Flash Fax is published regularly by the chairman of the professional staff and faxed to physicians offices to report late-breaking news.

2010

• May 26 - combined professional staff meeting, H1N1 for the upcoming season - new!!
• March 8 - professional staff banquet, epic in-basket cleanup, medical records deficiencies, professional staff election
• February 17 - Influenza update, molybdenum 99 shortage, community conversation
• February 8 - Professional staff recognition banquet, discharge summaries, influenza update, rehab services, KidsCare Link

2009

• November 23 - H1N1 update, Urgent Care - South recruiting a part-time pediatrician, Epic go-live in surgery
• November 10 - exclusivity agreement for neonatology/emergency services, H1N1 update
• October 26 - H1N1 update
• October 20 - Epic update, ED/urgent care integration and renovation, H1N1 news
• October 8 - H1N1 update
• October 1 - H1N1 outbreak 2009
• September 23 - H1N1 update
• September 15 - H1N1 update
• September 4 - H1N1 update
• August 26 - Epic go-live/training, new physician reception, distinguished service award, H1N1
• August 19 - Six days to Epic go-live
• August 14 - Epic go-live update
• August 7 - Epic inpatient go-live update, new physician reception, pain management, synagis clinic
• July 23 - Radiologist availability, QCT bone densitometry determination, epic training, urgent care physician needed
• June 9 - Kettering Testing Center moving, Heparin and IV catheters in Epic, H1N1 update, Epic update
• May 14 - Novel Influenza A (H1N1) update
• April 30 - Swine flu update
• April 13 - diagnosis of pertussis, EPIC update for pharmacy and E-MAR go-live, job shadowing discontinued, professional staff elections, "busted for snooping"
• March 24 - New HIB cases reported, eating disorder team referral changes, professional staff banquet, parking gate to close, resident match announced
• March 13 - parking lot gate to close, EPIC update, Communication Center update, upcoming activities
• March 5 - new safe haven laws, comfort line for families, COG review successful, professional staff activities
• January 27 - admission notification for PCPs, Pediatric Sleep Center update, KidsCare Link update, upcoming events, Wright State basketball game
• January 12 - KidsCare Link, oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance recommendation from CDC, primary care physician notification of admissions

2008

• November 14 - CMS COP update, new pediatric surgeon, Springboro urgent care opens
• September 12 - rabies vaccine supply limited
• August 27 - cryptospordia outbreak, surgical site marking, searching for a pediatrician, ED record requests, 2008-2009 influenza vaccine recommendations
• June 23 - ED/UC faxes, cystic fibrosis mutation screening panel available, email collection, pediatric health assessment
• May 19 - MRI safety issues
• March 25 - professional staff banquet, medical imaging/anthem, census, epic update, residency news
• February 11 - census rises due to influenza and RSV, gastroenterology and lipid switch to electronic health records
• January 25 - professional staff elections, heparin and normal saline pre-filled flushes recalled, cough/cold medications in children under two-years-old, upcoming events
• January 16 - neurology superdoc, new endocrinologist, patient self check-in stations, EPIC update, upcoming events

2007

• December 19 - child's voice award, research foundation grant, direct admission policy, upcoming events
• December 12 - new vice president for corporate support, vaccine study, joint commission, thrombophilia mutation detection
• December 16 - physician and vendor policies, parking garage, physician parking
• October 22 - development pediatric clinic appointment policy, CMS new exceptions to payment, professional staff combined meeting, professional staff parking lot 
• October 17 - new DNA testing platform, urgent care center holiday hours, EPIC in pulmonary clinic, construction project updates, tamperproof scripts delayed
• October 1 - notification regarding patient's death, pediatric response team, informed consent
• August 14 - new physician reception, PCR offered seven days, developmental peds referral update, new medical education director, upcoming events 
• June 25 - endocrinology medical director change, professional staff parking, peer review activities, NPI numbers released to Medicare/Medicaid
• May 10 - parking update, resident graduation activities, endocrinology clinic expands, construction update