Greensboro Hospital viewpoint [September, 1988]

              Greensboro Hospital
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September 1988
Executive
 NOTES	
by Jim Brexler
Executive Vice President
During the past month,
most of ou r energies have
been focused on the development of the FY '89 budget. We
are now in the final stages of completing the budget process, and I
would like to thank each of you for
your time and cooperation. The Board
of Trustees will meet in mid-
September to make a final decision
on the proposed budget figures.
The Women's and Infant's Planning
Team, chaired by Dr. Robert Wein and
comprised of Dennis Barry, LaVonne
Beach and myself, along with medical
staff and other members of hospital
management, is moving ahead with
development plans for our new facility. A nationally recognized consulting group specializing in women's
health care, Dearing and Associates
of Spokane, Washington, has been
hired to assist us in the process. To
date, the following preliminary planning has been completed:
Site visits have been made to St.
Luke's Hospital in Fargo, North
Dakota; St. Mary's Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Women and
Children's Hospital in Charleston,
West Virginia; Humana Women's
Hospital of South Texas in San Antonio and the Women's Hospital of
Texas in Houston. Members of the
Planning Team visited these women's
and infants'specialty facilities to talk
with staff and gain insight into which
services should be offered at our new
facility.
The consulting firm, in conjunction
with the Planning Team, has surveyed
women in Greensboro to gain a
greater appreciation for the types of
services they would like to see
offered.
The planning process will be completed in mid-October and renovation work will begin following approval of our Certificate of Need Application, expected in early 1989.
The In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) program that has been located at Moses
Cone Hospital will be re-locating to
Greensboro Hospital shortly. The service will be located in an area adjacent to the Recovery Room, and we
expect to perform a number of procedures in September. This relocation process will help us position the
IVF program for the future as we strive
to provide a continuum of women's
health care in our facility.
Once again, thank you for the time
and effort you are devoting to moving Greensboro Hospital into the
future. See you at the picnic in
Jamestown on September 18th!
Board of Trustees
Announces
Expansions
Three new Board of Trustees members have been added.
Two of the new members represent the first phase in a three
year project to increase the
number of Board positions from 15 to
21 members.Theothernew member
will fill a position vacated in July as
the result of a retirement from the
Board.
"We are expanding the Board to
reflect the growth we are experiencing as a Hospital. We are taking
on a new hospital which will be converted to a women's and infants'
specialty hospital as well as planning
to add an extended care facility and
a child care facility. As we grow and
add more responsibility, we need
more Trustees to look over these
areas," said William L Hemphill,
Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
"The complexity of our operation
calls for Board members with special
skills. We are picking Board members
who have the special skills and
knowledge to provide valuable input
for this new, emerging facility,"
Hemphill continued.
George W. Brooks, Ph.D., will be
serving on the Moses Cone Hospital
Board for three years. He is the Senior
Pastor of Mt.Zion Baptist Church on
Alamance Church Road in Greensboro.
Rev. Brooks holds a bachelor of
science degree from A & T State
University in Greensboro, a master of
divinity degree from Shaw Divinity in
Raleigh, and a doctorate in gerontology from Lancaster Theological
Seminary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
He has been involved in a number
of community and civic organizations. He is vice moderator of the
Guilford Education and Missionary
BaptistAssociation,aboard member
of the Greensboro Education and
Development Council, chairman of
the Greensboro Housing Commission, co-chairman of the United
Negro College Fund at Bennett College, a graduate of Leadership
Greensboro and a board member of
Triad Christian Counseling.
Rev. Brooks lives in Greensboro
with his wife Edna and children Kevin
and Keva.
Carole W. Fee, will also serve on The
Moses H. Cone Hospital Board of
Trustees for a three year period. Mrs.
Fee is a partner in the law firm of
Smith Helms Mulliss and Moore.
She graduated from Auburn
University in Auburn, Alabama, with
a bachelor of science degree. She
went on to complete her master's in
business administration at Auburn.
She then completed her juris doctor
degree at Wake Forest University. She
is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Her civic activities include participation in the Greensboro Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, a
board position with the Foundation
of Greater Greensboro, past-
chairman of the Guilford College
Board of Visitors, a member of the
Lenior Rhyne College Board of
Visitors, a Board position with
Hospice at Greensboro, Inc. and a
Board Member of the United Way of
Greensboro.
Mrs. Fee and her husband Thomas
live in Greensboro.
Beverly Louise Malone, Ph.D., RN,
has joined our Board of Trustees serving until 1991. She is the Dean of the
School of Nursing at North Carolina
A & T State University.
She received her bachelor of
science in nursing degree from the
University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati,
Ohio.  She went to  Rutgers State
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