f ~ AREA Vv MOVES ‘AHEAD WITH INVOLVEMENT OF ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL - Following the estoblishment lost November. of ¢ an Allied Health Subcommittee by ‘CCRMP Staff. Consultants Committee, AREA: V Committee Chairmen unanimously approved a resolution to considér inclusion of allied health personnel on AREA Vv Committees. This action is now nearing completion and AREA Vv extends ¢ a warm welcome to these new members: oe ' : CARDIAC COMMITTEE: Mrs. Eva: Stimpson, Public Health Nursing Consultant - with the Division of Chronic Diseases ; LAC-USC Medical Center; Mrs. Barbara _O. Henkel, RN, Dept. of Health and Safety, California State College, L. AS} Miss Patricia Sparnicht, RN, Clinical Nurse, Cardiology Clinic, LAC-USC. Medi cal Center;. Maxwell. Rosenblatt, MD, Medical Deputy of : Bureaus, LOA, “County Public Health; Miss Ernestine Smith, Director of. Social Service, Hospital’ of the Good Samaritan; Miss Kathie Obier, ACSW, CCU, LAC-USC Medical. Cente: . Milton Anagnost, ‘Deputy Administrator, Vocational. Rehabilitation Division wit Kenneth R, Morrison as an alternate; Mrs. Mayrose Snider, RN,’ ‘Vernon’ Health Se Department; Mrs. Nadine Eisin, RN, East Los Angeles College; d Jean Felton, MD, Director, Los Angeles County Oo cupationel Health S$ f CANCER COMMITTEE:. Miss Loris Phillips, Coordinator, Dept. of Public Social Service; Mr. Sirustors, Mount San Antonio Colleges : “Nurse, “Community Hospital t of Joon MA Gabriel; HAN ee Emert, RN, ‘Hospita oe: een arth Homes, Cece Ms, ne leming; AREA \ V MOVES AHEAD Oe: + continued LIBRARY SERVICES. COMMITTEE: Alice Locsbrock, R. R.N., Nursing Instru Department of Nursing , California State College, Los Angeles; Mrs. Joan Davidson, :R.N., Chdirntan, Department of ‘Nursing, : Pasadena City College;, Miss Geraldine Wells; R.N.,” In-Service Education Coordinator, Barlow. Sani torium; Mrs. Zelda Grubbs, ACSW, Director of Social | Service Department, Barlow Sanitorium, * Greater utilization of allied health personnel: by physicians i is one of the soluti . ‘to the health manpower shortage advocated by Dr. Roger O. ‘Egeberg , of HEW "IF wédre to get the cooperation of people in private practice and governinent, we have to approach this together," he said to the Statewide Conference of California -RMP's ‘in November of 1969. -"We have fo evolve" better systems we have to get more people doing it." Philip R. Lee; M.D., ‘Chancellor,’ University of California Medical Center ai San Francisco voiced a similar suggestion in'a keynote address béfore the firs National: RMP Conference for Allied Health Professions in April, 1969: . "We: must all share the resporisibility to work effectively to redrder national’ priorities so that-needed programs are developed to deal with the critical domestic problem including health, $0 optly ‘described ¢ as the ‘urban crisis." u eh “AREA Vv Coordinator, DONALD Ww: PETIT, M. D., has beéii invited to 5 ciddress he - 2nd National RMP Conference for Allied Health Professions April 26-29, at” Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginio. ‘He will be able to. say that AREA Vv of “AMERICAN WOIAN Fate CLINIC 8s es First step of the Clinic i is ready for operation! The tele. eS installed ond Ms. Lola Miller, ‘an Indian vo unteer, | w to give referral counselling every. weekday afternoon é ) an 4:00 p.m. Other referral cides, ‘indined by Mrs. | elene Bo ghi on o! ~ Welfare Information Service, will be taking their turns os schedu S worked ¢ out. = Sh baci ae dinner for My, and Mrs. Phillip Walker i (ee April 27, Ber sags, SR ee _ AREA V REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS - 7 gl beige CALENDAR April 1970 ‘COMP - LA cea “Mental Health & Mental __ Retardation Standing. ae Committee » -: Monday, April 27 | eee a ge Q AREA V - American Indian Free oe - ce Ot :30 pam. - _ Clinic - Board of. al ~~ Final Training Session Directors and _ Volunteers 7:30 p.m. Reg. Business Mee e Compton =. Tuesday, April 28. a AREA