue Cross-Blue Shield)
- Cardiologist and patient speak of STEMI heart attack on JPR (Dr. Kent Dauterman, Chris Honore’, emergency, AACH, ARRMC, Southern Oregon Cardiology, Mission Lifeline® Receiving Center-Silver Plus Level Recognition Award, American Heart Association)
- DAISY Nurse Leader Award: Teresa Marcoulier (ATRMC, perioperative services, patient experience, excellent care, compassion)
- Excel classes for employees (technology training, ALEC, Microsoft Office, training, basic, intermediate, advanced)
- Biometric screenings underway (Employee Health, Regence Blue Cross-Blue Shield, wellness credits, Health Promotion, schedule, savings, guidelines)
- Sports injury lectures planned for AACH (ACHE, orthopedic surgeon, arthroscopic surgery, women’s sports injuries, Dr. Hal Townsend, Dr. Knoblich, bio, profile, schedule)
- Ask-a-Provider: Regina Molokwu on Acid Reflux (Q & A, APP, family medicine, internal medicine, signs, symptoms, treatment options)
- Open enrollment packets to arrive at employees homes (benefits, plan changes, passive enrollment, annual benefit review, UltiPro)
- Annual butterfly release to take place Saturday and Sunday (Asante Hospice, event, schedule, Medford, Grants Pass, celebrate life, Native American traditions)
- Flu shot campaign: Get Your Dot On! (Work Health, influenza, vaccination, prizes, incentives)
- MyChart and QuickPay ease bill payment for patients (online bill-payment, Patient Financial Services, credit analyst team, payment issues)
- ARRMC hosts annual EMS Appreciation Barbecue (event, emergency medical service providers, firefighters, paramedics, Emergency Department, Trauma Services Department)
- Nine new providers join APP (Asante Physician Partners, nurse practitioner, Grants Pass, Medford, Ashland, emergency department, general surgery, hospitalist, pediatric hospitalist, family practice, pulmonary, critical care, urgent care)
- AACH to host sports injury lectures (ACHE, orthopedic surgeon, arthroscopic surgery, women’s sports injuries, Dr. Hal Townsend, Dr. Knoblich, bio, profile, schedule)
- Chamber awards ARRMC Chairman’s Community Award (Chamber of Medford/Jackson County, Excellence in Business Annual Awards, Providence, Roy Vinyard, Jason Brown, community benefits)
- Senior Practice Manager: Rod Hullinger (APP, bio, profile, qualifications)
- Annual butterfly release offers chance to honor lost loved ones (Asante Hospice, event, schedule, Medford, Grants Pass, Native American traditions)
- Ask-a-Provider: Russell Huckert on Heavy Lifting (Q & A, ATRMC, physical therapist, preventing injury, proper lifting technique, risk factors, recommendations)
- Flu shot campaign to begin in October (Work Health, Get Your Dot On, influenza, vaccination, prizes, incentives)
- Oregon Wine Experience raises more than $500,000 (event, donors, sponsorships, Children’s Miracle Network, Asante Foundation, fundraiser, Floyd Harmon, wineries, Child Life program, Bigham Knoll, stats)
- ICD-10 introductory course mandatory for all employees (ELEMENTS 2015, ALEC, UltiPro, annual education assignment, learning module, mandatory training)
- Flu shot campaign to begin in October (Work Health, Get Your Dot On, influenza, vaccination, prizes, incentives)
- AACH to co-sponsor Ashland Fire & Rescue Disaster Preparedness Fair (event, natural disaster, survival tips, emergency supply kits, local hazards, mitigating danger, seismic risks, wildfires, floods, digital record retention and recovery, sales, demonstrations, prizes)
- Medical staff news available online (providers, employees, clinical updates, new practitioners, patient comments, current issues, past newsletters)
- Open enrollment: make sure address is current (verify personal information, benefits, UltiPro, dependents, Flexible Spending Account, ETO or PTO cash-out)
- Employees asked to verify dependent’s social security numbers (Affordable Care Act, UltiPro, IRS Form 1095-C)
- Ask-a-Provider: Goran Cvijanovic on Bone Density (Q & A, APP, family medicine, internal medicine, recommendations, osteoporosis, risk factors, bone loss, signs and symptoms, treatment)
- To Your Health: Biometric screening and online assessment (Employee Health, Regence Blue Cross-Blue Shield, wellness credits, Health Promotion, schedule, savings, guidelines)
- DNV Healthcare Inc. supports continual improvement throughout Asante (accreditation, surveyors, review, nonconformity, action plans, infection prevention, targeted work processes)
- AACH Caregiver Fund improves patient experience with donation (Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, patient room TVs, Medical/Surgical Unit, Same-Day surgery)
- ARRMC Nursing Director: Heather Resseger (critical care, behavioral health, emergency services, bio, profile, qualifications, goals)
- Asante volunteers recognized (ARRMC, Junior Volunteers, qualifications, requirements, thank you, Scott Kelly)
- Open enrollment: make sure address is current (verify personal information, benefits, UltiPro, dependents, Flexible Spending Account, ETO or PTO cash-out)
