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Show Page Eight - The Pyramid March 27, 1996 -- by April 15. The council was concerned and discussed developing a plan with Brotherson to help keep the five- - MP City toughens up on delinquent utility accounts Sewer extension request by C. R. Truitt MT. PLEASAN- T- The council The city council passed a motoughened up on delinquent tion allowing Bruce and Susan to their utility bills by passing Resolution Larsen one hook-u- p for the collection of county property, providing they utility accounts, at the March 12 start building within six months. This measure was considered meeting. The resolution repeals an older after Susan Larsen, in an effort to and says Mt. find out what it would take to get resolution, Pleasant City feels a responsibilicity water, asked the city if she ty to manage its utilities account could get two lines out to her in a fiscally responsible manner. property This includes all city utilities: Since the city is considering a electric, water, sewer, irrigation, water policy for outside areas, garbage and fire district accounts they only promised her one hookup with a time limit, then it will All new utility accounts established after Oct. 11, 1983, must be reexamined. Council members told her that complete a utility service applicathe city has around 1,000 hooktion and post a deposit or have an ups now and have been told they before utiliapproved ties will be connected, or transferred. Application must be accurate or if information is found to be false the city reserves the right to disconnect. 95-3-- Saturday, March 30 at 10:30 a.m. Sss Horseshoe Mountain Lodge & Restaurant 850 S. Hwy. 89, Mt. Pleasant for an Public works update Public works superintendent, Richard Brotherson, reported that his department cleaned up roads and road edges, laid two blocks of new sewer line, patched and put up road signs, had 22 water connections requests and recommended the city notify residents to check irrigation risers before April 1 , as the department will be ready to turn water into the pipes er fr April 12, 1232, 3 p.w. Co-Sponsor- - Falrvlaw Bance Ball ed Music by Fairview native Tickets ? Available at City Hall In Health (are, High Quality Costs Less The monthly Agriculture Development meeting will be held tonight, March 27, at 7 p.m. in the TEED Center on Snow College West Campus. Dr. Stan Young will be the main speaker and will be giving ideas about opportunities for increasing commodity markets for through seed production grasses, forbes and shrubs. Persons interested in growing crops and any others are welcome to attend. M- Eslutive Via Prisioet Many Quality is an elusive goal, because customer expectations are always r' L-jL FREE i TIME i GLASS & PAINT GLASS & PAIN! 951 South State. Mt. Pleasant . BY ALL study of the TWO SUCCESS processes involved in deliv- STORIES processes to measurable out- done at one INSURANCE COMPANIES. Some restrictions apply 1 2 V inAAn? 1HC ical professionals from 35 states hospital. med- ical personnel develop and implement contin- analyze data. developed new uous quality improvement 2. Then you determine the best way to perform the process. You create a guide to doing ment the new was the best way to perform heart bypass surgeries) and in opera- testing for newprocedures borns suspected of tional areas (e.g., the best way having an infection. to purchase supplies, manage These changes drasti- housekeeping functions, admit cally reduced the patients, etc.). number of newborns process, eliminating varia- of all individuals in the medical inappropriate o for patients more than $1 million in the first year. medical care possible to optimum care. patients. In Physicians have found that IHC hospital, a quality team was able to shorten the time quality improvement techniques are simply a new tool to heart surgery patients in the intensive care unit needed to accomplish a classic professional commitment: the advance of In many health organizations, use a ventilator to help them breathe. Not only did this help medical science. Physicians quality improvement is underway in both clinical areas (e.g., have always sought to improve the quality of medical care patients get better more quickly; it also reduced the lengths of sure the outcomes and document how quality has improved. If you have a of time, saving profession: to provide the best mea- quality. 