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Vol. 2, No. 15 October 2, 1989

Employees Stand United In Helping The NeedyUnited Wily Campaign Under Way Until Oct. 18

eligible to win valuable prizes andpaid days off.TAH-LVHC

By completing their pledge cardsand depositing them in boxes ateither cafeteria site before 1p.m. Oct.18,employees will have the chance towin a 1990 Plymouth Acclaim automo-bile, which was generously donatedby Scott Chrysler-Plymouth, LehighSt., Allentown. No contribution isrequired.

Also, employees will have an oppor-tunity to win one of 12 $250 prizesthrough contributing to the UnitedWay. In addition, the hospital hasmade available more than 300 paiddays off, which will be distributedthrough a random drawing to employ-ees who contribute.

Employees raise their chances ofwinning by increasing their contribu-tions.HealthEast

Employees will have the opportu-nity to win movie tickets and paiddays off,provided they donate at least50 cents a week. Return pledge cardsto Human Resources before Oct. 29.

To be eligible for the car drawing,no contribution is necessary. How-ever, a donation equal to one hour'spay each month is encouraged for allemployees.

For more information regardingthe United Way campaign refer toemployee letters or contact KeithStrawn at ext. 8864 or Barbara Salva-dore at ext. 8415 (TAH-LVHC) andLeilani Souders at ext. 7936 (HE).

Our employees are concernedabout the less fortunate in their com-munity. Not only do they strive tohelp others on the job but alsothrough contributing to the UnitedWay.

Last year TAH-LVHC employeesdug deeply into their pockets andgenerously contributed $108,000 tothe fund. Likewise, HealthEastemployees donated $10,482.

By giving to the United Way inLehigh County, employees helped oth-ers because their contributions sup-port 91 agencies, which provided ser-vices last year to more than 250,000people in Lehigh, Northampton andWagen counties.

The United Way is tackling commu-nity problems, the theme of this year'scampaign, which has an $8 milliongoal for the tri-county region. Amongthe issues being addressed by UnitedWay-supported agencies are illiter-acy, substance abuse, the plight of theelderly, violence, the needs of the dis-abled and homelessness.

This year, it is hoped that evenmore employees will contribute tothe fund and help TAH-LVHC raise$110,000 and HealthEast $12,265before Wednesday, Oct. 18, the cam-paigns' deadline.

Donations may be made throughpayroll deduction or by a direct con-tribution.

Participating employees become

Katie Scaief, Communications (HE) andJack Dunleavy (LVHC site) each hopetheir support of United Way will help them be the lucky winner of a 1990 Ply-mouth Acclaim.

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Briefly Speaking ...Bloodmobile To Visit TAHSite Oct. 17

The Miller Memorial Blood Center will conduct its annual Blood AssuranceProgram on Oct. 17.The bloodmobile will be in the School of Nursing audito-rium from 7 to 10 a.m. Employees interested in donating should schedule anappointment no later than Oct. 12, the registration deadline, by callingEmployee Health at ext. 2289 between 7:15a.m. and 4 p.m. Mondays through Fri-days.

The hospital is providing this opportunity for members of the Blood Assur-ance Program to fulfill their donation obligation. If a blood donor group fails tomeet its quota during two consecutive years, the following calendar year cred-its will be released only for those group members who have given blood or pro-vided a substitute donor.Magic Years Parent Group To Sell Hoagies

The Parents' Advisory Commitee (PAC) of Magic Years Child Care Centerwill hold its annual hoagie sale on Friday, Oct. 13.

This year, Under the Sycamore Tree delicatessan will make the 12-inch sand-wiches of ham, turkey or roast beef. Orders may be placed with PACmembersor by contacting President Kelli Ripperger at ext. 2536. The hoagies will cost $3each. A limited number of sandwiches will be available outside of TAHsite caf-eteria at lunchtime.Employee Activities Committee Seeks Bazaar Items

TAH-LVHC Employee Activities Committee will sponsor its fifth annualChristmas bazaar on Thursday, Nov. 30 and Friday, Dee. 1 in the main lobby ofLVHCsite.

