We are proud to announce the launch of the Centura Health Equity & Advancement Fund, a $1 million community grant program to extend the impact of our social justice and health equity efforts across Colorado and western Kansas. The application period for non-profits to apply for a grant is open from Tuesday, June 1 to Saturday, July 31.

Grants will range from $5,000 to $250,000 and be awarded to non-profits that serve specific diverse communities and/or populations, focus on diverse caregivers, and leverage collaborations with other partners to increase social impact as their programs address health care equity.

Submissions should integrate one or more principles in helping address health care equity issues with initiatives that focus on disproportionate unmet health-related needs, emphasize primary prevention and address underlying causes of health problems, contribute to a seamless continuum of care, build community capacity and address social determinants of health to improve health outcomes. Initiatives should also demonstrate collaboration in communities.

This Health Equity & Advancement Fund was launched to support our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) across our vibrant communities and reaffirms our commitment to social equity, which lies in our Mission and core values as a healing ministry.

“Our vision is to make every community, every neighborhood, every life – whole and healthy, we are continually working to enable our associates and communities to inspire change. The events around racial justice in 2020 accelerated the work we were doing over the past few years to take more focused, impactful actions to address systemic racism and the issues surrounding health equity.” Dr. Oswaldo Grenardo, MD, SVP and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Centura Health.

If you have an organization you care about that fits within guidelines of the grant, encourage them to submit an application! Organizations must complete the following steps:

• Review Centura’s Social Justice Framework and review the prioritized community health needs in your geographic area in our facility specific Community Health Implementation Plans. These plans detail our priorities, activities and measurable goals targeted for fiscal year 2020 through fiscal year 2022.
  • Go to: Hospital in your area
  • Go to: Most recent Community Health Implementation Plan document
• Fill out grant application and read requirements on our website
• Submit applications by July 31, 2021 at 11:59 pm MST

On June 22, we celebrate you – our incredible caregivers. Throughout the pandemic you have persevered and endured — showing resiliency while caring for our patients, communities and one another. Day of Remembrance and Hope is meant to honor your experiences while looking forward with hope.

Join us by watching a video message from Peter D.  Banko, President & CEO, on June 22. Additionally, members from our missions and ministry team will be providing local prayers and giveaways to show our appreciation.

Information Technology (IT) is committed to delivering secure access when collaborating with external vendors and partner organizations, and we ask that you please avoid using resources like Dropbox, Box, Google Drive or personal email to share information. Although these platforms are easy to use, they do not always guarantee the security of the information being shared.  

Instead when collaborating with external vendors and partner organizations, associates are asked to use Microsoft (MS) Teams, the preferred method to safely share information and reduce risk for both you and our organization. You may also use your Centura Health email account; however, make sure to use Mimecast encryption when sending sensitive information.

IT has created an MS Teams Guest Access request in the Self-Service Hub.

To submit a request:

• Submit a Microsoft Teams Guest Access request through the Self Service Hub (anyone can submit a request).
• Complete the required information.
• Select a Level 10 manager who will act as the sponsor and approve the request.
• Submit the completed request.

• Access will be granted within five business days.
• Once access is granted, the site owner must add the individual’s personal email account to the MS Teams or SharePoint site.
• The requestor or site owner can then invite the guest to begin working in the site.

As caregivers, we are trusted to protect private, personal information and it is vital that we do all we can to protect ourselves and our patients from cyber-attacks. Our Data Security Team encourages you to keep the following information top-of-mind.

Cyber criminals use many tactics to obtain or compromise information including social engineering. In these attacks, the attacker uses human interaction to obtain or compromise information about an organization or its computer systems. By asking questions, the criminal may be able to piece together enough information to infiltrate an organization’s network. The following are types of social engineering attacks:

• Phishing attacks use email or malicious websites to solicit personal information by posing as a trustworthy organization. When users respond with the requested information, attackers can use it to gain access to accounts.
• Vishing leverages voice communication. This technique is combined with other forms of social engineering that entice a victim to call a certain number and divulge sensitive information.
• Smishing exploits SMS or text messages. Text messages can contain links to such things as webpages, email addresses or phone numbers that when clicked may automatically open a browser window, email message or dial a number.

• Be suspicious of unsolicited phone calls, visits or email messages from individuals asking about employees or other internal information.
• Do not provide personal information or information about Centura Health, including its structure or networks, unless you are certain of the person’s authority to have the information.
• Do not reveal personal or financial information via email or by following links within an email.
• Don’t send sensitive information over the internet before checking the website’s security.
• If you are unsure whether an email request is legitimate, try to verify it by contacting the company directly.
• Do not approve a DUO multi-factor request that you did not authorize.

