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**IMPORTANT** Phone Outage Affecting Mora

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6:45 a.m.

Good morning,

Our Mora phone system is up and functional.  Thank you for all of your help and patience during the outage!

8:00 p.m.

Good evening, we still do not have any updates from our carrier for the outage.  We will update as soon as information becomes available.

6:30 p.m.

Update on the Mora phone lines–

Our carrier is still working on the problem and we will update again at 8:00 p.m.

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This is posted on our public website and social media accounts

6:00 p.m.

Update on our Mora phone lines–

Our carrier is still working on the problem and we will update again at 6:30 p.m.

Again, If you need to reach us in Mora, please call either our Hinckley clinic  at 320-384-6189 or our Pine City clinic at 320-629-7505 as they are able to transfer back to a Mora extension.

Thank you for your continued patience!

 

**IMPORTANT** Phone Outage Affecting Mora – FirstLight Hospital And Clinics

5:00 p.m.

Update on our Mora phone lines–

We have received word from our carrier that they have crews out working on the issue.

If you need to reach us in Mora, please call either our Hinckley clinic  at 320-384-6189 or our Pine City clinic at 320-629-7505 as they are able to transfer back to a Mora extension.

Our next published update will be at 6:00 p.m.

 

This was just published on our internet and on our social media accounts.

If you are experiencing an emergency, please call 911

 3:45 p.m.

At this time, our phone lines in Mora are down, this affects the following numbers:

320-679-1212

320-679-1313

1-800-245-5671

  • Our carrier has informed us that this is impacting Mora and some of Cambridge and is due to some technical difficulties.  They have dispatched their technicians to investigate the issue.  It is unknown at this time about when the phone lines will be back up and operable.
  • Please call either our Hinckley clinic  at 320-384-6189 or our Pine City clinic at 320-629-7505 as they are able to transfer back to a Mora extension.

Our next published update will be at 5:00 p.m.

 

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Congratulations Beth Good!

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nurse-of-the-year-logoExcellence Matters!

Please take the time to congratulate Beth Good as she was the winning recipient of the Nurse of the Year award (Advanced Practitioner) from the March of Dimes last Friday morning.

Congrats Beth, you deserve this honor!

We will release a formal announcement to the papers and online when we receive it from the March of Dimes.

 

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Lab, Marketing

Employee Blood Draws

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EMPLOYEE BLOOD DRAWS!!!!

October 17 – 21 lab will offer a Basic Metabolic panel and a Lipid panel.  Employees are at no cost; a significant other may also be drawn for $15.00.

 Draws in Mora will be at the hospital lab between

0800 and 0930 Mon and Tues

0630 and 0930 Wed. and 730-0930 Thurs and Fri.

You should be fasting 8-12 hours for the Lipid panel. Drink water, take meds, but no food).

 PLEASE STOP BY THE HOSPITAL LAB TO SIGN UP FOR THE DAY YOU ARE PLANNING TO BE DRAWN.

 For folks that are only at Pine City or Hinckley that week, please arrange a time with the lab tech on-site to be drawn.  The samples will then be sent to the hospital for testing.

 As always, we will utilize the blood samples for instrument/reagent validation studies.

You will get a copy of your results and are responsible to forward them to your provider yourself.  They will not go automatically from the lab.

 

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Nurse of the Year Award

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We have some pretty amazing nurses that work at FirstLight, so amazing, that 3 were nominated for the Nurse of the Year Award presented by the March of Dimes.

Congratulations to Beth Good, Tracy Lucht and Janet Wilkinson on your nomination.

One nurse, Beth, made it to the top 5 and during tomorrow’s ceremony, the winner will be announced.

Official communication will be sent after the announcement.

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Hinckley Clinic supports Jag Homecoming!

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The Hinckley Chamber of Commerce sent out a contest to all businesses asking them to showcase their Jaguar pride for 2016’s homecoming celebrations.  Hinckley-Finlayson’s homecoming football game is Friday night, and they are currently 6-0.

Check it out the school spirit from FirstLight!  Great work, Hinckley Staff!

Businesses with the most Jaguar spirit (judged by the Camber) will receive a pizza lunch…

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National Healthcare Supply Chain Week

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Please take time this week to recoginze our department as we celebrate the wonderful job Melissa, Dawn, Jenny, Laura, Nicki & Jenna do for our organization.

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National Healthcare Supply Chain Week (SC Week) is October 2-8, and the theme is: Supply Chain: Leading Change. Advancing Healthcare. In today’s rapidly shifting healthcare landscape, hospitals and health systems are increasingly challenged to reduce costs and improve patient outcomes without sacrificing the quality of care. Supply chain professionals play a pivotal role in leading their organizations to meet these demands and continue to thrive amid changes.

 

Marketing, Pharmacy

American Pharmacists Month

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October is American Pharmacists Month!

“Know your pharmacist, know your medicine.”

 This month we encourage you to get to know your own pharmacist, and encourage your patients to do the same. Stay tuned throughout October for our informational emails as well as fun contests.

 Also, October 18th is National Pharmacy Technician Day!

This week we challenge you to make your own Emergency Medical ID card for  your wallet, which should include your personal information, emergency contacts, health conditions, allergies, and medications.  If you already have a medical ID card, update yours or make one for your spouse or children for this challenge.

  • If you would like to use a free website to help you make a card, please use THIS LINK.
  • If you would like to make your own card to save and update, a word document with a template is included as an attachment to this email.

Every person who makes an Emergency Medical ID card should send an email to our resident pharmacist Tina Larsen at clarsen@welia.org so that you can be entered into a drawing for some fun prizes. Complete this challenge before Monday October 10th to be entered.

 

Thank you for your continued support,

FirstLight Health System Pharmacy Department

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