Any employee wishing to sell handcrafted items at the bazaar should contactSharon Bartz at ext. 8836. As space is limited, participants will be accepted ona first-come, first-served basis.

Hockey Benefit Aids Cancer Research, TreatmentThe Lehigh Valley Volunteers Hockey Club will face off against the Philadel-

phia Flyers Alumni Nov. 13 during a benefit game to raise money for theresearch and treatment of leukemia and related blood diseases.

Proceeds of the game to be held at the Allentown Ice Palace will be donatedto t e Flyers' Wives Charities, which benefit Hahnemann University's Barry Ash-bee Research Laboratories, named for the late Flyers defenseman.

Anyone wanting to contribute is requested to contact Nancy Attrill, NursingServices (LVHC) at ext. 8282.

FACTSParticipantsTo Appear On TV

Three TAH-LVHC medical profes-sionals will discuss flu prevention inthe community on Channel 69's "TalkWith Your Doctor," a one-hour TVpro-gram to be broadcast at 8 p.m. Oct. 5.

To be featured are: John A. Kibel-stis, M.D.,medical director of Respira-tory Therapy; Luther Rhodes, M.D.,chief of Infectious Diseases andTAH-LVHC epidemiologist; andDiane Halstead, Ph.D., director ofMicrobiology/Virology and Immunol-ogy. The TV appearance is part oftheir participation in FACTS (FluAwareness Through In-Service).

CheckUp is a biweekly publica-tion of the CommunicationsDepartment of HealthEast. Tosubmit an article or for addi-tional information, call ext.7915.Our mission is your health.

HealthEast, a not-for-profitregional health care system,is more than 8,000 profes-sionals, employees and vol-unteers working to provideyou with quality, comprehen-sive health services.

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Oct. 12 PartyTo Honor V.P.Darryl Lippman

Areception titled ADecade ofDar-ryl will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Thursday, Oct. 12at the George Wash-ington Lodge in Allentown to honorDarryl Lippman, executive vice presi-dent of HealthEast. All employees areinvited to attend and bid the formerpresident of TAHsite a fond farewell.Paid reservations are required. Call778-7990 for more details.

Lippman has resigned, effectiveOct. 14, to become the president andchief executive officer of St. VincentMedical Center, a 640-bed tertiarycare and teaching hospital in Toledo,Ohio.

"I have enjoyed the many profes-sional challenges during my 10 yearsin Allentown, and feel very goodabout what was accomplished at TheAllentown Hospital for the first eightyears and my contributions made tothe HealthEast system in my execu-tive vice president role during thelast two," Lippman says. "I am deeplyappreciative of the many members ofthe hospital family-employees, medi-cal staff, board members, auxiliarymembers and others in thecommunity-for the tremendous sup-port I received during these 10 yearsof growth and progress."

Since being appointed executivevice president of HealthEast in 1987,Lippman's responsibilities haveincluded oversight and coordinationof Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospi-tal, Slate Belt Nursing and Rehabilita-tion Center, Behavioral Health Ser-vices, and the Community HealthServices Organization (CHSO) and itsrelated freestanding primary care cen-ters. During Lippman's eight-year pres-idency at TAH site, the hospital wasexpanded and completely renovated.

The HealthEast Board of Directorsaccepted Lippman's resignation withregret on Sept. 6. HealthEast Presi-dent David P. Buchmueller, who com-mended Lippman for his leadershipand professionalism, praised him forhis positive attitude. The communityand health care industry owe Lipp-man a debt of gratitude, Buchmuelleradded.

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Board Of DirectorsEDITOR'SNOTE:This is the 12thinstallment in an ongoingCheckUp feature which providesbrief biographical sketches ofcommunity leaders who volun-teer their time and talents toserve on our boards of directors.

