NewsRounds, 2003

52 Pages·2003·7.7 MB·English

by  Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, Ill.)

G) RUSH Rush-Presbyteriaii'St. Luke’s Medical Center
Inside: Fehruary/March 2003
Newheart Volume 43, Number I
surgery chair
Winterskin care
Calendarofevents
A friend for life Out of sync
For the heart to function properly,
by SeanCarr its four chambers must heat in sync.
Controlling that heat is the job ofa
It’s always a surprise to run small cluster ofcells that send elec-
ttical signals telling the chambers
into a—coworker outside of to contract. When those electrical
work at a restaurant, signals get disrupted or blocked, the
heart can heat too fast or too slow,
while standing in line at the which affects blood flow to the
movies or the hank or while brain and other organs, resulting in
problems that range from disruptive
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out for an evening stroll. For such as dizz—iness, fatigue and
Cecile Wege, a weekend fainting spells to deadly. In most
cases, an arrhythmia is the result of
encounter with an office- damage to the heart from a heart
mate was m—ore thanjust attack or heart failure. But doctors
areia’t sure what caused Wege’s
a surprise it was a arrhythmia.
life-saving miracle. “This was sudden and out ofthe
Another onlooker had called 911 pointed out the Rush sticker on the
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dean’s office, was on her way to was no evidence ofany heart dis-
the operator said, they shouldn’t Cecile!”
visit a friend. Driving down move the driver from the car. But a ease and there were no blockages in
Ridgeland Avenue—in Oak Park, she quick check told them that the Shocking Wege’s heart back into the arteries.” One thought is that
—
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and ran over a trashcan before ing and that she had no pulse. Krause rode along in the ambu- rowing ofone ofthe arteries that
coming to a halt against a hike rack Krause and Larson knew they lance, reading out the detailed list feeds the heart.
on the sidewalk. ofmedications she found in Wege’s
couldn’t wait for the paramedics.
purse. “Ifnothing else, I’m organ- Back on track
At that moment, Mary Katherine They carefully pulled the woman ized,” Wege says today. While the origins ofWege’s
Krause, associate vice president for from the car. “1 usually have my arrhythmia were a mystery, what to
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less than 100 feet away from Wege, Krause, a certified CPR instructor, Wege, and—Krause called Deh can be converted into normal
was walking into a poster shop on and Larson, a medical student, got Mancilla the former director of rhythm with an electrical shock. So
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“1 saw the whole thing happen,” compressions, Krause still not aware heade—d to when she lost conscious- defibrillators used by paramedics,
Krause says. “It really didn’t look that the woman she was trying to TnehsosmasaDneduttshcehn,tMheDi,r baocstsi,ng dean does just that. The implantable car-
that bad. 1 expected to see the driv- save was her coworker. ofRush Medical College. Deutsch dioverter defibrillator, or ICD, helps
er just get out ofthe car.” But when “1 remember thinking, ‘This arranged to have Wege transferred people who, like Wege, are at risk
that didn’t happen, Krause became woman’s haircut is like Cecile’s,’ ” to the Medical Center, meeting her for developing irregular heart
alarmed. Then, when she and her rhythms. It’s like having a para-
Krause says now. But it wasn’t until here in the catheterization lah.
sister got to the car and saw—that the paramedics arrived and she was After an angiogram, the doctors medic with you 24 hours a day. It
the driver was—unconscious and able to step hack and let them take told Wege what had caused her to monitors the heart continuously,
turning blue they knew that this over that—all ofthe pieces fell pass out behind the wheel: an and ifit detects a dangerously rapid
was more than just a simple fender together right after her sister abnormal heartbeat, known as an and erratic rhythm, it instantly
bender. delivers a tiny jolt ofelectricity to
arrhythmia.
continued on page 2
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"By creating a moist en\ ironment as little as 15 minutes can put
Fighting the you are iue\’enting ewiporation ot you at risk.What do you do if you
the moisture within your skin,” think you have frosthite? "Don't
flakes and other Brown says. rub snow on it," Brown says.
“That's an old wives’ tale. You can
winter skin woes But you tieed to keep that mois- actually do more harm by ruhhing
ture in as well. Brown says. “It you snow on the affected area.” The
l\\ Vatrick kV/ly don't trap the water with some best thing to do, he says, is to get
kind ot harrier like petroleum jelly, to a warmer environment and
Ah, winter. Snow tails from the it will go right into the air, which quickly warm the area by running
,skv, and, as temperature drop and has no moisture when it's cold.” warm water over it or holding it
the winds piek up, dry, scaly s—kin tightly against the body. Then
tails trom the hands, the taee Brovyn also has advice for the apply petroleum jelly to protect it.
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epidermal exodus, and prevent soaps like Dove or Lever 2000,” he
dermatologist.
e\'en nastier problems, ifyou fol- says. And he again advises using a
low the ad\’ice ot Rush’s skin petroleum-hased ointment to cre- And just because it’s cold outside
experts. ate a harrier between your show- does—n’t mean s—kin’s greatest haz-
ered skin and the ciry air. ard cancer takes a holiday. But what about your moisture barrier!
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and then lock that moisture in. no-brainers for outdoor comfort. getaway to Florida or Costa Rica. to have their skin checked.
