With smartphone usagesoaring, the University ofKansas Medical Center thisweek rolled out a mobile

version of kumc.edu.The new version sports a

simplified homepage offeringa dozen touch icons. From

there, users can navi-gate the rest of the sitewith customized ele-ments and photos to fiton a small screen.

Jameson Watkins,the medical center’s

Internet Development direc-tor, said iPhone, Androidand other smartphone userscould use kumc.edu before,but the mobile versionzeroes in on what’s mostimportant to them, includ-ing maps, phone directoriesand events – informationthey might need as theywalk across campus.

Mobile users account forabout 3 percent of kumc.edutraffic, but Watkins expectsit to jump to 10 percent a

year and keep rising. It’s easy to see why.

Globally, mobile Web userswill outnumber PC Internetusers within a year, accord-ing to an industry magazine.And mobile data consump-tion among Gen Y’ers hasrisen 400 per-cent over thepast two years.

“Looking at

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Four premier Kansas City chefsclaimed top billing at Girls’ NightIn 2012. But four civic leadersstole the show when they raiseda stunning $54,900 by compet-ing in the event’s Top Sous ChefContest. Thanks to the competitive

spirit of the “sous chefs,” plussponsorships, ticket sales and araffle, the seventh annual Girls’Night In set a fundraising record.Net proceeds will be announcedin a few weeks and are expected

to top $100,000. The eventbenefits A Change of Heart®,which is a program of TheUniversity of Kansas Hospital’snew Adelaide C. Ward Women’sHeart Health Center. Held Feb. 21 at Portfolio

Kitchen & Home, this year’s eventwas themed A CulinaryCelebration for the Heart. Chefsand student chefs prepared heart-healthy bites as more than 300guests watched them in action.

The Hall Family Foundationhas donated $10.5 million toThe University of KansasCancer Center and TrumanMedical Center to support thecancer center’s effort to earnNational Cancer Institute desig-nation.At the cancer center, $7 mil-

lion will fund new faculty andresearchers at the KU ClinicalResearch Center. The centeropened to patients last monthin a building donated by theHall Family Foundation in 2008.The gift will also support

efforts by the cancer center,Children’s Mercy Hospital andthe Stowers Institute to developpediatric cancer drugs. And it willcontribute resources to a newdrug discovery laboratory andthe University of Kansas MedicalCenter’s newly establishedCancer Biology department.At Truman Medical Center,

$3.5 million will help refurbishcancer facilities and fundTruman’s ongoing membershipin the Midwest Cancer Alliance,a regional network of hospitalsand healthcare organizations.The alliance is a crucial compo-nent of our cancer center’s bidfor NCI designation.With the latest gift, the foun-

dation has made $29.9 millionin total commitments to sup-port efforts to bring an NCI-designated cancer center to theregion. “The Hall Family Foundation

has been pleased to partner instriving for National CancerInstitute designation. We remaincommitted to that goal and tothe benefits it would bring topatients in this region and toresearch efforts to eliminatecancer,” said Bill Hall, HallFamily Foundation president.

Going mobile: kumc.edu adapts to smartphones

Jameson Watkins and hisInternet Development teamare making kumc.edu moresmartphone-friendly.

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Jennifer Maloney, executive chef for CaféSebastienne, and Bob Page, hospital president and CEO, made for a creative cooking duo at this week's Girls' Night In.

Hall family: $10.5Mgift to NCI effort!

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Auxiliary supports wide range of projects

Burn center renovationsA renovated waiting room and stylish lounge opened in the BurnettBurn Center last week (story thispage). The center, which wasawarded its three-year reverificationlast month, also is adding five morepatient rooms. Burn center leader-ship includes (front, from left) NurseManager Maria Pena, RN; SidonieMoses, RN, performance improve-ment coordinator; and TracyRogers, RN, program manager.Dhaval Bhavsar, MD (back, fromleft), and James Howard, MD, werenamed the center’s co-medical direc-tors last month. (Not pictured:Kayla Northrop, RN, educator.)

• Apheresis – Movies for patients• Clinical Labs – Scale• Graduate Studies – Travelgrants for students

• Hand Rehabilitation Clinic –Monofilament kit

• Hearing and Speech – iPads forpatients

• Kirmayer Fitness Center –Membership for patient/family

• Nursing – Camera forEmergency Department

• Nursing – Headset amplifier• Nursing – iPod for use withpatient medication

• Nursing – Word/picture boardsfor language-impaired patients

• Nursing – Specialized breastpump

• Nursing – Specialized clothingfor long-term stay cancer patients

• Nursing – Falls alarm monitor-ing system

• Nursing – PICC training model• Nursing – Blood glucose monitor, strips for BMTpatients

• Nursing – Car seats• Nursing – Sleeper chair for Unit 42

• Nursing – Family centered sig-nage in Neuro ICU

• Occupational Therapy –Kitchen modification

• Occupational TherapyEducation – Stander for adap-tive karate class

• Pathology and LaboratoryMedicine – Cancer testingequipment

• Pediatrics – Project EAGLE diaper drive

• Pharmacology – Missions fornewborns

• Physical Therapy – Portabletherapy treatment tables

• Physical Therapy – Arm pedalergometer

• Physical Therapy – BariatricICU walker

• Physical Therapy –Lymphedema patient DVDs

• Physical Therapy – Pelvic floorequipment

• Postdoctoral Affairs – Travelawards for postdoc fellows

• Psychiatry – Autism and devel-opmental disabilities DVDs

• Rehabilitation Services – Gaittrainer

• Rehabilitation Services –Bariatric hip chair

• School of Nursing – Mobilesimulation manikin

Beyond those projects, the Auxi -liary provides annual funds to theChaplain’s office, Social Servicesand hospital Volunteer Services.

