Medical staff update [January 1990]

              MEDICAL STAFF
PHYSICIANS' AND DENTISTS' NEWSLETTER
© THE MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL     THE WOMEN'S HOSPITAL OF GREENSBORO
Emergency Department: "Express
Care"
On December 10,1990, Moses Cone Hospital's Emergency Department began a new program called "Express Care" for the treatment and care of minor illnesses. Its purpose is to expedite treatment of those
patients seen for minor illnesses and injuries; the
objective is to have the patient treated within one hour.
The hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week.
The area is staffed separately from the Emergency
Department. The Emergency Medicine Service has
provided a dedicated physician to this area, and members of the Medical and Dental Staff may also see their
patients in this area.
Diagnoses that can be managed within this setting will
be limited to: simple abrasions and contusions, animal
bites, simple burns without debridement, ear aches,
extremity injuries (closed), headache, injections (tetanus
toxoid), simple insect bites, medical allergic reactions,
med only orders, extremity muscle strains and sprains,
simple lacerations, puncture wounds (uncomplicated),
rashes, patient re-checks, suture removal, toothache,
tonsillitis, male urological and minor facial complaints.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate
to contact Warren Crow, R.N., Head Nurse, or Dr. Norman Mayer of the Emergency Department.
Medical Library Expansion
The Medical Library of Moses Cone Hospital will
expand to house 4he new Greensboro Medical Historical
Library.
The historical library will include artifacts, memorabilia,
books, old medical instruments and the history of Moses
Cone Hospital.
Dr. Robert Phillips organized this project including the
funding for the library, which is being built by total
donations from the Medical Staff, the community and
Moses Cone Hospital.
The expansion is expected to be completed by March,
1991.
Optifast Program
After 16 months of operation, the Optifast Program has
enrolled over 400 patients with 174 patients having
completed the 26-week Optifast Program.
The Optifast Program was recently selected by Sandoz
Nutrition as one of the 12 sites nationwide to participate
in a physician referral tracking study. A key goal of the
study is to evaluate how the clinic can best meet the
needs of area physicians in dealing with the chronic
disease of obesity.
Dr. Eric Dean, Optifast Medical Director, and Lyn
Richardson, R.D. M.Ed., Director of the Optifast Program, will be contacting area physician offices to more
fully describe services available. For further medical information, please contact Dr. Dean at 272-9227.
Recycling Success
After only a few months, the recycling program at
Moses Cone Hospital is a huge success. Since the program began in October, employees at both hospitals
have recycled 22,122 pounds (11.1 tons) of paper.
Both hospitals are recycling 46 percent of all copier and
computer paper purchased.
JANUARY 1990
The Women's Hospital of Greensboro
The move of all maternity services to The Women's
Hospital went smoothly.
Phase II construction on The Women's Hospital of
Greensboro began December 13. The contractor on the
project is CJ. Kern.
Phase II construction will take nine to ten months. The
project will involve the construction of additional parking,
a new main drive for the hospital with a loop for patient
pick-up and a new main entrance.
On the ground floor, this project will provide a new
admitting area and lobby, a large gift shop, a chaplain's
office and chapel and a babysitting area. On the first
floor, Phase II will create new space for patient and
community education with all prenatal classes being held
at The Women's Hospital. There will also be a patient
and community health library.
This construction will also permit The Women's Hospital to expand education courses and eventually add
support groups and other programs dealing with
women's health issues.
The laboratory at The Women's Hospital of Greensboro recently received accreditation from the College of
American Pathologists.
This accreditation is extremely strict in the following
areas: testing protocol, record keeping, specimen
collection and reporting of results. To prepare for the
accreditation, laboratory staff spent approximately 4jQ00_
hours over a two-year period rewriting the laboratory
procedure manual and incorporating those procedures
into standard laboratory practice.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Effective January 1,1991, Dr. Henry Smith will become the new Medical Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Moses Cone Hospital.
Dr. William Gamble has served as Medical Director
since the program began in November, 1985. He was
instrumental in the development of the program. His
dedication and contributions to the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program are greatly appreciated.
Travelers Managed Care Program
We are pleased to announce our continued relationship
with Travelers. An agreement was signed with them as
hospital providers in their managed care program, which
is expanding in the Triad area.
New Doctors
Kevin Keating, MD to Provisional-Associate Staff,
Dental Service
Joseph Paul Narins, MD to Provisional-Associate
Staff, OB/GYN Service
John Cotter, MD to Provisional-Associate Staff,
Surgical Service
James M. Granfortuna, MD to Provisional-
Associate Staff of Medicine Service