1. CEO Report UWHC Authority Board
Donna M. Katen-Bahensky
President and CEO
April 7, 2010

2. EPIC Care Everywhere
Go Live March 29, 10:00 AM in ED for 4 month pilot
UWHC, UWMF, GHC, St. Mary’s Hospital, Dean Clinic, Meriter Hospital
65 patient records transferred to our Urgent Care Centers and UWHC ED, 122 patient records transferred out within 1st 30 hours
Sample impact: avoidance of repeat ultrasound and controlled substance renewal

3. Wisconsin Donor Registry
Secure, online database
Wisconsin citizens authorize consent for organ, tissue and eye donation
Donation experts
Register at YesIWillWisconsin.com
Wisconsin has a new online Donor Registry which makes it easier than ever to authorize organ, tissue and eye donation.
The Registry, launched by the State Department of Health Services, will help reduce the number of children and adults who are waiting for a life-saving or life-changing transplant in Wisconsin
.• People with an orange donor dot on their license or state I.D. should still sign up. Register online at YesIWillWisconsin.com or at the Department of Transportation/Division of Motor Vehicles when you renew your license or ID. Anyone older than age 15½ can register.
• The Registry is easy to use and takes only minutes to complete. It makes a legal record of anatomical gift and authorizes donation
• Donation professionals have access to those decisions, which saves valuable time.
• There are still 1,500 people on waiting lists for organ donations in Wisconsin. Hundreds are waiting for a cornea transplant to restore their sight. Thousands more wait for the chance to live without pain through a bone or soft tissue transplant.

4. Organ & Bone Marrow Donation
UWHC and UWMF commit to paid time-off for staff who donate organs and bone marrow
1 month for organ donation
1 week for bone marrow donation
Policy development underway for non-represented staff
Discussion with unions for similar benefit for represented staff
UW Hospital and Clinics and UW Medical Foundation will offer our non-represented staff paid time off donating organs. UW Hospital and Clinics also intends to discuss a similar benefit for represented employees with its unions.
Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for our employees to make this life-saving gift, should the need arise.
Transplant experts tell us that kidneys and livers from living donors have a higher rate of transplant success and last longer than organs from deceased donors, but living organ donations dipped more than 15 percent last year.
This benefit aims to remove the barrier of lost work income during preparation and post-surgical recovery related to organ donation.
Details of the UWMF and UWHC organ-donation leave policies will be finalized and communicated in the coming months.

5. Match Day UW School of Medicine and Public Health
140 graduates matched
50 of these graduates will serve in primary care
UW Hospital and Clinics Graduate Medical Education Program
All 107 positions matched
Residencies begin in June
Match Day was held across the nation on Thursday, March 18 and at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, 140 fourth year medical students learned their MATCH.
About 36 percent will serve in primary care and 18 grads will be assigned to UW Hospital and Clinics or another UW Health facility through our Graduate Medical Education Program. Of the 107 Open Positions GME had a 105 Match during match day. Residencies begin in June.

6. Philanthropic Activities
Friends Dare to Dream Gala
Fire & Ice
Dance Marathon
Go Fish
Art Zoobilee

7. Appointments
Mike Sauk appointed to CIO Executive Steering Committee of the University HealthSystem Consortium
Mark Kirschbaum named co-chair of the Legal and Policy Committee of the WIRED for Health Board (Wisconsin Relay of Electronic Data for Health)
Jan Bultema elected Chair of the Health Care Workforce Alliance
Jeff Grossman, MD, serves on WIRED for Health Board
UWHC Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) Mike Sauk has been appointed to the CIO Executive Steering Committee of the University HealthSystem Consortium. The committee brings together top IT executives from the nation's academic medical centers. Tthe group's purpose is to guide UHC and its member health care organizations regarding policy and operational issues in adoption of new technologies to improve patient care, safety and overall organizational performance.
You may have heard about the eHealth Board created by Governor Doyle at the end of last year. The Wisconsin Relay of Electronic Data or (WIRED) for Health Board is chared with developing plans for a statewide health information exchange by June 1, Mark Kirschbaum was named to one of the committees supporting wired, as the co-chair of the Legal and Policy Committee. In addition, Dr. Grossman, President and CEO of UWMF is on the WIRED Health Board.

8. Recognition UHC 2010 Supply Chain Performance Excellence Collaborative
Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute Rx Benefit Innovation Award to Unity Health Insurance
ADA Education Recognition to Diabetes Self-Management Program
AHA Fit Friendly Gold Designation
YWCA Women of Distinction Award to Carola Gaines
The American Diabetes Association has given our Diabetes Self-Management Program is Education Recognition. This recognition assures that UWHC has met the national standards for diabetes self-management education programs. 
Not only is this a cornerstone of care for patients with diabetes involving them in reaching their own goals, but it also has a direct impact on health outcomes.