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September 9th, 2014
In the News
Great ALGH Story on ABC 7
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and our South Asian
Cardiovascular Center (SACC) led by Shoeb Sitafalwalla,
MD were featured on ABC 7 Chicago Eyewitness News
on Thursday, September 3rd
. This heartwarming story
about an 8-year old girl who saved her grandfather’s life
also helped raise awareness about the rash of heart
attacks in the South Asian community and what our SACC
is doing to help.
The story received a lot of momentum on social media. As
you can see, it received more than 8,500 likes, 318 shares
and more than 120 comments!
You can find the story on Advocate Health Care’s
Facebook page, as well as ABC 7 Facebook page.
.
ILPEx Visit
On Monday, September 15th, examiners from Illinois
Performance Excellence will arrive at Advocate Lutheran
General Hospital. The examiners will spend the week
assessing our journey to excellence. We were a recipient
of the 2012 Silver Award for “Progress toward Excellence”.
ILPEx empowers organizations to understand and use the
framework of the Baldrige Criteria for Performance
Excellence. Please join us in welcoming them to our
campus.
Follow us on social media.
Like Advocate Health Care on Facebook, follow
@AdvocateALGH on Twitter and follow AdvocateLutheran
on Instagram!
Follow live robotic surgery on Twitter!!!
@AdvocateALGH colorectal
robotic surgery live-tweet
Use #roboticsurgery
September 12, 9 am CST
More info on page 4
!
https://twitter.com/AdvocateALGH
September 9th, 2014
Congratulations Environmental Services Team
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital tops the list of
the cleanest hospitals in Chicago. That’s according to
data from a recent Hospital Consumer Assessment of
Healthcare Providers and Systems survey published by
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Lutheran General shared the top spot with 77 percent of
patients reporting that their room and bathroom were
“always” clean. Three other Advocate Health
Care hospitals were also among the top 10 cleanest
hospitals including Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical
Center, Advocate Trinity Hospital and Advocate Good
Samaritan Hospital.
The Illinois average of patients who reported their room
and bathroom were “always” clean is 74 percent; the
national average 73 percent. The results of the survey
were recently published in Becker’s Hospital Review.
Join us for Heart Walk on September 28th
If you register to join an Advocate Lutheran General Heart
Walk team and donate or raise $50, you will receive this
great Advocate Health Care hoodie! Only registered
walkers can get one! Easy registration on the internet.
Click on Chicago Heart Walk.
Attention Physicians
Look for the 2014 Physician Satisfaction Survey in your
mail. Please provide your feedback by October 28th, so
that it can be incorporated into our future plans for
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. We look forward to
hearing your ideas and suggestions.
Legislative Forum
As an associate at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital,
you know these are challenging times for health care. The
new Affordable Care Act and the challenges of decreasing
volumes and revenue make this a particularly complicated
time for our industry. On Monday, October 20th, we will
have several local legislators participate in our 2014
Legislative Forum. Their interest in our organization, our
profession and health care issues is commendable. Please
join us for this important session.
2014 Legislative Forum on Nursing and Health Care
Issues
Monday, October 20th
1:00-2:30 p.m. Johnson Auditorium
New website look
We are excited to share with you the new
advocatehealth.com. The improved site features:
• enhanced user experience • enriched linking and metadata tags to increase
content searchability • better process for scheduling
appointments/classes • access to AMG patient portal • social media integration
September 9th, 2014
Making Strides against Breast Cancer Walk
Join the Advocate Lutheran General Hospital team at
the Saturday, October 25th Making Strides for
Breast Cancer Walk, sponsored by the American
Cancer Society. It will be held in Hodges Park in Park
Ridge. Join online at
www.MakingStridesWalk.org/parkridgeil
Golden Ticket Giveaway
Your chance to win 2 tickets to the 2014 Advocate
Lutheran General and Advocate Children’s Hospital –
Park Ridge Gala
The Gala committee will be selling 600 candy bars
Tuesday, September 9th – Thursday, September 11
th on
the Shuttle buses & 10th Floor Café Entrance, by C
Elevators.
Candy Bars will be $5.00 a piece and all of the proceeds
will go towards the ED/Surgery Expansion project. Within
the 600 candy bars are hidden 5 Golden Tickets! The
individuals that find the Golden Tickets will win two tickets
to the 2014 Gala on October 11 at the Marriott Lincolnshire
Report in Lincolnshire.
