• Leadership meeting focuses on Joint Commission and budget updates
  The MGH's recent Joint Commission survey and hospital finances were the major topics of a leadership meeting March 20 for managers, supervisors and department heads. MGH President Peter L. Slavin, MD, opened the meeting by providing an update on the Joint Commission accreditation survey that took place in December 2006.

• You don't have to be Jewish to celebrate Purim
  The celebration of Purim, a Jewish holiday commemorating a failed plot against the Jews of ancient Persia, typically involves public revelry, food and wine, a masquerade, giving to charity and noshing special cookies called hamentashen. On March 2, MGHers were led in a Purim service by Rabbi Benjamin Lanckton in the MGH Chapel.

• Taking their skills to the next level
  The MGH has long been committed to providing employees with educational opportunities to further their career goals and dreams. A group of MGH central processing technicians from the Departments of Nursing and Sterile Processing are the most recent beneficiaries of this dedication, completing a 15-week preparation course for sterile processing and distribution certification made possible through a partnership between the MGH Operating Rooms (OR) Administration and Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC).

• Durant fellow changes lives in southeast Asia
  When the Thomas S. Durant, MD, Fellowship in Refugee Medicine was established in 2001, MGH caregivers were given the opportunity to continue the legacy of its namesake — Thomas S. Durant, MD, the late MGH associate medical director and humanitarian — by bringing the MGH's world-class care to patients around the globe. One of the most recent MGHers to follow in Durant's footsteps is 2006 fellow, Chanda Plong, RN, of Bigelow 11.

• The patient comes first in Occupational Health
  MGH Occupational Health is a busy place — new employee pre-placement screenings, work site evaluations, fitness for duty assessments, immunizations and tuberculosis testing are just some of the services the department provides to the MGH community. As in many other MGH departments and services, simply keeping up with the hectic schedule often can present a challenge for staff. Recently, Deidre Morgan, office manager for Occupational Health, noticed certain trends among her staff that did not align with the department's efforts to consistently provide excellent customer service. Morgan took this as an opportunity to evaluate the department's approach to customer service.

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