Scurry County Hospital District board members this morning officially canceled their part of the May 3 local election.
While all three board incumbents — Loretta McCravey, District 2, Benny Marricle, District 4 and Andrea Martini in an at-large seat — filed their intention to seek their seats again in the election, no challengers for the positions filed to run.
Board members heard a medical staff report given by Dr. David Kerr and approved reappointment of credentials for certified registered nurse’s aide Hayden Hayes.
Kerr also presented an updated triage flowchart for the hospital’s obstetrics department.
“The top line of the flow diagram more or less represents what has changed. Previously everyone had to register at the emergency department,” he said. “What they’re doing now is effectively registering patients who would be expected to go to OB to OB triage, and certain patients that have to go to the ER. There’s still a nursing process where they’re being triaged effectively right out front to catch if someone’s seriously ill and needs to start in the ER.”
Board members approved one policy change and tabled another during the meeting.
The approved policy regarded a process for tagging broken or malfunctioning equipment in the hospital so that it can be easily identified to be taken for maintenance.
Board members tabled a policy which would limit the people who can view the hospital’s security footage. The policy would also limit who can record video at the hospital. The policy was tabled to allow hospital staff to check into the legal aspects, especially with regards to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), of police officers recording video in the hospital.
Board members approved a routine infection control risk assessment and an infection surveillance plan, and approved transfer of tax deeds.
Cogdell’s Chief Financial Officer John Everett reported the hospital received a net income of $241,000 in January.
In her nursing report, Chief Nursing Officer Kathy Goodwin said employee illness has been a problem over the past month.
“We’re working through the busy winter season, and we’ve had, as you might expect, a fair amount of illness among the nursing staff, which makes it challenging,” she said. “But everyone really has pulled together and worked together to take care of everybody.”
At the end of the meeting, board members met in closed session to receive and discuss a quality assurance report, and to discuss personnel matters. The board took no action on those items when they returned to open session.
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