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“We applaud all those involved inthis life-saving work.”Barbara Atkinson, MD, med-

ical center executive vice chancel-lor, called the Hall FamilyFoundation “an extraordinary col-laborator in building a world-class

cancer center for our region.” Attaining NCI designation

requires significant resources torecruit top scientists and buildstate-of-the-art labs. “The HallFamily Foundation has madestrategic investments all alongthe way, and in doing so, is help-

ing to transform our region intoa national hub of life-sciencesresearch,” she added.Leaders emphasized the NCI

designation effort crosses thestate line to unite Kansans andMissourians against a diseasethat still claims too many lives.

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The University of Kansas Medical Center Auxiliary this year will distribute $50,483in grants to support The University of Kansas Hospital and the medical center. Out of 76 applications, here are the 33 project grant recipients and projects for 2012: The Burnett Burn Center,

Unit 52, has a new look and newleadership.The center on Feb. 14 opened

two comfy lounges for patientsand families. The stylish areasfeature a kitchenette and com-puter café. They were created inspace previously occupied by theOutpatient Burn and WoundCare Center, which moved to themain level in 2010. There’s additional growth on

the horizon: The burn rehabilita-tion therapy gym will be renovatedand five more intensive care bedswill be added by May, bringing thecenter’s total to 16 and supportingstaff ’s increasing quality of care.The center admits more than 300patients each year.Dhaval Bhavsar, MD, Plastic

Surgery and Burns; and JamesHoward, MD, Trauma and CriticalCare Clinic, were named the center’s co-medical directors onJan. 1. They succeed RichardKorentager, MD, who remainsPlastic Surgery chair. And there’s more news: The

burn center last month received itsthree-year reverification from theAmerican Burn Association andAmerican College of Surgeons.

Burn Centerexpands, reverified

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Friday, February 24PEDIATRIC GRAND Rounds:“Outreach Update,” David Cook,PhD, and Eve-Lynn Nelson, PhD,8-9 a.m., Clendening Auditorium.

Saturday, February 25KUMC Alumni Association KU vs. MUBasketball Watch Party: 2:30 p.m.,Johnny’s Tavern, 6765 W. 119th St.,Overland Park. Tickets are $15 andinclude pizza and wings (while sup-plies last) and 2 drink tickets forsoda or beer. Regi ster at kumc.edu/alumni or call 8-1255.

Monday, February 27NEUROLOGY/NEUROSURGERYGrand Rounds: “Syncope: A Neuro - logic Perspective,” James Southwell,DO, 8-9 a.m., Lied Auditorium.

ALZHEIMER’S AND AGINGResearch Colloquium: Presentationsfrom Shirley ShiDu Yan, MD; PeterKoulen, PhD; Jeffrey Burns, MD;Kausik Si, PhD; Elias Michaelis, MD,PhD; Robyn Honea, PhD; andRussell Swerdlow, MD, 9 a.m.-4:30p.m., Beller Conference Center.Information: KUMC Area HealthEducation Center, 620-235-4040.

Tuesday, February 28IHOP’S NATIONAL PANCAKE DayCelebration: Short stacks are freeall day at every IHOP in the metro.Donations at IHOP that day go toChildren’s Miracle Network, whichin turn supports UKP Pediatrics.Information: ihoppancakeday.com.

RESEARCH SEMINAR Series onAging, Health and Dementia: “IsAlzheimer’s Disease a SystemicDisease?” Jeffrey Burns, MD,noon-1 p.m., 270 Landon Centeron Aging. Lunch provided for first 20 participants. Register within48 hours of program at http://coa.kumc.edu/cpgec (select “upcomingprograms”).

Wednesday, February 29INTERNAL MEDICINE GrandRounds: “Urine Drug Testing: Howto Interpret and When to Order,”Karen Moeller, PharmD, BCPP, 8-9 a.m., 3015 Sudler.

KANSAS PUBLIC Health GrandRounds: “Poverty’s Effect onHealth and Safety,” Denise Dowd,MD, noon-1 p.m., SudlerAuditorium. Lunch provided forfirst 10 participants.

TRANSPLANT CONFERENCE:“Management of Arterial and BiliaryComplications in Liver TransplantRecipients,” Wael Saad, MD, 1-2 p.m., Clendening Auditorium.

