Tim Ford has completely lost the hospital. You cant run a place for sick people like its a startup in the valley. The staff is burnt out and nobody is listening to the doctors anymore.

This has generally not been my experience at SMCS and while I agree there are improvements that can/ should be made in certain areas, I cannot support this approach. Therefore I cannot sign. Thanks.

This is a management team that has no direction, no foresight, and lacks vision in the toughest of times. In any other arena, a team of this “caliber” would resign on their own. This just speaks to the disconnect expressed by the management team.

I support the sentiment of this petition but don't agree with all the language /tone. I have not signed but I am including a letter to be shared with the board which does express solidarity with the intent. Thanks! Katrina Taylor October 2018 To whom it may concern, I've now been at Springfield Hospital for 12 years and I have to say this is the lowest I have seen moral. A number of things currently concern me as a physician, community member, customer and as someone who has been active in medical staff leadership in the recent past. First of all, the number of nurses who have left or are thinking of leaving is at an all time high. This exodus has forced new staffing models (which in my opinion are not safe), limited our inpatient census, created a need for new grads to be trained by RN's practicing for only one year, overwhelmed excellent nurses to the point they are in tears - all this while there has been little attempt to find a way to retain any of the great nurses who have accepted new positions elsewhere. I have always had concerns about nursing leadership. I do not feel the nurses are treated with respect, or listened to and there is little planning for the naturally high turnover that should be expected at a hospital our size. I feel the current number of nurses leaving is much greater than the expected turnover. This poor management extends to the respiratory therapy department as well. Trust is often put in the wrong individuals and money has been wasted on purchases while vital equipment is poor quality and not updated or maintained properly leading to inconsistent services. My second concern is the poor provider moral. There is a lack of transparency and a lack of communication from the administration to the medical staff. The CEO office has been moved out of visibility, effectively closing the door. In the past when moral has declined, meetings were held with the medical staff leadership and the CEO on a regular basis

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Our group has had the confidence and support of Springfield Hospital defined by annual contract renewals for the past 40 years involving 5 administrations. This year a signed contract offering 1/2 million in savings was redacted by Tim Ford and replaced with a demand for a 2-3 fold greater cut along with an expectation for lower customer service and delays all the while exploring an out of state group to replace over 20 current employees. While that experience is personal I share and support the aforementioned medical staff concerns There is an absence of leadership communication, and direction from the top. Our greatest current financial woes can be traced back to administrative decisions that had unintended consequences. Our financial picture, employee morale, and standing with the community are at a 40 yr low and while it is unfortunate, I am clear it requires a paradigm shift in order to move forward