Last week’s historicNational Cancer Institutesite visit went largelyaccording toplan: Leadersfrom TheUniversity ofKansas CancerCenter show-cased their workand explainedwhy their center should bean NCI-designated facility.

“What has been six yearsin the making is now out of

our hands and into theNCI’s,” said cancer centerDirector Roy Jensen, MD.

NCI could announce itsdecision anytime this sum-mer or fall.

During the site visit, 20 pre-

sentations were given by can-cer center program leaders, inaddition to supportive remarks

from Bob Page, pres-ident and CEO ofThe Univer sity ofKansas Hospital, andBarbara Atkinson,MD, executive vicechancellor for theUniversity of Kansas

Medical Center. Gov. Sam Brownback,

Sen. Jerry Moran and David

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CENTER eXpressTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL • UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER

It’s no secret The Univer -sity of Kansas Hospital isgrowing.

And as it continues toexpand – with more staff andmore visitors in newer andbigger facilities – it will beincreasingly important toremain vigilant about keepingour patients’ ProtectedHealth Information private.

One of the best ways to doso is by enforcing the hospi-tal’s badge policy. All visitorsand vendors in patient careareas must have an ID badge. Visitors can obtain a badge

at the Information Desk inthe hospital lobby. Vendors need to check in

and print a badge at one ofthe three VendorMate sta-tions: • At the valet desk near the

main lobby • In Central Sterile

Processing in the hospitalbasement

• In the main lobby of theRichard and Annette BlochCancer Care Pavilion onthe Westwood campus.If you see anyone in or

near a patient care area notwearing a visitor or vendorbadge, please approach themand ask if you can help. If visi-tors or vendors need to be ina patient care area, directthem to the proper area toobtain their ID badge.

Ensuring all vendors andvisitors have badges keepsour patients and theirProtected Health Informationsafe.

After NCI visit, thanks are in order

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Reminder to all:Visitors, vendorsneed ID badges

‘I can tell you we did everything in our powerto demonstrate to the site visit team thatwe deserve to be the 67th NCI-designatedcancer center in the United States.’

– Roy Jensen, MD, director, cancer center

During theFeb. 28 posterpresentation,RebeccaWaikoss, RN,NursingQuality andResearch,showed nursesfrom NorthKansas CityHospital howour facilityuses data toimprovepatient care.

Bob Dary, RN (at right), Education and Developmentat our hospital, discussed Truman Medical Center’sposter presentation about violence in the workplacewith VA Medical Center’s Sherry Jacks, RN, and others.

Magnetizing KC spreading best practices

In only its second year, Magnetizing KCseems destined to be a hit.

Nursing at The University of Kansas Hospital thisweek hosted the symposium, which is designed tospread Magnet knowledge among area hospitals. Itallows staff to share best practices and worktogether to provide better care for patientsthroughout our community.

This year’s conference reflects increasing aware-ness among area caregivers. Attendance featured

161 people from 13 hospitals. Staff from theseother hospitals represented more than 60 percentof total attendance, six of the 10 podium speakersand 15 of the 24 poster presentations.

“It's amazing to see the number of nurses fromacross the metroplex coming together and reallycollaborating and sharing best practices,” saidNursing Director Liz Carlton, RN.

Our hospital first achieved Magnet status in2006. It received Magnet redesignation last July.

Bob Page,(above) presi-dent and CEO,delivered opening remarks atMagnetizing KC.

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Last week we announced www.kumc.edu has gone mobile. Now welearn it’s also gone world-class.

Cybermetrics Lab, a researchgroup in Spain, analyzed morethan 17,000 hospital and medicalcenter websites around the world.

The University of KansasMedical Center’s website wasranked No. 1. You read that right.It’s listed ahead of websites forMD Anderson, Cleveland Clinic,Johns Hopkins, Sloan Ketteringand thousands of others.Jameson Watkins, the medical

center’s Internet Developmentdir ector, said he was astonishedby the rankings, which were pub-lished in January. (Go to hospitals.webometrics.info/top2000.asp)

The research group’s rankingsare based on website size(kumc.edu is huge, with 1.7 mil-lion pages); number of uniqueexternal links referencing the site;the number of rich file formatsavailable; and the number ofscholarly papers and citations.

