July 2014

Congratulations to our GoodCatch Winner for 1st QTR 2014

It’s easy to enter and win! Submit a good catchto your local ASR or HR. Remember a GoodCatch is to prevent employee accidents byidentifying hazards before an injury occurs.

Left: Winner Leticia Preciado pictured with ASRNorma Parlato and supervisor Veronica Hazen. Right:Justin Porter pictured with his supervisor Frank Perine

Each winner was presented with a $250 Visagift card!

The Casa Colina is a proud participant in our local community activities.Children’s Center and some of our TLC Team participated in The City ofLa Verne’s annual 4th of July Parade. Pictured here are is the Children’scenter float!

In June the concrete flooring “slab on grade” was poured, leveled and then allowed sitand harden to obtain its maximum strength. Required samples were taken and testedduring this time to track the hardening process. Other trades have been very activeduring the last month: the drywall contractor continued framing the interior metal studwalls; the fireproofing company began spraying all the columns and beams inside thestructure, outside and under the roof; and the fire sprinkler, mechanical, electrical andplumbing contractors were busy installing straps and hangers to hold the electricalconduit, Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) ducting, plumbing lines andfire sprinkler lines. The various HVAC pads were poured; the equipment will beinstalled at a later date. The mechanical, electrical and plumbing work will continuethroughout July and August. The second floor will be completed about a month priorto the first floor. Keep watching and stay safe!

Construction Update

Paula Baranek, COTA, Inpatient RehabYasir Bojorquez, Residential Aide, Lucerne ValleyCrystal Burnett, Speech Pathologist - CFY, Children's ServicesLou-Ella Crow, Unit Secretary, Inpatient NursingAlexander Hazen, Photo/Document Archive Technician, FoundationKrystal Hernandez, Registered Nurse, InpatientTamiko Johnson, Unit Secretary, Inpatient NursingLinda Krofchick, RN, Director, Surgical Services, New Hospital ProjectSherry Luong, Occupational Therapist, Inpatient RehabStephen Mapes, Registered Nurse, InpatientAna Navarette, Insurance Verifier, Patient AccountingCatherine Pham, Audiologist-CFY, AudiologyPamela Ressler, Physical Therapist Lic. Applicant, Outpatient RehabMichael Rowe, Residential Aide, Lucerne ValleyElena Salcedo, Imaging Center Scheduler/Admitting ClerkCassandra Shafer, Human Resources AssistantMatthew Tuthill, Security Officer

Our next winners will be chosen in August!

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Ask BugsyDiseases/Pathogens Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance 101.A growing number of disease-causing bacteria, also known as pathogens, areresistant to one or more antimicrobial drugs.

Acinetobacter-Acinetobacter is a type of gram-negative bacteria thatis a cause of pneumonia or bloodstream infections among critically ill patients.Many of these bacteria have become very resistant to antibiotics.

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae-Untreatable and hard-to-treat infections from carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) bacteria areon the rise among patients in medical facilities. CRE have become resistant to all ornearly all the antibiotics we have today. Almost half of hospital patients who getbloodstream infections from CRE bacteria die from the infection.

To be continued next month…

Recent Employee AccomplishmentsCongratulations to………

Michelle Alaniz, OT, Children’sServices, was promoted to AssistantDirector.

Nursing employees Megan Beasley andChristian Reyes, finished their NurseExtern programs and were promoted toRegistered Nurses

Veronica Hazen, was promoted toDirector of Out-Patient Operations andClinics. Her new responsibilities are inaddition to her role as Director of Paduahomes. Geneva Allen, Director ofPatient Financial Services assumedresponsibility for the Out-PatientAdmissions process and personnel.

Alexandria Nicks and KristenSchaefer, from Children’s Services,each completed their Clinical FellowshipYear (CFY) and obtained licensure asSpeech Language Pathologists.

Therese Apodaca, LVN from InpatientNursing was promoted to Case Managerfor the inpatient rehab unit at ArcadiaMethodist Hospital.

Olivia Lewis from Inpatient PT and OlgaSanabria from ADHC will betransitioning to new roles as ResidentialTechnicians in the Transitional LivingCenter.

Rose Prieto, Human ResourcesAssistant, has transferred to CorporateAdministration as AdministrativeAssistant.

Meeran Kim, RN and Susan Shi, RNfrom Inpatient Nursing each obtaineddesignation as CRRN (CertifiedRehabilitation Registered Nurse) and arenow classified as RN 2

Jennifer Yue and Marie Yeseta,Physical Therapists in Inpatient, satisfiedthe requirements to become designatedas Neurologic Clinical Specialists.

Celeste Dunlap, PTA in Adult DayHealth Care became a Certified Healthand Wellness Coach.

Rachel Tabak Tran, PT in Azusa, waselected to the Stroke Special InterestGroup of the Neurology Section of theAmerican Physical Therapy Association.

Ketki Kumar, PT , Neurologic PhysicalTherapy Resident will be graduating onAugust 1st.

Whose responsibility is it to Protect “ Protected health Information(PHI)? Everyone providing or supporting patient care activities at Casa

Colina!

• Properly dispose of patient labels and other patient identifyinginformation in the blue confidential shred bins.

• Cover, turn over or lock in designated storage areas, all PHI that is notimmediately in use (i.e, reception area, open working areas, the medicalrecord rooms)

• Discuss a person’s PHI only if it is necessary to do your or another’s job.• If a staff member or health care worker requests patient information,

establish his or her authority to do so before disclosing anything• Be sure no one can see your computer screen while you are working;

lock the screen when you are not at your computer.• Keep passwords secure (and don’t share passwords)• Keep printouts of electronic information in a restricted or locked area

and destroy printouts that are no longer needed by putting them in theconfidential shred bins.

• Patient medical records are not to be left where others can see or gainaccess to them without proper authority to do so

• Posted or written patient information maintained in work areas such asnurses’ stations is kept secluded from the public

• Log off of your computer if you are not using it

Everyday Tips for HIPAA Compliance!