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Faculty and Staff Information University of Missouri's mission is to provide education, research and service to the residents of Missouri. This page offers online tools and information to help faculty and staff accomplish their goals. Employees Invited to Participate in Town Hall Meetings Harold Williamson Jr., MD, interim vice chancellor for health sciences, will host town hall meetings for employees on Monday, Nov. 24. Williamson will give a short presentation on the health system’s strategic plan and facilities plan and then open the meeting to questions from employees during a question-and-answer session. All health system faculty and staff at the School of Health Professions, School of Medicine, Sinclair School of Nursing, University Physicians and University of Missouri Health Care are invited to attend. The town hall meetings will be held in Acuff Auditorium, MA217, from: The meetings also will be broadcast via telehealth to: Jeans on Fridays’ Stickers Sale to Benefit United Way University of Missouri Health Care employees may purchase “Jeans on Fridays” stickers in support of the United Way’s Live United Week through Friday, Nov. 21. The stickers cost $20 and benefit the United Way. With “Jeans on Fridays” stickers and approval from supervisors, employees may wear jeans on each Friday through the end of 2008. To purchase stickers, please contact Marjorie Matzes-Thies, MHA, administrative fellow, at matzesm@health.missouri.edu . Ellis Fischel Gift Shop Customer Appreciation Sale Ellis Fischel Cancer Center’s Four Seasons Gift Shop will hold a 5-day customer appreciation sale November 20, 21 and 24 through 26. During the sale, customers will receive a 30 percent discount on one item and 20 percent discounts on additional items. Some exclusions apply. Additionally, Thanksgiving merchandise is 50 percent off while supplies last. University Hospital auxiliary to host jewelry sale University Hospital’s Service League Auxiliary will host a $5 jewelry sale from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, in the hospital’s main lobby. For more information, please contact Volunteer Services at (573) 882-4714. Proceeds from the Service League Auxiliary benefit University Hospital patient initiatives, such as a hyperbaric chamber and bed lifts that the organization will purchase for the hospital. T-shirt sale to benefit United Way University of Missouri Health Care employees may purchase United Way “Live United” T-shirts for $10 each. The sales will benefit the United Way and its 31 member agencies in mid-Missouri. For more information, please contact your United Way unit chair Marjorie Matzes-Thies, MHA, at matzesm@health.missouri.edu . Virginia Avenue Phase I Construction Completed On Nov. 17, construction was completed on Phase I of the project to extend Virginia Avenue south of Hospital Drive. The Virginia Avenue extension now provides entrances into the CG-1 parking lot. Upon completion of Phase II of the Virginia Avenue extension project, the road will connect to Monk Drive and provide entrances and exits for the new parking garage being built near University Hospital. Phase II of the Virginia Avenue extension project is scheduled to be completed in August 2009. Shuttle Route Changed with Opening of Virginia Avenue Extension The University Hospital employee shuttle has begun running a new route since the opening of the Virginia Avenue extension on Nov. 17. The shuttle, which transports employees from the CG-1 parking lot at Hospital Drive and College Avenue to University Hospital and University Physicians Medical Building, will continue to pick up and drop off employees in the CG-1 parking lot. The shuttle will drop off and pick up employees near the intersection of Hitt Street and Hospital Drive, at the entrances to the University Hospital patient garage and the UPMB entrance tunnel. It will also pick up and drop off employees at shuttle stops B, C, D and E in the CG-1 parking lot The route is run from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays year-round, except for the health system's paid holidays. The route is run at least five times per hour, approximately every 10 minutes. To assure pedestrian safety, the shuttle will pick up passengers only at designated bus stops. To see a map of the shuttle route, please visit www.muhealth.org/construction/employees.shtml. 
