Getting Started -- Your 1st Day on the Job
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Getting Acclimated – Your 1st Month on the Job
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The practice of medicine is a business; it is your chosen profession whatever the specialty or level of degree. Each department or specialty has their own set of rules and policies with regard to your clinical responsibilities. For guidelines and instruction on policy regarding your medical practice or clinical responsibilities you should consult your chair.
This portion of the Orientation is an overview of the basic organizations on campus.
Kirk Benson, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and KUPI President
www.kumc.edu/som/benson.html
(913) 588-6670
kbenson@kumc.edu
Kansas University Physicians, Inc. (KUPI), was incorporated as a not for profit corporation in 1996. The corporation was organized to assist the University Of Kansas School Of Medicine and its clinical faculty achieve their teaching, research, and patient care missions. The KUPI organization is comprised of 280 physicians and was originally designed to create a practice model that would put a single face on the physician practice at Kansas University Medical Center. Primary goals of KUPI included the provision of shared administrative services that support the clinical practice including billing, accounting, planning, managed care, and other business functions, and developing necessary group-wide clinical practice policies, services, and systems.
It has been the vision of the organization to ensure the clinical practice provides an adequate and diverse patient base for both education and clinical research, and delivers patient care services that are competitive, comprehensive, and coordinated. KUPI maintains a formal relationship to the University and School of Medicine (SOM) through an Affiliation Agreement, and then to each clinical foundation/department through a professional services agreement (PSA). The contractual relationship of the University to the Foundations is through KUPI via KUPI’s PSA with each foundation. The KUPI Board of Directors is comprised of 10 voting members. The voting members include the President, 3 Clinical Chairs who are elected by the Clinical Chairs Council, and 6 at large faculty who serve staggered 3 year terms. Of the six at large directors, two are elected from the medically oriented departments, two from the surgically oriented departments, and two from the hospital based departments. The officers on the KUPI board of directors are: Kirk Benson, MD, president; William Gabrielli, MD, vice president; Doug Girod, MD, treasurer; and Lowell Tilzer, MD, secretary. Shelley Gebar is the chief operations officer of KUPI, and James Albertson is the chief financial officer.
Bob Page
President & Chief Executive Officer
Hospital Executive Offices
1215 KU Hospital
Mail Stop 3011
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160-7200
(913) 588-1270
bpage@kumc.edu
Bob Page, senior vice president and chief operating officer at The University of Kansas Hospital succeeded Irene Cumming as president and chief executive officer March, 2007.
The University of Kansas Hospital is a constantly growing facility with 508 staffed beds, serving nearly 21,000 inpatients annually. The Hospital is committed to serving as a health care resource for people, physicians and hospitals throughout the region now and into the future. While a 2007 U.S. News & World Report article specifically ranks our heart care and heart surgery program as 30th in the nation among 5,462 hospitals, the ranking reflects the overall exceptional efforts put forth by our entire staff. Our mortality, quality measures and record-setting patient satisfaction scores across the board place us among the nation’s best.
In 2006, we opened the $77 million Center for Advanced Heart Care. This year, there are several major construction and renovation initiatives designed to improve patient care and expand resources. One of the most exciting is the 55,000 square foot outpatient Cancer Center and Medical Pavilion on our Westwood Campus.
We will continue to achieve success at the University of Kansas Hospital by following a simple formula: put the needs of our patients first. Join us in that focus, as we continue to create an environment that fosters teamwork and partnerships between our Hospital and Medical Staffs to provide the safest and highest-quality patient care.
Lee Norman, MD, MHS, MBA
Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Hospital Executive Offices
1215 KU Hospital
Mail Stop 3011
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160-7200
(913) 588-1108
lnorman@kumc.edu
Welcome to the University of Kansas Hospital! As the chief medical officer on the hospital executive team, I look forward to working with you on clinical quality and patient safety initiatives and to help you in your practice, teaching and educational pursuits. On a personal note, I look forward to meeting you, and to help you become successful in the important work you do. Once you get settled in, please feel free to contact me at 913-588-2909 to schedule a brief meeting so that we can get to know each other. I am committed to your success at the University of Kansas Hospital.
Maps and Directions
Lost? Go to http://www.kumed.com/default.aspx?id=877 for maps and floor diagrams of the medical center that can be printed or simply reviewed on line to help you become oriented to our massive facility or maze.
The link will also give you directions to our other locations and their services, such as these two:
Medical Services
At The University of Kansas Hospital, you'll find physicians representing more than 200 medical specialties and services, offering the latest procedures and a continuous network of care. As the region's premier academic medical center, our unique combination of research, education and compassion makes this outstanding level of care possible.
For the list of our departments and their specialties, as posted on our website for patients and referring physicians, go to http://www.kumed.com/default.aspx?id=1209
Physician Directory
Find consulting and referring physicians and request a call-back from Referral Services. To see how outside physicians find our physicians (off the web) go to http://referral.kumed.com
Physician Relations Team
The University of Kansas Hospital is dedicated to building and retaining successful, long-term relationships with physicians in the region. To facilitate these relationships, our Physician Relations Team maintains regular contact with community physicians in the Kansas City metropolitan area and several rural counties. To find out more go to http://www.kumed.com/default.aspx?id=1799
Referral & Consultation
Outside physicians can refer a patient or consult with a University of Kansas Hospital physician in any department. For more details go to http://www.kumed.com/default.aspx?id=683
Transfer Center
It takes just one call to transfer a patient to The University of Kansas Hospital. 1(877)738-7286 For more specific details you can refer outside physicians or patients, go to http://www.kumed.com/default.aspx?id=684
Formulary
See http://www.formularyproductions.com/kumc for information and links regarding but not limited to:
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