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Show Morgan named as Humana Hospital executive director f "J - V J i Ik. C ..yy i i X 1 By DONETA GATHEROM LAYTON Kaysville resident, resi-dent, Floyd D. Morgan, was named last week as the new executive director di-rector for Humana Hospital-Davis North. He replaces Dean S. Holman, also a Kaysville resident, who retired in December. Morgan, the son of Lester and the late Ida Morgan of Layton, was one of the first employees hired by the Humana Company after the decision deci-sion was made to construct a hospital in Layton. On June 7, 1976, Morgan traveled travel-ed to Humana Medical City in Dallas, Texas to receive three months of training. He began working at the Layton facility as associate executive director direc-tor of finance in September 1976 in preparation for the November 1976 opening of the Layton hospital. In 1986 Morgan was promoted to associate executive director of the Layton hospital He had the responsibility respon-sibility for the management of ancillary an-cillary departments such as radiology, laboratory, physical therapy, pharmacy, housekeeping, cardiac rehabilitation and related areas. He also worked with physician physi-cian recruitment and marketing. Morgan has seen many changes in his 10 years with Humana Hospital-Davis North. In 1987 the hospital underwent a major renovation renova-tion and expansion. This was most noticeable in the area of the woman's center. The child labor North has a 1 10-bed capacity and a staff of 100 physicians-70 active and 30 courtesy. "The renovations and additions reflect the continuous pattern of change in the hospital industry, Morgan said. "Some changes are dictated by insurance requirements and HMOs (health maintenance organizations). "New technology and medical practices also cause the role of a hospital to change. For example, doctors now believe patients are better off if they get up out of bed soon after surgery. This means the out-patient surgery portion of the hospital has to expand. "Even gall bladder surgery that used to require a five-day stay in the hospital is being done on an outpatient out-patient basis. This trend will continue con-tinue as lasers, a bloodless surgery method, is used for more operations." opera-tions." fa Another noticeable change in the management of a hospital that Morgan believes is a challenge to good management skills is the reimbursement methods. "The industry in-dustry has changed from a charge-base charge-base system to a prospective system," Morgan stated. 'This means insurance companies com-panies and HMOs have established fixed rates of reimbursement per illness. il-lness. A hospital has to be very efficient effi-cient and competitive to remain in business." FLOYD D. MORGAN and delivery area was expanded and patient rooms were renovated. Morgan notes that 10 years ago, the average number of days a maternity ma-ternity patient spent in the hospital was three or four. Today a maternity mater-nity patient stays on the average only 1.5 days. A second major expansion occurred oc-curred in June 1990 when 15,000 square feet of floor space was added. add-ed. Included in this major construction construc-tion project were a new emergency room, a day surgery facility, new operating suites, a new cafeteria and new administration and records areas. Today, Humana Hospital-Davis |