- ARRMC Imaging Manager: Lynn Taylor (CT, Radiology, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Vascular Lab, General Ultrasound, Asante Imaging and Imaging Admin, qualifications)
- Employees asked to verify dependent’s social security numbers (Affordable Care Act, UltiPro, IRS Form 1095-C)
- Ask-a-Provider: Tabitha Thrasher on Smoke Protection (Q & A, APP, family medicine, fire season, smoke inhalation, smokey air, preventive measures, N95 masks, symptoms)
- To Your Health: Make appointments for Know Your Numbers (Employee Health, Regence Blue Cross-Blue Shield, wellness credits, biometric screening, online health assessment, Health Promotion, schedule)
- VIA: Jenny Arron-Burden (Values in Action, ATRMC, nurse, ICU, Emergency Department, service dog)
- Asante publically announces providers move to APP (Asante Physician Partners, primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, endocrinology, urgent care, physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, Medford, Medical Arts Building)
- Olsrud Challenge supports Cardiac Rehab and Cardiopulmonary Services (donation, fundraiser, Sherm’s Thunderbird, Food 4 Less, Sherm and Wanda Olsrud, match gift)
- Open enrollment period allows time for change (verify personal information, benefits, UltiPro, dependents, Flexible Spending Account, ETO or PTO cash-out)
- Values In Action award nomination deadline approaches (VIA, blueberry, Asante core values, vision, mission, colleagues, qualifications)
- ELEMENTS 2015 module available in September (ALEC, UltiPro, annual education assignment, learning module, mandatory training)
- Employees asked to verify dependent’s social security numbers (Affordable Care Act, UltiPro, IRS Form 1095-C)
- Ask-a-Provider: Kiley Ziegler on Dupuytren’s contracture (Q & A, APP, orthopedic and sports medicine, hand weakness, thickening and tightening of connective tissues, Xiaflex procedure )
- To Your Health: Know your numbers participants earn discounts (Employee Health, Regence Blue Cross-Blue Shield, wellness credits, biometric screening, online health assessment, Health Promotion, schedule)
- 3-Tesla MRI will expand imaging capabilities at ARRMC (neurological, vascular, orthopedic, capabilities, Functional MRI, work-ups, neurosurgery)
- Certified patient-centered primary care homes becoming the norm (PACT, Provider-led teams, Access to care, Continuity of care, Team members developing, improving performance, APP Primary Care Advisory Committee, APP, clinics)
- Ask-a-Provider: Shaun Rajah on migraine headaches (Q & A, APP, neurologist, headache, tension headaches, regular headaches, signs, symptoms, causes, relief, preventive treatment, medication)
- Drug take-back day allows safe disposal of medications (DEA, National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, over-the-counter medication, drop-off sites)
- AACH Employee Spotlight: Pandora Canton (Asante Ashland Community Hospital, chaplain, Spiritual Care, motivation, inspiration, bio, profile, Q & A)
- ELEMENTS 2015 module available in September (ALEC, UltiPro, annual education assignment, learning module, mandatory training)
- com offer support for parents facing back-to-school (benefits, tips, recipes, morning routine, childcare, senior services, housekeeping, sitters, background checks)
- Compliance Corner: Focus on hand hygiene (Policy #400-IC-0004, hand washing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sanitize, guidelines)
- To Your Health: Know your numbers save money on health care (Employee Health, Regence Blue Cross-Blue Shield, wellness credits, biometric screening, online health assessment, Health Promotion)
- Asante Center for Outpatient Health receives LEED Silver certification (U.S. Green Building Council, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, ACOH)
- Words that Work: using positive and constructive terms in your own words (HealthStream, coaching, leaders, challenges, barriers)
- AACH Employee Spotlight: Kathleen Mackris (Asante Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, development associate, Circle of Caring, community outreach, philanthropy, fundraising, motivation, inspiration, bio, profile, Q & A)
- Quarterly Spirit of Service award winners (volunteer service, recognition, community, Alisia Cook, Ellen Downes, David Eisenberg, Cynthis Fortuna, Ronda Janisch, Christine Ross, Maria Sisneroz)
- Ask-a-Provider: Susan Albright on Heat and Kids (Q & A, APP, Grants Pass, nurse practitioner, preventing heat exhaustion, activity, warning signs)
- Scrub sale to benefit Children’s Miracle Network (Asante Foundation, ARRMC, Care Wear Uniforms)
- com offers more than child care options (benefits, tips, recipes, morning routine, childcare, senior services, housekeeping, sitters, background checks)
- Compliance Corner: Focus on hand hygiene (Policy #400-IC-0004, hand washing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sanitize, guidelines)