Gen. Fred Kornet Jr.HealthEast

In 1982, Gen. Fred Kornet Jr.became a member of the HealthEastBoard of Directors. He also serves aschairman of the Pension Committeeand is a member of the Executive,Planning, Audit and Information Ser-vices committees. Kornet is amember of the Slate Belt Nursing andRehabilitation Center, HealthEastEnterprises Ine. and Fairgrounds Sur-gical Center boards of directors.

Kornet retired with the rank of lieu-tenant general from the U.S.Army in1975. His last assignment was as thedeputy chief of staff for logistics inthe Pentagon.

Upon completing his militarycareer, Kornet joined PennsylvaniaPower and Light Company and wasvice president for Corporate Plan-ning when he retired in 1982.

~He received his bachelor of science

degree from Lehigh University andmaster of business administrationdegree from the University of Chi-cago.

In addition to the active role heplays on the HealthEast system's com-mittee rosters, Kornet is a member ofthe Advisory Board of NortheasternBank.

"I enjoy serving as a member of theHealthEast Board of Directorsbecause of the importance of supe-rior health care to our community,the complexities of the issues we facetoday, and the professionalism of allof those with whom I serve," Kornetsays.

Carl R. MaioTAH-LVHC and HealthEast

Carl R. Maio has been a hospitalboard member since 1983, and began

Gen. Fred Kornet Jr.

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his tenure on the HealthEast board in1984. Before the TAH-LVHC Boardwas established in 1988, Maio servedon the LVHCboard. He currently ischairman of the Audit Committee,and a member of the Planning Com-mittee and Clinical Chairmen CaseReview Committee.

Maio is vice president of the LehighDivision of the Pennsylvania Power

and Light Company, beginning hiscareer in 1949. In 1951 he wasassigned to Lancaster as an industrialsales engineer and was promoted tosupervisor of industrial sales in 1953.That same year, Maio was transferredto Allentown and named staff assis-tant to the vice president-Commercial at the General Office inAllentown.

In 1964, he was named Susque-hanna Division superintendent andthree years later was advanced to divi-sion operating manager. He becamedirector of Personnel in 1969 beforebeing named to the post of construc-tion manager in 1971. The followingyear, he was appointed to his currentposition.

Maio is a native of Lancaster and agraduate of Villanova University,where he received a bachelor'sdegree in electrical engineering. Inaddition, he served in the Navy fortwo years during World War II.

Active in the community, Maio ischairman of the Allentown-LehighCounty Chamber of Commerce, direc-tor of the Industrial DevelopmentCorp. and the Lehigh Economic Devel-opment Corp. He is chairman of thePresident's Council and a member ofthe Board of Trustees of AllentownCollege of St. Francis de Sales; amember of the Lehigh Valley Commit-tee of the Pennsylvania EconomyLeague and a member of the Allen-town Rotary Club. He is also amember of the board of directors ofthe Lehigh Valley Bank.

Maio and his wife, Mary Catherine,are the parents of a son and threedaughters.

"As a resident of the Lehigh Valley,I take delight in seeing our commu-nity grow and prosper; with that,comes some obligation to be part ofthe growth and enrichment of life inthe Lehigh Valley," Maio says. "I findthat serving on the HealthEast andTAH-LVHC boards provides meanother opportunity to be part of thegrowth and improvement of the qual-ity of life in our community."

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Educational HappeningsMonday, Oct. 2LVHC - "Second Annual Cardiovascular Nursing Seminar: New Beats in Cardi-ology;" 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; auditorium. A nationally known speaker will discussprofessional networking and collaboration. Cardiovascular nursing and medi-cal experts will present information on the status and trends in pacemakers, val-vular heart disease, angioplasty, hemodynamics and tissue oxygenation. Nocharge to hospital staff. Registration required; call Human Resource Develop-ment at ext. 8320.LVHC - Lotus 1-2-3 introductory personal computer (p.c.) training course; 9a.m. to 4 p.m.; Information Services training room, General Services Building,second floor. Registration required; call Human Resource Development at ext.2430 from 2 to 3 p.m. only.

