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HONORED AT PARTY—James W. Anderson, an assistant administrative di rector, and his wife pose with the certi ficate given him by the employes of the office at a party last month in his honor. Mr. Anderson Resigns Position James W. Anderson, assistant adminis trative director for financial operations at the Medical Center for the past two years and hospital business officer from 1960-67, resigned effective August 18. Mr. Anderson joined the staff of North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill as director of private patient service. He also will be an instructor in hospital ad ministration. Following attendance at North Caro lina State University and Duke, Mr. And erson received his bachelor's degree In business administration at the University of Miami in 1950. He became a certified public accountant in 1955. Mr. Frenzel Renamed To N. C. H. A. Group The director of the Graduate Program in Hospital Administration at the Medical Center has been reappointed to the North Carolina Hospital Association's advisory committee to the N. C. Regional Medical Program. Charles H. Frenzel, who is also one of two official North Carolina representa tives to the A. H. A. 's annual convention, is one of 13 members on the committee. The purpose of the group is to inter pret the role of hospitals in the Regional Medical Program and to work out cooper ative relationships between the hospital association and the R. M. P. * . DUKE HOSPITAL /) DURHAM, N.C. M,. c FOOTSTBPS-ON-THB-MOOM aoomntSgWioocooooaMiioj ammmmm? DUKE'S NEWEST CLUB—When Neil Armstrong took the famous first step that rocketed mankind into the Moon Age, millions of people all over the world watched on live television. The Medical Center Public Relations Office realized that hundreds of patients and staff on duty at the hospital the night of July 20 did not get to see the moon landing. A novelty certificate welcoming these individuals to the Duke Hospital "Footsteps on the Moon Club" was presented to each patient and employe in the hospital that night along with a letter from Hospital Director Stuart M. Sessoms. Most people watched the moon walk from their homes, Dr. Sessoms wrote, and "We're sorry you had to be at the hospital and could not be watching from your home as well." The Public Relations Office has extra copies of the certificates. In requesting a copy, please indicate whether you want your name typed in. Lab Specimen Collection Procedure To Be Centralized Early Next Year A centralized system of laboratory specimen collection is in the planning stages for the Medical Center. The new plan will revolve around one main lab office which will be responsible for sending teams of technologists and technicians to the hospital wards to draw blood and collect other specimens each morning, bringing the samples back to the central facility for sorting, and distribut ing the specimens to the appropriate lab for aniysis. The lab reports will be returned to the central office from the various labora tories each afternoon and the office will in turn redistribute the reports to the appropriate wards. This service will eventually be expand ed to provide coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with technicians to draw special blood samples on demand day or night. The centralization procedures are be ing undertaken because of the problems that have developed with regard to speci men collections for Duke's widely scatter ed clinical labs during the' past several years. The increasing volume and com plexity of laboratory tests have made it necessary to coordinate specimen collect ion and hence attempt to eliminate the overlapping functions of the various labs. The project is under the direction of Dr. Frederick Q. Graybeal, assistant prO: fessor of pathology and assistant director of clinical laboratories. He is working in cooperation with representatives for all the laboratories involved in the upcoming changes. The new system is expected to go into effect in the early part of next year.
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