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Published on December 31, 2017

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Dec. 19, 2017

• From Roy Vinyard: Cherishing our memories of 2017 (video link, holiday message)
• Elements 2017 borderline approaching fast (mandatory training, ALEC, UltiPro)
• UltiPro replacement, myHR, goes live in January (employee portal, self-service, paycheck, myAsanteNET, W-2, job posting, internal applications, features, schedule)
• VIA: Jerrye Wright (Values in Activeness, AACH, managing director of Nursing, humility, sense of humor, courage, empathy, leadership, dedication, service)
• ITS cautions confronting phone scammers impersonating Asante staff (ITS, phishing, vishing, vocalization phishing, phone, Microsoft tech support, gratuitous medical equipment)
• Employee Assistance Program shifts to Reliant Behavioral Health January. ane (EAP, counseling, work-life services, mediation, legal assistance, financial counseling, identity-theft recovery, online legal forms, child care, elderberry care, home buying)
• Form 1095-C available in February (benefits, IRS, health care coverage, revenue enhancement render)
• ARRMC units share holiday spirit with decorative competition and canned food drive (IMCU, ICU, CCU, Employee Food Pantry, Vacation Decorations Policy)
• First person: I went for the wine, only discovered then much more (Ginger Ama, cardiopulmonary services, ARRMC, Oregon Vino Experience, Asante Foundation, volunteer, Children's Miracle Network, NICU)
• STAT: Heart failure pathway: Taking lessons from the elementary machine spiral (Scott Wilber, Dr., standardization, reducing variation, clinical pathways, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders)
• Did your department do a proficient act this Christmas? (call for submissions, invitation, guidelines, instructions)

Dec. 12, 2017

• Asante joins Oregon health care customs to support yes vote for Mensurate 101 (Medicaid, affordable health care, premiums, upkeep, temporary assessments)
• Patient feel: opioid epidemic prompts changes to hurting questions on HCAHPS survey (pain management, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, revised hurting dimension)
• VIA: Heather Richter (Values in Activeness, ATRMC, HR, Man Resource, selflessness, responsibleness, sunny disposition)
• Compliance corner: holiday gifts (Business organization Courtesies, Asante Foundation, Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, gifts, donations, entertainment, promotional items, baskets)
• ARRMC Heart Heart awarded silver Buoy Award for Excellence (ARRMC, American Clan of Critical Intendance Nurses, excellence, quality, award, qualifications, criteria, stats)
• What to do if your HSA contributions exceeded IRS limits (Asante Health Plan 2, Health Savings Account, UltiPro, HealthEquity)
• Asante Confidential: parenting teenagers, boundaries, back up, trust (marijuana use, confidence, secret, sense of self, cultural messages, gender expectations, recommendations)
• No New Pounds Challenge registration drawing winners (Health Promotion, Tango carte du jour, Patricia Dawson, Glenna Vanbuskirk, Sarah Haga)
• STAT: Discharge flaws and how to fix them (patient study, Oregon Wellness Potency, ARRMC, quality problems, medication, errors, instructions, IDEAL Discharge, Agency of Wellness Care Inquiry and Quality )
• Webinar: "De-Stress Your Holidays" (Lindsay Brusk, Regence, health charabanc)

Dec. five, 2017

• Complete Know Your Numbers screenings past Dec. 15 to save on health insurance (biometric screening, mini-checkup, baseline health data, health assessment, Regence Blueish Cross-Blueish Shield, schedule, instructions)
• Asante patient experience scores reach record highs across the system (surveys, stats, rankings, percentile, testimonial, PEAR award, APPLE, PEEEC, AACH, ARRMC, ATRMC)
• VIA: David Kinzig (Values in Activeness, decision back up, Asante Finance, teamwork, positivity, helpfulness)
• FSA funds must be used by Dec. 31 or forfeited (Flexible Spending Accounts, Health FSA, Express Purpose FSA, Dependent Care FSA)
• ARRMC'due south behavioral wellness unit of measurement secures $50,000 grant to support sanctuary intendance model (Oregon Community Foundation, staff training, facility improvements, BHU, Laurel Jamieson, Asante Foundation)
• #IAmAsante: Laura Nicholson, volunteer coordinator ARRMC (bio, profile, Q & A)
• PEAR and Apple awards: APP Family unit Medicine Talent, Asante Urgent Care White City (patient experience scores, awards, criteria, stats, teamwork, determination)
• STAT: Honest mistake or reckless error? (James Grebosky, MD, only culture, accountability, trust, patient safe, error reduction)
• APP video celebrates nurse practitioners

Nov. 28, 2017

• Employee Assistance Program expanding with shift to Reliant Behavioral Health Jan. 1 (EAP, counseling, work-life services, mediation, legal aid, financial counseling, identity-theft recovery, online legal forms, child care, elder care, home ownership consulting)
• Changes to Asante's frozen 401(a) retirement programme simplify retirement and reduce toll (IRS, determination alphabetic character, employee deferral, employer friction match, employer non-discretionary contribution, PortfolioXpress, Asante403(b), Transamerica)
• VIA: Yvonne Groenhout (Values in Action, ATRMC, Critical Care Unit, accuse nurse, inspire, positive, uplifting, passion, dedication)
• Online directly scheduling through MyChart goes alive December. i for APP clinics (not-urgent, Visits, appointments, summaries, features)
• DAISY Nurse Leader Honor: Tami Geske (ARRMC, clinical manager, General Medicine unit, bedside, kind, honest, smart)
• Asante offers gratis Diabetes Prevention Program to eligible employees (Centers for Illness Command, pre-diabetes, Asante Health Promotion, support, education, coaching, qualifications)
• How do I: set upward a personal folder in Outlook? (email jail, storage limit, Yvonne Padilla)
• PEAR Award: Neuro/Ortho (ARRMC, most improvement, nursing communication, 5 Belfry, bedside handoff, hourly rounding, patient experience, staff engagement, teamwork, HCAHPS, HealthStream)
• STAT: How a quality incentive programme improved our care (Barbara Curtis, RN, Infirmary Transformation Operation Plan, HTPP, DRG, stats, qualifications, operation comeback)
• Healthy Holiday cooking form coming to Grants Pass Dec. v

Nov. 21, 2017

• No New Pounds Challenge began November. 20 (Health Promotion, log weight, improve health, balance stress, meliorate sleep, exercise self-care)
• Dancing with the Rogue Valley Stars People's Pick: Renae Adams and Jon Shaffer (Sparrow Clubs, fundraiser, results, Madison Branaugh, neurofibromatosis)
• DAISY Laurels: Sally Rogers (ARRMC, Family Nascency Heart, high-take a chance pregnancy, nervous patient, C-section)
• Post Tribune Feature: Focus on behavioral health options for patients in crisis (Laurel Nickels, ARRMC, BHU, statewide statistics)
• ARRMC food pantry seeks donations (Employee Food Pantry, Laura Nichols, volunteer services, drop off site, westward entrance, contact)
• ARRMC Souvenir Shop offers discounts during holiday season (result, schedule, sale)
• Two APP Boondocks Hall Forum sessions planned for Nov. 29

Nov. xiv, 2017

• Open enrollment ends tomorrow (2018 benefits options, FSA, dependents, plan changes, automatic rollover, annual benefit review, UltiPro, ETO, PTO, cash out)
• VIA: Bruce Budmayr (Values in Activity, APP, upbeat, happy, helpful, kind )
• Spirit of Service quarterly winners (volunteer service, recognition, community, stats, Karen Branaugh, Summer Chapline, Julie Hunter, Augusta Keen, Robert Nutting, Amanda Ray, Kacie Abercrombie)
• MedSavvy educates and empowers employees with prescription medication needs (benefits, Asante Wellness Plan, safety, effectiveness, price, options)
• #IAmAsante: Mark Stegall, Risk Manager (bio, profile, Q & A)
• Asante Confidential: Do I accept anxiety or am I but stressed? (worry ,apprehension, distress, harm, counseling, self-care, mindfulness, nutrition, exercise)
• ARRMC Employee Artisan Faire to take identify Friday, November. 17
• APP primary care clinics rated No. one in Southern Oregon'south Best of the All-time 2017
• STAT: Are you engaging in "practice migrate"? (Ann Hansen, RN, shortcut, circumventing policy, standard of care, quality, safety, run a risk, human error, at-run a risk behavior, reckless behavior, patient damage)
• STAT: Four opioids are in brusque supply; here'southward what nurses can exercise (Karey Westbrook, RN, opioid crisis, Schedule II drugs, morphine, hydromorphone, pain management, guidelines, Chronicle)

Nov. seven, 2017

• Asante News shifts to a web-based email platform (notes, overview, instructions, new features)
• PEAK checks to be distributed this calendar week (schedule, locations, new guidelines for FY18)
• Top 5 VIA Winners for 2017 honored at feast (VIA, Asante core values, vision, mission, Yvonne Groenhout, David Kinzig, Heather Richter, Bruce Budmayr, Jerry Wright, )
• #IAmAsante: John Gates, manager of Talent Acquisition (bio, profile, Q & A)
• No New Pounds Challenge offers incentives, extra motivation and prizes during vacation season (Wellness Promotions, Regence BlueCross-BlueShield, Asante Health Plan, practise, excursion, videos, group activities)
• First Person: What neighborhood errands taught me about the value of Asante'southward values (Ginger Ama, cardiopulmonary services, ARRMC)
• MyChart gets a new look and functionality and easier navigability with November. eleven Ballsy upgrade (online medical record, Health folio, Visits department, Messaging section, medical history, appointment, prescription, billing, tech bug)
• ITS wins quarterly Apple award (Information Engineering science Services, Award for Professional Performance and Leading by Instance, values, customer service)
• STAT: Patient experience efforts yield important results (James Grebosky, Doc, CMS, Infirmary Consumer Assessment of Healthcare and Provider System Survey, HCAHPS, overall rating, willing-to-recommend score, advice, hourly rounding, pain management, cleanliness, quietness, patient-centered discharge)
• Scrub and shoe sale to have place November. 9 (ARRMC, West Entrance)

Nov. 6, 2017—Special PEAK edition

October. 31, 2017

• Employee Voice Survey results available (Press Ganey, employee satisfaction, participation rates, trends, stats)
• New format, content and functionality volition assistance Asante News inform, engage and inspire (web-based, electronic mail, mobile version, editorial advisory board)
• ARRMC Employee Health office drops Saturday hours; open weekdays 6:thirty a.thousand. to vi p.yard.
• Open enrollment begins tomorrow (2018 benefits options, FSA, dependents, programme changes, automatic rollover, annual do good review, UltiPro, ETO, PTO, cash out)
• Asante employees tin can opt-in for prepaid legal services during open up enrollment (MetLaw, credit carte du jour debt, home buying, manor planning, wills, trust, audits, property sales, Medicare, assisted living, powers of attorney, advice)
• Shine a Light on Lung Cancer upshot scheduled for Nov. four (Asante, Foundation, Smullin Health Pedagogy Heart, ARRMC, education, information, honor survivors, commemorate losses, raffle, giveaways, prizes)
• AACH employees can choose from one of five forum dates: Nov. 7, 8, ix, 16 and 17
• Flu shots: quick facts and availability (Asante Employee Wellness, AACH, ARRMC, ATRMC, immunization, vaccination, schedule, facts, FAQs)
• Southern Oregon Academy will host talk on health care bias November. half-dozen (Dayna Bowen Matthew, Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Equity in American Health Care, OHSU School of Nursing, Asante Medical Humanities Program)

Oct. 24, 2017

• Spotlight: AACH dedication to patient safety across disciplines prevents spread of c. diff (health care associated infection, infirmary-acquired infection, prevention, hand hygiene, sanitation)
• Labor relation manager Renae Adams will trip the light fantastic toe with the stars to do good local Sparrow Clubs (bio, profile, Karen Branaugh, Madison, neurofibromatosis)
• Asante kicks off project to replace existing call-low-cal organization with NaviCare Nurse Call (Hill-Rom, efficiency, patient safety, patient experience, clinical workflows)
• Open enrollment starts next week (2018 benefits options, programme changes, automatic rollover, annual benefit review, UltiPro)
• ARRMC introduces weekly crafts classes for families with babies in NICU (volunteer services, Laura Nicholson, Michelle Cathcart)
• Phenomenon Baby Reunion reunites NICU graduates with caregivers (ARRMC, annual upshot, NICU, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
• Asante supports fun, rubber, kid-friendly Halloween activities in Ashland and Grants Pass (AACH, Monster Nuance, APP, Torso or Treat, costumes, event, schedule)
• Flu shots: quick facts and availability (Asante Employee Wellness, AACH, ARRMC, ATRMC, immunization, vaccination, schedule, facts, FAQs)
• APP video celebrates medical administration

Oct. 17, 2017

• Scott Kelly shifts into total time COO; Mick Zdeblick to become ARRMC'south CEO (executive, values, priorities, bio, profile, Q & A)
• Asante Information Security recommends shifting to a passphrase to outsmart hackers (countersign, ITS, Alfonso Powers)
• Using Asante providers and facilities saves money on health care costs (Tier ane, HASO, Health Alliance of Southern Oregon, Asante Health Plan, out-of-pocket expenses, do good)
• Phenomenon Infant Reunion scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 22 (ARRMC, annual effect, NICU, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
• AACH Family unit Birth Center receives tools for laboring mothers from donor Bob Holbrook (Ashland Customs Hospital Foundation, peanut balls, Stephanie Roland)
• Know your Numbers: completing the online health assessment (health plan premium credits, Asante Health Promotion, Regence Blueish Cross-Blue Shield, UltiPro)
• Southern Oregon Academy will host talk on wellness care bias November. 6 (Dayna Bowen Matthew, Only Medicine: A Cure for Racial Disinterestedness in American Health Intendance, OHSU Schoolhouse of Nursing, Asante Medical Humanities Programme)
• Why exercise I get a flu shot every year? Hint: It's non almost me (Brandon Lynch, MD, APP, Family Medicine, immunization, vaccination, herd immunity)
• Throwback Thursday: AACH opened its interfaith chapel a twelvemonth ago today (Ashland Customs Hospital Foundation, Spiritual Care)

Oct. 10, 2017

• Values In Action top five accolade winners for 2017 announced (VIA, Asante core values, vision, mission, Bruce Budmayr, Yvonne Groenhout, David Kinzig, Heather Richter, Jerrye Wright, APP, AACH, ATRMC, corporate finance)
• Highlights from the Asante influenza shot clinics (employee photos)
• Asante Confidential: new advice cavalcade from EAP counselors (behavioral health, relationships, family, substance corruption, work/life balance, stressors, contact information)
• Open up enrollment packets to arrive at employees' homes (2018 benefits options, plan changes, automatic rollover, annual benefit review, UltiPro)
• Patient Experience and Employee Engagement Committee recognizes Same-Day Surgery (AACH, PEEEC, necktie-dye, honor, recognition, patient satisfaction, HealthStream, scores)
• Asante cost efficiencies: stop to complimentary drinks for ARRMC nighttime staff (price savings, Diet Services, employee equality, Back up Services, Julie Unhurt)
• Regence at present offers unmarried sign-on for medical benefits (Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, HealthyEquity, MedSavvy, benefits, HSA)
• Flu shots: quick facts and availability (Asante Employee Health, AACH, ARRMC, ATRMC, immunization, vaccination, schedule, facts, FAQs)
• Lecture series: "Facing Mortality" (finish-of-life intendance, discussions, workshop, POLST, Advance Directive, Bruce Murray, MD, Brad Personius, MD, Medical Ethics Commission, ATRMC, event, schedule)

October. iii, 2017

• Benefits fairs planned at all iii campuses to prepare employees for open up enrollment (benefits vendors, medical, dental, vision, UltiPro, AACH, ARRMC, ATRMC, schedule)
• Integrated behavioral wellness focuses on improving patient behaviors to amend health (APP, Asante Medico Partners, medical domicile, Michael Bachop, PhD, behavioral health consultants)
• Epic upgrade to launch Nov. 11 offers cleaner brandish and enhanced functionality (Epic 2017, simplified, themes, icons, navigation, colour-coding, after-visit summary, gender identity, case management data, referral module)
• Call for volunteers: hospital emergency response teams (AACH, ARRMC, ATRMC, HERT, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive hazards, training, certification, Center for Domestic Preparedness)
• Know Your Numbers: What is a biometric screening? (weight, height, waist circumference, blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, online wellness assessment, Asante Health Promotion, schedule, instructions)
• Call for Spirit of Service quarterly award submissions due past Oct. 15 (volunteer service, recognition, customs)
• ATRMC Boondocks Hall Forums invite discussion with leaders (Asante financials, employee engagement, new providers, Asante Doc Partners, Q&A, Win Howard, David Kinyon, Eric Loeliger, Doc, Laura Magstadt, RN, schedule)
• Flu shots: quick facts and availability (Asante Employee Health, AACH, ARRMC, ATRMC, immunization, vaccination, schedule, facts, FAQs)
• In sympathy: tribute to victims of Las Vegas shooting

