Making a difference
As we reflect on the last few weeks, we are beginning to see some new trends. First, it appears from comments both on-line and off-line, there are many, many more loyal readers to this blog.
Second, it appears that the more the administration attempts to block the website and the more they make anonymous negative comments, the more the employees are understanding what kind of people we have running our hospital. The “blog” as it is referred to by administration has even made it on some of the administrative council meeting minutes as a separate agenda item. This shows that we are making a difference and people are reading and taking notice.
Third, we are making an impact in how the administration makes decisions. They now have to actually think about being held accountable publicly for decisions they make. This is causing a serious uneasiness in some and they have now resorted to more open personal attacks.
All of this is good because it allows a forum for employees and the public to voice their thoughts, opinions and comments in a way they have never been afforded before.
Many have told me that they are new to blogging and they are fearful that they could be tracked down and then fired.
Here are some comments that I hope will help those employees feel a little more at ease and some guidelines that I hope others will follow.
This blog site is part of one of the largest internet operations around (Google). It is professionally run and there is no way an individual user could gain access to the identity of a commenter without either legal expertise and lots of money or unless you are a very savvy internet hacker. So rest assured that your comments are protected.
With that said, I encourage everyone to try and follow some simple guidelines:
Use this blog site and the internet appropriately and within the limitations of your job if you are able to utilize the internet while on company time.
Please do not be afraid to comment on the current topic or other related topics. It helps other readers realize how widespread the current feelings are related to the situation at Floyd. Not all topics are related to Floyd. Some are just for fun and education.
Try to focus on the topics being discussed
Try and maintain civility in your comments but don’t be afraid to be truthful
When you need to make a negative comment about a person or situation, try to give examples of why you feel the way you do. It helps the other readers gain a clearer understanding of your perspective. I have broad shoulders and understand that some of the negative comments will be directed at me. I use these comments as constructive criticism and will try to make changes that will be beneficial.
Remember our goal on this blog is to maintain the excellence of Floyd. Many of us believe that maintaining the excellence and reputation of Floyd can only occur if we have a smooth transition in leadership. Physicians and many of the hospital staff will survive this current leadership crisis and will continue to hope for those brighter days we know will come in the future.
posted by Anonymous at 6:20 AM
23 Comments:
Still waiting for a response to this earlier posting:
HB wrote:
"My information came from the letter and the surgeon who wrote it."
In what order did you see the letter and talk to the surgeon? And if he didn't keep a copy, how is that you managed to see it?
Did someone violate board confidentiality in providing you a copy? In your mind, does the end justify the means to get what you want?
HB wrote:
"This shows that we are making a difference and people are reading and taking notice."
I would first point out that being a pest and "making a difference" are not the same thing.
Secondly, whether your ego will allow you to admit it or not, you are not going to change the way the hospital is run. Your negative, completely "anti-administration" position has been rejected and a successful and effective hospital management staff is not going to be replaced.
But I do think you are making an unintended "difference." The real victims of your antagonism toward hospital administration are not the administrators but the handful of employees who have had their morale and pride in their jobs affected by your gloomy and false images of the hospital. You have taken background “griping” (that exists in every organization) and tried to make it into some kind of moral judgment on the motives and competence of hospital management.
Building something great requires hard work. Tearing it down is easy. You are not effective at all in working within a system to build greatness. You do seem to have a talent for destruction, though.
Henry A. Kissinger said "Even a paranoid has some real enemies."
It appears that our administration is a little paranoid of information being made known. I'll keep you guessing at the answer to the question because it relates directly to the trust issue that is broken in this administrattion. You are now not even sure you can trust each other. That is a sad state of affairs.
Hey, anonymous,
What's your identity? The readers would love to know and we've asked you this question before.
diogenstrainee,
We will agree to disagree on your opinion. I see and hear things much differently from the employees and the community.
The same question applies to your continued negative attacks and criticism.
What is your identity? It would certainly give you more credibility to the readers.
Without it, you continue to look like scared and defensive representative of this failing administration.
So, did you steal the letter yourself or did you encourage/support someone who did? Does the end justify the means? Do you have a "relativistic" moral code or what?
HB wrote:
"I see and hear things much differently from the employees and the community"
What community message do you take from the fact that your position was not validated by the county commisioners or by the hospital board? What message do you take from the fact that FMH was just named as one of the best places to work in Indiana?
Do you just see things that reinforce what you believe?
I'm wondering if this is appropriate use of company time for these anonymous commenters.
Or is that a rule that only applies to employees who view things as you do?
We've addressed the reappointment issue so many times before. I am not the first or last to not be reappointed. There has even been a previous sitting Chairperson who was not reappointed.
Trying to condemn the messenger continually causes you to lose more credibility regarding the issues.
Your psychic powers are not as great as you think. I have said many times before, I am not employed by the hospital, nor am I on the hospital board or a part of government. You seem incapable of accepting that anyone outside of hospital managment can disagree with you.
Just curious, HB: Do you think it is a good idea for a doctor to encourage hospital employees or board members to betray confidences by accepting information or documents obtained in that manner?
