TCMH Managers Graduate from MHA Leadership Series

The Missouri Hospital Association Center for Education’s Health Care Leadership Series recently concluded, with 63 hospital staff members from throughout the state graduating from the program. The series provides leadership training to a diverse cross section of hospital and health care supervisors and managers.

Texas County Memorial Hospital managers, Bill Bridges of Raymondville and John Sawyer of Houston, were graduates of the 2015-2016 training program. Bridges is the director of the TCMH emergency medical services department. Sawyer is the director of the medical surgical department and intensive care unit at TCMH.

“The MHA Leadership Series provides excellent training to better equip our managers to do their respective jobs at the hospital,” Wes Murray, TCMH chief executive officer, said.

The series consists of comprehensive leadership training courses designed to enhance participant’s managerial skills. The seven-month program includes training sessions featuring topics on building and retaining customer relationships, producing a high-performance workforce, designing and revising processes to ensure quality performance, and understanding hospitals’ budgets and finances.

“Health care is an increasingly complex field,” said Herb B. Kuhn, MHA president and CEO. “The leadership series offers tools for health care leaders to strengthen their organizations and improve the quality of services offered in their facilities.”

The MHA Leadership Series is offer free-of-charge to MHA member hospitals, and TCMH has had several employees graduate from the program since the course was offered.

The Missouri Hospital Association is a not-for-profit association in Jefferson City that represents 149 Missouri hospitals. In addition to representation and advocacy on behalf of its membership, the association offers continuing education programs on current health care topics and seeks to educate the public about health care issues.