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The Beat - Week 7

Quote of the Day

"Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized." -- Leo Buscaglia

Fun Facts

The sleepiest animal in the world is the koala, who sleeps 22 hours a day. Next is the sloth (20 hours), armadillo and opossum (tied at 19 hours each), lemur (16 hours), then hamster and squirrel (tied at 14 hours each).

Photo/Video of The Week

All Hands "Lip Sync Battle" 

Thank you to all the participants who performed at yesterdays All Hands meetings and thanks to everyone who attended and cheered them on. 

(Have a fun photo you would like to share in The Beat? Submit it here or email bziel@mvhospital.net)

Department Highlight


Mountain View Hospital Physical Therapy 

Mountain View Hospital’s Physical Therapy programs are designed to offer patients the best service available. Some of our therapist's specialties include pain alleviation, strength restoration, and rehabilitation, which all lead to achieving optimal functionality.

Our highly-trained, licensed team provides personal attention to each patient, and each patient receives a custom treatment plan to meet their recovery needs. Our physicians and trainers main goals include: reducing the pain a patient feels, improving an injured area’s range of motion, increasing a patient’s strength and endurance and helping a patient quickly return to daily functions.

In addition to receiving the best care available in the area, we are also proud to offer the best physical therapy facilities in Eastern Idaho.

Message From Administration

Construction Update

  • The main entrance of the hospital has been permanently closed until the completion of the new hospital. The new entrance will provide a larger roundabout and covered walkway from the parking garage. We have included some architectural renderings below to show exactly what it will look like when completed. We know this will cause some hurdles for our patients and appreciate your continued commitment to patient care. We are honored with such an amazing team that puts us at the forefront of healthcare in Southeast Idaho.  
  • The Northwest entrance is currently under construction as part of our OR expansion. It is still accessible via a covered walkway. 
  • Temporary Lab site under construction above PT where Health and Fitness Academy used to be. There will be a blood draw station set up in the Hillyard conference room across from the coffee shop. 

Recent Office Moves

Please see the interactive Google map below for a complete listing of Idaho Falls locations. 
Click on the  icon to view a list of locations.
Click on the  icon to view the map in full screen. 

Department Moves

Radiology Specials Room has moved to where short stay 1 and 2 rooms where.

Patient Feedback

(Have a patient letter you would like to share? Please send to bziel@mvhospital.net)

News From HR

Congratulations to Andrew Boyd, our 4th Quarter 2018 Commitment to Excellence Award Winner! Congratulations also to Logan Furniss, our 1st Runner Up.



Upcoming Events

RED DRESS CONCERT: NATIVE LEGENDS

Saturday, February 16, 2019
7:30 PM 9:30 PM
Idaho Falls Civic Center for the Performing Arts (map)
Featuring Native American Flute soloist R. Carlos Nakai and Medicine Thunder Singers from Fort Hall, ID.

If you are interested in a FREE pair of tickets, please contact Brian Ziel, bziel@mvhospital.net or call 208-521-5004. Limited availability. 

News From Teton Grill Cafe

In preparation for the shutdown of the café sometime in March, we will be running “Chef Specials” for the entire month of February.   In order to use up current stocks, we will likely have some days that start with something like Pepper Steak for the first half of lunch, and then for the second half of lunch be serving Salmon instead.  There will be a posted menu, but it is subject to change day-by day.  We apologize for the inconvenience.   We will continue to have a soup of the day, as well as the full grill menu available.  

News From HIM/Medical Records

Medical Records is now officially going by HIM (Health Information Management). Our department can be reached via email at him@mvhospital.net. 

News From The Lab

The American Red Cross is experiencing constrained supplies of critical blood products and today issued an urgent appeal for blood and platelet donors. While winter is home to festive holidays and celebration, winter can also cause significant reductions in blood donations and inventory levels. Factors such as holiday travel, busy schedules, and cold weather conditions have kept many donors from scheduling blood and platelet donation appointments. Blood collection activities of the American Red Cross and other blood centers have been adversely impacted this season, resulting in lower-than-normal blood and platelet donations and blood drives.

Ensuring an adequate supply for patients all winter long is our highest priority, and we will continue to do all we can to inspire donors to act and give blood. Effective today, the Red Cross augmented its existing recruitment activities by issuing a national media appeal highlighting an immediate need for blood donations and calling on generous blood and platelet donors to give now. This effort will enhance our already scheduled blood drives and recruitment strategies surrounding National Blood Donor Month in January. 


We kindly seek your support by asking our hospital partners to share information about the need for blood with your employees and potential donors. A messaging toolkit is available to help you share information about the blood shortage with your colleagues and community. We are confident these measures will prompt swift action and quickly restore our product inventories so that we may more completely meet your needs.

The Red Cross thanks you for your understanding and support during these efforts. Be assured that we are making every effort possible to ensure the blood products you need continue to be available for your patients.

