In late February, Penn Medicine’s Heart and Vascular Center joined forces with the City of Philadelphia to wrap up American Heart Month by offering free cardiovascular screenings for city employees. The screenings, which included blood pressure screenings, cardiac risk assessments, peripheral vascular screening and abdominal aortic aneurysm screens, are preventive measures to detect early evidence of heart and blood vessel disease.
In addition to the screenings, Rosetta Lue, Chief Customer Service Officer and Deputy Managing Director for the City of Philadelphia, shared her personal story of overcoming a cardiovascular infection that led to heart failure — an experience which led her to become a heart health advocate.
Elsewhere at Penn Medicine, mid-March brought with it Patient Safety Awareness Week — which, at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, means a safety fair with presentations by units and departments from around the hospital, culminating in a loud and highly competitive game of Jeopardy among faculty and staff.
The Jeopardy questions were focused on identifying new safety net icons, proper incident reporting procedures, and the identification of PPMC’s quality, regulatory and safety officers, among other relevant topics. Team Jim, led by PPMC CNO Jim Ballinghoff, RN, MSN, MBA, won the match (see last photo).