Thousands of our caregivers have already received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and we’d like to share your stories, photos and videos with one another and our communities. As our country’s mass inoculation efforts transition from frontline caregivers to the broader public, we know how valuable your stories can be in demonstrating the worthiness of the vaccine in the communities we serve across Colorado and western Kansas.

Did you take a selfie when you received your vaccine? If so, and if you’re willing to allow us to share it, please send it to BrentBoyer@centura.org. We also need you to complete two release forms (this one and this one) and return them by scanning and attaching to your email along with your selfie – or, if it’s easier, you can take a clear, legible photo of each form with your phone and include the photos with your email.

If you’re passionate about the COVID-19 vaccine and would like to share a short selfie video (30 seconds or less, please) talking about why you got the vaccine or perhaps the people in your life you are fighting to protect, we’d love to share that with our communities as well! Again, send to BrentBoyer@centura.org along with the completed release forms.

Thank you for your continued work on behalf of our healing ministry!

On Oct. 14, the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an Emergency Directive requiring all Federal agencies and advising all public and private sectors to “Mitigate SolarWinds Orion Code Compromise.”

CISA determined that this exploitation of SolarWinds products poses an unacceptable risk and requires emergency action. This determination is based on:

• Current exploitation of affected products and their widespread use to monitor traffic on major network systems;
• High potential for a compromise of information systems;
• Grave impact of a successful compromise.

• This is a patient, well-resourced and focused adversary that has sustained long duration activity on victim networks.
• Not all organizations that have the backdoor accessed through SolarWinds Orion have been targeted by the adversary with follow-through actions.
• Organizations with suspected compromises need to be highly conscious of operational security.

• Centura Health Data Security, in partnership with internal and external stakeholders, took immediate actions to protect the organization from this threat.
• This cyber threat is a significant and ongoing campaign to compromise supply chain - we are remaining vigilant and continuing mitigation actions to manage any risk.

• If you connect it, protect it
  • One proven defense against intrusion is updating to the latest virus protection software.
  • Keep software updated to the latest versions and set security software to run regular scans.
  • Enable multi-factor authentication to ensure that the only person who has access to your account is you.
• Secure devices at home and work
  • The rules and policies you follow at work still apply when you’re working at home.
  • If you’re worried about software updates or have questions about the security of your home network, make sure you reach out to Centura Health's Data Security Team.
  • Report any potential incidents immediately.
• Secure health care, internet-connected devices
  • Be sure your software is updated on your devices before engaging in a telehealth session and connect via a secure wifi connection to protect your session.
  • Make a long, unique passphrase to access health care accounts. Length trumps complexity. A strong passphrase is a sentence that is at least 12-15 characters long.
• The Future of Connected Devices
  • Technological innovations, such as 5G, might impact consumers’ and business’ online experiences (e.g. faster speeds and data transmission, larger attack surface for hackers).
  • No matter what the future holds, every user needs to be empowered to do their part.

As part of the precautions we are taking to protect your health and well-being, Centura is extending its work from home arrangement through at least Jan. 31, 2021 for associates who are not in a role critical to functions providing direct patient care and do not support care delivery. This includes those who work at our enterprise offices.

Our restriction on all business air travel will remain in effect until at least March 31, 2021 (unless it is specifically approved by Peter D. Banko, President & CEO, our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and/or our Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer). This includes air travel for internal meetings, councils or committees, conferences for CME, professional development and other work-related travel. We still ask that you refrain from attending any in-person conferences, unless approved by your local CEO or senior executive. Car travel between Centura facilities throughout Colorado and Kansas remains permitted, but you may not carpool with fellow associates.

We will continue to closely monitor the prevalence of COVID-19 across Colorado and Kansas as well as our organizational and community vaccine progress to inform our work from home policy and business travel restrictions going forward.

Should you have any questions, please reach out to your direct supervisor.

To participate in this challenge, you need to register for an Inspire Wellbeing account. If you have not yet done so, take a moment today to complete your simple, one-time registration. Associates: Register through MyVirtualWorkplace Covered spouses: Register at wellbeing.centura.org

Inspire Wellbeing, our new associate wellbeing program, is here to support you – mind, body and spirit. We know caring for the whole health of our incredible caregivers is just as important as caring for our patients and communities. Inspire Wellbeing is designed to be even more flexible and customizable to fit the needs of your full life, with all new wellbeing options to help you earn points toward your wellbeing incentive and amplify all the things that inspire your wholeness.

We are excited to announce a new Inspire Wellbeing associate challenge launching in January, just in time to support your New Year’s resolutions: Say Cheese!

This four-week challenge is all about increasing your activity level and having fun along the way. To participate, track your daily activity minutes and weekly weight on the portal, and also upload a photo from one exercise session once each week. The photo can be of anything – you, a funny sign you saw on a walk or anything else you think of – just as long as you’re having fun and getting fit. Ready? Let’s get started!

How it works:

• The challenge begins Jan. 4 and runs through Jan. 31, 2021. Registration is now open!
• You need to have an Inspire Wellbeing account in order to join the challenge. If you haven’t yet registered for your Inspire Wellbeing account, register today!
  • Associates: Register through MyVirtualWorkplace
  • Covered spouses: Register at wellbeing.centura.org
• To join the challenge, select JOIN CHALLENGE on your Inspire Wellbeing platform dashboard.
• To participate in the Say Cheese challenge, track your daily activity minutes and weekly weight on the Inspire Wellbeing portal, and also upload a photo from one exercise session once each week.
• You will receive an email with goal-setting tips each week to help you stay on track and achieve your goals.

Clairvia, where clinicians build, edit and view their schedules, will be upgraded on Tuesday, Jan. 19. This upgrade will provide greater stability, improved performance and minimize security risks.

With this upgrade, the following web browsers now support Clairvia: Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari. As we continue to improve our scheduling and timekeeping system, it is necessary to maintain the existing Clairvia scheduling system for our clinicians until we can roll out Advanced Scheduling in Workforce Dimensions (WFD).

In advance of the Jan. 19 upgrade, Clairvia access was centralized through My Virtual Workplace (MVW). Clinical managers, staffing leads and clinical associates who previously accessed Clairvia from an icon on their desktop now access Clairvia through MVW. A tip sheet is available outlining the simplified steps. 

This upgrade is part of our planning and commitment to enhancing and streamlining the user experience. Continue watching for future updates, and we encourage you to share your feedback as we continue working to optimize timekeeping and scheduling for our people. We greatly appreciate your ongoing support and collaboration.

Questions?
If you have any questions regarding this upgrade, please contact your designated Super Users for all Clairvia questions, issues, security permissions and training needs.

• Clinical North State and Kansas: 303.260.2712
• Clinical Penrose St. Francis: 719.776.5122
• Clinical St. Mary-Corwin and St. Thomas More: 719.557.5147
• Allied Health and Labs: 303.673.7324