Gluten-Free Picnic
The Pediatric Celiac Center is sponsoring a gluten-free
picnic for children ages 5-11 and their families. The free
event is scheduled for Sunday, October 5th
at Prairie
Lakes, Multipurpose Room in Des Plaines from 11:30
am to 1:30 pm. The picnic is intended to give kids the
skills they need to live gluten-free. Registration is
required. Contact Carrie Ek at
[email protected] or call 847.723.7176.
Kudos for Quality
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital has become the first
hospital in Illinois to receive accreditation from the
American College of Radiology for our CT Lung Cancer
Screening Program. The program, started in March of
2013, has been extremely successful. So far,
approximately 100 patients have been screened with four
cancers detected.
The American Association of Cardiovascular and
Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) has certified our
Cardiac Rehab Program for 2014. The ALGH Apheresis
and Collection Center is the only Illinois Donor Network
Collection Center to receive a Performance Leader award
from the National Marrow Donor Program.
Community Needs Assessment Survey
If you live in the Village of Niles, you’ll want to keep an eye
on your mailbox. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital,
Advocate Children’s Hospital, the Village of Niles and
numerous organizations and entities in Niles want you to
help them assess community health care needs. A
Community Needs Assessment survey will be included in
a special edition of the Village’s newsletter, Focus on
Niles.
This survey nicely overlaps with Advocate Lutheran
General Hospital’s partnership with the Village of Niles,”
says Paula Besler, Director of Community Relations at the
hospital. “It is wonderful to see how virtually the entire
community came together to craft a survey that will
address a wide scope of human needs. It is hoped that the
groups and agencies involved as well as the Village and
hospital can effectively act on the results to improve the
health needs of all citizens. It has been a true honor to
chair this project.”
September 9th, 2014
THANK YOU: Annual School Supply Drive
During the month of August, our physicians, associates
and volunteers donated school supplies to help some of
our service area’s neediest children. THANK YOU. We
collected four big boxes of supplies!!! Your contribution of
new and usable school supplies will benefit local students
who don’t know the luxury and excitement of back-to-
school shopping.
The Service League Awarded Seven $1,000
Scholarships to College-bound Volunteers
The Service League is pleased to support the Kendall
Smith Scholarship Fund here at Advocate Lutheran
General Hospital. The fund is named after Kendall Smith,
a young, vibrant volunteer whose dream it was to become
a social worker for chronically ill children and adolescents.
Despite her fight, Kendall was not able to fulfill her lifelong
ambition, as she passed away in 2009 at age 19 from
complications of Cystic Fibrosis.
Each year, Kendall is remembered as the Service League
awards scholarships to current deserving college-bound
hospital volunteers. In June, the Service League, along
with Kendall’s mother, Elsa Rivera, had the pleasure of
awarding seven $1,000 scholarships during a lovely
ceremony and reception. During the event, scholarship
recipients shared their goals and dreams for the future with
board and family members.
For more information, please visit the Service League
website at
http://www.advocatehealth.com/luth/serviceleague.
Colorectal robotic surgery live-tweet
This Friday, September 12, Slawomir Marecik, MD, a
colorectal surgeon at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital,
will perform a robotic colorectal surgery that will be
broadcasted live in Warsaw, Poland. Two hundred
surgeons from the Polish Club of Coloproctology will watch
the surgery live at their bi-annual conference in Poland.
We will be doing the live tweet of the surgery! Every
few minutes we’ll be posting photos and comments to
explain what’s going on during the surgery.
Follow the surgery on Twitter,
and send questions and
comments using the hashtag
#roboticsurgery
Friday, September 12, 9 am
@AdvocateALGH
Use #roboticsurgery to
ask questions and make
comments Slawomir Marecik, MD
There is also a live Twitter feed on the landing page of our
website. http://www.advocatehealth.com/luth/
Jewish Holy Days 2014
A High Holy Day service is open to all on Thursday,
September 18th in the Grainger Atrium at 11 am as well
as available for later viewing in patient rooms.
Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year, is September 24-
26. Diet permitting, kosher grape juice and challah, honey
cake, and apples/honey will be served to patients on
September 24th. These items can also be requested at any
time from Food Service by patients and family members at
847-723-6130. Associates, volunteers, and others desiring
such special foods/meals will find them on Top Deck Café
[10th floor dining area] or can contact the Top Deck Café
Supervisor at 847-723-7040.