Tuesday, Oct. 3LVHC - Lotus 1-2-3intermediate p.c. training course; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, Informa-tion Services training room, General Services Building, second floor. Registra-tion required; call Human Resource Development at ext. 2430 from 2 to 3 p.m.only.

Wednesday, Oct. 4LVHC - Power Base basic p.c. training course; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m; Information Ser-vices training room, General Services Building, second floor. Registrationrequired; call Human Resource Development at ext. 2430 from 2 to 3 p.m. only.

Thursday, Oct. 5LVHC - PowerBase advanced p.c. training course; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, InformationServices training room, General Services Building, second floor. Registrationrequired; call Human Resource Development at ext. 2430 from 2 to 3 p.m. only.

Friday, Oct. 6Holiday Inn Conference Center, Interstate 78 and Route 100 - "First Neu-roscience Symposium: Epilepsy;" 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program will provide inter-nists, general practitioners, neurologists, neurosurgeons, nurses and electrocar-diogram technicians with an update in the physiology, diagnosis and treatmentof the epilepsies, both surgical and non-surgical. Employees of the HealthEastsyste will be charged a $20 fee. Registration required; contact HumanResource Development at ext. 8320.

Saturday, Oct. 7LVHC - "Aggresive Therapy of Atherosclerosis: Methods and Evidence forLesion Regression;" 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; auditorium. The program is designed forphysicians, nurses and other health-care professionals. The hospital staff willnot be charged but registration is required. For more information or to register,contact Human Resource Development at ext. 8320.

Tuesday, Oct. 10LVHC - IBM DisplayWrite 4 introductory p.c. training course; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m,Information Services training room, General Services Building, second floor.Registration required; call Human Resource Development at ext. 2430 from 2to 3 p.m. only.

Wednesday, Oct. 11LVHC - IBM DisplayWrite 4 intermediate p.c. training course; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m;Information Services training room, General Services Building, second floor.Registration required; call Human Resource Development at ext. 2430 from 2to 3 p.m. only.

Thursday, Oct. 12LVHC - IBMDisplayWrite 4 advanced p.c. training course; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, Infor-mation Services training room, General Services Building, second floor. Regis-tration required; call Human Resource Development at ext. 2430 from 2 to 3p.m. only.

Czech DelegatioThis year's second "east-meets-

west" visit to LVHC site took placerecently when officials from Czecho-slovakia's Air Medical Services touredthe hospital's MedEvac and traumaprograms.

The delegation of four was hostedby Eileen Pozzi, flight coordinator forMedEvac and board member of theAssociation of Air Medical Services,who sponsored the delegation'slO-day trip to the United States.

The group consisted of two physi-cians, the Czech equal to the head ofthe Federal Aviation Administrationand the lead pilot for Slovair, thegovernment-run airline.

While the purpose of the siteinspection was for the Czechs to findnew ways to transport and care fortheir seriously ill and injured, the visitalso offered LVHC site officialsinsight into their country's innova-tions in the field.

"Their program has tremendouspre-hospital stability, something we'dlike to achieve," commented GeorgeMoerkirk, M.D., chief of Pre-HospitalEmergency Medicine, TAH-LVHC, ata news conference at LVHCsite. "Thisreliability and availability of emer-gency medical services existsbecause they are state operated andall pre-hospital personnel are paid,whereas most of their peers in theUnited States are volunteers and theprograms are not organized on anational level," added Moerkirk.

Also lauding the Czech programwas Michael Rhodes, M.D., chief ofthe Trauma Division at the hospital.Europeans have an effective systems-approach to trauma care, whichRhodes wants to see replicated in thiscountry.

