AUGUST 4, 2022 — Griffin Guzan joins us as a Houston Methodist Administrative Fellow for the next three months for his community hospital rotation. His Houston Methodist Sugar Land rotation will include exposure to hospital strategy and operations through a combination of meetings and projects. Rashna Barge, Project Director-Administration, will be his point of contact at our … [Read more...]
Nominations Now Open for 2022 Culture of Safety Awards
JULY 21, 2022 — Houston Methodist maintains a commitment to quality and safety at all levels, from frontline providers to managers and executives. As a high reliability organization, we recognize that errors and harm are always possible. We are committed to continuously seek opportunities to learn and improve processes to prevent defects, harm and create a culture of safety in … [Read more...]
COVID-19 Update from Dr. Rob Phillips
Please read the message below from Dr. Rob Phillips, sent to all Houston Methodist employees and physicians on July 18, 2022. We continue to see an uptick in COVID-19 patients in our hospitals as the omicron BA.5 variant takes root in our community. Today we have 312 inpatients. Interesting note: about half of these patients came to Houston Methodist for reasons … [Read more...]
Performance Excellence: Everybody, Every Day Kickoff Meetings
July 2022 Above and Beyond Award Winners: Jen Orta and Victoria Contreras
JULY 13, 2022 — The Employee Morale Committee awarded Nursing Manager Jen Orta and Patient Liason Victoria Contreras with the Above and Beyond Award for the month of July. The two were nominated after they planned a wedding for a patient. Here’s what the nomination read: "The “Almost Wedding." When learning that a patient in the hospital was supposed to be married that week … [Read more...]