Health 1st brochure - Medical Center Intranet
Health 1st brochure - Medical Center Intranet
Health 1st brochure - Medical Center Intranet
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<strong>Health</strong> <strong>1st</strong> serves as an umbrella<br />
program to promote existing<br />
programs at MUSC and across the state<br />
to improve employee wellness. Some of<br />
these programs include the following:<br />
AhA: GoRed - Go to www.goredforwomen.org to learn<br />
about initiatives to improve your heart to live a stronger,<br />
longer life.<br />
Employee Assistance Program - This confidential<br />
free service is available to help you deal with difficult<br />
personal, family and work related problems and offers<br />
four free counseling sessions a year. For details, call<br />
792-2848 or visit www.musc.edu/medcenter/eap.<br />
Employee <strong>Health</strong> Services - This group manages the<br />
occupational health care needs of employees of the MUSC,<br />
MUHA, UMA and other entities per contract. Call 792-<br />
2991 or visit www.musc.edu/ehs for details.<br />
Pastoral Care - Offers services to the spiritual and<br />
religious concerns of patients, families and staff. Call 792-<br />
9464 or go to www.musc.edu/pastoralcare.<br />
MUSC Weight Management <strong>Center</strong> - This center<br />
offers resources to lose weight and the support to keep it<br />
off. Employee discounts and payroll deduction plans are<br />
available for all MUSC, MUHA, and UMA employees. Call<br />
792-2273 for a free consultation or log on to<br />
www.muschealth.com/weight.<br />
MUSC Wellness <strong>Center</strong> - This center is more than a<br />
health club focusing on the development of total<br />
well-being and dedicated to the promotion of healthy<br />
lifestyles. For details, go to www.musc.edu/hsc.<br />
University Risk Management - Provides<br />
ergonomic risk analysis of your work site and offers prevention<br />
and control strategies, free to requesting departments.<br />
Call 792-3604 for details.<br />
SC Employee Insurance Program - Check out www.<br />
eip.sc.gov/prevention for a range of important information<br />
on your policy including the latest benefits information,<br />
wellness newsletter and health tips.<br />
<strong>Health</strong>y SC - Go to www.healthysc.gov to find healthy<br />
initiatives and events going on across the state as well as<br />
useful information and tips on healthy lifestyles.<br />
weight loss and smoking cessation<br />
programs: insurance assistance<br />
The following results were taken from a recent survey<br />
of 3,283 MUSC employees (22% male and 78% female):<br />
• 55% are overweight or obese.<br />
• nearly 60% of employees reported exercising only<br />
sometimes or not at all.<br />
• those who are overweight are 6 times more likely<br />
to have diabetes<br />
• those who are overweight are 4.5 times more likely<br />
to have high blood pressure<br />
State <strong>Health</strong> Plan<br />
Call 800-925-9724 and ask to speak to a<br />
coordinator to get involved in the Blue Cross Weight<br />
Management program.<br />
BlueChoice<br />
To get involved in their weight management program,<br />
call 1-800-327-3183 ext. 25541 or visit<br />
www.BlueChoice.com.<br />
CIGNA<br />
Participate in the <strong>Health</strong>y Rewards program and<br />
receive discounts on weight loss programs and local<br />
gyms. Call 1-866-417-7848 or log on to<br />
www.cigna.com for details.<br />
tobacco Cessation Assistance<br />
State <strong>Health</strong> Plan and Blue Choice:<br />
Call 1-866-QUIT4LIFE<br />
Cigna: Call 1-866-417-7848<br />
MUSC Employee Wellness Program<br />
<strong>Health</strong><strong>1st</strong>@musc.edu<br />
www.musc.edu/medcenter/health<strong>1st</strong><br />
(843) 792-1245<br />
<strong>Health</strong> 1 st<br />
promoting the health and well-being<br />
of the MUSC community
<strong>Health</strong> <strong>1st</strong>, the MUSC Employee Wellness Program,<br />
has been developed to promote the health and wellbeing<br />
of the MUSC community. It is jointly funded<br />
by the <strong>Medical</strong> University and the University <strong>Medical</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong>. This growing program focuses on<br />
• physical, nutritional, and emotional health,<br />
• injury reduction, and<br />
• information about our primary care providers here<br />
at MUSC.<br />
Below are some of the programs that <strong>Health</strong> <strong>1st</strong><br />
already has in place.<br />
farmer’s market<br />
This event, sponsored by <strong>Health</strong><br />
