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BWFH Pulse Now Available in 150 Languages
The International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) began its mission to develop a standardized way of naming and describing texture modified foods and thickened liquids for people with swallowing issues across the lifespan. And now, thanks to collaboration across our system, all of Mass General Brigham’s members have adopted the IDDSI framework.
If you’d like to submit a photo to This Month in Photos, email bwfhinfo@partners.org. We accept photos from all areas across BWFH, including individual or group celebrations and events.
The second spot in Mass General Brigham’s advertising campaign—Moments that Make Us—features stories from across the system to highlight our advanced research, breakthrough innovation, health equity and community care. Among those featured in the spot, which launched during the Olympics Opening Ceremony last Friday, is Morgan Stickney, a swimmer who has undergone not one, but two Ewing amputations. The Ewing amputation is a novel surgical procedure pioneered by Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital’s Matthew Carty, MD, that enables her to perform complex actions and feel sensation by allowing her brain to interact with a robotic prosthetic.
For many hospitalized patients, mobility can be the key to safely returning home to continue recovery. Increasing mobility can improve respiration, prevent complications of being in bed and speed rehabilitation. That’s why the staff on 6 North at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital started the Walking Club. Read more.
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital’s I CARE Award recognizes staff members who go above and beyond their regular job responsibilities to make BWFH a great place to work and receive care. Respiratory Therapists Maria Fridman and Anna Wong-Tse both recently received I CARE Awards. Read more.
Brigham Health will no longer be used as part of BWFH’s external brand identity, and there will no longer be a Brigham Health logo. In cases where there is a need to formally refer to a program or activities that span across Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital and the Brigham Physicians Organization (BWPO), please write out each institution by name. For internal purposes only, it is acceptable to use the phrase “Brigham family,” when referencing collective work across these entities.
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital staff and employees often receive heartfelt thank you notes and survey comments from the patients and families they serve. The messages here are devoted to featuring those special words from patients and family members who have benefitted from the incredible compassion and expert skill of our superb staff.
Our Mass General Brigham telephone systems are being updated! Beginning July 27, you no longer need to dial 1 before the area code when making outbound calls from a Mass General Brigham phone. For more information, click here.
At Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, our Operating Room nurses are highly skilled and committed to advocating for their patients. Now is your chance to join them! We’re looking for registered nurses who want to explore a new career path here at BWFH. We’re offering comprehensive on-the-job training through the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses’ Periop 101 core curriculum. And, with 20 percent of nurses working in the perioperative specialty expected to retire in the next five years, a career in the OR will ensure your skills are in demand in the coming years. If you’re interested in exploring the next phase of your career, contact OR Nurse Director Patrice Baril, MSN, RN, CNOR (ext. 2132).
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, and the entire Mass General Brigham system, is working towards implementing more lasting programs that embrace workplace flexibility. Our new strategy, Where We Work, which allows both in-office and at-home work for appropriate roles, is designed to best meet the needs of our employees, teams, patients and communities. The go-live date for the Where We Work strategy is Tuesday, September 7. To learn more, listen to a recent Town Hall with Rose Sheehan, Chief Human Resources Officer for Mass General Brigham, and Julia Sinclair, SVP for Brigham and Women’s Hospital. You can also review the presentation deck and FAQs. Managers, in order to support your teams, please register for Where We Work training.
Recently, a safety report was submitted regarding the terminal cleaning process for rooms on the inpatient units. Read the complete edition of Last Week In Patient Safety.
Do you have questions for BWFH President David O. McCready? Submit them to AskDavid@bwh.harvard.edu to get a response from David.
Updating your computer is a time consuming, but necessary task. Updates usually contain critical security patches that help protect you from cyberattacks. To take effect, most updates require you to restart your device. For more information visit TIP or contact your Information Security or Privacy Officer.
Mass General Brigham offers GPS tracking on our shuttles so that patients, visitors and employees can track their bus or van in real time, get arrival time predictions and view service alerts. Simply click here to view on your desktop or mobile device or download the app from the App Store or get it on Google Play. For employee shuttle tracking, click on the Forest Hills or Highland schedules.
