An Outsider’s View of Sinai Hospital’s Epic Flash Mob

My morning constitutional through Sinai Hospital’s atrium to the Greenspring Café is usually a quiet one, but on Tuesday, August 2, my daily quest for coffee had me walking out of my office and into a musical. Like any of the office workers, sailors or flower cart vendors in the background of a Rogers-Astaire set piece, I was surprised by the sight of seemingly normal folks — in dress clothes and scrubs, in patient gowns and custodians’ uniforms —snapping into step as music filled the room. In perfect synchronicity, the dancers moved to the groove of the Sinai song. This song, called “Freedom to Sing,” celebrates employees’ “freedom to believe” and their “freedom to achieve.” LifeBridge Health clearly believes in its employees’ capacity to achieve in the personal and professional arenas: We enjoy tuition reimbursement plans, the chances to participate in company-sponsored trips abroad, a generous 403b matching plan, special gift mailings ...