The Hudson Street Garage is taking shape, with most of the nine floors in place. When complete, the $40 million project will have 1,200 park- ing spaces for staff. This is a net ad- dition of 1,000 spaces to campus. The structure also will house a 5,000 square foot employee fitness center, including new cardio and weight equipment plus a 1,000 square foot group exercise room. Staff members are invited to come to the new garage to sign the walls in the fitness center area on Tues- day, June 5 from 2-3 p.m. Construction is using 1,318 non- standard “3-D” shaped precast pan- els, which require unique forms built from wood. A total of 375 pan- els have been installed to date (av- eraging 18 panels per day). The project has created 150 jobs, which will last throughout the proj- ect duration. Thirty percent of those workers are Hartford residents; and 35 percent are minority or women. Security measures are important in the new construction. There will be 32 emergency “blue light” phone stations located throughout the ga- rage, and 100 cameras inside and outside the garage to provide con- stant surveillance. There will be card access control entry gates. Environmental concerns have also been important in the project. The garage will contain charging sta- tions for electric vehicles and ener- gy efficient LED light fixtures. Rain gardens will surround the building to manage all storm water, which mitigates the demand on the mu- nicipal system and helps restore natural aquifers. The garage is expected to open in January 2013. R x T ra A publication for the staff of Hartford Hospital June 4, 2012 Vol. 68 No. 19 Great Progress Made on Hudson Street Garage This photo, taken on June 1, shows the Hudson Street Garage taking shape. Be part of history! New parking garage wall signing An opportunity for all HH staff members to sign their names on one of the new garage walls, leaving them there for posterity. June 5th, 2-3PM Remarks: 2:15PM Location: Hudson Street, Construction site
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The Hudson Street Garage is taking shape, with most of the nine floors in place. When complete, the $40 million project will have 1,200 park-ing spaces for staff. This is a net ad-dition of 1,000 spaces to campus.
The structure also will house a 5,000 square foot employee fitness center, including new cardio and weight equipment plus a 1,000 square foot group exercise room.
Staff members are invited to come to the new garage to sign the walls in the fitness center area on Tues-day, June 5 from 2-3 p.m.
Construction is using 1,318 non-standard “3-D” shaped precast pan-els, which require unique forms built from wood. A total of 375 pan-els have been installed to date (av-eraging 18 panels per day).
The project has created 150 jobs, which will last throughout the proj-ect duration.
Thirty percent of those workers are Hartford residents; and 35 percent are minority or women.
Security measures are important in the new construction. There will be 32 emergency “blue light” phone stations located throughout the ga-rage, and 100 cameras inside and outside the garage to provide con-stant surveillance. There will be card access control entry gates.
Environmental concerns have also been important in the project. The garage will contain charging sta-tions for electric vehicles and ener-gy efficient LED light fixtures. Rain gardens will surround the building to manage all storm water, which mitigates the demand on the mu-nicipal system and helps restore natural aquifers.
The garage is expected to open in January 2013.
RxTraA publication for the staff of Hartford Hospital June 4, 2012 Vol. 68 No. 19
Great Progress Made on Hudson Street Garage
This photo, taken on June 1, shows the Hudson Street Garage taking shape.
Be part of history!New parking garage wall signing
An opportunity for all HH staff members to sign their names on one of the new garage walls, leaving them there for posterity.
June 5th, 2-3PM
Remarks: 2:15PM
Location: Hudson Street, Construction site
We are pleased to announce that RxTra has won a gold Lamplight-er award for the best hospital staff newsletter in New England from the New England Society for Healthcare
Communications (NESHCo).
Hartford Hospital also won a silver award for the “Journey to Excellence” communications letters, and a silver award for our new logo. The awards were presented at the NESHCo annu-
al meeting in Boston in May.
NESHCo’s 2012 Lamplighter Awards competition included 300 entries from more than 85 health care orga-nizations throughout New England.
The Office of Com-pliance, Audit and Privacy (OCAP) would like to thank all who partici-pated in the first annual Hartford HealthCare Na-tional Compliance and Privacy Week activities May 7-11.
