Health Care Week is May 9-15!
What’s in store for Health Care Week? We’re glad you asked! Throughout the week, we’ll be highlighting the mission, vision and values and having good food and even greater fun with our specially planned events!
Organization-wide event
Themed dress-up days
- Monday — Wear green for Mental Health Awareness Month
- Tuesday — Super Hero Day (Your UofL Health superhero T-shirt would be a great choice! For those in clinical areas, please adhere to uniform standards)
- Wednesday — Crazy Sock Day
- Thursday — Wacky Hair Day
- Friday — Spirit Day (Wear your UofL Health gear!)
Is your closet missing UofL Health apparel? Check out our team store at UofLHealthGear.com to order yours today!
Lunch on us
For those in a hospital setting or on a hospital campus, you should receive a meal voucher from your manager. This is a one-time use voucher worth $10 that can be used in your facility’s cafeteria. The meal voucher is good from May 9-23. All those working within hospitals are eligible to use this meal voucher.
For team members located in our medical centers, outlying clinics or corporate buildings, a meal will be catered to you. Check with your facility or clinic leadership for more information.
For contractors, you will be included in your facility’s meal. Those located on a hospital campus with a full-time cafeteria have or will receive a meal voucher. Those working within areas without a full-time cafeteria will have a meal catered at some point during the week. If you haven’t received a meal voucher or are unsure of your facility’s Health Care Week meal plan, please reach out to your Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP).
Ice cream Tuesday
Chill out on Tuesday with some sweet novelty treats! For those in hospital settings or on a hospital campus, managers will pick up your team’s treat in your cafeteria. We will have dairy-free and sugar-free options available for team members who have dietary restrictions.
For team members located in our medical centers, outlying clinics or in corporate buildings, please check with your Employee Engagement Council member(s) or HRBP on your treat for the week.
Wellness Wednesday
We know your health is important to you, so we wanted to dedicate a day to wellness and what UofL Health has to offer for wellness programs exclusively for team members. Read more about wellness at UofL Health here.
Below is a calendar of events for Wellness Wednesday. See an event you’d like to attend? When links are available, simply click on the link to join!
Stretch it out! Reversing desk posture
Christi Miller, PT | 11: 30 a.m.-noon | Join the seminar
Christi will demonstrate exercises that you can do in most settings that will help address headaches, neck and back pain related to poor posture.
Zoom information
Meeting ID: 992 9066 0828
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How to pack a healthy lunch
Nicole McGloshen, MS, RDN, LD | 1-2 p.m. | Join the seminar
Nicole will discuss how team members can make better choices when it comes to lunchtime meals.
Zoom information
Meeting ID: 973 8791 1926
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We’ll also be having a special wellness challenge called Healthy Selfie. Healthy moments are a crucial part of our daily lives and they should be celebrated. Submit a healthy selfie on Wellness Wednesday, May 12 of you doing a healthy activity on your WellRight account. This could be you exercising, creating a healthy snack or meal, meditating, etc. Get creative and feel free to include your family or friends. The message board is open to encourage and support your co-workers in their Wellness Journey.
Don’t have a WellRight account? Email Support@ICWS-Wellness.com to get started today!
Thank you Thursday
We’d like to encourage our managers and leaders to take a minute to thank their team members for all the hard work and dedication they have shown over the past year. We will have a special e-card option for you to send during Health Care Week on RecogNation. You can also write a handwritten note or make a comment on our community thank you page at UofLHealth.org/Community-Thank-You.
Facility-specific events
Each facility may be having special events just for their team members. More information is to come on facility-specific events as Health Care Week draws near. Check out your facility’s or clinic’s section, or ask your leadership for more information.
UofL Hospital and Brown Cancer Center
- Wednesday — Outdoor games from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (Blocked off Madison St.)
Jewish Hospital and Frazier Rehabilitation Institute
- Monday — Team Pride Day
- Spirit/Unit Photos
- DAISY box decorating contest
- Raffle gifts
- Outdoor games on 7th floor Rudd Patio from 2-6 p.m.
