The weekly newsletter for employees and friends of McLaren Bay Region and McLaren Bay Special Care

August 8th, 2023 | Vol. 40, Issue 30

Editor: Nick VanHorn | (989) 894-6458 | [email protected]

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Submitted by: Carolyn Potter, Regional Vice President of Human Resources

McLaren Bay Region Education Survey

As part of our ongoing commitment to provide both educational support through tuition assistance, grants, scholarships and student loan repayment programs, and to explore career growth opportunities for our team members, we would like you to participate in a brief survey. 

Click HERE to get started!

Management of Anticoagulant and Anti-Platelet Agent Associated Bleeding Complications in Adults – Ashley Taylor, PharmD, BCPS

Date: August 9, 2023

Time: 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Location: Johnson East & West and Microsoft Teams

We are excited to invite you to join us for Grand Rounds – a forum that fosters the exchange of clinical expertise, experiences, best practices, and other compelling topics aimed at improving patient outcomes and enhancing the overall patient experience. Through the presentation of research-based knowledge alongside practical clinical scenarios, this event offers a unique opportunity for participants to seamlessly apply new knowledge to your daily clinical practices. Your active participation in this event is highly valued as we collectively strive to improve healthcare practices and provide the best possible care to our patients.

FACULTY AND SPEAKERS: ACTIVITY DIRECTOR:

Gregory Brown, MD

Michelle Crean, RN

Sean Duchaine, PharmD

Garrett Engelhardt, BSN, RN

Katelyn Glaza, RN

Sue Hafer, NP

Heath Lamb, RN

Michael Abdul-Malek, MD

Kerri Mellon, RN

Kirt Moody, RRT

Nicolas Mouawad, MD

Khalil Nasrallah, MD

Charles Palm, RRT

Elizabeth Pionk, DO

Grace Rodriguez, RN

Ashley Taylor, PharmD

Khalil Nasrallah, MD

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, McLaren Health Care is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU) social work (ASWB ACE) if the requirements necessary for credit are met.

Medicine CME: The McLaren Health Care designates this hybrid activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Osteopathic CME: The McLaren Health Care is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

The McLaren Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 2-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

Pharmacy CE: The McLaren Health Care designates this activity for 1.0 ACPE credit. CPE Universal Activity Number (UAN): JA4008264-0000-23-021-L05-P. Pharmacists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Credit will be provided to NABP CPE Monitor within 60 days after activity completion.

Nursing CE: The McLaren Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 CNE credits. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Dietitian Contact Hours: The McLaren Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 CDR CPEU Contact Hours. Dietitians should only claim the credit commensurate of their participation in the activity.

Social Work CE: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, McLaren Health Care is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 Clinical continuing education credits.

Financial Relationships and Mitigation: It is the policy of McLaren Health Care and the Department of Interprofessional Continuing Education to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its individually sponsored or jointly sponsored educational activities. All individuals participating in any McLaren Health Care sponsored activity are expected to disclose to the activity audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest with any ineligible companies that may have direct bearing on the subject matter of the

continuing education activity. Any conflicts of interest must be mitigated prior to the activity.

The continuing education planning committee members and IPCE staff involved with this activity as content validation reviewers, speakers, and/or moderator(s) have indicated any financial relationships. Nicolas Mouawad, MD, participant for this educational activity, indicated a financial relationship with Endologix LLC and Inari Medical as a speaker. All financial relationships listed have been mitigated.

Submitted by: Danielle Miller, Director of Support Services

I am pleased to announce that Eddie Miller has begun duties as the new Security Manager for McLaren Bay Region. Eddie served as a U.S. Infantry Marine and has 10+ years of experience in security consulting and training. As a Michigan native, Eddie enjoys the outdoors, aviation, cooking, and reading. We expect great and positive changes to come with this new leadership.

Please join me in welcoming Eddie to the team!

IT’S ALL ABOUT OUR PATIENTS!

Brought to you by your C.A.P.E. Team

August 9^TH

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. & 

10:00 p.m. – Midnight

Main Campus Cafeteria

Join us for games, prizes, food and fun! Visit ALL of the booths for a chance to dunk a leader in the dunk tank!

Please set aside 30 minutes of your day to learn how we all can improve our patient's experience. Attendance by all is strongly encouraged!

CHERYL WHITE

RN, Critical Care

TOMMY BURNS

RN, 5 East

VICKIE HALL

RN, Behavioral Health

Thanks for helping to keep our patients safe!

Congratulations to Joni Emmendorfer, who was nominated as the Employee of the Month at the West Branch Medical Office Building!

