Kindness

A word of thought for today: Kindness - "How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these."
- George Washington Carver

Positive Thinking

Thought for your day: Approach life’s challenges with Positive Thinking- "How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself – so always think positively." ~Normal Vincent Peale

Balance

Thought for today: Balance in your Life - Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." ~Albert Einstein

Celebrate #FlagDay #USARMY Birthday

Today our Country is celebrating Flag Day, and the US Army is Celebrating their 237th Birthday. We thank all our men and women past, present, and future who serve our country. 
"The supreme belief of our society is the dignity and freedom of the individual. To the respect of that dignity, to the defense of that freedom, all effort is pledged." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

#Thought for today #Effort

"I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you’ve done the best you can, you can’t do any better. So when I go to sleep I turn everything over to the Lord and forget it." -Harry S. Truman

Thought for Today : Heart and Kindness to Others

Have heart and kindness to others today-it will be good for you and for the other person.
"There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up"
-John Andrew Holmes

Florida Hospital Waterman Awarded an “A” for Patient Safety by Hospital Safety ScoreSM

Florida Hospital Waterman Awarded an “A” for Patient Safety by Hospital Safety Score^SM

Tavares, FL:  Florida Hospital Waterman was honored with an “A” Hospital Safety Score^SM by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. The Hospital Safety Score^SM was calculated under the guidance of The Leapfrog Group’s Blue Ribbon Expert Panel using publicly available data on patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections. U.S. hospitals were assigned an A, B, C, D, or F for their safety.

“It’s The Leapfrog Group’s goal to give patients the information they need and deserve before even entering a hospital,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “We congratulate the hospitals that earned an ‘A’ and we look forward to the day when all hospitals in the U.S. will earn the highest scores for putting patient safety first.”

Calculated under the guidance of The Leapfrog Group’s nine-member Blue Ribbon Expert Panel, the Hospital Safety Score uses 26 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single score representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe from infections, injuries, and medical and medication errors. 

“We are very excited about Florida Hospital Waterman’s “A” grade, which is reflective of our ongoing commitment to keeping patients safe by providing the highest quality of care,” says Ken Mattison, President and CEO.  “It is most gratifying to be recognized in this way for fulfilling our mission of extending the healing ministry of Christ.”

To see Florida Hospital Waterman’s scores as they compare nationally and locally, visit www.hospitalsafetyscore.org, the Hospital Safety Score^SM website, which also provides information on how the public can protect themselves and loved ones during a hospital stay.