TowerScope Issue Nr. 17, January 1968

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Through the Scope, Cont'd.
As you can see Saint Joseph is a busy place
and keeps growing, but I am sure that is the way you
want it. Of course, we have thousands of pieces of mail,
visitors, and telephone calls every week.
Benefits for employees have increased. Fringe
benefits for each employee average $1,167.36 yearly in
addition to salaries. We have had salary increases each
January, added a policy on death in the family, and
broadened vacation and sick leave policies. Health and
cafeteria services have improved, parking facilities
have been added, and a new approach in nursing has
been experimented with.
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Fewer employees are leaving Saint Joseph Hosp-
ital. Those who do leave, move out of town, get married,
are having a baby, go on to school or stay home to take
care of their children. In the few instances of term-
ination by the Hospital, the reasons have been for aband-
onment of position, absenteeism, inefficiency, or failure
to return from leave of absence.
In the month of January we have been improving
the Payroll Personnel program on the Computer. Because
of the changes there is a possibility there may have been
mechanical errors on a few paychecks. Considering the
number of paychecks we issue these can be considered
quite minimal.
The Pathology Laboratory construction is moving
right along and will probably be finished in March. We
hope the Laboratory will invite us to their Open House
when it is ready.
And now, we enter 1968, another year of growth
and progress at Saint Joseph because of our Medical Staff
and our Personnel. May it be a busy and Happy Year for
all of us.
IN THE ROUND
CARDIO-PULMONARY �- Kay Gehrman, R.N., broke her
leg   while  skiing  at Vail   during  New  Year's weekend.
Kassie Lenz spent Christmas at her home in Wis-
consin along with Judy Teubert.
J.AUNDRY   � Linday  Montoya's  son   entered   the  Armed
forces on December 27-
�WAINTENANCE   --   The Plant  and  Maintenance Depart-
ment  held  their annual Christmas party at  the Paradise
Valley Country Club on December 29.
Mr. Frank DeSylva, Maintenance Supervisor, was
a patient at Saint Joseph Hospital in January.
BUSINESS OFFICE -- Cleo M. Black's daughter, Stevie
Black has just released a record through Mira Recording
Company with a group called the "Collections".
NURSING SERVICE -- Ann Cogburn, R.N., on 8th floor
left for three weeks with her brother who is in the Armed
Forces in England.
PURCHASING - Ernie Holland, son of Al Holland, Direc-
tor of Purchasing, spent Christmas at home. He is with
the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Hancock in the port of Saigon.
Employees of the Purchasing and Printing Depart-
ments held their traditional Holiday Buffet -and party at
the home of Marty Huber, on December 22.
Miss Jacqueline Labor is now Secretary in Pur -
chasing.
News about the personnel and activities of your depart-
ment is the main interest of the Towerscope. Please
tell  the reporter   in   your department or  the  Towerscope
edit	or ot your news i	terns.				
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DATA DOODLES                    Robert Casler, Asst. Controller
This is to let you know that not all the happen-
ings on second floor are babies. Some of the little blips
and bleeps you may hear on second floor West are coming
from our Computer Room�the home of our IBM 1440.
What a fancy array of equipment! Colored a pretty
blue with flashing lights, a typewriter that goes by itself,
whirring disks and machines that punch holes and print
faster than your eye can count the lines; all this makes
Data Processing a very fascinating department, to say
the least.
Do you know that computers are relatively new
in hospital work? The first computer was installed in
1957. Since then 800 hospitals have gone on computers,
either their own or sharing a computer with another hosp-
ital. But since there are about 8000 hospitals in the
United States, only 10% today are automated for data
processing.   We at Saint Joseph can be proud of one more