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Jeffrey Flaks, who last week was named executive vice president and chief operating officer of Hartford HealthCare, today pro-vided more details about the new HHC regional structure.

“Within the next 45 days, we will put into place regional and ser-vice-line leadership teams that will truly integrate the leader-ship of our hospitals,” Flaks said. “This simplified structure will make it easier to execute, stan-dardize and respond to changes in our market. It will help us sus-tain consistent and system-wide quality, improve the patient ex-perience and control costs.”

The three newly named “regions” that make up Hartford Health-Care (Hartford Region, Central Region and East Region) will each have five regional vice presidents who will oversee their function for all members of their region.

In the Hartford Region (Hartford Hospital, HHC Rehabilitation Net-work and academics, with Dr. Stuart Markowitz as president), those regional vice presidents are: Bimal Patel, operations; Dr. Jack Greene, medical affairs; Ger-ald Boisvert, finance; Cheryl Fi-cara, patient care services; and Peter Fraser, human resources. These regional vice presidents will have dual responsibilities, serving their region of Hartford HealthCare with related respon-sibilities at Hartford Hospital.

At Hartford Hospital, there will also be seven leadership posi-tions at the vice president level.

They are: Wendy Elberth, admin-istration; Carol Garlick, philan-thropy; Dr. Lenworth Jacobs, aca-demic affairs; Dr. Carolyn Hoban, research; Dr. Jamie Roche, patient safety and quality; Dr. Harold Schwartz, behavioral health; and Yvette Melendez, government and community alliances.

“We face great opportunities and hard decisions ahead, and we want to tackle them both thoughtfully and decisively,” Flaks said. “This new organizational structure is a tool for decisive action and firm resolve.”

In the Central region (MidState Medical Center, Hospital of Cen-tral Connecticut, VNA HealthCare and Connecticut Senior Health Services, with Lucille Janatka as president), the regional VPs are: Dr. Steven Hanks, medical affairs; Carolyn Freiheit, finance; Cathe-rine Stevens, patient care servic-es; and Mary Morgan, human re-sources. The Central regional VP of operations position is vacant.

In the East region (Windham Hos-pital, Backus Hospital and Clinical

Laboratory Partners, with David Whitehead as president), the re-gional vice presidents are: Caro-lyn Trantalis, operations; Dr. Peter Shea, medical affairs; Dan Lohr, fi-nance; Mary Bylone, patient care services; and Theresa Buss, hu-man resources.

System functions will be part of an HHC System Support Of-fice, including Finance, IT, Hu-man Resources and Planning and Marketing. These areas also are working on refinements to better support the new structure.

“It can be difficult to work in new ways and to adapt to new orga-nizational structures,” Flaks said. “But there is a huge plus side for all of us as we transform our sys-tem. We are also opening up ex-citing new opportunities for staff development, advancement and collaboration. Most important, we are creating a much stron-ger foundation for our system and making sure that we will al-ways be here for the patients who need us – especially the most vulnerable.”

RxTraA publication for the staff of Hartford Hospital October 1, 2013 Vol. 69 No. 36

Regional Vice Presidents Named for HHC RegionsHartford HealthCare

Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Flaks

Hartford Region President

Dr. Stuart Markowitz

Central Region President

Lucille Janatka

East Region President

David Whitehead

Regional Vice Presidents Operations, Medical Affairs,

Patient Care Services, Finance, Human Resources

Regional Vice Presidents Operations, Medical Affairs,

Patient Care Services, Finance, Human Resources

Regional Vice Presidents Operations, Medical Affairs,

Patient Care Services, Finance, Human Resources

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Israeli Paramedics Train At CESITwo flight paramedics from Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s official emergency medical, di-saster, ambulance and blood bank service, came to Hartford Hospital Aug. 23 to Sept. 1 to train with CESI teams and our LIFE STAR crews.

They trained in trauma techniques, flight phys-iology, emergency medical systems, safety, spe-cialty equipment utilization, emergency labor and delivery, and other procedures.

