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Week of October 9, 2023

October Town Hall Meetings

Mark your calendars for our final town hall meetings of the year. The HMSL Senior Leadership Team is inviting all employees to attend one session, starting October 24. They'll share campus projects and updates and there will be fun giveaways! Submit questions ahead of time by clicking here. 

• Tuesday, October 24 9-10 a.m. Brazos Conference Center 
• Wednesday, October 25 7-8 a.m. Virtual
• Monday, October 30 Noon-1 p.m. Virtual 
• Tuesday, October 31 Noon-1 p.m. Brazos Conference Center

To sign up, click here and select "My Learning." In the "Find Learning" tab search for course number 1646052, select "assign to me" and then "register now." Click here for a helpful flyer. We look forward to seeing you!

Employee Opinion Survey

Our 2023 Employee Opinion Survey is underway and so far, 47% of the hospital has completed it! All employees are encouraged to participate. Unlock your voice to help influence HM's overall strategic vision and inspire change. Please complete it before the deadline on Oct. 25. And there are prizes. Systemwide you could win:

• 237 employees will win $75 to use in an Amazon storefront 
• 13 employees will win $350 to use in an Amazon storefront
• One lucky employee will win $1,000 

We'll also have local prizes at HMSL. In order to be entered into the HMSL giveaways, you need to print out the last page in the survey (the completion page below), write your employee ID and name on it and then put it in the orange drop off boxes in front of HR. At HMSL, there will be:

Congratulations to I CARE Award Winners

The I CARE Award, a systemwide recognition program, began in 2002 to recognize and reward employees who exemplify our organizational values. This year 90 outstanding employees won the coveted gold badge for exhibiting the I CARE values. Here at HMSL we had nine winners! See the complete list of winners. Congratulations to all! Click here to see more pictures of their celebrations!

World Mental Health Day

To celebrate World Mental Health Day, LifeMatters, our employee assistance program provider, will host a webinar on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 11 a.m. to teach you how to recognize and combat mental health issues. You’ll learn to address workplace concerns and apply stress relief strategies.

• Join here
• Enter your name and email address
• Enter the session password: Ycd7hyMpr37
• Click Join Now

HMSL Staff Choir Practice

Do you love to sing or play an instrument? The Houston Methodist Sugar Land Staff Choir is welcoming all employees to join them as they gear up for their big holiday performance! Weekly practices will start on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The choir will meet every Tuesday from Noon - 1 p.m. at the Brazos Chapel. The holiday performance will be on Dec. 12 with more information to come! If you have any questions or would like to join the choir, please email Ashley Lundquist.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

HMSL is once again partnering with the Sugar Land Town Square for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This entire month you'll be able to see awareness messaging, reminding women why an annual screening mammogram is so important. Plus, every night the Town Square will shine bright with pink lights. Other events include:

• Friday, Oct. 13: The Ziggy Band
• Friday, Oct. 20: Tribute to Santana
• Saturday, Oct. 21: Dia de los Muertos
• Friday, Oct. 27: Tribute to Michael Jackson

Walk and Support A Good Cause

We are a little more than a month away from two big events and all you have to do to help is lace up your sneakers. Take a look at the events below and see which one is right for you!

September Idea Ticket Winners

Pathway to Unparalleled

Pathway to Unparalleled (PTU) sessions have begun. All Houston Methodist employees are strongly encouraged to register for this 90-minute interactive class designed to help employees think about unparalleled safety. Employee sessions will continue through October. Click here for instructions to register.

HMSL Employee Parking Changes - Registration Update

Online registration for HMSL's new parking guidelines has officially closed. If you still need to register your vehicle, please print and fill out this form and return it directly to Security. To read more about our updated parking guidelines or if you have questions about the new parking policy, please read our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document here. Also, a reminder that you need your badge to access employee parking, so please have it ready when approaching the barrier arm gates in the garages. Only one vehicle can enter at a time. EZ Tag registrations are still being worked on. Thank you for your patience.

We are shining the light on several departments this week. Perinatal Nurse's Week is celebrated from October 10-16. In Labor and Delivery, the perinatal nurses take care of obstetric emergency room patients, antepartum patients who sometimes stay for weeks or months, in addition to patients who come in and quickly deliver a baby to leave the next day. They monitor the mother and baby through the labor process or during the time in the OR through the two hours of recovery afterwards. The L&D team is like a family and get to be a part of some of the most special times in our patient's lives.

We are also celebrating National Case Management Week. This year's theme is keeping the person at the heart of collaborative care. Case managers are coordinating many aspects of care to have the best outcome for our patients after their acute care stay. They are often faced with many challenges such as finances, family's inability to care for their loved ones, social issues, homelessness, etc. Case managers focus on unparalleled care. 

The Sterile Processing Department sterilizes and prepares all surgical instruments for the surgeries in the hospital. They also sterilize the clinic department instruments that need to be sterile as well, for any procedures. While they service the whole hospital for any and everything surgical instrumentation wise, their number one customer is the Operating Room. The department works hard at making sure our patients have the safest surgery and procedures possible. 

This week we are also celebrating Physicians Assistants and Dialysis Technicians. Click here to read about all those who are celebrating.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald