The Beat - Week 3
Quote of the Day
"If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on." –Sheryl Sandberg
Fun Facts
Anthropologists believe wisdom teeth, or the third set of molars, were the evolutionary answer to our ancestor's early diet of coarse, rough food – like leaves, roots, nuts, and meats – which required more chewing power and resulted in excessive wear of the teeth.
Photo of The Week
Construction continues on the hospital main entrance.
Sent in by Mary Cobos
(Have a fun photo you would like to share in The Beat? Submit it here or email bziel@mvhospital.net)
Department Highlight |
Physicians Immediate Care
In 2006 Physicians Immediate Care was purchased by Dr. Warren Willey and Randy Vawdrey -NP and quickly became a leading urgent care clinic in the Pocatello and Chubbuck area. Dr. Willey and Randy brought an extreme focus towards traditional, comprehensive and holistic health approaches that quickly set the clinic apart from rest. Patient care to them encompassed far more than a “treat them & street them” style. In their quest to provide absolute and lasting healthcare to patients they quickly expanded to create Physicians Optimal Health – a primary care clinic - and Physicians Mental Health Services – a mental and behavioral counseling clinic . These three clinics are pinnacle examples of treating mind, body, and soul. Their revolutionary approach lead to what is now called Physicians Care Centers – 2 locations that offer both urgent and primary options as well as mental health services.
The staff at Physicians Care Centers foster a culture of friendship and empathy. Their immediate kindness towards their patients comes from the respect and affection of their leadership. The clinic manager Charity Johnson, Dr. Willey, and Randy have worked tirelessly to establish a culture which sets procedures that empower each member of the staff to quickly respond and take care of patients needs for the many different situations that are encountered at the clinic. Physicians Immediate Care and Physicians Optimal Health have been rewarded Pocatello’s best medical clinic for many years via the People’s Choice Award issued through the Idaho State Journal.
The staff of Physicians Care Centers is a diverse and extremely talented set of individuals that are united to the cause of improving the accessibility and quality of care to the residents of Southeastern Idaho. You can discover more about each staff member at www.physicianscarecenters.com/about-us/team.
Message From Administration
Construction Update
The main entrance of the hospital has been permanently closed until the completion of the new hospital. The new entrance will provide a larger roundabout and covered walkway from the parking garage. We have included some architectural renderings below to show exactly what it will look like when completed. We know this will cause some hurdles for our patients and appreciate your continued commitment to patient care. We are honored with such an amazing team that puts us at the forefront of healthcare in Southeast Idaho.
Recent Office Moves
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Please send in your nominations for Commitment to Excellence award!
Do you know someone who has gone above and beyond? Send your nominations to ebrighton@mvhospital.net
Participants will only need to perform at ONE session (7:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm or 6:00pm).
EACH SESSION will have a winner of $200, second and third placements.
Upcoming Events
RED DRESS CONCERT: NATIVE LEGENDS
Saturday, February 16, 2019
7:30 PM 9:30 PM
Idaho Falls Civic Center for the Performing Arts (map)
Featuring Native American Flute soloist R. Carlos Nakai and Medicine Thunder Singers from Fort Hall, ID.
If you are interested in a FREE pair of tickets, please contact Brian Ziel, bziel@mvhospital.net or call 208-521-5004. Limited availability.
News From The Lab
The American Red Cross is experiencing constrained supplies of critical blood products and today issued an urgent appeal for blood and platelet donors. While winter is home to festive holidays and celebration, winter can also cause significant reductions in blood donations and inventory levels. Factors such as holiday travel, busy schedules, and cold weather conditions have kept many donors from scheduling blood and platelet donation appointments. Blood collection activities of the American Red Cross and other blood centers have been adversely impacted this season, resulting in lower-than-normal blood and platelet donations and blood drives.
Ensuring an adequate supply for patients all winter long is our highest priority, and we will continue to do all we can to inspire donors to act and give blood. Effective today, the Red Cross augmented its existing recruitment activities by issuing a national media appeal highlighting an immediate need for blood donations and calling on generous blood and platelet donors to give now. This effort will enhance our already scheduled blood drives and recruitment strategies surrounding National Blood Donor Month in January.