But in extreme cold, these cover-
“Skin cancer can develop at any
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direcMtoOrHofSdermatologic surgery when the blood and the moisture winter,” Brown says. “So remember good time, to get any unusual
and micrographic surgery, near the body’s surface actually to apply sunscreen on exposed
moles looked at.”
recommends running a humidifier freeze, cutting off circulation to areas such as the face and lips. If
while indoors, particularly in the the skin. And if it’s cold enough.— you’re going somewhere warm, To make a dermatology appointment
bedroom while you sleep. Brown says, even briefexposure always pack sunscreen and a hat.” at Rush, call (312) 942^2195.
continued ftiam page 1
disrupt the abnormal rhythm and the birthday party her family had In memoriam: Michael Maffetone, PhD
stabilize the heartbeat. planned for her that evening. But
On Tuesday, Nov. 19, Wege WKreaguesewialnldgeLtartsoomnaaktethiteuUpnittoed Michael Maffetone, PhD, Mviacfefeptreosniedelnatterofbtehceamweomaesns’ocsiaatned
received her ICD. After a two-week Center on Eeh. 19, when she will who worked at Rush for a children’s hospital. He left Rush in
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been shy about showingher appre- Heartsaver Day ceremony. A happy ’90s, died at his home in York. He had a huge impact on the
ciation to Krause. ending to a new beginning. institution: After he took over, the
Setauket, NY, on Jan. 19.
hospital’s occupancy rate increased,
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read that article, check out the latest 2000, Maffetone also helped plan
like they did and she hadn’t been RushRecord, available online at tion. Maffetone was 52. the hospital’s new ambulatory sur-
there for me. It’s scary.” ivww.rush edu/news/publications html
. . gery center.
He came to Rush in 1984 as direc-
Her only regret is that Krause, by
riding with her to the hospital and tor ofthe office of consolidated And it was clear, says De Cresce,
then staying with her there, missed laboratory services. who attended Maffetone’s memori-
al service in New York, that he had
“He was responsible for unifying connected with people at all levels
all the labs at Rush,” says Robert ofthe institution. “Everyone was at
„News Editor Sean Carr De Cresce, MD, chairman of that service: valets, the mainte-
pathology. “His efforts brought nance guys, the administrators.
Febuary/March 2003 Editorial & Design Staff about the strong service ethic that Everyone felt the same way about
Have a news item or story idea for Judy Grossman, Patrick Kelly, you see in the labs here. He was bim,” De Cresce says.
NewsRounds! Contact the editor at: Marie Mahoney, Anne O’Reilly, able to do that because ofhis own
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Michael Pew, Erma Powell, background in clinical laboratory Maffetone is survived by his wife.
E-mail: [email protected] Kim Sareny, Jill Waite science. He had a strong connec- Dawn, his children, Elizabeth, 14,
tion with what the people in the and Emily and Anthony, both 10,
TOB, Suite 250 Photographers labs do every day.” and his parents, Dan and Clara.
1700 West Van Buren Steve Gadomski, Paul Munoz,
Chicago, IE 60612 Susan Richert, Katherine Smedra
.
That vision expanded during her cian at Gook Gounty Hospital, as an African-American faculty
Living out a dream
residency at the University of received the same grant in 2001 to member. “I think about what 1
byJudyGermany Galifornia-San Francisco. Not only fund research on how changes in would have wanted as a student,”
did she work with a highly diverse behavior can help prevent HIV. she says. “When I was in medical
From the age of 10, Cheryl patient population, she took cours- “We’re not the first hushand-wife school, no one exposed me to
Rucker-Whitaker, MD, MPH, es and seminars to learn how dif- team to get the grant, hut we are opportunities in research. Ifsome-
knew she wanted to be a doctor. ferent cultures view medicine and the third,” Rucker-Whitaker says. one had, 1 would probably be fur-
doctors. “It was a pretty incredible “It’s quite an honor.” ther along hy now.”
Never mind that she’d never actu- experience,” she says. “And it real-
ally met a doctor. She grew up in a ly opened my mind up to the Because she appreciates the sup- Not that she’s complainin—g about
small town in rural Georgia, where importance ofculturally appropri- port of her mentors and what that where she is. Her family —includ-
she had little access to physician ate health care.” support has enabled her to accom- ing two-year-old son Caleb is
role models. “I’m not quite sure plish, Rucker-Whitaker has chosen thriving, and she had a banner
where the notion ofwanting to he Rucker-Whitaker brought that cul- to he a mentor herself. She’s career year in 2002: receiving the
a doctor came from,” Rucker- tural sensitivity with her to Rush. helped several students prepare grant, presenting at a national
Whitaker says. “But it stuck.” And She is helping Lynda Powell, PhD, applications and design projects for conference and submitting two
hy the time she had her first con- with the HART trial, a study to summer research scholarships, and papers. “I’m thrilled to be working
tact—with a physician at the age of determine how heart failure she has a resident working with at Rush. To be honest, I don’t feel
16 during a health careers pro- patients can best manage their her on the new grant. Mentoring, like it’s work anymore,” she says.
gram for kids—from disadvantaged own disease. And under the guid- she says, is one ofthe—most impor- “I’m having a great time doing
backgrounds the high school ance ofPowell and department tant things she does particularly what I’ve always wanted to do.”
honor student was ready and eager chairman Henry Black, MD, she
to pursue a career in medicine. is spearheading her own research
project.
Today, Rucker-Whitaker is living
her childhood dream. She is an “I’m interested in empowering
assistant professor in the Depart- communities to help themselves
ment ofPreventive Medi—cine at stay out of the hospital and live
Rush. And her research which healthier lives,” she says. “One way
is aimed at improving the ability to do that is to get good informa-
ofco—mmunities to deal with dis- tion out there, to give grassroots
ease is gaining both local and leaders the tools to teach others.
national recognition. People need to understand their
diseases and how lifestyle affects
Afterreceiving her undergraduate health, and they need to learn how
degree from Emory, Rucker-
to take responsibility for the things
Whitaker left Georgia for the first they can control, such as diet and
time to attend medical school at
exercise.”
