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Dear Colleagues:
I hope you are enjoying your summer and have activities and fun trips planned with your family and friends.
Results of this year's Employee Engagement Survey are beginning to be shared across the system. Overall, they are very positive. The NEMG numbers, in particular, show great improvement from 2016.
About 1,400 employees in Yale New Haven Health System's Corporate Business Services (previously called the System Business Office) serve all five YNHHS hospitals and outpatient locations. A few years ago, CBS began to work toward a more patient-centered approach in its functions, including Patient Access, Health Information Management and Patient Accounts/Billing.
Leaders across Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) are beginning to share the 2017 employee engagement survey results and overall, they are very positive.
"At NEMG and System-wide, survey participation and employee engagement increased," said Kevin A. Myatt, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. "There was improvement in areas identified as opportunities on prior surveys, reflecting our attention to employees' valuable feedback."
If planning and paying for college is weighing on employees' minds, support is available through College Coach, an educational resource and counseling program that has been expanded across Yale New Haven Health.
Free LifeCycle Kits are available from the Employee and Family Resources (EFR) program. They cover a variety of topics, including child care, adult care, college life, fitness, stress management, emotional wellness and more. Educational resources such as books, DVDs and first aid kits are sent directly to employees' homes. The EFR even has information about summer activities while home or away.
For more information, visit the EFR website or call 1-877-275-6226 any time, day or night. EFR services are completely free and confidential.
The deadline to complete this year's YNHHS Know Your Numbers Plus employee wellness incentive program is Aug. 31.
Know Your Numbers Plus (KYN+) is designed to help employees heighten their health awareness and earn credit toward the cost of their YNHHS medical benefits. By participating, employees enrolled in a YNHHS medical plan and those eligible to enroll for benefits can receive up to $500 credit toward the cost of their 2018 YNHHS medical premiums. Participation in the health screening portion of KYN+ is also a 2017 PIP goal.
On June 10, nearly 200 clinicians came together at the Trumbull Marriott for the Spring Working Retreat. The event centered on how working smarter and non-clinical functions and processes can help Northeast Medical Group meet its goals. Topics included advanced care planning, clinical continuity, coding and Epic optimization.
During June and July, Northeast Medical Group clinicians attended health fairs at local employers' sites. They met with employees to discuss the importance of health and wellness. They also provided blood pressure and BMI screenings.
Northeast Medical Group's Community Outreach Committee is collecting gently used coats and winter accessories for people of all ages through November 11. Donations will benefit those in need throughout the Bridgeport, Greenwich, New Haven and New London/Westerly regions. Wanted items include coats, jackets, hats, scarves, gloves, mittens and blankets. Thanks to everyone's generosity, last year's campaign collected more than 1,600 items.
Please contact Cindy Georgette with questions.
The Community Outreach Committee's annual drive to support homeless teens will run September 1-30. Wanted items include backpacks and hygienic items, including:
This is part 3 of a series of articles about the new Standards of Professional Behavior, based on Yale New Haven Health System's five core values: Patient-Centered Care, Respect, Compassion, Integrity and Accountability. In May, we covered Patient-Centered Care, and in June we covered Respect. July and August's focus is on Compassion – being empathetic – and Integrity.
Yale New Haven Health System's online Brand Center makes it easy for employees to download templates for email signatures, PowerPoint presentations and office communications materials such as memos, letterhead and agendas.
In May, Yale New Haven Health announced a new "community partner" relationship with Day Kimball Healthcare in Putnam – an example of the different ways the system is helping to enhance clinical care throughout Connecticut, while preserving local access to that care.
Forbes Magazine has named Yale New Haven Health System one of "America's Best Employers" for 2017. The health system is one of 17 Connecticut companies named to the list. YNHHS ranked highest among the Connecticut companies, coming in at number 57. Forbes partnered with online statistics provider Statista to choose 500 companies with more than 5,000 employees from different industries nationwide. More than 30,000 workers in those companies were asked how likely they were to recommend their employer to someone else.
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital has been ranked among the best in the nation in eight out of 10 of its pediatric subspecialties in the 2017 Best Children's Hospitals rankings, published online by U.S. News & World Report. This is the highest level of recognition YNHCH has received to date.
Last fall, a psychiatric leadership steering group from Yale New Haven Health System's delivery networks began discussing ways to integrate services across the system.