- To your health: Asante benefits guide makeover (Asante Human Resources, new hire, benefits eligible, details, explanations, plan notices)
- Nineteen new providers join APP (Asante Physician Partners, primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, endocrinology, urgent care, physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, Medford)
- Smoky haze can’t penetrate hospitals’ air filtration systems (air quality, Jackson County Health and Human Services, DEQ, ventilation, air filter, smoke levels, particulates)
- Values In Action award: Call for nominations (VIA, blueberry, Asante core values, vision, mission, colleagues, qualifications)
- Retirement planning discussions: ten years to go (Peg Stewart, Transamerica Retirement Solutions, benefits, 401(a), 403(b), annual limits, catch-up, contribution)
- Calling all crafters: mandatory holiday craft sale meeting (ARRMC, preliminary, Asante employees)
- American Heart Association bestows prestigious award to ARRMC (STEMI, heart attack, Mission: Lifeline® Receiving Center-Silver Plus Level Recognition Award, compliance, Dr. Brian Gross, emergent heart care, cardiac)
- Win Howard and ATRMC senior leaders to offer town hall forums in Grants Pass (employee gym, Asante Foundation projects, DNV analysis, patient experience, question-and-answer session)
- Workshop prepares interfaith volunteer chaplains for service at ATRMC (training, Spiritual Care, ministry, faith, crisis, illness, loss, spiritual support, compassionate listening, assessment, intervention, death, dying, grief)
- To your health: new look for benefits enrollment guide (Asante Human Resources, new hire, benefits eligible, details, explanations, plan notices)
July 29, 2015 (Special PEAK Edition)
- Physician profile: Daniel Kahn, MD (OB/GYN, APP, Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic, immune regulation, high-risk pregnancy, bio, profile, Q & A, hobbies)
- ARRMC STEMI program receives prestigious American Heart Association award (heart attack, Mission: Lifeline® Receiving Center-Silver Plus Level Recognition Award, compliance, Dr. Brian Gross, emergent heart care, cardiac)
- Sixteen new providers join APP (Asante Physician Partners, pediatric, hospitalist, family medicine, emergency, osteopathic medicine, palliative care, physician, cardiothoracic surgery, neurologist, doctor, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Medford, Grants Pass, White City, Ashland)
- Annual Employee Engagement Survey concludes with nearly 80% participation (Press Ganey, employee satisfaction, access instructions, survey accessibility, participation rates)
- Oregon Wine Experience offers volunteer opportunities (event, Children’s Miracle Network, Asante Foundation, fundraiser, Bigham Knoll, Oregon Wine University, auction, tasting, schedule)
- Benefits enrollment guide receives ease and aesthetics makeover (Asante Human Resources, new hire, benefits eligible, details, explanations, plan notices)
- Compliance Corner: beware of hackers masquerading as help (social engineering, computer access, id information, ITS, Microsoft, unexpected phone calls)
- ARRMC Coumadin Clinic moves south of Barnett (services, monitoring, education, adjustments, anticoagulant, location directions)
- To Your Health: FSA Debit Cards and documentation requirements (Flexible Spending Accounts, HealthEquity, IRS, substantiation, medical expenses, claims)
- Asante Moments: employee Jason Brown (outreach nurse, Critical Care Team, Code Grey, patient experience, shoes, homeless, cancer patient)
- Survey says: reporting patient safety issues doesn’t feel safe for employees (Culture of Safety, ARRMC, non-punitive, dispelling misperceptions, patient safety story, lessons learned, teamwork, continuous improvement)
- High-efficiency dishwasher to conserve energy and water for ARRMC (Stero, stats, savings, improvement, upgrade)
- Annual Employee Engagement Survey wraps up this week (Press Ganey, employee satisfaction, access instructions, survey accessibility, participation rates)
- Interim VP for Operations at ARRMC: Kristi Blackhurst (bio, profile, qualifications)
- Asante’s Talent Acquisition Team hosts Career Fair (housekeeping, food service, Smullin Center, ARRMC)
- ARRMC Coumadin Clinic relocates to 2868 Creekside Circle (services, monitoring, education, adjustments, anticoagulant, location directions)
- Partnership with Osher Lifelong Learning Institute connects with aging population (AACh, education, SOU, OLLI, APP, Ashland, Southern Oregon, courses)
- To Your Health: FSA Debit Cards and documentation requirements (Flexible Spending Accounts, HealthEquity, IRS, substantiation, medical expenses, claims)
- Asante Couriers achieve more than 900,000 accident-free miles (lab courier team, ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH, laboratory samples, offices, clinics, supplies, equipment, transport, schedule, stats)
- Asante Farmers Market returns to ARRMC (Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, Charlie’s Produce, AACH summer herb garden)
