5.09.2012
As you know, we have started the difficult but essential process of becoming a more efficient organization by reducing administrative duplication and unfunded research.
We are reorganizing and eliminating jobs at every level, including leadership, and by the end of May will create a shared services model for Information Technology, Human Resources, Marketing and other functions that are currently performed by multiple people in multiple departments, centers and institutes.
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5.07.2012
This week, we mark an annual tradition of recognizing some of the most important members of our health team: nurses. Yesterday was National Nurses Day, which kicks off the week of appreciation for nurses that will end this Saturday, on May 12, the birth date of Florence Nightingale.
While the English nurse is widely known for tending wounded soldiers and for establishing the world’s first secular nursing school, legions of skilled and devoted nurses spend night and day providing life-changing care, compassion and strength to others in need, with little recognition or appreciation.
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5.01.2012
Did you know that one in 10 people in the U.S. have hearing loss? This could be caused by aging, trauma, medical conditions, noise exposure, and a host of other factors. If hearing loss is detected and treated in its early stage, its progression can be prevented. In many cases, people aren’t aware of the damage until it has already advanced.
This year during “Better Speech and Hearing Month,” UHealth’s Department of Otolaryngology invites you to explore the concept of “Living Well with Hearing Loss,” through a series of FREE hearing screenings.
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4.25.2012
Great health systems and academic institutions are judged not only by their outcomes, but by the efficiency, compassion and skill of the clinical and research teams who help produce those outcomes. At the Miller School and UHealth-University of Miami Health System, our teams invariably include administrative assistants and other administrative professionals who fill critical roles often without the recognition, or the thanks, they deserve.
Today, on Administrative Professionals Day, we salute and thank all of them for their invaluable contributions.
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4.11.2012
Does your work take you to areas of the world where some infectious agents are endemic? Do you dream about going on an African Safari or a cruise around the world? Have you ever wanted to lie on the white sands of the Caribbean or other exotic place? Don’t let concerns of developing a serious illness stop you.
While it’s true that visiting new countries can expose you to illnesses rarely seen in the U.S., there are several ways to protect yourself, beginning with travel vaccines.
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