Review [April 1984]

              review ®
THE MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINAI
NEW TELEPHONES ARE ON
THE WAY
NEW WING TAKING SHAPE — Construction continues to progress on schedule.
Estimated completion date for the basement, ground, and first floors of the new wing is
June 25,1984, and July 23,1984, for the second, third, and fourth floors.
EMPLOYEES
RECOGNIZED
FOR SERVICE
The following employees, whose names
were not included in the February Review
list, observe service anniversaries at Moses
Cone Hospital between July 1, 1983, and
June 30,1984:
Twenty-five Years Service
Lorine Motley, Nursing
Billie Jean Ritter, Nursing
Ten Years Service
Donna Gordon, Nursing
Gladys Suggs, Nursing
Five Years Service
Hilda Edwards, Nursing
Phillip Fulton, Facilities
Management
Edna Norman, Nursing
Marie Ross, Laboratory
Tracy Shore, Laboratory
Lucy Thompson, Environmental
Services
Linda Wilson, Nursing
CREDIT UNION
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
ELECTED
Barbara Latta has been named president
of the Moses Cone Hospital Employees
Credit Union Board of Directors. Stuart
Gordon is Vice-President; Phyllis Shinn is
Secretary; and David Cohen is Treasurer.
The following directors were also elected
for 1984: Jack Upton, Charles Ayscue,
Elva Haithcock, James Pfohl, James
DeAngelo, Edward Smith, Larry Sneed,
Ronald McRae, and A.D. Wright.
New Supervisory Committee members are
Irma Tajada, Chairman, Brenda Citty, and
Lonnie Bunn. New Credit Committee
members are Dorothy Whedbee, Donnie
Williams, Joseph Farrar, Delores Gibson,
and Frostenia Smith.
Deborah Smith is Credit Union Manager
and Myrl Moser is Assistant Manager.
YARD SALE
A yard sale, sponsored by the Employee
Council, will be held in the Tankersley Street
parking lot from 8 A.M. until 2 P.M. on
Saturday, May 19. If you have items you wish
to donate to this sale, please deliver them to
the parking lot no later than 9:30 A.M. on
the day of the sale. Receipts, which can be
used for income tax deductions, will be issued for all items donated. Proceeds from
this sale will be used for an employee benefit.
REVIEW dfc
APRIL, 1984 ^S*
INSIDE:
Policy Update  2
Good Nutrition Aids
in "Looking Good" 3
To Your Health 4
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
has contracted to purchase a new telephone
system to replace the existing Centrex System. The new system will not only save
money for the hospital, it also will have the
capacity to grow as the hospital grows, it will
be easier to maintain, and it will be easier to
use. Cut-over from the old system to the new
is targeted for June 1,1984.
Following investigation of five different
telecommunication systems, an agreement
was reached between the hospital and Centel
Business Systems, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, for the purchase of a new SL1-XL
system manufactured by Northern Telecom.
This same system is presently being installed
in offices of the City of Greensboro and
Guilford County. Integon Insurance,
Fieldcrest Mills in Eden, Northwestern Bank
in North Wilkesboro, and Randolph Hospital, Eden, are among organizations in this
area currently using this same system.
This is the third telephone system to be
installed here during the hospital's 31 year
history, but it is our first system to be owned.
The previous systems were installed under a
rental agreement with Southern Bell.
The new system utilizes an on-site computer which gives us the ability to program
individualized service to each station in the
hospital. This system will have many more
features than the current system with each
telephone tailored for individual users.
During April, each department will be surveyed to determine its telecommunication
needs.
The new system is different from the system now in use but is easy to use. Training
will be provided to make employees and
Anyone who is interested in a group
trip to the Biltmore House and Gardens, Asheville, North Carolina,
please contact Sheila Yates, Chairperson of the Employee Council Social
Committee, extension 4006, for details.
physicians more comfortable with the new
system. Beginning May 14, all employees in
the hospital will learn to use the new telephones in round-the-clock training sessions
conducted by Centel Business Systems instructors.
You may have noticed activity already taking place to prepare for installation of the
new system; workmen are pulling cable
throughout the building. Much of the preliminary work will take place in the computer
room in the new wing where the brains of the
new system will be located.
The hospital will continue to utilize North
Carolina WATS lines and beeper paging via
this new telephone system.
During the first year after installation, a
technician from Centel will be stationed on
the premises Monday through Friday to handle telephone repairs, moves, and changes.
Centel will support emergency repairs seven
days per week, 24 hours a day as needed. All
telephone services will be coordinated by our
Communications Department.
"A couple of Swells," Shirley Mathews
and Pam Ashley, prepare to do the song
of the same name in the April 6,1984,
Cone Capers employee talent show.
REVIEW
Moses Cone Hospital
1200 North Elm Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401-1020
Address Correction Requested
Non Profit Org
Bulk Rale
U S   Postage
PAID
Permit No   195
Greensboro. NIC.
Carolyn Ford. Editor