Washington University in St.
Louis. But it was at the Harvard Last year, to help with that effort,
School ofPublic Health that her Rucker-Whitaker was awarded a
views about health care truly sizable grant from the Robert
began to take shape. “1 started to Wood Johnson Loundation’s
see that good health wasn’t just Minority Medical Laculty
about physical well being, that a Development Program. It proves
myriad ofother factors con- that talent runs in the family,
tributed,” she says. because her husband, Eric, a physi-
Cheryl Rucker-Whitaker, MD, MPH
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With all of the talk about HIPAA the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
it may sound like once the privacy regulations go into effect on April 14, we won’t be able to say anythingto anyone about our patients. But that’s
not entirelytrue. For instance,the Medical Centerwill continue to maintain a directory of current patients, which information desk staff and others
can access. The directory, however, is limited to the following information:
The patient’s name The patient’s condition, described in general terms, such
His or her location in the facility as “good,” “fair” or “serious,” that don’t communicate
medical information.
Religious affiliation (can be released to clergy only)
Rush is not required to get a patient’s authorization before it releases any ofthis information, but each patient has the rightto prevent or restrictthe
release ofthis information.The notice of privacy practices that patients will receive when they register at Rush will inform them ofthis right.
Do you have questions about this or other HIPAA regulations?
Go to http://iris.rush.edu/hipaa. Or contactthe privacy office at2-5303 or [email protected]. Matterof trust
HIPAA
Rush People
Appointments I lealth Associates physician/liospi- Kudos Award, the highest honor given by
tal organization and serves as treas- the Radiological Society ofNorth
Catlicrine Jacobson has been urer on the CORF Foundation’s John H. Brill, MD, associate chief America.
board.
nameJ senior \ ice president, chief information officer and associate Elizabeth Lorbeer, MLS, EdM, col-
financial officer fCFO) and treasur- Peter Butler has been named presi- vice president, Martha Lehman, lection development manager in
er for the Medical Center. dent and CEO of Rush North RN, ofinformation services and the Rush University library, has
Jacobson, who had been acting Shore Medical Center. A graduate former Rush CIO Pat Skarulis have been named to the New England
CFO
since July oflast year, joined of Amherst College with a master’s received the Healthcare Inform- Journal ofMedicine Library Advisory
Rush in as associate vice pres- degree in health services adminis- ation and Management Systems Board for 2003. As part ofthe nine-
ident for program ex'aluation and tration from the University of Society’s award forTechnical Paper member national committee,
chief compliance officer. In the lat- Michigan, Butler’s relationship with ofthe Year for their paper “Rush Lorbeer will advise the journal on
ter role, she was responsible for Rush goes back to 1982, when he Physician Order Entry: From institutional subscriptions, elec-
dex'eloping and implementing the became budget director here at the Physician Resistors to Physician tronic access licensing and other
corporate compliance program for Medical Center. He went on to Champions.’’ issues confronting the health care
RBeufsohreanjodinitisngaffRiulsihat,edJabcusoibnseosnsews.as steivrevepoisnitsievoenrsaaltoRtuhesrhaodvmeirnitshteran-ext Daniel J. Deziel, MD, ofUniver- library community today.
Nice president for finance at Rush decade, including assistant vice sity Surgeons has been listed in the Rush Medical College students
Prudential Health Plans. She also president offinance, associate vice Consumer Research Council of Chhavi Gandhi, Antoinette
served in a x’ariety ofexecutive president ofcorporate planning and America’s 2003 Guide to America’s Hernandez, Rebecca Marsh and
financial and administrative capaci- budgeting and, after a three-year Top Surgeons. Sakina Shikari have been selected
ties at Rush Health Plans prior to stint as president ofRush North Jerome Hoeksema, MD, assistant to participate in the 2003 Chrysalis
their merger with the Prudential Shore from 1987 to 1990, vice pres- professor ofurology and director of Program ofthe American Academy
Health Plan in 1993. ident ofadministrative affairs. In urologic education at Rush, has ofAllergy, Asthma and Immun-
1992, he was named senior vice been named president ofthe ology. Chrysalis, which seeks to
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Society she chaired its Texas, from 1997 until he returned has been elected to a four-year term This is the fourth year that Rush’s
Princi—ples and Practice Board in to Rush North Shore as interim as president ofthe World allergy and immunology program
2000 sits on the board ofthe president last July. Federation of Neuroradiological has sent students to the academy
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Societies. In December, Huckman meeting via Chrysalis.
also received the Gold Medal
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Building welcomed its first patients. as MedicO'Surgical Aspects ofthe an occupational therapy department
bySean Carr Jones’ contemporary. Rush faculty Spanish'American War. Two years in the basement.
member Nicholas Senn, MD, was later, the Senn Building opened
Jones. Senn. Murdoch. Jelke. the ultimate Renaissance doctor, here on the West Side. Senn, who The same year Rawson opened, the
Rawson. Thousands ofRush publishing 20 hooks on subjects as would also have a Chicago high state ofWisconsin passed a law pro-
employees spend a good part of varied as his travels, which took school and an entire hospital in hibiting the manufacture and sale of
their waking hours hard at work in him through America’s national Omaha, Neb., named after him, butte—rsubstitutes containi—ng milk
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ers who helped make Rush’s earliest wholesalers, Murdoch was a lifelong Jelke Company’s victory opened up
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Rush’s physical plant. that Thomas Murdoch—willed to led to the building, opened in 1960,
The names behind Rush’s two old- Presbyterian Hospital immortal- that now bears the family name
est buildings belonged to men who izes one ofthose beloved siblings. here at Rush.
were l—arger than life. Daniel A. Only a few years later in 1916, Obviously the Medical Center has
Jones meatpacker, banker, cable hanker Frederick H. Rawson gave continued to grow over—the last 40
car line operator, insurance execu- Rush Medical College the money years, and other names Armour,
tive and president ofboth the for a teaching laboratory that would Bowman an—d Cohn, to coverjust A
Board ofTra—de and the Chamber of hear his name. But—because ofa through C have been etched in
Commerce was a one-man construction delay Am—erica’s stone and added to Rush’s history.
