Connect Newsletter
Aug. 26, 2025 |
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 IMPORTANT: Parking Impacted Near Emergency Department This Week
Patient and family parking in the Emergency Department will be limited due to construction on Sixth Avenue starting Aug. 28-31. It was previously scheduled to start on Aug. 26. The Physician parking garage entrance and exit will be available; however, the garage exit onto Sixth Avenue will be blocked. Please be attentive when crossing busy streets. Traffic has increased and we want to make sure everyone is safe. Detours within the garage will direct vehicles to turn around and go back through the physician parking area to exit via the entrance. Signage will be placed for direction and gates will be maintained up during this time. Please use extra care when entering the physician parking area as vehicles will be exiting as well. Please allow extra time for your commute and plan ahead to ensure you arrive for your shift on time. To ensure you know the most current traffic updates, please bookmark this page. Thank you for your patience. |
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 Celebrate during Our Last week of Well-being Month
Speaker Series- Your Well-being, Your Path
- Join Leadership Coaches Kim Hampton and Jeremy Jameson for an interactive session to explore your personal well-being and identify opportunities for meaningful change.
- Thursday, Aug. 28 from 2 p.m.- 3 p.m. In-person/Decker Boardroom register here.
- Click the title of our other sessions to watch at your convenience:
Well-being Classes:- Health & Stress Management: Emotions & Well-being
- Vitamin Zzzzz: Getting the Rest You Need
- Vitamin BE: Using Mindfullness and Responding to the Present Moment
The Calmont Office Building will host their Beat the Heat event on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Click here to learn how off-site and fully remote teams can get funds to host their Beat the Heat Treat event this month. Don't forget to finish your Well-being Bingo card sign up for Personify Health to enter to win gift cards! Go to the Well-being page on CookNet for more details. |
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 Employee Relations Popups Updates will visit Burleson Primary Care
Our Employee Relations Team will visit with the Burleson Primary Care at 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Aug. 28. POPUPs are designed to IMPACT (Interactive Meetings Promoting Accountability, Communication and Trust) between “YOU” and human resources. We know your busy schedules don’t always allow you to give us a call or send an email to ask your questions, therefore, we’re coming to you! This is your opportunity to engage in conversations with human resources, ask questions and spin the wheel to win Cook Children's Swag. We look forward to seeing you! |
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 Learn More About Patient Safety
Are you looking to learn more about patient safety and how to strengthen our patient safety culture? Join us for the Solutions for Patient Safety 2025 Virtual Learning Series. These webinars are a great way for those passionate about safety to learn more about current and future work related to improving the health of every child. Click here to sign up for the upcoming virtual session happening from 11-12:30 p.m. on Aug. 27. The graphic shows Eastern Time. Cook Children's goal is to provide the highest quality patient care, in the safest possible environment, where the best possible outcomes are our top priority. To maintain our culture of safety, we focus on quality initiatives to ensure we're providing medication safety, environmental safety and more in a collaborative approach. Learn more on the Patient Safety CookNet page. |
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 Reminder: Don’t Use Epic for Personal Reasons
Our policies prohibit employees from accessing anyone’s medical records if there is not a legitimate, work-related reason for doing it. This includes celebrities, your neighbor, yourself, and even your own child. Here is some key language from CC 730, titled “Protected Patient Health Information:" - Employees are not authorized to access or release medical records or PHI belonging to their own children, themselves, family members, other employees, friends, or neighbors. Employees who need to view or obtain copies of their own or their children’s medical records will follow the same release of information process as non-employees.
The Information Security Department operates a program that can tell when someone has accessed a medical record that they shouldn’t have. It’s called Protenus. When Protenus flags an incident, Information Security, Compliance, and Employee Relations cooperate to do an investigation. If it is found to be a violation, HIPAA and our policies require some type of disciplinary action to be taken. Even if you have the best intentions, HIPAA is very clear and strict in this regard, and exceptions are not made. |
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 Photos from Prosper's Beat the Heat
Catch our inside scoop of our Beat the Heat event at Medical Center-Prosper. We got to see lots of lovely faces and eat delicious ice cream to celebrate Well-being month. Click here to view our photos. If you attend the Beat the Heat events at our other locations, including remotely, please take photos and send them to teamexperience@cookchildrens.org. |
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 Happy National Dog Day to our Facility Dogs!
We want to give a special shoutout to our amazing facility dogs who make our system a brighter place! - Brienne
- Cayenne
- Margo
- Neely
- Steve
- Zuni
You can support our Facility Dog program by purchasing items off their Amazon wish list or visit Sit…Stay…PLAY to learn more. To see more cute photos of our amazing dogs follow @sitstayplay_cc on Instagram! |
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 Our Pet-scription for Happiness
Speaking of dogs, we have another video showcasing all the dogs and other pets who make us better humans. We love seeing the photos of pets that have been submitted by you, Cook Children's employees. We will be posting these videos periodically, so if you do not see your pet right away, they will be showcased in a later video. Help us show some love to our furry friends at home. Click here for this week's video *We are no longer taking submissions. Please continue to keep an eye out for our newsletters for the next video submission. |
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