CMail 3.25.19

CMail

Weekly employee newsletter for
HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe

3/25/2019

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Letter from the CEO

Good evening, 2
This Friday HCA is hosting its annual Unit of Distinction Awards in Nashville.
This year’s ceremony is especially exciting for us because we have FOUR
departments in the top 10% of our entire company. Departments for the
HCA Unit of Distinction Award are ranked on metrics including quality,
safety, staffing effectiveness, patient experience, education and
certifications, retention and turnover.
Conroe’s top 10% Units/Departments for 2018 performance are:
• Emergency Department
• ICU/Critical Care
• Surgical Services/OR
• Med-Surg1 North MS
We’ll keep you updated on the rankings of these departments!
- Matt

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Hospital Announcements

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March of Dimes 2019

The March of Dimes educates medical professionals & the public about
best practices, based on research for mothers and babies. Past research
affecting our practice today include:
- Polio Vaccine
- Folic Acid Vitamins during pregnancy
- Surfactant Therapy to promote infant lung function
- Assigning Apgar scores after birth

Join our team by following the link below:
http://www.marchforbabies.org/team/ConroeRegionalMedical

The Houston March of Dimes walk will be Sunday April 28th at the
University of Houston campus. Join us & help raise funds to support
these moms & babies.

Doctor’s Day 2019 5

March 30 is Doctors’ Day, but Conroe is celebrating our
physicians all week. Be sure to thank the doctors you work with
for their commitment to care.
According to the National Doctors’ Day website: “National
Doctors' Day is held every year on March 30th in the United
States. It is a national holiday on our calendars to celebrate the
contribution of physicians who serve our country by caring for
its' citizens. The first Doctor's Day observance was March 30,
1933 in Winder, Georgia. Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr.
Charles B. Almond, decided to set aside a day to honor
physicians. This first observance included the mailing greeting
cards and placing flowers on graves of deceased doctors. On
March 30, 1958, a Resolution Commemorating Doctors' Day
was adopted by the United States House of Representatives. In
1990, legislation was introduced in the House and Senate to
establish a national Doctor's Day. Following overwhelming
approval by the United States Senate and the House of
Representatives, on October 30, 1990, President George Bush
signed S.J. RES. #366 (which became Public Law 101-473)
designating March 30th as "National Doctor's Day.“”

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Gift Shop Sale for
Hospital Employees

March 25 – 30

All Gift Items 20% Off

*Excludes flowers, plants,
candy, balloons, cards
and toiletries.

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Key Performance Indicators (KPI)’s for CAUTI-GOAL is 100%!

Is that Foley really NEEDED? WHY? We need to CAUTI-GOAL 100%. Shout out to 1 South, 2
get our patients home, without that Foley and West and ER Hold for achieving this

without an infection excellence and 1S for beating the HCA
CAUTI Average 5/5 5 out of the last 5 last months!

Reason for that Foley? URINARY RETENTION?
Can you remove that Foley, and if the patient
doesn’t void after 4-8 hours, depending on
physician orders, check for retention with a
bladder scanner, then straight cath the first
time they cannot void?
Talk to your physician partner about a plan!

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Birthdays

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Madison Hickman – 03/18 Jennifer Ciorciari – 03/21 Timothy Nazworth – 03/23
Kimberly Hall – 03/18 Carmelito Mingo III – 03/21 Patrick Briggs – 03/24
Jeremy Shideler – 03/18 Kristen Beakley – 03/21 Leontina Vaduva – 03/24
Melissa Halbaedier – 03/19 Laura Malmay – 03/22 Deidra Whitfield – 03/24
Eva Ciubal – 03/20 Laurie Cole – 03/22 Melany Doss – 03/24
Emily Sheppard – 03/21 David Reed – 03/22 Micah Shumate – 03/24

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Iram Akhtar – 03/24 Nicholas Montaruli – 03/27 Gloria Martin – 03/28
Cindy Marble – 03/24 Laura Strunk – 03/27 Leigh Cheatum – 03/28
Robin Smith – 03/25 Teresa Montgomery – 03/27 Dawn Chreene – 03/28
Katlyn Lacko – 03/25 Michael Busa – 03/27 Edonis Smith – 03/29
Monica Marroquin – 03/26 Laura Littlejohn – 3/27 Christina Mascardo – 03/30
Shabriel Peterson – 03/26 Parvin Khowaja – 03/28 Stefanie Krejci – 03/30
Teresa Kane – 03/26 William Lambert – 3/31

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Above all else, we
are committed to the
care and improvement
of human life.

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