Progress Notes
UMC & UMCP’s Employee Newsletter
Chili Cookoff Adds a Little Seasonal Spice
Smells of cumin, garlic, chili powder, and other spices fragrantly waft through the air the second anyone leaves the elevators or the stairwell to the hospital’s second floor. The buzz…
Building Traditions in the Holiday Season
This time of year begins the Holiday Season, where each month brings colder weather and families closer together. Collectively, we assemble indoors with our bounties of Halloween candy, special Thanksgiving…
Deep Dive: Bereavement Library Helps Bring Healing
People stood quietly in a small semicircle around carts of books, chattering softly in an air that felt immediately more somber than most other events at UMC. In the Family…
Combating Healthcare Cybersecurity Risks
As every aspect of our healthcare technology infrastructure grows, so does our reliance on the internet, large networks, and third-party collaborators to maintain an efficient system. However, as our connectivity…
UMC’s Regional Fall Symposium and Swing Bed Summit
As one of the largest regional hospitals, UMC is committed to working with smaller rural hospital districts to build a care network that benefits all our patients. In addition to…
UMC Marketing Wins BIG at the Healthcare Advertising Awards
UMC Marketing was recently recognized in the 39th Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards. This year the Healthcare Advertising Awards panel received 4,400 entries, making the awards the largest healthcare advertising awards competition and one…
Canines for Caregivers, a UMC Internal Adoption Event
Canines for Caregivers, a UMC Internal Adoption Event Twenty minutes west of Lubbock, and three miles down a dirt road named Nightingale, sits Morris Safe House. 81-year-old Sallie Morris,…
Passion 360 Brings Giving Full Circle
UMC’s employees give selflessly every day. They dedicate their time in the service of their patients. They calm distressed families. They find ways to volunteer for Passion in Action campaigns,…
Educating Medical Educators
Educating Medical Educators West Texas is a community of communities spread over hundreds of miles of flat land that seems to create a value system of mutual obligation. Charity,…
Deep Dive: The Differences We Make
Consider the differences we make. Remember why we do what we do and the goodness we foster in this world.
Sign the Beam Ceremony at the New UMC Health and Wellness Hospital
An American flag whips behind the steel frame of the future UMC Health & Wellness Hospital, where men in white, brown, and yellow hardhats weld metal to metal, and showers…
ICUs Working Together Through Trauma
Resiliency and mental health have come to the forefront of administrators’ minds as hospitals and their staffs move into a later stage of the coronavirus pandemic. For example, UMC offers…