The cancer survivorship series at the Houston Methodist Cancer Center at Sugar Land is designed to improve the physical, social, psychological and spiritual health of cancer survivors and their caregivers in Fort Bend County. During the COVID-19 pandemic, support and connection is even more important, so survivorship resources are being offered virtually. “With the … [Read more...]
Virtual Intensive Care Unit (vICU)
Last week, we installed the infrastructure for Virtual ICU (vICU) in both of our units which will provide continuous intensivist/critical care physician coverage for our ICU beds. Our intensivists will still be on-site and this is an added layer of protection. The vICU is a remote monitoring center that captures real-time physiological data and uses predictive analytic tools … [Read more...]
Be a Part of Art
Houston Methodist and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Community Art Project The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and the Center for Performing Arts Medicine (CPAM) are partnering together to create a community art project all about YOUR growth this year. The project is inspired by this image of Tiffany and Co. butterfly clips. They were designed after the wife of a … [Read more...]
Helping Our Community
The Nightshift Governance Committee project to feed local children and our annual partnership with the Rainbow Room were a huge success. Kid’s Meal Inc’s mission is to end childhood hunger by delivering free healthy meals to the doorsteps of Houston’s hungriest preschool-aged children and through collaboration provide their families with resources to help end the cycle of … [Read more...]
Complete In-Services by Aug. 26
Staff Focal Point Review (FPR) is underway. The deadline to complete your 12 annual systemwide in-services is Aug. 26 or you will be suspended without pay. If you work in clinical departments, you may also have hospital or department-specific in-services. Don’t delay. If you haven’t started yet, it’s easier to break the job into small pieces so that you don’t have the entire … [Read more...]