For Employees

February 2019 – Progress Notes

UMC & UMCP's Employee Newsletter

2019 UMC Gala Benefitting the UMC Heart Center

Stewardship & Growth
Partners for Excellent Care

Safety/Quality
Fall 2018 Graduates
Healing Through Music

Service
No One Sits Alone

Safety/Quality
Beautification Project Enhances Safety

Teamwork
Zero Heroes - February 2019

Safety/Quality

Enter Our Contest

Answer the questions below (answers are easy if you read the articles) in an email to Danielle.Hathcoat@umchealthsystem.com, and your name will be put into a drawing for a $50 gift card. Good luck! Last month's winner was Sabrina Willingham, Nursing Support Services.

How much did the UMC Gala raise this year, and who did it benefit?
Dr. Fortunato Perez-Benavides and his team have decreased the unnecessary use of antibiotics in the NICU by more than how much?
Name a unit that has continued at ZERO preventative harm for eight quarters in the nurse sensitive indicators.

Bonus entry: Recognize someone for a job well done on our Manage Up page and submit proof in the form of a screenshot or photo.

*To take a screenshot after submitting, press control and print screen at the same time, then right click to paste into your entry email. A photo taken with a cell phone and inserted into an email is acceptable, as well.

Announcements

Employee of the Month

Jaber Haron, CNA

GTU/SCU

Jaber came on his day off to play the violin for one of our patients who used to play. The patients face lit up, and it completely made her day. Thank you for your caring heart, Jaber. We are so lucky to have you!
Physician of the Month

Laura Gomez, MD

Texas Tech Physicians, Hospital Medicine

Dr. Gomez is proof that God does have angels on earth! She is the best care provider: she takes action, is efficient and makes you feel cared for. We need more doctors like her.
House Staff of the Month

Audrey Hand-Topp, MD

TTUHSC Dept. of Surgery

Dr. Hand-Topp is willing to get her hands dirty and help nursing staff. She recently came to do a consult on a patient on 3 West and gathered supplies to clean the patient up and reapply the dressing she was taking off. We appreciate her!