Volume 27
Number 21
October 14, 2016
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Congratulations
to Our Newest 25 Year Club Members!
Last month, 94 employees from HUP, CPUP, and Corporate became the newest inductees into the 25 Year Club at the 2016 Induction and Recognition Ceremony, bringing active membership to over 700. The event also celebrated employees celebrating 30,35,40, 45, and 50 years of working at HUP. “That’s almost 18,000 years of service!” said Garry Scheib, CEO of the hospital.
INSIDE Helping Kids Blossom...............2 2016 Employee Flu Campaign is Here!..............2 Much More Than a Game of Golf .......................................3 Giving is Penn's Way................3 Raising Awareness During Health Literacy Month..............3 BRA Donation Event.................4 Penn Medicine Publications Readership Survey....................4 Deadline for Quality Award Extended....................................4
When this year’s newest members began working at HUP in 1991, the newest technical advance was the World Wide Web, which had become publicly available on the Internet. That year one million computers went online. What a difference 25 years make! Top-grossing film was Terminator 2: Judgment Day. On TV, favorite shows were 60 Minutes, Roseanne, Cheers and Home Improvement. An article in HUPdate that year noted that outpatient services were becoming a major focus as changes in reimbursement and medical techniques made it beneficial for patients to leave hospitals sooner or not be admitted at all. In November of that year, outpatient visits totaled 366,492. “Today we have more than 1.6 million outpatient visits to HUP alone,” Scheib said.
`` (Left) Kevin O’Keefe (30), Donna Lyons (40), “Bear” Williford (30), and Kathryn Pirolli (35). `` (Above) Carol Miles (40), Ayesha Dixon (35), Milton Jones (40), and Pamela Roundtree (40).
needs of the time. But being severely landlocked... has prevented an appropriate use of space.” No doubt he would be pleasantly surprised to see all the changes — and those coming — across the street! In closing, Scheib again thanked the new inductees for their 25 years of service. “You’re what makes HUP special, the Health System special and Penn special.” See page 4 for a list of this year’s new inductees.
Facilities and lack of space was a challenge even in 1991. In another HUPdate article, Jeffrey Otten, then the associate executive director and COO of the hospital, said “What has happened over the years is that they have added buildings to meet the `` Connie Saylor (25), Diane Leichter (25), Mauri Sullivan (30), and Joann Jones (35).
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