Resources for UK HealthCare Faculty and Staff
The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) has launched the Clinical Research Participant Self-referral Database for individuals interested in opportunities to participate in clinical research studies. This is a secure tool that helps match self-referred potential participants to eligible researchers and their studies at the University of Kentucky. To learn more, visit www.ukclinicalresearch.com email UKclinicalresearch@uky.edu, or call 859-323-8150 or 859-257-7856.
Ways to stay informed and communicate with leadership at UK HealthCare.
Employee Service Awards, May 18
UK HealthCare will recognize all service award recipients, including College of Medicine honorees, at one celebration planned for Friday, May 18. It will be held in the Bluegrass Ballroom at The Lexington Center at 10 a.m. The 763 honorees will have completed a five-year increment of service between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2011. Managers, please ask employees who qualify to hold this date on their calendars. Details will follow.
Leadership Week, June 12-14
Keynote by Bruce Muma, MD, CMO, from the Henry Ford Health System (HFHS), a 2011 Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, who will discuss the HFHS quality, safety and service excellence journey. Keynote session June 12, 8:30 a.m., Chandler Pavilion A auditorium will be repeated that day at 1 p.m.
This year’s events will also include the Music Paradigm Experience. Register through myUK. (Click Employee Self-Service, then Training. Locate the Course Catalog at the bottom left and click UK HealthCare and then UKHC Leadership Week under the Assigned Subject Area). For assistance, call Enterprise Learning (859-257-9226).
UK HealthCare 'That's Why We're Here' videos
Get "Odds Are" and patient story videos here.
‘Today@UK HealthCare’ senior leadership videos
Get video messages from UK HealthCare senior leadership to employees here.
Extended Kentucky Clinic pharmacy hours
The Kentucky Clinic pharmacy has extended its hours, offering additional, more convenient access for employees and UK HealthCare patients who wish to fill prescriptions or speak with a member of the pharmacy staff. New hours:
- Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.
- Saturday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Sunday: 1 - 5 p.m.
Employee mammography appointments update
UK employees who need a mammography screening may schedule an appointment at the Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center at Markey Cancer Center, 236 Whitney-Hendrickson Building, second floor. Times reserved for employees are Monday through Friday, 7:30 - 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 3 - 4 p.m.
Additionally, there are changes at Kentucky Clinic South, 2400 Greatstone Point, Lexington. With the addition of a second unit at this location, additional patients may now be screened.
To schedule an appointment, call 859-323-2222.
UK Good Samaritan Hospital to host satellite Employee Health clinic
University Health Services has opened an employee health satellite clinic at UK Good Samaritan Hospital. The clinic is located on the ground floor next to the central staffing office. Services include employee health birth month compliance visits, TB screening and required vaccinations. Please note that new hire bundle visits, urine drug screens, workers’ care and bloodborne pathogen exposure visits will still be accommodated at University Health Service. To schedule, call 859-323-2778 and specify preferred clinic location.
Presenting OnCall: A Resource for UK HealthCare Clinicians
Read the debut issue of OnCall: The Resource for UK HealthCare Clinicians. The quarterly publication was launched in part to keep clinicians informed of strategic initiatives, and also to help keep UK HealthCare clinicians get to better know one another.
Subscribe to the clinical ops blog
The blog hosted by Ann Smith, chief administrative officer, UK Chandler Hospital, provides information on activities and events throughout UK HealthCare's clinical operations. Read Clinical Ops @ UK HealthCare,
Contributors to the blog include: Dr. Richard Lofgren, MD, vice president for health care operations and chief clinical officer; Willem de Villiers, MD, chief administrative officer, UK Chandler Good Samaritan Hospital; Jonathan Curtright, chief operating officer, Ambulatory Services; Colleen Swartz, chief nurse executive; Paul DePriest, MD, chief medical officer; Jay Sial, chief financial officer, UK HealthCare hospitals.
Email senior leadership
To improve communications among all levels of the organization, email addresses have been set up for employees to submit issues, concerns or ask questions of senior leadership. These submissions will be treated confidentially, even though they will not necessarily be anonymous.
- Chandler-KCH@email.uky.edu is monitored by Ann Smith, chief administrative officer, and Gloria Tyler, administrative support associate. Email received at this address will be sanitized and sent to the appropriate individuals for follow-up and response.
- EVPHealth@uky.edu is monitored by Mark Birdwhistell, chief external affairs officer for UK HealthCare. Mail sent to this address also will result in follow-up and response and can be used for enterprise-wide concerns.
- RS_UKHCSLT@uky.edu is monitored by senior leadership. Mail sent to this address will be shared with senior leaders and will result in follow-up and response. All submissions will be treated confidentially and can address enterprise-wide, departmental or individual concerns.
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