{"id":72454,"date":"2023-11-09T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=72454"},"modified":"2023-11-09T08:01:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:01:47","slug":"stephanie-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephanie Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_72455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72455\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72455\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/02080750\/Stephanie-Baker-03-web.webp\" alt=\"A photo of Stephanie Baker\" width=\"640\" height=\"549\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Baker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>How a horse race improved start times for surgeries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A core measure of operating room efficiency is making sure that the first surgery of the day starts on time. When it doesn\u2019t, surgeries for the rest of the day may also be delayed.<\/p>\n<p>In OR parlance, the metric is known as first case on-time start, or FCOT.<\/p>\n<p>Tracking this performance indicator, Stephanie Baker, perioperative services nurse manager at UCHealth Grandview Hospital, noticed an area for improvement. She knew that visual tools and aids help to enhance improvement efforts so she created and displayed a visual aid that would help illustrate the goal of improving FCOT rates.<\/p>\n<p>She knew the visual had to be meaningful, fun and accessible, and she selected the bulletin board in the employee lounge at Grandview Hospital since it is shared with providers and is accessible to all.<\/p>\n<p>Baker\u2019s idea was simple: a horse race. Each surgeon would have a horse on a figurative racetrack. Every month, Baker would do all of the calculations and change each horse\u2019s position accordingly, with placement on the board based on FCOT percentages.<\/p>\n<p>After gaining necessary approvals with key stakeholders, Baker moved forward with her initiative. She educated her team on the idea and displayed the at-a-glance horse race visual aid on the bulletin board beginning in October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the numbers have begun to improve. Baker was motivated after \u201cseeing some movement in the right direction.\u201d The visual began to stir up friendly competition to improve numbers individually and collectively.<\/p>\n<p>This new approach had dramatic results improving the FCOT metric, which in turn improved patient satisfaction and patient flow on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has increased the conversation,\u2019\u2019 Baker said.<\/p>\n<p>Baker said the horse race theme, which has been displayed for one year, will soon be replaced with a new visual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re getting ready to start hot air balloons,\u201d Baker said. The hot air balloons will track the FCOT delayed reason instead of the surgeon assigned on the case.<\/p>\n<p>Feedback from colleagues has been positive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think some people thought it was kind of corny,\u201d Baker said. \u201cBut that\u2019s okay, sometimes corny works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baker credits her colleagues for making this initiative a success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team really did all of the work to make sure they were always ready,\u201d Baker said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a combined effort for everybody who does the work. I\u2019m just here to support them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis initiative is just one example of Stephanie\u2019s admirable ability to engage multiple disciplines to reach a common goal,\u201d said Angie Sherwood, clinical director, who nominated Baker for <em>Celebrating You<\/em> recognition. \u201cWe are so thankful to have her leading our GVH peri-op team!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baker has been in the nursing profession for more than 18 years, with 15 of those years working in the OR. She has been with UCHealth since 2019 and has worked at Grandview since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>She enjoys taking care of patients in the OR environment, and she loves working at Grandview Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had team members say working at Grandview has renewed their love for the profession,\u201d Baker said. \u201cAnd I feel like I could do this forever. It\u2019s a very special place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3 su-column-centered\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: #930718\">You Make Extraordinary Possible<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Together, we recognize and honor the qualities within ourselves by shining a spotlight on how each and every one of us improve lives in big ways and small.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uchealthpoints.isrewards.com\/Recognition\/Award\/FormFlex.aspx?pr=JAwX5qZPSOA=&#038;m=N\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#A22343;border-color:#821c36;border-radius:56px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:40px;border-color:#be657c;border-radius:56px;text-shadow:none\"> Share a story<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How a horse race improved start times for surgeries A core measure of operating room efficiency is making sure that the first surgery of the day starts on time. When it doesn\u2019t, surgeries for the rest of the day may also be delayed. In OR parlance, the metric is known as first case on-time start, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2355,"featured_media":72455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"on","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"Relevanssi image attachment filter Relevanssi index exclude","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4826],"class_list":["post-72454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-you-make-extraordinary-possible"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stephanie Baker - UCHealth Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How a horse race improved start times for surgeries A core measure of operating room efficiency is making sure that the first surgery of the day starts on time. When it doesn\u2019t, surgeries for the rest of the day may also be delayed. In OR parlance, the metric is known as first ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stephanie Baker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How a horse race improved start times for surgeries A core measure of operating room efficiency is making sure that the first surgery of the day starts on time. When it doesn\u2019t, surgeries for the rest of the day may also be delayed. In OR parlance, the metric is known as first case on-time start, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UCHealth Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-09T15:00:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-09T15:01:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/02080750\/Stephanie-Baker-03-web.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Christine Freer, UCHealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@uchealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@uchealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Christine Freer, UCHealth\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/stephanie-baker\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/stephanie-baker\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Christine Freer, UCHealth\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1390510f43416f152946ca6566f8b5e9\"},\"headline\":\"Stephanie Baker\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-09T15:00:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-09T15:01:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/stephanie-baker\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":616,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/stephanie-baker\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/02080750\\\/Stephanie-Baker-03-web.