Cone Hospital review [April, 1982]

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THE MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Hospital Opens Chronic Disease Clinic
Moses Cone Hospital's new Comprehensive Health Care Program
(CHCP), operating out of the Internal
Medicine Clinic, offers a team
approach to health care for persons
with certain chronic disorders.
The primary goals of this program
are to decrease morbidity and mortality among patients with diabetes,
hypertension, coronary heart disease,
emphysema or obesity. The program
is based on the premise that cost and
complications will be reduced among
patients with chronic diseases who
are motivated to comply with treatment. A system of care with easier
access as well as a more personalized
type of care will be offered through
this program. CHCP's patients benefit from the comprehensive involvement of dietary, social service,
nursing and pharmacy professionals
from the hospital. Close attention is
also given by the team to the special
problems often associated with chronic disease, including transportation,
compliance, patient education, family
involvement and financial problems.
A physician is available to each
CHCP patient for consultation or care
as necessary. However, day to day
care is provided by an adult/geriatric
nurse practitioner, Angela Staab, who
also coordinates the team.
William Woodell, a pharmacist,
monitors drug therapy and counsels
patients about their prescribed
medications. The dietitian member of
the team is Georgeanna Koutsky,
who is also in charge of quality assurance of the hospital's Food Service
Department. The social worker, Sharon McGrath, is available to assist patients with the emotional components
of illness and to identify sources of
stress/psychosocial factors which impede health care maintenance.
Charles Hansen serves as a clinical
research associate to the team. He is
Georgeanna Koutsky, William Woodell, Kathy D'Achille, Dr. Stewart Rogers and
Angela Staab in conference.
helping to collect information which
will aid the team in evaluating and
improving their patient care sevices.
Kathy D'Achille, Pharm.D., a graduate student at UNC-G, is helping to
develop the program.
Through mutual referral, teaching
and quality of care audit, the program
will enhance the educational experience of the resident physicians and
the teaching staff as well as hospital
nursing and allied health staff.
The cost effective design of the
program will be mutually beneficial to
the hospital and CHCP's patients
alike.
Lucy Reynolds retired in March from her job in
Financial Services following 25 years of employment at Moses Cone Hospital.
REVIEW
April, 1982
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