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his widow and surviving family gave 1925. By that time, Rawson had tuned to the skyline.
.
Hospital, Rush North Shore and
Catching up with —
elsewhere helping to keep those Q&A
with the
GME programs up to date with all accred-
itations and compliant with all reg- chairman
ulations.
by SeanCarr
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Mykael Moss, MEd, is in awe of It’s a lot ofworGkMEand it gets done FebruaryisAmerican HeartMonth
Deborah Mancilla, her predecessor quickly, since tries to respo—nd theperfecttimetowelcome RobertS.D.
to most requests within 24 hours
as director ofRush’s Office of Hi^ins, MD, Rush’snewchairman ofcar-
so the office has put a big emphasis
Graduate Medical Education
on streamlining its efforts. In some diovascular-thoracicsurgery. Higgins
(GME).
cases, this means reducing the comesto Chicagofromthe Medical
“Deh ran this office for 23 years, amount ofpaperwork it takes to get CollegeofVirginia,where, aschairmanof
and for a long time she used index something done. Elsewhere, it will
cards to keep track ofthe house lead to the elimination ofpaper cardiothoracicsurgery, hebuiltasuc-
—
staff,” Moss says. “Index cards for altogether, as more and more forms cessful programalmostfromtheground
more than 600 residents and fel- and information go online. Today, up. NewsRounds recentlysatdown
lows. I don’t know how she did it.” all general announceme—nts to house
staff go out via e-mail no more withhimtofind outwhatbroughthimto
Those index cards were retired long need to stuffdepa—rtmental mailbox- Rushandwhatheseesforthefutureof
MD
before Mancilla herselfretired last es all over Rush and, working surgical heartcare. Robert S.D. Higgins,
year, so technology is nothing new with information services, GME has
to the GME staff. But now they’re created segmented electronic mail-
stretching what that technology can ing lists for house staff in specific We understand that you’re already pretty familiar with Rush.
do, and stretching how they serve departments, from allergy/immunol-
Rush’s house staff. ogy to vascular surgery. GME also Yes. My wife wentto nursing school with the daughter of Dr. Marvin
-
One ofthe bigger changes in GME, hhaosusaecsetnatfrfa—l ea-mnadilanaydodrneesselssoe t—hat hReorseen-besrogwehhea,veofbceoeunrsep,errseocneanltllyyarceqtiuraeidnftreodmwtihthe cRaursdhiofloorgy20pryoeagrrsa.m
along with Moss’s arrival in March
can get in touch with the office. Rush has had a highly regarded cardiovascular program going back to
of2002, is a new home. Last May,
the office moved to suite 527 in “We like the personal touch, which the days of Dr. Hassan Najafi’s leadership. I’ve always had a lot of
the Armour Academic Eacility, not Mykael excels at,” says Tony respect for the institution, which only grew the more I learned about
only—to accommodate their larger Eernatt, GME’s director offinance. Rush. I came very close to coming here for a residency position, and
staff they have grown from four “But we also want people to know later I eyed a transplant opening at Rush. But last year, when the mem-
peopl—e to seven during the last that we’re available to answer ques- bers ofthe search committee, as well as Dr. Rosenberg, contacted me
year hut also to give GME’s tions quickly via e-mail as well.” aboutthis opening and described what Dr. Goodman and his leadership
visitors more elbowroom.
And on top ofall of that, GME also team are doing and planning, I knew it was the right time to throw my
“In the old space, ifsomeone need- tracks all ofRush’s residents as they hat into the ring. So I’m excited to be here.
ed to fill out a form, they had to move, often very quickly, from
use the corner ofsomeone’s desk department to department to de-
to do it,” Moss says. “Now we can partment. Their secret weapon: Is there room for all ofthe heart transplant programs in Chicago?
give them a little more room to ERMA (Electronic Residency
spread out in.” And there are Management Application), which The number of heart donors does look flat.There were only 75 heart
plenty offorms to he filled out, is continuously updated with each donors in Chicago last year. But only 50 transplants were performed. So
from loan applications and paper- resident’s rotation schedule. 25 hearts left the region! That tells me Chicago isn’t overcrowded with
work for board exams and licensure too many transplant programs.There are definitely some good programs
to the more routine payroll and It’s not index catds, but it’s pretty in the city, but some are in flux, others are understaffed and some insti-
benefits forms. cool.
tutions have actually closed down their heart transplant programs. So
In addition to working with house Have a questionfor GMEi' Contact we have an opportunity at Rush.The infrastructure and many key com-
staff, the GME office also works the office at either 2-5495 or ponents are already here. We just need to build a team of people who
with the residency—coordinators [email protected] see transplant as a priority. Building that team - that’s myjob. I’ve done
fMreodmic6a9lpCreongtrearmsas welhleraes aatt Cthoeok it before. In the three months before I started at the Medical College of
Virginia, they did only 11 heart surgeries.That was bypasses and trans-
County Hospital, Oak Park
plants combined.This year, they’re on track to do 450 procedures.
What will be your focus at Rush?