'rnKfiftf lished standard of 4. Finally, you Health Care Award, Rlii 'ifcaifi tions from the estab- IjEHfflUh the prestigious 1996 National Quality one of the countrys top honors for extended periods another example from an their hospital stays by 15 per C? pro- grams. And recently, IHC was the sole recipient of fflBiVOPIlKR kept in intensive care Improving the quality of health care is consistent with the goal r; and 10 foreign countries have visited IHC to leam how to Applying CQI techniques, MB Leading health organizations appeared in national publications. During that time, med- computers to help collect and o QUALITY IMPROVED? our quality initiatives have quality improvement is the work 3. Then you imple- raised. Quality improvement is a process, not a result. vices. Over the past decade, more than 100 articles about the power of ering health care, relating these comes. This may involve using ple expect even more, and the standard is long been recognized for providing quality health care ser- An example of things the right way. HOW IS DEDUCTIBLE. IHC physicians, nurses, and other health professionals have make a detailed step-by-st- peo- help their patients. INSURANCE FAST FRIENDLY SERVICE APPROVED done changing. Once a standard of excellence has been established, (801)462-2436- not be sacrificed to cost. process: 1. First, you WHAT IS QUALITY? nDCO, WINDSHIELD! r they have always expense. 3733740 r four-ste- p ment is, the higher the Nursery Garden Supplies CHRISTIANSEN examples show, quality need requires treatment, and the more complicated that treat- 1030 S. State St., Provo t using to do what icine, poor quality is even more expensive. The longer a patient Power Equipment Sales & Service E care. CQI is a care costs are high, but in med- Lawn Seed YOUR contradictory goals. As these No one questions that health SELECTION OF: WILL WAIVE physicians are patients receive better care. Time I High quality and reasonable cost are not mutually exclusive, cutting costs from our national even as health care system Spring Planting LIMITED techniques are another tool Indeed, quality improvement holds great promise as a way of Fairview A treatments. CQI (CQ1) theory to quality, the lower the cost. 100 E. 86 N., CHRISTIANSEN improvement health care, exactly the opposite is often true: the higher the Easter Season THAT'S RIGHT..F0R study of effective is always more We expect to pay a premium for the best goods and services. Yet in has hand crafted item for the rr-n-ruj- CARE people think high Fairview Museum Gift Shop E HMLrH cent and saved patients nearly $3 million in just one year. uous quality improve the quality of medical William Nelson XTERMOI'.VTAIX based on the contin- are using at Snow cP v;:;w if oDQQQGKbtDQ OQl fflGQflfim QQ60 o INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH CARE Monthly ag meeting planned CARPENTER M :;:4 Before reconnection, all utility bills have to be paid plus any penalties. Fertilizers 4 S2.S00.00 VALUE ' Seeds n, ENTER TO WIN UTAH CENTENNIAL RIFLE shut-of- f. LARGEST o DOOR FRIZES Accounts are considered delinquent 35 days after billing date or five days after due date stated on the utility bill. A three- - percent penalty charge on late bills will be charged. If an account becomes 15 days past due, a final notice will be sent and at the last working day of the month, if no payment is received, service will be terminated. Appeals may be made to the city treasurer 72 hours prior to EPHRAI- by Ron Greene Sports Center & Coca Cola Bottling of Richfield at 3:33 p.m. FREE REFRESHMENTS rs May Participate 12 Kitchens Restaurant, Wheelers Drive-ICountry Squire, ' Ewe & Gift Floral Pleasantries, Nique RUSTY BENCH Floor Show 1-- && m.yi Participating businesses include: Horseshoe Mountain Lodge & Restaurant, KYKN Country 103.9 Radio ofNephi, Twin non-electr- ic non-payme- i:t i j Ages Fairview Centennial Dance A $200 refundable deposit (if kept current for the first year) was set for structures heated by heat, $350 for those heated by electricity, and $500 for demand meter customers. If a customer later has been refunded, fallen into disconnected and reconnected, another deposit would be required. must have active Mt. Pleasant utility accounts for one year, appear personally to sign an agreement and be notarized. Councilwoman Jarrett set up a meeting with Brotherson and his department for information and review.. The Easter JSuririi could go for up to 4,000. Councilwoman Claudia Jarrett had doubts about the maximum figure and recommended a study. Council members also warned Larsen that in a time of emergency, however unlikely that is, county water users would be the first to lose water use. 96-3-1- 2, man department from trying to do too many projects at once, since connections and other duties have increased dramatically. ques-tio- n related to health care, please call or write: IHC DIALOGUE ON HEALTH CARE 36 South State Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 IHC Sanpete Valley Hospital .1 Sm ke of Itucrmotintom Health Late :A A |