Epic and Non-Epic Critical Application Downtimes

On Sunday, June 20, beginning at 11:30 p.m. (2330 MT), Information Technology (IT) will perform a Disaster Recovery Failover and monthly maintenance on Epic, and monthly maintenance on non-Epic critical applications. These activities will continue until 2 a.m. (0200 MT) on Monday, June 21.

Additionally, on Sunday, June 27, beginning at 11:30 p.m. (2330 MT), IT will perform a Disaster Recovery Failback, which will continue until 2 a.m. (0200 MT) on Monday, June 28.

To ensure Microsoft patches are deployed less than 30 days from receipt and to maximize our data security, the Epic Production and Non-Epic Critical Application monthly maintenance windows were moved to the third Sunday of each month.

Important information regarding maintenance window activities:

On Sunday, June 20, IT will be performing a Disaster Recovery Failover and monthly maintenance on Epic, resulting in planned downtimes from Sunday, June 20 at 11:30 p.m. until Monday, June 21 at 2 a.m. (2330 until 0200 MT, 0030 until 0300 CT), lasting approximately two and a half hours. Epic will be down and unavailable during this planned downtime.

We will also be performing maintenance on the following non-Epic critical applications and services, which will be unavailable from Sunday, June 20 from 11:30 p.m. until Monday, June 21 at 2 a.m. (2330 until 0200 MT, 0030 until 0300 CT), lasting approximately two and a half hours. Please view the list of impacted applications or services and their related workarounds.

Important information regarding disaster recover activities:

On Sunday, June 27, Information Technology (IT) will be performing a Disaster Recovery Failback on Epic, resulting in planned downtimes from Sunday, June 27 at 11:30 p.m. until Monday, June 28 at 2 a.m. (2330 until 0200 MT, 0030 until 0300 CT), lasting approximately two and a half hours. Epic will be down and unavailable during this planned downtime.

Non-Epic Critical Applications or Services impacted and their workaround:

Non-Epic Critical Applications
Application	Workaround
3M 360 Encompass	There is no workaround for this application.
Alaris Interoperability	Use the Alaris IV Pump Integration Downtime Recovery Checklist.
Ascom Vital Sign Alerts (St. Francis NICU)	Ascom will not provide vital sign alerts to Cisco phones and requires the downtime procedures to be initiated. Additional staffing may be needed.
Avasure Virtual Telesitters	Avasure Virtual Telesitters will be unavailable. Initiate downtime procedures including in-person sitting coverage.
Flight Vector	The system is unavailable. Please initiate downtime procedures.
Myla Software/Virtuo Blood Culture Instruments	Culture orders will not interface from Epic to Myla during this time. Please follow downtime and manual procedures, as necessary.
Natus Neuroworks	Please initiate downtime procedures.
Nurse Call Systems (All)	Nurse Call Systems will not send alerts to phones. Nurse call alerts will alarm at the main console. Downtime procedures should be in place and the nurse call console should be monitored while the system is down.
OBIX	OBIX will be unavailable. Downtime procedures including in-person monitoring should be initiated which may require increased staff.
Point of Care lab tests uploading to Epic	Point of Care lab results will not upload to Epic during the full maintenance window. POC tests completed during the downtime will upload to Epic once the downtime is complete.
Pyxis	Pyxis stations will automatically be placed on critical override in order to pull medications.
WellSky Transfusion – Blood Bank	WellSky Transfusion (Blood Bank) will not be available. The labs should initiate downtime procedures if the application is needed during the downtime.
Computer workstation security updates	Following the installation of workstation updates, you will see a 15-minute countdown and then the workstation will automatically restart.

When this will occur:

• Epic: Sunday, June 20 at 11:30 p.m. until Monday, June 21 at 2 a.m. (2330 until 0200 MT, 0030 until 0300 CT).
• Non-Epic Critical Applications: Sunday, June 20 at 11:30 p.m. until Monday, June 21 at 2 a.m. (2330 until 0200 MT, 0030 until 0300 CT).
• Epic: Sunday, June 27 at 11:30 p.m. until Monday, June 28 at 2 a.m. (2330 until 0200 MT, 0030 until 0300 CT)

• Ascom Vital Sign Alerts (St. Francis NICU): Additional staffing may be needed.
• Avasure Virtual Telesitters: Initiate downtime procedures including in-person sitting coverage.
• Nurse Call Systems (all): Downtime procedures should be in place and the nurse call console should be monitored while the system is down.
• OBIX: Downtime procedures including in-person monitoring should be initiated which may require increased staff.

• Use the Epic SRO icon during the planned Epic downtimes.
• For Alaris Interoperability recovery, use the Alaris IV Pump Integration Downtime Recovery Checklist.
• If Epic SRO becomes unavailable during the downtime windows, use the Epic Down 2 BCA Web option (for Middle Park and Craig Hospital end-users, use the Epic Downtime 3 BCA web option).