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• WVU Medicine pilots the use of MSA half mask respirators

  Wednesday, August 12, 2020

  WVU Medicine has obtained MSA half mask respirators (pictured) to protect healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients.

• Epic update to occur Saturday

  Tuesday, August 11, 2020

  On Saturday, Aug. 15, WVU Medicine Information Technology will conduct an Epic update. This release will include new features and enhancements.

• Resources for Living offers free support for employees and family members

  Tuesday, August 11, 2020

  Pandemics are stressful and WVU Medicine understands there are times when each of us could use a little extra help. Staying on top of the demands of work, family, finances, child care, and senior care can be difficult, but during a pandemic those issues can be even more challenging. For those times, WVU Medicine’s Resources for Living is here to offer employees and their family members assistance to help balance all these stressors 24 hours day, 365 days a year.

• C. difficile infection survey ends Aug. 17

  Tuesday, August 11, 2020

  J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital and WVU Medicine Children's Hospital are participating in a C. difficile infection (CDI) prevention collaborative with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and American Medical Association called, “Let’s Make A C-difference.”

• Annual/ongoing competency assignments due Sept. 1

  Tuesday, August 11, 2020

  Annual/ongoing competency assignments for all WVU Medicine employees have been assigned and are available in NetLearning. These links are available on the Applications page of CONNECT.

• Dr. Michael Edmond named CMO for WVU Health System

  Monday, August 10, 2020

  The West Virginia University Health System and the West Virginia University School of Medicine’s affiliated practice plan, University Health Associates, announced the appointment of Michael B. Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA., as the WVU Health System’s new chief medical officer, the chief executive of University Health Associates, and the vice dean for clinical affairs and chief medical officer of WVU Hospitals. Dr. Edmond will join WVU Medicine in November.

• More than 40 new providers join WVU Medicine in July

  Monday, August 10, 2020

  The following providers joined WVU Medicine in July:

• WVU Medicine Children's adds medical director for Pediatric Emergency Department

  Monday, August 10, 2020

  Julie Phillips, MD, has been named the inaugural medical director of the Pediatric Emergency Department at WVU Medicine Children’s. Dr. Phillips will also serve as division director for Pediatric Emergency Medicine within the Department of Emergency Medicine and will lead the educational and operational missions of the division. She is expected to begin her new duties in October.

• Panda Cares Day for WVU Medicine Children's

  Saturday, August 8, 2020

  Event Location: https://www.pandaexpress.com

• WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute expands pioneering Alzheimer’s treatment to wider region of the brain

  Friday, August 7, 2020

  A hospital nurse for 33 years, Nanette Miller would call her husband Frank at the end of each shift to let him know she was coming home. On Dec. 7, 2018, the phone call came with a somber declaration: “I can’t do this anymore.”