Cone Hospital review [February, 1993]

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A Publication
for THE
Employees
and Friends
OF THE
Moses H. Cone
Memorial
Hospital
February 1993
n February 1953, newscasters were forecasting
the end of the Korean
conflict. Harry Truman had just
completed his final term as president, and Dwight Eisenhower had
taken the oath as the country's new
president.
Ronald Reagan was enjoying
great fame as a movie star, and "The
Jazz Singer," starring Danny
Thomas and Peggy Lee, was playing
in movie theaters nationwide.
In Greensboro, Sunday dinner
was available at the posh Plantation
Supper Club for $1.25 to $2 per
adult, and 1953 Chevrolets were selling for $1,895.
But the big news in Greensboro
was announced in the Feb. 19 frontpage headline of 'The Greensboro
Record: "Cone Hospital Will Open
On February 25."
And in the four decades since
Moses Cone Hospital opened its
doors, it has kept pace with the
growing community by expanding
and upgrading its services and providing quality care to area residents.
In 1953, the hospital opened
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employees. Today we     ^3H£g 1
have 547 beds and 3,000
employees. The hospital has
grown from four floors to six and
expanded from 190,000 square feet
to 690,000 square feet. It has
become home to five Centers of
Excellence: The Heart Center, The
Neuroscience Center, The Cancer
Center, The Rehabilitation Center
and The Emergency
Department/Trauma Center.
But Moses Cone is only one of
five facilities run by The Moses H.
Cone Group of Health Care Services.
Other group members include The
Women's Hospital of Greensboro,
The Day Surgery Center, Outpatient
Rehabilitation Center and our 150-
bed nursing home, The Extended
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Care Center. Women's Hospital,
another Center of Excellence, is the
state's only hospital dedicated exclusively to health care for women and
newborns.
While much has changed in
the past 40 years, one thing has
remained the same - the mission
on which the hospital was founded.
Moses Cone was established to serve
the community by providing high-
quality health care regardless of the
patient's ability to pay for these services. And in today's changing environment, these founding principles
of community service and superior
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