Fort Worth Business Press, June 2, 2014 Vol. 26, No. 22 | Page 34

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On the desk of John Phillips

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(The Standing Desk) makes me more
productive, I believe. And maybe if I’m
believing it, it’s actually happening.”
– John Phillips, president,
Mansfield Methodist Medical Center

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Standing desk gives 6-foot-4 John Phillips a different office perspective

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Photos and Interview by Kenneth Perkins

From a health and wellness standpoint, it makes perfect sense for a Mansfield Methodist Medical Center president who spends

the bulk of his day sitting in meetings to avoid doing so in his office. So John Phillips avoids it. The MMMC president has a
standing desk, which zips up – or down, his choice – at the push of a button. This works well for Phillips, and not just because he
towers at 6-foot-4. Here’s what else he has on his desk and in his office:

CEO of Methodist Health System,
Stephen Mansfield, gave this to his
executives.. “His take on making sure we believe the most
precious resource in health
care is the employees. Having the best employees and
engaging them in what they
do makes us a better hospital and
results in better patient care.”

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1 1501 Ways to Reward Employees: The

3 The Boss for The Boss: “I

love my Cadillac Ranch, and Born
in the USA is a classic. And Glory
Days is becoming more and more
relevant.”

4 To- do folders: “This is where all the

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Water cup: Not just any water cup to stay
hydrated but a QuickER Cup, which promotes the
hospital’s relatively new online scheduling for less
emergent cases through the emergency room. “Pa-

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tients can go online and schedule visits
to ensure they have limited to no
wait time to be taken care of.”

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work comes in and hopefully goes out pretty
quickly.”

5 The proverbial inbox: “One of our big projects is
the expansion where we are doubling the size of our

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campus. We’re building a second patient tower, so the
inbox is always quite full.”

6 The movable desk: “This also makes transitions

so much easier. You can spend 10 to 15 minutes on
emails, and if you need to go somewhere, you are not
transitioning from a chair. You just turn and go.”

7 Gift coins: Local coins from the city of Cedar

Hill, Methodist Police and Mansfield Fire and Rescue.
”A nice gift from our partners.”

8 In The Name of the Patient: “We take our patient
experience very seriously. That’s a book we’re going
though as a leadership team in improving patient
care and experience.”

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