September 2019 Digital Edition

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Positive employee relations helps hospitals and nurses maintain focus on their vital patient care role

By A. Kevin Troutman   It has often been said that the very purpose of a hospital is to provide nursing care. In today’s sophisticated, high-tech medical world, that statement actually may be truer than ever. Although more and more procedures can be performed on an outpatient basis (usually with nurses involved), patients admitted to a hospital are there primarily for the nursing care. This statement is not intended to diminish in any way the...

Make your meetings more meaningful

By Reed Tinsley   It’s easy to blame your staff for unproductive meetings, but the reality is that your leadership role makes you accountable for using your meeting time wisely. If you don’t capture the attention of your staff during the first 10 minutes of a meeting, they’ll lose interest or become disengaged, and you’ll accomplish little. Anyone who manages people needs to understand that meetings are critical to any organization. A bad meeting, in...

Texas amends data breach laws and creates new short-lived privacy council

By Elizabeth Jepson and Beth Anne Jackson On June 14, 2019, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 4390 (HB 4390), which is bipartisan legislation amending the Texas state breach notification law. HB 4390 places a strict deadline on the breach notification requirements set forth in the Texas Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act (TITEPA), requires notification of the Texas Attorney General of a breach affecting more than 250 Texas residents, and creates...

Mayo Clinic offers an integrative guide to good health

By Victor S. Sierpina, MD, ABFM, ABIHM, Director, Medical Student Education Program, WD and Laura Nell Nicholson Family Professor of Integrative Medicine, Professor, Family Medicine University of Texas Distinguished Teaching Professor   “We do not need magic to transform our world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.” –J.K. Rowling   Recently, I saw a Netflix historical documentary about the world-renowned Mayo Clinic. The story...

Congressional action needed to delay imminent hospital payment cuts

By Ted Shaw, President/CEO, Texas Hospital Association All hospitals are unified under the core mission of providing the highest quality care to all their patients. But more and more, Texas hospitals and their counterparts across the nation are being asked to do more with less: compete on price and improve the quality of care while facing sweeping reimbursement cuts. Hospitals’ ability to deliver on their promise is in jeopardy as they face an increasingly uncertain...

Ben Raimer, longtime physician-leader and UTMB administrator, named interim president of UT Medical Branch

UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken announced that Ben Raimer, M.D., a physician-leader whose service to the Galveston community and the state of Texas has spanned five decades, has been appointed interim president of UT Medical Branch.   Raimer will take the reins from David Callender, M.D., who announced that he would be stepping down as UTMB president to become president and CEO of the Memorial Hermann Health System.   Raimer will serve as interim...

Memorial Hermann announces Alexander Greengold as SVP, Chief Consumer Experience Officer

Memorial Hermann Health System is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexander Greengold as SVP, Chief Consumer Experience Officer, effective Sept. 16, 2019.   Nationally recognized for quality and safety, Memorial Hermann is bolstering efforts to further personalize care in order to deliver consistently exceptional experiences for patients, their families, and its caregivers. In this newly created role for the system, Greengold will be charged with leading these efforts.   “We are extremely proud to...

Houston Methodist Clear Lake welcomes orthopedic surgeon Dr. Sawyer Croley

Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine – Clear Lake is pleased to welcome J. Sawyer Croley, M.D., to its medical staff. Croley is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in partial and total knee replacement, hip replacement, reconstructive surgery of the knee and hip; and minimally invasive surgery. His expertise includes the ability to perform direct anterior hips, which drastically reduce time for recovery, as well as unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, also known as “uka” or partial...

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