BaptistBriefs November 2014
22nd Annual Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes
Open Enrollment Oct. 31 - Nov. 17 Make sure you go online to make new elections or change your current benefits for 2015.
Benefit Fairs All fairs are from 8 am – 4 pm. Baptist South Monday, Nov. 3 Azalea, Begonia and Camellia Rooms Baptist Beaches Tuesday, Nov. 4 Conference Rooms A, B and C Metro Square Wednesday, Nov. 5 Building A, Conference Center Baptist Jacksonville Thursday, Nov. 6 Tower Cafeteria, North Side Baptist Nassau Friday, Nov. 7 Boardroom
Join Team Baptist on Saturday, Nov. 22, for this four-mile walk along the Jacksonville Northbank Riverwalk. Registered walkers participating through Baptist who raise $25 or more will receive a Baptist Health T-shirt. The deadline to guarantee you receive a free shirt is midnight, Monday, Nov. 3. Orders after that date will be first come, first served.
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8 am – Check-in begins 8:15 am – Meet at Baptist Health table for team photo 9 am – Walk begins After the walk, food and refreshments are available. Meet us at the Baptist tent for a free massage for all Team Baptist members. Online registration instructions: Go to www.diabetes.org/teambaptistjax . Click either “Create a new team” or select one of the listed teams to join. n Follow the steps to become registered. (Write down your user name and password.) If you have any questions, call 202.3417 or email tiffany.thomas@bmcjax.com . n n
Another way to give a helping hand Make a $1 contribution at a Baptist Pharmacy or Alive Credit Union and a pinup “Stop Diabetes” hand will be hung in the facility. All proceeds will be donated to the American Diabetes Association on behalf of Baptist Health.
Health Care Observance Calendar November
Nov. 2 – 8
Nov. 3 – 9
Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month n American Diabetes Month n National Family Caregivers Month n National Home Care Month
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Diabetes Education Week n Emerging Nurse Leader Week n Healthcare Patient Transportation Week n Medical Staff Services Awareness Week n Radiologic Technology Week
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Nov. 1 – 7 Urology Nurses and Associates Week n Medical-Surgical Nurses Week n
Allied Health Professions Week
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Perioperative Nurse Week Home Care Aide Week
State of Geriatric Care Clinical Update: Sorting out the Three Ds Nov. 8, 2014, 8 am – 3:30 pm University Center, University of North Florida This conference offers two tracks: one for clinicians who are eligible to receive continuing education credits, and another for informal caregivers of older loved ones. Baptist Health team members can attend either track for free by accessing your LEAP benefit. Easy Steps 1. Apply for LEAP. Check seminar/conference and gain manager’s approval. 2. Register for the conference by Oct. 31. 3. You will receive your reimbursement in your Nov. 14 pay check. Verification of attendance is required for reimbursement. If you have already signed up, you can still apply for LEAP and get reimbursed. You must submit your application prior to Nov. 8. Informal caregivers can register by going to: agewell-caregivers-conference.eventbrite.com Clinicians can register by going to: geriatric-clinical-update-2014.eventbrite.com Baptist Health team members should use the following discount code: BHEMP. Continuing education credits are available for many disciplines. For questions, please email toni.bonfili@bmcjax.com or call 202.4243.
More scrubs donated to Global Links Earlier this month Baptist Health shipped another 700 pounds of donated scrubs to Global Links, an international humanitarian-aid organization dedicated to improving health in resource-poor countries. This brings the total amount of scrubs donated by team members to 1,500 pounds. The donation drive began in July when team members received their new Vestex® uniforms that repel fluids and minimize the risk of transmission of organisms. Thank you to everyone who donated their old scrubs.
Healthy For Life “Maintain Don’t Gain” this holiday season This holiday season, the only thing that should be “stuffed” is the turkey! To help you beat the odds this year, Healthy For Life is launching “Maintain, Don’t Gain,” a six-week holiday weight maintenance challenge. The challenge will run Nov. 17 – Dec. 19 to help you stay focused on healthy eating, active living and keeping your stress in check. Look for weekly emails with tips, motivation and ideas to help you enjoy the holiday season while maximizing your health instead of your waist. All team members who successfully complete this challenge will win a prize. Registration begins Monday, Nov. 3, and ends Friday, Nov.14. To sign up, submit your completed registration form to the Healthy For Life office either in person, by interoffice mail to Howard 710, or via fax to 391.5077. Visit the Healthy For Life intranet page for more details.
Maintaining privacy helps ensure better patient care Our patients trust us to access their information only as required to meet their health care needs. To help us ensure patient privacy, Baptist Health uses the FairWarning® Patient Privacy Monitoring Program that includes automated monitoring of team members’ access to patient records. The monitoring identifies viewing of records that is not related to your job function as a caregiver or service provider, such as accessing patient records of family members, coworkers or VIPs, as well as other unusual access activity. One of the most important ways you can ensure that you are upholding patient privacy is to only access a patient’s information if you have a need to know in order to provide health care or other services to that patient. We all must work together to keep our patients’ trust by ensuring the privacy of their personal and health information. If you have any questions or concerns about patient privacy, please contact Privacy Manager Ann Marie Harvey at 202.5621, call the Privacy Hotline at 202. HIPA (4472), or contact Privacy Officer Cory Meyers at 202.5644.
What you need to know about flu shots this year ALL team members, volunteers, students and contractors are required to have a flu shot or valid medical contraindication or religious exemption on file. Declining the flu shot for personal reasons is not allowed this year. Those with an exemption on file are required to wear a mask while in patient care areas during the designated flu season. Flu shots and exemptions need to be completed by Nov. 30, or you will not be permitted to work.
