Staff StoryJan | 14 | 2021
Musical merriment could be heard throughout the pediatric units December 23, 2020 as staff from the Music Therapy and Speech Therapy departments at Massachusetts General Hospital, led by Lorrie Kubicek, MT-BC, sang holiday carols for patients and their families. COVID-19 infection control protocols limited annual celebrations, but elves on Ellison 17 and 18 found special ways to spread holiday cheer. Child life specialists ushered joy and festivities into patient rooms hosting events such as hot cocoa and pajama day, Chanukah games and the much-anticipated cookie decorating.
At the start of December, Frosty Fred slid down the Trustees Room fireplace to kick off his mischievous musings. Throughout the month, patients followed his daily appearances—finding him soaking in suds and baking cookies for jolly Ol’ Saint Nick—before he jumped on Santa’s sleigh and returned to the North Pole.
Merry music therapists celebrate the holidays.
Medical equipment. Office supplies. Linens. All of these items are used daily by staff throughout the hospital – but how do these materials actually get to Mass General’s main campus and offsite locations, inpatient units and operating rooms? It all starts in the lower level of the Lunder Building.
The MGH Administrative Fellowship Program is a two-year, consolidated, hands-on work experience, giving participants a front row seat to management and administration at the hospital. Now in its 50th year, 72 people have completed the program since its inception.
To date, more than 1,250 nurses from 100 organizations have participated in the free Maine Nursing Preceptor Education Program.
Erin Hachey, RN, of Bigelow 11, and Ben Orcutt, director of MGH Patient Access Services, work together daily to mitigate capacity challenges, yet they typically only communicate through an app called Voalte.
Amber Moore, MD, director of Inpatient Medicine in the Department of Medicine, is working to improve the process of patients seeking to transfer in from other care facilities.
Jonathan Slutzman, MD, director of the MGH Center for the Environment and Health, discusses sustainability efforts across Massachusetts General Hospital.
