July 6, 2021 Edition 101


Culture of Safety Survey launches July 8
Later this week, we will launch our 2021 Culture of Safety Survey. This survey is critical to prioritizing key safety initiatives throughout the year to enhance our culture of safety across Centura Health.
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Join us for Centura’s 25th anniversary celebration!
As a connected community of caregivers on a mission to build whole person care and flourishing communities, we invite you join us for a livestream and other festivities in honor of our 25th Anniversary as a healing ministry!
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Meet Sebastien Girard, our new Chief People Officer!
We are excited to welcome Sebastien (Seb) Girard, MBA, as our new Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer.
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What’s your why?
“Receiving the COVID-19 vaccine was a no brainer for me. I believe in science, and the benefit of the vaccine remarkably outweighed the risk.” – Rick Kamerzell, Administrative Director of Operations, St. Thomas More Hospital

Across our connected ecosystem, we each have a unique voice and story about why we received the COVID-19 vaccine.


Share your "why"

IT Downtimes
Information Technology will perform monthly maintenance that will result in downtimes for associates. REMINDER: The Epic Production and Non-Epic Critical Application monthly maintenance windows, which result in downtimes for associates, now occur on the third Sunday of each month. Click below to view the specific dates, times, applications impacted and workarounds, where applicable.
Epic and non-Epic critical application downtimes
Third Tuesday downtimes




Release of more clinical notes to patients just a week away
On Tuesday, July 13, Centura Health will enable additional changes in our electronic health record to meet the requirements of the 21st Century Cures Act. Check out a short informational video now available to learn more.
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Delayed starts replaced by stand-by pay policy
We will no longer practice delayed starts and have launched a new stand-by pay policy to help ensure our incredible people are compensated fairly for all time dedicated to our ministry.
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Content submissions

The next issue of The Weekly Spark will publish on Tuesday, July 13. You may submit content for inclusion at any time, but if the next issue is your target date for publication, please submit to Corporate Communications by Wednesday, July 7.




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We extend the healing ministry of Christ by caring for those who are ill and by nurturing the health of the people in our communities.


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