Across Colorado and western Kansas, we are united around one remarkable Mission, binding core Values, and a shared Vision – every community, every neighborhood, every life – whole and healthy.

In February, we announced our new logo and brand identity in celebration of our 25^th Anniversary. Now, we invite you to join us as we honor our legacy and move forward together as a 139-year-old connected ecosystem. This week’s celebration will feature the following:

• Join us for a livestream on July 15 at 10 a.m. MT (11 a.m. CT) with remarks from Peter D. Banko, our President & CEO, followed by an opportunity for dialogue about our successes and challenges throughout the historic crisis as well as our priorities for the coming year – supporting you, growing our healing ministry, and finding our “next normal.”

• View this video message from Peter, created to celebrate our progress with our new brand identity and look ahead at what’s to come.
  
  
• Complete a special wellbeing activity in honor of the milestone focused on caring for your whole health – mind, body and spirit. Log in to your Inspire Wellbeing account and find Centura 25^th Anniversary Wellbeing Activities under your available programs. Complete one of the wellbeing options within the next 25 days to earn 25 points toward your Inspire Wellbeing incentive!
  
  
• Take a moment in quiet reflection to read this prayer in honor of our milestone anniversary.
  
  
• Our 25^th Anniversary celebration will also include a special gift for our incredible people. Look for more information about distribution of this gift, as well as other local festivities, in the coming days!

Across our connected ecosystem, we each have a unique voice and story about why we received the COVID-19 vaccine. Click here to share your “why.”

I got engaged last fall in the middle of the pandemic, when my fiancé, Matt, was nearing the end of medical school. We knew we would need to hold the wedding before he began his residency this summer, but at the time of our engagement we were afraid we wouldn’t be able to have many of our family and friends join us for the ceremony due to COVID-19 restrictions and our concern for everyone’s health and safety.

Thankfully, the vaccine became available in time for us to plan our wedding, although we did reduce our guest list, as many people have had to do during the pandemic. But because we knew that around 70% of our guests were vaccinated, our wedding venue was comfortable hosting an event of that size for the first time since March 2020, and we were able to invite around 100 people thanks to the COVID-19 vaccine.

The high vaccination rate meant that the people who are important to us could share in our celebration, many of whom had to travel from out of state – including Matt’s elderly grandmother and my sister-in-law, who was 8 months pregnant at the time of the wedding. Neither of them would have been able to attend if they and so many of our other guests had not been able to receive the vaccine.

I’m so grateful for the COVID-19 vaccine, my family and friends’ willingness to protect themselves and others by getting vaccinated, and the time we were able to spend with loved ones we hadn’t seen in over a year. Together, we can make up for moments missed during the pandemic and move forward stronger than ever!

One way we gauge our continued efforts in creating a safety culture across our connected ecosystem is through our annual Culture of Safety Survey – open now through July 21! Leaders and teams use the valuable input from this survey to prioritize our collective work and maintain momentum on our HRO journey. If you have not yet completed this year’s survey, click below to make your voice heard today! All associates and Centura-employed physicians: Click here Affiliated physicians: Click here

We are committed to achieving zero preventable harm to our caregivers, patients and their families by becoming a High Reliability Organization (HRO).

In 2020, we catalyzed on the momentum begun in 2019 with the launch of our HRO journey, strengthening the foundational work we had implemented while expanding our efforts in critical areas of focus. In a year like no other, we made significant strides toward our shared goals even as we pulled together in unprecedented ways to continue delivering safe, high quality care throughout the pandemic.

To summarize and celebrate our progress and successes, we have created Safety First, People Always: 2020 Year in Review.

Please take a few moments to read through this yearbook and reflect on the work that we have completed together as we continue toward our collective goal of achieving zero preventable harm.

Our success would not have been possible without our 21,000 incredible people who came together to design, implement, pilot, train and sustain our shared work. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you for making this journey possible!

Investing in your growth and development is essential to becoming a top employer and the system of choice. Based on feedback from our engagement surveys, we know you want more opportunities to further your knowledge and grow skills as you pursue your personal missions.

Centura Health is excited to partner with Percipio to offer personal learning pathways on a variety of topics and a long-term curriculum for ongoing learning and development. Percipio makes it convenient to start building and enhancing valuable skills for each individual’s personal development. The full library of content includes topics such as communication, teamwork, project management, Microsoft Office, diversity and inclusion, finance, leadership and much more.

1. Visit centura.percipio.com/
2. Login using your Centura credentials. View this tip sheet for more information.
3. Get started browsing Percipio’s large content library and select the courses that are meaningful to you and your personal and professional growth.

Percipio’s full library of content is available to our people, which includes over thousands of courses that cover a wide-variety of topics. Users can search for topics and find classes to self-enroll and complete at their own pace.

As a reminder, our LEARN platform is updating to LEARN 2.0 this month. Please be aware of these critical dates and deadlines so you and your teams maintain any educational records you may need.

Complete all learnings by July 20
Be sure to complete all of your learning assignments in full no later than Tuesday, July 20 at 8 p.m. MT. This ensures your learning activity is captured before LEARN 1.0 is turned off and transcripts migrate to LEARN 2.0. Please note that incomplete learning assignments will not be migrated to LEARN 2.0 and your progress will be lost if you do not complete the assignment in full.

Go-live for LEARN 2.0 is July 26
During July 21-25 there will be a lockout period where LEARN 1.0 and 2.0 will not be accessible. On July 26, LEARN 2.0 will go-live and all associates will be able to access assignments.

Questions?
Contact Amy Carris, Director of People and Culture Development, at AmyCarris@Centura.org.

One way we support the whole health of our associates – mind, body and spirit – is through the benefits we offer to our incredible caregivers.  

To support the unique needs of our associates going through the adoption process we have developed a new Adoption Assistance policy that will provide financial assistance to our benefits-eligible associates:

• The Adoption Assistance policy went into effect beginning the start of our fiscal year 2022 (FY22), which started on July 1, 2021.
• The policy details the financial assistance amounts that eligible associates may receive, as well as the types of expenses that are included as part of the policy.
• The policy applies to all benefit-eligible associates:
  • New associates are considered eligible for this benefit on the first of the month following 30 days of continuous employment.
  • Associates at OrthoColorado are eligible for this benefit.

• Complete the Adoption Reimbursement form, which is located on Self Service Hub:
  • To locate the form, visit My Virtual Workplace → Work Tools → Non-Clinical Tools → Self Service Hub → HR/Payroll Forms.
• Once completed, the form will automatically be sent to the benefits team for review.
• Once approved, it will be sent to payroll for payment.

• Family Medical Leave policy is available for qualified associates to care for adopted or foster children in their care.
• Time taken under this policy must be taken within twelve (12) months following the adoption or foster process.
• To apply for a leave contact Unum at 888-637-9432
  • OrthoColorado associates need to contact LeaveTeam@centura.org.