The Citizen's Committee meets tonight (Mar 13).
The meeting will be held at the Danville Municipal Building conference room (instead of at the hospital). The meeting is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. tonight.
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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
16 comments:
So does that mean it's an open meeting and anyone can go?
That's right. You can go and look and listen--but keep your damn mouth shut.
That's the problem, too many shut mouths.
The tricks are so transparent. They will have a private meeting for employees who are frightened to speak out or admit their dissatisfaction. Art & Company are already getting the hints out that they will have ways of knowing who shows and utters a negative word. So remember that Big Brother is watching, and he'll nail your ass for speaking the truth.
Check out this link and see how the funds are being distributed from another not for profit hospital that was bought by LifePoint.
http://www.conalma.org/nnmhgg.shtml
Let Big Brother watch.
He can get his rear end sued for civil rights violations.Oh yes , he can.When were these hints given out and do you have them in writing ? If you do Oh boy.
OK, so at some point you have to decide, Am I going to be scared to speak and live with whatever happens or have the courage to speak up and try to make a difference? If you choose not to speak at this opportunity you forfit your right to bitch from here on out. If you are afraid to speak because you think you are going to be a long term employee regardless of what happens fine, just resign yourself to living with whatever happens. If you are already disgusted and looking at other options, then one of two things happens; your voice makes a difference and you have a job you can live with, or nothing changes and you go ahead and go elsewhere.
Another Con Alma link that should be passed on to the Citizens Committee and the Regional Foundation.
http://www.ago.state.nm.us/pio/pressrel/2003/AGAnnouncesDistributionOf$4.5Million.htm
It seems these folks were serious about their communities health care after the loss of their non-profit hospital. They are really concerned with $3.5 million, imagine what we could do with $200 million!
I was unable to attend the meeting this evening. Please post an update if you were there.
Well, don't count on the Register to let us know what happened. They are bought and paid for.
Seriously....I can't believe that there is no article about the meeting on their website.
And, what happened to posting letters to the editor? They haven't put one on in a week.
They (Register & Bee) don't guarantee they will publish your letter, so they may have gotten some and chosen not to publish. Also, they will edit anything they deem too negative. Continue to write regardless, I would have to think enough letters would at least get a reporter assigned to investigate. What else can you do?
- Ringgold
MORE ON THE BANK BOYS....
From:
Chatham Star-Tribune
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 9:11 AM EDT
To the editor,
I agree with Dixie Doss when she writes that Jesus was a sharp-tongued fellow who had plenty to say to the big shots in the New Testament who were trying to run everything and everybody.
But she misses an important point in her lecture to Pastor Charles Warnock of the Chatham Baptist Church, especially after he made out that Jesus was a wimpy guy who went around being nice all the time.
Ms. Doss should have reminded Mr. Warnock of what Jesus did to the evil money-changers in the temple. They were the bankers in their day, and he turned their tables upside down and threw them out.
That's exactly what He would do to the money-changers Ms. Doss says are being protected by Pastor Warnock in his church.
I'm not acquainted with any of these people, but it is so sad to see sugar-coated modern preachers trade in our magnificent Savior for a weakling who could be run over by the big shots. We all are entitled to our favorite sides of Jesus, and I'm partial to the one who gave His life to stand up for what is right, no matter how powerful the adversary.
Even if it's true that big shots run Mr. Warnock's church, I'll bet the big shots do not run the hearts of the people who are in his congregation.
If Pastor Warnock takes Ms. Doss' advice and checks his Bible again, I hope he'll spend some time in the 21st chapter of Matthew. That should make him think twice about protecting the money-changers in his church.
V.A. Wardell
Chatham
Alright folks, here is your chance to do something. Below is the link to the citizens commission website. The first item is a list of members with their e-mail addresses. You can simply click the address and send them an e-mail. Better yet copy the body of your email and then paste it in an email to each member, only takes a few minutes to get your opinion to each and every member. I have already sent each a brief message encouraging them to visit this blog. There is also a comment forum there that you can post to.
http://www.danville-va.gov/page.asp?menuid=2820&sub1menuid=2824&sub2menuid=10761
Steve
Sentinel Event, Is there any way to move the above link to a front page post? That way everyone logging on can see it.
Done.
Thanks for the link, Steve.
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