- Employees to check ALEC for possible mandatory ICD-10 training (billing, finance, coding, documentation, home health, general equivalence mapping, International Classification of Diseases, diagnosis codes, standards, reimbursement)
- Southern Oregon Cardiology pledges $100,000 to Cardiac Rehab project (Asante Foundation, Cardiopulmonary Services facility, renovation, expansion, improvements)
- Annual Employee Engagement Survey off to a slow start (Press Ganey, employee satisfaction, access instructions, survey accessibility, participation rates)
- Drive 4 UR Community event yields $7,400 for AACH Foundation (test drive, fundraiser, donation, Butler Ford, in-kind contributions)
- Compliance Corner: Ransomware alert (email, pop-up notification, encryption, malicious software, malware, cyber attack, instructions, ITS Helpdesk)
- Around the world in 40 days finishes journey in Kazakhstan (exercise, myCare, DailyEndorphin, Know Your Numbers, promotion, employee health, prizes, winners, facts, stats)
- To Your Health: RegenceRX is now OmedaRX (benefits, name change, Asante Health Plan, contact information)
- Health Alliance of Southern Oregon providers expand employee care options (Tier 1, benefits, Asante Health Plan, Asante Provider Network, APP, HASO)
- Asante Moments: Mary Lou Latimer (ATRMC, stroke, television commercial, campaign, patient experience)
- Oregon prescription drug monitoring program shows reduction in patient use (Asante Pharmacy, DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency, Oregon Health Authority, master’s thesis, statistics, audit, controlled substances, results)
- Annual Employee Engagement Survey to take place in July (Press Ganey, employee satisfaction, access instructions, survey accessibility)
- Employees tapped for ICD-10 training (billing, finance, coding, documentation, home health, general equivalence mapping, ALEC, International Classification of Diseases, diagnosis codes, standards, reimbursement)
- ITS warns of the dangers of “ransomware” (email, pop-up notification, encryption, malicious software, malware, cyber attack, instructions, Helpdesk)
- Asante staff create 4th of July moments in Ashland (APP, Asante Moments, float, booth, community, event)
- Overflow unit expands weekday capacity for ARRMC (6Tower, Medical/Surgical, Extnded Floor Recovery, medical observation)
- Retirement: Jo Lynn Wallace (vice president for nursing, ARRMC, Q & A, reflections, bio, profile)
- Asante Moment: Employee Steve Ryan (ITS, Rogue Valley Medical Center, Helpdesk)
- Annual Employee Engagement Survey to take place in July (Press Ganey, employee satisfaction, Vision)
- Asante celebrates Truven Health Analytics awards (15 Top Health Systems, Top 100 Hospitals, recognition, ATRMC, ARRMC, AACH, APP, barbecue, commemorative t-shirts)
- APP Carnival provides fun, physical activity at Kids Dash (Grants Pass, Teens on the Move program, KidZone Community Foundation)
- Call for Spirit of Service quarterly award submissions (volunteer service, recognition, community)
- Around the world in 40 days arrives in Vatican City (exercise, myCare, DailyEndorphin, Know Your Numbers, promotion, employee health, prizes, winners, facts)
- Asante announces 4th of July plans for parade, booth in Ashland (APP, Asante Moments, float, event)
- To Your Health: Checking your personal info on UltiPro (address, phone number, name, marital status, vital information, personal information, job title, hire date, supervisor, update, UltiPro)
- Physician profile: Lora Bergert, MD (pediatric hospital medicine, Hospitalist, ARRMC, family-centered care, transitions in care, values, bio, profile, Q & A)
- SOU Athletics raise funds to support breast cancer awareness (donation, fundraising, AACH, Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, new imaging technology, surgical equipment, women’s health care, 2015 Patron’s Campaign)
- Applications sought for Evans Endowed Nursing Scholarship (Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, OHSU, SOU, RCC, nursing degree, financial need)
- Truven 15 Top celebrations begin this week (award, recognition, ATRMC, ARRMC, AACH, APP, barbecue, commemorative t-shirts, midnight meal, cart rounding)
- New Director of Technical Services: David Kennington (ITS, bio, profile, credentials, qualifications)
- Josephine County movie-themed Relay for Life takes place Saturday (American Cancer Society, ATRMC, APP, event)
- Radiothon raise more than $58,000 for Children’s Miracle Network (Asante, Foundation, KISS, KOOL, Cares for Kids, Miracle Families, Champion Child, volunteers, donations, ARRMC, stats)
- Around the world in 40 days tours Reykjavik, Iceland (exercise, myCare, DailyEndorphin, Know Your Numbers, promotion, employee health, prizes, winners, facts)
- To Your Health: Checking your personal info on UltiPro (address, phone number, name, marital status, vital information, personal information, job title, hire date, supervisor, update, UltiPro)
