Ever wonder what it’s like to take 1,500 computers online at the same time in an industry where the work never stops?
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford recently implemented an electronic record system that brings all the hospital’s new records onto the computer, from patient health histories to physicians’ orders and lab and radiology reports.
The initiative required thousands of hours of training for Texas Health HEB employees and physicians on the medical staff. And so far all those hours in the classroom learning how to best utilize the electronic system has paid off.
“I would say the implementation has gone very well,” said Dr. Bob Rowland, chief medical information officer at Texas Health HEB, who is one of the leaders of the conversion. “This is a massive undertaking, but the end result will be a great benefit for our patients. Electronic systems are the wave of the future in health care and will enable our patients to benefit from having their records available when they visit any of Texas Health’s 14 hospitals after all of our hospitals are on the system next year.”
Employees from other Texas Health hospitals that have already installed the electronic system also have come in to help with the implementation. Termed “superusers” these employees were on hand to help answer questions and ensure a smooth transition for Texas Health HEB employees, physicians on the medical staff and our patients.
Six days into the transition, 78 percent of the medication orders are being entered electronically, which helps to reduce errors, Dr. Rowland said. “The support from physicians has been invaluable to a smooth transition to the electronic system.”
Friday, November 13, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Helping service men and women every day
Most Americans will take a moment to recognize and honor veterans today either privately or publicly.
But at Texas Health Fitness Center HEB our commitment to active duty military members has taken a tangible form.
Imagine coming home from serving your country. You’re used to routine of frequently being in the gym and working out with your fellow service members. Coming home you are thrilled to see family and friends, but it throws you out of routine. So what do you do? Do you join a gym for the two weeks of your leave? Keep a membership while you are gone? Neither is very feasible.
To help members of our military when they are on leave, Texas Health Fitness Center HEB would like to invite any active duty members of the military who are home on leave to use the fitness center for free during their time at home.
“We recognize that exercise is important for individual’s minds, bodies and spirits and want to help our service men and women to stay current with their exercise when home on leave,” said Mike Lofland, director of the Fitness Center. “This is just one way we can give back for the sacrifices these individuals make each day for our country.”
To find out more about this offer, please call 817-267-9191.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Support group leader turned pain of losing a baby into a way to help grieving parents
It is estimated that more than a million babies a year die in our country during pregnancy, at birth or within the first year of life.
On the first Thursday night of each month, Lynne Moffatt, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford Board of Trustees member, can be found welcoming parents to Share, a face-to-face support group for those who share the experience of losing their baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death.
Lynne remembers the overwhelming grief and isolation she felt as she left the hospital without her baby girl in October 1979. She longed for someone to talk with that truly understood what she was going through. Thirty years ago, you didn’t talk about it in public and there were no support groups, so the yearning remained. Eventually Lynne met another young woman who had a similar experience and they decided to do something to honor their own babies, as well as to help the healing of others going through the loss of a child. They started the Share support group at Texas Health HEB in 1982 and have been listening to and supporting young parents ever since.
Lynne says the support group can be powerful for two reasons, “Listening to similar stories of other people and telling their own, parents come to realize they are not alone in this experience. The second reason is that when newly bereaved parents see others who have experienced some healing, having discovered some tools for coping, they are able to see hope for themselves, that they have a future even though they can’t see it yet.”
Lynne believes losing a child will make parents either bitter or better. She is committed to helping parents find their way toward being better, more compassion people as they heal from this terrible pain.
The Share group meets on the first floor of the hospital from 7-8 pm each 1st Thursday of the month. For more information about the Share support group, contact the Department of Pastoral Care at susanbriggs@texashealth.org or at 817-848-4811.
On the first Thursday night of each month, Lynne Moffatt, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford Board of Trustees member, can be found welcoming parents to Share, a face-to-face support group for those who share the experience of losing their baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death.
Lynne remembers the overwhelming grief and isolation she felt as she left the hospital without her baby girl in October 1979. She longed for someone to talk with that truly understood what she was going through. Thirty years ago, you didn’t talk about it in public and there were no support groups, so the yearning remained. Eventually Lynne met another young woman who had a similar experience and they decided to do something to honor their own babies, as well as to help the healing of others going through the loss of a child. They started the Share support group at Texas Health HEB in 1982 and have been listening to and supporting young parents ever since.
Lynne says the support group can be powerful for two reasons, “Listening to similar stories of other people and telling their own, parents come to realize they are not alone in this experience. The second reason is that when newly bereaved parents see others who have experienced some healing, having discovered some tools for coping, they are able to see hope for themselves, that they have a future even though they can’t see it yet.”
Lynne believes losing a child will make parents either bitter or better. She is committed to helping parents find their way toward being better, more compassion people as they heal from this terrible pain.
The Share group meets on the first floor of the hospital from 7-8 pm each 1st Thursday of the month. For more information about the Share support group, contact the Department of Pastoral Care at susanbriggs@texashealth.org or at 817-848-4811.
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