In the summer of 2020, world-renowned personal finance expert Suze Orman received life-changing care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. To express her gratitude, Suze is offering all Mass General Brigham employees free access to her 3-STEP RESET program, an interactive online course to transform how you think, feel and act with money. Visit bwhevents.org/suze to register. Access code: BRIGHAM.
Interested in continuing your education? Visit BWFHconnect to learn more about tuition-reduction programs and information sessions at Boston College and Salve Regina University.
The BWPO is pleased to announce that we will be offering the Faculty Pillar Awards again this year. These awards were established to recognize our faculty for achievements in one or more of the 5 pillars of academic medicine: Mentorship, Education, Research, Community Service and Diversity & Inclusion. Award nominations will be accepted through Friday, August 6. A designated awards selection committee with review all submissions. Full award descriptions and online nomination form are available online. Questions? Contact BWPOFDW@bwh.harvard.edu.
Nominations for the 2021 Primary Care Awards are now open! The Primary Care Awards are peer-nominated awards that recognize the hard work and inspirational leadership of our colleagues. Award nominations will be accepted through Friday, August 6. Click here for additional information, award categories and to submit your nominations. Questions? Contact Mass General Brigham QPE.
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital’s monthly Education Calendar is now available, which contains listings for many core competencies, trainings and career development opportunities here on our campus, as well as at Mass General Brigham and BWH. You can also view the complete course offerings on BWFHconnect.
More than 85 percent of Mass General Brigham employees are vaccinated!
Thanks to everyone who has been vaccinated, Mass General Brigham has one of the highest vaccination rates nationwide among health care systems. Getting vaccinated is the single most important and responsible step each of us can take to put an end to this devastating pandemic and protect patients, families and each other.
If you received your vaccine at a non-Mass General Brigham vaccine clinic, please provide your vaccination documentation from any outside vaccination site using this survey to record and upload your vaccine documentation. Please log in using your Mass General Brigham login and password and select Non-MGB Vaccine Clinic or Outside Provider to submit your documentation. By providing this information, we can improve the accuracy of our vaccination rates and update your EPIC and employee records to ensure we have everyone’s accurate vaccination information.
Please Note: employees of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute do not need to complete this survey.
If you received your vaccine at a Mass General Brigham clinic, you will need to provide consent to have your vaccination record sent from Epic to PeopleSoft and to your Occupational Health record. Please use this survey to answer the consent question. Please log in using your Mass General Brigham login and password and select MGB Sponsored Vaccine Clinic to navigate to the consent question.
Blood Drive
Tuesday, July 27
8 am to 2:30 pm
Hillside Parking Lot
Faulkner Fit After Work Meet Up
Tuesday, July 27
4 to 4:40 pm
Meet in Atrium Lobby
NRC and Patient Experience Office Hours
Wednesday, July 28
12 noon to 12:30 pm
ZOOM
Mass General Brigham Town Hall: United Against Racism Initiative
Wednesday, July 28
2 to 3 pm
Webcast
Town Hall with BWFH President David McCready
Thursday, July 29
12 noon to 1 pm
Huvos Auditorium or Webcast
De-Escalation Recertification Training
Friday, July 30
3:30 to 7:30 pm
ZOOM
Join us on Saturday, August 7, from 9 am to 12 noon for Tai Chi with Barry Friedman. This workshop is being offered specifically for MGB employees and immediate family members and students to support community wellness. It is also a great refresher program for anyone who attended a previous tai chi workshop with Peter Wayne, PhD. This virtual, practical introductory workshop is designed for beginners of all ages and stages of health and is offered free through the support of a BWPO grant for well-being. For more information or to register, click here.
Join us on Monday, September 13, 20 and 27, from 6:30 to 8 pm for Mindful Stress Reduction with Christina Luberto, PhD. This three-session virtual course will introduce the practice of mindfulness to help manage stress and improve well-being. It is offered free through the support of a BWPO grant for well-being. For more information or to register, click here.
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