Herald & Lantern 19 |anuary'83

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Program Slashes Hospital Costs

COURT HOUSE - Supplies and purchased services make up a large part of the cost of treating hospital patients. Employees of Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital here are becoming more conscious of that fact through a monthly Cost Awareness Day Contest in which all employees can participate THE PROGRAM was started when Diane Pilar, Director of Materials Management, called on volunteers from the hospital s Cost Containment Committee to develop a plan for employee educa tiort to reduce waste and product abuses. Responding to the need were George Goldman, R.R.T, Director of Respiratory Therapy; Joy Gre^nway, Secretary of Rcsplrtory Therapy; Nancy Dougherty. R N , Assistant Coordinator In-Service Education ~f£nd Beverly McPcak, R.N., Infection Control Practitioner THEY DEVELOPED the Cost Awareness Day Contest. Starting in August, 1982, once every other month since, a Cost Awareness Day table was assembled outside the employee cafeteria. On display were six items from selected departments within the hospital IN AUGUST, the display - consisted of miscellaneous items of large expenditures from various areas within the institution The October program addressed medical/surgical products and in December. Respiratory and EKG products were chosen Employees were en couragcd to estimate the grand total expended an

COST-CONSCIOUS — Leaders in setting up Cdst Awareness Day. Contest at Burdette

Tomlin Memorial Hospital. Are George Goldman. R.R.T.

Dougherty, R.N.

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nually for the items displayed each month INDIVIDUAL PRICES for each supply or service were posted as part of the display Entry blanks allowed participants to select the expenditure for five items using multiple choice answers while the six required a ‘‘fill-in-the-blank” response Employees were' also asked to indicate which items they feel should be displayed during upcoming Cost Awareness Days. THE CONTEST is grow ing in popularity. In August, 100 of the 570 parttime and full-time employees participated The October display drew 160 participants and the number grew to 250 in December Future winners each month will receive a dinner Tor two at a local restaurant William Waldron, Ad inistrator, commented. Our employees have done (in outstanding job over the past two years in assisting us to combat the high cost of hospitalization. We intend to continue the Cost Awareness Day Contest throughout 1983 as a method of employee education ” ACCORDING TO Assistant Administrator Brian Buonanni, the hospitalwide cost containment ef fort initiated in January.

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1981 has yielded nearly $760,000 in documented cost reductions. "Ms. Pilar and the entire Cost Containment Commit tee have put together a cost reduction campaign which is unparalled in the hospital industry." Buonanni said. OTHER MEMBERS of the Cost Containment Committee are Peggy Day, R.N., Head Nurse; Donald Hatfield, Sterile Process-

ing Supervisor; Theresa Karter, Assistant Ad mmistrator. Director of Nursing; Dorothy Lovell. KN. Head-Nurse. Gem Murphy, Inventory Control Buyer. Robert Pctruzzo. Director of Pharmacy. Jackie Russell, R N . Head Nurse. Bobbie Saikora. R.N . Head Nurse. Betsy Stiles. R N . Operating Room Supervisor, and William Zeuner. Controller.

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