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Prior to using patients’ protected health information for research, individual authorizations must be obtained from patients in writing. So what does that look like? HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) explains that individual authorizations must: Be written in plain language to ensure they ca…

Your safety on and off the job is important. Please pay attention to construction traffic! See the Safety Poster of the Month: Drive Safely Remember: Safety is EVERYONE'S responsibility!…

It's not the size that matters... The first HIPAA settlement of 2018 has been announced by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) has agreed to pay OCR $3.5 million to resolve multiple potential HIPAA violations that …

Violating HIPAA could cost you... The penalties for HIPAA violations can be severe with multi-million-dollar fines possible when violations have been allowed to persist for several years or when multiple violations of HIPAA Rules have been allowed to occur. The penalty structure for HIPAA violatio…

Early construction work has begun on Children’s Hospital and Medical Center’s new Hubbard Center for Children. This new construction project will have an impact on traffic and may affect your travel to and from Methodist. Beginning the first week in April, work in the median of West Dodge Road wil…

Alex Anthone is a registered nurse in the Surgery Department. He embodies our core values of integrity, excellence, learning, compassion, teamwork and respect in everything he does. Alex has been a Methodist employee for over six years.   “Alex treats every single patient he comes acro…

Celebrate National Patient Safety Awareness week March 12-16. Although this week celebrates our patient safety achievements and increases awareness, safe care is our focus, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, 365-days a year. Click here to learn more about events at Methodist Jennie Edmunds…

DO NOT ALTER YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS Under no circumstances may employees edit or update their electronic health record or that of their family members, including minor children.     Employees have the same options as our other patients to update information or make an appointment: 1) Conta…

Starting immediately Security will take old cell phones and facilitate getting these phones to the WCA to help victims of domestic violence. Employees can drop off their old cell phone at the Security Office. Before drop-off, employees should ensure that their old phones are cleared of data and sett…

In an effort to connect visitors, patients and staff with their lost items more quickly, Security now implemented a new lost and found system.  The new lost and found system includes a collaboration with Shared Services, and a process on inventorying items found in laundry. The commitment…