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| | Hospital Conducts In-House Employee Safety And Health Promotion Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | As part of their effort to practice the wellness concept they convey to their patients, 500 employees at Miami-based Mercy Hospital attended a three-day, in-house health promotion campaign last month that was conceived and conducted by facility staff members. |
 | | Health promotion programs were conducted by staff volunteers from, among other divisions, the hospitals cardiovascular lab, mental health department, pharmacy, nutrition center, diabetes treatment center, quality management department, nursing units, case management sector, rehabilitation department, workers compensation office, pastoral care and environmental services units, she noted. |
 | | In addition, the committee received donations from outside sources, such as the American Cancer Society and numerous vendors, and also was able to use hospital staff and equipment for the various health screenings that were conducted during the three-day program, Miranda-Sixto said. |
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