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at your service mafkhamystouffvillehosital marclt 21 r1 99qj pagez dr jim maclean is chief of staff kate gilderdale correspondent perhaps the most striking first impression of markham stouffville hospital is its lack of institutional character with its light spacious atmosphere and soft muted decor its reminiscent of a hotel rather than a hospital the fact that this impression permeates the central philosophy of everyone involved makes it a very special and innovative health care facility one in which employees and the community at large can take tremendous pride markham stouffville hospital will combine true patientcentred care and staff involvement with the finest state- oftheart technology available chief of staff dr james maclean has overall responsibility for the hospitals specific care areas with a focus on hearing disorders and ear surgery at the hospital the department of surgery will be headed up by dr jerry halik an ear nose and throat specialist from st michaels hospital dr halik was joined by another ear nose and throat surgeon dr phil wade who was on staff at the toronto hospital in addition two general surgeons two ophthalmologists two orthopedic surgeons and a urologist will be on staff one plastic surgeon laura tate will perform a full range of surgery including cosmetic advises dr maclean the department of medicine will cover the bulk of patient care at the hospital he states offering a broad range of services the department will include six internists and will be headed up by dr bruce brooks an endocrinologist from york central hospital theres no special focus in the department notes dr maclean we cover the gamut in terms of internal medical problems with a strong emphasis on maternity care the obstetric and gynecology department headed by dr robert gall from womens college hospital will be an important focus of the hospital we will have five obstetriciansgynecologists says dr maclean we want to focus on practising family centred maternity care well have liberal visiting hours and a liberal number of visitors including grandparents and children the birth place consists of five very spacious birthing rooms where mothers stay during the process of labor and delivery the focus will be on natural childbirth getting away from the high tech approach although its there if needed there is also a caesarian room within the unit for quick intervention family members are welcome to attend the birth the department of psychiatry will boast the largest psychiatric unit in york region with 36 beds department chief dr ralph pohlman joins markham stouffville from sunnybrook hospital initially the department will consist of four staff members with an increase to six within the first year the department will incorporate a psychiatric day treatment area as well as an active out patient clinic were also involved in the education of paramedics in york region says dr maclean all department staff has specialty training in emergency medicine which is very good for a community hospital the chief of emergency medicine is dr david austin from toronto general hospital ed takacs vice president diagnostic and support services believes state of the art technology plus the hospitals patientcentred philosophy places markhamstouffville at the forefront of community hospitals were very proud to have a ct scanner in our diagnostic imaging department thats unusual for a mediumsized community hospital were also using a 600 speed film screen in the department which reduces the amount of radiation exposure and thats important for safety and quality of care in terms of results reporting he says everything is immediate whenever the laboratory department completes a report it can be accessed by staff within minutes such information can be obtained only through the use of a password ensuring that no one other than qualified personnel will have access to test results the laboratory also features state of the art equipment including an automatic analyzer which does about 80 of all testing because the equipment is tied into the computer system the results are fed in directly avoiding the need for manual input more than four hundred employees will be on staff when the 245 bed hospital opens in march with an eventual complement of 700 full and part time members anticipated as well over 500 volunteers have already been recruited like his colleagues mr takacs is aware of the importance of a happy and involved staff were doing as much as we can for our employees the type of person weve recruited reflects our goals for the hospital he notes we stress open communications and a decentralized form of management giving midmanagement and nurse managers responsibility for their own areas the hospital regards its employees as one of its biggest resources states vp finance michael young the way the patient sees the employee is the way they view the hospital as a whole were trying to look at the individual and provide them with the most flexible packages to provide the benefits they need lynn hoath vice president patient care services agrees the enthusiasm dedication and effort which has been expended on markham stouffville hospital will go a long way to ensure that the goals marilyn bruner president and her colleagues are aiming for will be realized although no one ever wants to be in hospitalshe concludes we hope that for the community and our staff this hospital will be a wonderful place to be biomedical systems congratulations markham stouffville hospital as health care constantly becomes i more scientific ppg biomedical systems maintains pride of place in supplying stateoftheart obstetrical data management systems providing statistical data while monitoring mother and baby until birth ppg biomedical systems a proud corporate citizen helping to improve the quality of medical care cs900 odms obstetrical data management system with archival retrieval statistical and alert functions all in a user i friendly system 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