Cone Hospital review [December, 1982]

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THE MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Two Executive Promotions Announced
Promotions of Joseph R. Swedish
to Director of Support Services and
James L. Brexler to Director of Patient Care Management was announced in late November by Vice
President James W. Albright. Mr.
Swedish replaced Fred Brown who
has been appointed Senior Vice President and Executive Director of Pitt
County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina. Mr. Brexler
assumes the position previously held
by Mr. Swedish.
Mr. Swedish will have management responsibilities for Cardiology
Services, Ambulatory Care, Purchasing, Radiology and the School of
Radiology, Respiratory Therapy/
Pulmonary Function, Operating
Room, Anesthesia, Laundry, Safety/
Security/Communications, Risk
Management and Management
Systems. Mr. Brexler's new patient
care management responsibilities include the Emergency Department,
Operating Room and the Day Surgery Center, Anesthesia, the surgery
divisions and critical care divisions.
Messrs. Swedish and Brexler joined
Moses Cone Hospital in the Summer
Mr. Swedish
of 1980. At this writing, a successor
has not been named to fill the position of Director of Patient Care
Management for the departments of
Mr. Brexler
Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics,
Medicine and Psychiatry, which
became available with Mr. Brexler's
promotion.
Auxiliary Awards
$6,000
In Scholarships
In 1982
The Moses H. Cone Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary gives more than
$6,000 annually in scholarships to
local students in the health care field.
This year, Betty Woodruff Scholarships of $1,000 each were awarded to
four students attending the School of
Nursing at the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro. Scholarship
recipients are Teresa Clubb, a senior
nursing student; Lori Goins, a junior;
Linda Fowler, sophomore; and
Sandra Vestal, a freshman nursing
student.
Joyce Young and Mary Jo Pruett,
both students in Guilford Technical
Institute School of Nursing, received
a combined total of $1,020 in scholarships from the Auxiliary.
Cheryl Greeson Sexton, Marty
McNeely, Kelly Miller and Kelly
Smith, all students in the Radiologic
Technology Program at Moses Cone
Hospital, received scholarships from
the Auxiliary totaling $1,000 during
1982.
Monday, January 31, 1983
10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room 917
+ RED CROSS BLOOD PROGRAM
Back To Basics
A five-member task force has been
formed at Moses Cone Hospital to
implement a "Back to Basics" program. Co-Chairpersons of the task
force Jack Upton, Director of Pharmacy Services, and Nellie Elliott,
Clinical Director for Emergency Services, say that "while services to our
patients are being delivered with a
quality of care we can all be proud of,
there are some basics in the operation
of the hospital which cannot be
overlooked."
Mrs. Elliott, Mr. Upton and the
three task force members, Gloria
Hall, Administrative/Program Director of Radiology; Alan Gorrod, Director of Rehabilitation; and Leonard
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Director, have already begun making
tours of the building to determine
how employees and the facilities
"present to patients and visitors."
The task force has asked department heads to make lists of basic
routine responsibilities and conditions which can be improved. A list
might include items such as: (a) Is
equipment working properly? Is it
clean? (b) Do all light switches work,
or do light bulbs need replacing?
(c) Are visitors greeted cheerfully and
asked if they need assistance? (d) Are
telephone manners friendly and
courteous? (e) Is patience shown even
in trying situations? These lists will
be combined into a single list of basic
standards which will serve as a guide
throughout the hospital.
"We need to be very careful and
mindful of what is occurring within
our institutional setting, how our actions are being perceived and what
we can do to accomplish the
hospital's mission of providing services in a humane, caring way," Mr.
Upton said. "We don't want to be so
wrapped up in new systems and procedures that we forget to take care
of basic responsibilities that we are
also charged with. The overall goal of
the hospital is not only to improve
the level of care and services we are
currently providing, but to keep in
mind the fundamentals of health care
we are committed to provide."
The task force expects to have the
Back to Basics program well underway by the end of the year. "This
should be a learning and growing
situation for all of us," Mr. Upton
added. "We do not expect this program to be a one-time thing but an
ongoing effort."
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Carolyn Beard, Editor