Volume 7 Issue 16 August 10, 2012

PRESBYbulletinPenn Presbyterian Medical Center

ED nurses LeighAnn Mazzone, Diane Maccarone, Allen Fasnacht, Carmella King and Tiffany Harris

PENN MEDICINE’S 5TH ANNUAL MAGNET GALA5TH ANNUAL MAGNET GALA

On June 15, PPMC faculty and staff joined Penn Medicine colleagues at the fi fth annual Magnet Gala. Held at Drexelbrook, the vent hosted over 700 attendees. Sponsorships and funds raised at the gala go to support the Donor Human Milk Bank, community service projects, and the purchase of scales for Congestive Heart Failure patients to self manage their weight at home.

PPMC RECOGNIZED BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

A letter from PPMC’s Michele Volpe, Executive Director; Kevin Fosnocht, MD, Chief Medical Offi cer; and Michael Becker, Chief Nursing Offi cer

Faculty and Staff ,

A sincere thank you to everyone for the great work that is being done at PPMC, which was recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the Best Hospitals.Penn Presbyterian was ranked third in the Philadelphia region and seventh in Pennsylvania, with eight high-performing specialties!

We have much to be proud of. For more information and a full overview of our rankings, please visit the U.S.News & World Report website.

Congratulations!Allison Dietz and Erin Kuhn

Keep Your Skin Keep Your Skin Safe This SummerSafe This SummerHere’s tip #4 in the Presby Bulletin’s summer skincare series.

Tip #4 Monitor kids’ sun exposure: Did you know that many cases of skincancer and melanoma link back to badsunburns and exposure as a child?Children especially need to stay outof the sun, wear sunscreen and other protective clothing like hats.

Apply Today for Your Penn Medicine CAREs Foundation Grant

Don’t forget – you can still aapply for a grant from the Penn Medicine CAREsFoundation Grant Program tto help fund your outreach projects. Thee deadline for applications for the nextt round ofrecipients is September 1, 22012. For moreinformation or to apply, pleaase visit http://pennmedicine.org/community/.

UNIVERSITY CITYFARMERS’ MARKETWhere: Th e Porch at 30th Street Station

When: Wednesdays, 11am-2pm

best in fresh foods and more!

Congratulations to the June 2012 Presby ngratulationgratulatioSTAR winners, who each receivedSTAR winners, who eaSTAR winners, who eac

cognizing their$100 and a certifi cate recogcogPresby STAR status.

Henretta Bacchus – 3South Nursing

Irene Messant – Wound CareWW

Verona Sparkman – 4South Nursinginging

Tawanna Clayton – Food Servicerviceservic

Asha Gonsalves – 4East Nursing

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The 2012 Quality and Patient Safety Awards

Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Quality and Patient Safety Awards.

This awarrd hass been a loong standinng opporttunity for teeaams to forrmallyy document theirr achievemments in quality and ppatientt saffety over thhe last 12 mmonthhs. Thhe awardacknnowleedges UPHS deppartments who hhavee exhibitedd leadershiip andd innoovationin acctivitiees thaat ensure hhigh qualityy cliniical outcomes,, patient saatisfacction, patient safetty andd cost effi ciency.

To doownlooad yoour submisssion appliication, cllick the link for the “22012 QQualitty &Patieent Saafety Award Submissions”” on the inntranet hommepage unnder ““Whaat’s Hot.” Applicatioons mmust be subbmitted by Septeember 7, 2012.