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<p class="MsoNormal">Lots of updates and great news, let’s get into it!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">DNV Annual Visit – Maybe the best one we have ever had, and its thanks to you!! We ended up with one NC-1 (related to blood transfusion duration) and two NC-2 (physical plant related).
The surveyors were very complementary of the entire organization with comment like<o:p></o:p></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">“One of the best Academic Medical centers I’ve ever surveyed”<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">“Your Nursing staff was so friendly, they actually wanted to talk to us and share the exciting things they were working on”<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">“Your teams know what’s happening, what the issues are, and how you are working to fix them”<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">“Top 2-3% of all facilities I’ve been at”<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">We have hired over 95 new RNs this summer!<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">RN turnover is down to 14.3% from a high of 35%<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">HCT/UST turnover is down to 32% from a high of 44%<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">LPN turnover is 12.4% down form a high of 25.5%<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">We continue to work with State agencies in Albany to find ways to improve pay for our CSEA team as we have no ability to adjust that locally<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Parking - I asked our parking team to do an open forum and they will be having one soon. Please send in questions via this survey link<o:p></o:p></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Leadership Updates<o:p></o:p></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
<li class="xmsonormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Kim Testa, MSN, RN, CCRN, has accepted the role of Nurse Manager for the RN Float/Support Pool at Community Hospital-Upstate effective July 20, 2023.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Sean Todd BSN RN returns to our Upstate team in his new role as Nurse Manager of 5E Pre/Post<o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsonormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Jessica Rauscher MSN, FNP-BC, OCN has accepted the position of Assistant Director of Nursing at the Upstate Cancer Center<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">New Dept of Medicine Chair – Dr Cynthia Taub MD, MBA will be joining us in August 2023. Dr Taub most recently served as
<span style="color:#181A0F;background:white">Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine of Dartmouth Health’s Heart and Vascular Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Professor of Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="color:#181A0F;background:white">New Cardiac Surgeon – Dr Marek Polomsky MD is our new Division Chief for Cardiac Surgery and is here now. He was most recently a cardiac
surgeon at the University of Vermont Medical Center</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Kyle Choquette and Becky Dwyer recently had a manuscript accepted and it will be published in the American Nurses Association ANA Journal – Magnet Edition ( The biggest edition of
the year!) It will be given out to all 12,000 attendees at the Magnet conference as well. The article is on our success in building out and implementing Discharge Hospitality Centers at both Upstate University and Upstate Community hospital.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Our fantastic Stroke, Heart failure, and Resuscitation teams were all recently awarded with top recognition by the AHA Get With the Guidelines program<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Upstate Cancer Center at Verona is on track to open this fall
<a href="https://www.upstate.edu/cancer/about/locations/ucc-verona/index.php">https://www.upstate.edu/cancer/about/locations/ucc-verona/index.php</a><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Panera in GCH Treehouse<o:p></o:p></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Contracts being finalized<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Will require some construction/renovation<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for all you do everyday!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Scott<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Scott Jessie MSN, MBA, RN, CNS, NEA-BC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chief Nursing Officer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SUNY Upstate University Hospital<o:p></o:p></p>
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