For Our Employees
WakeMed Weekly
Week of February 5, 2009
Celebrate National Go Red Day Today with WakeMed & Raleigh's Red Room Restaurant at "Happy Heart Hour"
Tonight from 5 to 7 pm, WakeMed and the Red Room restaurant (510 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh) are celebrating National Go Red Day together. Enjoy free heart healthy appetizers and heart health information. Remember to wear red! Click here for more information about Happy Heart Hour and other Heart Month events.
Open Enrollment for Cornerstones Will & Personal Planning - February 8 through 28, 2010
Good News! Starting February 8, you can sign up for an important employee benefit: Cornerstones Legal Will Package. Regardless of your income, age, or marital status, Cornerstones will help ensure that you and your loved ones are protected by providing you with a will, living will (or health directive), health care power of attorney or a financial power of attorney.
Attention all Direct Care Nurses, RNs and LPNs! Please Take the Nurse Engagement Survey
This confidential, online survey will help WakeMed's nurse leaders enhance the work life of our bedside nurses. It will be available February 15 through March 1, and will be e-mailed to nurses. Units with top participation will be rewarded. Click here to learn more.
Winter Chill Tennis Challenge Benefiting the WakeMed Children's Hospital
Saturday, February 6, from 6 to 10 pm, at the Raleigh Racquet Club. Please join us for some indoor tennis this weekend, all for a good cause!
WakeMed "Twitter Chats" Provide Weight Loss & Wellness Advice
To help those who have resolved to get healthier in the New Year, WakeMed has been hosting weekly chats on Twitter featuring weight loss experts. The last chat happens on Wednesday, February 10 at noon - Psychiatrist Jeffrey Childers will help us stay on track at a time when most New Year's resolutions are falling by the wayside. Mark your calendars and feel free to direct questions to "@WakeMed" from your Twitter account in advance.
Attend The 2010 North Carolina International Auto Expo for a Discounted Price
February 11 through 14 at the Jim Graham Building, located on the N.C. State Fairgrounds. WakeMed employees receive a $2 discount on admission with printed coupon. Click here for the coupon. A portion of ticket sales benefits WakeMed Children's. Click here for the event Web site.
Visit the WakeMed Gift Shop for Valentine's Gifts & Goodies
Love is in the air at WakeMed! Visit the Raleigh Campus Gift Shop or the Cary Hospital Gift Shop for a wide selection of Valentine's Day gifts, cards, candy, flowers and more. Order roses for that special someone, and conveniently pick them up at the Gift Shop. Pre-order an arrangement by Thursday, February 11, for pick-up on February 12, 13 or 14. Place your order today by calling ext. 08281 (Raleigh) or ext. 02362 (Cary).
Pricing is as follows:
-Single rose in a vase for $12.50
-Triple rose in a vase for $19.95
-Half-dozen roses for $34.95
-One dozen roses for $54.95
Carolina Hurricanes Ticket Discounts for WakeMed Employees
WakeMed employees can receive a discount on two upcoming Hurricanes games by going to www.CarolinaHurricanes.com/WakeMed. These games include: Tuesday, March 16 vs. the Boston Bruins at 7 pm, and Thursday, April 8 vs. Montreal at 7 pm. Additionally, Saturday, February 7, is the last day for WakeMed employees to purchase discounted tickets for the game on Saturday, February 13, vs. the New Jersey Devils.
A Trip to WakeMed Volunteer Training
We're recruiting volunteers to present A Trip to WakeMed. This program is designed for kindergarten students to learn what to expect if they have to go to the hospital and helps alleviate fears of medical personnel, hospitals, procedures and equipment. Volunteers show the A Trip to WakeMed video, interact with the students and show them various hospital equipment. PRPN credit available. If you are interested in attending the volunteer session on Tuesday, February 16 at 9 am in the Andrews Center, please contact Kelly Deis at ext. 05405 or kdeis@wakemed.org.
Compliance Corner: Printing Hard Copies of Patient Information
Although our electronic capabilities for accessing patient information continue to expand, many staff still prefer to print out patient information such as census lists and facesheets that contain demographic data. This practice increases our risk of compromising confidential patient health information (PHI). As health care professionals, it is our responsibility to protect the privacy, confidentiality and security of our patients. One way to accomplish this is by only accessing PHI online, instead of printing out hard copies of confidential information. Please help us in this effort by not depending on print-outs when electronic information is available.
SMS INVISION Active File Archive
Information Services will be completing the monthly SMS INVISION Active File Archive processing on Sunday, February 7. The application will be unavailable from midnight until approximately 2:30 am on Monday, February 8. With questions, please contact Tony Minori at ext. 00913.
Changes to Internet Access from Clinical Workstations
Beginning Wednesday, February 10, all employees and physicians who use clinical and/or generic log-in workstations to access the Internet will be required to sign in with their network ID and password if they choose to go to Web sites not related to health care. Employees and physicians can continue to go to all internal WakeMed sites and external health care and government Web sites without logging in as themselves.
However, as soon as they attempt to go to other Web sites, they will see a splash screen (shown by clicking here) that prompts them to click on a link and then sign in with their own ID and password to continue. This change results from the large number of viruses and malware that are being installed on WakeMed workstations after staff visit malicious Web sites. Because staff, physicians and even visitors are currently able to visit Web sites anonymously, they pay less attention to the types of sites they visit. Information Services hopes this change will make people more aware when they use the Internet.
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