What`s Inside - Cypress Health Region

INSIDER
Staff Newsletter
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What’s Inside
EMPLOYEE LOTTERY
WELCOMES & FAREWELLS
GOLF TOURNAMENT
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TLR EDUCATION
QUILTERS DONATION
COMPUTER USE
Employee
Lottery
T
he following is a list of employees who have won a draw for $1,000 in the 2014 Dr. Noble
Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation staff lottery.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2014 Employee Lottery (as of June 26, 2014)
FLORENCE JOHNS
THERESA KLASSEN
GLORIA PAVLOVIC
SUSAN ANDREAS
CYNTHIA HELMAN
ELIZABETH MYHRE
DEBRA FIELDING
EVELYN THEISE
SUZANA MORRISON
YOLANDA HARRISON
KRISTIN GLENN
SHIRLEY WEINBENDER
GLORIA PAVLOVIC
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Prairie Pioneers Lodge
Gull Lake
Cypress Regional Hospital
Palliser Regional Care Centre
Leader
Cypress Regional Hospital
Cypress Regional Hospital
Palliser Regional Care Centre
Shaunavon
Mankota
Shaunavon
Gull Lake
Cypress Regional Hospital
C
hange Day is about hundreds of people in all areas
of work across Saskatchewan’s health care system
each making a promise—no matter how big or
small – to try something new to improve care. We invite
health system staff, managers, leaders, as well as the
public to make a pledge and help us reach our goal of
1000 pledges by November 6, 2014.
To make your pledge today please visit www.hqc.sk.ca.
IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR
YOU TO SIGN UP!
Please contact the Dr. Noble Irwin
Regional Healthcare Foundation
Inc. to participate in the 2014
Lottery:
306-778-3314.
Welcomes &
Farewells
W
elcome to the following employees who have
recently joined the Cypress Health Region team!
PORFIRIA PAZ
BRITTANY JOHNSON
DIANE HUGHES
ERIN ROBERTS
CRYSTAL SHEPPARD
BRIANNE GIESBRECHT
SAMANTHA MCLANE
SHEILA LOBREAU
ANDREA KERR
NICKOLAS BITZ
AMILYN PANIMDIM
KELLY TEICHRIB
SHARON MARTENS
ROZANNE LAVERDIERE
LANNA KOEHTLER
CALEIGHT JOHNSON
CORINNE DUFF
CASSANDRA BARNES
JANELLE ANDERSON
TARA PORTZ BOWSFILED
TRACY MCCONNELL
OLIVIA ARNAL
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Maple Creek
Gull Lake
Swift Current
Eastend/Maple Creek
Maple Creek
Herbert
Swift Current
Swift Current
Swift Current
Swift Current
Swift Current
Gull Lake
Herbert
Swift Current
Swift Current
Swift Current
Shaunavon
Swift Current
Cabri
Maple Creek
Shaunavon
Eastend
KRISTINA MOORHEAD
KRISTA SAWATSKY
ERIN SARGENT
LAURA MADLAND
KRISTINA HANCOCK
JANELLE FRIDAY
DEBBIE BENJAMIN
LORRAINE BOUTILIER
CHRISTINA BUECKERT
COLBY ANDERSON GILBERT
ELLEN KING
KIMBERLY KLEIN
BRODY MOATE
MICHELLE WOODWARD
HEATHER MCLELLAND
DONNA CLARKSON
DALISAY GALANGY GUIAO
TORI YARSHENKO
SHAUNA WRIGHT
SHAE-LYN WENZEL
KAITLY TORRIE
AMBER PENNA-MOEN
JESSICA MOSHER-SLINN
arewell to the following staff members who have retired
or decided to pursue other opportunities. Thank you
for your service!
