Pass the Beaker!
Submit a photo with the "Beaker" and enter our monthly raffle!
Welcome to the ‘Pass the Beaker’ photo contest, a fun way for Swedish Covenant Hospital employees to share how they contribute to The science of feeling better or to our $3 million financial goal.
Show us how you are part of these initiatives by working individually or with your department to take a photo that encompasses one or both of these themes. You submitted photos will appear in the photo gallery below, and you’ll be entered into a raffle for prizes such as American Express, Whole Foods and Jewel gift certificates. In addition, all participants will receive a gift.
The catch: The photo must include the "Beaker," which the Marketing Department will pass to all SCH departments and nursing units, one at a time, throughout the year. This oversized beaker represents our financial campaign efforts, as well as science.
Check out the beaker schedule to find out when your department will have the beaker. If you want to submit a photo early, email wellinformed@SwedishCovenant.org and request a new time frame.
Read about what other’s are doing to contribute to the $3 million goal!
'Pass the Beaker!' Photo Gallery
Text Submissions
How are SCH employees contributing to the $3 million goal?
- Purchasing Staff documented $1 Million plus in Cost Savings Avoidance and Rebates in the last 12 months.
- Can you tell this is the beaker? The beaker is enjoying our books and toys in the playroom ALL DONATED from the toy drive...not purchased for our kids to promote the "Science of feeling Better".
- 3 BEAKERS = $ 3 MILLION
- Working together with our Truck drivers and Vendors allows the hospital to save money. Ensuring accurate shipments helps keep down additional costs.
- Clicking correctly on "white" Patient Chargeable items ensures patients receive supplies quickly and efficiently. It also keeps our inventory accurate and accountable, saving time and money for all.
- PACU (Recovery Room) reorganized the storeroom, eliminated supplies seldom used, created new par levels and saved $5,700 in 2009. Added to the beaker savings, we re-engineered how Nurses take call, and created a schedule to streamline staffing which saved $24,577 in overtime!
- USING STAIRS WHILE COMING DOWN AND MAKING LESS USE OF ELEVATORS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT SAVE IN ENERGY BILLS
- Receiving free teaching materials and diabetes supplies for our patients saves money since they don't have to be ordered or purchased.
- Admitting and Inpatient Insurance Verifcation Team assist Outpatient Registrars with patient registration during peak times. Cross-training staff will bring better service to our patients, make your teams more efficient, and utimately reduce labor costs.
- Finding cost-effective supplies
- Cutting down on messenger services by hand-delivering X-rays and medical records when possible
- Minimizing printing and faxing
- Turning off computers, printers, copiers, lamps and other electronic devices at the end of the day and over weekends
- Reduce vendor use when internal employees can accomplish same tasks
- Improving customer service so patients have a positive experience and return
- Going through office supplies and recycling excess materials
- Recommending SCH physicians and services to family, friends and neighbors
- Encouraging physicians to refer their patients to SCH services
- Printing the daily census back-to-back or sending in e-mail to save paper
- Using SCH for their own health care needs