[Wesley Long Community Hospital annual report, 1983]

              67 years of
Community
'      Service
1983 Annual Report
Wesley Long
Community
Hospital
GREENSBORO, N.C.
A Year of Progress
The 1983 fiscal year was one of intense activity for Wesley Long Community Hospital. Many of the highlights
of the year are presented on the following pages of this annual report to the
community.
This report in itself is a "first" for the
hospital: this is the first time that a Wesley Long Community Hospital annual
report has been presented in this form
and distributed to the community at
large.
The Trustees and Staff of the hospital
trust you will be interested in this information concerning Greensboro's oldest
continuously operating hospital.
In addition to the information presented on the following pages, other
highlights of the 1983 fiscal year include:
• In the area of increased hospital efficiency, a computer system to serve all
departments of the hospital was approved and installation is being developed.
• In planning for the future, a national hospital consulting firm, working
with the hospital staff and medical staff,
developed a master plan for the hospital.
• In patient education, the hospital
unveiled its Prepared Childbirth Education Program which includes early pregnancy classes, Lamaze classes and
sibling classes.
• "Health Wise", a series of monthly
community health education programs,
was developed and offered to the public. Focus of the "Health Wise" series is
to assist individuals by educating them
with programs designed to help them
stay well.
• During the 1983 fiscal year the hospital continued surveying patients, on a
regular basis, concerning their satisfaction with hospital care at Wesley Long.
Medical care received a rating of 98 per
cent positive, while staff attitude got a
rating of 97 per cent positive, as of the
end of the year.
Wesley Long Community Hospital lost a true and loyal friend on
Friday, April 20, 1984. Mose Kiser
joined the hospital's original
Board of Trustees in June, 1943,
and retired from the board in
1983. During his 40 years of service, he was more than just a loyal
trustee. He served as chairman of
the group from 1954 to 1971. Perhaps more than any other single
individual, he was responsible for
Wesley Long's move from its antiquated and outmoded facility on
North Elm Street to its present location on Elam Avenue in 1961.
Mose Kiser, along with the late
Orton Boren, was responsible for
raising the $1 million necessary
for local matching funds to build
the new facility and move the hospital. Kiser's list of community service certainly was not restricted to
our hospital. Other organizations
like the YMCA, Red Cross, Chamber of Commerce, United Fund
and N.C. State University all
benefitted from his time and energy. We will miss his sparkling
wit, his warm friendship and untiring devotion to this institution.
We will not forget him.