V : * ": Cardiac Co-Chairmen ae ee RMP. Conference Room Wednesday, April 29 os / - AREAV =, Staff Meeting 2 he ‘ COMP -1A noes 7 a * Health Facilities & Services : SPECIAL au days Mey, 8. ak resentation of. the AREA. Vv RMP. Northecst Valley Project b the “~~ Project Director, Mr. Louis S$. Garcia and three co-workers i 9: 30, a.m, to. 1 Pe me - Area N Conference Room AREA ADVISORY GROUP MEETINGS FOR 1970 _ OFFICIAL COMMENCEMENT OF THE. “NEW STROKE PROGRAM... as marked April 14 ‘bya gathering 4 ee vended by most of those vitally. concerned a with the 1 new ‘Stroke Rehabilitation Liaison. Nurse program, ‘The 23 people. present i in- cluded the three’ nurse trainees and some of their team members:' Carolé Fischer, 77N, Melba Rardin, RN, Sister Flora Mary, : ~ afl of St. Joseph. Hospital; Dorothy. Gale, RN, Roberta Cordeau, RN and Kent H. Badger, all of Presbyterian Intercommun-- ity Hospital; Joan Mitchell, RN and Ann Chiesa, RN, Dave Moline, MD, -all of Community Hospital of San Gabriel. Task Force members were Merlyn M, Friedman, RN, Cal State, L. A., Mary Pratt, RN, “Rancho ‘Los Amigos, and “Mary. Metzger, RN, LAC-USC Medical Center. DONALD Ww. -PETIT, :MD, gave a brief orientation of RMP; ROBERT H. PUDENZ, MD, outlined the develop- ment of the AREA V Stroke Committee and the current training program; KAY. Ds FULLER, RN, described the Task |. 4_wee's activities to date, current . status of the group and how it is going . tobe involved; JOHN S..LLOYD, PhD, talked ‘about evaluation of the pilot pro- PES a Seca : of Davis. campus , " Tredsurer at the annual meeting gram.” BA ing a “nominal ¢ group p technique™ a ‘explained. by WILLIAM A,. MARKEY, a number of. dnticts ted problems to” the successful. imple ementation. of the. “program were identified i in priority - d the group's conclusions: will _RMP-EAST LOS ANGELES : y A Health Planning Committee met: / can at ELA Health Center to determine the ~ agenda ° for the forthcoming - Health We “shop, ' ‘set priorities for discussion "Bauer Report to present to the Health _- Commission. Luis Pingarron was ele ~ Chairman of the group which is com "of Jesse Avelar, Jose Carlos, Larry . Cosgrove, MD, Joseph Duarte, Pas Gonzalez, ‘Amelia Guerrero, Rudy fo May 9. The Committee plans. tom et : “ weelly ¢ on Mondays at 1:00 P- me Dr Jo nes C MocLagaan, a San Dieg ao pediatrician: and former President o CMA hes been elected new Chairm of the California Committee on RMP, New Vice-Chairman for the Commi is C. John Tupper, MD, Dean of t ~ School of. Medicine: on. the University prepare recommendations touching | ° Hernandez, Joe Hori, Louise Munch Art Raya, Augie Romo, Ramon Santos; Vera Saucedo, Adelina Sorkin, Lore Viallar and Frank F. Aguilera. | Date of the all-day workshop hes been changed ok eRe Elected Secretary: — "Woninure news Published by CALIFORNIA REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS AREA V = = 4 = | ~ SZ 58 z2 ;Aaw Gs 58 8 2°5 5. 5°88 — le a oo zs . > o,was sg =u¢i : Editor ~ Elsie McGuff Area V Staff Donald W. Petit, M.D. William A. Markey, M.S. Russell 0. Tyler, M.D. Frank F. Aguilera, M.P.A. Gladys Ancrum: Dr. PH. Dorothy E. Anderson, M.P.H. Kay D. Fuller, R.N. Leon C. Hauck, M.P.H, John S. Lloyd, Ph.0. Elsie M. McGuff Clyde E. Madden, A.C.S.W. Toni Moors, B.A. Luis A. Pingatron Vivien E. Warr, R.N. Area Coordinator Deputy Coordinator Operations Division Community Programs Coronary Care Program Community Programs Nursing | Heaith Data _ Evaluation Communications Social Work Community Programs East Los Angeles Coronary Care Programs Committee Caairmen Area Advisory Group Cancer Chronic Disease Cardiac Continuing Education Hospital Administrators Library Services Nursing | Stroke Systems & Computers Social Workers Chester A. Rude Lewis W. Guiss, M.D. Russell D. Tyler, M.D. George C. Griffith, M.D. Phit R. Manning, M.D. Henry B. Dunlap, M.P.H. John M. Connor, M.A. Fotine O'Connor, R.N. Robert H. Pudenz, M.D. Lee &. Cady, M.D. Bemice W. Harper, A.C.5.W.