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"You make extraordinary possible\"],\"articleSection\":[\"UCHealth\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/stephanie-baker\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/stephanie-baker\\\/\",\"name\":\"Stephanie Baker - UCHealth Today\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/stephanie-baker\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/stephanie-baker\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/02080750\\\/Stephanie-Baker-03-web.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-09T15:00:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-09T15:01:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/stephanie-baker\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/stephanie-baker\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/stephanie-baker\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/02080750\\\/Stephanie-Baker-03-web.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/02080750\\\/Stephanie-Baker-03-web.webp\",\"width\":800,\"height\":686,\"caption\":\"Stephanie Baker\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/stephanie-baker\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stephanie Baker\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\",\"name\":\"UCHealth Today\",\"description\":\"UCHealth Today\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UCHealth\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/24135149\\\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/24135149\\\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"UCHealth\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/uchealthorg\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/uchealth\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/uchealth\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/school\\\/14839\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/uchealthorg\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC41SJI79yjZIe96OajzN22g\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1390510f43416f152946ca6566f8b5e9\",\"name\":\"Christine Freer, UCHealth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ee326edf28be92e0eb2fba8b3824a85180c6707c48c96ed238f8b5d3f0a2661d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ee326edf28be92e0eb2fba8b3824a85180c6707c48c96ed238f8b5d3f0a2661d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ee326edf28be92e0eb2fba8b3824a85180c6707c48c96ed238f8b5d3f0a2661d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Christine Freer, UCHealth\"},\"description\":\"Christine Freer joined UCHealth as a communications specialist in 2022. Prior to joining UCHealth, Freer served as the lead public information officer at the Florida Department of Health in Escambia County. She spent the last 11 years working in public health, program management, and health care marketing and communications. Freer earned a Bachelor of Arts in public health promotion from Purdue University and a Master of Public Health in social marketing from the University of South Florida. She lives in Colorado Springs with her husband, Jim, and their German shepherd, Lincoln.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/author\\\/cfreer\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stephanie Baker - UCHealth Today","description":"How a horse race improved start times for surgeries A core measure of operating room efficiency is making sure that the first surgery of the day starts on time. When it doesn\u2019t, surgeries for the rest of the day may also be delayed. In OR parlance, the metric is known as first ...","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"nofollow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Stephanie Baker","og_description":"How a horse race improved start times for surgeries A core measure of operating room efficiency is making sure that the first surgery of the day starts on time. When it doesn\u2019t, surgeries for the rest of the day may also be delayed. In OR parlance, the metric is known as first case on-time start, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/","og_site_name":"UCHealth Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/","article_published_time":"2023-11-09T15:00:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-09T15:01:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/02080750\/Stephanie-Baker-03-web.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Christine Freer, UCHealth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@uchealth","twitter_site":"@uchealth","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Christine Freer, UCHealth","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/"},"author":{"name":"Christine Freer, UCHealth","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/person\/1390510f43416f152946ca6566f8b5e9"},"headline":"Stephanie Baker","datePublished":"2023-11-09T15:00:37+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-09T15:01:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/"},"wordCount":616,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/02080750\/Stephanie-Baker-03-web.webp","keywords":["You make extraordinary possible"],"articleSection":["UCHealth"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/","name":"Stephanie Baker - UCHealth Today","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/02080750\/Stephanie-Baker-03-web.webp","datePublished":"2023-11-09T15:00:37+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-09T15:01:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/02080750\/Stephanie-Baker-03-web.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/02080750\/Stephanie-Baker-03-web.webp","width":800,"height":686,"caption":"Stephanie Baker"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/stephanie-baker\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stephanie Baker"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/","name":"UCHealth Today","description":"UCHealth Today","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization","name":"UCHealth","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/24135149\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/24135149\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"UCHealth"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/","https:\/\/x.com\/uchealth","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uchealth\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/14839\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/uchealthorg\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC41SJI79yjZIe96OajzN22g"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/person\/1390510f43416f152946ca6566f8b5e9","name":"Christine Freer, UCHealth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee326edf28be92e0eb2fba8b3824a85180c6707c48c96ed238f8b5d3f0a2661d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee326edf28be92e0eb2fba8b3824a85180c6707c48c96ed238f8b5d3f0a2661d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee326edf28be92e0eb2fba8b3824a85180c6707c48c96ed238f8b5d3f0a2661d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Christine Freer, UCHealth"},"description":"Christine Freer joined UCHealth as a communications specialist in 2022. Prior to joining UCHealth, Freer served as the lead public information officer at the Florida Department of Health in Escambia County. She spent the last 11 years working in public health, program management, and health care marketing and communications. Freer earned a Bachelor of Arts in public health promotion from Purdue University and a Master of Public Health in social marketing from the University of South Florida. She lives in Colorado Springs with her husband, Jim, and their German shepherd, Lincoln.","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/author\/cfreer\/"}]}},"coauthors":[{"id":2355,"name":"Christine Freer, UCHealth","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/author\/cfreer\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72456,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72454\/revisions\/72456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}