We invite you visit www.muhealth.org/worldclass to preview our new print, radio and television spots about University of Missouri Health Care's world-class technology and care for patients. As a result, we can more accurately diagnose and treat patients to get them home sooner. Beginning Monday, Nov. 10, watch the commercial on all Columbia TV network stations and select cable stations; listen to the radio commercial on KBXR, KCLR, KFRU, KPLA, KSSZ and KXTY; and view the print ad in the Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia Home and Lifestyle Magazine, the Columbia Missourian, Mizzou Weekly and Inside Columbia Magazine. Fit for Life Orientation Session The next free orientation session about the employee wellness exercise program at Fit for Life will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, at University Hospital, Room GL-20. To use the Fit for Life facilities, employees are required to attend an orientation, sign a consent form and pay $20 per month. It is an unsupervised program that provides hospital employees a convenient place to exercise. For more information, please contact Fit for Life at (573) 882-4283. Healthy for Life Unveils Web Site Healthy for Life, the T.E. Atkins University of Missouri Wellness Program, recently introduced its new Web site. The wellness Web site includes information on wellness events, discounts, programs and classes, in addition to employee wellness success stories and other information. To view the site, please visit www.umsystem.edu/ums/curators/wellness/ ‘While You Work Car Service’ for Employees Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 18, a new program, “While You Work Car Service,” will be offered to University of Missouri Health Care physicians and staff. The service will be provided by University Garage, a subdivision of Lee’s Tire Company and full-service automotive service center located adjacent to the MU campus at 916 Champions Drive. The service offers a variety of packages. The service is available: To request car service, please visit the University Garage Web site at www.universitygarage.com/ and click on the University of Missouri Health Care logo in the lower left corner. Employees must complete the request form by Sunday before service. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the employee the following Monday, before service. On the day of service, Columbia Regional Hospital and University Hospital employees must drop their cars off with a valet at the front entrance to their facilities. The car will be tagged for service and driven to the valet parking lot. After car service is completed, University Garage will contact the employee to explain the fee due. The employees’ cars then will be returned to the valet lot and be available until 5 p.m. for retrieval by a valet attendant. Employees at Ellis Fischel and Quarterdeck will be contacted by University Garage by phone and arrangements for pickup and delivery of the vehicle will be made. For automotive questions or inquiries, please contact Troy Doolady, University Garage manager, at (573) 882-3251. For other questions, please contact Hospitality Services at (573) 882-8220. Employee Flu Shots Protect yourself. Protect your patients. Protect your family. University of Missouri Health Care’s Staff Health office encourages employees to receive flu shots. Free immunization is available for employees and volunteers of the health system and faculty, staff and students of the MU School of Health Professions, School of Medicine and Sinclair School of Nursing. After Monday, Nov. 3, flu shots will be administered on a first-come, first-served basis at University Hospital’s Staff Health office, Room GL-12, during regular hours and while supplies last. Please wear a short-sleeve shirt to allow access to the upper arm. Hospital entrance through mental health center to close The first-floor entrance to University Hospital, which connects through Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, will permanently close Monday, Aug. 11. The closing will be made to accommodate increased security at the mental health center. Employees may enter and exit through the ground floor, directly below the closed entrance. The entrance connects to the ground floor of the Maryland Avenue Parking Garage and will be open between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. each day. Employees may swipe their ID badges to gain access when the door is locked after hours. Employees also may use the first floor entrance of the Clinical Support and Education Building. It will be open between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays, and employees may swipe their ID badges to gain access after hours. Clinical Support and Education Building opens University of Missouri Health Care employees began moving into the new Clinical Support and Education Building the first week of April. The building is located between Maryland Avenue Garage and University Hospital and is connected to University Hospital and the MU School of Medicine. The health system occupies the ground, first and second floors of the new building. The remaining third through seventh floors will be occupied by the School of Medicine. Health system occupants in the building include the Medical Records Department, health system administration, distribution services, emergency management and some support services staff. Click here to view the layout and occupants of the building
