Calling All Grads!
INSIGHT MAY 16, 2019
Kindness MovemenT Buying a coworker a coffee, offering a patient your umbrella when it's raining and helping an elderly woman cross the street are all acts of kindness. When Excela Health nurses decided to start a “kindness movement” at Excela Health, they enlisted the help of the Well-Being Center to spread the word and to encourage others to pass along kindness. A “kindness card” was developed and it was distributed at the Leadership meeting held in early May. Departments will be receiving the cards, and will be encouraged to use them as a reminder to the recipient to pay it forward. If you experience one of these acts of kindness (giving or receiving) please share the story at ewellness@excelahealth.org. To order more kindness cards visit the Well-Being Center on the Intranet.
Athletic Trainer Recognized by International Organization Drug Free Sport International, a worldwide provider of drug-use prevention services for athletes, established the Drug Free Sport Continuing Education Award to recognize selfless work of the athletic trainers who ensure the health and safety of their athletes. Megan Smith, Excela Health Assistant Athletic Trainer at Seton Hill University, is one of five recipients for 2019. Congratulations to Megan!
We will be honoring employees who have recently earned degrees and their offspring (sons and daughters or stepchildren) who are graduating from high school, college or technical school. The graduation gallery will be posted for all to view on Featured News and EMA. Please email a photo to EMA@excelahealth.org and include the following: first and last name of graduate, department of employee, graduation school and/or degree and future plans.
Excela Health Latrobe Family Medicine Residency Hosts visitors from Japan Excela Health Latrobe Family Medicine Residency Program was the first stop Monday on a statewide tour by representatives of the Japan Association for Development of Community Medicine (JADECOM) coordinated by Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. The purpose of the visit which took Japanese physicians from Pittsburgh International Airport through Amish country in York and Lancaster counties is to learn more about how rural U.S. communities meet healthcare needs and to foster opportunities for international exchange in settings such as Westmoreland County for Japanese physicians in training. Yumiko Radi, director of operations, Jefferson Japan Center and Robert Motley, MD, professor and vice chair, Community Medicine and co-director of the Physician Shortage Area Program at Jefferson; Mike Semelka, DO, FAAFP, Chair, Excela Health Department of Family Medicine and Program director, Excela Health Latrobe Hospital Family Medicine Residency, and Daniel DiCola, MD associate professor of Family and Community Medicine at Jefferson as well as a faculty member of the Latrobe Family Medicine Residency, fielded questions from the group before touring the facility, including a stop by the Empathy Collection.
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Vol. 2 Issue 20
Here Comes the Bride!
Community Events
The Westmoreland Hospitality Shop is prepared for wedding season with bridal and special occasion merchandise! New lustrous pearl and crystal necklaces, bracelets and earrings, all perfect for a summer bride. The shop would like to showcase Excela brides! All you have to do is bring in a framed wedding photo of yourself with your name and phone number on the back of it. The photos will be displayed in the shop windows and display cases. All photos must be picked up on or before June 14.
The American Red Cross supplies 99% of the blood needed at Excela Health. They are currently experiencing a critical shortage and are asking anyone to donate if you are able. For locations and to register online visit: www.redcross.org • Excela Health Community Blood Drive, 5/23, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Excela Square at Norwin. • Excela Health Community Blood Drive, 5/27, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Excela Square at Frick.
PERKS! There are perks available for all interests. For more details and to view more than 100 perks, visit www.myexcelaperks.org.
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Excela Health Mall Walkers, 5/23, 8 to 10 a.m., Westmoreland Mall. Join Excela Health at Mall Walkers for a free breakfast, speaker, prizes and more! This month we will be recognizing National Stroke Awareness Month.
Reminders Schedule your Employee Biometric Screening by going to the Calendar of Events located on the Intranet. There will be no screenings in September, so schedule today! New modules added to Net Learning!
Happy National Hospital Week