High-Reliability Organizations recognize that errors and harm are always possible and they continuously seek opportunities to learn and improve processes to prevent defects, harm and create a culture of safety. At Houston Methodist, we maintain a commitment to quality and safety at all levels, from frontline providers to managers and executives. In honor of celebrating this … [Read more...]
Severe Weather Alert
Tuesday, May 18 | 4:12 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch through Thursday morning. It’s possible that some parts of our region will receive several inches of rain causing some street flooding. The heaviest rainfall is expected to fall tomorrow morning through Thursday morning. Please allow extra time for your commute to ensure you are on … [Read more...]
HMSL earns fourteenth “A” in a row for patient safety
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in the fall of 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade a national distinction recognizing the hospital’s achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, … [Read more...]
2020 Vizient Scores
After much focus and hard work, we have achieved our goal of improving our Vizient Quality and Accountability survey results for 2020. As you can see from the chart below, we improved across the majority of domains, particularly in the areas of mortality, safety and efficiency. Domain 2020 Rank 2019 … [Read more...]
Hand Hygiene
Good hand hygiene is the single most effective thing we can do to protect our patients’ safety, everyone needs to be vigilant about how and when you wash or gel your hands. When we practice exceptional hand hygiene we are keeping the patient at the center of what we’re doing. Not washing after removing gloves can lead to contaminating our own hands, while not washing … [Read more...]