Good hand hygiene is the single most effective thing we can do to protect our patients’ safety, everyone needs to be vigilant about how and when you wash or gel your hands. When we practice exceptional hand hygiene we are keeping the patient at the center of what we’re doing. Not washing after removing gloves can lead to contaminating our own hands, while not washing … [Read more...]
Be an Ambassador
One of the most effective measures we have is to be a resource for our community and relay accurate and timely information, especially about COVID-19. As health care workers we have a responsibility to educate ourselves on it so that we can best serve our patients, families, friends and our community. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to share this … [Read more...]
2019 System Quality and Patient Safety Awards – Peer Nominated Awardees
The Nomination Review Committee announced the 2019 System Quality and Patient Safety Awards – Peer Nominated Awardees and we had nominees from Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital for our Individual and Team Award Categories below. Congratulations on this achievement! Unparalleled Quality (Individual) Sarah Arriaga Christine Fisher Innovation in Quality and … [Read more...]
Unique process improvement effort helps ED
A cross-functional effort to identify and eliminate bottlenecks is leading to vastly improved length of stay (LOS) results for Emergency Department (ED) discharged patients. The goal was to improve the ED’s overall patient experience by reducing the length of time required to diagnose and treat patients who are discharged. The initiative was led by Sudhan Gowrish Chinnappan, … [Read more...]
MRI Screening Form Process
Inpatient only, including ER. In an effort to minimize medical errors, a new MRI screening form process will be implemented. We are asking nurses to help patients fill out the existing screening form. The nurse will verify that the patient has signed the form and that all the information is correct. The nurse will then fax the completed form to 713.790.8781 and an MRI … [Read more...]