Week of April 10, 2023
Happening Friday: Employee Fair
The HMSL Fair is this Friday in Brazos Conference Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.! We look forward to this fun fellowship event that helps you connect across the hospital. In the spirit of our new staff library, we’ve invited the Fort Bend County Libraries to attend the fair and offer library card sign ups. If you’d like one, please be sure to bring your driver's license. Space Cowboys mascot Orion will visit between Noon and 1 p.m. See you there!
25th Anniversary Celebration
Our 25th Anniversary Celebration is a little more than two weeks away. There will be music, food, a memory box and other activities. We are excited for this milestone party! Please RSVP via this link if you think you can make it on Friday, April 28. This will help us plan properly. However, an RSVP is not required to attend. We look forward to seeing you!
Give It 100 for 50
The Houston Methodist MS 150 Team needs your support! Can you give your 100% for 50 minutes of a workout? You have three opportunities to join our virtual indoor cycling class to support this years cyclists. The virtual rides are hosted by Employee Wellness. Click here to see the flyer with times.
Digital Library
Have you checked out the HMSL Library yet? The library has roughly 60 books featuring popular titles and authors you can read for free. After being open six weeks, our current top checkouts are Adult CCRN Certification Review by Kendra Menzies Kent, Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown, Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora and What Happened to You by Oprah Winfrey. Click here for instructions on connecting to the library.
Where Healing Happens
Spots are still open for our first session of Where Healing Happens: From Down the Hall to Across the System. This education series mimics a fireside chat and offers you a chance to get to know, or get reacquainted with, various service lines and departments on campus and system wide that are available as resources in the patient care journey. This session on Tuesday, April 25 will cover our oncology services. Click here for registration information.
Watch Party: Linked By Love
The Black Ties for Culture ERG is hosting the premier of "Linked in Love," a 6-episode series on kidney disease, kidney failure, transplant and living donations. This "edutainment" series follows a family's experience with kidney failure that addresses cultural barriers and medical disparities impacting the African-American/Black community. HMSL's watch party is Friday, April 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Main BC. Click here for more information.
HealthyDirections+ Fair
The HealthyDirections+ program and HR Hub staff are visiting campuses across the system. There have been changes to the program that focus on the entire person like financial, mental and emotional health. They will host the HealthyDirections+ Fair in Brazos Conference Center Tuesday, April 18 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop by with your questions and learn new things that the program offers.
This month we are celebrating Occupational Therapy Month. This talented group enables people of all ages to participate in daily living or live better with injury, illness or disability. Occupational therapy helps people function at the highest possible level and maintain or rebuild their independence. Ultimately they help people participate in everyday activities that they need to do or that simply make life worth living. Click here to read more about what OTs do and read about others celebrating this month.
DEI Corner
The festival of Passover began April 5 and is celebrated through April 13. It commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt and their transition from slavery to freedom. During the festival, many Jewish families get together to share evening meals called Seders.
April is Autism Acceptance and Deaf History Month. These designations help bring awareness to the challenges that individuals face in living with these diagnoses – but also the accomplishments these individuals have made in spite of them.
The full DEI Corner is available each week in the helpful links section at the top of the newsletter.
PATIENT COMPLIMENTS
Spine Center Patient: "My therapist has been very thorough and informative. When I came for the first visit, it was apparent he reviewed my medical history in the referral from my PCP. He was able to provide a treatment that helped immediately relieve some of the pain I was in when I came in. He is awesome."
Main 5 East Patient: "As sick as I was, my stay in the hospital was worth it. Everyone made me feel great. I knew everything would be taken care of."
Endoscopy Patient: "I have been in hospitals all over the world but this is the first time that I was treated like a king. The service I received is the best that I have ever had. The nurses and staff were the best."
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday, April 10: Delirium Awareness Event. Main A&D. 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. More information.
Friday, April 14: HMSL Employee Fair. Brazos Conference Center. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More information.
Friday, April 21: Ramadan Ends
Friday, April 21: Deadline to register for HM Family Fun Day. Register here.
Friday, April 28: System Safety Symposium. Register here.
Thursday, April 27 - Friday, April 28: Wristband pickup for Family Fun Day. More information.
Sunday, April 30: Deadline to apply for children's scholarship. More Information.
Monday, May 1 - Wednesday, May 3: Wristband pickup for Family Fun Day. More information.
Saturday, May 6: Houston Methodist Family Fun Day. More information.
Now Through Saturday, May 20: Comfort and Safety Open Discussion Course for Nurse Leaders. More information.
JUST FOR FUN DATES
Monday, April 10 - Wednesday April 12: @ Pittsburgh Pirates
Friday, April 14 - Sunday, April 16: vs Texas Rangers
Tuesday, April 11 - Sunday April 16: @ Oklahoma City Dodgers
Friday, April 14: Rauw Alejandro (with special guest Jabbawockeez), Toyota Center
Friday, April 14: Houston Symphony, Chris Botti, Jones Hall
Friday, April 14: Ana Gabriel, Smart Financial Centre
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
- Babe Ruth