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by Mary Jo Cunningham
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
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During their July board meeting, Hospital Board members learned progress has been made on several projects.
All the oak trees have received their iron dose for the year. Work on the west and south sides of the hospital is complete with work such a caulking on the other two sides underway.
The professional cleaning of the range hood in the kitchen has turned into one on those projects that expands and expands. The fan and hood need replacement. The range itself is outdated. The wooden cabinets need to be replaced with stainless or a similar material. The food storage area needs metal shelving and covered storage area. The back kitchen area was retiled, cleaned and updated. It is hoped to budget in these items in 2009. A new range will cost from $25,000 to $50,000.
Rochelle Stratmann gave a report on work in the nurses' area. Work is in progress on the front acute-care nurse station. The entire front desk area will be renovated with glass partitioning. New lockers will be installed. The auxiliary has donated new hand sanitizers. They also are providing a glucose monitoring system. There was a discussion on the new medical record keeping programs.
Lloyd Kurtz reported last year more was spent than was budgeted so there will be a budget violation. CFO Penny Stephenson reported on the new page billing to replace the side tear envelopes. To keep records more accurately, each patient has a number but the billing is done with each visit having a separate account number.
Admissions for June 2008 were 13 up from seven in June 2007. Total Acute/SSB patient days for June were 75, up from 48 last year, and the yearly total is up to 524 from 411. CT scans remained the same for the month but were up from 73 from last year to 148. Inpatient lab work doubled.
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