Newspapers / InterCom (Durham, N.C.) / Oct. 5, 1973, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of InterCom (Durham, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Medical Records NEW EMPLOYE PARKING AREA 0PEN~7Ue anow indicates a new parking lot area for employes (H Zone) located on Yearby Street. The lot consists of 343 spaces. Bus service will be available at 15-minute intervals from 7 a.m.-6:45 p.m. from the lot to the main entrance of the hospital. (Photo by Dale Moses) Trading Post You may send ads to "Trading Post/' Box 3354, Hospital. Ads are printed free, but we do not advertise real estate, personal services or commercial enterprises. Please give your home telephone number; Duke extensions will not be listed. FOR SA LE-Smith-Corona portable typewriter in ex. cond.; Panasonic stereo tape deck with two speakers, ex. cond.: and two desk lamps. Call 489-1272 after 6 p.m. FOR SALE-16" RCA B/W television with rollcart, only two years old and in perfect condition, S80 or best offer; Sears 8,000 BTU window air conditioner, less than two years old, SI 35; Salon-type hairdryer, portable and in excellent condition, $20. Call Bob Wilson in Chapel Hill at 942-4553 after 6 p.m. FOR SALE-House trailer, like new, central air, washer and dryer, reasonably priced. It’s now at Kerr Lake, but can be moved. Call 383-3519. FOR SALE-Gas range, 36" deluxe Tappan, harvest gold, like new, three years old. Call 682-4237 after 6 p.m. weekdays. FOR SALE-Twin bedsprings; Remington electric typewriter; old adding machine; old red wagon; aquarium and all equipment; nice toy chest; big old Steamer trunk, excellent condition; nice ladies' clothes; dishes; old book rack; and child's chest of drawers. See at 101 E. Maynard Ave. or call 477-5011. FOR SALE-One 12 x 16 Sears continental, style tent, original cost S198, will sell for SI 00, like new; one 9x10 used tent, S35; and one Delux Weltron eight tract tape player with one speaker, S30. Call Baxter or Judy at 596-7917 after 5 p.m. FOR SALE-Kodak instannatic M 68 movie projector, $50, like new. Call 383-4234. FOR SALE-Dining room table and matching chairs suitable for apartment or home, Danish design, hardwood with walnut finish, 42" round table with 18" center leaf, four chairs (2 of them armchairs), three years old, new condition, $110. Call 682-1392. FOR SALE-1966 Chevelle Malibu 283 2 barren, 2 door, radio, power steering, 1 owner (original), automatic transmission, blue, $500 or best offer. Also 1970 Buick Skylark, factory A/C, automatic transmission, power brakes, power steering, 4 door, 350 4 barrel, radio, excellent condition, good tires, low mileage, blue with while top, 1 owner (original), $2,300 or best offer. Call Ms. Dunn in Burlington at 227-3513. FOR SALE-Refrigerator (Kelvinator), apartment size, $30. Call 6d2-1066 evenings. ntcRcom is published weekly for Duke University Medical Center employes, faculty, staff, students and friends by the Medical Center's Office of Public Relations. Joe Sigler, director; Miss Yvonne Baskin, medical writer; Co Editors DAVID WILLIAMSON DALE MOSES Public Relations Advisory Commitlee: Sam A. Agnello, audiovisual education; Dr. Robert Anderson Jr., surgery; James L. Bennett Jr., vice president's office; Wayne Gooch, personnel; Or. Athos Ottotenghi, physiology and pharmacology; Richard Peck, hospital administration; Ms. Julia Taylor, RN. nursing; Or. Tom C. Vanaman. n[ucrobiojogy_and immunology. FOR SALE-Hondas-1973 SL125. 1965 S90, and 1965 Z50; and Pinto, 1972 sedan, gold, 2 liter, 4 speed. Call 596-1498. WANTED-A ride to and from the medical center, from Orange Mobile Home Park in Hillsboro, 11 p.m.-7:30 a.m., good pay. Call 688-8503 after noon. UNITED FUND FILM A 10-minute film entitled "The United Way" starring Cliff Robertson is available to payroll clerks who may wish to present it in their areas in connection with the medical center's United Fund Drive. If interested, please call Paul Vick at ext. 2488. Dr. Darrell Bigner Receives Grant The medical center is receiving a new grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCL) to support a study of the immunological properties of brain tumors. The grant was announced jointly in Washington by the NCI and Fourth District Congressman Ike Andrews. The three-year grant, totaling $93,000, was awarded to Dr. Darrell Bigner, assistant professor of pathology-neuro- pathology, and Dr. Eugene Day, professor of both experimental surgery and immunology. The study deals with a type of brain tumor known as glial tumors. Eigner was the first person to develop an animal model for this type of tumor. He induces glial brain tumors in rats by injecting them with a certain type of virus. In the current study, tumors from these rats are removed and grown in tissue cultures. Then the tumor cells are injected into rabbits, and the rabbits produce antibodies against these foreign cells. These antibodies raised by the rabbits against the tumor cells are isolated from the rabbits' blood, and the investigators are testing how they react against the surfaces of tumor cells in tissue cultures. Eventually the antibodies will be injected into rats with brain tumors to see whether they will act against the tumor. "This is an exploratory thing and we are a long way from any human treatment," Day said. "This is a promising line of research, but no one can say yet what it will produce." Consultants on the project are Dr. Guy Odom, chief of neurosurgery, and Dr. M.S. Mahaley, assistant professor of neurosurgery. As soon as the new isolation laboratory is built as part of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Duke, Bigner and Mahaley will conduct similar immunological studies using cultures of human brain tunror cells. {Continued said, "and