Thank you,
Larry Lecuyer
Account Manager

News From POC

Mountain View Hospital (MVH) and Idaho Falls Community Hospital (IFCH) are embarking on a transformational journey that will be critical to maintaining our status as a leader in healthcare. A new, modern EHR is necessary to support the continued growth of our services and improve information sharing and collaboration. We will use the EHR to transform from isolated systems to one consistent, integrated system that will support communication, improved efficiency, and reliability and decrease redundancies. Virtually every employee and provider who cares for our community will be part of this amazing journey. Our community, our friends and our families deserve the best from the moment they enter our doors through the continuum of their care. Join your colleagues as we adopt, adapt and achieve the best possible health outcomes!

News From Education

All Education Department classes such as BLS, ACLS, PALS, PEARS, New, Clinical, and Nurse Orientation (all on one day now) are now being held at the Training Center Classrooms located at 2060 S. Woodruff (Zoe's building) in the lower level.  Follow the sidewalk next to the garage down the ramp.  Enter through door at the end of the ramp and classrooms will be down the hallway.
 
Any questions please call the Education Department at 208-542-7311.

Mandatory annual courses will be assigned in Bridge to all employees January 1, 2019. Although, the pretest was popular it created a great deal of confusion with employees and unnecessary hours to determine completion.  Because of this, we have eliminated the pre-assessment and all employees will be required to complete the full course. The Annual courses will be embedded within programs that have a title that begins with  “ 2019 Annual”.The programs and courses will be assigned based on job status.

                                                          

All annual courses will need to be completed by April 30.  The due date has been moved up just a bit because we are anticipating switching Learning Management Systems in May of 2019. You can access Bridge via two different avenues:

 

  1. Bridge link on the home page of the Intranet
  2. Or by using this link: http://mountainviewhospital.bridgeapp.com

 

As always, the Education department is willing and available to address any issues or concerns that you may have. Starting the week of January 6th, we will be changing our office hours to 8:00AM- 6:00PM Monday through Thursday and Fridays 8:00AM-5:00PM.  Our office is located at 1930 Channing Way (behind Dale’s Jewelers) and our phone number is: 208-542-7311.

Annual Course Update:
 
All PAs, NPs, RNs, LPNs, Rad Techs, CMAs, MAs, & RMAs have been assigned an additional annual course called Medication Administration Safety.  We apologize to all of you who thought you were finished with your annuals but due to an oversite, we had to assign this course for review.  Thank you for your understanding. 

An additional annual course has been assigned to everyone based off of compliance requirements and will be due May 1.  Thank you for your understanding.

News From Payroll

All employees should check their last paystub to ensure all their benefits that they have signed up for are being deducted accordingly.

Employees, if you miss a punch DO NOT clock in and out (double punch) at the end of your shift, please leave the missed punch as a missed punch.
• Use the Add Punch Change Request from your timecard
• Enter the correct date, Punch Details – In Day, Out Lunch, etc., Add the time, and reason.
• Click Add Request

Worked hours and On Call hours cannot be greater than 24 hours. On call hours would need to be adjusted for a total to equal 24 hours.

Timecard approval and requests can be done from any device that is supports the internet.

Managers, please DO NOT Mass Approve timecards - missed punches, double punches, and worked / on-call hours more than 24 hours for a day need to be addressed. The only exception to more than 24 hours a day would be Cash Outs for PTO.

W2 & 1095 electronic copy are available in Paycom – Go to Payroll, Year-End Tax Forms.  

W2 & 1095 hard copies and are in the process of being mailed.

If you would like to receive only an electronic copy of your W2 & 1095 in Paycom – Go to Payroll, Year-End Tax Forms, at the bottom of the screen you will see this message “You have elected to receive both electronic copies and paper copies of your Form W-2. To change your preference, click here”.

News From IT

Happy Valentines Day from Infection Prevention

News About PolicyStat

The Mountain View Hospital Policy Manual is available electronically through the intranet home page. Each policy has been developed to ensure that MVH performs to the highest standards of service and healthcare, therefore it is essential that these guidelines are communicated throughout the organization. MVH employees will be assigned policies through the PolicyStat program where they will be required to read and acknowledge understanding of each allocated policy and its progressive updates.

To locate what policies are assigned to you:
1. Log into the "PolicyStat (Policy & Procedures Manual)" on the MVH intranet home page.
(An email notification will be sent from the program once the assignment has been made, you can follow that link.)

2. Refer to the "Home" tab and scroll down to the "Policies Awaiting Acknowledgment" section.

3. Click on the header to access your assigned policy documents.  Open each policy*, read through it and click the blue button on the bottom  I have read and understood this policy.

*If there are questions regarding information contained in any policy, please direct them first to your manager, then to the policy’s owner.

News From Quality Assurance