This is the second year MDA paramedics have come to Hartford Hospital to train, and we ex-pect it to be an annual event as part of our hos-pital’s “beyond our borders” global efforts.

Recent Happenings at Hartford Hospital

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Partnership With GE and CESI For InnovationHartford Hospital and GE Healthcare (GEHC) signed an agreement Aug. 20, creating a relationship to work toward developing collabo-ration agreements for several innovative products and developing future products that GEHC hopes to bring to the marketplace.

GEHC is working with our Center for Education, Simulation and In-novation (CESI) team, as well as hospital leaders to help engineer and further develop these products in a controlled, simulated, clin-ical environment and then rapidly advance them to testing in the live clinical arena.

Pictured here, Hartford Hospital president and CEO Jeff Flaks and GEHC president and CEO John Dineen sign the agreement.

Auxiliary Golf Tournament Raises $368,000The Hartford Hospital Auxiliary raised a record-breaking net of $368,000 from its 24th annual golf tournament held Sept. 8 at Tumble Brook Coun-try Club in Blooming-ton. Nearly 50 volunteers helped manage the tour-nament, including em-ployees, auxiliary mem-bers and friends of the hospital.

The money raised will go to various programs, equip-ment and projects, including $100,000 to renovate and ex-pand our Emergency Department’s Purple Pod, which will pro-vide care for mental, as well as physical, issues, which often go hand-in-hand for many patients, especially those with chronic illnesses. Pictured here, Lori Flaks and Shelli Siegel were co-chairs of the event.

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United Way Kickoff Breakfast: “Making It Personal!”The 22nd annual United Way kickoff breakfast was held on Sept. 11 at Hartford Hospital. Department campaign coordi-nators were provided with the training and resources needed to make this year’s campaign our most successful yet.

t United Way Champions!

The campaign runs through Oct. 18 and the goal is $210,000. Incentives will be offered to employees who pledge, including Choice Time days off and gift certificates.

“Our participation in the United Way reflects our commitment to our mission of service and is a reflection of our values of integrity, ex-cellence, caring and safety,” said Jeff Flaks, president and CEO. “We understand that this is a very difficult financial year, but we hope everyone can participate.”

“Hartford Hospital is invested in the community, and pledging to United Way helps in this commu-nity investment,” said Yvette Me-lendez, vice president of Govern-ment and Community Alliances.

Susan Klein, HH United Way chair, explained that this year’s United Way theme is “LIVE UNITED.”

“By living united, each of us can assist the United Way in improv-ing community education and the health and financial stability of community members,” she said. “We can help provide a safety net of emergency services, such as food and shelter, for those in need. Each of us can be part of the United Way’s work.”

Klein said our own campaign theme is “Make it Personal.”

“We want our coordinators to per-sonally reach out to co-workers to spread the United Way mes-sage,” she said. “Last year only 15% of employees contributed to the United Way. If every one of our 7,000 employees pledged just $1 a week, we would far exceed our goal.”

Beverly Gardner from Patient Fi-nancial Services is the Newington UW coordinator. She spoke about how United Way touches every-one, and shared how she was helped by the United Way during a difficult time in her life 20 years ago. “At that time I didn’t think I was eligible for any services, but I called 2-1-1, and they were able to find the resources to help me.”

The popular HH UW Online Auc-tion will run from Oct. 7-18. Re-served parking spaces and Black & Red tickets are some of the items you can bid on.

If you have an item or service you would like to donate to the United Way online auction, please contact Sue Klein by Oct. 2.

There will be a United Way table in the HH cafeteria and at the New-ington campus throughout the campaign where you can pick up information, fill out a pledge form, or learn how to pledge online.

More information about the United Way campaign is on the Intranet at http://intranet.harthosp.org/unit-edway.htm.

If you have any questions regard-ing the campaign, contact Sue Klein at [email protected] or 860-972-1126.

