DEM Faculty Meeting - July 2011

Meeting Date: 
July 12, 2011 - 12:00
Meeting Location: 
1824 E. Elm St.
Present: 

Sam Keim, Dale Borgeson, Srikar Adhikari, Angelique Ferayorni, Al Fiorello, Uwe Stolz, Lori Stolz, Travis Jones, Richard Amini, Lisa Stoneking, Todd Alter, Mazda Shirazi, Toni Richardson, Stephanie Hollenbeck, Jessica Reed, Alice Min, Arthur Sanders, Kathy Hiller, Peggy Hatmaker, Rishi Goyal, Dan Beskind, Anna Waterbrook, Terry Valenzuela, John Guisto, Josh Gaither, Frank Walter, Kristi Grall

Agenda

  • Announcements
  • Financial Updates (Borgeson, Kellen)
  • Budget Updates (Borgeson, Hollenbeck)
  • Academic Affairs Updates (Keim)
  • Clinical Affairs Updates (Guisto, Shirazi)
  • Research Updates (Stolz)

Announcements:

  • New Positions

    • Medical Director UPHH ED ‚Äì Matt Berkman
    • Medical Director of  UMC Trauma Adult ‚Äì Josh Appel
    • Vice Head and Chief of Staff, UPHH ‚Äì Mazda Shirazi
    • Chair of Promotion and Tenure ‚Äì Frank Walter
      • All P&T and Annual Reviews will now be through him
    • Administrative Associate ‚Äì Jessica Reed
    • Faculty Development/ Web page content ‚Äì Paulette Pierce

  • UA News

    • UA Healthcare Board meeting this week to vote on interim CEO (who will be in place for at least a year)

Financial updates (Borgeson, Kellen)

  • UMC and UPH both exceeded target for gross charges and net collections in FY11
  • PowerPoint on coding and documentation pearls presented by Kelly Kellen  (see attached)

Budget updates (Borgeson, Hollenbeck)

  • UA Healthcare signed off on incentives and now waiting for the Dean‚Äôs approval
  • The budget has no clinical practice support so hospital approving a negative bottom line
    • This will have no negative impact on faculty salaries, incentives bonuses or Fund B
  • Both hospitals have approved a total of 14.5 FTE
    •  UPH- 3.5 FTE for ED fast track
      Another 3.5 FTE IF Urgent Care off-site 
  • UMC- back stop 3.5 FTE
    Approved 4 FTE to expand coverage
  • Renovating video conference room in building C

Academic Affairs report (Keim)

  • Clerkship

    • UMC- resident paired and presents to senior
    • UPH- resident presents to 2nd or 3rd year resident
    • 5 Core Medical Student Teaching Faculty (CMSTF)
      • If anyone wants to teach or has suggestions then let Kathy Hiller know

  • UMC Residents

    • Pharmacy not filling prescriptions written by interns because they do not have an NPI. Best if faculty writes prescriptions until interns receive their NPI.
    • Email hijacking has gotten worse and needs to be stopped as not professional

Clinical Affairs report (Guisto, Shirazi)

  • UPH Clinical

    • Working on getting Emergisoft software more user friendly
    • Goal: for residents to finish charting while working. Best if they sit after each patient and document.
    • Move Day August 17th for ED and August 18 for Urgent Care to Fast Track
      • Extra attendings (Mazda Shirazi and Matt Berkman) and 25 beds open.
      • Shirazi and Berkman will see patients in the old facility and new faculty will see patients in new ED.

  • UMC Clinical

    • Josh Appel is a new physician director
    • New faculty- temporary privileges had been signed off
    • Sunrise Clinical Manager Program ‚Äì Will be down for upgrade to version 5.5 from July 13 9am to July 14 5pm
    • Spring 2012 Schedule ‚Äì will go a few weeks in July FY 12-13

Research Division report (Stolz)

  • 3 grants have been submitted (Flu vaccines improving)
    • PI‚Äôs are: Kathy Hiller; Dan Spaite and Bentley Bobrow; Lisa Stoneking
Next Meeting: 
August 9, 2011 - 12:00
Sections: 
department