Sept. 26, 2017

• Asante seeks to improve care of LBGTQ patients (culturally sensitive care, employee training, Epic workflows, electronic health records, stats)
• Asante and local business partners observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month (mammograms, Asante Imaging, ATRMC, ARRMC, AACH, Human Edible bean, The Paddington Jewel Box)
• No benefit deduction from October. 6 paychecks (bounty, benefits, pay periods, flexible spending, health savings accounts, deductions, HR, UltiPro)
• On-site support services for Transamerica are changing (benefits, Peg Stewart, Asante Human Resources, Isabel Hormel, availability, schedule)
• myHR launch delayed until 2018 (UltiPro, pay data, W-4, W-two, benefits, time off, retirement)
• Retirewise financial workshops render to Asante in October (AACH, ARRMC, ATRMC, MetLife, retirement)
• Elements 2017 module bachelor Oct. 1 (ALEC, UltiPro, mandatory training, compliance, cultural sensitivity, LGBTQ, workplace harassment, ITS security, tuberculosis, bloodborne pathogens, emergency response, EAP, flu immunization, deadline)
• Vaccination clinics come to Asante side by side week (influenza, flu shot dispensary, AACH, ARRMC, ATRMC, Contact Center)
• "Hereditary Ovarian Cancer" lecture coming to ARRMC Sept. 28 (Katya Lezin, Esther Hehn)
• "Eating by Color" class offering heart salubrious, carb-controlled recipes coming to ACOH Oct. x

Sept. xix, 2017

• Getting a influenza shot is an expression of Asante'southward Core Values (Dr. Grebosky, flu, vaccination, testimonial, Sue Kilbourne, excellence, respect, honesty, service, teamwork, Elements)
• Mindfulness and morale are side effects of positive modify at APP Family unit Medicine Black Oak (APP, medical home, care team, mission statement, mutual respect, psychological safe, Dr. Suzin Hagar, Eric Van Edible bean, Angela Dailing)
• New myAsanteNET site focuses on employee, patient and environmental safety (Debra Flickinger, resource, help, policies, procedures, safety teams, injury prevention, illness prevention, emergency preparedness, hazmat, medication safety)
• Complete Know Your Numbers screenings by Dec. xv to relieve on health insurance (biometric screening, mini-checkup, baseline health data, wellness assessment, Regence Bluish Cross-Bluish Shield, schedule, instructions)
• Senior Retirement Teaching Sessions have identify next week (Regence, HealthEquity, Transamerica, Social Security, registration details, schedule)
• Chipotle supports Children's Phenomenon Network with Sept. 26 Consume for Alter event (Asante Foundation, ARRMC, participation flyer, instructions)
• Asante employees can go costless tickets to SOU Raiders football game Sept. 23
• Patrick Yeakey on the health benefits of forest bathing (shinrin-yoku, nature immersion, greenspace, mindfulness, stress management)
• "Hereditary Ovarian Cancer" lecture coming to ARRMC Sept. 28 (Katya Lezin, Esther Hehn)
• "Eating by Color" course offering middle healthy, carb-controlled recipes coming to ACOH Oct. 10

Sept. 12, 2017

• Asante air filtration systems keep air safe during smoky conditions (N95, respirator, wildfires, respiratory protection, clinical guidelines, CDC, Oregon Smoke)
• Summer holiday photo series closes for the season
• Final-minute technical issues filibuster myHR launch
• DAISY Award: Gretchen Atzet (MedSurg A/B Unit, ATRMC, compassion, professionalism, attending to detail, trustworthiness)
• Win prizes while saving the planet during the Oregon Drive Less Challenge Sept. 16-xxx (walk, cycle, carpool, commute, public transportation, bus, DriveLessConnect, Rogue Valley Transportation District, details, qualifications, restrictions)
• Oregon Wine Experience nets $one.02 million for Asante Foundation programs (Children's Miracle Network, effect, stats)
• Asante employees can get free tickets to SOU Raiders football game Sept. 23
• Peter Teichman on recognizing, monitoring and treating skin cancer (UVA, UVB, sunscreen, prevention)
• "Hereditary Ovarian Cancer" lecture coming to ARRMC Sept. 28 (Katya Lezin, Esther Hehn)
• "Eating by Color" course offer heart-healthy, carb-controlled recipes coming to ACOH Oct. 10

Sept. 5, 2017

• Small changes make large differences in patient experience scores for ATRMC Imaging (HealthStream, Words that Piece of work, Chronicle, patient comfort, privacy, employee respect, courtesy)
• Slight reduction in per-patient linen apply results in huge savings (price-efficiency measures, work groups, cost-savings, revenue-enhancement, stats)
• ARRMC Pediatrics Unit remodel adds features and improves workflow (grant, Asante Foundation, Children's Miracle Network)
• Senior Retirement Pedagogy Sessions scheduled in Medford and Grants Pass (Regence, HealthEquity, Transamerica, Social Security, registration details, schedule)
• Sixteen students awarded endowed nursing scholarships (Ashland Customs Hospital Foundation, Ruth Evans, recipients, stats)
• Egencia'southward login procedure will now use email addresses instead of user names (business concern travel, protocols, instructions)
• Metropolis of Medford transportation survey
• Biometric screenings available now at all three campuses (Know Your Numbers, health plan premium credits, Asante Health Promotion, Regence Blue Cross-Blue Shield, UltiPro)
• Vacation photos and terminal call for submissions (photo carousel, gallery, invitation, guidelines, instructions)

Aug. 29, 2017

• Asante to air weekly Better Health segments during NBC5 News at Sunrise (KOBI, ARRMC, Cardiopulmonary Services, Beth Coker, Taelor Rian)
• Follow up on memo from CEO Roy Vinyard: PEAK bonuses (fiscal target, operating margin, almanac payout, Productive Employees Achieving Fundamental Goals, Lath of Directors)
• How do I: Nominate a colleague for an annual VIA (Values in Action, Asante core values, vision, mission, submission guidelines)
• Daisy Laurels: Bridgette Decker (ARRMC, mail surgical unit of measurement, compassionate, genuine)
• Guild Mortgage extends dwelling buying benefits to Asante employees through 2017 (HBIQ, HomeBenefitIQ, refinance, closing price, eligibility requirements)
• DNV visits ARRMC to review primary stroke center certification (accreditation, DNV-GL Healthcare)
• Patients share their experiences, suggestions in their own voices (patient intendance, patient satisfaction survey, comments, sound, recording)
• Vacation photos and call for submissions (photo carousel, invitation, guidelines, instructions)

Aug. 22, 2017

• Updates to Asante apparel code make room for tattoos and piercings (cultural change, Paul Macuga, primary people officer, guidelines)
• Medford Police Department substation installed at ARRMC (security, code argent, investigation, interview room)
• Elements 2017 module available Oct. 1 (ALEC, UltiPro, myHR, annual educational activity consignment, learning module, mandatory training, compliance, workplace harassment, ITS security, tuberculosis, bloodborne pathogens, emergency response, patient safe, take a chance management)
• Know your numbers campaigns offers saving on premiums (Employee Wellness, Regence Blue Cantankerous-Bluish Shield, health credits, biometric screening, instructions)
• Freedom From Smoking Group Clinic to accept place in White City (Pulmonary Consultants & Sleep Specialists, APP, Family Medicine, American Lung Association, registration)
• Kohl's Cares grant to benefit infants born into drug addiction (ARRMC, NICU, Jackson County, Josephine County, withdrawal, neonatal abstinence syndrome, NAS)
• APP Forums to take place Aug. 29 at 7 a.g. and noon. Light meals provided.
• myHR to replace UltiPro in September. ALEC modules coming presently to aid in transition.
• There's withal fourth dimension to volunteer for the Oregon Wine Experience
• Holiday photos and telephone call for submissions (photograph carousel, gallery, invitation, guidelines, instructions)

