Every month, employees at Jamaica Hospital who go above and beyond to help coworkers, patients and visitors are nominated for the G.E.M award.
G.E.M stands for Going the Extra Mile and recipients are recognized for their hard work, team spirit, kindness, and professionalism.
This month’s G.E.M recipients are:
Ian McLean – Plant Operations
Conrad Daley – Security
AnnaMarie Gonzales – Accounting
Congratulations to you all. Keep up the excellent work in helping us to serve our community.
Flushing Hospital employees who go above and beyond to ensure the safety of our patients are recognized and awarded a certificate of excellence for their Good Catch.
Good Catch nominees receive recognition based on their actions in preventing accidents from occurring. These actions may include correcting a medication order, preventing a patient from falling or reporting a significant change in a patient’s status.
Please join us in congratulating the following employees on their Good Catch:
Michael Bosco, Pharmacy
Ellen Alarcon, Radiology
By identifying a problem before it became a patient safety issue, our nominees have helped Flushing Hospital to provide patients with excellent care.
To our Good Catch recipients, thank you for being exemplary members of our team and contributing to our goal of being a High-Reliability Hospital.
Dr. Gina Basello, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center’s Vice-Chairperson and Residency Program Director of Family Medicine and Associate Director of the Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship, was recently presented with the National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award.
The award was given to Dr. Basello at the conclusion of the Schwartz Rounds and came as a complete surprise.
According to the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care, the pioneering organization of the Schwartz Rounds, “Finalists represent healthcare professionals who make a profound difference through their unmatched dedication to compassionate collaborative care.” Dr. Basello was recognized for demonstrating a high level of compassionate care to patients and her devotion to creating “psychologically safe” spaces for healthcare providers to reconnect with themselves and the hospital’s mission.
Dr. Basello’s passion for engaging patients and families in a culturally sensitive and person-centered manner is often reflected in her efforts to nurture the next generation of compassionate physicians. Members of her team consistently receive high patient experience and satisfaction scores.
As a staunch advocate for providing a platform where healthcare workers can share their experiences in a supportive environment, Dr. Basello serves as a program moderator for the Schwartz Rounds at Jamaica Hospital. The program was adopted by the hospital as part of its initiative to provide employees with a forum in which they could openly discuss emotional and social challenges encountered while caring for patients.
We recognize Dr. Gina Basello for all her achievements and congratulate her on receiving this well-deserved award.
Every month, employees at Jamaica Hospital who go above and beyond to help coworkers, patients and visitors are nominated for the G.E.M award.
G.E.M stands for Going the Extra Mile and recipients are recognized for their hard work, team spirit, kindness, and professionalism.
This month’s G.E.M recipients are:
Frank Block – Security
Ana Pacora – Administration
Congratulations to you both. Keep up the excellent work in helping us to serve our community.
Every month, Flushing Hospital Medical Center recognizes employees for their contributions to patient safety.
Employees who go above and beyond to ensure the safety of our patients are recognized and awarded a Certificate of Excellence for their Good Catch.
Join us in congratulating:
Janet Reiss- Psychiatry
Mary Halder- Blood Bank
Good Catch nominees receive recognition based on their actions in preventing the potential harm of patients. These actions may include correcting a medication order, preventing a patient from falling or reporting a significant change in a patient’s status.
By identifying a problem before it became a patient safety issue, our nominees have helped Flushing Hospital to improve our quality in patient care.
To our Good Catch recipients, thank you for being exemplary members of our team and contributing to our goal of being a High-Reliability Hospital.
Every month, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center recognizes employees for their contributions to patient safety.
Employees who go above and beyond to ensure the safety of our patients are recognized and awarded a Certificate of Excellence for their Good Catch.
Join us in congratulating:
Melissa Florival, Social Worker
Dropattie Ramsammy, RN
Gustave Smith, Environmental Services
Jelva Smith, SCA
Divis Desintonio, Staff Associate
Dr. Hemanth Chitneni, Resident Psychiatry
Eduard Kandov, RN
Kretika Johnson, RN
Ruth Dunaboyina, LPN
Denise Dicks, Staffing Associate
Abu-Sabe Mohammad, Lead Echo Tech
Edward Agusto, Environmental Services
Mindy Ruiz, Administrative Assistant
Good Catch nominees receive recognition based on their actions in preventing the potential harm of patients. These actions may include correcting a medication order, preventing a patient fall or reporting a significant change in patient status.
By identifying a problem before it could have become a patient safety issue, our nominees have helped Jamaica Hospital to improve our quality in patient care.
To our Good Catch recipients, thank you for being exemplary members of our team and contributing to our goal of being a High-Reliability Hospital.
Every month, employees at Flushing Hospital who go above and beyond to help coworkers, patients and visitors are nominated for the G.E.M award.
G.E.M stands for Going the Extra Mile and recipients are recognized for their hard work, team spirit, kindness, and professionalism.
This month’s G.E.M recipients are:
Janet Reiss- Mental Health
Abbey Jacobs- Wound Care
Congratulations to you both. Keep up the excellent work in helping us to serve our community.
Every month, employees at Jamaica Hospital who go above and beyond to help coworkers, patients and visitors are nominated for the G.E.M award.
G.E.M stands for Going the Extra Mile and recipients are recognized for their hard work, team spirit, kindness, and professionalism.
This month’s G.E.M recipients are:
Jafra Wilson-Security
Jung-Sik Kim- Respiratory
Congratulations to you both. Keep up the excellent work in helping us to serve our community.
Every month, employees at Jamaica Hospital who go above and beyond to help coworkers, patients and visitors are nominated for the G.E.M award.
G.E.M stands for Going the Extra Mile and recipients are recognized for their hard work, team spirit, kindness, and professionalism.
This month’s G.E.M recipients are:
Margaret Novoa- Executive Secretary, MediSys East New York
Georgeretta Williams-Patient Access Representative, MediSys East New York
Congratulations to you both. Keep up the excellent work in helping us to serve our community.
A new and growing trend in hospitals is sponsoring a “patient experience” book club where hospital staff gets together to discuss medical-themed books.
The Flushing Hospital Medical Library has been hosting such a book club for over a year now. The Library Book Club members are a diverse group of individuals representing various backgrounds. They meet bi-monthly to discuss a book selected by Robin Dornbaum the hospital’s librarian.
The book can be fiction or nonfiction but it is always about a main character living through a health challenge. Library Book Club members have discussed books such as the Mountains Beyond Mountains and The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer.
“Our book club has taken very important lessons from our discussions. We have learned that we are all citizens of the world and must help, even in small ways, to fight public health epidemics around the world,” stated Robin Dornbaum.
The Library Book Club at Flushing Hospital has been growing in popularity, as it provides a place for staff and members of the community to share personal and professional experiences related to the subject of the book. “Our discussions are thought-provoking, and help members to empathize with characters in the books as well as those we may know experiencing similar challenges with their health,” shared member Anne Marie Denicola of Flushing Hospital’s Gift Shop.
If you are interested in joining the Flushing Hospital Library Book club or are interested in learning about or reading past book selections, please contact Mrs. Robin Dornbaum at [email protected] or call 718 670 5653.