“Their methodology has moreof a focus on quantity than qual-ity than I would like, but it’s alsopretty flattering,” Watkins said.“At the end of the day we canstill pat ourselves on the back.”

Med center siteranked No. 1 –in the world

Chao, MD, CEO of theStowers Institute for MedicalResearch, also delivered sup-porting comments.

For confidentiality reasons,details of the site visit andtypes of questions asked by the24 members of the NCI panelcan’t be disclosed. The NCIteam also wasn’t allowed to pro-vide feedback during the day.

Even so, Jensen said hisstaff and others involved inthe cancer center should beproud of their presentations– and in the world-class can-cer center they’ve created.

“I can tell you we dideverything in our power todemonstrate to the site visitteam that we deserve to bethe 67th NCI-designatedcancer center in the UnitedStates,” he said.

“The dedication of somany people at TheUniversity of Kansas CancerCenter, The University ofKansas Hospital, theUniversity of Kansas MedicalCenter and the StowersInstitute has played aninvaluable role in the cancercenter’s ability to make it tothis point. We are a differentcancer center today becauseof your support.”

NCI visit,continued from page 1

On Feb. 22 in the Francisco Lounge,Amanda Williams (left), Miss Metro St.Louis, and Carissa Kelley, Miss Kansas,helped kick off IHOP’s national pancakefundraiser benefiting Children’s MiracleNetwork. CMN donates to The Universityof Kansas Physicians Pediatrics in our area.

And on Feb. 18, the Jayhawks For A Curegame – pitting KU and MU women’sbasketball teams – raised money for TheUniversity of Kansas Cancer Center. Thecancer center’s Roy Jensen, MD (fourthfrom left), was featured at the ceremony.

Pancakes, pageant queens andJayhawks – they’re all fair game when it comes to helping raise money forpatients and research.

Putting the fun in fundraisers

Full-court appreciationPediatrics’ Chet Johnson, MD (at right), wasone of about 250 physicians and guests whoenjoyed the College Basketball Experience lastweek at the Sprint Center. The hoops action waspart of the 13th Annual Medical Staff Dinner.The University of Kansas Hospital hosts the eventin appreciation for the physicians who practiceas members of the medical staff at the hospital.

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The night also included tours of the center, where Kassem Hammoud, MD(at left), Infectious Diseases, and his wife, Dina, took in the cavernous arena.

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Thursday, March 1WELLNESS PROGRAM: “What’s Allthe Noise about Tinnitus?”Rebecca Hanneman, AuD, 3-4p.m., Community Room, KUMedWest. Information: 8-1227.

Friday, March 2NEUROLOGY/NEUROSURGERYGrand Rounds: “ChronicInflammatory DemyelinatingPolyneuropathy,” David Cornblath,MD, 8-9 a.m., Lied Auditorium.

UNIVERSITY COMPUTEREquipment Drop-Off: 8:30-10:30a.m., Hixson Atrium. Dispose ofuniversity-owned computers andcomputer-related equipment.Information: 8-1081 orwww2.kumc.edu/safety.

CAMPUSWIDE BLOOD Drive:10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., WestwoodCampus Multipurpose Room.Walk-ins welcome, or registerusing the form at the WestwoodHuman Resources reception desk,or online at www.savealifenow.org.Use sponsor code kumedwestwood.

CAMPUSWIDE LEADERSHIPSeries: “Feeding America One Bunat a Time,” Ed Honesty, president/chief operating officer, BestHarvest Bakeries, noon-1 p.m.,G013 School of NursingAuditorium. Lunch provided forfirst 125 attendees. Register:www2.kumc.edu/PDFATraining.

