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PIE Awards Ceremony, Feb. 19 The annual Partners in Excellence (PIE) Awards will be held Feb. 19, at 2 p.m., in the Cabot Atrium. The event honors award recipients from BWH, the Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization and Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center.
ICD-10 Implementation The clock is ticking toward the deadline for a compliance mandate called ICD-10-the 10th version of the International Classification of Diseases, which mandates the codes used to define patient diagnosis at BWHC and beyond. Though the codes are used primarily for reimbursement purposes, the changes will impact staff across the enterprise. In the next eight months, the ICD-10 BWHC Project Team will prepare those impacted by ICD-10 through education and training. To learn more about the ICD-10 project, visit BWHPikeNotes.org. Contact bwhcicd10@partners.org with questions.
Brookside Patient Openings Brookside Community Health Center, one of BWH's two community health centers, is accepting new adult medicine, OB and pediatric patients. To make an appointment, call 617-522-4700.
Women's Health Summit, March 3 On March 3, BWH President Betsy Nabel, MD, and Paula Johnson, MD, MPH, executive director of the Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology at BWH, will host a national summit on women's health to address gender inequity in biomedical research. Johnson recently spoke at TEDWomen 2013, setting the stage for changing the course of women's health by advocating for the application of a gender-based lens to all diseases to improve health for both women and men. Watch her TED talk. The summit will be webcast. Stay tuned for more details.
Workplace Wellness Researchers from the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute will be conducting focus groups to hear BWH employees' thoughts and ideas about workplace wellness programs. The groups will meet onsite at BWH, and participants will be compensated with $25 cash and a light meal as a token of appreciation for one hour of their time. Groups will primarily be held during the lunch and early evening hours. To learn more or sign up, contact Paul Werth at paul_werth@harvardpilgrim.org or 617-509-9972.
Next Issue of BWH Bulletin As a result of the Presidents Day holiday, the next issue of BWH Bulletin will hit stands Friday, Feb. 28. Stay tuned to BWHPikeNotes.org for the latest news.