12/23/11 Employees to become face of hospital with "I am Pomerene"

  • By Nick Sabo
  • December 23, 2011
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SUMMARY: Goal is feeling of ownership among all employees Pomerene Hospital will strive to create a culture of ownership among employees through the virtues of being memorable, accountable, mindful, grateful and an owner. The five virtues are part of the “I am Pomerene” goals of personal ownership of the hospital by employees. Craig Miller, executive director of corporate services said Thursday Dec. 22 at the meeting of the Pomerene Hospital Board of Trustees the program’s goal is to market the hospital through the interaction of its employees with the public. “We are our own best marketers, and the people who make up Pomerene are the best advertisement,” Miller said. “(The five virtues) are the kind of core principals (that) engaged employees provide the kind of services our community looks for.” By taking ownership of the hospital, Miller said, people will see the face of Pomerene in real people. “They’re not going to look in the yellow pages, they’re going to talk to people they know,” Miller said. The five virtues were identified in May 2011 and explored one at a time in stories in the hospital’s newsletter. Employees are encouraged to recognize their fellow workers who exhibit the five virtues, and the “I am Pomerene” logo will begin popping up on name tags. Other steps will be taken with the goal that every employee develops a sense of ownership, Miller said. In other business, the board got an early start on a capitol improvement project budgeted for 2012, approving a request by chief financial officer Jason Justus to purchase a network upgrade at a cost of $67,433. Justus recommended purchasing the upgrade now instead of waiting for the new year because of a “end of year sale” that will save the hospital almost $8,000. The price tag represents deductions from the supplier, Justus said, without which the software is $75,000. The upgrade will replace the system’s core switch and install fiber optic lines. CEO Tony Snyder said the upgrade will allow lines to loop back on one another. The current system resembles Christmas lights where, if one goes out, all do. “It used to be if one little segment goes out, that whole floor goes,” Snyder said. The board further approved the appointment of Shawn Starlin to the Pomerene Foundation Board of Directors. Starlin is executive director of the Holmes County Economic Development Council and will bring his experience as a grant-writer to the foundation, Snyder said. Trustees vice-chairman Dan Mathie said Starlin’s experiences are new to the foundation. “It will be a different background that Starlin brings in his successes as a grant writer,” Mathie said. “That’s something the foundation has not had before.” The board approved the following appointments to medical staff/advanced practice professionals: Scott Brown MD, affiliate, family medicine; Leon Miller, MD, active, general surgery; William Cox, MD, active, anestesiology; Mark Jaroch, MD, active, general surgery; Kim Boyd, MD, active, family medicine; Adam Myers, DPM, courtesy, podiatry; Mary Ann Durbin, CNM, advanced practice professional, nurse midwife; John Weeman, MD, active, OB/GYN; David Graham, CRNA, advanced practice professional, nurse anesthetist; Andrew Miller, DPM, courtesy, podiatry; Kevin Mathur, MD, courtesy, otolaryngology; Eugene Oh, MD, courtesy, radiology; John Vaccariello, MD, active, family medicine. The following appointments were made to provisional staff: David Rickson, MD, courtesy, emergency medicine; Marwan Yanes, MD, courtesy, emergency medicine; Daniel Jarrell, DO, courtesy, emergency medicine; Khalil Korkor, MD, courtesy, gastroenterology; William Alford, DO, courtesy, OB/GYN; Laura Fortner, MD, courtesy, OB/GYN; Emily Benekos, MD, courtesy, OB/GYN; Walter Maciejewski, MD, courtesy, emergency medicine; Mohammad Naseem, MD, courtesy, radiology. The next meeting of the Pomerene Hospital Board of Trustees will be held Jan. 26.


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