- Tuesday — Community Day
- Ice cream pickup times will be from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
- Food drive for Kentucky Harvest
- Raffle tickets to local events
- Wednesday — Recognition Day
- Awards for infection prevention measures
- Rehang DAISY/BEE wall-ribbon cutting by Mary
- COVID remembrance
- Preceptor of the Year (TBA)
Peace Hospital
- Sunday — Snack Shack (grab a snack to go); wear UofL Health gear
- Monday — Lunch on us; games; visit from therapy dog “Quinn”
- Tuesday — Ice cream; music therapy
- Wednesday — Nurses week gift distribution (managers will distribute to teams)
- Thursday — Thank a team member
- Friday — Games and therapy dog visit
- Saturday — Snack Shack (grab a snack to go)
Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
- Monday — Meal voucher distribution
- Tuesday — Ice cream (day and evening shift)
- Wednesday — Food trucks (11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.); cookies for the evening shift
- Thursday — Sweet and salty snacks; Blessing of the Hands (Chaplaincy)
- Friday — Candy cart; outdoor games (by employee entrance from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.)
- Saturday — Taco in a bag for day shift and pizza for the evening shift
Shelbyville Hospital
- Monday — Wear green for Mental Health Awareness Month
- Tuesday — Ice cream from 1-3 p.m.
- Wednesday — Leadership Cheer Squad
- Thursday — Thankful Thursday: Recognize your co-workers
- Friday — Popcorn Day
- Saturday — Celebration cookout
Medical Center East
- Monday — Popcorn day
- Tuesday — Ice cream from 1-3 p.m.
- Wednesday — Candy treat day
- Thursday — Box lunch from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., evening shift from 6-7 p.m.
Medical Center Northeast
- Monday — Popcorn day
- Tuesday — Ice cream from 1-3 p.m.
- Wednesday — Box lunch from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., evening shift from 6-7 p.m.
- Thursday — Candy treat day
Medical Center South
- Monday — Popcorn day
- Tuesday — Box lunch from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., evening shift from 6-7 p.m.
- Wednesday — Candy treat day
- Thursday — Ice cream from 1-3 p.m.
Medical Center Southwest
- Monday — Box lunch from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., evening shift from 6-7 p.m.
- Tuesday — Ice cream from 1-3 p.m.
- Wednesday — Candy treat day
- Thursday — Popcorn day
UofL Physicians (located on a hospital campus)
- TBA
Outlying clinics ( inclusive of UofL Physicians and Frazier Rehabilitation Institute clinics)
- TBA
Corporate buildings
- Tuesday — Ice cream at Med Plaza I and II (picking up from UofL Hospital); Outdoor games at the Nucleus building on the roof
- Wednesday — Outdoor games at Med Plaza I in the parking lot (if rain, in the training room)
- Thursday — Outdoor games at Med Plaza II on the third level of the parking garage
Gift distribution sign-up links
Managers, please use the following links to choose a pick-up time for your team’s gift distribution. You only need to sign-up for one slot for your team. You don’t need individual pickup times for every employee.
The following team members will receive a Health Care Week gift:
- UofL Health employees
- UofL Physicians employees
- Crothall team members
- Metz team members (current and future)
- Travelers
- APRNs
We will welcome our new employees from the Dietary groups at Mary & Elizabeth Hospital, UofL Hospital and Jewish Hospital with their gifts during the first week of June.
Note to physicians and providers: You should have received a Doctors’ Day gift from your medical staff office. If you have not received your gift, please reach out to your manager.
If you have any questions, please reach out to the head of your department.
Directions on how to sign-up for a time:
- Click the link for your facility or hub
- Check the sign-up box next to the time you would like to pick-up your team’s gifts
- Click “Submit and sign-up” at the bottom of the screen
- Fill in your phone number and email as indicated. Please leave the “Quantity” section at 1.
- Click “Sign-up”
Hospital pickup links
Jewish Hospital and Frazier Rehab Institute gift pickup
Mary & Elizabeth Hospital gift pickup
Corporate buildings gift pickup
Medical Center team members — Please refer to your facility’s Health Care Week flyer for gift distribution instructions.
Shelbyville Hospital team members — Your leadership team will be sharing detailed information about Health Care Week activities and distribution instructions this week.
UofL Physicians Regional Hub pickup links
UofL Physicians Hub — Shelbyville Hospital
UofL Physicians Hub — Jewish Hospital
UofL Physicians Hub — UofL Hospital
