U-Dub Med 101
This is UW Medicine's mission.
What is "To improve the health of the public"?
This acronym is the electronic system that stores a patient’s medical history, diagnoses, medications, and treatment plans
What is EHR?
This person is currently the interim AVP of UW Medicine HR.
Pranika Laing
UW Medicine partners with this outside company to administer the Workforce Survey and provide benchmark comparisons with other organizations.
What is Press Ganey?
This orientation program helps new UW Medicine leaders navigate their first 90 days with confidence.
What is New Leader Pathway (NLP)?
This is the year that Northwest Hospital merged with UWMC.
What is 2020?
This acronym refers to patient privacy law that protects medical records and health information.
What is HIPAA?
The title refers to the senior leader responsible for overseeing patient safety, clinical effectiveness, and performance improvement efforts across the system.
What is Chief Quality Officer? (Adam Parcher)
This WFS index measures the relationship between a leader and their direct reports.
What is Leader Index?
This program is offered at least 24 times a year.
What is NEO?
This is the only level 1 adult and pediatric trauma center in Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho.
What is Harborview Medical Center?
This acronym is used for the unit that provides monitoring and treatment for the most critically ill patients.
What is the ICU?
This is the governing board responsible for overseeing the entire University of Washington, including UW Medicine.
What is the UW Board of Regents?
This is the minimum number of employee responses needed for a leader to receive a Workforce Survey report, to protect confidentiality.
What is 5
This platform, offered free to UW Medicine employees, allows learners to create personalized learning paths and track progress in topics from Excel to Emotional Intelligence.
What is LinkedIn Learning?
This is the number of stations that Airlift Northwest has.
What is eight?
This acronym is used for the federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid.
What is CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)?
This title refers to the senior leader responsible for all nursing practice across a hospital and is a key OD&T customer.
What is the Chief Nursing Officer?
These survey items are statistically shown to influence engagement the most.
What are key drivers?
This program teaches leaders how focusing on just a few key strengths can dramatically improve their overall effectiveness.
What is Extraordinary Leader?
This was the original name of UWMC.
What is University Hospital?
This acronym refers to advanced-level nurses, such as nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, and nurse anesthetists.
What is APRN (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse)?
True or False: Hospital presidents report to the CEO of Hospitals & Clinics, who reports to the UW Medicine President.
What is False? (Hospital CEOs report to the President of Hospitals & Clinics, who reports to the CEO of UW Medicine.)
For 2025, UW Medicine set this percentage as the goal for Workforce Survey participation.
What is 78%?
This is the best team at UW Medicine and UW.
What is OD&T?