Across Ballad Health, we’re recognizing Healthcare Week from May 12 through 18 to show appreciation for all our team members, no matter what your role – from doctors and nurses to lab techs and therapists, engineers and IT workers, volunteers, administrators, coders, dietary staff, those of you who admit or discharge patients, and many more.
You may work in a hospital, an urgent care setting, a physician practice or one of our other facilities, but whatever your job, you play a critical role in providing healthcare to the people of our region. Thank you for what you’re doing.
There are two things I’ve said before that always bear repeating:
No. 1: If you’re in the healthcare field, I believe you’re the type of person who wants to help others.
No. 2: Everybody within Ballad Health is a caregiver in one way or another, because all our roles support one another and allow us to provide the best patient care possible.
If you think about it, there are not many things you can give people in life that are more important than good health, and I consider it a privilege that we’re able to help provide that to the people of our region. Ballad Health is more than 15,000 team members strong. That’s 15,000 people with big hearts, who work hard every day and care about what they’re doing, and that’s what makes this line of work so special.
We have the ability to improve lives and to save lives. It’s not something we take lightly. That’s no small responsibility, to have the health of the region in our hands. But that’s what we signed up for, and that’s what we do every day, and I am incredibly proud of that.
So this is a week that celebrates the great work you do, both as an organization and as individual team members, and the importance of it to the people in our region.
We’ve got a schedule of events planned across Ballad Health for Healthcare Week, so be on the lookout in your facility for some fun activities and good food that are coming your way. It’s a small gesture of thanks, but I hope you’ll have a little fun in the process.
Again, thank you for everything you do. Through your dedication, compassion and hard work, we bring hope and healing to the people of our region. That’s something worth celebrating.
Alan