- Asante Chief Nursing Officer: Tiffany Oliver (profile, bio, education, qualifications, VP of Nursing, ARRMC)
- Health Alliance of Southern Oregon providers join Tier 1 list (benefits, Asante Health Plan, Asante Provider Netweork, APP, HASO)
- New pharmacy Service Line Director: Amy Watson (Asante Pharmacy, profile, bio, education, qualifications, ATRMC, system-wide, standardize best practices)
- myTech roll out postponed (ITS, self-service, training module, tutorial, ALEC, electronic requests)
- Compliance Corner: patient not present or incapacitated (medical records, Privacy Rule, confidentiality, protected health information, policies and procedures, minimum amount necessary, Q & A, examples)
- Truven 15 Top celebration details announced (award, recognition, ATRMC, ARRMC, AACH, APP, barbecue, commemorative t-shirts, midnight meal, cart rounding)
- Radiothon fundraiser planned to support Children’s Miracle Network (Asante, Foundation, KISS, KOOL, Cares for Kids, Miracle Families, Champion Child, volunteers, donations, ARRMC)
- Around the world in 40 days reaches Ontario, Canada (exercise, myCare, DailyEndorphin, Know Your Numbers, promotion, employee health, prizes, winners, facts)
- To Your Health: 30 days to register qualified life events (marriage, divorce, adoption, birth, change in employment status, benefits, Asante Health Plan, government, UltiPro)
- Patient-Centered Excellence Survey results guide improved Asante experience (employee input, survey results, BLG, Health Stream)
- Asante to celebrate third straight Truven 15 Top (award, recognition, ATRMC, ARRMC, AACH, APP, barbecue, commemorative t-shirts)
- ITS to implement new myTech service portal in June (self-service, online documents, move requests, hardware, software, updates, password reset, computer user application forms, remote user application forms, purchase requests)
- ATRMC town hall forums permit employees to speak with leaders (ATRMC, Win Howard, senior leadership, Josephine County, topics, schedule)
- Compliance Corner: HIPPA disclosures to family, friends (medical records, Privacy Rule, confidentiality, protected health information, policies and procedures )
- AACH sponsored school nurse program receives grant (Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, Phoenix-Talent, Reed and Carolee Walker Fund, Oregon Community Foundation, Ashland Food-Coop, healthy foods)
- Seven new providers join APP (Asante Physician Partners, neurology, hospice, emergency, maternal fetal, physician assistant, Medford, Grants Pass, Ashland, new providers)
- Around the world in 40 days reaches Fort Laramie, Wyoming (exercise, myCare, DailyEndorphin, Know Your Numbers, promotion, employee health, prizes, winners, facts)
- To Your Health: 30 days to register qualified life events (marriage, divorce, adoption, birth, change in employment status, benefits, Asante Health Plan, government, UltiPro)
- Cancer Services Team shows survivors support through community events (Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo, Relay for Life, survivors, Jackson County, Cancer Survivor’s Day, Susan Kilbourne, “A Taste of Southern Oregon”)
- Asante brings fresh, local produce to work (Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, ARRMC, Asante Famer’s Market, Siskiyou Sustainable Cooperative)
- Oregon Wine Experience offers volunteer opportunities (event, Children’s Miracle Network, Asante Foundation, fundraiser, Sue Mendenhall, Floyd Harmon, local wineries)
- No benefit deduction from third pay period of the month (compensation, benefits, deductions, HR, UltiPro)
- Asante named one of 50 Great Health Systems to Know (Becker’s Hospital Review, award, excellence, environmental stewardship, performance, Truven, 15 Top)
- Excel classes for employees (technology training, ALEC, Microsoft Office, training, basic, intermediate, advanced)
- Compliance Corner: HIPAA’s “Minimum Necessary” (medical records, Privacy Rule, confidentiality, protected health information, policies and procedures )
- Asante’s Medical Staff News available online (provider, employees, clinical updates, lists of new practitioners, patient comments, past newsletters, links, ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH)
- To Your Health: MetLife Mobile now available (benefits, dental plan, claims, ID cards, dentist)
- Abigail Diamond’s Asante Moment (Asante experience, maternity, labor and delivery, online testimonial, inspiration, positive impact, career)
- AACH employee ideas save thousands (save costs, financial stability, innovation, creativity, Town Hall Forum, Sheila Clough)
- Asante Celebrates National Hospital Week (event, celebration, prizes, winners, Asante values, AACH, ATRMC, ARRMC, Employee Engagement and Communication Fair)
- No benefit deduction from third pay period of the month (compensation, benefits, deductions, HR, UltiPro)
- Asante awards excellence at ARRMC (National Hospital Week, Family Birth Center Unit Council, Nursing Practice, Ancillary and Support Staff, Leadership, Physician)