Staff had the op-portunity to learn about OCAP concerns: fraud, waste, abuse and the improper release of Pri-vate Health Information (PHI).
There were 5,800 employees system-wide that participated in the Compli-ance and Privacy Quiz.
Entrants were entered into a raffle for $50 gas cards.
Winners are:
• Deirdre Cimiano, ER
• Debra Labbe, Cedar Mountain Commons
• Joan Lizon, Radiology, Hospital of Central Connecticut
• Stefania Hubina, CCHA/ Senior Care Center
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Compliance Questions or
Concerns?
If you need to obtain information
about compliance issues or raise
concerns regarding internal and
regulatory practices or policies,
please contact your supervisor or
call the ComplianceLine, a
confidential and toll-free service, at
1-855-HHC-OCAP
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Matthew and Shari Phillips with Dr. An-drew Salner, director of the cancer pro-gram at the Gray Cancer Center.The 12 Annual Matthew Phillips Cut-A-Thon was held May 6 in memory of Ruth Ann Lobo at the Matthew Phil-lips Salon in West Hartford. Proceeds benefited breast cancer research at the Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center.
Discounted Tickets for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s Talcott Mountain Music FestivalAvailable to all HHC staff members • Simsbury, CT
Table or lawn tickets at a 10% discount for HHC staff with mention of the following code: HHC2012
This is valid via phone, in person at the HSO Box Office or online: 860.244.2999 • Symphony Box Office at 99 Pratt Street, Hartford • [email protected]
June 22 Friday
Four Seasons: Vivaldi & Piazzolla rain date: June 23 Music that captures the majesty of the great outdoors.
June 29 Friday
Celebrate America! rain date: June 30 Wave your flag and salute our country’s freedom with music and fireworks.
July 6 Friday
Dancing Under the Stars rain date: July 7 Bring your dance partner, your kids and all your best moves.
July 13 Friday
Rocket Man – The Music of Elton John rain date: July 14 Hear “your song” and all Sir Elton’s greatest hits in this tribute.
July 20 Friday
Big Country – Nashville Meets Simsbury rain date: July 21 HSO performs the hits of today’s hottest country music stars.
RxTra Wins Gold Award
For Excellence
Compliance Week Winners Announced
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Cedar Mountain Commons Residents Enjoy “Breakfast Club”
On May 19, students from Hartford Hos-pital’s YES program completed a service project at South Marshall Street Shelter in Hartford.
They painted the shelter’s first floor, landscaped the grounds, planted vege-table gardens, and donated a lawn mow-er to the shelter. The group also raised funds to provide books and activities for the families staying at the shelter.
The YES program is a 22-week course that helps staff members take steps to-wards their personal and professional goals by developing academic and work skills, and preparing them to continue on to college.
“We are striving to play a supportive role in the community, and it is our goal to give back,” said Leticia Colon, YES program founder and educational
coordinator. “The annual service project was a great success and many hospi-tal staff came by to support the efforts bringing diapers and other needed baby items. We are very thankful for the sup-port of so many staff members.”
Last year, the YES students complet-ed a similar service project at Thirman L. Milner School in Hartford, providing landscaping and painting.
The Cedar Mountain Commons Men’s Breakfast Club hosted Mark Dixon, WFSB meteorologist, at its May meeting.
Cedar Mountain Commons, located on the Hartford Hospital Newington Cam-pus, is one of the few hospital-supported senior living communities in Connecti-cut. Residents can choose independent living or assisted living in a service-rich environment that includes housekeep-ing, maintenance, dining, 24-hour staff-ing, transportation and an extensive cal-endar of social activities.
The Men’s Breakfast Club has been meeting monthly since 2003. Partici-pants share breakfast and conversation with guest speakers, who have included officials from the town of Newington as well as many HH employees who have shared various hobbies such as coin col-lecting, photography and fishing.
“It’s always a wonderful morning,” said Debbie Labbe, activity director at Cedar Mountain Commons.