Saturday, March 3FRIENDSHIP INN’S Ninth AnnualTaste of Hospitality Wine Dinner:6-9 p.m., Indian Hills CountryClub. Tickets are $100 each andinclude a sit-down, wine tasting/dining experience and silent auction. Proceeds support thehome’s operations, includingrepair, maintenance and necessi-ties for guests. Information: friendshipinnkc.org or Peggy Wallsat 816-506-6339.

Monday, March 5PATHOLOGY & LABORATORYMedicine Grand Rounds:“Application of Flow Cytometry inMinimal Residual Disease (MRD)

Detection In Acute MyeloidLeukemia (AML),” Wei Cui, MD,noon-1 p.m., Lied Auditorium.

Tuesday, March 6KUMC Cultural Enrichment Faculty/Staff Event: Native American Health -care Presentation, Part 2: “Localand Regional Tribes & Resources,”Angel Cully and Lance Cully, Centerfor American Indian CommunityHealth, noon-1 p.m., ClendeningAuditorium. Lunch provided. RSVP:jkeeton@kumc.edu or 8-3319.

Wednesday, March 7INTERNAL MEDICINE GrandRounds: “Care of the HospitalizedPatient with Dementia,” Déon CoxHayley, DO, 8-9 a.m., 3015 Sudler.

BROWN BAG Lunch Series forOlder Adults: “Did My FamilyMake Me Crazy?” Myra Hyatt,noon-1 p.m., 200 Landon Centeron Aging. Reservations: MattChandler, 8-3094.

RESEARCH INSTITUTE Event:“Intellectual Property/CollaborativeAgreements,” Peter Griffith, JD,noon-1 p.m., G013 School ofNursing. Register: www2.kumc.edu/PDFATraining.

Thursday, March 8ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE andMemory Disorders for CaregiversSupport Group: SecondThursdays, 2-3:30 p.m., 145 Landon Center on Aging.

Friday, March 9NEUROLOGY/NEUROSURGERYGrand Rounds: “Network forExcellence in Neuroscience ClinicalTrials (NeuroNEXT) – HUNT forthe CURES,” Richard Barohn, MD,8-9 a.m., Lied Auditorium.

PEDIATRIC GRAND Rounds:“Pediatric and Adolescent HIV: AVanishing and Emerging Disease,”William Keough, MD, 8-9 a.m.,Clendening Auditorium.

eXtracurricular

Send calendar items to centerexpress@kumc.edu. Itemsmust be received by noon on the Monday prior to publication.

WyCo health group wants your feedbackIf you live in Wyandotte County or work on the main campus, your opin-

ions are needed by March 16 for a survey by The Wyandotte Health for AllTask Force.

The task force, which involves the University of Kansas Medical CenterPreventive Medicine and other groups, wants to learn more about whatengages the community, including insights about quality of life and commu-nity assets that can be used to improve health.

A variety of perspectives are important. The anonymous survey is atwww.Wy4Health.org (click the link under “We Want Your Feedback”). It takesabout 10 minutes. You must be 18 to participate.

Nursing pioneer featured at Lessons from LegendsMargaret McClure, EdD, will be the featured speaker at the KU School of

Nursing’s fifth annual Lessons from Legends: Power, Policy & Practice seminar. Her presentation is 8 a.m.-noon Friday, March 9, at the Kansas City

Marriott Country Club Plaza. McClure is perhaps best known for her pioneering work on alleviating

hospital nursing shortages. More than four decades ago, during a severenursing shortage, McClure was one of the original team of investigators whosought to better understand the organizational factors that influencednurses to choose and stay at a hospital.

The team studied hospitals with the best retention records and identifiedtheir specific characteristics. The term “Magnet Hospital” was coined todenote their superior attraction and retention capabilities.

On-site registration is available for the continuing education program.Information: http://bit.ly/MLMcClure or Mary Gambino at 8-1695,mgambino@kumc.edu.

