For her performance in this episode, Loretta Devine won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards.
Every episode of the show is named after a famous song. "This is How We Do It" is a song by Montell Jordan.
The soundtrack for this episode (#7.17) is "Rumor Has It" by Adele. Adele happens to be the name of Chief Webber's wife, who has been submitted to Dr. Shepherd's Alzheimer's Clinical Trial.