"We're catching up with them, butit was good to meet first hand the peo-ple who are doing it," he said.

According to the group's leaderand translator, Ladislav Mika, chief ofthe Flight Operation Division of theCivil Aviation Administration, Minis-try of Transport and Communica-tions, the Czech air medical programis a pilot project that debuted in 1987.

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11 Tours LVHCMedEvac And Trauma ProgramCzechoslovakia is currently the onlyeastern block country with a formalair medical program.

Rescue teams fly Russian-made heli-copters on urban, rural and mountainmissions. The mountain rescue teamsinclude specially trained personnelalong with the medical team. Czechrescue helicopters fly 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.They do not fly in bad weather or atnight because of the dangers pre-sented by the mountains.

Physicians accompany all flights,performing on-scene invasive proce-dures as mandated by law.

As ofJuly, 1,911 missions have beenflown with no accidents, noted Mika.

Mika expects the state soon willapprove a national flight program,which will begin establishing 12 net-works of Emergency Medical Servicescenters throughout the country.

The recent increase in tourists,especially uncautious mountainclimbers, has resulted in more traumainjuries. Speedy transport of patientsto medical facilities is the key to sav-ing lives.

Olga Kralova, M.D., chief of thedepartment of Urgent Medicine at theRegional Hospital of Banska Bystricain Slovakia, also part of the pilot pro-gram, listed the major causes of deathin her region as cardiac problems,burns and trauma. She gave 86 per-cent as the survival rate among themore than 3,000 persons air lifted tohospitals.

"Life is worth prolonging,"declared Kralova, adding that longlives are productive ones.

Eileen Pozzi, R.N., MedEvac flightcoordinator, and Czech physicianFrantisek Zdicbynec, M.D. examineequipment used aboard MedEvac.

Mike Ramos, communications technician, (seated) explains new MedEvaccommunications networking equipment to Czech delegation (from left): OlgaKraloua, M.D.;Ing Ladislav Mika, Czech aviation official; Frantisek Zdicbynec,M.D.;and Stanislav Hradsky, pilot and helicopter inspector.

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Tour Pediatric O.R. Holding AreaThe Pediatric Operating Room (O.R.) Holding Area will hold a ribbon-cutting

ceremony and tours at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10 at TAH site.Prior to the ribbon cutting, a program will be held featuring two nurses of

Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dottie Lappe, R.N.,will speak on "Recovering: Awaken-ing Experience for Children and Families" and Mildred Hesterberg, R.N.,willdiscuss "Parents at the Bedside-Who Cares?" Employees and their families arewelcome to attend the program, ribbon cutting and tours.

Parenting Lecture To Be Held Oct. 18The Pediatrics Department (TAH) will sponsor a free lecture, Your Child

and Bed Wetting, at 7 p.m. Oct. 18 in TAH site auditorium.The speaker will be John Jaffe, M.D.,pediatric urology. Space is limited so

make reservations early. For more information or to register, call WomanCareat ext. 3800.

TAH-LVHC Graduates Five Med-TechsThe members of the 49th graduating class ofTAH-LVHC Program in Medical

Technology were honored at commencement exercises held recently in TAHsite auditorium.

The five graduates of the 1989 class are Sandra DiFelice and Nadine Ulshafer(Bethlehem); Neda Olivares and R. Dianne Unger (Allentown); and Marla Hoyt(Macungie).

Olivares received the academic achievement award for the highest academicperformance during lecture. Unger received the award for highest clinical aver-age.

Others honored were William Barthold and Marie Mingora, outstanding clin-ical instructors and Beth Cepil, outstanding lecturer. Microbiology was namedthe outstanding teaching department.

The program is under the medical direction of Proctor Child, M.D.NancyBickford, certified medical technologist, is program director. The programencompasses the following areas of study: blood bank, coagulation, chemistry,hematology, immunology, microbiology, urinalysis, management and education .