Ourteam at Rush will focus on enhancing and advancing the care of
patients with diseases ofthe heart and lungs. We want our patients to
have the best possible quality of life, no matter how serious or advanced
their problems. By offering a variety of innovative surgical approaches
and conducting research to find newer or better treatment solutions.
I’m confident that we will have a very positive impact on current and
future patients.
The (iME team (left to rig/it); ( iabriela Guillert, Tony Eernatt, Lorena
( iutierrcz, Mykael Lynne Moss, MEd, Carlita Taylor, Michele Archibald and
Tina Conley.
And the award Johnson’s beat is Atrium, where School without his Rush ID. He Michael Le—vick, MSW, and Jan
she is in constant communication didn’t get past the good witch. Ross, RN has its hands full, but
with the rest of the staff, ensuring This incident demonstrates what that doesn’t stop them from find-
goes to...
that a room is always ready for the one of Breitenstein’s nominators ing the best solution for each
next patient who needs one. departing patient, whether it’s an
Helping—and pleasing other extended-care facility or special
people your patients, care at home. The key, according
Employee to the nomination that came from
your coworkers, your After a decade at Rush, Robert the entire 8 North staff, is commu-
Narow'ski, RN, has a lot offans on nication. “Each discharge planner
supervisors or your staff.
13 Kellogg: patients, coworkers communicates compassionately
That's what the quarterly and his boss, Edw'in Kopytko, MS, with patients and their families,
RN, the unit director. “When routinely updating them about the
awards ceremony is all Robert is working the day shift, no discharge process,” the staffwrites.
about. On Dec. 5, the matter how hectic or chaotic,” “Those updates significantly lower
Kopytko says, “1 am confident the the stress levels ofthe recovering
employees who did the day will be a good one.” Narowski patient and his or her family.” And
most helping and pleasing does it all. He gives his pa—tients to help keep staffstress levels low,
every bit ofhis attention “I the team also does biweekly dis-
during the previous quarter often see patients with broad, com- charge-planning rounds on the
were honored at a special forte—d smiles in his wake,” Kopytko unit. Those meetings have had
says but still has plenty ofener- their desired effect. The unit staff
lunch. gy to keep the unit moving ahead, is not only less stressed, it's elated,
pitching in on several department- wrote: “She sets the h—ighest ifthe number ofexclamat—ion
al committees and with in-services. standards for herself and all points in its nomination
Carol Stege Memorial Award What he doesn’t do is downtime. employees.” And the standards “Thank you 8 North discharge
—
Carol Stege’s family established Ifhe’s not involved in patient care. Breitenstein sets for herselfare planners!!!” is any indication.
this award in 1979 to thank the pretty high. “On a daily basis,” Also nominated: Rush Day
medical center engineering and one of her staff members writes, School, endoscopy.
en\’ironmental services employees “she manages to be almost con-
who had done so much to make stantly available to help problem
her comfortable during her stay at solve while still taking care of her
RCeunsthe.r’Tsodoalyd,esitteismptlheoyMeeedihcoanlor. malawnaaygseompeenn.t”tJausskts.mHaekredsouorre yisou WPahteiernetSdaotisstfaarcsticoonmSetafrrom? Don’t
This qtiarter’s engineering honoree have your ID. Also nominated: bother looking it up in your old
is David Jones. He works the mid- Joy Jacob, Sheila Malone and astronomy textbook. Here at Rush,
night to 8 a.m. shift. You would John Mathew.
think things would be pretty quiet
for that stretch, but they’re not,
and Jones is always ready to leap
into action. He really showed what Team
he was made of this past Thanks- Many ofthe patients on 8 North
giving, when he tackled an early- Atrium have serious chronic ill-
morning water pipe burst. What a nesses, including heart failure,
way to work up an appetite. which can exhaust a family’s finan-
Meanwhile, JeffBoggs, director of cial and emotional resotirces, and
pulmonary hypertension, which
you’ll find him searching the
Internet for information on the severely limits what even its young-
est sufferers can do after they are
latest treatments, making discharge
released from the hospital. So 8
plans with the social worker or just
North’s discharge planning
chatting with a patient. Also nom- —
team Susan Dallman, RN,
inated: Dwight Dukes, John
Hendricks, Cheryl Killebrew,
Shiningbright: SharonAllen, RN
Renee Luvich, Grisel Olson,
Arthea Smith, Gregory Stephens,
stars come from patient evalua-
Donna Suta and Althea Wilson.
tions, and the employees who are
mentioned most often in glowing
Manager terms are honored each quarter.
Last Halloween, Susan This quarter, that employee is
Breitenstein, MS, RN, clinical Sharon Allen, RN. When she
coordinator at the Rush Day called 7 North Atrium home, the
patients couldn’t get enough of
School, dressed up as Glinda, the
Good Witch ofthe North, from her, or say enough nice things
the Wizard ofOz- But just because about her. “Perfect,” in fact, is how
environmental services, has a few she was a good witch didn’t mean one satisfied patient described
choice words to offer about she couldn’t be tough. That very Allen. Now she is part of the sup-
Charlotte Johnson: “Conscien- day, on—e of Rush’s senior vice pres- plemental staffing pool, giving
tious. Hardworking. She does idents —we won’t embarrass him patients around the institution a
A-plus quality discharges.” in print ducked into the Day little taste ofstardom.
