Please read the following message first sent as an email on January 9, 2023 from CMO S. Nicolas Desai, M.D. It’s my pleasure to welcome Lavinia Zanaj, DNP, MHA, RN, CPHQ, to Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital as our new Quality Director. Lavinia started her career at Houston Methodist at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital as an ED registration and unit clerk in 1998. … [Read more...]
Welcome Spring 2023 Interns
JANUARY 16, 2023 — HMSL is excited to welcome three interns for the spring semester. Read more about them and their work below and please give them a warm welcome as you see them. Malik K. Tousant - Marketing Department Born in Chicago, Illinois, my family moved to Houston when I was 6 years old. I am now a senior at Texas State University and on pace to receive … [Read more...]
Career Milestone Virtual Backgrounds
DECEMBER 1, 2022 — Right-click on any image below to save to your device and use as a virtual background on Teams. … [Read more...]
4 West, Pharmacy Kaizen is Improving How Medication is Delivered
Editor’s Note: Second in a series on the hospital’s Performance Excellence initiative. NOVEMBER 18, 2022 — A recent cross-functional team improved how medications are delivered, stored and administered, saving nurses 10 minutes per shift on average. The Kaizen event included employees from both pharmacy and 4 West and was led by Tintu Thankachan, then the Pharmacy … [Read more...]
EVS Kaizen Helps Get Organized, Roll Out PARx System
NOVEMBER 14, 2022 — At HMSL, the hospital’s business system, also known as Performance Excellence, is designed to help employees implement process improvements – both large and small – to improve efficiency and break down silo mentalities. One core tool in Performance Excellence is Kaizen, a concept that originated in Japan after World War II. It refers to continuous … [Read more...]