along this line we're making a numbei of innovations. "We'ie now sevon months into a 24-nionth program of converting all of our lecords from the brown folders which held the records originally to a new color-coded chait covei which virtually eliminates misfiling of the record," he explained. "Theie are 10 different colors in the systems, and if a record is out of place, it will be very easy to spot." Twelve people, working for several hours in the evening, convert 2,500 records to the new system each night. Duke's patient index has been computerized and is currently undergoing testing within the records department. By inserting a patient's name and date of birth into the system, instant retrieval of his history number is possible, according to Barber. "This scope retrieval capability is an integral part of our Burroughs Medi-Data system, and, as a result, the various admitting areas of the hospital will now be able to conduct their own search for a patient history number to save time," Barber said. "Medical Records will still be available via phone to locate history numbers for a select number of patients not in the system and for difficult cases," he added. A satellite records center (mini-department) has been established in THE OLD AND THE /VflV-Pictured above are the old brown folders which have held medical records since the early days of the hospital. Since one chart cover looked precisely like all the others, misfiling was a constant headache for the department. The new folders, pictured below, are color-coded and should greatly alleviate the problem of records lost within the storage areas. (Photos by Dale Moses) from page 1) the new Eye Center to accommodate the increasing needs of Opthalmology." An hourly messenger service to this area and to the storage warehouse on Wilkerson Avenue has greatly enhanced our service capability," Barber said. Few medical center employes who don't deal regularly with Medical Records are aware of the scale of its operation or its complexity. Located behind an inconspicuous brown door in the basement near the entrance to the Emergency Room, the facility handles more than 7,500 transactions on an average day. Sixty-five employes work in six divisions; filing, coding, statistics, admissions, discharges and information release, and there are people available to locate files 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Within a given five-year period, 45 per cent of all the records the hospital maintains must be taken from their shelves at the request of physicians Who are treating returning patients or conducting research. During a typical month in the summer, close to 4,000 records are retrieved from storage. Approximately 800 new patients are seen at the hospital each week, and that means 800 new files must be created each week. All material relevant to the patient from laboratory reports to consultation forms must find its way into the files. In order for Duke Hospital to maintain its status as a teaching Institution, its medical records section must regularly undergo the scrutiny of the Joint Commission on Accreditation just as other departments are periodically required to pass official muster. A registered records administrator is necessary for hospitals seeking accreditation, and Barber said, Duke is fortunate to have two good ones in Augusta Kirkland and Elizabeth Corcoran. Both women have degrees as records librarians and have worked for a combined total of 35 years to make their department and Duke Hospital operate more efficiently. Barber said the periodic examination of the medical records sections of hospitals serves an important function, not only because It keeps the staff on its toes, but because It provides the hospital with an objective means for determining what is being done for Its patients and for measuring the quality of care they receive. NYT Supplement (Continued from page 1) teach and leam. The Sunday New York Times has a circulation of 1.4 million, and the Duke supplement will appear In the full press run. MCHR Plans Picnic and Slide Show The Duke-Durham Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) will hold a get-acquainted picnic in the Duke Gardens on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m. and will present a slide show entitled "Health Care In Durham: Who Pays and Who Benefits?" at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10, in the hospital amphitheater. All employes, staff and students from the medical center are invited to attend both functions. According to Dick David, a fourth-year medical student and spokesman for the group, the Medical Committee for Human Rights is an organization made up of people from diverse parts of Duke's health care team—secretaries, physicians, technicians, medical and nursing students, etc., who are working together to improve Durham's health care. Their slogan Is "Health Care Is a Human Right." The committee feels that to be most effective In bringing about constructive changes In the community's health care programs, it is important for members of the community to become Involved in important health related Issues. David said MCHR will be working with citizens' groups this year on questions surrounding the new county hospital. These questions Include: How much will It cost to stay In the new hospital? How will these costs be paid? Will there be a means for consumer input? Will there be outpatient services? "Saturday's picnic will provide an opportunity for anyone Interested to come by, have some lunch and talk with members of MCHR about the organization and health care in Durham," David said.
InterCom (Durham, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 5, 1973, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75