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Every year in the last week of October, we celebrate Health Care Facilities and Engineering Week and the important role that facility team members have in ensuring a safe and efficient environment for all patients, residents, visitors and staff within our hospitals. Many patients in hospitals can b…

At 38 weeks pregnant, Krysta Winkelmann wasn’t even considering bad news when she stopped feeling the “very active” baby inside her. But on July 17, 2022, a trip to the Methodist Women’s Hospital Emergency Department to confirm everything was OK confirmed just the opposite. Krysta and her husband,…

The Good Catch Award is designed to recognize staff members committed to patient safety. This recognition is presented regularly and goes to the department in which the good catch occurred. Nominations for the award are taken from reported variances where a near miss is caught. Those variances are …

After a risk assessment, Methodist's Infection Control teams have determined that plexiglass barriers put in place as a COVID-19 precaution can now be removed. Please note that some departments may opt to keep their barriers in place.  …

The topic on many people’s minds as we head into implementation of Workday is: “When, and how, will I be trained to use the new system?” The answer: Once the training materials are published online on Nov. 16, you can begin reviewing them at your convenience. By design, we have allotted 45 days to…

Since 2004, the president and Congress have declared October Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The theme this year is “See Yourself in Cyber,” where the focus is on the “people” part of cybersecurity and actions that everyone should take to improve cybersecurity at work and at home. With that in mind, …

Liz Blazek is a nurse practitioner in the Palliative Care department. She embodies our core values of integrity, excellence, learning, compassion, teamwork and respect in everything she does. Liz has been a Methodist employee for over six years. “Liz goes above and beyond to represent The Meaning o…

Phlebotomist Israel Rodriguez is the Methodist Women's Hospital Employee of the Quarter for the third quarter of 2022. He was nominated by several colleagues. Among the nominations were these comments: “Israel knows how to make our patients feel at ease before getting their blood drawn. He comes t…

GYN nurse coordinator Beth Kaplan is the Methodist Women's Hospital Employee of the Quarter for the fourth quarter of 2022. She was nominated by several colleagues. Among the nominations were these comments: “Beth is always willing to be helpful. She is always there to help with little things, pas…

Beginning Nov. 1, 2022, lab-confirmed COVID-positive patients will be permitted to have up to two visitors at a time during regular visiting hours at Methodist Health System hospitals. Previously, these patients were allowed up to two fully vaccinated visitors per day. Visitors should not access pu…