Patients want that trusted partner - that healthcare advocate who will offer them, simply, the best medical care possible. Fortunately, Methodist Hospitals provides physicians with the tools to fulfill this need.
Methodist Hospitals invests in strong physicians who embrace new technologies like no other hospital system region wide. In 2010-2011 alone, that investment in technology is upwards of
$60 million. You deserve it. Your families deserve it. Most of all – your patients deserve it.
TECHNOLOGY
• EPIC EMR system-wide, and e-EpicCare for the
physician office – convenient results for patients, and
continuity of care for physicians
• MyChart – a secure online portal where patients can access lab results
and discharge instructions
• $60 million worth of improvements in two years – from
hospital beds to 3D mammo to optical coherence tomography
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AND SAFETY
• Centers of Excellence to treat the most common and severe
disease processes
• Nursing Education Program fostering specialty certifications
• Roam Alert system for wander risks
PATIENT SATISFACTION
• Hourly rounding for nurses to decrease call light use
• Shared Governance Model in nursing to foster teamwork and
collaboration
• Remodeled rooms, beds equipped with built-in scales, and pull-out chairs
for parents in pediatrics
• Patient convenience considered at every point of contact - from parking
to discharge and even home care