Aug. 15, 2017

• Oregon prepares for solar eclipse crowds (Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Hospital Capacity System, patient transfers, ambulances, emergency departments, rural clinics, emergency preparedness, contingency planning)
• PEAR and PEEEC awards: ARRMC Pediatrics and AACH Diet Services (patient experience scores, HCAHPS survey, Hospital Calendar week, health inspections, awards, criteria, stats)
• Third-quarter Top results are in (Productive Employees Achieving Goals, stats, projections, Board of Directors)
• Asante employees tin get costless tickets to SOU Raiders season opening football game game Aug. 31
• ARRMC ranked No. v Oregon infirmary past U.South. News & World Report (2017-18 Best Hospitals, procedures and conditions, qualifications, criteria, stats)
• Asante Contact Center launches new phone system (Talent Conquering, Revenue Integrity, Patient Financial Services, Revenue Cycle Procedure Improvement, Cisco)
• Asante employees with MetLife critical illness insurance can earn greenbacks (eligible health screenings, colonoscopies, mammograms, fasting blood glucose, open enrollment, claims, HSA, HRA, UltiPro, benefits)
• Values in Action nominations sought for yearly award (VIA, Asante core values, vision, mission, colleagues, qualifications)
• Holiday photos and call for submissions (photograph carousel, gallery, invitation, guidelines, instructions)

Aug. 14, 2017—Special Meridian edition

Aug. eight, 2017

• Choose to Movement Challenge winners announced (Health Promotion, Christy Bryant, Melisma Ramos, Chelsi Templer, results, stats)
• Asante announces changes to home health services (Ashland Home Wellness, AccentCare, partnership)
• Employee Vocalism Survey consummate, results to come (date, participation rates, Press Ganey)
• Spirit of Service quarterly winners (volunteer service, recognition, customs, stats, Naomi Daily, Tamera Heaton, Michelle Lentz, Mandy Robertson, Mary Bishir, Jennifer Nidalmia, Natalie Chirgwin)
• Hr announces Friday half-solar day closures for residue of fiscal twelvemonth (mandatory ETO, cost-efficiency measures, Human being Resources)
• Planning meeting for vacation Artisan Faire at ARRMC Aug. 30 at four:30 in W Entrance
• PulsePoint app expands to Josephine County (CPR, heart attack, cardiac arrest, 911, emergency system, AED locator, how-to videos, FAQ, at a glance)
• Asante toll efficiency FAQs (ETO, PTO, ETO cash-out, holiday, Employee Mall, discounts, Intendance.com, Flagpole, travel)
• Vacation photos and call for submissions (photo carousel, gallery, invitation, guidelines, instructions)

Aug. 1, 2017

• A bulletin from CEO Roy Vinyard: Asante'southward electric current fiscal status (financial accountability, expenses, revenue, changes, ETO, PTO)
• Asante Materials Management supervisors receive patriot award from the National Guard (U.S. Department of Defence, Oregon Commission of Employer Support, Michael Anderson, Pamela Witsman, Michael Villers, Patriotic Employer Laurels)
• Values in Action nominations due by Sept. 1 (VIA, Asante core values, vision, mission, submission guidelines)
• There'southward still fourth dimension to salvage on emergency transportation with a Mercy Flights membership (American Medical Response, Human Resources, annual fee, group rate, ambulance, flight services)
• Call for volunteers: Oregon Wine Experience (Asante Foundation, result, sign-up)
• Donations sought: magazines and DVDs (ARRMC, AACH, waiting room, guidelines, directions)
• Scrub sale to benefit Children's Phenomenon Network to accept identify Aug. 8-10 (Asante Foundation, ARRMC, Care Clothing Uniforms)
• Guest column: tiger teams, standardization and activity plans heighten patient safe (Dr. Grebosky, processes, wellness-care-associated infection, CAUTI, CLABSI, difficile)
• Holiday photos and call for submissions (invitation, guidelines, instructions, Genie Long, motorcycle, Amanda Strysick, Yosemite, Lindsey Hicks, Dr. Diehl, Country Crossings)

July 25, 2017

• DNV almanac check-in identifies strengths and opportunities (DNV, Asante, ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH, NC-1, NC-ii, accreditation, pain management, survey findings, action plans, ISO 9001)
• Employee Voice Survey concludes Friday (date, participation rates, goals, opportunities for improvement, Printing Ganey, electronic mail invitation)
• Life insurance, retirement, health savings business relationship—all require official beneficiaries (UltiPro, 403(b), 401(a), instructions, forms)
• Rambling Rogue Café exhibition station expands (Nutrition Services, healthier options, multifariousness, exhibition station, fresh, chef, pediatric specialty carte)
• Dairy Queen supports Children's Miracle Network with Miracle Treat 24-hour interval (Asante Foundation, ARRMC, participating stores, blizzard)
• Choose to Motion Fitness Challenge coming to a close (Wellness Promotions, Regence BlueCross-BlueShield, midpoint prizes, winners, exercise, excursion, videos, group activities, office exercises)
• Customs mental health lecture series continues with talk on substance abuse (Smullin Center, Jackson County Mental Health, National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI, John Mahan, Doc, Aja Stoner)
• Book "Living with Dying" offers support and advice for caregivers (Asante Hospice, licensed clinical social worker, Katie Ortlip, Jahnna Beecham, proficient expiry, advance directives, how-to)
• Vacation photos and call for submissions (invitation, guidelines, instructions, Steve Ryan, Boston, Nathan Doshier, New York)

July 18, 2017

• 100-year-former TAVR recipient runs 100-meter race (ARRMC, Heart Valve Clinic, Dan Bulkley, aortic stenosis, Junyang Lou Doc, PhD, interventional cardiology)
• 15 Top T-shirts bachelor now (Truven, stats, distribution, schedule)
• Employee Vocalism Survey continues until July 28 (engagement, participation rates, goals, opportunities for improvement, Press Ganey, email invitation, changes)
• APP Golden PEAR Accolade: Lithia Employee Clinics (Lithia Motors, patient feel, patient-provider relationships, population health)
• AACH to host "Open up Death Chat" July 24 (discussion, Zen Hospice Projection of San Francisco, Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, event, schedule)
• Registration open for Baronial Retirewise financial workshops (ATRMC, ARRMC, AACH, MetLife, retirement)
• Phone call for DAISY Nurse Leader Award nominations (ARRMC, culture of compassion, excellence, AsanteNET, guidelines)
• Memorial: Sue Kilbourne (ARRMC, oncology, cancer services, End-of-Life Unit, Susan Kilbourne Family Conference Room, history, bio, tribute)
• Call for submissions: summertime holiday photos (invitation, guidelines, instructions)

July 11, 2017

• Telephone nurse triage helps become the right intendance at the right time in the right place (contact center, emergency care, urgent intendance, primary intendance, home advice)
• FSA, HSA, or HRA: HealthEquity business relationship quick reference (benefit, health care, flexible spending business relationship, express purpose, dependent intendance, wellness savings account, wellness reimbursement business relationship, qualifications, limitations)
• With all of Asante now live, Kronos web page offered answers to ofttimes asked questions
• How do I: volume a conference room (myAsanteNET, scheduler plus)
• Choose to Move Fettle Challenge offers incentives, extra motivation and prizes (Health Promotions, Regence BlueCross-BlueShield, Asante Wellness Plan, do, circuit, videos, group activities)
• Employee Voice Survey underway (engagement, participation rates, goals, opportunities for comeback, Press Ganey, email invitation, changes)
• 15 Meridian T-shirts to exist distributed side by side week (Truven, stats, distribution, schedule)
• Spotlight: ARRMC's critical care outreach nurses (rapid response, codes, respiratory distress, heart attacks, trauma, stroke, stats, nursing operations, Jolene Fichtner)
• Call for submissions: summer vacation photos (invitation, guidelines, instructions)
• Call for volunteers: Oregon Wine Experience (Asante Foundation, event, sign-upwards)

