The New Year
We begin this week in anticipation of the first Board meeting of the year with the addition of the newest members. This will take place Tuesday night.
We are excited and hopeful that we will see some real and substantial changes as we proceed into 2007.
Recently, eleven members of the active Medical Staff invited the four newest Board Members out to dinner. It was very enjoyable and casual and allowed each of us the opportunity to get to know each of them and offer our services for consultation when issues arise.
The stated goals of meeting were:
1.) To build a relationship with Board members
2.) Educate members on issues and problems
3.) Improve quality of care
4.) Help ensure success of FMHHS
To this end, the meeting was a great first start and we look forward to doing this again. There was lots of open discussion on a variety of topics and the Board members asked some very good challenging questions.
It is refreshing to have Board members willing to tackle some very challenging problems.
posted by Anonymous at 5:44 AM
22 Comments:
Regarding: "We are excited and hopeful that we will see some real and substantial changes as we proceed into 2007."
Just curious about what changes would excite you other than the removal of the CEO?
The employees want to see better staffing, less threats and fear, and more communication.
We heard Mr. Hanson was very angry the physicians met with the Board without his approval.
He cannot control social events outside of the hospital and this really irritates him
Re: "We heard..." Don't you just love the rumor mill? You can find anything you want on it. And you can believe anything you hear that reinforces what you already believe. I always wonder how so many people can claim to know what "really irritates" someone who doesn't confide in them.
Anonymous 10:49 AM wrote: "We heard Mr. Hanson was very angry the physicians met with the Board without his approval."
Well, I personally have no idea how Hanson reacted to that meeting or if he even knew anything about it. But I can sure imagine how most of us would feel about something like that. Imagine that you are getting a new boss and before you even meet the new boss, a busybody in another department (who doesn't like you) approaches your new boss to share his low opinion of your skills and competency. Again, that would be BEFORE you even have a chance to create your own first impression and begin to demonstrate how you do your job. How warm and fuzzy would that make you feel?
Get off your thrones. Since when should the key customers who bring in 100 percent of the revenue to a company not have the ability to sit down for casual conversation with those responsible for making the decisions.
Who are you and what is your relationship with this Mr. Hanson.?
It doesn't take too much cognitive ability to determine there are serious problems.
The recent departure of the CFO had the appearance of a cover-up and shifting of blame to get the heat off of the CEO.
Timing was certainly questionable.
Maybe employees should unionize and have a little more bargaining power.
Has that ever been contemplated. I know some good union reps who would be happy to look into it. Many other nurses and healthcare workers are part of unions.
Talk about speaking from a THRONE!
"The recent departure of the CFO had the appearance of a cover-up and shifting of blame to get the heat off of the CEO.
Timing was certainly questionable."
Maybe you could tell us just what was being covered up and how the departure of the CFO was intended to remedy that. Also, could you explain what was "questionable" about the timing? Since end of year is a typical time to make staff changes before entering a new budget year, just what was unique about this change that made it "questionable"?
And what are these "serious problems" you refer to? Our hospital is still operating in a profitable mode while others in the region are not. Health care is a very challenging business these days so bumps in the road aren't unusual. But "serious problems"??? Compared to what??
You throw out a lot of charges so I think you owe us some facts to back up what looks like pure speculation and rumor mongering.
Why don't you ask for the financial numbers yourself and see how far you get. I'd bet they won't give them out easily even though it is a county hospital.
How about losing JCAHO accreditation.
How about staffing cuts.
HOw about other budget cuts just to make ends meet.
HOw about budget projections that weren't met even though we did the number of heart cases we were supposed to.
How about the bond rating being lowered by Standard and Poor.
How about patient satisfaction numbers being below goals.
Ask the managers. Ask the empoloyees. They will tell you.
But I guess you are blinded by "something" or "someone"
Go into any other hospital or nursing care facility in the region and see if you can find any other place with fewer problems. It is a tough business and if you think that "normal" is supposed to be smooth and trouble-free, you are out of touch with reality. We are lucky to have such a well run facility staffed by such a great group of dedicated healthcare workers. Bad mouthing a valuable community asset accomplishes nothing except creating a false impression among the public.
And as for the constant harping on the JCAHO situation by people who know nothing about what actually happened, why not sit down with one of the doctors who work in the lab and ask them to explain the nature of the items cited. That situation had a lot more to do with bureaucratic politics than it did with any serious deficiencies.
Physicians acting as if they run the hospital....thats a odd concept. Why dont you specialize in Medicine and keep it at that? Why get involved? Dont you realize that the only ones that are getting hurt is YOUR OWN PATIENTS.
This is better than "General Hospital." Several of you have almost completely stopped punctuating. It's anarchy.
Was the hospital bond rating lowered? If so it is not common knowledge. I did hear that another person in management 'resigned' I think it was in the lab.
It looks like we are picking right up in "The New Year" where we left off last year. Same old Crap.
Your way or no way. I hope you let the new board members enjoy their meal before they were hit with the active Medical Staff's agenda. I'm sure it didn't take them long to see the writing on the wall. You must not forget their are plenty of "New" Medical Staff that might be waiting in the wings, perhaps you might want to take them to a casual dinner and offer your services for consultation when issues arise. On the other hand you might not find that to be enjoyable.
I was at the hospital for routine work up of blood on Saturday and the waiting room was overbooked. I thought I was in the wrong area and asked the nice lady in x-ray if I was in the middle of a health fair and had chosen the wrong day to come. I only have Saturday and Sunday off. My family member had to park and check on me because it was taking so long. Lab technician was overwhelmed obviously and seemed upset but was very courteous. I felt bad for her. I think the management needs to take a view of this and give the ok to provide the staff if the service is offered. Maybe consider purchasing a used car for Mr. Hanson and take the funds saved to hire another lab tech that actually serves the public?
I left Floyd 3 months ago after many years served. I miss the coworkers but do not miss the favortism that is/was shown in that hospital. The administration has overstayed their welcome with their weak staff and the filtering down to the strong directors that have no control due to requirements for approvals. Directors are not allowed the make decisions without the approval of the weak staff above them who are oblivious to the workflow. I left on my own accord for a higher pay performing the same job and must travel 5 extra miles. My friends at floyd tell me they will receive an increase soon and are hoping for the market incease but not holding their breath. Very disturbing.
Before you push too hard to get rid of Hanson, you would be well-advised to make sure you have a suitable replacement in the wings. Oftentimes, one man's perceived savior is another's cast-off.
Just curious - Why didn't you take all the board members out to lunch? After all, one stated goal of the meeting was "To build a relationship with Board members." Don't you want a relationship with the current members also?
Looks like you are trying to indoctrinate the new members into your way of thinking.
Just observations from an outsider.
They could not take all the board members at one time. Actually they have to make sure there are less than half of them at any one time, otherwise it may constitute a quorum and be considered an unadvertised board meeting. That is illegal.
Not agreeing or disagreeing with what they did, just explaining.
How many times have the active Medical Staff taken the rest of the Board to lunch? Just curious,
were they not able to promote your agenda?
iamhoosier is correct in the reasoning of why only 4 board members.
We are hoping to make this a quarterly forum with alternating Board members to build the relationship.
It was well received by all the physicians and Board members who attended and there were at least a dozen other physicians who were disappointed they couldn't attend.
So...what was the message you conveyed to them?
Looks like you had more than 1/2 of the of the medical staff attend. Maybe that should be illegal as well.
What new person in management "resigned"??In the lab??
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