BWH Bulletin

April 1 Don’t Forget to Spring Forward! Remember to turn all clocks forward one hour at night on Saturday, March 31. April 1 “What is a serving size?” Fitcorp, Longwood Galleria Fitcorp will provide information about nutrition and serving sizes. April 3 Body Composition Screening 11a.m. –1p.m. BWH Cafeteria Fitcorp professionals will be available to assess your body composition. April 4, 11, 17, 18, 30 Tax-Deferred Annuities -April 4, 18, 30 –VALIC (1-800-892-55588 ext.89465) -April 11–TIAA-CREF (1-800-842-2004) -April 17- Fidelity (1-800-642-7161) Partners Information Systems will offer Microsoft Office 97 computer workshops for BWH employees throughout the spring at the Neville House. Visit the department’s web site at http://is.partners.org/training for schedules, course descriptions and online registration, or call 1-866-227-1085 for more information. Register early as classes fill up quickly. Call 724-1239 or e-mail asedlock@partners.org with any questions. April 2 Huntington Avenue Construction Huntington Avenue Beautification: Seek Alternate Routes Phase I of the Huntington Avenue Beautification Project’s construction process will begin in late March and will continue through August. All parking will be removed from Huntington Avenue, from Opera Place to Brigham Circle, during this time. The meters will be relocated to Parker Street (between Ruggles and Huntington) and Evans Way. For more information, call the MBTA at 222-4901. April 3, 4 and 5 Red Sox Ticket Sale Outside the Cafeteria April 3—7:30-8:30 a.m. and 3-4:30 p.m. April 4—7:30-8:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 3-4:30 p.m. April 5—7:30-8:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 3-4:30 p.m. Join your fellow BWHers at Fenway Park on Saturday, April 28 at 1:05 p.m. Cheer for the Red Sox as they take on the Royals. Tickets are $13 each for Outfield Grand-stand seats. Contact Jacqueline Ashby at x6584 for more information. Spring 2001 Computer Training Partners Information Systems will offer Microsoft Office 97 computer workshops for BWH employees throughout the spring at the Neville House. Visit the department’s web site at http://is.partners.org/training for schedules, course descriptions and online registration, or call 1-866-227-1085 for more information. Register early as classes fill up quickly. Call 724-1239 or e-mail asedlock@partners.org with any questions. April 5 Schwartz Center Rounds: Caring for Patients with Untreated Mental Illness and Advanced Ovarian Cancer 11:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m. Carrie Hall Conference Center April 9 ESL Classes For Health Care Professionals (Assessment) BWH is offering English skills improvement classes for employees who speak English as a second language. They will be held once a week for nine weeks beginning on April 16 (dates, times and location TBA). An assessment will be held on April 9, 2-4:30 p.m., in Environmental Services (located off of the Ground Pike, near Mail Services) to ensure that employees are placed in classes of an appropriate level. Employees must sign up for classes before attending the assessment. Call 525-3136 or e-mail dconlon@partners.org for more information or to register. April 11 Self Defense Workshop 6:30–8 p.m. Longwood Fitcorp Let SAFE's team of experienced Black Belt instructors teach you easy and effective self-defense strategies on. Free to all BWH employees. Space is limited. Call ext. 7111 for a reservation. April 17 Quality Rounds 12 –1 p.m. CWN L-1 Anesthesia Conference Room Presenter: David Bates, MD, chief of General Medicine April 20 Talking To Teens About Drugs 12-1 p.m. Thorn Conference Rm. Janice Kauffman, RN, MPH, CAS, director, Addiction Psychiatry Service, Psychiatry Department will facilitate this informative lunchtime seminar on approaching children about the sensitive topic of drug and alcohol use. This seminar will educate concerned adults on the types of drugs being used today and the best strategies for reaching children on this important issue. Participants should feel free to bring lunch. For more information, contact the EAP at 732-6017. April 26 Lunch with Matt Van Vranken 12-1 p.m. These meetings provide staff the opportunity to meet with the hospital’s chief operating officer for an open discussion on topics pertaining to BWH or health care in general. Space is limited to ten employees. All interested staff should contact Jacqueline Ashby at ext. 6584 or through e-mail jashby@partners.org April 27 5 Digit Dialing System BWH’s internal telephone dialing system will be converted from the current four-digit system to a five-digit system. As of April 27, extension on BWH’s main campus will be converted from four to five digits. The same change will apply to 850 Boylston and DFCI at later dates. To sign up for a training session, e-mail jbennett2@partners.org or call 724-1691. *The auto page numbers for BWH and DFCI are changing in preparation for the conversion described above. The BWH Paging System extensions of 333, 6987, 7777 and 7778 will convert to ext. 5700. The DFCI paging system number of 334 will convert to 617-632-2337. Please make note of these new numbers, as they are effective on April 2.