July 5, 2017

• Employee Vocalization Survey begins July 10 (appointment, participation rates, goals, opportunities for improvement, Press Ganey, email invitation, changes)
• 2d phase of Kronos go-live to have identify Sunday (ARRMC, APP, instructions, fourth dimension cards, schedules, attendance records, 60 minutes, payroll, HealthStream, ALEC)
• ARRMC Environmental Services wins first Apple award (Award for Professional Functioning and Leading by Example, values, patient experience)
• ARRMC introduces milk drop in collaboration with Northwest Mothers Milk Bank (breast milk, qualifications, donation, distribution)
• APP Pulmonary Consultants & Sleep Specialists to host complimentary quit-smoking program (Liberty from Smoking Group Clinic, dates, Smullin Eye American Lung Clan)
• Louie'due south Large Give raises more than than $3,500 for patient care at AACH (clemency, donation, gift cards, local restaurant)
• Retirewise financial workshops coming in August 2017 (ATRMC, ARRMC, AACH, MetLife, retirement)
• Asante celebrates Fourth of July in Ashland, Eagle Point (booth, parade, AACH, APP, photos)
• ATRMC Town Hall Forums invite word with leaders (Employee Wellness Program, Pulse Bespeak, DNV update, patient experience, quality recognitions, Q&A, Win Howard, David Kinyon, Eric Loeliger, Doctor, Laura Magstadt, RN)
• Telephone call for submissions: summer vacation photos (invitation, , guidelines, instructions)
• Telephone call for volunteers: Oregon Wine Experience (Asante Foundation, result, sign-up)

June 27, 2017

• Patient-centered poster campaign focuses on patient role in hand hygiene (Sheila Clough, Susan Montgomery, Patient Partnership Quango, AACH, Upwards Campaign, Launder Upwards, ATRMC, ARRMC)
• Asante to implement mass notification system for large-scale events (emergency preparedness, disaster, Everbridge system, critical data, employees, students, volunteers, Aaron Ott)
• Grants Laissez passer Family Medicine clinic relocates to 520 Ramsey Ave. (APP Dr. Ramesis Bacalod, John Davis, PA-C, Dr. Steve Lali, Dr. Brynn Smedra, Dr. Tabitha Thrasher, Three Rivers Medical Plaza)
• MedSavvy Medicine Cabinet allows you to track medications in i virtual location (benefits, Asante Health Plan, information, reviews, grade)
• AACH school nurse plan receives sizable grant (Reed and Carolee Walker Fund, Oregon Customs Foundation, Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, Ashland, Phoenix-Talent, school district)
• Telephone call for Spirit of Service quarterly award submissions due by June thirty (volunteer service, recognition, customs)
• Retirement: pathologist Thomas Treger, MD (Asante Laboratory Services, medical managing director, accomplishments, Vista Pathology Laboratory, bio, history)
• Call for submissions: summertime vacation photos (invitation, , guidelines, instructions)

June 20, 2017

• Culture of Safe survey to be completed past June 23 (Dr. Grebosky, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, AHRQ)
• Cull to Move Fitness Claiming to have place July three-31 (Health Promotions, Regence BlueCross-BlueShield, Asante Wellness Plan, practice, circuit, videos, requirements, prize)
• Celebrations throughout Asante marker awards, events and 1000 openings (Mission: Lifeline Gold Plus award, American Heart Association, Kids Nuance, Full general Medicine, open house, retirement, Dr. Brian Gross)
• Phone call for volunteers: Oregon Wine Experience (Asante Foundation, event, schedule, Bighan Knoll, Children's Miracle Network)
• Disaster-preparedness kits available in ARRMC Gift Shop (bones necessities, cost, contents)
• Country Crossings tickets to be raffled in fundraiser (ARRMC, Emergency Fiscal Assistance Program, schedule)
• Asante Ashland wound center to concur open house June 22 (hyperbaric oxygen chamber, AACH Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine)
• ATRMC A/B Unit challenges others to adopt-a-street (Southwest Ramsey Avenue, public works, Spirit of Service, route cleanup, squad-building)
• 2017 payroll calendar

June 13, 2017

• Mazor X surgery system arrives at ARRMC (robotic surgery, Southern Oregon Neurological & Spine Assembly, SONSA, Dr. Matthew Miller, Dr. Miroslav Bobek, Dr. David Walker, Dr. Timothy Uschold)
• ARRMC General Medicine relocates to 6th floor (renovation, remodel, relocation, expansion, private rooms, amenities, open house)
• Kronos FAQs offer guidance and clarification on the new system (Q & A, timekeeping, scheduling, attendance records, 60 minutes, payroll)
• MedSavvy prescription service compares medications, provides updates and saves money (benefits, Asante Wellness Plan, data, reviews, form)
• Choose to Move fettle challenge enrollment period begins June 19 (Wellness Promotion, Regence BlueCross-BlueShield, Asante Health Plan, do, excursion, videos, activity tracker, prize)
• Girl Scouts bout Urgent Intendance, learn about medicine (ACOH, Grants Pass, first-aid bluecoat, clinic, imaging, X-ray, Carly Hinkle, NP-C)
• Becker'southward Hospital Review awards top honors to Asante and ARRMC (52 Great Health Systems, 100 Great Community Hospitals, requirements, qualifications, Truven Health Analytics)
• Retirement: Dr. Brian Gross (cardiology, STEMI program, Southern Oregon Cardiology, bio, history, testimonials)

June 6, 2017

• Kronos go-live to take identify in two phases offset June 11 (instructions, time cards, schedules, omnipresence records, Hr, payroll, HealthStream, ALEC)
• ARRMC STEMI program receives Mission: Lifeline Gold Plus STEMI award for 2d year (American Heart Association, middle attack, quality accomplishment laurels, compliance, cardiac, criteria, stats)
• ATRMC Auxiliary sweeps Boatnik Parade Awards (President'south Cup, Brady Adams Honor for community spirit, Senior entry, get-go place, Ray Stark, volunteer, Memorial Day weekend)
• APP to host community safe fair in Talent June 10 (didactics, Dr. Theodore Lefer, pediatrics, school nurse Belinda Dark-brown, police, fire, helmet, motorcar seat, Coalition for Kids, Kimberly Rutter)
• Adept dental hygiene contributes to overall health and wellness (American Dental Clan, MetLife, benefits, health savings account, wellness reimbursement arrangement, Asante Health Program)
• ATRMC Town Hall Forums invite give-and-take with leaders (Kronos, the patient experience, the Blue Zones Project, new Asante Md Partners providers, Q&A, Win Howard, David Kinyon, Eric Loeliger, MD, Laura Magstadt, RN)
• Miracle Jeans Day raises $xl,420 (Children's Miracle Network, CMN, Asante Foundation, stats)
• 2nd quarter Balanced Scorecard

May 30, 2017

• Mandatory ALEC preparation modules available for Kronos go-live (instructions, deadlines, HealthStream)
• Media inquiries, protected health information and patient privacy, what to do (Asante policy, law enforcement, news media, social media, Lauren Van Sickle, Asante Privacy Officeholder)
• Benefits: Asante's retirement plan (403(b), Asante Retirement Committee, Transamerica, contributions, PortfolioXpress)
• MetLife Dwelling house and Motorcar at present available through Asante (benefits, UltiPro, insurance, quote)
• AACH employee forums focus on communication skills (grooming, Asante Education and Development, Sheila Clough, employee date, patient experience)
• Asante teams seek participants for Relay for Life events (charity, donation, fundraiser, American Cancer Society, Medford, Grants Pass, Footprints, health promotion, beWell, schedule)
• UP framework reduces take a chance of harm for patients (Wake UP, Get UP, Wash UP, quality, patient safety, prevention, Dr. Jamie Grebosky)

May 23, 2017

• Special Report: Patient Experience (ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH, HealthStream, Relate, Words that Work, service recovery, PEAR accolade, improvement, stats)
• True cyberattack thwarted cheers to ITS phishing exercises and education (data security, spam, encrypt, cybercriminals, malicious link)
• Employee Date and Communication Fair raffle winners announced (event, booths, prizes, stats)
• Employees tin patient tin now order prescription refills through MyNautical chart (Asante Chemist's, Epic, ARRMC, Asante Health Plan, identification badge, refill service)
• Transamerica representative now stationed at Asante Human Resources on all three campuses (benefits, Peg Stewart, availability, schedule)
• Asante seeks volunteers for July Fourth events (Ashland, Eagle Betoken, parade, booth, employees, family unit)
• Dan Fennell, pulmonologist and nature lensman (APP, hobby, history)

