Volume 26 • No. 5 • MAY 2002
Recent and Upcoming POE Improvements
Remote access to clinical applications being tested in pilot project
First phase of process redesign is over; changes now being implemented
Internet policy established to safeguard computer performance
Stanford, Packard hospital announce new chief information officer
New editor named for Medical Staff Update
News
office changes name
The Office of News and Public Affairs has been officially renamed the
Office of Communication & Public Affairs.
"We received suggestions from several sources to change our name to acknowledge the multiple roles our staff members play at the medical center," said Ritch K. Eich, PhD, chief of the Office of Communication & Public Affairs. These roles include:
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Writing and producing the weekly Medical Center Report section of Stanford
Report; Stanford Medicine magazine; the Medical Staff Update newsletter;
and the annual Facts booklet.
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Engaging in 24-hour media-relations efforts.
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Arranging media interviews with medical center experts.
- Supporting the communications efforts of other affiliated organizations such as the VA-Palo Alto Health Care System, University Communications and the Stanford News Service.
The office can be reached by phone at 723-6911 or by fax at 723-7172.