- Cardiac Rehab and Cardiopulmonary Services cancels public open house (ARRMC)
- Bake sale to benefit Relay for Life (charity, donation, fundraiser, Footprints, Artisan Bakery, event)
- Asante fall prevention education on ALEC (clinical, nonclinical, professional development, policies, procedures, mandatory training, culture of safety, patient care)
- To Your Health: Around the world in 40 days inspires employees (physical activity, exercise, DailyEndorphin, Know Your Numbers, promotion, employee health, prizes)
- Employee Engagement and Communication Fair a success (National Hospital Week, event, information, participants, winners)
- Larry Holm’s Asante Moment (campaign, Asante experience, cardiac, television, newspaper, inspiring, positive impact)
- Heart month ad secures 2015 bronze Aster Award (advertisement, Asante Communications and Marketing, cardiac)
- DAISY Team Award: Perioperative Process Improvement Work Group (ARRMC, National Nurse’s Week, nursing excellence, clinical skill, compassionate care)
- AACH Town Hall Forums offer venue for employees to speak with leaders (financial performance, employee engagement, Ashland, Asante Home Health and Hospice, mandatory training)
- Asante fall prevention education on ALEC (clinical, nonclinical, professional development, policies, procedures, mandatory training, culture of safety, patient care)
- Local businesses show support for Relay for Life (charity, donation, fundraiser, APP, The Great Outdoor Grill, Artisan Bakery, event)
- American Red Cross Blood Drive at Smullin Center (ARRMC, blood donation, save lives)
- To Your Health: Around the world in 40 days inspires employees (physical activity, exercise, DailyEndorphin, Know Your Numbers, promotion, employee health, prizes)
- ARRMC Heart Center’s patient experience exceeds goals 13 months running (ARRMC, cardiovascular, excellence)
- Around the world in 40 days inspires physical activity for employees (exercise, DailyEndorphin, Know Your Numbers, promotion, employee health, prizes)
- Employee Engagement and Communication Fair (National Hospital Week, event, information, participants, winners)
- Revenue Cycle Director shares wisdom on balancing business with compassion (Michael Bennet, job description, inspiration, patient experience, Health Stream)
- Highlight on medical transcriptionists (employees, job description)
- Medical staff news available online (providers, employees, clinical updates, new practitioners, patient comments, current issues, past newsletters)
- Relay for Life fundraisers (charity, fundraiser, event, rummage sale, gift baskets, local businesses, Artisan Bakery, Cupcake Factory, roller derby)
- com offers employees assistance in finding care for loved ones (benefits, careplanning, childcare, tutors, special needs, aging parents, elder care, pets, housekeeping, sitters)
- Around the world in 40 days inspires physical activity for employees (exercise, DailyEndorphin, Know Your Numbers, promotion, employee health, prizes)
- Asante celebrates staff during National Hospital Week (ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH, events, Employee Engagement and Communication Fair, prizes)
- AACH Employee Spotlight: David Lubina (Asante Ashland Community Hospital, patient registration, bio, profile, Q & A)
- Employee Engagement and Communication Fair (National Hospital Week, event, information, interactive activities, programs and initiatives, prizes)
- com offers employees assistance in finding care for loved ones (benefits, careplanning, childcare, tutors, special needs, aging parents, elder care, pets, housekeeping, sitters)
- Loeliger named VP of Medical Affairs for ATRMC (Grants Pass, bio, profile)
- Compliance Corner: Only involved care providers can view patient information (snooping, peeking, medical records, privacy policies, security policies)
- Relay for Life fundraisers (charity, fundraiser, event, rummage sale, gift baskets, local businesses, Artisan Bakery, Cupcake Factory)
- BodySmart offers support with weight management (Asante Health Promotion Services, program, weight loss, employees, spouses, dependents)
- To Your Health: manage health and benefits accounts and incentives online (Asante Health Plan, employees, spouses, online profiles, benefits)
April 29, 2015 (Special PEAK Edition)
- Heart Valve Clinic offers TAVR program (ARRMC, cardiovascular)
- Employee Engagement and Communication Fair (National Hospital Week, event, information, interactive activities, programs and initiatives, prizes)
- AACH Drive 4 Ur Community event (Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, Butler Ford)
- Relay for Life fundraisers abound (charity, fundraiser, event, rummage sale, gift baskets, local businesses, Pita Pit, Artisan Bakery, Cupcake Factory)
- Spirit of Service quarterly winners (volunteer service, recognition, community, Tiffany Allen, Barbara Bachmann, Linda Bigboy, Kelli Cote, Melissa Duval, Shannon Lewis, Laurie Cunningham)