If you need more information, please contact Rabbi Len
Lewy, Jewish Chaplain at 847-723-6395 or
“The manner of giving is worth more than the gift… Touching the lives of others!”
“It’s not the flowers that matter… But the smile that lights up your face, when you receive them.”
Lora Clark, There are not enough words to express our gratitude for the New Flower Cooler. Your gift and passion for sending a smile with flowers will enable us to provide the gift of flowers for years to come. Thank You!
ADVOCATE FLOWER SHOP
Get Well Soon - Speedy Recovery – Congratulations –Thank You – Send a Smile - - - for any reason at all. Flowers are always a nice way of telling someone that you are thinking of them. Send the gift of flowers!!! Stop by or Give us a call at (847) 723-8727
Will You Find The
Want to win 2 tickets to the 2014 Advocate Lutheran General and Advocate Children’s Hospital –Park Ridge
Gala?
The Gala committee will be selling 600 candy bars Tuesday, September 9th – Thursday, September 11th
on the Shuttle buses & 10th Floor Café Entrance, by C Elevators.
Candy Bars will be $5.00 a piece and all of the proceeds will go towards the ED/Surgery Expansion project.
Within the 600 candy bars are hidden 5 Golden Tickets! The individuals that find the Golden Tickets will win two
tickets to the 2014 Gala!!!
The event will be held on: Saturday, October 11, 2014 Marriott Lincolnshire Resort
Lincolnshire, IL 6:00 PM
Pediatric Celiac Center
Advocate Children’s Hospital-Park Ridge
In partnership with the Gluten Detectives
Gluten-Free Picnic
Please Join us! Who: Children ages 5-11
and parents
(parents must attend)
Where: Prairie Lakes
Multipurpose room
515 E. Thacker St.
Des Plaines, Il 60016
When: Sunday October 5, 2014
Time: 11:30-am-1:30pm
FREE EVENT
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Contact : Carrie Ek
(847) 723-7176
All gluten-free food
Activities to build
self advocacy skills
“Gluten-Detectives”
will learn to:
1.Investigate
2.Advocate
3.Celebrate LIVING GLUTEN-FREE
Meet the Experts:
Dr. Esperanza Garcia-Alvarez,
Medical Director
Carrie Ek, RD, Nutritionist
& Coordinator
Gluten-Free
Halloween Open House
Come in your favorite Halloween Costume
for Gluten-Free Trick-or-Treating!
Food and Candy
Admission
Raffles*
Games and Activities for Tots to Teens Saturday, October 25, 2014
12:00pm-2:00pm ‖1:00pm raffle drawing Advocate Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center, 1st Floor Lobby Area
1675 W. Dempster St. Park Ridge, IL 60068
Meet the experts:
Esperanza Garcia-Alavarez, MD,Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Center for Children’s Digestive Health
Medical Director, Pediatric Celiac Center
Carrie Ek, RD, Nutritionist and Coordinator
Contact for questions: 847.723.7176
FREE
Registration encouraged, walk-ins welcome. To register, call 1.800.3.ADVOCATE (1.800.323.8622) and
mention class code 8P43 or visit advocatehealth.com/events and type class code in the classcode box.
Parking Lot A is located behind the Pediatric Outpatient
Pavilion. The gate will rise automatically.
*Raffle winners need not be present to win.
ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT
Join us and you could be the next big winner!Being active can help you maintain a happier, healthier lifestyle. It can also earn you $500 cash raffle entries during the Move or Step for Cancer Awareness Physical Activity Challenge!
Earn Healthe Rewards Points and $500 cash raffle entries*:
• Pick your own challenge option!
• Select the activity level that fits best with your lifestyle.
• Log your time or steps daily on your Healthe Rewards Page.
• Complete the challenge and earn 100 bonus points!
• Increase your knowledge about cancer by collecting cancer awareness ribbons.
Access your Healthe Rewards Page at: advocatebenefits.com>Health and Welfare Benefits>Healthe You
* Associates and spouses/partners covered by medical benefits offered by Advocate and associates
who elected the Wellness Benefit can participate in Healthe You and earn Healthe Rewards Points.