You also haven't given your identity and current or past relationship with this adminstration. There's the real key.
It shouldn't be hard to tell everyone who you are unless that would compromise your position and reinforce what has been said.
No one is encouraging this. You are making assumptions based on speculation and anonymous comments.
Do I encourage open communication to help resolve ongoing problems?
Absolutely.
But this administration certainly tries to prevent that from happening.
Do you accept information or documents obtained through theft or violations of hospital/board policy regarding confidential information?
A simple question that isn't biased by the identity of the person asking the question. You make a lot of accusations about the integrity of others. I think you owe your readers a look into just how "absolute" is your own devotion to honesty.
First off, I do not solicit the information that is given to me. I have information placed in my mailbox, emailed and faxed to me, and given to me verbally. As far as I know, it is not illegally obtained and I certainly would not support anything that is illegal, but I do not believe any of this is.
This is a county owned hospital and the information that has been posted should be public knowledge. There is not confidential information being posted or divulged.
What are you afraid of?
HB wrote:
"As far as I know, it is not illegally obtained and I certainly would not support anything that is illegal"
You are quite the student of Bill Clinton when it comes to slipping out of tough questions. Nobody said anything about "illegal." This is about ethics and integrity, not law.
You were on the board so you know what the board policy is regarding confidentiality. You say the letter was sent to the board and the sender did not keep a copy. So, if it should have been kept in confidence why would you accept it and try to use it for your own purposes?
And let's not forget that you have only provided your own interpretation of what is in the letter. We don't really know what it said.
Let's wrap this up. I said I did not know if the sender kept a copy.
Since this conversation has been going on, the surgeon called me earlier this morning and informed me that he did keep a copy and will be sending it over to me. He also gave me permission to post the letter.
So now, let's quit accusing people of things you have no basis in fact. No one is doing anything illegal, immoral or unethical. That is unless you are part of this administration and unwilling to deal with the truth and accept consequences for your decisions.
Again, it is sad that we cannot just deal with the issues at hand rather than trying to divert the attention and kill the messengers.
I would love to see you turn over a new leaf and deal only with issues. You are the one who constantly makes subjective judgments about personal integrity, political cronyism and competence. Like the following, for example:
"No one is doing anything illegal, immoral or unethical. THAT IS UNLESS YOU ARE PART OF THIS ADMINISTRATION AND UNWILLING TO DEAL WITH THE TRUTH and accept consequences for your decisions."
Now just how is that dealing with a specific issue?
Unless you have been on another planet, the issue we are trying to deal with is the administration, the lack of trust, and the poor decisions and relationships that have resulted because of them.
Subjective judgements would be made without giving examples. I have repeatedly given examples of the ineptness in this administration.
What you include or exclude is highly subjective. In addition,while you always challenge those who disagree with you, you seldom, if ever, correct negative postings that you know to be incorrect.
And since when is a term like "ineptness" not subjective? It is one thing to talk about a policy or decision you don't like. It is something entirely different to characterize the decision maker as "inept."
What's the deal today? It must be take the day off(for some of the Administration) at Floyd. Are we that afraid of HB and that he is making a difference that we have to make irrelevant comments. Nobody here is listening to the critics. Give it UP and go back to work!!!
diogenestrainee, the reason HB, or any other reader, would think you are a member of administration is that the sole perspective of any of your posts is clearly an administration rebuttal.
HB, Instead of spending time trying to convince everyone that your RIGHT ABOUT YOUR CONVICTIONS,why don't you just save your time for seeing patients.
I bet you could have raised your profit to 60 or 65% just in the time you took to impose your will on the ones that has the RIGHT TO DISAGREE. Once again when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. I forgot you were ready to wrap this up. Oh well!!!!!
HB, I agree with the one post that it must have been take the day off for administration because I see a lot of administrative comments today. I see a few stated that they are not part of FMHHS, administration, or politics. If they aren't then why are they so concerned with the issues at hand? As far as the one commenting on you saving time to see your patients, what makes him think you don't see them. Frankly you do see your patients and I've never heard any of them say one bad word about you.
I just had the chance to catch up on some of the comments over the past couple of days. I paricularly took notice of various comments made by diogenestrainee and the fact that he is not employed by the hospital, nor on the hospital board or part of government. He also makes reference to HB's ego and is quite critical of those who post a negative comment about the situation at Floyd. The other day he made a comment about the past 14 or 15 years and the progress at Floyd. Well first of all it sounds like he has a pretty big ego himself and knows a lot for not being part of the hospital. If he knew as much as he thought he did he would know that the expansion is not doing as well as originally planned & thought. It's something that will take much more time. Second he needs to know the difference between "anti-administration" and pro-hospital. I have dealt with Floyd Memorial Hospital in some capacity for nearly 50 years (long before the 1st expansion ever occurred)and I can honestly say things are not stable at all there. He can say that staff & doctors are whining & griping, but I don't think the hospital can run without doctors or staff. If he's so great and knows it all, then why doesn't he come to Floyd and make that difference?
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