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Members of the 1989 graduating class in TAH-LVHC Program in Medical Tech-nology are (from left) Sandra DiFelice, Marla Hoyt, Neda Olivares, NadineUlshafer and R. Dianne Unger.

Child Care CenterAt LVHC Site GetsNew Vendor

Day-care services at LVHCsite havebeen provided by a new vendor, Coun-try Cottage Day Care, since Aug. 19.According to Sue Reinke, director ofPersonnel Services, TAH-LVHC,these services are nearly identical tothose furnished by the previous pro-vider, Lehigh Valley Child Care(LVCC).

Country Cottage DayCare was cho-sen by the Parents Advisory Commit-tee to replace LVCCon the basis oftheir proposal for operating the ChildCare Center. The contract with LVCCexpired at midnight, Aug. 18, 10 daysafter letters informing parents of thechange were mailed.

In bidding for the contract to oper-ate the center, Country Cottage pro-posed a standard price for all chil-dren: $85 per week, full-time for anyage. This compared with $100 forinfants, $85 for toddlers, and $75 forpre-kindergarten children as quotedby LVCC,Reinke reports.

Country Cottage also agreed to con-tinue providing evening and week-end coverage, a feature which LehighValley Child Care wanted to discon-tinue.

The $85 weekly rate for TAH-LVHCchildren will be honored at allfacilities operated by Country Cot-tage as long as the LVHCcenter is full,Reinke added. The organization oper-ates centers at 1101 S. Cedar CrestBlvd., 1503 N. Cedar Crest Blvd., 15thand Greenleaf streets, and 3440Lehigh St.,all in Allentown, as well aslocations in Bethlehem, Easton andSlatington.

State inspectors recently reducedthe number of children allowed inthe pre-kindergarten room from 41 to29. It is customary for the state to per-form inspections before a new ven-dor takes over, Reinke says. Somevacancies resulted from the start of anew school year and the arrival of anew vendor. While these vacancieshave, for the most part, been filled,parents interested in placing childrenat LVHCsite should call Jim Fullerton,Country Cottage director, at ext.8969 to be added to a waiting list.

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Benefits SpotlightAll medically necessary diagnostic

services, including X-rays and labora-tory tests, are covered under theHealthEast Health Plan at 100 percentof the fee schedule if they are per-formed by a participating HealthEastHealth Plan provider. Many physi-cians who participate in the Health-East Health Plan perform diagnostictests in their offices. These will bereimbursed at 100 percent of the feeschedule. If the physician is unable toperform the diagnostic test, many phy-sicians will send the work to an out-side laboratory. These will bereimbursed at 75 percent of the feeschedule.

Please ask where the diagnostictests will be sent and request to havethem performed by a HealthEast pro-vider to ensure 100 percentreimbursement.

It is the employee's responsibilityto have diagnostic tests performed bya participating HealthEast HealthPlan provider. This will eliminate abill with a balance that the employeemust pay.

AIDS Office RelocatesThe AIDS Activities Office has

recently relocated. The new addressis Mental Health/Mental RetardationBuilding, 236 N. 17th St., Allentown,PA 1 104.

The office may be entered from therear of the building by the door adja-cent to Magic Years Day Care Center.The telephone extension remains thesame, 2400 or 8193.

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Lippman soon will move to Toledowith his wife, Lynn, and their twosons, John, 15, and Marc, 13. He willassume his new post on Oct. 23.

"From a personal standpoint, mywife, two children and I will all missAllentown, including our friends, aswell as the fine community itself andits proximity to many activities thatwe enjoy," Lippman says. "However,Toledo appears to have a number ofsimilar features and the excellent pro-fessional opportunity is important formy continued career progression. Wewill continue to hold Allentown dearto our hearts and plan to visit fromtime to time."

Employee Cooks Up TemptingMenu For Temporary Cafeteria

Margaret "Mugsie" McDonald, assistant director of Food and Nutrition Ser-vices, is cooking up ways to dazzle diners in LVHCsite's temporary cafeteria.

