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VOLUME 19, NUMBER 13
APRIL 7, 1972
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
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DINNER TIME—Food production-
manager Silas Boone slices a piece of
I roast for a member of the Duke Hospital
Auxiliary at the Hospital's annual
banquet honoring the volunteers. More
than 100 ladies attended the dinner in the
first floor cafeteria last week. Dietetics
Department employes decorated the
room with flowers and candles, and
planned, prepared, and served the
banquet, (staff photo)
AFTER DINNER—Dr. Stuart M.
Sessoms, director of Duke Hospital,
^speaks to Auxiliary members about the
^Dlans for growth and progress at the
'hospital. The after-dinner program also
included a Blue Cross-Blue Shield
presentation on hospital costs. At Dr.
Sessoms' right is Julia Negley, president
of the Auxiliary, (staff photo)
Of Duke Hospital
Study To Define Future
Better health care for America, which
is the ultimate objective of everything
that goes on at Duke Medical Center, is
one of today's central social, political,
and economic issues.
As one of the nation's leading
educational and health care institutions,
Duke will be in the forefront of
tomorrow's developments.
What are the alternatives for Duke
Hospital and the Duke Medical Center?
What will be the manpower needs, and
the needs for physical facilities? Is a new
hospital one of the answers, or should the
present structure be renovated and
expanded?
These and hundreds of other questions
are under discussion daily by Medical
Center planners.
Some of the answers will be sought in
a study that is getting underway now and
will continue throughout the rest of the
year.
The study's formal name is "Duke
Hospital Modernization and Expansion
Project" and is being conducted by
American Health Facilities, Inc., of
Evanston, III. During the peak of the
study, in the next two months, AHF will
send approximately 50 people into the
Medical Center to assemble information.
The administration wants as many
Medical Center personnel as possible to
be familiar with the details of the study.
To make this possible, several steps will
be taken.
On Wednesday, April 12, from 2:30 to
3:30 p.m. in the Hospital Amphitheater,
an orientation session on the AHF study
will be held for members of the Medical
Center administrative staff and Hospital
department heads.
On the same day from 5 to 6 p.m. in
the Amphitheater, a similar session will be
held for clinical division chiefs and the
medical staff.
On Wednesday, April 19, a session will
be conducted from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in
Room M-224 of the Davison Building for
head nurses, supervisors, and unit
administrators.
The sessions are being divided because
the study will involve different groups in
different ways, and the orientaions will
have a slightly different emphasis from
one session to another.
However, if anyone cannot attend
when his particular group is meeting, he
should feel free to attend any of the
other sessions. All the sessions will be
open, and anyone else in the Medical
Center who has an interest is welcome to
attend.
To further familiarize people with the
study, a future issue of Intercom will be
devoted to the study in detail, and
subsequent issues will contain progress
reports.
Cafeteria Establishes
Visitor Restrictions
Last week, dietary personnel started
monitoring the first-floor cafeteria lines
to restrict visitors and patients between
the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Gerald T. Forton, director of dietary
services, said that monitoring the line for
this 90-minute period is necessary to
provide faster service for Medical Center
personnel. The policy was initiated to
enable employes to eat within the limits
of their lunch period.
Visitors are welcome to use the
cafeteria any time except during the
restricted period between the hours of
11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Employes are requested to wear their
name tags for easier identification by the
monitors.