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Questions or comments about RxTra? Contact editor Annie Emanuelli at [email protected] or 860-972-2199

Flu Shot ExemptionsApplications for religious or medical exemptions from our Universal Flu Pre-vention Program must be

submitted by TODAY, Tuesday, Oct. 1. Instructions can be found on the In-tranet or here: Medical Exemption Form and Religious Exemption Form.With the availability this year of “cell-based” vaccine, produced without hens’ eggs, there are no longer a medical ex-emption for people with egg allergies.

Flu Shots - HH Cafeteria Free flu shots will be available for em-ployees in the Hartford Hospital cafete-ria on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 1 and 2, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The deadline for receiving the flu shot is Nov. 8, which is earlier than last year to provide addi-tional time for people to achieve optimal immunity before the start of flu season.

FY13 Invoices Due Today In order to record all expenses to your FY-13 budget, invoices, voucher requests and travel expenses must be forwarded to Accounts Payable by Tuesday, Oct. 1. Any documentation received after Oct. 1 will be recorded to your FY-14 budget. If you have any questions, contact Ron Carrier at 696-6301.

Memorial Service For Officer Lee Smith

There will be a me-morial service for Lee Smith in the ERC building Lounge on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 a.m. Lee was our night Public Safety of-ficer in the ERC build-

ing lobby, and passed away on Aug. 16. He was a 25-year employee of Hartford Hospital.

Last Chance To Buy Car Raffle Tickets

Buy your tickets now to win a 2013 Vol-vo XC-60 in the LITE 100.5 WRCH/Hart-ford Hospital car raffle. Your $50 dona-tion benefits the Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center. Tickets will be available on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Newington campus; and 5-7 p.m., Blue Back Square, West Hartford. The winner will be drawn on Friday at the Nite of Lite Laughter. You can also buy tickets from Nadia at ext. 5-2161 or [email protected].

Nite of Lite Laughter Hartford Hospital presents a Nite of Lite Laughter with Jason Alexander Friday, Oct. 4 at the Bushnell. All proceeds ben-efit the Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Cen-ter. Buy your tickets at www.bushnell.org or call 860-987-5900. For more infor-mation, call Nadia at 860-545-2161.

“I Love My Clogs” Vendor in HH Cafeteria

The “I Love My Clogs” vendor will be in the HH Cafeteria on Thursday and Fri-day, Oct. 3 and 4 from

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds will go to the United Way.

Deadline for Team of the Year NominationsPlease nominate any team that you be-lieve has achieved significant improve-ment (efficiencies, new programs, en-hancements to safety, growth in volume, customer satisfaction, etc.) for Team of the Year. Send nominations to Cathy Tor-cia by Friday, Oct. 11. The nomination form can be found at http://intranet.harthosp.org/h3w.htm. The new Teams of the Year will be announced on Nov. 12.

Want to Be Smoke Free?Our smoking cessation program offers counseling and support groups. In the individual consultation, we help make your personal smoking cessation plan. The support group helps you with stress; weight management; motivation and nic-otine replacement products. For more in-formation, contact Carol Barrett at [email protected] or 860-545-LUNG (5864); or for Spanish, Dorely Roldan at [email protected] or at 860-545-1582. The next support group is Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at West Hartford Education Room, suite 425, Blue Back Square, West Hartford.

Register Now: Health Care Informatics Boot CampAn intensive two-day health care infor-matics boot camp will be offered Thurs-day and Friday, Oct. 17 and 18 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in the ERC. Registration is required. Registration fee is $500 for HHC applicants, and $650 for non-HHC appli-cants. Breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will be provided, and there will be validated parking in the Hudson Garage. For more information, contact Elissa Ford at 860-972-4092.

Support Our Mobile Mammography ProgramOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Help raise money for a good cause by shopping online for Tastefully Simple products at www.tastefullysimple.com/web/imarrero1. (Under Party – First name is Mobile and Last name is Mam-mography). From October 1-31, 20% of all proceeds will benefit Hartford Hospital’s Digital Mobile Mammography program. If you have any questions, please contact Ivana Marrero at [email protected] or at 860-778-8086.