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Movie Saturday - Next Saturday
Saturday, July 21 – Crossroads Theatre
Theatre opens at 7:45am, movies start at 8:30am. $2.50 per ticket (6 tickets per associate) or $5.50 for 3D. Bring correct change and your associate badge. Children must be accompanied by adult.
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Courier Employer of Choice Award
There’s still time (but not much) to weigh in on the Courier’s annual Employer of Choice Award nominations. If you participate, please list the company name as Allen Health System. This survey weighs the merits of companies rather than departments or divisions. We welcome your comments, which are anonymous. Comments must be emailed by midnight Friday, July 13. Click here for the survey (scroll down from header for survey).
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Surgery Renovation
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Our hope is that the daily communication emails have been helpful in anticipating the events that will affect your department. The purpose of this newsletter is to advise items that will begin in the near future and will have a large impact on many departments. Below is a list of items that we want to make all parties aware of:
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- Parking Lot 8 will officially shutdown on July 23rd for an estimated 3-month period to prepare the site for a new design. All handicap entrance to and from the building will be directed to Entrance 2. Valet services will remain at Entrance 2 until further notice. Foot traffic into Entrance 8 will be available throughout the project, but it is advised we point as many people to other entrances of the building as possible. We have been working with the City of Waterloo Transportation Department about temporarily dropping the speed limit on Donald Street and installing Electronic Radar detectors in efforts to slow traffic down near the cross walk. It is our first goal to keep Visitors and Staff safe during this period.
- 2-Central Ambulatory will be moving departments on July 30th to the old 3-Surgical floor. We estimate they will be on this floor till the beginning of September. This will allow our contractors a jump start in this department to reach our end goal of completing phase 1 and 2 before October 15. It is our intent to get both of these departments to their new residence before we go live with EPIC.
- Please remember that Ambulatory 2-Central is not a passage hallway due to temporary construction walls being installed. All patient and staff traffic needs to be routed down the Laboratory corridor.
- Planned utility outages may occur with information provided prior to the outage by Plant Services.
- It was recommended by the contractor to make notice that there will be a lot of work done in various places of the hospital. To make it safe for both parties, all personal belongings need to be out of plain sight and stored in a secure place.
- Due to this project, you may notice a larger amount of vehicles entering and exiting near Entrance 8. Please take additional precautions when around this location.
- Due to the nature of construction and demolition, items arise that are not expected such as water leaks, etc. If this occurs, take the following steps: Call Allen Call Center (x2273) and inform location and event of situation. After hours need to call 464-6437 and inform location and event of situation.
- Loud noises may occur for periods of time. If the noises are causing patient safety and work flow issues, please reach out to your manager. We can stop loud construction and schedule it for different periods of the day to make as least of impact as possible.
- Random fire alarm tests will occur more often as we embark on the project to ensure the integrity of our fire plan is adequate.
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If there are additional questions, please feel free to contact me directly. Again, thank you for your patience and have a great weekend. Ben Stevens, Business Manager of Surgical Services, Office: 319-235-3939, Cell: 319-239-8832, stevenbw@ihs.org
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Allen Welcomes Neuropsychologist Richard Roberts, Ph.D.
Richard J. Roberts, Ph.D. has joined Allen Hospital as staff neuropsychologist. He will accept outpatient consultations and support the inpatient rehabilitation unit as a key member of their multidisciplinary rehab team. He completed his doctoral studies at the University of Iowa in 1980. |
| Post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology was completed at the Department of Neurology, Sinai-Samaritan Medical Center, (University of Wisconsin Medical School – Milwaukee Clinical Campus), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1983. He has been published extensively in the field of adult neuropsychology and minor and traumatic head injury. His most recent appointments include serving as staff psychologist at the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, 1999-2010 (retirement), Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1994-2010, and Clinical Adjunct Faculty, Counseling Psychology Training Program, College of Education, University of Iowa, 1996-2010. His clinical interests include mild traumatic brain injury and dementia. |
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Understanding the Past, Planning the Future
Allen Lactation Services and Allen Birthing Center Staff are hosting an open house to kick-off World Breastfeeding Week on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 during the Breastfeeding Support Group that day. World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated each year from August 1st to August 7th. 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of this celebration. The theme for 2012 is: Understanding the Past, Planning the Future.
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| The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) supports and promotes breastfeeding worldwide through World Breastfeeding Week promotions. Congratulations to all women around the world, who have chosen to breastfeed their babies! For more information about World Breastfeeding Week, click here. - Wanda Haverkamp RN,IBCLC and Suzanne Starbeck, CBE, LCCE, Allen Birthing Center |
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It's that time of year again when we start taking tulip orders for the Beyond Pink Team who use the funds to assist people who are experiencing breast cancer or for mammograms to help them prevent breast cancer. |
The beautiful tulips highlighted this year are the Tulip Angelique and the Tulip Innuendo. To show your support by ordering, please click here for the complete flier and click here for the order form.
Together, we do make a difference. THANK YOU! |
Save the Date for Northeast Iowa Ethics Conference
The Ethics of Tough Decision Making
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Covenant Medical Center
Click here for registration details and a summary of the conference. Registration deadline, September 12, 2012 |
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FREE Computer Class Offerings for Allen Hospital
Spindustry Training and Iowa Health System offers free training to IHS employees and volunteers on Office 2010. Join us in our two hour sessions at Allen College, Barrett Forum in the Computer Lab to increase your knowledge of a specific application or just broaden your computer skills. For a list of topics covered for the classes, click here.
Last chance for training until Spindustry returns later this fall after all the EPIC training. |
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