May sixteen, 2017

• Kronos preparation in process for ii-phase summer get-live (mandatory, ALEC, form instruction, training module, schedule)
• Hospital Week and Employee Engagement and Communication Fair wrap-up (upshot, activities, photos, AACH, ATRMC, ARRMC, Nursing Gallery, DAISY award, Mannie awards, Asante Experience)
• DAISY Awards: Extraordinary Nurses, Nurse Leader and multidisciplinary Team (ATRMC, ARRMC, Jeannie Lehl, Katie Adkison, sue Kline, Lona Adkins, Dr. Ellen Plummer, Dr. Meghan Bost, Penny Cartensen, Gretchen Albrecht, Steve Boles, Darrah Halliburton, Jodi Bostwick, Ginny Vanwart, Angie Chaplin, Sheri Richmond-Getty, Judy James, Sue Watson)
• UltiPro upgrade eases navigation (favorites, web browser compatibility)
• Regence introduces Handling Cost Estimator (Asante Wellness Plan, out-of-pocket costs, medical procedure, Asante HASO providers)
• Dominicus safety: protect optics from sunburn (hats, sunglasses, vision wellness, VSP, Asante Wellness Plan)
• Winners announced for #MannequinChallenge (Neuro/Ortho, Sterile Processing, All-time Video, People's Choice, Honorable Mention, link, videos, Mannie accolade)

May 9, 2017

• Employee Engagement and Communications Fair and Infirmary Calendar week events under way (ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH, APP, booths, plan, prizes, schedule)
• Good for you lifestyle and well-being focused Blue Zones Project launches in Grants Laissez passer (Cambia Health Foundation, Oregon Healthiest State initiative, sponsorship, Community Health Needs Cess)
• Sheila Clough appointed to SOU's Board of Trustees (Gov. Kate Brown, bio, qualifications, accomplishments)
• Brian Hall and Alexander Tutunov to present lunchtime piano concert (ARRMC, Hospital Week, iv-hand duet)
• PEAR and APPLE awards recognize department dedication to values and patient experience (cardiovascular recovery team, cath lab, Patient Experience Program, CAHPS survey)
• Asante teams seek participants for Relay for Life events (clemency, donation, fundraiser, American Cancer Society, Medford, Grants Pass, Footprints, health promotion, beWell, schedule)
• How do I: utilise technology to be more efficient (ITS Education Coordinator, Yvonne Padilla, SharePoint, Excel, Outlook, myTECH, ALEC, streamline, workflow, preparation, implementation)
• #Mannequin Challenge results to be announced next week.

May 2, 2017

• Asante Urgent Intendance expands hours and services in Medford (Black Oak Medical Plaza, lab, 10-ray, ultrasound, ARRMC, stats, volumes, future planning)
• Asante Moments: Shannan Widboom and Joan Clark (Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, Evans Endowed Nursing Scholarship, SOU, OHSU, ARRMC, Pediatrics, RN, campaign, commercial)
• Hospital Week and Employee Date and Communications Fair take place side by side week (ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH, APP, event, data, programs, games, prizes, schedule)
• Spirit of Service quarterly winners (volunteer service, recognition, community, Linda Bronson, Kelli Cote, Heather Hanson, Megan Howe, Jennifer Lynch, Maura Mayerle, Shana Ogle)
• Guidelines ensure consistency, confidentiality and copyright of Ballsy materials (principal trainer, workflows, tip sheets, work instructions, training curricula, screenshots)
• Mercy Flights membership offers take a chance to save on emergency transportation (American Medical Response, Man Resources, annual fee, group rate, ambulance, flight services)
• Asante Nursing Gallery to exist dedicated to George Haefling, RN (Oregon Nurse Association, ARRMC, bio, profile, awards)
• ARRMC names Tina Thumma, RN, director of inpatient nursing (bio, profile, qualifications, responsibilities)
• OB Response Team will aid pregnant patients in distress at ARRMC (Family Birth Middle, NICU, Respiratory Therapy, transport, pregnancy-related emergency)

April 25, 2017

• Asante takes fifteen Top Health Systems honor fifth year in a row (Truven Health Analytics, laurels, recognition, celebration, metrics, stats, qualifications)
• Employee Engagement and Communication Fair approaches (The Asante Experience, National Hospital Week, event, information, programs, games, prizes)
• Asante moves to a "zero-tolerance" rule on snooping June one (protected health information, PHI, confidentiality, compliance, ALEC, mandatory training, disciplinary activeness, termination)
• No benefit deduction from May 5 paychecks (compensation, benefits, deductions, HR, UltiPro)
• New nursing managing director appointed at ATRMC: Paula Tessen (RN, medical/surgical, med/surg, medical/pediatric, bio, profile, qualifications)
• Voting is nevertheless open for #MannequinChallenge videos (link, videos, surveymonkey, Mannie honor)
• Louie's Large Requite throughout May to benefit Ashland Community Hospital Foundation (charity, donation, gift cards, local restaurant, AACH, Caregiver Fund, patient experience)
• Bunco Fundraiser to support ATRMC Auxiliary planned for April 29 at Fruitdale Grange
• Infirmary Week celebrations at Asante hospitals recognize employees (ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH, APP, event, schedule)

Apr eighteen, 2017

• Asante hospitals earn all A's in 2017 Leapfrog Group prophylactic report (patient safety, quality, qualifications, stats, ranking)
• Voting is open up for #MannequinChallenge videos (link, videos, surveymonkey, Mannie honour)
• Asante denote new corporate compliance officer: Kristen R. Roy (bio, profile, qualifications)
• Employee Engagement and Communication Fair fix for May 8-12 (The Asante Feel, National Hospital Week, outcome, information, programs, games, prizes)
• Get a jump starting time on Know Your Numbers (Employee Wellness, Regence Blueish Cross-Blueish Shield, health credits, discounts, biometric screening, online wellness assessment, Health Promotion, schedule)
• Applications beingness accepted for Evans Endowed Nursing Scholarships (Ashland Community Infirmary Foundation, OHSU, SOU, RCC, nursing degree, financial need)
• Southern Oregon Magazine readers: Asante "Best Company Anybody Wants to Piece of work For" (All-time of 2017, winner list)
• [email protected] service available to employees (Intendance.com, benefits, intendance provider profiles, child intendance, senior care, pet sitters, dog walkers, housekeepers, house sitters, errand runners, Apple tree store, Google Play)
• Ask-a-Provider: Patrick Yeakey on multivitamins (Q&A, APP, Grants Pass, family medicine, supplements, nutrition, deficiency, balanced diet)

April 11, 2017

• Patient Services Rep James Brown embodies Asante's pillars of excellence (bio, profile, history, testimonials, qualifications)
• ARRMC everyman in the nation for heart attack readmissions (Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, acute myocardial infarction, medical excellence, clinical quality, stats)
• Pear Blossom participation for Asante employees included running, get-go-aid (Pear Flower Festival, presenting sponsor, Health Promotion, beWell t-shirt, gift basket)
• New RVTD partnership offers costless emergency taxi rides for employees pledging to drive less (Drive Less Connect, carpool, walk, bike, public transportation, double-decker, Rogue Valley Transportation Commune, Emergency Ride Domicile, details, qualifications, restrictions)
• Asante'due south spam filter upgrade aims to enhance cyber-security (email, spam digest, phishing, features, key)
• Call for DAISY Nurse Leader Honour nominations (ARRMC, culture of pity, excellence, AsanteNET, guidelines)
• Asante Wellness Promotion announces "Beet the Sweet" challenge (benefit-eligible employees and spouse, four week claiming, fruit, vegetable, www.regence.com, prizes, guidelines, deadlines)
• ATRMC Town Hall Forums invite discussion with Leaders (healthier communities, the phonation of the patient, communication update, Q&A, Win Howard, David Kinyon, Eric Loeliger, Physician, Laura Magstadt)
• Southern Oregon's interdisciplinary STEMI plan ranks in acme 2% nationally (Cath lab, catheter airship, door-to-balloon time, Mission Lifeline, Silver Plus, Golden Plus, National Cardiovascular Data Registry Platinum, honor, laurels, national average, stats)

