Holiday Cards forPatients
Help bring a little bit of cheer to our patients over the holidays by giving a homemade Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's, or general holiday card (or two or three). if you or your children would like to drawa picture or write an inspirational message, we will give to patients on their meal trays over the holidays.
Please deliver your card(s) to Admin by Wednesday, Dec. 21.
Thank you to Kelly and Jo in Pharmacy for bringing forward this great idea!
Corporate Security Visit
We were honored to host our Corporate Information and Physical Security and Division Quality leadership teams for a full-day assessment on Nov 30th. Kent Petty, VPPhysical Security and Kevin Cleveland, AVPPhysical Security, in partnership with Information Security leaders joined us as we toured the ED, ICU, 6th Floor, and points of entry and met with our colleagues in these areas to better understand our security processes and concerns. Overall, they were very complimentary of the work our teams do each day to keep our patients, visitors, providers, and colleagues safe and we look forward to implementing their recommendations for improvement once we receive their formal assessment in the coming weeks.
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Blood Drive: Monday, December19
Monday, December 19 8:30am- 1:30pm BLevel Auxiliary Lounge
Please call 1-800-RED CROSS(1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: ResearchMC to schedule an appointment.
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Welcome Reception forJessica Marin, new RMC COO
Please join us as we welcome our newChief Operating Officer Jessica Marin to the Research Medical Center family.
Welcome Reception
Thursday, December 8th 7:00am- 8:30am RMC Cafeteria Donuts and coffee will be served.
Mingle All the Way!
Join the RMC Senior Leadership Teamin the Cafeteria for hot cocoa and sweet treats along with the sharing of their favorite holiday recipes.
Friday, Dec. 16th: 7:30am- 8:30am
Saturday, Dec. 17th: 9:00am- 11:00am Monday, Dec. 19th: 12:30pm- 1:30pm Tuesday, Dec. 20th: 7:30am- 3:00pmAND 2:00pm- 3:00pm
Santa Claus is Coming to Town!
Santa will be at RMC for all colleagues, students and their families. Enjoy photos, donuts, coffee and a holiday craft for the children.
Saturday, December 17th 9:00am- 11:00am RMC Cafeteria
Free Annual Holiday Meal
Join us for a good meal to help celebrate the holidays! Free for all colleagues.
Research Medical Center Campus Wednesday, Dec. 14 11:00am- 2:00pmAND 8:30pm-10:30pm
Brookside Campus Monday, Dec. 19, 12:00pm
Food & Goods Drive Canstruction Receives 225+ lbs of Food
Is it a building? Acastle? Maybe a horse? No... it's a pinata... or a Can-iata! Thanks to yourgenerous donations to ourRMC Food Drive, we are able to donate more than 225 lbs of food (≈188 meals) to the Pastoral Care Food Bank. And we had a little fun by building a structure, which was part of a Division-wide competition, made of all the donations and sweet messages of ways you all have shown up for our patients, communities and each other. We didn't win the grand prize, but as runners up, we will receive $1,000 in Care Cards that will be donated to a local charity. Stop by the Café to see it before this beauty is broken down and moved to our RMC Food Bank where colleagues in need can select food at any time, no questions asked!
Where are the RMC Elves This Week?
Solve the riddle and find one, or BOTH, of these elf colleagues. Share the photo to our internal RMC Facebook Group or email to RMC.MarketingDept@hcamidwest.comfor a chance to win a Coffee Shop Vouchercourtesy of the Elves of RMC! Only picture submissions are eligible, so take a fewminutes to search, take a picture and, while you're at it, say a friendly hello to whomever may be hosting themthis week.
Where is PepperMintstix?
I'm galivanting through the trees, but I am not outside.
You could find me at one of the entrances, just not one on the south, west or east side.
Where is Juniper?
Balloons, flowers, greeting cards, packs of gum… Where I am there is so much to choose from!
Vital Voices Survey Awards
Thank you to everyone who completed the Vital Voices Survey. We are proud to honor these departments for their contributions towards achieving the best scores among their colleagues and achieving improved scores. Congratulations to these teams:
Best Score - Small (fewer than 20 colleagues): Pastoral Care
Best Score - Medium(between 21-49 colleagues): Brookside ED
Best Score - Large (50+ colleagues): Environmental Services (pictured)
Most Improved - Small: Burn Unit (pictured)
Most Improved - Medium: Respiratory Therapy (pictured)
Most Improved - Large: EVS(pictured) and OR
Administratoron Call (AOC)
ACNO Sophia Solomon was the AOC this past weekend. Sophia reported the teams were in very good spirits, the CNCs all had several discharges and the ED nurses were grateful to not have as many holds as the past week was very busy. The ED teampassed along their thanks to the floor staff, educators, physicians, and leaders for all of the support that they received. Thank you!
SeniorLeadership Calendar: December2022
Viewthe December Senior Leadership Calendar. To schedule a senior leader for a Walk-aMile in your department or to attend a department meeting or event, please email Michaela.Logan@hcamidwest.com. Click here for the Senior Leadership Calendar.
COVID-19Update
Vaccine Locations
We continue to encourage colleagues and our community to get the vaccine and booster. Schedule at Walgreens here on campus, CVSPharmacy on Prospect, or find one nearby at vaccine.gov.
By the Numbers
As of Tuesday, December6th
10 COVID+ patients
0 COVID+ patients on a ventilator
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Drop off Adopt-a-Family gifts to Pastoral Care: this week!
Look out for the Elves of RMC (and win a coffee voucher each week): Dec. 5-30 Welcome Reception for NewRMC COO Jessica Marin: 7-8:30am, Dec. 8
Holiday Meal (RMC Main Campus): Wed., Dec. 14 Mingle All The Ways: Dec. 16, 17, 19 and 20 Pictures with Santa: 9-11am, Sat., Dec. 17
Holiday Meal (Brookside Campus): Mon., Dec. 19 December Blood Drive at RMC: Mon., Dec. 19
For an up-to-date list of upcoming events, visit the RMC Intranet homepage.
RMC Trivia
This Week's Trivia: Q: When is the welcome reception for our newCOO Jessica Marin?
Last Week's Trivia: Q: Name our RMC elves! Winners: Pepper Mintstix(fromVicki Fayard) Juniper (fromKitty Sterling)
Submit your answer to RMC.MarketingDept@hcamidwest.com by Monday. All correct answers will be entered into a drawing for a weekly prize. Winner will be featured in the following weekly email.
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