M ay IS, 2002
Pace AK
Sickle Cell Board
Opens Membership
Portland’s Sickle Cell Board is
recruiting m em bers to help carry
out the board’s vision and goals.
In addition, there are $25 gift cer
tificates to ( )ld Navy or M eier and
Frank to the first three clients with
sickle cell to register with the board
this month, board officials said.
For m ore inform ation, call the
boardat503-249-1366.
Sickle cell is anon-contagious
inherited blood disorder causing
m ild to severe pain that usually
shortens the lifespan of the indi
vidual stricken with the disease.
T here are benefits available
to those suffering with this d is
ease when it causes frequent
hospitalizations and related con
ditions.
Sickle cell education is a must
for care providers, fam ily m em
bers and clients who are old
enough to understand how to
take care o f themselves and learn
their limits.
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Kaiser Permanente's Nancy Berry (from left) shows how a new computerized storage unit works to Dr. Al Weiland and Bing Wong at
the grand opening o f Kaiser's new regional laboratory in northeast Portland.
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One o f the area’s largest
private medical laboratories
has a new hom e in northeast
Portland.
Kaiser Permanente’s Airport
Way Regional Laboratory —
with its workload o f more than
three million tests a year — has
relocated from a 27-year-old
building in Clackamas to 57,200
square feet of leased space at
13705 N.E. Airport Way.
The $12 m illion lab will
serve Kaiser Permanente m em
bers in O regon and South
west W ashington, as well as
Oregon Health & Science U ni
versity, the state o f Oregon
and even the O regon Zoo.
Eighty percent o f all testing
at the new lab will be done by
m achine, providing accurate,
reliable and tim ely results. For
exam ple, 23 different auto
mated tests can be done on a
small blood sam ple, lessening
the dem ands on patients hav
ing to undergo m ultiple blood
draw s.
The nearly 200 people who
work at the facility helped de
sign the lab ’s w orkflow for
efficiency. Instead of doing
tests in separate departm ents,
the em p lo y ees reo rg an ized
th eir w ork en v iro n m en t to
group sim ilar testing processes
together.
“The new lab is one of the
firs t
fru its
of
K a ise r
Permanente’s new labor-man
agement partnership,” said Dixie
McFadden, Kaiser’s adminis
trative director o f laboratories.
“Everyone came together to fig
ure out how to improve the way
we do testing so that we could
do more tests at less cost and
with better accuracy.”
W orkstations have been de
signed with adjustable benches
to avoid back strain. Gases,
such as nitrogen, helium, and
carbon dioxide no longer need
to be carted around in metal
tanks, but instead are piped in.
Dr. John Thompson, Kaiser’s
director o f laboratories, says
the new facility will also serve
as a training ground for medical
laboratory students from O r
egon Health & Sciences Uni
versity and local community
colleges.
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Providence Health System
has announced a leadership
change to build upon the suc
cesses of the nationally recog
nized health system.
John Fletcher has been named
chief administrative officer for
Providence’s Oregon region and
Dr. Glenn Rodriguez has been
named chief medical officer for
the health system’s Portland area
hospitals and services.
Fletcher has worked at Provi
dence for 19 years. He was
instrumental in the
b u ild in g o f th e
Providence Heart
Institute and most
recently served as
the regional direc
tor of Health Ser
vices Integration.
He is a board
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lence and is a mem
ber o f the Govet
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Symptom Relief.
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worked at Provi
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y e a rs, m o st re
cently serving as
m edical d irecto r
for Health Services
Integration. He is a
practicing physi
cian w ith P rovi
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Tips for Weight Loss and Fitness Success
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you’re starting to think ahead to
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Start Moving - That’s right. Get up and get yourself moving. Try to do at least 15 minutes a day
o f aerobic activity. It is essential for good health and will bum excess calories.
2.
Get Off the Scale - Americans are notoriously obsessed with body weight. W eigh yourself once
and measure against the Body Mass Index. Then put your bathroom scale in the closet for a few
months.
3.
Target Fat and Fat Will Lose - Excess body fat is killer. Learn how to measure and manage your
body fat percentage by using body fat calipers. Body fat measurement is a more accurate indicator
o f health and wellness than weight alone.
4.
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5.
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6.
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$1000 saved.
7.
Be Active. ..B e Smart - Proper diet and exercise go hand in hand. One without the other is a recipe
for failure.
8.
Reduce the Calories - Americans take in too many calories. Period. W eight reduction is a caloric
formula. Calories in through eating versus calories out through exercise. It’s that simple. Stick with
smaller portions.
9.
Take It Outside - Enjoy yourself now that Spring is here. Get outdoors. Make delicious, healthy
meals outdoors, too.
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inns and
barbers
those holiday parties are still
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Spring is the perfect time to
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take advantage of the next few
months to get your body fit and
lean for summer.
10. Remember That Health Starts at Home - Educate yourself and your family about proper diet and
the importance of exercise. While the kids are home, you can help them develop healthy habits for
choosing food and activities. Get active. Get healthy. Do it together.
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