This week's blog

Blog Thinking..

So Monday morning I checked the blog question for the week. I had no idea what to write about because all I do is come to work, leave, eat, and sleep; not much activity going on lately. However, I do have an interesting class on Wednesdays called “Health Matters in Drama”. Basically in this class, we read old plays that involve ethical dilemmas in healthcare. One of the more recent plays I have read for this class involved doctors back then and they appeared as being ridiculously careless about their patients, as well as cunning in certain ethical situations. Also, they got by their profession through phrasing diseases or conditions in fancy Latin terms, pretending to have the required knowledge for treatment. They seemed to gloat very often and choose the patients to that they wanted to treat.
I thought about this and automatically compared it to healthcare today and especially, the goals of my department. The Quality Initiatives department focuses on patient quality and ways to improve healthcare through various implementations such as projects, organizing events, etc. We truly care about the patient and we think about their vulnerable position as an ill individual. It’s sad to think back at how doctors practiced their profession. But now that I look at how the healthcare field has changed, with its advancements, ethical problem recognitions, and other interventions to improve patient quality, it provides me with comfort. In today’s medicine practices, if I had a close one in the hospital, I can rely on the hospital to provide my friend/relative with the best possible care with quality. Well, I can rely more on the hospital at this time rather than back then!

SHM- A Brand

SHM has its own little symbol representing its brand. However, there is much more behind it. The overall goal of SHM is what makes its brand. This is what SHM stands for. SHM stands for hospitalists, patient care quality improvement, collaborations, hard-working employees, success, and perseverance. These are the constituents of SHM that help brand the company, leading us to success.
We have shown obvious success through the outcome of the SHM annual meeting in Chicago. We have obviously earned recognition and respect in order to become completely booked for our annual meeting. Although less people attended out annual meeting last year, we have come a long way and earned the respect and interest of more attendees for us to be so successful this year. What truly makes a brand is a group of hard working individuals sharing and working towards a common goal. There does not necessarily have to be success; however, there must be integrity and pride embedded within, for the organization.