- Compliance Corner: Only involved care providers can view patient information (snooping, medical records, privacy policies, security policies)
- BodySmart offers support with weight management (Asante Health Promotion Services, program, weight loss, employees, spouses, dependents)
- Tips to ensure your interoffice mail gets delivered properly (protocols, procedures)
- To Your Health: general health assessment incentive (Asante Health Plan, employees, spouses, gift cards, wellness tools, benefits)
- Top 15 Health System, three years running (Truven, award, clinical quality, efficiency, patient safety, patient experience)
- Asante Moments (campaign, Asante experience, television, commercial)
- MRI entrance to close during upgrade installation (ARRMC, 3-Tesla MRI scanner, Imaging Department)
- Cardiac Rehab and Cardiopulmonary Services offer open house to employees (ARRMC, renovation)
- Relay for Life yard sale (APP, Grants Pass, Avengers, fundraiser)
- APP entry places third in Pear Blossom Parade (community, Asante Physician Partners, employees, family)
- ARRMC calls for excellence nominations (nursing, ancillary, support staff, leadership, physicians, APP)
- Ostomy care course offered for nursing staff (continuing education, contact hour, wound care, patient support)
- To Your Health: general health assessment incentive (Asante Health Plan, employees, spouses, gift cards, wellness tools)
- AACH Drive 4 UR Community event (Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, Butler Ford)
- Miracle Jeans Day (Children’s Miracle Network, National Hospital Week)
- Memorial: Theodore “Ted” Hubbart, M.D. (Memorial, Dr. Hubbert)
- Excellence Award nominations open (Asante key values, excellence, awards)
- New Chaplain: Denise Leary (new chaplain, Denise Leary)
- Orthopedic presentation (Asante Physician Partners, orthopedists, presentation)
- Advance Directive informational table (advance directive, palliative care, Choosing Options Honoring Options)
- Patient Center Excellence Survey (Asante Experience, survey, BLG HealthStream Company)
- Running beyond the Pear Blossom (Pear Blossom Run, conditioning, running events)
- Sanctuary model (behavioral health, evidence-based, trauma-informed, Roy Vinyard, Scott Kelly)
- VIA: Paula Munson (Values in Action)
- Asante Experience survey (patient-centered excellence, HealthStream)
- ARRMC South Entrance (Asante Rogue Regional, reopened, construction)
- New providers (APP)
- Flu shot finale (goal, PEAK, employee health)
- Compliance corner: social media (websites, online, comments)
- Spirit of Service submit participation forms (quarterly, volunteer)
- To Your Health: beyond Pear Blossom (Health Promotion)
- Asante commits to community (community benefits, charity, free care)
- APP’s Morgans help Uganda orphans (Christopher Morgan, Lorie Morgan)
- Retirement: information on pay stubs, UltiPro (Human Resources)
- Spirit of Service submit participation forms (quarterly, volunteer)
- Medical Staff News available at all hospitals (ATRMC)
- Flu shots: ARRMC three from goal (goal, employee health, PEAK)
- AACH Spotlight: Valerie Chamberlain (Asante Ashland Community Hospital, patient registration, Q & A, bio, profile)
- New manager: Mike Villers distribution manager (materials management)
- To Your Health: Pear Blossom special event (Health Promotion, tips)
- Twins in Afghanistan (Kevin, Kerry Prulhiere, phlebotomist, army)
- VIA: Ivy Swofford (Values in Action, ARRMC)
- DAISY Awards: Andrea Smith, Rose Kaeser (ARRMC, ATRMC)
- New manager: Debbie Wood (patient access, St. Luke’s Health System)
- Medical Humanities: Something the Lord Made (Vivien Thomas, Alfred Blalock, Smullin)
- Relay for Life Easter basket sale (Footprints, ATRMC)
- Flu shots: 10 shots from goal (goal, employee health, PEAK)
- Grab and Go grocery (ARRMC, Rambling Rogue)
- To Your Health: Pear Blossom special event (Health Promotion, tips, activity calendar)
- Foundation allocations top $1M (Foundation, Francis Cheney Family Place)
- Asante 2020 whiteboard video (Communications and Marketing)
- Cost transparency bills (legislature, expense, OAHHS)
- Mammography patient satisfaction (rogue regional, women’s imaging)
- Colon health fair (ACOH, gastrointestinal)
- Relay for Life Extreme Team (APP)
- Flu shots close to goal (goal, employee health, PEAK)
- Ashland High School students gift (AACH, Family Birth Center, Children’s Miracle Network)
- To Your Health: Pear Blossom stretching tips (Health Promotion Services, tips)
- Spreading the benefits of Epic (electronic health record, Community Connect)
- Values in Action: Kathy Gallego (VIA)
- Ebola orientation (Asante Ashland, assessment unit)
- South entrance (Asante Rogue Regional, closure)
- Town hall (Win Howard, Asante Three Rivers)
- Anthem cyberattack (Regence BlueCross BlueShield)
- I Care (Asante Ashland, I Care Campaign)
- Flu shots (goal, employee health, PEAK)
- To Your Health: Preparing for Pear Blossom (Health Promotion Services, tips, running gear)