"Food Services is making every attempt to make the next six months tolera-ble, even enjoyable," notes McDonald as she reviews plans for feeding hospitalemployees, physicians, volunteers and visitors in the temporary cafeteria, whilethe permanent dining facility is being renovated.

Innovative ways of serving food and a varied menu are key ingredients to tak-ing care of the hungry in a quick fashion, McDonald says. She plans healthy andappetizing menus for diners to enjoy in the pale peach-colored facility on thethird floor of the Anderson Wing. An added feature of the temporary cafeteriais its expanse of windows which provide a panoramic view to the north and eastof the hospital.

Here is a look at the tasty, tempting menu. Look for information about upcom-ing "theme days" and special promotions in future issues of CheckUp.

MENUBreakfast

(Served daily, 7 to 9 a.m.)Cereal, pastries, eggs, bacon, sausage and "daily specials"

Soups(Self-serve: Two selections daily)

Carving Station(Served Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)

Roast Pork: MondayRoast Turkey: Tuesday & Thursday

Roast Beef: WednesdaySmoked Ham: Friday"'Sold by the ounce'"

Two daily entrees with vegetables(Served daily, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)

Salad Bar/Fruit Bar(Served daily, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.)

"'Sold by the ounce'""New York Style" Deli Bar

(Served daily, 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.)Featuring fresh sandwiches and salads

Pizza Station(Open daily, 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.)

Featuring two different toppings each day'Special coupon promotion: buy 10 slices or pies, get the lIth free'

Desserts(Served daily, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.)

Plus:Beverage station, vending machines, sandwiches and salads "to go"

HealthCounts Offers Smoking Cessation ClassesSmoking Cessation Hypnosis will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 19 in

LVHC site boardroom. The 90-minute session focuses on eliminating thethoughts and behaviors that continually support the smoking habit. No chargefor employees. The cost to community members is $25. The registration dead-line is Oct. 12.

Quit smoking in five days! Smoke Stoppers, a nationally recognized behav-ior modification program, will be offered beginning 7 p.m. Oct. 11at the Bethle-hem Public Library. The first of the eight 90-minute sessions will be free. Theprogram fee for employees is $80 with a $20 refund for attending all, or all butone session. Community members will be charged $150,with a $23 tuition dis-count if referred by a physician. The program will be repeated at 7 p.m., Oct. 18at the American Legion in Lehighton.

For more information and to register, call HealthCounts at 821-2150.

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After The MergerAdmitting Bed ControlCentralized At LVHCSite

Recently, TAH site bed assignmentfunction was relocated to the CentralAdmitting Office at LVHC site. Themerger of this function will provide acentral overview and management ofall medical/surgical and critical carebeds at TAH-LVHC, according toJohn Horoski, director of Admitting.

The central bed control office canbe reached at ext. 8061 and TAH bedassignment desk can be contacteddirectly at ext. 8062.

WomanCare AnnouncesOctober Lectures

WomanCare, a program of TAH-LVHC,will sponsor the following lec-tures during October.

PMS-Premenstrual Syndrome,presented by Beth Folio, M.D.,OB/GYN, TAH-LVHC, will examineways women can cope with a prob-lem that is not all psychological. Thelecture will be held at noon and 7p.m. Oct. 4, TAH site auditorium.

A lecture that runs concurrently,PMS-For Men Only, will be held 7p.m. only, Oct. 4, TAHsite O.R.confer-ence room. Lawrence Glazerman,M.D., OB/GYN, TAH-LVHC, willexplain the causes and symptoms ofpremenstrual syndrome.

omen and Sexually Transmit-ted Diseases, will be held at noonand 7 p.m. Oct. 11 in TAH site audito-rium. The speaker, Andrea Geshan,R.N., director of Infection Controland AIDS Activities (TAH-LVHC),will review the most up-to-date infor-mation on sexually transmitted dis-eases.

