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Focus on University Health Services Clinic
CHANGES AT UHSC: REGISTRATI0N-1\\6 University Health Services Clinic is an outpatient clinic for
members of the Durham and Duke communities. It has recently been reorganized into three patient clinics—the
•Student Health Clinic, the Private Patient Clinic and the Employee Clinic. Each clinic has its own medical team
and reception and waiting room areas. This is the nevyly remodeled main lobby of UHSC where employees and
private patients come to register and wait to be seen by members of the medical staff. (Photos by Dale Moses)
STUDENT REGISTRATION—M\ students who come to
UHSC are seen at the Student Health Clinic.^Lynn Lloyd,
(right) is the student health receptionist who registers all
students upon arrival at the clinic.
MEDICAL RECORDS—Ihere are approximately 25,000
medical records kept at UHSC. Each time a patient comes to
the clinic and registers, his medical record is pulled from the
files and used by the medical staff to record his visit. Control
auditor Dorothea Edgerton (left) and file clerk Valerie Colton
dre two of the members of the medical records team who
handle the files of approximately 1,100 outpatients seen at
UHSC in a week.
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p. A. EXAMINATION—?A Lennie Milcowitz (right) is one of the five PAs at UHSC who handle patient care
needs. Among the many changes at the clinic, PAs have been given their own examination rooms and offices
where they see patients and consult with physicians about administering medical care.
RETAIL' PHARMACY—^ an added convenience for private patients, UHSC has its
own retail pharmacy. It is staffed by Pharmacist-P. A. Thomas Vaughan and LPN
Garnetta Mayes and is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
BUSINESS OFFICE—M\ patients who are seen at UHSC conclude their visit at the
Business Office desk which is staffed by accounting clerks Juanita Fowler (left) and
Janet Powell. As part of the new changes at UHSC all personnel in the Business Office,
Medical Records and patient contact areas areWearing uniforms so that they can be
more easily identifiable to patients.