April iv, 2017

• New End-of-Life unit at ARRMC offers families condolement for final days (palliative care, family care, hospice, Foundation, Arthur C. Dubs, Anthony Mistretta, death, dying)
• Elevator etiquette (patient priority, ship, structure)
• Asante people: certified occupational health nurse Meg Gustafson (bio, profile, jobsite, Boise Cascade, OSHA)
• Asante Talent Acquisition hits the route for career fair flavour (Key Medford High Schoolhouse, Careers in Gear, volunteer services, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Portland)
• Artist explores the vulnerability of creativity in gratuitous lecture at Smullin Center (Jason Graham, rapper, Rise Upward International, MOsley WOtta, Oregon Humanities Conversation Project, Asante Foundation, registration)
• Grants Pass cooking form offers leap brunch recipes (Dietician Leslie Looney, center-good for you, carb-controlled, ACOH, registration)
• Asante'due south retirement plan vendor Transamerica enhances website security (information privacy, features, website link)
• Pear Bloom websites offers event overview (events, schedule, weather forecast)
• Bedside caregivers assistance patients "Get Up" to optimize healing and forestall complications (blood clots, musculus weakness, respiratory issues, feet, depression, guest column, Anne Hansen, RN)

March 28, 2017

• Upcoming Pear Flower Festival offers opportunities for runners and cyclists (YMCA, presenting sponsor, Pedals 'north Pears cycle ride, fun run, 5-k, ten-thousand, race, employee wellness, Wellness Promotion, Regence, upshot, gift bill of fare, prize, community, charity)
• Banners on ARRMC campus celebrate fifth 100Top award (Truven, award, infrequent care, clinical excellence, recognition, benchmarks, stats)
• Telephone call for Spirit of Service quarterly award submissions due by Apr 15 (volunteer service, recognition, customs)
• A Doctor's Twenty-four hour period thank you from patients (Medico's Day, recognition, employees)
• How do I: order Breath for Life materials (instructions, Infor Requisition Center, Q&A)
• MetLife PlanSmart financial workshops offered in April (retirement planning, investment strategies, taxes, regime health benefits, employer benefit plans)
• Asante News Survey seeks feedback, suggestions (opinion, raffle, prize)
• Nonetheless time to submit a video for the UP #MannequinChallenge (guidelines, qualifications, deadlines, Q&A, prizes)

March 21, 2017

• AACH Patient Feel and Employee Engagement Commission recognize excellence (PEEEC, necktie-dye, honor, recognition, ED, patient satisfaction, HCAHPS scores, previous recipients)
• Tobacco cessation back up abounds, helps decrease employee tobacco use (tobacco-free campaign, Employee Health, Health Promotion, wellness programs, chemist's benefits)
• Complete healthful activities, earn rewards (preventive exams, diabetes care, mental health wellness check, fiscal health workshop, incentives, benefits, Asante Health Plan, MetLife, Asante Wellness Program)
• Employee Food Pantry offer discretion and comfort in times of need (ARRMC, Jackson County, qualifications, donation guidelines)
• Joanne Kliejunas, PhD, to share insights on decease and dying in iv-part series (end-of-life decisions, advance directives, living richly, quality of life, honest advice, crumbling, wisdom, hospice, ARRMC)
• Upward framework offers caregivers fresh look at all-time practices (Wake Upward, Become UP, Wash Upward, quality, patient prophylactic, prevention, Dr. Jamie Grebosky)
• There'south still time to submit your UP #MannequinChallenge video (guidelines, qualifications, deadlines, Q&A, prizes)
• Asante News Survey seeks public stance, suggestions (employee feedback, raffle, prize)

March 14, 2017

• Hybrid scanner combines CT and nuclear medicine capabilities for fuller picture (ARRMC, ATRMC, SPECT/CT, imaging, Bob Davis-Guy)
• Rambling Rogue Café shifts to healthier menu (heart-healthy, disease prevention, function model)
• ATRMC recognized for excellence in patient safety reporting (Oregon Patient Safety Commission, best practices, civilisation of safety, Eric Loeliger, MD, Leading Participant honor)
• MetLife PlanSmart fiscal workshops offered in Apr (retirement planning, investment strategies, taxes, regime health benefits, employer benefit plans)
• MedSavvy upgrades better access to prescription costs and information (benefits, Cambia Wellness Solutions, inquire a pharmacist, pricing)
• New phone arrangement coming for Asante Contact Centre (Cisco, Presidio, stats, history, schedule)
• UP Mannequin Challenge video call for entries (guidelines, qualifications, deadlines, Q&A, prizes)
• Grants Pass surgeons offering LYNX for treatment of GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease, acrid reflux, laparoscopic, Asante Dr. Partners, APP, General and Colorectal Surgery)

March 7, 2017

• ARRMC named 100 Height Hospital for fifth fourth dimension (Truven, award, exceptional care, clinical excellence, recognition, benchmarks, stats)
• New year's day-New You Lifestyle Challenge results appear (Health Promotions, fettle, weight management, stats, Fitbit Charge, winners)
• Vishing: scammers seek information over the telephone (ITS, information, security, scare tactic, voice-recognition, Microsoft tech support, malware)
• Mercy Flights membership offers take chances to save on emergency transportation (AMR, Human Resources, almanac fee, group charge per unit, ambulance, flying services)
• Metlife offers enrolled employees self-service dental claims eye (benefits, mobile app, claims history, claims process, resources)
• UP #MannequinChallenge video competition registration instructions and rules (guidelines, qualifications, deadlines, Q&A, prizes, inspiration, instance)
• ARRMC observes Apparel in Blue day to bring awareness to colon cancer (Strollin' Colon, Gastroenterology Consultants, colonoscopy, Asante Foundation, Oregon Nurses Association, colorectal cancer)

Feb. 28, 2017

• New main people officeholder: Paul Macuga (bio, profile, qualifications, human resource, labor relations, talent management)
• Runners and cyclists: fourth dimension to start prepping for Pear Blossom (YMCA, presenting sponsor, race, employee health, fitness, training, event, community, charity)
• Form 1095-C now available (ACA, Affordable Care Act, health care coverage, tax return)
• ARRMC one of four Oregon hospitals qualified to use Blot bioreabsorbable stent (blocked artery repair, FDA, testimonial, interventional cardiologist, Marker Moran, Medico, Pat Barton-Gassman)
• Upward Mannequin Challenge video contest registration instructions and rules (guidelines, qualifications, deadlines, Q&A, prizes)
• Discussion on the pregnant of life planned at the Smullin Center March nine (Reverend Fred Grewe, Prakash Chenjery, terminate-of-life, hospice, SOU, Oregon Humanities, Asante Foundation, Asante Medical Humanities Program, schedule)
• Wash Up: hand-hygiene prevents infection (Wake UP, Get Up, safety intervention, patient care, clean easily, Barbara Curtis, Functioning Comeback)

Feb. 21, 2017

• AACH designated an ICAR Center of Excellence (Infection Control, Assessment and Response unit of measurement, highly transmissible infection, specialized training, infectious affliction, isolation, Ebola Virus Disease cess unit of measurement)
• Mannequin Challenge video competition announced (patient rubber, Wake UP, Get Upwardly, Wash Upward, guidelines, qualifications, deadlines, prizes)
• ARRMC VP of Nursing: Amanda Kotler (contour, bio, didactics, qualifications, patient intendance philosophy, Q&A)
• March iii Apparel in Blue Day brings awareness to colon cancer (ARRMC, American Cancer Society, Asante Foundation, Gastroenterology Consultants, PC, Oregon Nurses Association, event)
• Patients honored during National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week (talk, Registered Dietician, middle-healthy, American Center Month, Valentine's Day, eye disease, event)
• [email protected] app makes scheduling service bachelor to employees (Intendance.com, benefits, intendance provider profiles, child care, senior care, pet sitters, dog walkers, housekeepers, house sitters, errand runners, Apple store, Google Play)
• Asante Foundation presentation of "Old?!" to benefit end-of-life services (documentary, screening, donation, aging, Kathy Roselli)
• American Carmine Cross plans community Prepare Out Loud outcome March seven and 9 (Cascadia Subduction Zone, convulsion preparation, emergency preparedness, Aaron Ott)

February. fourteen, 2017

• Oregon hospitals exceed customs benefits pledge (Affordable Care Act, ACA, Oregon Health Authority, charity care, public health programs, didactics, screenings, prevention, inquiry, Community Health Needs Assessment, CHNA)
• New VP of Medical Affairs for ARRMC: Dr. Scott Wilber (profile, bio, qualifications, clinical comeback, hospital operations, patient care, emergency department)
• AACH Employee Forums to address the country of wellness care (Affordable Intendance Act, ACA, Sheila Clough, Susan Montgomery, quality, service, affordability)
• Immunization level hovers at 69% (Get Your Dot On, influenza, stats, vaccination, employee health, flu shot)
• Regence app offers admission to membership card, benefits at your fingertip (doctor, claims, copay, deductible, coinsurance, bulletin center, Google Play, Apple Shop)
• Spirit of Service quarterly winners (volunteer service, recognition, community, Kimberly Armosino, Emma Cornejo, Jenn Heie, Syrena Steele, Debbie Talbott, Melissa Wills, Denise Cyr)
• New year-New Yous Challenge midway winners appear (Judith Fitzsimmons, Rose Ann Eschmann, Purple Cook, fitness, weight-direction, stats)
• American Ruby Cross to host Ready Out Loud event March 7 (Cascadia Subduction Zone, earthquake preparation, emergency preparedness, Aaron Ott)