A two-part lecture, What Color IsYour Parachute?, is a career seminarfor women re-entering the workforce. The first class, to be held onOct. 19, will explore careers relatedto identified interests and skills. Thesecond session, on Oct. 26, will coverresume writing, job hunting and inter-view techniques. Both sessions willbe held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the TAHsite School of Nursing auditorium.

Free parking is available and baby-sitting services will be provided withregistration five days prior to the lec-tures.

For more information or to regis-ter, call WomanCare at ext. 3800.

Employee Meetings ScheduledMark your calendar to attend an employee meeting this month. These

informal get-togethers will feature a number of topics discussed bySamuel Huston, president; Philip Brown, executive vice president andchief operating officer; and Luis Martinez, senior vice president forHuman Resources. Assisting them will be staff members from HumanResources. Employee participation is encouraged.

All meetings will be held in the auditorium at the specified site unlessnoted otherwise. A special meeting will be held at Home Care at 2 p.m.Oct. 20.

Please plan to attend one of the following meetings:

TAHSITE LVHCSITEDATE TIME DATE TIME

Oct. 3 9:30 a.m. Oct. 2 9 p.m.Oct. 4 2 p.m. Oct. 3 2 p.m.Oct. 5 7:30 a.m. Oct. 4 9 a.m.Oct. 5 9:30 a.m. Oct. 10 3:30 p.m.Oct. 9 7:30 a.rn. Oct. 11 8:30 a.m.Oct. 9 2:30 p.m. Oct. 11 9 p.m.O.R.Conf. Rm.-OR only Oct. 17 2 a.m.Oct. 10 6:50 a.rn. Oct. 17 3 a.m.

Oct. 24 10 a.m.Oct. 12 10 a.m.Oct. 12 2 p.rn. O.R.Classroom-OR onlyOct. 18 2 p.m. Oct. 31 6:45 a.m.Oct. 18 9 p.m.Oct. 23 9 p.m.Oct. 25 2 a.m.Oct. 25 3 a.m.

Symposiums Held In OctoberMaggie Kuhn, co-founder of the Gray Panthers Organization, Philadelphia,

will be the keynote speaker during Gerontology: Present and Future Nurs-ing Issues, part of TAH-LVHC Regional Symposium Series.

The symposium will be held from 9 a.rn. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20 at theLVHCsite auditorium. The gerontology symposium, sponsored by HealthEast'sFriends of Nursing, is designed to update professional nurses on the latesttrends in the field of gerontology. The fee for the symposium will be $50 and isopen to all health care professionals. For more information or to register, pleasecontact Human Resource Development at ext. 8320.

Computers in Health Care: Symposium and Expo., to be held Oct. 21 atLVHCsite auditorium, will increase awareness and provide information on thepresent and future uses of computers.

The program is designed for physicians, nurses and other health care profes-sionals. There is no fee for employees, but lunch will cost $5. For more informa-tion, contact Human Resource Development at ext. 8320.

Laboratory Contributions to the Diagnosis of Infectious Disease is thetopic of a conference, to be held Oct. 25 and 26 at LVHCsite auditorium, And-erson Wing. The program will focus on the laboratory contributions to the diag-nosis of infectious diseases.

The conference is an intermediate- to advanced-level continuing educationprogram designed for physicians, nurses, pharmacy and laboratory staff. Theprogram, supported in part by TAH-LVHC, is sponsored by the Lehigh ValleyAssociation for Clinical Microbiology and Immunology and the Bureau of Labo-ratories, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Lionville.

There is no charge for HealthEast employees, however, lunch is not included.Registration deadline is Monday, Oct. 16. For more information, contact DianeHalstead at ext. 8150. To register, contact David Etowski, M.S.,MicrobiologyDepartment, St. Luke's Hospital, 801 Ostrum St., Bethlehem.

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