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Month: October 2014

Message from the Chair: More on Employee Engagement

10/29/2014

When the topic of the Engagement Survey comes up, the first question is typically “what is engagement anyway?”   Engagement measures the spirit and morale of a team, how much the…

Children’s Hospital Quality Corner

10/29/2014

A New Monthly Feature In 2014, we started a quarterly Children’s Hospital Quality Newsletter. In order to decrease everyone’s e-mail Inbox and to have all of our CH information in…

The UVA Diaper Duty Program

10/29/2014

On Tuesday October 21, a truckload of diapers – 51,000 to be exact - arrived at Republic Plaza to restock supplies for the UVA Diaper Duty program. Assisted by employees…

LCME Visit Overview

10/29/2014

October 19-23 were important dates for the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the UVA Children’s Hospital. A survey team consisting of members of the Liaison Committee on Medical…

UVA Diaper Duty Program

10/27/2014

Shout out to Dr. Diane Pappas and her team! On October 21, a truckload of diapers arrived at Republic Plaza to restock supplies for the UVA Diaper Duty program. Please…

2nd Annual Faculty-Resident Softball Game

10/27/2014

Recap from Peter Dean: After last year's embarrassing loss to the faculty, the residents responded in the 2nd Annual Faculty-Resident Softball Game to tie the series at 1-1. The resident…

Patient Praise 10-20-14

10/20/2014

Enjoy these comments the Health System has received from patients and families! The Battle Building is beautiful!! Children should feel comfortable there. This practice is amazing and we love taking…

BeSafe Project Updates

10/20/2014

Dear Team Members, A BeSafe project led by Surgery resident, Jake Gillen, MD, has produced new paging etiquette standards that are now being introduced throughout UVA Health System. The new…

NICU BeSafe Project Featured on UVA Connect

10/20/2014

From Jim Nataro: Colleagues, I am very proud of our NICU team’s BeSafe project to end unplanned extubations. Now the story is being told on the “front page” of UVA Health…

13th Annual Research Symposium Announced

10/20/2014

From Steve Wasserman: The Office for Research is pleased to announce its thirteenth annual research symposium, to be held in Jordan Hall Lobby (JPA first-floor entrance) on Tuesday, November 4,…