100-Day Challenge: A quarter of the way there!Participants in The University of Kansas Hospital’s Live Healthy 100-Day

Challenge have reached the 25-day milestone. Stats as of Feb. 20: 1,311 participants, 173 teams, 2,084 pounds lost

(equals 1.325 percent of participants’ weight), 13,439 hours activity timeand 53,756 miles logged.

Team captains should receive T-shirts by Friday, March 9. A drawing isheld each quarter, with the winning team receiving a $50 grocery giveaway.This quarter's winning team is the MsFits, led by captain Gale Carpenter,Risk Management.

Don’t forget about those pop tops The University of Kansas Hospital’s year-long drive to collect soda can

pull tabs needs your help. The campaign’s goal this year is 200 pounds, butorganizer Barb Eisenach, RN, Float Pool, said early indications suggestwe’re behind on our drive.

The group also is collecting old keys, which are melted for other uses.This is the hospital’s fourth year to participate in the pop top campaign.

The deadline is May 1. The pull tabs are a fundraiser for the local RonaldMcDonald House Charities. Information: Eisenach, 8-7828.

‘Skate with Bob’ targets pancreatic cancer effortThe Have a Skate with Bob Foundation (Bob Klem, not Bob Page) is

teaming up with the Missouri Mavericks for a hockey fundraiser March 17. Several employees at The University of Kansas Hospital are involved in the

HERO-registered event, which benefits the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.The event features adult hockey players in the metro playing at the

Independence Event Center, plus that evening’s game pitting the Mavericksagainst the Tulsa Oilers.

Tickets are $17. Details are at www.skatewithbob.com or 913-687-9905.

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SHARE APARTMENT, 2 BR, 2 BA,at Cambridge West on Rainbow

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Three employees from TheUniversity of Kansas Hospital havebeen named Heroes in Healthcareby Ingram’s magazine.

The magazine’s ninth annualHeroes installment (ingramsonline.com) highlights contribu-tions of 24 people in pursuit ofhealthcare excellence.

Ingram’s honored all Heroes at abreakfast Feb. 24. The hospital hadthe most Heroes of any healthcarefacility in the metro. Tammy Peterman, RN, MS,

hospital executive vice president,chief operating offi-cer and chief nursingofficer, works inadministration now,but she’s never farfrom her roots as a

caregiver. She startedas a staff nurse at the hospitalmore than 25 years ago. Beforethat she assisted her father, aphysician in rural Kansas.

“Here, the hospital’s nurses, in

partnership with an amazing groupof physicians and clinicians, providecare that leads to the achievementof great patient outcomes.

“I am a nurse,” she added, “onewith a great appreciation for thework I see carried out every dayby an extraordinary team ofhealthcare providers.”

The hospital’s patient satisfac-tion scores have soared over thepast decade, due in no small part

to the efforts ofPaula Miller, MT(ASCP), clinicalquality assurancemanager.

During weekly ori-entation sessions

that began in 1999, she hastrained more than 12,000 newhospital employees on customerservice essentials, such as makingeye contact and smiling.

“By focusing on the patient as aperson, we are able to both meettheir needs as well as their health-care needs,” Miller said. “Thisfocus also helps build their trustin us, and that trust is critical forthem to open up and provide all

the information we need to helpthem get better and go home.”

As a senior nurse practitionerat Kansas City Cancer Center’sNorth clinic, Sue Ellen Breese,

ANP-BC, provideseducation topatients and theirfamilies aboutchemotherapy, andshe cares for a vari-

ety of oncology andhematology patients, as well asthose needing urgent visits.

She also helped developKCCC’s end-of-life care andadvanced-care planning programwhile leading the palliative careteam. “I see palliative care everyday in my practice,” she said,“which confirms that my role goesbeyond the physical and, rather,demands the emotional and spiri-tual aspects to be examined andrespected.”

Besides her involvement withseveral community healthcareorganizations and fundraisers,Breese has traveled abroad to sup-port medical missions in Jamaica,Guatemala and Indonesia.

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