It's Never Safe Enough for Me
Written by Dr. Shawn Tittle
?I joined Houston Methodist in 2016, drawn to the people, the culture, and the innovative spirit inherent in our system. In 2019, Houston Methodist celebrated 100 years of service and our CEO, Dr. Marc Boom , set the vision for our second century. We are currently an eight-hospital system, a ninth location on the way, with the explicit stated goal of providing unparalleled safety, quality, service and innovation. This is our commitment to our community, to provide the best care, the first time, every time. In keeping with that mission, we have achieved some of the strongest performance metric ratings and awards of any health system in the country and yet we are relentlessly focused on getting better.
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Dr. Boom’s vision for Houston Methodist is to extend well above and beyond the frontier of an unparalleled health care experience for our patients and community while continuing to improve upon the efficiency and safety of internal processes as well as expand the strong company culture for our employees and clinicians. Over the next five years, we envision a significant shift in the practice of health care with new innovations and technology helping to achieve better overall outcomes. Changing the hearts and minds of an entire industry is not easy but is necessary to maintain and grow our stellar reputation and responsibility to our patients.
At Houston Methodist, change management comes from the top down and permeates through our organization as a culture mindset shift.? One of the ways we envision technology changing our health care practices is through artificial intelligence (AI).? With AI, we can provide clinical decision support tools to our clinicians as never before.? For example, we are currently using a platform powered by machine learning and generative AI to predict patient risk scores based on the largest national dataset of electronic health records (EHRs), billing, and clinical notes. With the click of a button, clinicians can generate a holistic “one-page” view of a patient’s data without having to comb through copious amounts of information typically found in the EHRs.? The ability to assess patient risk proactively translates to better outcomes for all and is a hallmark characteristic of a highly reliable health system.?
?Predictive analytics on patient outcomes and AI-powered decision support will become a backbone of enterprise-level clinical practice in the near- to mid-term. Additional tools, such as ambient intelligence cameras in operating rooms, will make analysis of efficiency much easier with real-time workflow redesign.? Remote patient monitoring tools that improve the transition from inpatient to outpatient care will continue the evolution of lower-cost patient management and remove the burden from clinical staff needing to collect vital signs at regular intervals.? At the end of the day, all these technologies have the capability to provide a higher level of care with greater diagnostic and therapeutic accuracy while easing the cost burden of slower and more expensive inpatient care.
AI technology will never replace the human touch and the clinical mind, yet it is a powerful tool to expand our resources in health care quality. Houston Methodist will continue to strive towards providing the highest level of patient care, yet achieving excellence is never enough.? That is how we define leading medicine.?
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9 个月I like: change management comes from the top down.?
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9 个月Would love to have the opportunity to discuss how to manage large diabetes populations utilizing remote patient monitoring and advanced diabetes tools to improve control and support primary care especially in light of the continued exponential growth and not enough endocrinologists to handle. Additionally, the opportunity to develop a robust diabetes prevention program. The use of a centralized diabetes management opportunity for both inpatient and outpatient services.
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9 个月I Miss all my family at Houston Methodist hoping to return back soon. I was offered various positions back at Methodist but do to my daughter's mental health issues the timing schedule of those positions wasn't fitting into my time. Friends Methodist is a GREAT PLACE TO WORK EXCELLENT STAFF WE ALL ARE A FAMILY THERE JUST WISH THAT METHODIST OFFERED WORK FROM HOME POSITIONS. I LOVE YOU METHODIST FAMILY AND I WILL BE BACK.