A rainbow-colored beam-signing party last Thursday kicked off preparations for "Growing Up Together," a celebration of UMMC’s seven-story pediatric expansion's topping off. The beam will remain in the Rainbow Garden before the June 27 ceremony, to be followed by a fundraising reception at the Railroad District in downtown Jackson.

eCV, the Medical Center's twice-weekly electronic newsletter, will move to a weekly distribution pattern for the summer beginning with this issue of Monday, June 6.

UMMC's family medicine staff have found a tool to help improve care and efficiency. Visual management boards - marker boards about three feet long placed on a clinic wall - are physically simple. But they provide a road map of staff-generated fresh ideas for patient care, with a means of tracking the ideas to their ultimate implementation.

Society can be fast-paced, but that doesn’t mean mealtime should be, too. Ingesting too much food in a short period of time can result in unintended weight gain. UMMC experts advise practicing portion control and putting down your fork between bites to stretch the time it takes to eat – and to promote feeling full before you’re about to pop.

Several interesting events are scheduled for the upcoming weeks at the Medical Center.

Medical Center leadership is proud to acknowledge those employees who will celebrate service anniversaries during the week of June 10-16.