University of Missouri Health Care’s annual report is produced by the Department of Public Relations and Marketing. If you have questions or suggestions concerning this publication, please call (573) 882-5818 or e-mail hasnerv@health.missouri.edu. 2007 Annual Report | 2006-2007 Annual Report Family Medicine radio campaign debuts A new radio advertising campaign for University Physicians Family Medicine recently began running on radio stations in central Missouri. Click below to listen to the radio spots or visit www.muhealth.org/familymedicine . Radio stations airing ads include: 900 AM, KFAL; 1300 AM, KMMO; 99.1 FM, KCLR; 100.5 FM, KKCA; 101.5 FM, KPLA; 102.3 FM, KBXR; 104.7 FM, KRES; 106.1 FM, KOQL; 107.1 FM, KTXY. A print ad featuring family medicine physician Michael LeFevre, M.D., with Mindy Cherrington, supervisor of the cardiac intensive care unit, and her family will also be introduced in April in mid-Missouri newspapers, including the Columbia Daily Tribune and Columbia Missourian. To make an appointment, please call University Physicians Family Medicine at (573) 817-3550. Severe weather season The severe weather season is quickly approaching in Mid-Missouri and University of Missouri Health Care must be prepared to respond to these types of events to protect the health and safety of our staff, patients, and visitors. Please refer to the gold “Safety & Emergency Management Reference Manual” to review our Code Yellow response plan or go online to the “My Apps” public directory and click on the gold “Emergency Management Manual’ icon. University Hospital EMR training and support room opens On Monday, March 3, University Hospital will open a new electronic medical record training and support room, located at 1W-08. Two staff members will be available in the room from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to provide individual or small-group assistance. The staff members are from University of Missouri Health Care’s Center for Education and Development and the Integrated Technology Services Department’s Clinical Applications Support group. The room is being introduced to improve training and support resources in response to physician surveys. “The introduction of the training and support room is about making sure that we do our best to train physicians and staff on a beneficial but complex tool,” said George Carr, chief information officer. “If you are having difficulty or would like to learn more about the system, come by and give us a chance to help.” For training or assistance with electronic medical record, please visit the training and support room or call the Center for Education and Development to make an appointment at (573) 882-4161, or call ITS for assistance at (573) 884-HELP (4357). Shuttle transports staff from CG-1 to University Hospital To allow more people to use the employee parking shuttle, the shuttle route has been changed and an additional stop has been added. The shuttle transports employees from CG-1 parking lot at Hospital Drive and College Avenue to University Hospital. The route is run from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on weekdays year-round, except for on the health system’s paid holidays. Four bus stops are now available, and two of the stops currently have shelters. The route is run at least five times per hour, approximately every 10 minutes. Additional changes to the shuttle route will be made as shuttle stops are added. To assure pedestrian safety, the shuttle will pick up passengers only at designated bus stops. Passengers will be dropped off at University Hospital’s circle drive, and if requested, passengers may also be dropped off at University Physicians Medical Building. To see a map of the shuttle route, please visit www.muhealth.org/construction/employees.shtml Gainor sells CDs to benefit Children’s Hospital Gainor and Friends is a bluegrass group that features Barry Gainor, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon at University of Missouri Health Care. Gainor is fundraising for Children’s Hospital by selling his compact disc, “Bonesetter’s Best and Bonuses,” at the orthopaedic clinic front desk in University Hospital. More than $8,000 has been raised for Children’s Hospital through Gainor’s music. The CD costs $18 and checks can be made payable to MU Children’s Hospital. To purchase the CD by mail, please send checks to Barry Gainor, M.D., at 1030 Bourn Ave., Columbia, MO, 65203, and add $3 for shipping. Click here for video clips from performances. New medical insurance administrator announced Beginning Jan. 1, 2008, the medical insurance administrator for the University of Missouri Medical Choice Plus POS Program will become Coventry Health Care. Coventry Health Care is a major national insurer and administrator of health care plans. Along with this change in administrators, there will be a name change for the program. The new name will be University of Missouri Choice Health Care Program (UM Choice Program). Coventry will replace UnitedHealthcare as the administrator and will provide customer service, claims payment and administrative services for the UM Choice Program. Since this program is self-insured by UM, this change in administrators will have no impact on the benefits available through the program. Likewise, there will be no change to prescription drug services with Express-Scripts. Because of the breadth of Coventry’s network, there will be minimal physician and patient disruption. For a list of providers in the Coventry network, faculty and staff may visit a dedicated UM Coventry Web site, http://www.UMMEDCVTY.com. Additional