Calendar
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HowtoRegister/WheretoGo E-mailEfficiency Medical Coding
To register for the courses 9 a.m. to noon. You already—know March brings two more opportunities to further your medical coding
marked with an L, call 2-5918 the technical side ofe-mail how education. Get “An Introduction to ICD-9-CM Coding,” the system
or sign up online at http://iris. to click all the tight buttons so hospitals and doctors use to describe diagnoses and conditions. The
rush.edu/hr. Just follow the that your message gets to all the class, which covers coding diagnoses ofthe circulatory, respiratory
“Training” link to LEAP. And right people. But are all those peo- and digestive systems, V-codes and other physical signs and syptoms,
remember: All classes marked ple getting exactly the right mes- meets Thursdays, March 6 to June 19, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Cost is $350.
with—an L— many ofwhich are slaegaernytohuewnaenwt rtuhleesmotfotgheist?stCilolme Nlaostte—t:wyooyueamrussttohraevgiesttearkfeonrathfiosrcmoaulrsmee.diIfcaylout’evre—mtiankoelnogayllcltahsescilnast-he
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“CCA Exam Prep Class” meets Tuesdays, March 4 to 25, 5 to 8 p.m.
The location for each week’s 19 Cost is $250. L
classes is determined the
preceding Friday. To find out Student-FacultyMusicRecital
5 p.m. See In Briefon reverse.
where you need to go for a
LEAP class, call 2-5918 the March 12
Friday before your class is 21 CivilityintheWorkplace
scheduled. WhentoCounsel,WhentoDiscipline: 9 to 11:30 a.m. Rudeness, profani-
AManager’sGuide 4 ty, insensitivity: Whether you’ve
9 a.m. to noon. Informal referrals. BetterLettersand Memos seen it, heard it, been a victim ofit
Performance referrals. The 9 a.m. to noon. A good letter or or need to manage it, this innova-
February Employee Assistance Program. memo gets its message across clear- tive class is for you. Participants
These are just a few ofthe tools at ly, cpiickly and reliably. Learn how will build civility awareness and
a manger’s disposal when trying to to do it all. Bring 20 copies ofa learn strategies for peaceful conflict
u help a troubled employee. Come to typed one-page document you have resolution. $150. Register by Feb.
this session and learn them all. written, with confidential names 22 and pay only 100! L
SpeakingUpforRespectintheWorkplace
9 to 11 a.m—. The common ground Free. L and figures deleted. $65. L
ofrespect respect for the unique 13
gifts, skills, concerns and perspec- 25 5 BecomingaLearningPartner/Preceptor
tives that make us who we a—re hut 9 a.m. to noon. This session is
which may also set us apart ValuesofCare TeamworkAcrossGenerations designed for employees who enjoy
helps us all work together. That 9 to 11:30 a.m. or 1 to 3:30 p.m. 9 a.m. to noon. In this brand new orientating new employees to a
respect is what this workshop is This session will sh—ow you how — workshop, yoti will have the oppor- department or introducing new
all about. Free. L your behaviors can and must tunity to reflect on perceived age- departmental procedures. Free. L
embody Excellence, Compassion, related harriers and to develop
Faith in Selfand Others and Social strategies for working and commu-
13 Responsibility. Free. L nicating effectively with team 19
Howto PrepareforYourEvaluation members from all generations. ManagingProcessImprovementAcross
2 to 3:30 p.m. Performance evalua- $160. L OrganizationalBoundaries
tions must be done by May 1. Get 27 8 to 9:30 a.m. Many projects
a head start on your selt-evaluation Beyond Medical, Dentaland Life: u involve the work of people from
and setting performance goals for HowtoTakeAdvantageofAllYourRushBenefits different departments. In this work-
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reimbursement and employee and
12, 9 to 10:30 a.m. or 2 to 3:30 upcoming presentation that’s mak- working together like never before.
p.m. Free. L oorngahnainzdatitoonaanlsdweevteallolpymoeunrtquwielsl-be pirnagcytiocuenreurnvoaunsd?gWethysonmoetcdoon-a Free. L
tions and help you get the most out
sttuctive feedback before the big
14 of your Rush benefits package. day? That’s the whole point of this 27
Research ForumAbstractsDue Free. L session. $65. L ManagingConferenceCalls
Are you planning to share some of 9 to 11:30 a.m. Teleconferencing
your work at the Rush Research can save your department huge
Forum for Clinical and Basic amounts of time and money. But it
Investigation, April 8-10, 2003? PerformanceManagementCertificateProgram takes practice to do it well. Learn
Then this is the day to have your It’s that time ofyear again. Managers can prepare themselves with the techniques for effective, pro-
abstract into the organizers. The this five-course certificate program. It starts March 4 with ductive conference calls. $140. L
Research Forum provides faculty “Managing the Values ofCare,” 9 a.m. to noon. Master the nuts and
and students an opportun—ity to bolts in “Managing the Performance Evaluation Process,” March 6, 29
showcase their rese—arch basic, 12, 18 or 28, 9 a.m. to noon, and learn how technology can make
clinical or applied to get to GrantApplication Deadline
know one another and to explore the whole process easier in “Performance Management E-Tools,” This is the last day that grant
new collaborative possibilities. To March 13, 19 or 25, 9 a.m. to noon. “Coaching, More Than a Pep applications for funding expected
submit your abstract, go to Talk,” March 20, 1 to 4 p.m., will show you how to establish a sup- to begin July 1, 2003, can be sub-
www.rush.edu/rushforum. Stay portive relationship with your employees, and “Setting Performance mitted to the University
tuned to the site for future Goals,” April 2, 1 to 4 p.m., will help you help employees set their Committee on Research. For more
announcements, including a com- sights on goals that will have your entire department soaring. L information, and to get any neces-
plete schedule ofevents. sary forms, go to http://iris.rush.
edti/ucr.