We kindly seek your support by asking our hospital partners to share information about the need for blood with your employees and potential donors. A messaging toolkit is available to help you share information about the blood shortage with your colleagues and community. We are confident these measures will prompt swift action and quickly restore our product inventories so that we may more completely meet your needs.
The Red Cross thanks you for your understanding and support during these efforts. Be assured that we are making every effort possible to ensure the blood products you need continue to be available for your patients.
Thank you,
Larry Lecuyer
Account Manager
News From POC
Mountain View Hospital (MVH) and Idaho Falls Community Hospital (IFCH) are embarking on a transformational journey that will be critical to maintain our status as a leader in healthcare. A new, modern EHR is necessary to support continued growth of our services and improve information sharing and collaboration. We will use the EHR to transform from isolated systems to one consistent, integrated system that will support communication, improved efficiency, and reliability and decrease redundancies. Virtually every employee and provider who cares for our community will be part of this amazing journey. Our community, our friends and our families deserve the best from the moment they enter our doors through the continuum of their care. Join your colleagues as we adopt, adapt and achieve the best possible health outcomes!
News From Education
Mandatory annual courses will be assigned in Bridge to all employees January 1, 2019. Although, the pretest was popular it created a great deal of confusion with employees and unnecessary hours to determine completion. Because of this, we have eliminated the pre-assessment and all employees will be required to complete the full course. The Annual courses will be embedded within programs that have a title that begins with “ 2019 Annual”.The programs and courses will be assigned based on job status.
All annual courses will need to be completed by April 30. The due date has been moved up just a bit because we are anticipating switching Learning Management Systems in May of 2019. You can access Bridge via two different avenues:
- Bridge link on the home page of the Intranet
- Or by using this link: http://mountainviewhospital.bridgeapp.com
As always, the Education department is willing and available to address any issues or concerns that you may have. Starting the week of January 6th, we will be changing our office hours to 8:00AM- 6:00PM Monday through Thursday and Fridays 8:00AM-5:00PM. Our office is located at 1930 Channing Way (behind Dale’s Jewelers) and our phone number is: 208-542-7311.
News From Payroll
All employees should check their last paystub to ensure all their benefits that they have signed up for are being deducted accordingly.
Employees, if you miss a punch DO NOT clock in and out (double punch) at the end of your shift, please leave the missed punch as a missed punch.
• Use the Add Punch Change Request from your timecard
• Enter the correct date, Punch Details – In Day, Out Lunch, etc., Add the time, and reason.
• Click Add Request
Worked hours and On Call hours cannot be greater than 24 hours. On call hours would need to be adjusted for a total to equal 24 hours.
Timecard approval and requests can be done from any device that is supports the internet.
Managers, please DO NOT Mass Approve timecards - missed punches, double punches, and worked / on-call hours more than 24 hours for a day need to be addressed. The only exception to more than 24 hours a day would be Cash Outs for PTO.
News From IT
News From Infection Control
News About PolicyStat
The Mountain View Hospital Policy Manual is available electronically through the intranet home page. Each policy has been developed to ensure that MVH performs to the highest standards of service and healthcare, therefore it is essential that these guidelines are communicated throughout the organization. MVH employees will be assigned policies through the PolicyStat program where they will be required to read and acknowledge understanding of each allocated policy and its progressive updates.
To locate what policies are assigned to you:
1. Log into the "PolicyStat (Policy & Procedures Manual)" on the MVH intranet home page.
(An email notification will be sent from the program once the assignment has been made, you can follow that link.)
2. Refer to the "Home" tab and scroll down to the "Policies Awaiting Acknowledgment" section.
3. Click on the header to access your assigned policy documents. Open each policy*, read through it and click the blue button on the bottom I have read and understood this policy.
*If there are questions regarding information contained in any policy, please direct them first to your manager, then to the policy’s owner.
