David Mrema, RN, in HMSL’s Emergency Department, was honored as the DAISY Award winner for the second quarter of 2018. David was recognized for his personal approach to patient care and for always demonstrating the hospital’s I CARE values. He was nominated by multiple patients, including one who wrote: “He explained everything he did and the tests that were ordered. He … [Read more...]
Welcome CK, Imaging & Radiology Director
Please welcome Chiekezi (CK) Ekechi, MBA, as the Imaging & Radiology Services Director at HMSL. CK has 20 years of experience in radiology operations and most recently has served as the corporate director of Radiology Services for Cape Fear Valley Health Systems in North Carolina. Prior, he served in various management positions in the Houston area including Harris … [Read more...]
First Forward Thinking Hand Hygiene Award Winners
5 East and 5 West have been participating in a pre-pilot for the Forward Thinking Hand Hygiene project in order to optimize the hardware. In order to test the hardware, 5 East was recently updated. We identified 5 excellent employees based on their Forward Thinking compliance scores and are rewarding them with the opportunity to help us test the new hardware. We greatly … [Read more...]
Hand Hygiene Winners – July Unit Award
Congratulations to our top performing Hand Hygiene Kudos Cards Unit! This is the THIRD month in a row for Brazos 5, who wins pizza parties for both day and night shift. Nursing leadership is proud to see this important initiative successfully rolled out on units like 5 Brazos! 5 Brazos Questions? Contact Dr. Jeffrey Jackson at jjackson2@houstonmethodist.org. … [Read more...]
Hand Hygiene Winners – Aug. 20
Congratulations to our hand hygiene winner who was been recognized for her exceptional hand hygiene practices! Helen Castillo, RN, 5 Brazos Neil Romero , RN, 5 Brazos Kayla Sullivan, RN, 6 West Every other week, we will select two HMSL employees who have been acknowledged for their hand hygiene practices on Kudos Cards. Each winner will be awarded a pair of movie … [Read more...]