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Letter to Employees, February 7, 2007
Dear DRMC Associates, Physicians and Volunteers:
Thank you for all your efforts to provide healthcare to the citizens of the Dan River Region. Providing healthcare, saving lives, and improving the quality of the lives of our friends, family and neighbors is a high calling, and you are answering that call each and every day. Delivering on the high expectations of those we serve is a tremendous responsibility, shared by everyone – physicians, nurses, technical and support staff, volunteers, managers and administration.
It’s no secret that to be successful in meeting this responsibility, we must work together. We have seen in our Emergency Department the good things that can happen when staff, physicians and management work together effectively. The reduction in wait times and fewer patients leaving without treatment are ample proof. You should all be proud of this accomplishment.
It is our hope that all of us on the hospital team, and indeed the entire community, can come together around Danville Regional and make it a source of genuine pride and positive economic activity for this area. Coming together is way overdue.
When Mr. Bill Carpenter, CEO of LifePoint and three other corporate officers were in our hospital in January, they openly apologized for mistakes made at the onset of the hospital sale. Knowing what they know at this point in time, they would have definitely done things differently. LifePoint has committed the support and resources needed to make DRMC a hospital of which we all can be proud. In addition, we, as leaders in different areas of the hospital, commit our time and energy to that same goal.
The important thing to remember is that on one person or small group can make this hospital successful. It will take the support and commitment of every single one of us who are connected to DRMC in any way. We need your help to make this happen.
Going forward won’t be easy. Any organization of this size and complexity has issues.
But it is time to move on, and move ahead. Constructive suggestions are always OK, and in fact welcomed, because there is almost always more than one “right way” to accomplish goals. Bitter, destructive criticism isn’t OK. There’s a reason they call it “holding grudges,” because the only person who feels bad is the one holding them. It’s time for us to let these go.
Good things can happen if we channel our energies on positive activities. Never has this been more important than now.
During 2006 and 2007 $26 million is being invested to create some good things – the build out of the 5th and 6th floors, the new radiation/oncology equipment, addition of PACS and a new state of the art CT machine. These improvements, coupled with your caring approach, will provide better, more complete care for our patients, close to home.
Recent patient satisfaction scores have improved, and will continue to improve as long as we focus our efforts on providing the best care for our patients and support for each other. We also fully recognize the importance of improving staff and physician satisfaction, and the positive impact this will have on the patients we serve.
We also have a big challenge that will require everyone’s best – our Joint Commission accreditation review, which will occur sometime in the next couple of months. When you think about it, it is not a stretch to say that the lifeblood of this community is dependent upon Danville Regional maintaining Joint Commission accreditation.
Joint Commission accreditation is a key to the continued success of one of the largest employers in the region, and the place where the majority of our citizens come to receive healthcare. An accredited hospital makes the community more attractive for residents who already are here, and also for those people and their employers who are looking for a good place to live, work, play and invest. It also directly impacts the livelihood of all associates and physicians.
We need to place a tremendous amount of importance and urgency around preparing for Joint Commission, because accreditation is vital to all of us. While some might think loss of accreditation hurts LifePoint, the real losers are those of us who live and work in this community. We must join together to protect one of our most valuable community assets. Our region’s economic recovery depends on it.
So we go back to our original points: we are fortunate to be in a position to serve others, which is a tremendous responsibility we accept every day. All of us want to make this a better place to work, and a better place for our neighbors to receive treatment. We are committed to supporting you and know that together we will make DRMC the very best it can be. We appreciate each of you.
Sincerely,
Dr. Betty Jo Foster
Chairman, DRMC Advisory Board
Arthur M. Doloresco
President/ CEO
Richard A. Smith, M.D.
Chief of Staff
15 comments:
LIES, LIES, AND MORE LIES BY THE KNIFEPOINT DRMC CEO. WAY TO GO ART. YOU DA MAN DUDE. SURE HOPE YOUR BONUS IS WORTH IT. DO YOU SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT YOU PUT PATIENT'S LIVES AT RISK EVERY DAY. GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL.
