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Best People and Workplace

Employee Development • Announced AtlantiCare’s first group of medical students from the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, which we will welcome in July 2019. • Achieved approval from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to implement a new Family Medicine Residency Program and a Psychiatry Resident Program (to begin in 2020). • Expanded day two of orientation for all AtlantiCare new hires to include Starfish Lab Experience participation. • Completed Lean Transformation training for approximately 277 leaders, using a two-part (White Belt) approach focused on Lean & Six Sigma concepts and a revised Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) tool. • Exceeded the nursing educational goal on 1 Pines, resulting in 85% of nurses either completing or enrolled in Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs. • Certified six new Lean & Six Sigma Green Belts representing nursing, AtlantiCare Physician Group, AtlantiCare Information Technology and Behavioral Health. • Collaborated with Mercer County Community College to support a 1+1 Med Tech Lab program to increase internal staff growth and to mitigate workforce shortages. • Conducted two Serving Leader cohorts. • Achieved 100% completion rate of Family Centered Care education by neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) registered nurse staff and providers. • Partnered with the Employee Assistance Program to expand wellness programming to include emotional health by educating 361 staff members on positive psychology, resiliency and happiness. • AtlantiCare’s School at Work (SAW) and Expanding Your Career in Healthcare Opportunities (ECHO) programs celebrated 17 graduates. • ARMC’s Residents shared 34 posters including 10 research findings at the seventh annual Resident’s Research Day in March 2019. Employee Engagement • Exceeded AtlantiCare Behavioral Health overall and employee engagement score goals and the National Norm scores in 2018. • Maternal Fetal Medicine improved its employee engagement score by 16% from prior year. • Donated over 120 pints of blood to the American Red Cross through employee blood drives held at the City and Mainland campuses in FY 2019. • Worked with local high schools to conduct job fairs (Atlantic City, Mainland Regional, Absegami and Egg Harbor Township). • Sponsored Healthcare Career Program at Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City. • Continued efforts to build a culture of health by adding two indoor gardens, launching BALANCE (Building Active Lifestyles Around Nutrition, Community, and Exercise) Employee Resource Group, removing deep fryers from cafeterias and hosting two interactive teaching kitchens in collaboration with the Morrison team. • FitCare290 participants lost an average of 7.4 pounds in the program, with a single greatest amount of weight loss of 36 pounds in the three-month program.

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