Greensboro Hospital viewpoint [December, 1989]

              Greensboro Hospital
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December1989
GREENSBORO HOSPITAL:
Looking Toward The 90's
BY: DENNIS BARRY
PRESIDENT
T,
his month marks a significant
transition. It is the end of one year
and the beginning of another. Moreover, it is the end of the 1980's and
the beginning of a new decade.
As we leave 1989, we wish Jim Brexler well in his new position in Baton
Rouge. He has been a valuable
member of our team for almost 10
years and has led Greensboro Hospital for the last year and a half. We will
miss his many contributions to this
organization.
During 1989, we have successfully
blended two very diverse organizations. Through this process we have
come to know each other, and we
have learned from each other. We
have combined our best traits to make
Greensboro Hospital an effective
institution and a base from which we
can build for the future together.
Today, Greensboro Hospital is in
good hands. I continue to be impressed with each of you, the departmental managers, supervisors and
employees of Greensboro Hospital.
You represent the best team a hospital could have to carry it into the
1990's. I have tremendous confidence in you ability to ensure strong
operations in the coming weeks and
months.
We enter 1990 full of hopes and
excitement about what lies ahead. I
am confident about our future and
the promise it holds for each of us.
Our immediate goals will be:
•To hire a new Executive Vice President. We have retained a search firm,
Heidrick & Struggles, to assist us in
this process. By mid-January we
should have a group of candidates to
screen and, soon after, we will initiate the interview process.
• To maintain an active and viable
operation at Greensboro Hospital as
a medical/surgical hospital.
•To complete the planning process
and implement a program plan for
transition to the women's
hospital.
In this regard, the planning process is
underway. A great deal of work has
been done, but much is left to be
completed. This new year gives us
the chance to rededicate ourselves
and to move forward with the planning and implementation process.
Plans are beginning to shape up so
that we can begin to share specific
information on the planning process
and the future we are collectively
molding.
I know there is concern about the
future and what it holds for each of us
as individual employees. None of us
can completely and accurately forecast the future or say specifically
what it will look like. What is certain
is that the future women's hospital
will represent the very best we can
produce and will be an outstanding
success in its service to this community. As I have said before, each and
every employee of Greensboro Hospital is a member of our team, and
there is a place for everyone in this
organization. The process of designing our future is being done by a
combined group of both Greensboro
and Moses Cone Hospital employees. I invite you to participate enthusiastically in this process.
For me the new year and this transition represents the chance to get to
know each of you better. I will be
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E$P Program Pays Off!
Martha Bagwell, Vice President of
Support Services and Dannie Williams, Director of Plant Operations,
present Benny Miller, Plant Operations, with an Employee Suggestion
Program check that represents a
portion of the savings the hospital
will realize as a result of his employee suggestion.
Bennie suggested that the hospital
use Zinc Air batteries in biomedical
equipment instead of the batteries
currently being used. The Zinc Air
batteries last twice as long as the
present batteries.
It is projected that Bennie's suggestion will result in a cost savings at
Greensboro Hospital and Moses
Cone Hospital of $9,939.52. Bennie
will receive a total of $993.95 —
10% of the award now and the remainder in six months after his suggestion is implemented.
Way to go Bennie!
The Employee Suggestion Program
Committee needs your suggestions!
Employees can pick up and return
completed Employee Suggestion
Program forms in the Personnel Office.