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WORDS FROM OUR CEO
Welcome to the first edition of our newsletter for the year 2021. I hope everyone is well and warm after the winter storm that hit us. I know we all have faced tremendous things in recent months, first with the COVID-19 pandemic and then with the freeze. Many people in Texas were without electricity, drinking … Continue reading “WORDS FROM OUR CEO”
Read MoreDR. AHMED RABIE KARIM. MD
AHMED RABIE KARIM. MD HOSPITALIST Emergency Hospital Systems We are pleased to introduce Dr. Ahmed Rabie Karim. He is a hospitalist at Emergency Hospital Systems, where he shares his time between Texas Emergency Hospital (THE) and Cleveland Emergency Hospital (CEH) in Texas. Dr. Karim completed his residency at the University of Toledo Medical Center and … Continue reading “DR. AHMED RABIE KARIM. MD”
Read MoreEHS EMPLOYEES JOIN THE GO RED FOR WOMEN INITIATIVE
February was the month of love and the month of the heart too! and at EHS we celebrated it in a big way by inviting our employees to join the “Go Red for Women” initiative, which is organized by the American Heart Association with the purpose of raising awareness about the incidence of cardiovascular disease … Continue reading “EHS EMPLOYEES JOIN THE GO RED FOR WOMEN INITIATIVE”
Read MoreTEXAS EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ADDS NUCLEAR MEDICINE UNIT
We are pleased to announce that Emergency Hospital Systems recently opened a nuclear medicine unit at Texas Emergency Hospital in Cleveland, Texas. With this new addition, patients will be able to benefit from a wide variety of advanced imaging diagnoses including myocardial perfusion, whole body bone scan, 3-phase bone scan, kidney scan, gastrointestinal bleeding imaging, … Continue reading “TEXAS EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ADDS NUCLEAR MEDICINE UNIT”
Read MoreRAPID RESPONSE OF OUR TRAUMA TEAM SAVES LIFE OF MINOR WITH GUNSHOT WOUND
The rapid response of our trauma team saved the life of a minor who arrived to EHS-Deerbrook emergency room with a gunshot wound in January 2021. The child was stabilized, treated, and transported to a nearby trauma center for definitive care in a timely and safe manner. Inter-facility transfers protocols stipulate a maximum of 120 … Continue reading “RAPID RESPONSE OF OUR TRAUMA TEAM SAVES LIFE OF MINOR WITH GUNSHOT WOUND”
Read MorePREVENTING THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES THROUGH HAND HYGIENE
By Travaughn Baker-Johnson, CIC Director of Infection Control Emergency Hospital Systems Practicing good hand hygiene is a simple and effective way to prevent and slow the spread of infections. Cleaning your hands can prevent the spread of germs, including those that are resistant to antibiotics and are becoming increasingly difficult to treat. There are two … Continue reading “PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES THROUGH HAND HYGIENE”
Read MoreTEXAS EMERGENCY HOSPITAL IMPROVES QUALITY MEASURES
Rodrigo Blasco Director of Quality Emergency Hospital Systems Our quality department would like to give major kudos to Texas Emergency Hospital (TEH) emergency department and medical surgery for reducing their ED throughput from 383 minutes in the third quarter (Q3) to 285 minutes in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020. The ED throughput is an … Continue reading “TEXAS EMERGENCY HOSPITAL IMPROVES QUALITY MEASURES”
Read MoreCELEBRATING NATIONAL PHARMACIST DAY
On January 17 we celebrated National Pharmacist Day, and it was a very special day for us, as we had the opportunity to honor and thank our pharmacy team for the extraordinary work they do each day. Pharmacists play a critical role within the hospital system. Not only they’re responsible for filling patients’ prescriptions, advising … Continue reading “CELEBRATING NATIONAL PHARMACIST DAY”
Read MoreHANDLING AND STORING COVID-19 VACCINES
By Richard Molinaro, PharmD Pharmacy Department, Director Emergency Hospital Systems Our community immunization plan began on Thursday, January 21, 2021 with the arrival of the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines at Texas Emergency Hospital. Pfizer’s vaccination arrives in carefully packaged containers designed to maintain the temperature of the vaccine between -60 C and -80 C (-76 … Continue reading “HANDLING AND STORING COVID-19 VACCINES”
Read MoreTEXAS EMERGENCY HOSPITAL SELECTED AS COVID-19 VACCINATION HUB
It is with great pride that we announced in January that Texas Emergency Hospital had been selected as a COVID-19 Vaccination HUB by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Since Pfizer’s first vaccines allotment arrived at TEH on Thursday, January 21, more than 6,000 people who qualify for Phase 1A and Phase 1B have … Continue reading “TEXAS EMERGENCY HOSPITAL SELECTED AS COVID-19 VACCINATION HUB”
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