- All eyes on patient safety (PEAK, National Patient Safety Awareness Week)
- Physician Profile: Tim Johnston, MD (Lockheed Martin, hospitalist, Asante Rogue Regional, chief of medicine)
- 100 Best (Asante Rogue Regional, America’s 100 Best Hospitals, Healthgrades)
- Breast cancer (Regional Breast Cancer Issues Conference, simulcast, continuing education)
- Higher ed (university partners, Grand Canyon University)
- Life changes (life event changes, UltiPro)
- Biological hazards (Education Services, FEMA)
- Flu shots (goal, employee health, PEAK)
- To Your Health: Preparing for Pear Blossom (Health Promotion Services)
- Asante Rogue in top 5 percent (clinical excellence, Healthgrades)
- VIA: Values and fun with Gwen Bratton
- Donation to mental health agency (Asante Three Rivers, Kairos, youth mental health)
- Volunteers (quarterly Spirit of Service winners)
- Equity lecture (nursing program, Southern Oregon University, lecture, Deborah Koniak-Griffin, UCLA)
- Baby-friendly (Asante Three Rivers, Baby-Friendly USA, breastfeeding)
- Nutritional focus (Rambling Rogue Café, dietitian nutritionists)
- Flu shots (goal, employee health, PEAK)
- To Your Health: Preparing for Pear Blossom (Health Promotion Services)
- Asante gets Knight Cancer Grant (gynecological cancer survivors, Asante Rogue Regional, Oregon Health & Science University, Knight Cancer Institute Community Partnership Program)
- Cuba: Island of Mixed Impressions (Allan and Catherine Henrichs)
- Chamber Forum (Roy Vinyard, Regence BlueCross BlueShield)
- Antenna Farm (Asante Rogue Regional)
- Compliance Corner (scam artists, National Cyber Awareness System)
- Flu vaccine (goal, PEAK)
- Payroll move (731 Black Oak, Asante Rogue Regional)
- Relay for Life (footprints, Asante Three Rivers, Easter baskets)
- To Your Health: online account (BlueCross BlueShield, Regence, support)
- Employee food pantry is open (Asante Rogue Regional, Angel Team)
- Values in Action: Anne Hansen (Asante Rogue Regional)
- New providers (Asante Physician Partners, APP)
- Human Resources hire (Lyndell Smith, director of human resources administration)
- Anthem date breach (BlueCross BlueShield)
- Flu Shots (goal, target, PEAK)
- Heart talk (Dr. Ariane Neyou, Southern Oregon Cardiology, Women and Heart Disease)
- Medical Staff News (new design)
- To Your Health: health programs (BlueCross BlueShield, Regence, support)
- Employees gain with PEAK (first quarter, bonuses)
- OAHHS Community Benefit campaign (Oregon Association of Hospitals and Healthcare Stystems)
- Roger Hall retires (cardiothoracic surgeon, Heart and Vascular Center)
- Super Bowl ad (built better)
- Why Asante (Mail Tribune, Since You Asked, to your health)
- Flu shots (goal, PEAK, Employee Health)
- Blood drive (Asante Three Rivers, Red Cross)
- Heart month (cardiovascular care)
- To Your Health: health programs (BlueCross BlueShield, Regence, support)
Jan. 29, 2015 (Special PEAK Edition)
- Outpatient surgery at ACOH (Outpatient Surgery Center, endoscopic)
- Wild shift in emergency (Asante Rogue Regional, Kari Mattson, Melissa Closterman, Somnath Ghosh)
- Blood drive at Smullin (Red Cross)
- ECD-10 en route (coding)
- Epic upgrade (medical records, Information Technology Services, ITS)
- Flu shots (goal, PEAK)
- Outpatient rehabilitation (Grants Pass, ACOH)
- Memorial: Larry Blight (chaplain, Asante Rogue Regional)
- To Your Health: health programs (BlueCross BlueShield, Regence, support)
- Olsrud gift to have lasting effect (Sherm and Wanda Olsrud, Asante Foundation)
- Students go behind the scenes at AACH (Ashland High School, Asante Ashland)
- Difference-making nurses (DAISY Team Award, nominations)
- Asante’s QuickPay (bill-payment, Tonya Richner)
- Too sick to work (Employee Health, ETO)
- Flu epidemic (Centers for Disease Control)
- Education Reimbursement (educational opportunities, nursing specialty, board certifications)
- To Your Health: health programs (BlueCross BlueShield, Regence, support)
- Pharmacy services expand (Asante Pharmacy, Bedside Delivery Program)
- Electronic W-2 opt-in a big hit at Asante (tax, earned time off, ETO)
- Town halls at ATRMC (Win Howard, Asante Three Rivers)
- Asante myCare classes (weight management, tobacco cessation, health)
- DAISY Award winners (Deborah Berlingeri, Keea Gharagouzloo)
- Flu vaccination (goal, PEAK)
- ATRMC Endoscopy (Ohio, Train the Trainer seminar, Olympus America)
- Education reimbursement (educational opportunities, board certifications)
- New providers join Asante (APP)
- CEO’s thanks returned in-kind (Roy Vinyard, holiday message)
- DAISY Team nominations (nurse awards, patient experience)
- Asante organizational chart (executive team)
- Walking on thin ice (falls, winter weather, Employee Safety and Emergency Management)
- Flu vaccination (goal, PEAK)
- Rewards for volunteers (Spirit of Service)
- Fewer falls (Behavioral Health Unit, Fall Reduction Superstar)
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