Cone Hospital review [November-January, 1973]

              MOSES CONE HOSPITAL
REVIEW
Vol. VII, No. 3
Greensboro, North Carolina
November-January 1973
LAUNDRY TO BE OCCUPIED IN JANUARY—Construction of the new Laundry building, located behind
the Hospital, was essentially complete by early December. Equipment was to be tested after Christmas
with occupancy expected in January. The new operation will not mean any changes for Hospital personnel—patient linen will still be sent to the floors; uniforms will still be issued from the old laundry
room. The change will be in the way the linen is processed. Masonary walls completely separate soiled
and clean linen areas, with only enclosed equipment piercing the wall. Almost the entire process is
automated with soiled linen put in one end of a conveyor system and clean, dried linen emerging at
the other end. The linen and uniforms will then be brought to the main building by truck or can be
held in large storage areas in the new building. Mr. Paul Smith, Laundry department head, and Mr.
Gregg Watters, assistant director, have represented the Hospital during planning and construction
which began December 1, 1971.
Peer Review Committees Of
Medical Staff Operational
During the past six months, the
newly-formed Peer Review Committees of the Medical and Dental Staff
have made considerable progress
toward their goal of insuring a high Dr. Garrett
quality of medical care to patients
in the Hospital.
This is undertaken in an innovative way by conducting an intensive,
in-depth survey of how each physician on the Staff practices medicine as judged by his fellow physician, or peers.
Chairmen of the Peer Review
Committees of each Service are:
L.mergency Service, Dr. Rod M. Buie;
Medicine, Dr. Norman Garrett, Jr.;
Gyn, Dr. William S. Smith, Jr.;
Pediatrics, Dr. Adrian Rubin; Sur-
/ Dr. W. Ralph Deaton, Jr.
This  program  was  instigated  by
Medical Board and was put into
practice this past summer with the
full support and encouragement of
the Trustees.
The Peer Review Committees replace three former committees of
the Staff—Tissue, Medical Records
and Utilization Review—and aim at
a searching, comprehensive study
of the siandards of medical practice
on each clinical service in the Hospital.
The feeling of many physicians is
that such a committee will be required of all hospitals by the government within a few years.
The committees are fact-finding,
according to Dr. Garrett, and are
intended for educational rather than
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House Staff
Expected To
Double In 73
The number of residents in the
Family Medicine Program is expected to increase next year by
more than 100%, according to a preliminary report given by Dr. William
B. Herring, Chief of the UNC Teaching Service, to the Medical Board
in December.
At present there are seven house
staff members. Two of these will
complete their residency at the end
cf this academic year on June 30.
Already nine residents have received appointments for the year
beginning July 1 — five who are
presently here and four who are
entering the program. There will be
three third-year and six second-year
residents.
Additionally, six first-year residents are expected from the national intern-matching program, making
a total for next year of 15. Final
word on the actual number entering
the residency through the matching
program will not be received until
this spring.
Dr. Herring said that with the expectation of the increased house
staff, he is now actively seeking
additional faculty.
Part of the teaching in the Family
Medicine Program is by physicians
in private practice who are members of the Hospital Staff. This enables residents to experience family
care in a community hospital and
after the patient is discharged. Dr.
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Scholarship Will
Honor Dr. Bonner
An   annual   scholarship   honoring
Dr. M. D.  Bonner has been established by the Piedmont TB-Respira-
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