CANDACE CUTTS
KAYLA BURNS
TRACEY BENDER
WANDA LAROSE
MARILYN SAWATSKY
CAROL BARSNESS
ELAINE FEHR
KATRINA NORRISH
KARL MCCUAIG
MELINDA STANGLAND
TANIS LINDSMARK
PAIGE ALDAG
RITA APPLEYARD
ANNEKE VAN DER MERWE
JOSEPH BUHAY
TOM PICKERING
LENORA EPP
Swift Current
Leader
Swift Current
Shaunavon
Herbert
Swift Current
Swift Current
Swift Current
Shaunavon
Maple Creek
Shaunavon
Swift Current
Swift Current
Swift Current
Shaunavon
Swift Current
Swift Current
JANE MACLEOD
SUSAN DAVIES
CARRIE SIEVERT
LORI SOLBERG
LYLA CRAGG
TYLER FLEURY
FRANCIS MATHESON
DIANA BYE
EVAN REAVIE
KERRI WALL
MARGARET HOLDERBEIN
MARGARET CHISHOLM
ALLISSIA SMITH
KENDAL KORNAGA
NICOLE BURGESS
YVONNE NEUFELD
NOELLE SEDGWICK
Maple Creek
Swift Current
Shaunavon
Swift Current
Swift Current
Maple Creek
Eastend
Swift Current
Leader
Maple Creek
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Swift Current
Swift Current
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Swift Current
Swift Current
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Maple Creek
Swift Current
Maple Creek
Swift Current
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Fore! Staff
Golf Tournament
12TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
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What:
18 Hole Texas Scramble (Cart and Supper Included)
When:
August 23, 2014
Registration: 10:00 am
Shotgun Start: 11:00 am
Where:
Sask Landing Golf Resort, Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park
(There will be a transportation option provided for those interested)
Who:
All Cypress Health Region Employees and their Significant
Others; Vendors, Service Providers, and Healthcare Partners
Why:
Tons of Fun and a Truckload of Prizes
How:
Fill out the registration form below and send it to the attention of
Pat Olmsted at the Cypress Regional Hospital with a cheque
made out to “Cypress Health Region”.
th entered. This is a fun tournament, it doesn’t matter if you are not
The first 144 paid golfers will be
a good golfer! Ask anyone who has ever golfed in this tournament, you do not want to miss this!
12 Annual Golf Tournament
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Registration Form
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306-741-5635.
above. Deadline to register for transportation is August 10, 2014.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: In accordance with the Sask Landing Golf Resort tournament
contract, alcoholic beverages purchased for consumption must be from Sask Landing Golf
Resort, as regulated by the Liquor Control and Licensing Act. No outside alcohol or
TLR
Education
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here are a number of Transfer/Lift/Reposition (TLR) training opportunities available. A
maximum of 8 participants will be registered for each session. To sign up for one of the
below-listed sessions please contact Tracey Gerbrandt, OHS Safety Assistant, at
306-778-5143.
(Client renewals includes object renewals. Object renewals is for all non-client care staff)
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Kaizen
Corner
Mistake Proofing
The use of process or design features to prevent errors and their negative
impact. It aims to prevent defects by eliminating opportunities for errors
to occur. Basic elements include standard work, devices, visual control and
inspection.
Example: Medication Reconciliation. Using checks and inspection to
verify meds in order to prevent medication errors
Regional
Workshop
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t a Regional Activity Workshop on May 8, the Southwest Quilters Guild Group made
a significant donation of hand-made quilts for the benefits of long term care residents
throughout the region. The Quilters Guild presented 81 touch quilts during the Worskhop, a
surprise to many!
The lap-sized quilts, each with a unique design and features, were selected by staff from all 12 of
our long term care sites. In mere minutes, each of the 81 quilts were on their way to a new home.
Our sincerest thank-you to the Southwest Quilters Guild Group for this outstanding donation!
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The Southwest Quilters Guild Group (left to right):
Pat Olson, Kathy Peterson, Janice Stock, Cheryl Vangen, Blanche White, and Dawn Odegard.
WANT TO EARN
SOME EXTRA
MONEY?
