Awards and Achievements
Morgan Mueller honored with Innovation Award, wins smartwatch for money-saving idea to repurpose existing space
Published: Feb. 13, 2024
The Operational Innovation (OI) team is excited to announce that Morgan Mueller, a CT scan technologist in the Radiology Department at Methodist Fremont Health, is the Innovation Award smartwatch winner for fourth quarter 2023!
Morgan was part of the team that realized it could rearrange a room in its department to be used to draw labs without having to purchase a new computer or other expensive equipment. This saved the health system money and allowed the lab draw area to get set up quickly.
Thank you, Morgan, for this innovative idea!
More on the Innovation Award
The Innovation Award was introduced in 2022 to celebrate employee-generated ideas to reduce avoidable spending, increase efficiencies, boost revenue and enhance the quality of care we provide.
The award replaced and combined the previous Operational Innovation Golden Idea Award (managed by the OI team) and the Sensible Savings Award (managed by the Value Analysis team). Ideas may be submitted by full- and part-time employees below the service leader/manager level.
Submissions for the Innovation Award must be made through the NMHS Service Portal on the intranet home page (NMHS Service Portal > Request Something > Innovation Award Submission). You can also follow the link provided on the Operational Innovation intranet page. If you have any questions regarding the Innovation Award, email @email.
More on Operational Innovation
The OI department is a five-member team that works across Methodist Health System to promote and foster a culture of continuous improvement (CI), partner with system leaders to facilitate CI initiatives, and educate and coach teams on CI methodology and tools.
For more information about Operational Innovation, its available services and its educational offerings, visit the OI intranet site (Intranet Home > Departments > Operational Innovation). You can also reach out to an OI team member directly either via phone or email.