WOMEN IN MEDICINE and Science(WIMS) Event: “Phenomenal Skin atAll Ages,” Daniel Aires, MD, JD; ClintHumphrey, MD, FACS; and RichardKorentager, MD, FACS, 5-6 p.m.,G013 School of Nursing.

Friday, March 2UNIVERSITY COMPUTER Equip -ment Drop-Off: 8:30-10:30 a.m.,Hixson Atrium. Dispose of university-owned computers and computer-related equipment. Inf or m ation:8-1081 or www2.kumc.edu/safety.

Saturday, March 3FRIENDSHIP INN’S 9th AnnualTaste of Hospitality Wine Dinner:6-9 p.m., Indian Hills CountryClub. Tickets are $100 each andinclude a sit-down, wine tasting anddining experience and silent auc-tion. Proceeds support the home’soperations, including repair, mainte-nance and necessities for guests.Information: friendshipinnkc.org orPeggy Walls at 816-506-6339.

PICU relocates next week to Unit 45 Pediatric ICU staff and patients at The University of Kansas

Hospital are on the move. Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 28, they'll relo-cate temporarily to Unit 45, where they’ll continue to provide fullPICU care. The shift is needed to make way for renovation of Unit44 starting Thursday, March 1. Pediatrics also is on Unit 45 temporarily. Peds and PICU will

return to Unit 44 after its renovation is complete, expected by latesummer or early fall.

Blood drive set for March 2 at WestwoodThe next campuswide blood drive is 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday,

March 2, at the Westwood Campus Multipurpose Room. Walk-ins are welcome. You can also register using the form at the

Westwood Human Resources reception desk, or sign up online atwww.savealifenow.org. Use the sponsor code kumedwestwood. Remember, a critical number of voluntary donations are required

every day to meet the need for blood in our metro. You can make adifference for someone in need in our community.

New policy addresses parking garage glitchesWhen parking garage gates malfunction or ticket machines jam on

the main campus, workers no longer will put cones in front of them,blocking traffic. The new policy from the University of Kansas Police says gates will

be kept open, allowing traffic to flow through. When they leave thegarage, drivers will pay a $2 parking fee, the same as if the ticketswere validated. Operations leaders at The University of Kansas Hospital

expressed thanks for the new policy. The change follows several traf-fic backups in recent weeks for patients and staff at the CambridgeParking Facility, caused by malfunctioning gates and ticket machines. As part of the change, a large supply of parts for the parking

gates and ticket machines will be kept on the main campus. Thatway, the vendor for those machines can fix them faster, rather thanordering the parts. If you encounter a faulty gate or ticket machine, call 8-5030. This

info also is posted at parking garage booths.

Next Leadership session: Food for thoughtThe next session in the University of Kansas Medical Center’s

Campuswide Leadership Series is noon-1 p.m. Friday, March 2, G013School of Nursing.The session, “Feeding America, One Bun at a Time,” features Ed

Honesty, president and CEO, Best Harvest Bakeries(bestharvest.com). He’ll discuss how he went from a McDonald’sCorp. executive to running a bakery that supplies buns to more than700 of the restaurants in the Midwest. The Leadership Series is free to anyone who works on the main

campus. Lunch is provided for the first 125 attendees, and continu-ing education credit is available. Held once a month on Fridays, the sessions are designed to teach

people how to be leaders through the stories of others’ experiences.

eXtracurricular

MAGNETIZING KC: Tuesday, Feb. 28, G013 School of Nursing. Thefree daylong conference, open to all nursing professionals in the metro,focuses on nursing practices at local Magnet hospitals and on thosepursuing Magnet designation. Register: email education@kumc.edu andinclude your name, nursing license and phone number.

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CENTEReXpressthe startling statistics

regarding mobile Internetuse, particularly withincoming student popula-tions, it made sense toinvest the time and effortto rethink how users inter-act with the KUMC web-site,” said Watkins. Amobile version of myKUMCis slated to launch thisspring.

The University of KansasHospital plans to release amobile version of its web-site, kumed.com, early thisspring.

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“It’s wonderful to see so manypeople here to support women’sheart health,” said AshleySimmons, MD, medical directorof the new Ward women’s heartcenter. “Having our student chefsinvolved is so great, as well,because they’re learning about theimportance of heart-healthy eating.” Chefs, their restaurants and

their civic sous chefs are:• Megan Garrelts, bluestem;Frank Ross Jr., PolsinelliShughart PC

• Debbie Gold, The AmericanRestaurant; Mark Faber,AEG/Sprint Center

• Jennifer Maloney, Café

Sebastienne; Bob Page, TheUniversity of Kansas Hospital

• Celina Tio, JULIAN; BobRegnier, Bank of Blue Valley.Ross earned the title of Girls’

Night In Top Sous Chef when hebested his competitors by raisingnearly $19,000.Student chefs from Shawnee

Mission School District’sBroadmoor Bistro andWyandotte High School’sCulinary Program commandeeredPortfolio’s main kitchen.Girls’ Night In proceeds fund

various A Change of Heart(achangeofheartkc.org) initiativesaimed at preventing and reducingheart disease through awareness,assessment and advocacy.

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