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Being a Part of the Solution

Recently the GBMC HealthCare system increased the minimum hourly pay rate for employees to $15 per hour along with providing employer-paid short-term disability insurance (40% of base earnings up to...

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What might go wrong?

In previous blogs, I have discussed preoccupation with failure, which is one of the fundamental concepts of high reliability, or error rates close to zero. Preoccupation with failure is a concept in...

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Coming Together for a Cause

I want to thank everyone who participated in our Walk a Mile in Their Shoes event this year. We had close to 250 participants and raised more than $77,000 for our Sexual Assault Forensic Examination...

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Campus Change Begins to Accelerate

I remember my first impression of the GBMC campus 11 years ago – I was immediately impressed by its natural beauty. I was also a bit confused about where the main entrance was because it was a bit...

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Honoring Our Nurses After a Very Difficult Year

This week is National Nurses Week (May 6 – 12), and I don’t think a week is enough time to recognize all the valiant efforts of our nurses over this past year. We are blessed to have phenomenal nurses...

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Hospitals have made great improvements in their systems

This week (May 9-15) is National Hospital Week. The American Hospital Association has designated this year’s theme as “Inspiring Hope through Healing.” During this week, we thank all our team –...

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The Dance Center and Our Cancer Team Live Our Vision

This week, I received a letter from the grateful wife of a patient from our Milton J. Dance Jr. Head and Neck Center, expressing their deepest gratitude for the outstanding work of Dr. Ray Blanco and...

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Helping Those Who Are Struggling with Depression and Anxiety

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Everyone has moments of sadness and/or anxiety but millions of people suffer from overwhelming and recurrent anxiety that severely affects their lives....

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Recognizing Our Teammates for Compassion

This week we recognized members of our team for their kindness and caring at our annual Compassionate Caregiver Award Ceremony. In April 2007, Dr. John Adams, a past Chief of Pathology, brought The...

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Six Months Later

Last Sunday was exactly six months to the day of the cyber-attack when criminals brought down all our computer systems. The GBMC HealthCare System rose to the occasion and cared for patients...

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Why is GBMC Requiring all Our People to be Vaccinated Against the Coronavirus...

Imagine if your immune-compromised daughter came to GBMC for her cancer chemotherapy and she contracted COVID-19 from a staff member who was not vaccinated. She needed to be transferred to the ICU and...

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Back to the Future: Entrance A to Become the Main Entrance Again

I have been joking for a few years about the hospital’s main entrance being Entrance B. Some of you know that this has not always been the case. In the past, the bus loop entrance at the East Pavilion...

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A Welcomed Visit

This week, we had our triennial unannounced visit from the Joint Commission. I think of this visit as a checkup where surveyors examine how reliable we are in our patient care.    The concept of...

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Congratulations and Thank You

Our triennial survey by the Joint Commission was completed last week and we did very well. I was not surprised because we have outstanding people and we have worked hard to create systems to help them...

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Getting Ready for the Construction on our Campus

Back in June, I talked about some changes that were forthcoming in terms of parking and other closures to accommodate the beginning of construction for the three-story addition, the new parking garage...

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The Maryland Waiver with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

It is a very complex topic, but readers of the blog know that the State of Maryland has an all-payer rate setting system. In Maryland, unlike in the other 49 states, hospital payments for services are...

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Another First for GBMC

Science has taught us how to save individuals who are having a life threatening cardiac arrythmia. We also know that time is of the essence, so being well-trained in advance leads to better outcomes...

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Outstanding Redesign Work in the Emergency Department

In the early 20th century, as medical care was progressing, and therapies became available that actually improved patient outcomes (like antibiotics and sophisticated surgical procedures), the...

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More Changes on Our Campus

This week I want to provide you with another update about campus changes as we begin construction on The Promise Project. In June, we began with the creation of a temporary main entrance (until the new...

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One Less Factor in Vaccine Hesitancy

Earlier this week, I was delighted to hear the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for use in people ages 16 and older. It is clear the Pfizer...

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