Cone Hospital review [January, 1983]

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THE MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Kathryn Ahlport Named To Executive
Position
Visitor Control Program Implemented
Kathryn N. Ahlport, Laboratory
Business Manager here since March,
1982, has been promoted to Director
of Patient Care Management at
Moses Cone Hospital. Ms. Ahlport
succeeds James L. Brexler in this
position, and her patient care
management responsibilities include
the departments of Obstetrics/
Gynecology, Pediatrics, Medicine
and Psychiatry.
Ms. Ahlport came to Greensboro
from Charlotte, North Carolina
where she served an administrative
residency with Carolinas Hospital
and Health Services and The Duke
Endowment. She is a former personnel director and risk manager of
Knox Community Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and was a project coordinator for the North Carolina Division of Health Services. Earlier, she
served an administrative internship
at Catawba County Health Department, Hickory, North Carolina.
She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina where she
earned a BS degree in psychology
and a master's degree in health administration from the university's
School of Public Health. While attending the university she was
named to a number of honorary
societies, including Phi Beta Kappa;
Delta Omega, Theta Chapter; Order
of the Golden Fleece; Order of the
Valkyries; and Psi Chi. Ms. Ahlport's
works have appeared in several
publications.
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New Health
Education Program
A pilot health education program
for persons with chronic obstruction
pulmonary disease, which includes
chronic bronchitis, asthma and emphysema, begins this month at The
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital.
The program consists of six two-hour
sessions to be held on consecutive
Thursday afternoons from 1:30 p.m.
until 3:30 p.m., beginning January 6,
1983. Classes are held in room 5723
at Moses Cone Hospital, and are
taught by members of the hospital's
health care staff. No fee is charged to
participants in this program;
however, due to enrollment limitations, interested persons should call
Ruth Beasley at 379-4495 to pre-
register.
IV NURSE DAY
JANUARY 25, 1983
INSIDE
REVIEW
JANUARY, 1983
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"Too much of a good thing." It applies to visitors the way it applies to
most things in life. Over the past few
months, individuals representing
various departments in the hospital
have worked together to develop a
new program to assist visitors in the
hospital and to insure that patients
get the rest they need.
The program is designed to address a number of serious problems
the volume of visitors has created. In
recent months, the number of
visitors in each patient's room, meals
being eaten in the visitor areas and
the number of people sleeping in the
lobby have caused serious problems.
This new visitors' assistance program is designed to help visitors and
patients by clearly giving each
visitor the rules and providing information for them such as where they
can eat, how long they should visit
with patients and how they can get
assistance for concerns they may
have.
In addition to developing a clear
set of rules for visitors, the program
also developed a number of visual
aids to make sure this information is
available to visitors. New posters
with information on number of
visitors per patient, eating facilities
in the hospital, smoking policy and
other visitor aids are being placed in
visitor areas. A brand new pamphlet
for visitors has been developed and
will be given to each visitor as they
come into the institution. It reinforces these rules and provides maps
of each floor of the hospital.
The most important part of this
visitor program, however, is the
assistance each and every employee
gives visitors. The Moses H. Cone
Memorial Hospital has an excellent
reputation for the way employees go
out of their way to assist visitors.
From now on, this assistance will
mean not only helping a visitor find
his or her way, but also tactfully
reminding a visitor when he has
broken these visitor rules. The problem will not disappear, but with an
effort on the part of all employees,
this situation should improve.
THEMOSESHCONE
MEMORIALHOSPriAL
I Visitor Information I
The visitor areas of this hospital are shared
by many people.lb help you during your visit,
there are a few rules we ask you to observe.
Food—Food is not permitted in the visitor
areas of the hospital. A cafeteria and a snack
bar are provided on the ground floor. Our
cafeteria is open to the public for breakfast,
lunch and dinner.The snack bar is open 24-
hours a day and offers a full range of food
services. Eating is restricted to these areas.
Smoking—Both smoking and nonsmoking
areas are provided for visitors.Please respect
others by confining smoking to the properly
designated areas.We request that you not
smoke in patient rooms.
Sleeping- Sleeping is not permitted in
visitor areas. A list of various overnight
facilities in the immediate area is available
from the visitor registration desk.
Patient Visits -For the patient's well-being,
please limit your visits to 15 minutes. Only 2
visitors per patient may visit at one time.
Telephones -Public pay telephones are
provided in each visitor area and adjacent to
the main hospital lobby.
Wes/rooms-Restrooms are located in each
visitor area and on the main floor of the
hospital.
Electrical Appliances -For safety reasons,
electrical appliances are not allowed in the
visitor areas or patient rooms.
If you have any questions,
please ask at the Visitor
Registration Desk. Thank You.
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Moses Cone Hospital
1200 North Elm Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401- 1020
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Carolyn Beard, Editor