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THANK YOU SUSAN G. KOMEN FOUNDATION HOUSTON AFFILIATE OFFICE Patient Navigation is an important role here at Harris Health.  And the Susan G. Komen Foundation Houston Affiliate Office has helped establish success for the Mammography and Breast Cancer Care services appointments for another year!  These navigators assist in keeping the patients continuing to meet appointment dates and times with their physicians and cancer treatments leading to healthy outcomes.  Without these roles, down time due to…

    We are thrilled to have partnered with Fleet Feet Sports on a Harris Health System wellness program, the Lynden B. Johnson Hospital Nursing Wellness Challenge. Fleet Feet Sports heard about LBJ’s Emergency Centers walking challenge and supported them with a $1200 gift card match. LBJ EC nurses work hard to provide exceptional care and often “walk the extra mile” to do it. A $100 Fleet Feet gift certificate will be awarded to a…

Special Deliveries Kick Off 50th Anniversary for Harris Health Two special deliveries on Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day) at LBJ and Ben Taub hospitals commemorated the 50th anniversary celebration of Harris Health System’s first day of operations on Jan. 1, 1966. Baby Michael Dorsey was born at 12:33 a.m. at LBJ Hospital, while baby Nakaylah Thompson was born at 3:29 a.m. at Ben Taub Hospital. For being the first babies born at Harris Health, the…

Shopping online with AmazonSmile is identical to the experience you get on Amazon.com with the added benefit that 0.5% of the purchase price, from eligible purchases, will be donated by the AmazonSmile Foundation to the charity of your choice. HCHD Foundation can now be designated to receive your donations on AmazonSmile. The donation amounts generated by your purchases are combined with donation amounts from all other customers, who selected HCHD Foundation, and sent each quarter…

Healthcare Information Security Professionals, we need your valuable feedback for a nation-wide effort to improve today’s Cyber Threat Information Sharing and what it should look like in the future. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with the Harris Health System in a collaborative planning grant to better understand the gaps in existing Cyber Threat Information Sharing systems, communities, and practices. We also wish to get your input into designing the next generation of what…

Harris Health System is listed among the Top Houston Workplaces for 2015 by the Houston Chronicle, a distinction shared by only three other healthcare providers in the large category of employers. Harris Health is listed among large companies with 500 or more employees. This recognition is a high honor because it comes directly from feedback provided by employees in a survey conducted by Workplace Dynamics on behalf of the Chronicle. Our staff is clearly dedicated…

Know Someone Who is Uninsured? Refer Friends and Family to the Marketplace Know Someone Who is Uninsured? Refer Friends and Family to the Marketplace Thursday, November 5, 2015 Open enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace began Nov. 1, 2015 and runs through Jan. 31, 2016. Through the Marketplace, individuals can search and select healthcare coverage. The best option to search and select an appropriate healthcare plan is through the Marketplace Web site www.healthcare.gov. The site…

HHS taps healthcare provider for national cyber information-sharing effort October 07, 2015 | Christopher J Castelli The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a one-year, $150,000 planning grant to a public healthcare provider in Texas to improve the sharing of cyber-threat information in the healthcare and public health sector. The grant was awarded last week to the Harris County Hospital District, which is located in and around Houston, TX, HHS official Steve Curren…