Wishing our One Amazing Team a wonderful and safe time celebrating the holiday with your loved ones.
June 30, 2022
At Texas Children’s we believe that listening to the thoughts and perspectives of our patients, families and our One Amazing Team is the key to building a better Tomorrow, Together. Culture rounds has been instrumental in achieving this milestone.
Executive teams rounded on 32 care areas over the past twelve weeks and listened to over 85 patients and families and more than 480 team members who provided feedback on how to make Texas Children’s an even better place to work and receive care. Culture rounds enabled our executives to build stronger relationships and gain insight into improvement opportunities that are important to our front line.
Here’s what registered nurse Maria Bragado had to say about culture rounds:
“Visibility is important, especially between staff and leadership. Knowing they’re involved is a huge morale boost. Thank you for hearing us out!”
Initial analysis of rounding data led executives to partner with unit leadership and communicate trends including supply and equipment needs and staffing challenges. Executives were equipped with nurse staffing and retention data and behavioral health support hiring data to share with staff during rounds, resulting in enhanced communication and transparency of current efforts and future plans. Additional improvement opportunities that highlight organizational needs are being shared with unit leadership.
Thank you for sharing your stories, your innovative ideas, and partnering to increase engagement and enrich our quality and safety culture here at Texas Children’s. You are valued and your voice matters!
Next steps
Culture rounds will resume in August 2022 and include West and Woodlands community campuses, as well as night shift and ambulatory care areas.
For more information on executive culture rounds contact Kandice Bledsaw via e-mail.
June 29, 2022
Wednesday, June 29, 2022: 4:35 p.m.
Potential weather event starting today through Friday morning
Texas Children’s leadership and the Organizational Resilience team are closely monitoring a weather event that could impact the Houston and Beaumont areas from this afternoon through Friday morning.
Scattered thunderstorms are possible later today that will be capable of producing lightning, gusty winds and heavy downpours. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to become more widespread along the coast overnight and spread inland through Thursday, with storms becoming more numerous late Thursday and into Friday morning.
Showers and thunderstorms are forecast to bring a total of 4-6 inches of rain to Houston through Friday, with 2-4 inches expected in Beaumont. Though scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible through Saturday in Austin, College Station and Tyler, widespread significant weather is not expected in those areas.
Team members commuting to campus and TCP/UC locations from now through Friday morning are advised to follow local news and weather for traffic and safety alerts, use caution when navigating roadways and plan for additional time to travel through stormy conditions and detour around flooded areas. Please also remain in contact with your local leadership about your status and any impacts to local operations.
For resources to monitor travel and road conditions, visit Houston Transtar and Drive Texas. To sign up for emergency text message alerts, follow these instructions.
Thank you for your attention and always operating safely.
Gaurav Khadse
Administrator on Call
June 28, 2022
With the lighting of the Miracle Bridge at the Medical Center campus and the Fountains at The Woodlands and West Campus hospitals in rainbow hues, Texas Children’s is celebrating Pride Month.
Pride Month panel discussion – Watch now!
Led by moderator Debra Lacy, director of DEI, the following panelists shared what Pride Month means to them and responded to common misconceptions and stereotypes of the LGBTQIA+ community. They also offered thoughts on what others can do to be better allies to LGBTQIA+ people.
- Larry Barr Meyer, pharmacist, Medical Center
- Katie Gallagher, pediatric psychologist, Texas Children’s/Baylor College of Medicine
- Dr. Roger Nicome, pediatric hospitalist, Texas Children’s/Baylor College of Medicine
- Barbara Peters-Mack, administrative assistant, The Woodlands
- Dr. Michael Petrus-Jones, pediatric resident physician, Baylor College of Medicine
“The word ‘pride’ can mean many different things depending on who you ask. To me, it means equality and acceptance,” said President and CEO Mark A. Wallace in an On the Mark blog post commemorating Pride Month. “Equality for every person – no matter their gender, religion, how they identify, or the color of their skin – and acceptance that we all deserve the right to be who we are and love who we love.”
Interested in sharing your unique story and the identities and life experiences that mean the most to you? Contact the DEI team via email.
Stacy Flach shares her experiences with helping bariatric surgery patients to achieve a healthier and happier outlook for their future. Read more
June 24, 2022
This week on Mark Wallace’s blog, he shares what Pride means to him as we celebrate equality and acceptance throughout Texas Children’s and our community. Read More
June 23, 2022
Natashia Bush doesn’t think in terms of total lives saved at Texas Children’s. Instead, she’s satisfied with impacting one life at a time and wants to share her story. Natashia, director of nursing at Texas Children’s, has come a long way since her nursing journey began more than 20 years ago and wants to share her story in this week’s One Amazing Team Spotlight. Read more