Don't Miss a Beat Employee Newsletter - March 29, 2022

This Month in Photos

If you’d like to submit a photo to This Month in Photos, email bwfhinfo@partners.org. We accept photos from all areas across BWFH, including individual or group celebrations and events. View This Month’s Gallery

BWFH names new Chief of Psychiatry

Carlos Fernandez-Robles, MD, MBA, will become the next Chief of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, effective July 1, 2022. He will also serve as Vice Chair for BWFH in the Brigham Department of Psychiatry and as a faculty member in the Brigham and Women’s Department of Psychiatry. Read more.

James named 2 South Nurse Director

Katy James, BSN, RN, has been named Nurse Director on 2 South, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital’s inpatient psychiatric unit. James has served as Interim Director on the unit since September of 2021. Read more.

BWFH celebrates National Doctors’ Day - March 30

The first Doctor’s Day observance was March 30, 1933 in Winder, Georgia. Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, decided to set aside a day to honor physicians. National Doctors’ Day is now celebrated every year on March 30 in the United States, and symbolized by a red carnation. Here at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, March 30, 2022 is a day to celebrate our physicians and another year of excellence.

April Education Calendar now available  

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital’s monthly Education Calendar is now available, which contains listings for many core competencies, trainings and career development opportunities here on our campus, as well as at Mass General Brigham and BWH. You can also view the complete course offerings on Vitals.

The B.A.A. 10K is back! In person or virtual - June 26 

The B.A.A. 10K, presented by Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is BACK on June 26! All employees are invited to participate either in person or virtually to support your department or any area of the hospital. Since 2016, more than 2,100 runners and 180 teams have taken part in this annual tradition, raising $1.2 million to benefit 100 areas of the hospital. Whether you join a team, start a team or run on your own, will this be the year you join us? Don’t wait! Be one of the first 15 teams to register 10 runners and receive a $1,000 team donation from our sponsor.

Tell us what you think! Take our Health Care Without Harm food service survey

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital’s Food and Nutrition Department has teamed up with Health Care Without Harm to conduct a very short (only 2 minutes!) online survey about our plant-forward menus. Please take a moment to complete the survey by Tuesday, April 12. To take the survey, click here. Thank you for helping us bring you even more healthy and delicious food!

Supporting and empowering our disability community

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, and the Mass General Brigham Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) would like to share some resources you can utilize to support and empower the diverse and intersectional members of our disability community throughout Mass General Brigham.

The Breaking Assumptions toolkit is designed to help our employees better understand how they can support colleagues with disabilities and create a more inclusive workplace. The toolkit features sections on language, disclosing disabilities and available resources. There is a toolkit dedicated to supporting employees and another dedicated to supporting managers. If you have any questions, please contact Jarrod Chin.

In addition, DE&I is creating a systemwide Disability & Mental Health Employee Resource Group (ERG) and has developed a survey to gather your feedback for this new ERG. Please take a moment to complete our survey. Your input will help determine how the ERG can best support employees from across the system. For questions, please contact DE&I.

How to subscribe to other hospitals’ broadcast emails

If you’d like to read broadcast emails from other hospitals in the Mass General Brigham system, or change your current subscription preferences, go to your listing in the Phone & Paging Directory, click the Distribution Lists menu, and select the Edit button next to "Email Distribution Lists".  

Caregiving and educational support available through Bright Horizons

We understands the importance of balancing work life and parenting life. Mass General Brigham has partnered with Bright Horizons to provide caregiving and educational support so that all our employees can thrive both at work and at home. Thanks to our partnership with Bright Horizons, you have access to:

• 15 backup care days for 2022 to use for dependents of all ages:
  • Backup child care in centers and at home
  • Now through April 30, enjoy $0 co-pays when reserving in-center backup care for your child
  • In-home backup care for adult and elder loved ones
• Ongoing child care with preferred enrollment at most Bright Horizons centers
• Discounted tutoring, test prep and educational enrichment programs
• Free membership to source babysitters, housekeepers, pet care—and more

Access your benefits
Visit My Bright Horizons to create your account and get personalized benefit recommendations. New users, click “Join Today.”

Learn about EAP’s Identity Theft resources

Have you experienced identity theft and related tax fraud? Get support from Mass General Brigham’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP). They provide resources for those who have experienced identity theft and related tax fraud. Call 1-866-724-4327 or visit the EAP website to learn more. If you suspect a tax scam, report it to the Federal Trade Commission: https://www.ftc.gov/ and ISPOFraudNotifications@partners.org to alert Mass General Brigham Information Security and the MGH Police & Security Special Investigators of ID theft/ fraud. For more information, contact your Information Security Officer or Privacy Officer.

Volunteer opportunity for BWFH employees: End of Life Care

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital is seeking Vigil Volunteers to support our patients who die in the hospital without loved ones at the bedside by providing compassionate companionship during the dying process. Volunteers help to provide a dignified, respectful death and can expect to sit at the bedside of a patient, offering a quiet presence, for one hour once or twice a month outside of work hours. If you are interested in volunteering or learning more, please contact Spiritual Care Coordinator Tara Deonauth.

Breaking the Silence on Mental Health: Promoting Wellness & Healing for People of Color - April 6

Join us on Wednesday, April 6, from 12 noon to 1 pm for Breaking the Silence on Mental Health: Promoting Wellness & Healing for People of Color. Negative mental health stigma is one of many barriers that block people from accessing therapy or attending to their mental health needs. During this virtual session, Charmain F. Jackman, PhD, a Harvard-trained, licensed child/adolescent psychologist with over 23 years in the mental health field and founder and CEO of InnoPsych, will open space for attendees to reflect on barriers that have prevented them from seeking support and to explore ways that they want to improve their well-being. We will discuss various resources for coping and will explore talk therapy and other culturally informed approaches so that employees feel empowered to find the option that is right for them.

Eldercare and Caregivers Virtual Support Group - April 6 to December 7

This ten-session online series is designed as a “drop-in” group to foster a safe and supportive venue for Mass General Brigham employees. Participants can share concerns, discuss self-care and resources and hear from professional speakers about managing the unique challenges of caring for aging loved ones. This group will be run via Zoom the first Wednesday of the month, April 6, 2022 through December 7, 2022, from 4 to 5 pm.  The series is presented and moderated by Owen Wyatt, LMHC, EAP Consultant. Attendees may drop-in to the meeting any time after 4 pm.

Pillars of Excellence Awards - April 21

Join the Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital community in recognizing our 2021 Pillars of Excellence Award recipients on Thursday, April 21, from 1 to 2 pm. Learn more about the event on Mass General Brigham Pulse. Award recipients, friends, family and colleagues are all invited to join the virtual ceremony. To view the livestream, beginning at 1 pm on April 21, click here.

Register for the Quality & Safety Symposium - April 28

Please join us for the seventh annual Mass General Brigham Quality & Safety Symposium on April 28 from 8 am to 12:45 pm. This virtual event will feature internal keynote speakers and brief panel presentations on quality and safety efforts from local leaders across Mass General Brigham. Highlighted initiatives will include United Against Racism, primary care, community health, patient experience, digital patient experience, quality and safety collaboratives, substance use and equity informed high reliability. View the agenda and register.

Basics of Excel Presented by the Emerging Leaders Committee - April 28

Join Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital’s Emerging Leaders Committee on Thursday, April 28, from 12 noon to 1 pm in the 4 North Computer Training Room for a workshop on the Basics of Excel.

All are welcome to attend. To register, email Katie Plante.