Well Art should know about the morale, you know he goes by each unit everyday just to see how the staff is coping. Whatever. I have seen Art come to my unit 1 time since he came, and that was to be introduced to him. He is so full of crap his eyeballs are black. He has no idea what the staff members are going through. He probably avoids going to the nursing floors in fear of being attacked by the overworked staff. He certainly does not like to answer questions. Wait. He does like to answer questions, with the best lies he can think of. Must be nice to get paid so much money to sit around and think of good lies to tell so that you can make yourself look good. Well don't be fooled Art, I think they are all on to you.
From ABC 13. "Doloresco says they are short on nurses, as many hospitals are in the country. And they are actively recruiting." Well lets just use the national nursing shortage as the scapegoat for the mismanagement of the hospital. "The hospital says an independent joint commission is working with them now to improve procedures." By the name of Insight Advantage. This company also agreed with Lifepoint in saying that we had too many nurses and that we would have to scale back. When the biggest chunk of nurses were leaving nothing was done to try and stop it. Nor did they hire nurses to replace them. And no they were not actively recruiting nurses at that time. There were no job openings listed on the internal web at DRMC for nearly 3 months while these nurses were leaving by the dozens. Nor were they running ads in the paper. We were also told in staff meetings that we still had too much staff. So yes, more lies.
The only department with high morale is administration. They are the ones sitting pretty right now. The rest of the hospital is mired in poo.
Art is a Lifepoint Pimp.
If you don't start with a "C" and end in an "O" in administration then you aren't having a good time either. Have you spoken to the poor common people there lately??? Miserable!
My department overall is dealing with things better than most. Has it been easy, NO.....would it be any easier if we let this LifePoint issue of the past 20 months continue to affect us every day...NO!!!!
Could someone calmly explain what an "independent joint commission" is?
hey guys. bring back that pemberton guy now he had guts we will cut staff mr donahey we like manhours couth of 100
judy judy judy judy!!!!!
This is the largest pack of lies that I have ever heard from one of the most money hungry, negligent corporations ever.
Everything the lifepoint bunch has told the public is a lie.
Our staff has been cut and lost from about 40 to 11.
We've lost our unit secretary,our cna's and our RN's are 3 pt's to 1 RN. And we are in ICU!!!!!
3 patients to 1 RN in CCU. Well if that is not considered dangerous then I don't know what is. CCU nurses should never have more that 1 or 2 patients at most. Those patients require close attention that cannot be given if the nurse has 3 patients. Just ask California. They have laws that make it illegal for a CCU nurse to have more than 1-2 patients. They also have laws for other floors as well. Staffing issues are not just a Lifepoint issue, but a national issue. As nurses we need to unite together and lobby for safe staffing all across the US. Not just in california. Just hang in there guys. Your hard work will not go unrewarded. Good luck to you all.
Alot of focus has been placed on the nursing staff levels...and indeed this needs attention. But what about the rest of the staff? They provide needed services so that nursing and the physicians can do their job. They are also losing good talented people. How much knowledge was lost when two key people resigned from Pharmacy? The great people no longer in MIS? I heard Radiology was very concerned a couple of months or so ago about losing the graduating radiology students who worked part time and no plans were known on what they were going to do about staffing. What happened with that? Biomed lost a great resource when the great new company that took over laid him off. Other areas have had staff resign and they are not going to be replaced. Jobs that are replaced are hand picked from out of town. Nobody knows anyone anymore. We are beaten down and trampled upon. Working used to provide a sense of accomplishment and contribution to the welfare of the patients, each other and the community. Now what we do is becoming nothing a way to make money to pay what bills we can (remember that limit on raises)...
When someone finds the high morale at DRMC, let those of us who lost it know where to find it!
Morale! It is easy to have a high morale when you are making the CEO money. Five years ago Art was making 375,000 a year with a 200,00 a year bonus.
I remember when Art first came. He met with management to tell everyone how he was going to make appts with the staff nurses, etc. to talk with him one-on-one about the current state of affairs affecting their depts. Though that sounded great, I don't believe anything ever happened, at least not in my depts. Once again, I tried to believe in the message and went to share this info with staff, encouraging them to talk with him, if given the chance. Once again, nothing happened. Most staff would not recognize the CEO, CNO, CFO, etc. even if they did come to their depts. We have so many consultants coming and going...that one group gets mixed up wih another. Let's don't get started on consultants....another wise use of money! Was anything accomplished by consultants in the building? Here today....gone tomorrow....
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