October 2, 1998 

Partners telephone directory adds new paging features
New paging features will be added Oct. 5 to the Partners Telephone Directory, which is accessible on all Partners workstations. New search criteria will make it possible to look up a name by entering a Partners pager ID number into the name search field.
     More information – such as paging status – will be available for each record through the detail (expanded) screen, which is accessed by selecting a name resulting from a search. By accessing their own detailed screens, employees will be able to change their own paging status codes and retrieve and print messages.
     In addition, shortcut keys will make paging functions easier to perform. Once a name or page number is entered into the search field, the following codes can be used:

• /D (type slash key, "D") display record in the detail screen format
• /P initiate a page for the displayed record
• /E go to edit mode for the displayed record
• /C change status for the displayed record
• /R retrieve message for a record

The edit, change, and retrieve functions can only be used on an employee's own record.
     For more information, call Marie Doolan in Telecommunications at 4-5058.

DeCordova event and raffle for breast cancer research
The annual ESSCO-MGH Breast Cancer Research Fund event, which benefits the laboratory of Wiley Souba, MD, ScD, chief of Surgical Oncology, will take place Oct. 7, 6:30 pm, at the DeCordova Museum, Lincoln. The MGH community is invited. Tickets cost $100.
     Raffle tickets also will be on sale to help raise money for breast cancer research Oct. 5 and 6, 10 am to 4 pm, in the Central Lobby. Prizes include a round-trip, 10-day vacation to Ireland with airfare, hotel and Irish breakfast. For questions on either event, call Judi Casey at 4-6432 or Pat Skehan at 4-0469.

Events for PT Month
In recognition of Physical Therapy Month this October, MGH Physical Therapy will host a series of weekly information tables, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, in the Central Lobby. The following topics will be presented: "Foot and shoe wear analysis," Oct. 7; "Fall prevention," Oct 14; and "Postural screening/ergonomic education," Oct 28. For more information, call 6-2961.

Domestic Violence Awareness
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the MGH Domestic Violence Working Group and the HAVEN program are sponsoring a series of speakers and events throughout October. Next week, Rev. Anne Marie Hunter of Boston Justice Ministries will speak about "Justice and the Unjust Judge: Faith, Spirituality and Violence Against Women," Oct. 8, noon to 1 pm, in Walcott 2 Conference Room. For more information, call 4-0054.

Depression screening
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will participate in National Depression Screening Day Oct. 8 by offering free, anonymous and confidential screening to MGH and Partners employees. These 15-minute tests will be available on a walk-in basis, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm, VBK Building 427. For more information, call the EAP at 6-6976. Screenings also will be offered by the Depression Clinical and Research Program, 11 am to 6 pm, at 50 Staniford St., 4th floor. For more information, call 4-6532.

Auto loan special
The Harvard University Employees Credit Union (HUECU), which is onsite and available to MGH employees, is offering auto loans with a special 6.99 percent APR on new and 7.50 percent APR on used autos until Nov. 13. To apply or learn more about HUECU's financing and loan programs, visit the office on Clinics 134, call 6-1630 or e-mail http://www.huecu.org.

Eating disorders seminar
Primary care clinicians and trainees are invited to a symposium about "Detection and Management of Eating Disorders in the Primary Care Setting," featuring speakers from the MGH departments of Medicine, Pediatrics and OB/GYN, Oct. 17, 7:15 am to noon, in the O'Keeffe Auditorium. Admission is free, but preregistration is required. For more information, call the Harvard Eating Disorders Center at (617) 236-7766 or toll-free (888) 236-1188.