Did you know that the Cypress Health Region has an employee referral
program which provides rewards for those members of the region's staff and
physicians who are able to assist us in recruiting individuals into a difficult to
recruit position? You could earn up to $1000.00 for every referral that leads to
the hiring of a new employee, or physician in a high demand position.
Visit: http://sharepoint.chr.hin.sk.ca/manuals/Human%20Resources/3-25.pdf
to view the policy
For further information contact Carrie Cornelson, Recruitment and Retention
Coordinator at
306-778-5256.
Personal Use of
IT Equipment
O
n May 29 an eHealth Service Desk incident was reported after suspicious looking pop-ups
appeared on a region-owned laptop. An Information Technology investigation revealed that
the pop-ups appeared to be coming from malicious software on the laptop. The user of the
laptop reported that the behaviour began after clicking a link in a personal email account believed to
be from WestJet. This incident serves as an important reminder that even checking personal email
from a region-owned computer can impact the network and thousands of users. Please use caution
when opening links and remember that work devices are for work purposes only. Information
Management policies can be found on Sharepoint in the Administration Policy and Procedure Manuals.
If you suspect any suspicious activity on a region-owned computer please contact the Information
Systems Help Desk immediately via email (help.desk@cypressrha.ca).
The region has the ability to monitor internet activity by each user. This activity includes bandwidth
use by user, popups blocked for each user, domains requested by each user, total time spent by each
user, and many other statistics. While these internet statistics aren’t monitored regularly to ‘watch’
specific users, it is important to know that such data is monitored.
The top blocked websites in the region include pop-ups, social media websites, chat rooms, personal
pages, and travel and entertainment websites (see below chart, left).
The top domains, by bandwidth, throughout the region include swiftcurrentonline.com,
youtube.com, cbc.ca, and theweathernetwork.com (see below chart, right). Streaming radio, music,
and/or video on a computer is a significant contributor to bandwidth consumption.
The highest users of time online in the region accummulated more than 64 hours of use and had
more than 15,000 website attempts blocked in a single month.
Most commonly blocked websites, by category
Most bandwidth used, by domain
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National
Award
T
he Swift Current United Way Active Play program has won the national Speaking of Food and
Healthy Living Award.
The Speaking of Food and Healthy Living award is an annual award sponsored by Kraft Canada
and Dietitians of Canada in collaboration with the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology that
recognizes communication initiatives that promote clear and credible healthy living information
to Canadians.
The award comes with a $5,000 prize, which will be used to expand the program to rural areas.
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The United Way Active Play program is a free six-week after-school program that encourages
physical activity and nutritious eating choices among children. The program is offered to all Swift
Current students in grades 1-5. The program invites children to participate in fun activities, giving
them the opportunity to be physically active followed by nutritious snacks and nutrition education
delivered by a Registered Dietitian.
The program has reached 455 students from grades 1-5 in the four elementary schools in Swift
Current. A total of 68 programs have been provided in two years and 100% of the parents who
filled out questionnaires said that they would register their children again.
The United Way Active Play program was developed and is funded by a multi-sector partnership
between the City of Swift Current, the Swift Current United Way, Cypress Health Region, Chinook
School Division, Holy Trinity School Division, and Saskatchewan In Motion. It is only because of
these strong partnerships that this program has been so successful.
On the cover photo of this edition of the Cypress Insider is:
Back left to right:
Val Choo-Foo (Coordinator of program – City of Swift Current), Archie Green (SC United Way),
Councillor Denis Perrault (City of SC), Betty McDougal (Jumpstart), Cathy Knox (Cypress
Health), Darla Lindbjerg (SC United Way), Susan Woods (SC United Way).
Front left to right:
Stacey Schwartz (SC United Way), Beth Cadrain (Chinook School Division), Laura Vollet
(Cypress Health), Peggi Holmes (Cypress Health).
CONGRATULATIONS!