Cone Hospital review [February, 1987]

              Review
The Moses HL Cone W£ Memorial Hospital
INSIDE:
Guest Relations Gearing Up  .2
Cone Cares for Life i & 4
Two Employees Receive $8,992
for Suggestion 4
Crisis Support ,5
Computer Speeds Radiology
Reports 5
February 1987
Extra Effort Makes Snow Plan Succeed
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EXECUTIVE OFFICES
THE MOSES H.CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 27401-1020
Dear Fellow Employees:
Thank you for the extraordinary job you did during the recent snowfall in
Greensboro. While many other businesses have the option of closing, we must
remain in full operation.  Our ability to do this depends on each and every
employee, and you really came through during this crunch.
We know many individuals took special measures to come to work, often
waiting a long time for rides, carpooling with friends and other employees, and
spending the night at the hospital in order to be here when you were needed.
This is the kind of extra effort that makes Moses Cone Hospital a success.
Our sincere thanks to you for your dedication and your many efforts to provide
our patients with the best possible health care, no matter what the weather.
T\
Cordially,
Jennis R.  Barry
President
James W.  Albright
Executive Vice President
Ann Long, R.N., Nursing Division 6700, gets a ride home from a four-wheel
drive vehicle owner.
XJLs most of the city was
awakening to discover a heavy
snowfall on Thursday, January
22, Dan Finger, Director or Safety/Security at Moses Cone Hospital, and nursing administrative
personnel were busy putting the
hospital's snow plan into effect.
Extra telephones were connected
in the doctors' lounge, and a request went through the news
media for volunteers with four-
wheel drive vehicles to transport
hospital personnel to and from
work.
"We had a tremendous
response from the community,"
Finger   said.   "The   National
Guard assigned several vehicles
and drivers to assist our hospital,
and many private owners of four-
wheel drive vehicles volunteered
to transport hospital personnel."
"Our employees, as usual, rose
to the occasion," said Gene
Tranbarger, Vice President of
Nursing. The nursing administrative staff coordinated the
staffing of the snow plan control
station. "As the snow continued,
management employees and staff
from a number of departments
joined nursing personnel in manning telephones to accept
requests from employees who
needed rides to work.  Others
grouped the addresses so that
drivers would be able to pick up
all passengers on each trip to a
given area of the city. Other peo
ple called employees to let them
know when to expect to be picked up." The snow plan control
station was manned around the
clock. Many of these people who
worked the late night shift slept
at the hospital to be able to
resume their posts at the snow
plan control station at 5:00 the
following morning. Tranbarger
continued, "Our employees
joined together as a family,
expeditiously seeing that patients
were receiving good care and also
taking care of the staff who take
care of our patients."
When sleet and snow again fell
in our area on the following Sunday, the snow plan control station continued from January 22
without a break for about a
week. Weather forecasters said
this was the most severe winter
storm to hit our state in five
years.
The hospital provided food for
the drivers and the volunteer
workers, and reimbursed the
vehicle owners for gasoline.
"We appreciate the assistance
we received from the National
Guardsmen and the public-
spirited citizens who transported
our personnel safely to and from
the hospital," said Executive
Vice President Jim Albright. " I
am also proud of our staff who
made the effort to be on the job
and those who gave extra time to
make our snow plan work. This
is just another example of the
professionalism for which Moses
Cone Hospital is well known."
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Moses Cone Hospital
1200 North Elm Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401-1020
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Bridget Harding, Nursing Consultant, Pam Falk, Infection Control Practitioner; and Phyllis Duhan, Coordinator
of the Medical Day Care Unit, check map to group employees for transportation over the ice and snow covered streets.