<strong>1st</strong>, takes place every Friday in 3<br />
locations in the Horseshoe, behind<br />
Charleston Memorial Hospital<br />
and at Harborview Office Towers<br />
starting at 7am and going until<br />
about 3:30pm. Here you can<br />
purchase fresh fruits and<br />
vegetables from local farmers. It is recommended<br />
that every person eat 5-9 servings of colorful,<br />
nutritious, disease preventing fruits and vegetables<br />
each day.<br />
stairwell project<br />
Don’t Wait. Activate! Use the stairs! This is the<br />
intended message in <strong>Health</strong> <strong>1st</strong> StairWELL Project.<br />
The StairWELL Project was fully funded by a grant<br />
received from the Eat Smart Move More SC<br />
Coalition. Information about Eat Smart Move More<br />
SC can be found at www.eatsmartmovemoresc.org.<br />
Inspirational and whimsical murals were painted in<br />
the President Street Parking Garage stairwell to<br />
encourage MUSC employees<br />
to use the stairwells as part<br />
of adding more physical<br />
exercise to their daily<br />
activities. Take a walk and<br />
come see this energizing,<br />
motivational artwork!<br />
Walking Trails<br />
Walking trails have been<br />
designated inside and outside the<br />
hospital. Walking is one of the<br />
most accessible and beneficial<br />
forms of exercise. Find these trail<br />
maps online at www.musc.edu/<br />
medcenter/health<strong>1st</strong> and click on<br />
the ‘Being Active’ link. Or email<br />
health<strong>1st</strong>@musc.edu for a copy.<br />
Worksite Screenings, classes<br />
and Wellness Wednesdays<br />
Worksite Screenings occur monthly for employees<br />
and spouses. Valued at about $250, these<br />
screenings include chemistry and lipid profiles,<br />
hemogram, BP and more. Depending on insurance<br />
coverage this only costs $15 or $42. Register for the<br />
Worksite Screening online at <strong>Health</strong> <strong>1st</strong>’s website:<br />
www.musc.edu/medcenter/health<strong>1st</strong>. Classes are<br />
also available (usually FREE) and cover topics such<br />
as how to develop healthier lifestyles, weight management<br />
skills, and stress management. Join us each<br />
Wednesday in the lobby of the Children’s Hospital<br />
and Ashley River Tower from 10am to 1pm for a free<br />
chair massage and information about weekly wellness<br />
related topics. Check out the <strong>Health</strong> <strong>1st</strong> column<br />
in the Catalyst for helpful health tips and information<br />
about the coming week’s Wellness Wednesday.<br />
Smoking Cessation<br />
Quitting smoking is difficult. MUSC Quit Now For Life!<br />
is a free Smoking Cessation Program with a comprehensive<br />
approach that is offered to MUSC employees<br />
on campus during work hours. This program includes<br />
education about smoking cessation, state of the art<br />
pharmacotherapy, and group support to help<br />
participants determine a motivation for quitting that<br />
is meaningful and personal to them. Call 792-1245.<br />
looking for a Primary care<br />
PROVIDER Visit One our Very Own.<br />
family medicine center<br />
The MUSC Employee Advantage Program, located at<br />
Family Medicine, 295 Calhoun<br />
St., offers same-day<br />
appointments and walk-in<br />
services to all University and<br />
<strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Center</strong> employees<br />
and families. To register and/<br />
or schedule a same-day<br />
appointment call 792-3451.<br />
Office hours:<br />
Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.<br />
Saturday: 9 - 11 a.m.<br />
Rapid Access <strong>Center</strong> (RAC)<br />
RAC provides immediate medical appointments with<br />
an internal medicine faculty<br />
member for employees,<br />
their families and established<br />
UIM patients suffering<br />
from urgent care needs.<br />
RAC is open weekdays<br />
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and<br />
is located within internal<br />
medicine on the eighth floor of Rutledge Tower. Call<br />
876-0888 to schedule a same-day appointment.<br />
Women’s <strong>Health</strong> Services at<br />
Cannon Place<br />
With the Lowcountry’s only comprehensive<br />
obstetrical program, MUSC<br />
offers employees and families<br />
the added benefit of a<br />
convenient outpatient location<br />
right on campus at 135<br />
Cannon St. for prenatal,<br />
gynecological and obstetrical<br />
care. For a list of services,<br />
visit www.muschealth.com/women.<br />
FOR A SAME DAY APPOINTMENT CALL:<br />
792-5300