information on this change will be provided in upcoming months, including a mailing from Coventry Health Care with a form for members to complete if they have a medical condition will need a transition of care from UnitedHealthcare to Coventry Health Care. In the next few weeks, as information becomes available, there will be a section on the University of Missouri-Columbia benefits Web site with news posted. Dry cleaning and laundry service University of Missouri Health Care’s Hospitality Services program, in conjunction with Tiger Cleaners, will offer dry cleaning and laundry service for employees. Laundry will be picked up and delivered directly to employees’ work areas at any UMHC facility or clinic in Columbia. Tiger Cleaners representatives will pick up dirty laundry Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week, and deliver clean laundry the following day they are at the facility. However, laundry picked up on Friday will be returned the following Wednesday. To participate in the program, please call the dry cleaning and laundry service line at (573) 884-SOAP (7627), and leave a message. Employees must include their phone numbers, office locations and the items requested to be cleaned. The next business day, a Tiger Cleaners representative will come directly to employees’ work areas to pick up the items. Employees must also provide a completed enrollment form to the representative on the first visit. Employees participating in the program will receive one gold and black laundry bag at no cost. Additional bags will be available for a small fee. A full price list will be included with the bag. Tiger Cleaners will send bills directly to employees’ places of residence on a monthly basis. For more information, please contact Sarah Knoerr, coordinator of employee services and operations improvement, at (573) 884-0157 or knoerrs@health.missouri.edu. Counseling services available to employees University of Missouri Health Care employees have help available when they are feeling overwhelmed with the problems they face in life. MU’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides confidential, professional service to all employees, their families and organizational work units at no cost. The EAP is available for faculty, staff and their family members to receive or locate help with personal or professional problems. The program also assists work units in the organization with identification and improvement of quality and productivity. Services include screenings and referrals, problem solving, crisis intervention, consultations and workshops. For more information, please contact James Hunter at (573) 882-6701. Lose weight with co-workers Weekly Weight Watchers At Work meetings are held at noon on Thursdays at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center in Room 707A, and at noon on Fridays in the Medical Sciences Building, Room 306O. The cost is $144 for three months. The Thomas Atkins UM Wellness Program will refund benefit-eligible health system employees 25 percent of the enrollment cost after employees complete the session. If your workplace does not yet have a Weight Watchers at Work program and you have 15 individuals willing to enroll, the wellness program can help you start a new meeting. For more information, please contact the wellness program at 573/882-6258 or wellness@umsystem.edu. Massage therapy for faculty and staff Membership discounts available at The Health Connection The Health Connection offers membership discounts to University of Missouri-Columbia and Stephens College employees and retirees. Take advantage of the great rates while getting in shape for spring. The facility is located in Hillcrest Hall at 1507 E. Broadway on the Stephens College campus. Free parking is available to all members. For more information, please call The Health Connection at (573) 882-1718. Paging system available online Benefits of the paging Web site include:
To use the paging system, visit https://umhc-sdc01.umh.edu/paging/default.asp. Pages can also be made by clicking the UMHC paging icon on the MyApps page at https://myapps.umh.edu/. For more information, please contact David Baughman, assistant manager of telecommunications, at (573) 884-0732 or baughmand@health.missouri.edu. Smoking-cessation course Freedom From Smoking classes cost $50 for participants who are not University of Missouri Health Care employees. There is no charge to University of Missouri Health Care employees and their immediate family members who complete the class. A minimum of five participants is required to begin classes. University of Missouri Health Care employees are eligible for one month of nicotine replacement treatment at no cost and are eligible for medication to assist with nicotine cravings with the co-payment waived, courtesy of the University of Missouri Wellness Initiative. For more information, please call Fit for Life at 573/882-4283. Staff Health offers cholesterol and glucose testing Staff Health is offering employees an optional blood glucose and cholesterol/lipid profile screening at the time of their annual visit, free of charge. To participate in the additional service, please do not eat or drink anything except water for nine hours prior to screening. The Staff Health office is located on the ground floor of University Hospital, Room GL-12. Office hours are 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursdays. For more information, please call Staff Health at (573) 882-2294.
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