In Brief
Well said Training. Cost is $150. To register course and then take the test. Both reception that follows. The event
tor any ot these courses, go to the course and the test are access!- is co-sponsored by the Medical
Whether You’re looking ro
http://iris.rush.edu/hi7leap or get a hie via HES. To log on to HES, go StaffOffice, the Office ofStudent
improx'e your English, learn a little LEAP form from human resources. to http://iris.rush.edu/hes on Affairs and the Committee on
Spanish or try your hand at Sign
ImideRush, the Rush Intranet. For Student Affairs.
Language, this winter and spring
will he good rimes to do it. First HIPAA compliant in a snap more information about HIPAA,
up, “English as a Second Ldave you completed all of your go to iris.rush.edu/hipaa or contact No, hut I saw the movie
Language” (ESL), Tuesdays and Healthcare Education System the privacy office at 2-5303. Still need a little more convincing
Thursdays, Feh. 18 to April 10, 7 (HES) online training? Fire Safety? that a pre-t—ax savings plan with a
to S aan. Cost is $150. Check. Emergency Preparedness? Healthy harmony free match two benefits that
"Elementary Spanish” will he on Check. Corporate Compliance? This year’s Student-Faculty Rush’s ne—w 403(B)-match program
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4:30 to 6:30 p.m. “Intermediate care institutions across the country held on Feh. 19 at 5 p.m. in Room stop by the McCormick
Spanish” runs Thursdays, March 6 have to he compliant with the 500. Participating medical students Educational Technology Center
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Spanish classes are $200 each. Accountability—Act (HIPAA) by and Kurt Strom and second years Facility, and check out th—at’s
.\nd “Beginning Sign Language” April 14, 2003 that’s this Angela Papassavas and Pravin right, you can take it home the
will he ottered Wednesdays, March spring. As part ofthat compliance, Pratap. The faculty and staffper- 20-minute Fidelity Investments
26 to April 30, 4 to 6 p.m. Those all Rush employees need to under- formers will he JoAnne Davis, video Life After Work: Getting
who complete the Sign Language stand what HIPAA is all about, DPM; James Franklin, MD; Started. For more information
class will receive a certittcate from from protecting patient privacy to William Hayden, MD; Anne about the video, call the METC at
the Chicago Ldearing Society and keeping patients informed about Kolkay, RN; and Francisco 2-6799. For more about Rush’s
1.2 CEU credits through the their rights. One of the best ways Sanchez, MD. All members ofthe retirement benefits program, go to
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tion, I learned the importance of
Private Sacrifice,
being proressional.”
Public Service In a avar setting you also haa'e to
think oraa-ays to do things avithout
ByAnne O’Reilly the tools you’re used to. “You may
andPatrickF. KeUy
haa-e to think out or the box and
take care orpeople avith resources
The war in Iraq has affect- and equipment that you haa-e aa-ail-
ed families around the able,” Broaa-n says.
world, and the Rush family Aliile some employees race the
prospect ofgoing to Iraq, others
is no exception. At least haa-e round themsela-es withnea\-
responsibilities at home.
12 emplo—yees are already
serving and since it’s Diane Bures. RN. program coordi-
natortor intraa-enous access services
unclear how long U.S. in the dia-ision or interventional
nursing, recentlv began taking care
forces will be in Iraq,
Kiisty arid,tskc Peteiym areprejx'mzg::'"thep’.?ssibiliv- yjLi Esko zv;.- N de^^A'-ea. other 5-vear-old granddaughter,
more may go in the -Alvssa, afterboth otAlvssa’s par-
for the same thing.” Bayaam says. “I would obtain txom sera'ing avould be ents aa-ere sent to Kuaa-ait in early
coming months.
reallyhope thatpeace, txeedom, ina'aluable. Hoavea-er. no one aa-ants -April.
democracy and lo\"e are going to to go to avar.” She is aa-aiting to hear
They include nurses, technicians, come out ofall this.” Bayaam will ifshe avill be called to serae. “This has been especiallv rra-ing. I
doctors and others, from the emer- be in Iraqfor the next three haa'en’t had to raise atia-e-vear-old
gency department, the operating months. Frederick Broa\-n, Jr.. MS. RN, noav in 12 vears.” says Bures, aa-ho is
room, theJohnston R. Bowman a lieutenant commander avith 1 scrambling to place .Alvssa. aa-ho
Health Center, cardiology" and ATaen the war started. Rush quality vears ofservice in the Naaal hadbeen living in Colorado, in a
other areas around the Medical consultant Nlana .Askew got a call Resera'e Force, served as a nurse in davcare program here and arrange
Center. from her 12-vear-old brother in Saudi -Arabia forfour and a half forkindergarten in the fall. .And
boarding school, upset and scared months during Operation Desert that’s not to mention dealing avith
Jamil Bayaam, MD, attending emer- that she had alreadv been deployed. Stomr avhile in the Air Force her granddaughter’s hurt reelings.
gencyphysician, left Rush onApril “It was hard when thathappened.” Reserves. An orthopedic clinical
16 with a mission: to save lives and she says. "He shouldn’t be worrying nurse specialist inMidaaest “.Alyssaaa-as a little angra-,” she says.
relieve suffering in Iraq. He is a about me. He shouldn'tha\e to Orthopaedics. Broavn’s experiences “She avas a-era- angra- at me tor
memberofthe International deal with dais at all.” during that avar taughthim some conrinueJ or. 4
Medical Corps, a globalhumanitar-
unexpected lessons.
ian organization ofvolunteer doc- Despite the possibility ofbeing sep-
tors and nurses. arated from familv and loaded ones. “\ou learn a lot about yourselr.
