How Blessed We Are

 Recently our  executive leadership team and I met with our division president and our group president to review our progress and future plans for our new hospital.  Although our anticipation regarding the meeting had us all on edge wondering what the focus of our company leaders might be, we were very quickly immersed in discussions that largely focused on making sure we had the support we needed to achieve our goals.  Although we all know it is important for our new hospital to be fiscally successful, we didn’t talk about income; we talked about patient satisfaction, serving our medical community, employee satisfaction, creating a healthy work environment, making sure wait times are short and turnover times are fast; ensuring quality is within the top 10% of all hospitals in the country, and making sure our facilities are exceptional so that we can exceed the expectations of our customers.  We also spoke about working continuously to strengthen our relationships with our physicians, our community and our employees. 

I feel positively challenged by the exceptional team we have already developed.  I am proud of what we have already built together and I feel blessed to have the honor to work with so many exceptional people focused on doing the right thing and serving others with quality and compassion.  We still have so much to do, but we are blessed to work in an industry that is focused on making a difference in the lives of others.  It is not always easy; in fact it is often very difficult.  In spite of our constant challenges we have so many opportunities.  While our primary focus is on improving the lives of our patients, we have the opportunity to create and sustain meaningful and rewarding jobs for our employees, a positive working environment for our physicians, and, the opportunity to be a contributing member of our community through new jobs, tax revenue, leadership in community organizations, and volunteer support.

I am so thankful my path has brought me this way and given me this opportunity to work with this excellent companywith such superb leadership support, and to build such an exceptional team focused on serving our community. 

What a great mission!