Monday, November 25, 2019
TEAM Toys 4 Kids breakfast in Seymour rescheduled to Dec. 1
*My apologies for any confusion. I meant to post this Friday! The 15th annual breakfast will be held this coming Sunday.
Griffin Hospital physician honored with Planetree Scholar Award
Shyla Muriel, M.D.
DERBY - Shelton resident Shyla Muriel, M.D., of Griffin Faculty Physicians, was recently awarded the Planetree Scholar Award at the 2019 Planetree International Conference on Person-Centered Care held in Orlando.
The Shelton resident is an experienced Internal Medicine specialist with more than 25 years of diverse experience and is the longest-serving physician in her physician group.
Muriel is respected and appreciated by patients and her fellow caregivers for her dedication to providing exceptional care and for her focus on preventative health.
In nominating her for the award, staff at Griffin Faculty Physicians stated that Muriel always makes time for patients – even if it means staying late at the office – and she is known for personally calling patients to discuss lifestyle changes to improve their well-being.
“She is knowledgeable, has a great bedside manner and is very proactive in improving my health,” a patient stated recently in a customer satisfaction survey.
About Planetree
Founded in 1978 by Angelica Thieriot, a San Francisco patient who endured a traumatic health care experience, Planetree is an internationally-recognized not-for-profit organization that partners with health care providers around the globe to advance patient-/resident-centered approaches to care. Planetree has been at the forefront of the effort to personalize, humanize, and demystify the healthcare system for more than 30 years. With its model of patient-/resident-centered care being implemented in a diverse range of hospitals, continuing care facilities, outpatient clinics, and consumer health libraries across North America, Canada, Brazil, The Netherlands and Japan, Planetree is demonstrating that patient-centered care is not only an empowering philosophy, but a viable, vital, and cost-effective model of care.
This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.