A few notes from Joni's nomination:

Joni is a constant ray of sunshine here in the office. She is always the first one to greet you in the morning with a smile on her face. She is always willing to learn new tasks, no matter how difficult, without being asked. When she isn't making the office laugh, you willl always find her willing to work late hours when needed, especially those with young kids or grandkids. The office would not run the same without her!

Thanks, Joni, for #DoingWhatsBest!

Visit Johnson East on Tuesday, August 29 from 6:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. for coffee and a casual conversation with our Chief Nursing Officer, Stacey Klump.

All are welcome to attend! Get the downloadable flyer HERE.

Submitted by Allyson Joyce PHR, SHRM-CP, Director of Human Resources

The time of year has come once again for annual employee performance evaluations! Like last year, all employee evaluations will be completed in MyHR. Although the document will be completed electronically, the process for receiving evaluations will remain the same. Leadership will still meet with employees in-person to discuss the annual performance evaluations. Upon completion of the in-person meeting, employees must sign in to MyHR to acknowledge their performance management document. HERE is a short PowerPoint presentation explaining the process. 

We will be creating these documents within the next few days for managers to begin the process. They will have until September 30, 2023 to complete all performance evaluations. Please feel free to reach out to Human Resources with any further questions regarding this process.

For those interested in cashing out Paid Time Off (PTO) hours in November, requests should be submitted between August 1 – August 31. 

Please utilize PeopleSoft MyHR to make and/or modify your PTO cash-out request online. Simply log in to MyHR, select the PTO/PML Balances tile, and click on the Request PTO Cash Out option at the top of the page. Please click HERE to see the job aid for more detailed instructions.

Message from Dave Haugh, United Way Giving Campaign Chair:

It’s that time of the year again everyone! I’m happy to announce the 2023 McLaren Bay Region United Way Giving Campaign, taking place from July 19th to August 18th.

In the coming weeks, we hope to educate you about the United Way and secure your 2023 pledge! The attached flyers have all the info you’ll need. But here are a few highlights: 

Our goal for 2023 is for each staff member to pledge at least $1/pay ($26/year)! 

• Departments with >90% participation will qualify to attend our appreciation 🍦ICE CREAM SUNDAE BAR🍦! 
• Dayshift and nightshift included – off-site staff will get treats delivered! 
• Employees who are unable to pledge at this time will be counted as “participating” if they fill out our Payroll Deduct Form and selecting “I am unable to help at this time”
• How do I pledge?
• Click Here - Payroll Deduct
• Click Here - Credit Card
• QR codes on the following flyers: 2023 Campaign Details, 2023 UW Fun, McLaren Pledge Form
• Attached donation form

NEW THIS YEAR – Physician Champions!  

Dr. Mouawad and Dr. Pionk are leading the charge! When filling out your pledge sheet – select who you want to support – WHO WILL RAISE THE MOST MONEY? TEAM MOUAWAD or TEAM PIONK – The winner gets BRAGGING rights; the loser… will be scooping ice cream!🍦🍦🍦

Weekly drawings (4 total), each including

• United Way Parking Spot
• YMCA SWAG BAG (including a three month membership)
• Bluetooth Speaker

Grand Prize Drawing

Winners choice of:  

• 36” Blackstone
• Yeti Tundra 65 Cooler
• Popcorn Machine 

Congratulations to last week's prize drawing winners:

• Aradia Bristol (Cath Lab)- Employee Parking Premier Parking Spot (April-June)

• Rachel Gaiser (4 East)- Bluetooth Speaker

• Jill Sinko (Diagnostic Imaging)- YMCA Swag Bag

Grand Total: 248 participants, $14,116 raised

Hey, McLaren Bay Region employees! With our BACC membership, we get to attend all after-hours events. These events are great places to interact with some of our local professionals and patients. Bring your team to network, eat, and enjoy a beverage.  

Upcoming Events:

Thursday, August 17, 2023

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Bay County Historical Museum, 

​321 Washington Avenue

Bay City, MI 48708

Thursday, September 21, 2023

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

CMURC, 

122 Uptown Drive, Ste. 204

Bay City, MI 48708

$1 POPCORN DAY

Wednesday August 16

The McLaren Bay Region Auxiliary will be selling popcorn in the main cafeteria from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Get a yummy treat and support the Auxiliary!

JOIN US FOR THE SIXTY FOURTH ANNUAL CHARITY BALL!

When: Saturday, November 18th, 2023

Where: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Downtown Bay City-Riverfront