Pat's Points
I recently picked up this
item from a Bob Tucker Leadership Seminar, and thought it would be
appropriate for our system.
10
Commandments of Human Relations
1. Speak
to people. There is nothing as
nice as a cheerful word of greetings.
2. Smile
at people. It takes 72 muscles
to frown, only 14 to smile.
3. Call
people by name. The sweetest
music to anyone's ears is the sound of his own name.
4. Be
friendly and helpful. If you
want to have friends, be friendly.
5. Be
cordial. Speak and act as if
everything you do were a genuine pleasure.
6. Be
genuinely interested in people. You
can like
everybody if you try.
7. Be
generous with praise and cautious with criticism.
8. Be
considerate with the feelings of others.
It will be appreciated.
9. Be
thoughtful of the opinion of others. There
are three sides to every controversy - yours, the other fellow's and the
right one.
10. Be
alert to give service. What
counts most in life is what we do for others.
Pat
Ekdahl
President, Russell County Hospital
Help
celebrate the opening of the new
Cancer
Care Center,
located on
the third floor of EMRMC.
Open
House for Associates
Thursday,
September 16
3:00
p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
United Way Kick-off Events
Want to join others in doing something that really matters? Contribute to the Heart of Kentucky United Way!!! This year's campaign is themed ÒCommunity Matters.Ó Ephraim McDowell Health facilities participating in the Heart of Kentucky United Way will kick off this year's campaign on Wednesday, September 15, with a ÒBuild Your Own SundaeÓ party. It will be in the Private Dining Room at EMRMC from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and again from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. Ephraim McDowell Health Resource facilities will have treats delivered to them that day.
North Garrard FMC, Stanford Medical Park and Lincoln Physical Therapy will
receive their treats on October 11, as Fort Logan Hospital's kick-off is
a motorcycle run on October 9. More
details on activities planned at Fort Logan will be in a future
newsletter.
Russell County Hospital Associates have the option of donating to United Way
or the Russell County Hospital Capital Club.
All Associates are invited to contribute to United Way. Different participation levels will be available this year. Participating Associates at EMRMC and Health Resource facilities (excluding North Garrard FMC, Stanford Medical Park and Lincoln Physical Therapy). will be assigned, by department or area, to either a red team, blue team or white team, and teams will ÒcompeteÓ during the campaign for a grand prize. More details will be shared in a future newsletter.
Mission
and Values
By Tim Noel, Chief Mission Officer
Part of the joy of my job is that it is new to me. I have been given the gift of a new beginning, unencumbered either by the failures or the successes of the past. A fresh start! What a precious gift! And don't we all need that grace for our lives? It is in our power to grant that gift to those around us. Whatever has happened in the past, let people know with a word, or a nod, or a smile, that today is a new day, full of hope and possibility. As you give to others, it will be given to you as well.
Basic
Computer Class at EMRMC
Wednesday,
September 22
9:30
a.m. to 11 a.m.
Call extension
1600 or 1617 to register.
EMRMC Fund-raiser: Clark to dye his beard
Ephraim McDowell Health CEO
Clark Taylor is taking a brave step to raise funds for the Heart of Kentucky
United Way. He has agreed to dye
his beard either blue and white (Danville's school colors) or black and
gold (Boyle County's school colors), and to wear it that way for one day
before allowing someone to shave it off.
Here's how the fund-raiser will work:
á Beginning
September 15, the kick-off for this year's United Way campaign,
individuals may drop money in one of two jars set up at the Cafeteria.
One jar will be a ÒvoteÓ for a blue and white beard and the other
jar will be a ÒvoteÓ for a black and gold beard.
Money will be collected in the jars through Wednesday, October 6.
á On
Thursday, October 7, Clark will dye his beard the colors that earned the
most money. He will wear his
two-toned beard until Friday, October 8, which is when EMRMC will host a
wrap-up for the United Way campaign. The
wrap-up will also be a ÒShaving PartyÓ as one Associate wins the right
to shave Clark's beard.
á A silent auction will be held to take bids on who will shave Clark's beard. Bids may be posted on a sheet available in the Cashier's Office through October 7.
School
At Work Graduates
These 10 EMRMC Associates are the first graduates of the School At Work program supported by the Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation. Pictured, front row, from left, are Dena Satterly, Meta Sinkhorn, Karen Moore and Shelia Hollon. Back row, Russ Noland, John Harness, Alana Murphy, Regan Willoughby, Debbie Cheatham and Jackie Taylor.
Patient Accounts, CBO move
Associates who work in
Patient Accounts at EMRMC and the Central Billing Office have moved their
offices to the Kentucky Trust Building, located off Main Street.
Staying at the Medical Center are the financial counselors and
Associates who work in
registration, the cashier's office and central scheduling.
The following phone extensions for the CBO have changed as a result
of the move:
Betty
Smock, 2370
Kathy Oswald, 2371
Julie
Harbolt, 2372
Devan Johnson, 2374
Kim
Brown, 2375
Melanie Sipes, 2377
Rosalie Graham, 2378 Alison Toombs, 2379
New safety needles implemented
To help decrease needle sticks, the new Hypodermic Needle-Pro needle protection device was implemented throughout the Ephraim McDowell Health system on September 14. These new devices are ideal for all intramuscular and subcutaneous injections and protect Associates and patients.
Construction Update for EMRMC
A $30,000 facelift of the Cafeteria and Private Dining Room begins September 20 and continues through September 28. Associates should experience no interruption in services but may notice odors from new wallpaper and carpet.
A renovation of the Critical Care Unit is expected to get under way this fall. The renovation is funded by the Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation.
Biltmore trip set for December 8-9
HealthRewards is sponsoring a trip to the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC on December 8-9. You don't have to a HealthRewards member to go. Interested individuals are asked to mail a $75 deposit by September 17 to Martin Tours at 1770 KY 78, Stanford, KY 40484. For more information about the trip, please call (606)365-2542.
