Progress Notes
UMC & UMCP’s Employee Newsletter
CMN Miracle Kid Spotlight
In the summer of 2017, Addyson Newberry began experiencing pain in her right hip. By November, the pain worsened and her mom, Kyra, an NICU nurse at UMC, contacted Dr. Michel Diab, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon.
Elevating Breast Care to New Heights
We have already set ourselves apart in our quality of breast care, but now we have even better to offer to our breast patients!
Simplify Your Workday
We hope to be simplifying your work day in the near future with a new software solution called Workday.
Welcome Dr. Fike, Pediatric Surgeon
We are delighted to welcome Frankie Fike M.D., a board-certified Pediatric Surgeon, to the UMC Children’s Hospital as a part of our leading pediatric care team! She cares for all pediatric patients—from neonates in our Neonatal ICU to teenagers.
Building a Better Kitchen
Our new kitchen is almost complete, and we are extremely excited for it! The new 6,000-square-foot space has many advantages for our Food and Nutrition team, including more space to prep, cook and work and brand new equipment that will help produce a wider variety of meals for patients, visitors and staff.
UMC Heroes are Made Here
This summer, we have the privilege of welcoming the first class of Emergency Medicine Residents at UMC and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. This is MAJOR and a first in our region!
Zero Heroes – May 2020
As most of you know, UMC has a goal of being a High Reliability Organization (HRO). This means, although we operate in high risk environments, we aim for ZERO preventable harm.
UMC Half Marathon
As we began dealing with COVID-19, many of you so graciously and effortlessly took on completely new roles in new areas of the health system. You have accepted your new roles in ways we are so proud of!
Comfort for Patients in Tumultuous Times
We are honored that Frenship ISD’s Superintendent’s Student Advisory Board has decided to partner with the UMC Cancer Center to help us deliver comfort to patients during some of their most tumultuous times.
2020 UMC Nurse of the Year
Congratulations to Autumn Harris, 2020 UMC Nurse of the Year! Being selected as Nurse of the Year is an honor, and Autumn is excited to be bestowed with it. She has been a nurse at UMC for 5 years, but has worked here, specifically on 4 West, for 7 years.
Celebrations and Recognition in the Midst of COVID-19
We want to take a moment to, once again, recap news and happenings in the community and at UMC, in the midst of this COVID-19 pandemic. We are defying odds in this fight, and continue to be among the first in many ways.
First Responder Antibody Testing
On May 7, UMC Lab officially began providing free antibody testing to area first responders—providing them with an opportunity to determine if they have been exposed to COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.