Dave Emery, LWV Observer
Reports
1. Board members reported on a Minnesota Hospital Association Trustee Conference which several of them attended. Many of the sessions dealt with the new Federal health act, and the possible implications of the act for hospitals in MN. The details of the act aren’t known at this time, as the regulations still [...]
Dave Emery, LWV Observer
Reports
1. Staff reported on a new delivery and fetal monitoring system. The system records observations from both the mother and the fetus. Information on up to four simultaneous deliveries is displayed at the nurse’s station, allowing more efficient use of nursing time. Information on a specific patient can be accessed by the [...]
Dave Emery, LWV Observer
Reports
1. Staff reported on the use of a Flex-grant the hospital had received to improve and coordinate drug treatment programs in Rice County, and to establish a “Take-it-to-the-box” program for the safe disposal of unused prescription drugs.
2. Staff reported on the continuing effort to implement an electronic medical records system. The [...]
Submitted by Ann Ness, League Observer
Chair Steve Delzer called the meeting to order. The first item on the Revised Agenda was to approve the minutes of 11-17-05. This passed. Next was approval of the 2006 Operating Budget. The budget for net revenues projected for 2005 was $39,793,751.00 and for 2006 is [...]
Submitted by Ann Ness, League Observer
Chair Steve Delzer called the early Board meeting to order at 4:08 p.m. instead of its usual 6:30 p.m. meeting time. He welcomed Vern Lougheed, Diector of Information Systems to the meeting. The minutes of 10/27/05 were approved.
Mary Crow presented the Emergency Management Plan which had no substantive [...]
Submitted by Ann Ness, League Observer
Here is a timeline of interest to those of you following the Hospital Restructuring Proposal (handed out at the City Council/Hospital Board work session 8-25-05):
August 25 Council suggests that Hospital Board make a recommendation
September 12 Council acts on resolution to ask for recommendation
September 29 Hospital Board develops and approves a [...]
Submitted by Ann Ness, League of Women Voters Observer
Board Chair Steve Delzer called the monthly Board meeting to order at 6:45 p.m. with a presentation by the Hospital Auxiliary President Ellen Cox. Through its proceeds from the annual Book Fair, the Auxiliary donated more than $28,000 to cover important equipment needs, including a community [...]
Submitted by Ann Ness, League Observer
As a matter of interest, the Hospital Board Governance & Planning Committee met on June 8 at 7:00 a.m., and the minutes indicate that Steve Delzer, John Lundblad and Ken Bank brought the other attendees (Bob Shepley, M.D., Curt Swenson, Lee Lansing, Mayor, and David Oliver) “up-to-date on the status [...]
Submitted by Ann Ness, LWV Observer
A special meeting of the Northfield Hospital Board was called for the purpose of approving bids for the Lonsdale Clinic. As long as the Board was meeting, a couple of other items were added. A quorum of five members was present. Board Chairperson Steve Delzer called the [...]
Submitted by Ann Ness, LWV Observer.
As a follow-up to the Meeting Minutes of 3-31-05, it should be noted that following a short break the Board went into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the Allina Relationship and the CEO Evaluation. The LWV Observer was not present for the Executive Session nor for [...]