How exciting for UMC Physicians employee satisfaction to be in the top 4% of Press Ganey medical groups across the country! Our vision is clear: to be the best place to work and the best place to receive healthcare.


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.

When a patient has a major cardiac event, or surgery associated with the heart, their next step of care is Cardiac Rehabilitation.

UMC is celebrating yet another successful Gala put on by the UMC Foundation! This year, we raised $349,000 directly benefitting UMC’s new Cardiac Rehabilitation Center.

Jase Alonzo has dedicated 40 years of her life to UMC. We are so grateful for her service in our health system! Read below to learn what she loves about UMC and why she continues to work here.

This year we are eager to Focus on the Future! Our annual employee banquet recognized our milestone employees, Employees of the Month from last year, and our 2019 Employee of the Year.

We recently held a grand opening for our Replenishment Lounge—a place for our employees to access food and drinks 24/7. This is a direct result of your speaking up on the Employee Satisfaction survey last year. Many of you continue to ask for more food options, especially for night shift staff.

Recently, nursing staff and leadership of 4 East brought up concerns during Lean Daily Management and in Department Huddles about the experiences of inpatients on their unit who were told they had cancer.

UMC employees have done it again! You gave over $450,000 to the United Way—close to 110% percent of our 2019 goal.

In November, UMC partnered with South Texas Blood & Tissue Center to host an employee blood drive. In just 3 days, employees collected 215 units of blood, with 76 units collected at the UMC Business and Technology Center and 139 collected at the hospital. That is fantastic!