Cone Hospital review [February, 1982]

              review
THE MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Dr. Silber Heads
Pediatric Teaching Service
David L. Silber, Jr., M.D., a
former professor of Pediatrics
and Medical
Education at
Southern Illinois University,
has been
appointed Director of Pediatric
Teaching Service in the Moses Cone
Hospital Residency Program.
Dr. Silber's early professional experience includes service as staff
physician in the Clinical Health and
Tuberculosis Programs of Davidson
County Health Department, Nashville,
Tennessee, and he was a staff
Pediatrician in the U.S. Army where
he held the rank of Captain. He maintained a private pediatric practice for
two years in Elkhart, Indiana. In addition, he has held teaching and administrative positions in several medical
universities.
He is a graduate of Vanderbilt Uni-
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versify, Nashville, Tennessee and
earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
He served a surgical internship at
Vanderbilt University Hospital,
where he also served a pedatric residency.
Dr. Silber has published extensively and has received awards for two of
his medical articles. He was selected
Professor of the Year at the University
of Iowa where he taught for five years.
He also was selected to Place
Academic Hoods by students in the
class of 1975 at Southern Illinois University.
He was awarded a special projects
grant in 1976 by the Bureau of Health
Manpower, and in 1969 he received a
research grant for Demonstration of
the Effecacy of a Student Designed
Pediatrics Clerkship.
Dr. Silber is a native of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Eileen, have four children.
Dale Quackenbush, outgoing President of the Employee Council, and
John Morton, the newly elected President, discuss projects sponsored by
the Employee Council. During the
past year, council members representing all hospital departments planned and supervised the annual employee picnic, the employee Christmas party and the service awards banquet. They also began preparing a
brochure describing the council and
its activities and installed an employee bulletin board on the ground
floor of the hospital. In addition, the
council sponsored a golf tournament
and other organized sports activities
for employees at The Moses H. Cone
Memorial Hospital.
Expenditure Control Plan Implemented
On January 18,1982, the first phase
of the Expenditure Control Action
Plan was implemented. During the
first two months of the fiscal year,
spending was significantly over
budget and this program is designed
to get the hospital back within the
1981-1982 budget.
Mr. Jim Albright, vice president of
Moses Cone Hospital, commented,
"We hope that the Phase I restrictions
are all that will be necessary. If we
work together to control expenditures, we can bring our hospital back
within budget and make more serious
spending cuts unnecessary.
"The Phase I Action Plan has been
specifically designed to not affect the
quality of patient care. Our efforts are
directed solely at non-direct patient
expenditures."
Restrictions imposed in Phase I include: restriction of overtime usage,
elimination of the use of outside temporary help from agencies, restriction
on travel, a moritorium on new renovation projects, a decrease in the
use of consultants and attorneys, and
a number of other budget-cutting
steps.
Phase I will be in effect until March
31, 1982. At that time, the financial
situation will be reevaluated and a decision will be made to either extend
Phase I, move into the more severe
Phase II or drop restrictions
altogether.