Ordering toner made easy For your convenience, you can now order toner refills online for Ricoh printers that are under contract. From the Intranet Home Page, go to Support Departments, then Information Systems and scroll down to the Hardware and Software Requests and click the electronic Toner Request Form. Simply complete the form and the toner will arrive and be billed to the associated cost center. To find the online form for Ricoh toner, go to: http://forms.e-baptisthealth.com/Toner%20Requests/ Pages/default.aspx
Talk with a Doc: Managing Knee Pain Thursday, Nov. 6, 5:30 – 6:30 pm Y Healthy Living Center, Williams Family YMCA 10415 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville Nigel Sparks, MD, with the Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute will speak on managing knee pain. There is no cost to attend but seating is limited. To register, visit baptistjax.com/ymca or call 202.6452. Talk with a Doc: Breathe Easy – Childhood Asthma Tuesday, Nov. 4,11 am – noon Y Healthy Living Center, Ponte Vedra YMCA 170 Landrum Lane, Ponte Vedra Beach Tracy Tyson, MD, of Orange Park Pediatrics will speak on childhood asthma. There is no cost to attend but seating is limited. To register, visit baptistjax.com/YMCA or call 202.5376.
Baptist Jacksonville
Wolfson Wellness Center group fitness classes Zumba Fitness – Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 pm Cost: $80 for eight weeks Slow Flow Yoga – Thursdays, 5:30 – 6:30 pm Cost: $35 for four sessions
All other toner and printer supplies should be ordered through purchasing. The order form can be found at: http://intranet.e-baptisthealth.com/workresources/ Lists/Forms/TonerReqForm.pdf
Payroll deduction is available. Register at the Wellness Center, Heart Hospital, second floor.
If you have any questions, call the Service Desk at
Use your Healthy For Life discount at Wolfson Wellness Center Current and new members may use the Healthy For Life wellness discount of $12.50 per month toward membership at the Wolfson Wellness Center. However, the discount is NOT automatically applied. You must activate the discount by showing your Baptist ID and completing a registration/attestation form. To enroll, please see a member of the Wolfson Wellness Center staff. For more information, call 202.9708.
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Physician Integration
Walk with a Doc in Nassau County Baptist Primary Care in Callahan invites you to walk with Kiersten Prince, DO, on Thursday, Nov. 20, at Ewing Park. Dr. Prince will give a brief health talk at 5:15 pm and the walk starts at 5:20 pm. Sign up at baptisthealth.eventbrite.com . Y Healthy Living Center events The Y Healthy Living Centers bring medically integrated programs from Baptist Health into the Y and makes these programs more accessible to the surrounding community. You don’t have to be a Y member to participate.
For more information, including start dates for each class, call 202.9708.
Baptist Beaches
Mandatory Employee Open Forums Forums will be held in Conference Rooms A, B and C. All team members are required to attend one of these forums offered on the following dates: Monday, Nov. 3, 9 am Wednesday, Nov. 5, 7:30 am Thursday, Nov. 6, 3 pm Tuesday, Nov. 11, 3 pm Monday, Nov. 17, 11:30 am Tuesday, Nov. 18, 5:30 pm
Baptist Nassau
Next blood drive The bloodmobile will be parked at the front entrance of the hospital on Dec. 17 from 12:30 to 4:30 pm, to receive donors. F or an appointment, contact Sonia Rivera at 321.3787 or sonia.rivera@bmcjax.com
Baptist South
Safe Sitter class Baptist South will conduct a Safe Sitter class for students, age 11 – 14, on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 8:30 am – 2:30 pm. Students will learn how to be successful, safe babysitters. Training includes first aid, behavioral advice, choking rescue techniques for infants and children, injury management, preventing injuries, safety for the sitter, and babysitting as a business. There is a class fee of $45, which includes lunch and a training manual. To register, call 202.CARE (2273).
Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Seventh Annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference Friday, Nov. 7, Jacksonville Marriott, 4670 Salisbury Road Wolfson Children’s Hospital, in partnership with the University of North Florida and the Florida Bioethics Network, presents the Seventh Annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference. With talks on pressing issues by experts in the field, this conference will serve as fertile ground for the development of best practices in pediatric bioethics. Conference topics include: “Sibling Perspectives on the End of Life”
“Resource Allocation in the Clinical Setting” “Ethical Issues in Nursing Administration” Baptist Health team members receive free attendance and should register online with EventBrite: 2014pedsbioethics.eventbrite.com . When you are asked for a promotional code, please enter: EMPLOYEE. Nemours Pediatric Nursing Education Conference Saturday, Nov. 8 807 Children’s Way, 10th floor auditorium Four CEUs will be offered free of charge to attendees. Attend hands-on skills-building sessions and choose from a variety of lectures. Skills sessions include glucometers, growth hormones, G-tubes, epi-pens, use of nebulizers and spacers, vagal nerve stimulators and more. Lecture topics include ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder, bleeding disorders, asthma and cystic fibrosis, food allergies, seizure disorders, diabetes, sickle cell, continence and oral rehydration therapy. RSVP at www.bit.ly/NemoursConference Discounted Tickets to Art & Antiques Show The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital invites you to come out to the 38th Annual Art & Antiques Show Dec. 5 – 7 at the Prime Osborne Convention Center. Baptist Health team members can show their ID badge and receive show admission tickets for themselves and one guest for $5 each. This is a discount of $10 per ticket. Enjoy distinguished art and antiques dealers from across America; visit the Tea Room and Pastry Café for daily offerings of lunch and delicious desserts; and visit the Young Collectors Booth for unique and moderately priced items to create or expand your collection. Proceeds benefit development of a Pediatric Surgery Center of Distinction at Wolfson Children’s Hospital. For more information, visit www.artandantiquesshow.com or call 202.2886. (Show admission does not include lectures or Belles & BowTies Fashion Show.)