YES Program Completes Community Service Project
Horn Quartet TomorrowThe Hartford Symphony Orchestra will play a free, lunch time horn quar-tet concert to-morrow, Tues-day, June 5, from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on the plaza between Conklin and CCMC. Four French horn play-ers will play music by Mitushin, Tcherep-nine and Harold Arlen.
Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium June 6The 11th Annual Henry Low Heart Center Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium will be Wednesday, June 6, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the ERC. Registration is $30/person (+$5 for walk-ins). For information/regis-tration: www.harthosp.org/event/204.
Flight Night June 7The Young Leaders Advisory Council of Hartford Hospital is hosting Flight Night, an evening featuring locally brewed beers, hearty foods and networking to benefit LIFE STAR. Join us Thursday, June 7 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at City Steam Brewery Cafe in Hartford. $35 per per-son (cash only at the door) includes beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres. For more infor-mation, call 860-545-1265.
Luau on the LinksLuau on the Links, to benefit LifeChoice Donor Services and Donate Life, will be Thursday, June 7 from 6-8 p.m. at Blue Fox Run Golf Club in Avon. There will be a BBQ dinner, raffle prizes, putting con-test, driving range, and demonstrations by a golf pro. Tickets are $10 per person. For more info, call Jami Tyska at 5-0620.
Joan’s Jewelry in Cafe on Friday, June 15Joan’s Jewelry will be in Cafeteria on Fri-day June 15 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Joan’s of-fers 14 Kt gold and sterling silver, as well as precious/semi-precious stones. A por-tion of sales goes to The Auxiliary Store.
Join Us at the IOL For
Tree Planting June 15Help us celebrate the last of the 17 new specimen trees being planted at the IOL, as we begin to restore the grounds to their historic magnificence. Shovels will be provided for those who want to actively take part in histo-ry! Friday, June 15, 1-2 p.m. (ceremony at 1:15). Location: IOL grounds, near the Gen-gras Building.
Digital Mammography Van Ribbon Cutting June 15Please join us for a ribbon cutting cere-mony to celebrate the arrival of the new “Take the Time” digital mobile mam-mography coach. It will be Friday, June 15 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with remarks at 11:15 a.m. It will be held on the plaza be-tween the Conklin Building and CCMC.
Walk With a Doc June 16Walk with a Doc will be held Saturday,
June 16 at Farm-ington Canal Linear Park in Cheshire at 8:30 a.m. Dr. Walt Kupson will talk
about Preventing Lyme Disease, and then the group will take a walk together. For more information, call 1-877-914-WALK.
Cancer Treatment Program June 19Dr. Jeffrey Baker, an oncologist from the Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will present a free patient education pro-gram about informed choices in stan-dard care and clinical trials on Tuesday, June 19 from 6-7:30 p.m., in the Taylor Conference Room of the Cancer Center. There will be a complimentary dinner served. Please register by June 15 with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, CT Chapter, at 203-427-2046
Golf Tournament For Diabetes Ed June 25The 21st Annual Raynbow Golf Clas-sic will be held Monday, June 25, at the Wampanoag Country Club in West Hart-ford. Scramble starts are at 1 p.m. The event will benefit Hartford Hospital’s Di-abetes Education Program as well as the CCMC and the Juvenile Dia-betes Research Foundation. For more informa-tion, contact Jes-sica Sanzaro at [email protected].
Golf Tournament For Donate Life July 15The 15th Annual Michael Rosano Invi-tational Golf Tournament will be Sun-day, July 15. Proceeds benefit LifeChoice Donor Services. Blue Fox Run Golf Club; Avon. 4-person scramble, lunch and awards reception with dinner. Special: In-cluded with online registration is a 1-year sub-scription to Golf Digest. Register by May 15 to save 10%. For more info or to register go to www.golfdigestplanner.com/20500-Lifechoice.
Happening at Hartford Hospital
Questions or comments about RxTra? Contact editor Annie Emanuelli at [email protected] or 860-545-2199
