4 SAHealth.com KEEPINGWELL — SPRING 2023 Methodist Healthcare hospitals named to America’s 250 Best Hospital List by Healthgrades Healthgrades’ America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award recognizes hospitals for superior performance in providing care for conditions and procedures across multiple specialty lines and areas. America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award recognizes the top 5% of hospitals in the country for clinical excellence. While many hospitals have specific areas of expertise and high-quality outcomes in certain areas, these hospitals exhibit comprehensive high-quality care across clinical areas. The following Methodist Healthcare hospitals received this prestigious honor: » Methodist Hospital » Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan » Methodist Hospital | Stone Oak » Methodist Hospital | Northeast » Methodist Hospital | Specialty and Transplant » Methodist Hospital | Texsan To learn more about the methodology used, please visit healthgrades.com. Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan commissions art to honor COVID-19 healthcareworkers “He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” —John 7:38 The COVID-19 pandemic was undoubtedly a challenging time for everyone, but it was particularly challenging for those in the healthcare profession. In collaboration with the McNay Art Museum, Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan commissioned artwork by a San Antonio-based interdisciplinary artist to pay tribute to their employees, patients, physicians, and the community. The glazed stoneware piece, “Hearts that Flow like Rivers,” by local interdisciplinary artist, Jenelle Esparza, reflects on and commemorates the effects of the pandemic and all those who faced its innumerable challenges. Esparza has been in the Education Department of the McNay for over five years. Esparza interviewed several frontline hospital staff and physicians representing various departments to gather insight into the pandemic from those doing the critical groundwork. This collection of interviews culminated in an art piece, which symbolically acts as an altar to acknowledge a period of significant loss and resiliency. “The motif of interlocking hands in each arched frame of the artwork is an infinite pattern that flows like a river,” Esparza shared. “It represents the sacredness of water, the continuation of life, and how hospital staff carried each other through extraordinary physical and emotional grief. The arch consists of emblems, symbolizing a unique experience shared during the interview process. Those I interviewed expressed profound personal and professional encounters from within this hospital during one of the most intense periods at the height of our global crisis exposing the humanity and collective sacrifice this community of healthcare workers undertook.” The artwork is located in the main lobby for patients, staff and guests to see and enjoy. Or scan the QR code below.
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