I know you all can feel the incredible change we’ve been through over the last year and a half, and I’d like to highlight one of the teams helping to manage the transformation at MSBI. Their effort behind the scenes helped us move and consolidate many units last year (you can see more about this work in our 2017 year-end video).
Our Transformation Team manages and coordinates department moves, internal and external furniture and equipment requests, and clinical and security transformation projects. This team collaborates with many other departments and employees who collectively make it all a success, including Clinical, IT/Informatics, Telecommunication, Engineering, Environmental Services, Biomedical Engineering, Emergency Management, Security, Pharmacy, Materials Management, Administration, and many others. This work is dynamic and challenging because no move is exactly alike. However, the team has done an incredible job creating processes that allow for the smoothest possible transition for patients and our own people.
Members of our transformation team from left to right: Jackie Fink, Caroline Murphy, Adonijah Green, Brooke Feingold and Elizabeth Sellman.
In January, we faced one of our most challenging moves yet—relocating the Blood Bank from 3 Fierman to 12 Silver. The Blood Bank must always be available for our patients. Therefore, we could not have any downtime during the transition. The coordination and timing of each logistical piece of this move were extremely important to execute correctly. We also had to inform everyone of the exact timing of the change—down to the minute—in case blood was needed emergently at any time.
From left to right: Adonijah Green, Jackie Fink, Brooke Feingold, and Jean-Luc Coletta.
Thankfully, the transition was very smooth due to the continued collaboration and communication among so many teams. Check out our exceptional blood bank staff in their new space below.
Members of our Blood Bank team: Susy Vo, Morty Chowdhury, Jennifer Henry, Usha Shah, Syndey MacDonald, Paa Odoom-Tawiah, Shorove Uddin.
You may be relieved to hear that many key elements of the transformation involving inpatient services have been implemented. However, our transformation continues. We are renovating and growing practices at Union Square and Chelsea, and we are refining our clinical operations so that we will be ready when we move into our new hospital in 2021. I am incredibly grateful for your patience, creativity, teamwork, and resilience in the face of so much change.