-Askew is dedicated to her role as a avhat you can and can’t do. because
Lebanese-bom Bayxam has worked
second lieutenant in the -Ama\- you're in such a ditferent ena-iron-
in trauma units in his home coun- National Guard, ajob that puts her ment and aaorking underditferent
try and Chicago. He is uniquely in charge ot 70 soldiers who repair kinds ofstress.” he says. One ofhis
qualified to help because ofhis generators and weapons and recoa- most poignant memories ofDesert
experience and because he speaks er and repair military vehicles. Stomi avas a day avhen he cared for
several languages, including
prisoners ofwar.
-Arabic.—Despite the hardships “ATaen you sign up. you take an
ahead looting has left few—med- oath ofpersonal courage, duty and “Ae aaere required by laav to take
ical supplies in war-tom Iraq loyalty that you’re going to go out care ofallpatients, and aae did.” he
Bayram is hopeful. and do yourjob,” she savs. “In war, savs. “A'orking avith POA s, you
you expect casualties. \X'e know avondered ifthe guyyou’re taking
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An inside job: tnioownsitnorprtohgree.nsse.w technology is Symposium bridges pinubtlhiecantuirosninwgillprbceTesmsaidone.avTahiilsable
to the people and agencies who
Rush uses new “Becairse we can enter the brain gap for persons can make change happen, includ-
through a blood vessel that is ing symposium attendees, nursing
system to access accessed through a small incision with disabilities
colleges, regulatory/licensure agen-
in the upper thigh, we have the
cies, corporate offices/human
brain and heart potential to substantially reduce interested in
the need to surgically open the resource departments where nurses
ByJohn Poiuardli skull and disrupt brain tissue in nursing careers are employed, disability agencies
order to treat endovascular condi- and interested people with a need
In December, Rush neuro- tions,” Lopes says. B)i Chris Martin to know.
surgeons became the first The first patient, a 48-year-old During a ground-breaking two-day Rush College ofNursing graduate
man, was successfully treated in Marca Bristo BSN, an internation-
conference in April, nurse educa-
in the Chicago area to use December. He was diagnosed with tors, health care administrators ally known leader in the disability
a radically new, magneti- mbaaclkfoorfmheids bhleoaoddavfetsesreslusffienritnhge and disability rights advocates rsiygmhptossmioumv’esmeknety,nosteervsepedaaksert.he
from headaches and double vision. from around the nation gathered
cally controlled system to Using the new system, Lopes was at Rush to talk about how to Bristo recently completed a term
able to navigate the tortuous twists encourage more people with dis- as chair of the National Council
enter the brain and its vas- on Disability, a position to which
and turns in the brain to reach the abilities to eiater nursing colleges
cular system without surgi- malformed vessels. Through the and how to steer nursing graduates former president Bill Clinton
catheter, he then placed a hydro- with disabilities into the clinical appointed her. She is president
cally opening the skull and coil in one area ofthe swollen nursing field. and CEO ofAccess Living of
blood vessel. He also injected a Metropolitan Chicagca, one ofthe
brain. Only two other insti- lic^Liid polymer into the vessel to “Nursing has traditionally been a nation’s foremost disabilities rights
embolize or occlude it, effectively career requiring ccmsiderable phys- organizations. In 1995, she
tutions in the country are sealing off the source ofthe bleed- ical strength. However, much of received the Distinguished
using the new technology. ing in the patient’s head. The what the modern nurse accom- Alumna Award from the Rush-
patient was discharged the follow- plishes is—done through cognitive Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Nurses
“Magner-guided neurosurgery uses ing day, and his double vision has function assessment, problem Alumni Association and the
gradually been improving.
a catheter with a guidewire to solving, education, counseling and Medical Center’s Trustee Medal.
manipulate surgical tools within This month, interventional cardi- evaluation,” says Kathleen G.
the brain in ways that previously ologists plan to begin using the Andreoli, DSN, RN, dean and Karen Batty, MS, RN, a College of
were impossible,” says Demetrius Magnetic Navigation System in vice president, Academic Nursing Nursing faculty member and an
Lopes, MD, a Rush neurosurgeon clinical trials designed to expand Affairs, Rush College ofNursing. adult nurse practitioner at Rush
who also specializes in endovascu- the ability of cardiologists to open Andreoli addressed attendees of who is a member ofthe sympo-
lar procedures. up vessels supplying blood to the “Students With Disabilities: sium task force as well as Rush’s
The system uses a magnetic field heart. “Many blockages, due to Nursing Education and Practice,” Americans With Disabilities Act
their severity or location, currently Task Eorce, says the conference
that the physician controls using sponsored by the Rush College of
point and click devices. The mag- can only he treated using drugs or Nursing April 10-11. “This long encouraged an important discus-
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that is advanced by the physician Laboratories. The new system, opportunity for a previously over- very rarely do you see anyone with
through the body. The laew which includes a digital fluoro- looked group in the nursing pro- a disability who is a nurse,” she
guidewires and catheters can he says. “It’s time that this discussion
scope imaging system, is located in fession.”
advanced through a vessel as small the Magnetic Navigation moved to a national level.”
as one millimeter, and are flexible Treatment Facility, adjacent to the Those in attendance discussed
enough to make turns sharper than surgical recovery rooms on the issues such as educational curricu-
90 degrees.
fifth floor of the Atrium Biulding. la, employment, accommodations,
The system is—currently in clinical For more information about neuro- regulations, and licensure and pol-
trials at Rush being used for surgical applications, contact icy as they relate to the potential
vascular access within the brain Candace Acevez, RN, program for people with disabilities to enter
and soon within the heart. coordinator for the Department of the nursing profession. According
Planning for additional applica- Neurosurgery, at ext. 3-2981. to Lois Halstead, PhLd, RN, asso-
ciate dean. Rush College of
Nursing, the conference was
structured so small
groups could tackle all
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