February. 7, 2017

• Pilot program allows sharing of provider chart notes through MyChart (Dr. Brandon Lynch, APP, transparency, OpenNotes initiative, principal care, patient-engagement)
• NICU to find daily quiet hour to ensure healing environment (all-time do, neonatal, special care nursery, safe patient care)
• Patient Satisfaction scores hitting record highs for start quarter (Printing Ganey, HealthStream, inpatient, emergency, outpatient surgery, Asante Experience, survey)
• Offset quarter PEAK results are mixed (bonus, patient feel, hospital acquired infections, stats)
• 356 more shots needed to accomplish 76% influenza immunization goal (Become Your Dot On, influenza, stats, vaccination, employee wellness)
• Interactive educational event offers training on culturally-competent care (LGBTQ, ally, Smullin Eye)
• ATRMC town hall forums offer opportunity to learn from leaders  (ATRMC, Win Howard, PEAK, community benefits, UP, patient survey results, schedule)
• Local gastroenterology briefing offers training for GI nurses and technologists (Boston Scientific, schedule, Dr. Scott Nelson, Dr. Craig Chow)

Feb. iii, 2017 (Special PEAK edition)

Jan. 31, 2017

• Patient use exceptions to tobacco-free policy being updated (inpatient, hospital, emergency department, urgent care, smoke, tobacco, e-cigarettes, smoking-cessation, nicotine)
• Asante Foundation makes charitable medical visit to Haiti possible (prenatal, ARRMC, family unit nascency center, Jeralie Fairbanks, Asante Foundation, Margaret and Fred Snyder Endowment Fund, education, intendance, clinic)
• South elevators at ARRMC being updated with new cars (schedule, service interruption)
• Know your numbers program bachelor throughout the twelvemonth (Employee Health, Regence Blue Cross-Blueish Shield, wellness credits, discounts, biometric screening, online health assessment, Wellness Promotion, schedule)
• ARRMC VP of Operations: Kristi Blackhurst (bio, profile, education, qualifications)
• 404 more shots needed to reach 76% flu immunization goal (Get Your Dot On, influenza, stats, vaccination, employee health, CDC, national epidemic threshold)
• Electronic W-2 now available on UltiPro (IRS, taxes, payroll, UltiPro, TurboTax)
• OHSU School of Nursing offers overview of online nursing degree programs (Smullin Center, ARRMC, education, wellness systems, organisation leadership, tuition reimbursement)

Jan. 24, 2017

• Upward Framework offers caregivers fresh expect at all-time practices (Wake UP, Get Up, Wash Upward, quality, patient rubber, prevention, Dr. Jamie Grebosky, American Hospital Clan, AHA, Health Research & Educational Trust, HRET)
• PulsePoint mobile app coming to Jackson County Feb. 1 (smartphone, CPR-trained bystanders, cardiac abort, location-based technology, AED, Brian Gross MD, EMS, 911)
• IRS grade 1095-C arrives in mailboxes no later than March two (health intendance coverage, tax credit, eligibility, Affordable Care Deed, benefits, electronic version)
• First round of winners announced in New Twelvemonth-New Y'all Challenge (Wellness Promotions, Regence BlueCross-BlueShield, fitness, weight management, tobacco cessation, Kathleen Mackris, Jennifer Sauder, Cynthia Fortuna)
• ITS launches new data security webpage (myAsanteNET, Asante Information Security team, link, resource)
• Asante reaches 68% immunization moving toward goal of 76% (Go Your Dot On, influenza, stats, vaccination, employee health)
• ARRMC makes 2016 listing of 100 Great Customs Hospitals (Becker'southward Hospital Review, requirements, qualifications, iVantage Wellness Analytics, Truven Health Analytics, Healthgrades, CareChex, American Nurses Credentialing Heart, The Leapfrog Group)
• Tips for creating a health care spending budget (medical care, caption of benefits, md visits, medical procedures, prescriptions, do good plan, vision, dental coverage)

Jan. 17, 2017

• Asante Chemist's shop extends discounts, services and perks (employees, dependents, volunteers, retired employees, discount, prescription, over-the-counter, compound medications, delivery, automated refill)
• New APP COO: Jim Drupe (bio, profile, qualifications, values, Q & A)
• New phone-in nurse triage organization helps direct patients to appropriate care (APP, White City clinic, emergency, urgent care, primary provider, Patty Kroloff, expansion plan)
• ARRMC's new cooling arrangement brings hefty rebate (Trane Centrifugal Chiller, cooling capacity, Energy Trust of Oregon)
• Retirement: Dr. Bryan Sohl (maternal-fetal clinic, founder, perinatologist, ARRMC, OB/GYN, women and children'southward wellness department)
• 496 more shots needed to reach 76% influenza immunization goal (Get Your Dot On, influenza, stats, vaccination, employee health)
• DAISY Award: Cindy Hussey (Intermediate Coronary Care Unit, compassionate care)
• Community Mental Health Lecture Series launches Feb. 7 (Asante Behavioral Health, NAMI, Jackson Canton Mental Health, Options for Southern Oregon, Columbiacare, VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center, Compass Firm, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Smullin Middle)

January. 10, 2017

• Asante employees rise to the challenges prepare past record snow storm (Snowmageddon, AACH, ARRMC, APP, ATRMC, values, Teamwork, Service)
• New leaders join Asante: Greg Wojtal and Ted Syverson (CAFO, executive director of Revenue Cycle, bio, contour, qualifications)
• New year-New You Lifestyle Claiming enrollment flow ends January. 16 (Wellness Promotions, Regence BlueCross-BlueShield, benefits-eligible, registration, fettle, weight management, tobacco abeyance)
• Electronic West-ii consent deadline nears (IRS, taxes, payroll, UltiPro, TurboTax)
• 558 more shots needed to reach 76% flu immunization goal (Go Your Dot On, influenza, stats, vaccination, employee wellness)
• Central tower service elevator apply restricted during construction (six-Tower, renovation, schedule)
• Josephine County baby New year's day celebrated with gift basket (Harmony Benitez, ATRMC, Auxiliary)
• ATRMC Town Hall Forums ready for Jan. 10 (Win Howard, ACOH, Laura Magstadt, flu flavour, year in review)
• Compliance Corner: census snooping is a HIPAA violation (protected health information, confidentiality, compliance, Epic, job function, sanctions, consequences, disciplinary activeness)

January. iii, 2017

• Octogenarian Dee Uerlings marks 41 years with Asante (employee, lab, laboratory information specialist, milestone, ceremony)
• Diabetes services now offered through two APP locations (Asante Diabetes Intendance Center, inpatient, outpatient, Endocrinology, Diabetes Transformation Intendance Group, Sue Amidon, teaching, nutrition modification, insulin pump therapy, glucose monitoring)
• Excel and Outlook classes for employees (engineering grooming, ALEC, Microsoft Function, e-mail, calendar, training, basic, intermediate, advanced)
• Iv opportunities to earn money to offset healthcare costs (annual preventive exam, Retirewise Financial Health workshop, Dimensions of Wellness, class, diabetes workshop, HRA, HSA)
• ARRMC presents community'due south outset infant of 2017 (Rocky Ray Hutchinson, ARRMC, ATRMC, AACH)
• Preemies and families receive hugs from sky for the 7th year in a row (ARRMC, NICU, volunteer, gifts, handmade, Christmas, Hannah Joseph, tribute, memorial, grandmother, huggers)
• Phone call for Spirit of Service quarterly award submissions due by Jan. 15 (volunteer service, recognition, community)
• HO-HO Challenge winners appear (Health Promotions, fitness, drawings, gift cards)
• New year-New You Lifestyle Claiming announced (Wellness Promotions, Regence BlueCross-BlueShield, benefits-eligible, fitness, weight management, tobacco cessation)

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