Healthe You Physical Activity Challenge Move or Step for Cancer AwarenessSeptember 1-30, 2014
Breast Cancer
Brain Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Leukemia Esophagus Cancer
Colon Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Lung Cancer
Melanoma Skin
Cancer
Kidney Cancer
Ignite the Fight Against Obesity: Part 3 Speaking frankly, but respectfully
This year’s focus: How to have crucial weight loss conversations with your patients.
Date and Time: Friday, September 26; 7:45 am – 4 pm, registration 7 -7:45am Location: ARAMARK, 2300 Warrenville Road, Downers Grove
Target Audience: Physicians, RNs, and other interested health professionals Register at 1.800.3.ADVOCATE (1.800.323.8622) or click here
Registration opens 4/28/14 and space is limited to 100 participants
Advocate Health Care (OH-368, 10/1/2014) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Education hours will be awarded upon successful completion of this program
Criteria for Successful Completion:
Attendance at the entire event AND
Submission of a completed evaluation form
Featured Morning Presentations:
Skin issues and care in the obese patient
Emotional eating
Population weight management
Afternoon Breakout Sessions:
Strategies on how to start the sensitive discussion of weight loss
and weight management
Clinical coaching
Diet
Exercise
Your purchases help support Service League–funded programs such as Art Cart, Pet Therapy, Music Therapy, Student Scholarships, High School Internships, Trauma Day , Heart Pillows and many more. THANK YOU!
Service League Fundraising Events September 2014
Vendors accepts cash, checks, credit/debit cards & payroll deductions.
Outside the Box Shoes
Wednesday, September 3 — 9:00pm through Friday, September 5 — 2pm
Special Functions Dining Room 10th floor—use the A, B, or C elevators
Casual and work shoes, fashion boots, sandals, athletic and running shoes. Brands include Dansko, Klogs, Alegria, Clarks, New Balance, Skechers, Bearpaw,
and more
Overnight event
MPG Uniforms Scrubs, shoes, stethoscopes and other medical accessories
We will bring the store to your door!
Thursday, September 25 7:00am-4:30pm Friday, September 26 6:30am-3:00pm
Grainger/Olson Atrium
Funding Announcement Application Deadline: Monday, September 29, 2014, 5:00 pm CST
All application materials can be found at: http://www.advocatehealth.com/luth/research-grant
The James R. & Helen D. Russell Institute for Research & Innovation is pleased to present the 2014, Cycle 2, Small Research Grants Program
Purpose: • To support research projects that can advance and directly benefit patient care • To serve as a platform for new or continuing research projects focused on patient
centered outcomes, interventions, and clinical translation • To provide preliminary work for leveraging extramural funding for future projects Eligibility Criteria: • Applicant must be an Advocate Lutheran General Hospital or Advocate Children’s
Hospital Park Ridge associate, affiliated physician, or nurse • New pilot or continuing research projects Funding Scope: We encourage investigators from all therapeutic areas to apply. However, emphasis will be given to the following areas: • Cardiology • Medical Education • Multidisciplinary Projects • Neurology • Oncology • Orthopedics Award Amount: $15,000 - $25,000 Informational Session (Registration Required): Where: Russell Institute for Research & Innovation; Center for Advanced Care, Suite 1410 When: Wednesday, July 16, 2014, 12 – 1 pm To register or for more information, call 847.723.8200 or email [email protected]
James R. & Helen D. Russell Institute for Research & Innovation Small Research Grants Program
• Dr. Kronick’s appointment as director of AHRQ was announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on August 19, 2013
• He joined the Department in January 2010 as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, overseeing the Office of Health Policy. Under his leadership, the Office of Health Policy was integral to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act
• His research focuses on public health and insurance policy, health care delivery, and programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program
The James R. & Helen D. Russell Institute for Research & Innovation is proud to present…
Dr. Richard Kronick
Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to speak at the 2014 Advocate Research and Innovation Forum on
Wednesday, October 15th 2014
Dr. Kronick will talk about the importance of patient-centered outcomes research, the role of PCOR in allowing patients and health care providers
to make better decisions, and ongoing activities to improve quality by accelerating implementation and dissemination of PCOR.
Please Register Now: Web registration is the preferred method: www.advocatehealth.com/seminars or
call 1.800.3.ADVOCATE (1.800.323.8622) Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
For questions about registration, please contact the Russell Research Institute at 847.723.8200 or via email at [email protected]
