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Please print and post for staff who do not have access Traveling for summer vacation? You’re covered with Assist America. Available as part of your UPMC medical coverage, Assist America arranges for assistance and clears many of the obstacles caused by medical emergencies when you travel for less than 90 days, 100 miles or more away from home. Assist America’s support is accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You can reach Assist America at 1-800-872-1414 in the United States, and 1-609-986-1234 outside the United States. Visit UPMC Health Plan for more information. More than 5,500 UPMC staff members are losing weight and getting healthy as part of the MyHealth Weight Race. Last week marked the "mid-weigh" point, with team members from more than 1,200 teams hitting the scales to check their progress. As of May 11, the total reported weight loss is 14,771 pounds. Even
if you didn’t register for the Weight Race, you can still take advantage
of resources to help you manage your weight and health. For more information,
visit MyHealth Online. Simply log in to My
HUB, click on the Human Resources tab, then select MyHealth/MyFlex
Advantage under My Benefits. June
1 is the deadline for community benefit reports. If you organize
a program or event on behalf of UPMC that benefits the community,
submit information about the program's community benefits to the UPMC
Community Initiatives Coordinator by Monday, June 1. Submissions may
be made online.
Health care professionals are needed to volunteer as mentors for high school students during Shadow Days in July. Shadow Days are part of the four-week program designed by the University of Pittsburgh Health Career Scholars Academy (formerly the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Health Care) to introduce high school students to careers in health care. The students will shadow a mentor on Tuesday, July 14, and Wednesday, July 22. Mentors can choose to participate for one or both days. Professionals in any discipline are encouraged to apply. To volunteer or for more information, contact Karen Narkevic at 412-647-5362 or narkevickd@upmc.edu. Why CPOE? The answer is clear. Before adopting computerized provider order entry (CPOE), the turnaround time for medications on inpatient units at UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Shadyside averaged more than 60 minutes. Since then, the old system of paper forms and faxes has been discarded. Orders are now sent electronically by the physician directly to the Pharmacy, reducing average turnaround time (placement of order to Pharmacy verification) to 12 minutes at UPMC Shadyside and 36 minutes at UPMC Presbyterian. Ultimately,
this technology allows UPMC to deliver medications in a more timely
fashion to our patients. UPMC’s Environmental Initiative is working to reduce UPMC’s “footprint.” A company’s footprint is a measure of the environmental impact of its water use, carbon emissions, energy efficiency, waste, and other factors. Various types of footprints are used to characterize impact on the environment. A carbon footprint analysis tracks carbon dioxide emissions associated with energy use and other activities. A water footprint analysis tracks how much water a company uses in its operations. In order to reduce our footprint, UPMC implements conservation and sustainability throughout our operations. For example, UPMC is reducing our water footprint through water conservation technology that includes low-flow toilets, motion-sensor faucets, and highly efficient water heaters. For
more information, visit the Environmental
Initiatives webpage. Collectively, we are making a difference
for ourselves and for UPMC’s communities. The following systemwide policies
were reviewed and updated by the UPMC Policy Review
Committee in May 2009. All UPMC policies can be reviewed in their
entirety on Infonet.
Significant
changes Minor
changes No
changes *This policy is intended to replace individual business unit policies
covering the same subject matter. Business unit policies covering
the same subject matter should be pulled from all manuals. Select your location for this
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