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Pa>e 4 ])nki-: HosniAi,, Intkk(]oni , Cotne'i by Charles II. Freiizol It is at this time of the year that the application forms, questionnaires and other report re(}uests come pour- inpr into the administrative offices of the Medical Center. Many of these are required for approval of our con tinued operation; others are elective but must be completed if we are to maintain certain programs. Each year several additional agencies or organizations formalize their ()ro- grams and recjuire inspections, ap])li- cations, or rej)orting. The longest and most comi)rehen- sive of these forms is the Duke Kn- dowment Aj)plication for Assistance. This 14-page rei)ort is provided an nually as an application for a Duke Endowment grant based, at $1.00 per day, on our free days of care. Last year w’e received $65,000 from this source. The data in this report is ac cumulated for most of the hospitals in North and South Carolina and is valuable as a management tool in evaluating many aspects of our hos pital’s operation. The hospitals licensure program in North Carolina is conducted by the North Carolina Medical Care Com- Ijiission. An application for licensure must be made each year and an in spection team from NCMCC visits the hospital. This inspection has become more complete each year and now takes several days. Accreditation by the Joint Com mission on Accreditation of Hospitals has become the major criterion for recognition as a hospital offering ac ceptable services and can no longer be considered a voluntary program. A comprehensive application and report must be made to the Commission every three years and a field representative survej’s the hospital for several days at that time. Duke Hospital has been accredited each year since its first survey in 1932. An animal report is made to the Council on Medical Pjducatioii of the A.M.A. This report and its sui)port- ing documents serves as our applica tion for a])proval of our internship and residency programs. Our 18 residency programs are rejiorted on and surveyed bj' field representatives about every tliree years. The Durham County Health I)e- j)artment makes quarterly inspections of our facilities to determine the sanitation and safety conditions of the hospital. Ratings are given and posted. Duke Hospital has maintained its A rating since it has been in opera tion. Among tlie other groups making in spections or requiring reports are the American Hospital Association, the North Carolina Hospital Associa tion, the Atomic Energy Commission, the American College of Surgeons, and North Carolina Health Depart ment. Pa))er is fast replacing gauze* as the most ne-jessary matei'ial in the modern liospital. Position Classification at the Medical Center Duke University Medical Center now’ employs some 1,500 technical, clerical, and subsidiary workers. The size of this employee grouj) makes necessary some system for insuring equal pay for essentially equal work. To meet this need the Medical Center began some time ago—as part of a University-wide plan—what is known as a position classification study. The results have been beneficial for both employees and hospital administra tion. A position class means simply that within a given group all positions or jobs, and their inherent duties and responsibilities, are enough alike that the same title and rate of pay can be applied to all of them. In studying the jobs throughout the Medical Cen ter i:50 classes of positions were estab lished, and descriptions of them were written. A pay plan, based upon a survej^ of wages i>aid in the Durham business eommunity, was adopted. In order to fully implement the new pay plan, an extra million dollai’s would have been needed this first year. Un fortunately, funds in this amount Avere not available. However, the adminis tration decided to retain the pay plan, but stage the implementing of it over a two or three year period as funds become available. As everyone knows, jobs change from time to time. Sometimes new’ and more difficult duties and responsi bilities are added ; sometimes just the opposite is true. Occasionally there is a need for establishing a new posi tion within a department. A pro cedure for handling such cases has been set up and is to be initiated by the department supervisor, who completes a “Request for Position Classifica tion” form and submits it to the Personnel Office. Should a depart ment supervisor (juestion a job’s classification, he is urged to present his views to a Review Board which has been set up to re.solve the more difficult problems. Much is written concerning the uses to which position classification can be put, and the administration -will cer tainly avail itself of every possibility. However, the one result of this plan that will be most apparent will be an improvement in employee morale which, in turn, will be reflected in better service to patients, students and public. When this is achieved, the effort expended in organizing the plan will be fully justified. liiterCoiii Published by ])uke University Medical Center and Duke Hospital Auxiliary Evelyn S. Stead, Editor Patricia Wynn, Feature Elditor ('OMMITTEE Elon II. Clark Charles H. Prenzel George B. Kantner Ethel T. Macduff Norman K. Nelson Nina Waite Mailing address: Box 2895, Duke Hospital, Durham, N. C.
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