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Show Annie Marguerite Stevens Taylor In memory of . Obituaries Lois Gull Taylor Lois Gull Tiylor, 69, died Monday, January 24, 1994 in Manti, Utah. She was ban February 18, 1924 in Spanish Fork, Utah to John Bryant and Rosetta Hanks Gull. Married Vem Wood Taylor Dec. 30, 1941. Later solemnized in Salt Lake LDS Temple. Mrs. Taylor was raised in Spanish Folk, and began raising her family there. In 1966 they moved to Tooele. She worked as a cook for Tooele School District and at the Tooele Valley Nursing Home. In 1992 Lois and her husband Vem moved to manti, where she had made many loving friends. She was an active member of the LDS Church throughout her life, and served in many callings. She loved to sew and make quilts. Survivors include her husband, Vem Wood Taylor, Manti; children Robert Vem Taylor, Eureka, Utah; Mrs. Frank (Mary Carol) Krieger, Ephraim, Utah; Gary Ray Taylor, Cedar City, Utah; Allen Gull Thylor, Erda, Utah; IS grandchildren, four brothers and three sisters. She was preceded in death by parents, two brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were held Thursday, January 27, in the Span- Ruth Elva Braithwaite Brown, (Marilyn), Ml Pleasant, Utah; Mrs. 87, our beloved mother and grandToby (Beverly) Gonzales, Roy, Utah; mother died January 3 1 , 1994 in Roy 19 grandchildren, 17 and one great-grefollowing a stroke. grandShe was bom November 9, 1906 child. Surviving sister in law is Tirza in Manti to Robert ard Erika Thunell Parker. Braithwaite. She married Eugene Funeral services will be held Lester Brown in Salt Laske City on Saturday, February 5, 1994 at 1:00 June 20, 1928. Their marriage was p.m. in the Manti Tabernacle. later solemnized in the Manti LDS Friends may call at Myers Ma-tuar- y in Roy, Utah at 5865 S. 1900 Temple. He preceded her in death on March 12, 1973. W. Friday from 6 to 8 p.m., and the Ruth has been a lifetime resident Tabernacle in Manti on Saturday of Manti. She was an active member from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. ' of the LDS Church. She served in the Interment will be in the Manti Primary, taught Sunday School for City Cemetery. many years and was a Relief Society visiting teacher. She was a very caring person. She enjoyed gardening and quilting, and shared her talents with many. She was an example of goodness and love to all who knew and associated with her. Her family was the most important part of her life. Thanks, mom, for the legacy you left us. She is surved by three sons and two daughters, Robert (Zelma),Kan- sas City, Missouri; Mrs. Jim (Carol) at ( J Sunsej'UtahrJerrj (Linda), Springville, Utah; Richard Thurs., Feb. 3: Stuffed cabbage, buttered com, apple brown betty, bread, milk. er 02 Shop at Home a Sunday in Storting , With Children's Church Pastor Mike Bardon 528-301- THE PHRAIM THE NTERPRISE USPS published each Thu reday (or $16 00 year Inside Sanpete County, yANTI USPS 3284-000published each Thursday tor $ 1 6.00 year Inside Sanpete County, $19.00year outside Sanpete County, ty Post Pubtshlng Co.. 35 S. Mala Mantt. Utah 64642. 2nd Class PoetaQe Paid at Mvtl, Utah 84642. Single copy prtoe 50c. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Manti Messenger, 35 S. Mala Manti, Utah 64642. Publsher Jim Olsen 1777-200- $19.00year outside Sanpete County, by Post Publishing Co., 35 S. Main, Manti, Utah 64642. 2nd Class Postage Paid at Manti, Utah. Single copy price 50c. POSTMASTER. Send address changes to: Ephraim Enterprise, 35 S Mala Marti. Utah 64642. Publisher Jim Olsen production and surgery. He started an exclusive small animal clinic in conjunction with equine practice in 1988. Since 1985 Rob has served as a consultant and technical services veterinarian to many small veterinary products and research companies. Rob is a licensed racetrack partitioner, farrier graduate and has been a member of various committees of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. We invite everyone to attend. Admission is free of charge. Refreshments will be served. For more information or questions please call Randi at Andoicons Tax Sorvico Tax Consulting Certified Low Rates 599 N. State, Mayfield 528-716- 2 528-353- 9 528-790- 0. ' , (am UitiflILl? ID HEALTH GQt&fl o CARE . Most of us think high is always more We expect to pay expensive. a premium for the best goods and services. Yet in health care, exactly the opposite is often true: the higher the quality, the lower the cost. Indeed, quality improvement holds great promise as a way of cutting costs from our national health care system -even as patients receive better care. No one questions that health care costs are high, but in medicine, poor quality is even more expensive. The longer a patient requires , treatment, and the more complicated that treatment is, the higher the expense. WHAT IS QUALITY? Quality improvement experts like W Edwards Deming believe quality is defined Quality is an elusive goal, because customer expectations are always changing. Once a standard of excellence has been established, people expect even more, and the standard is raised. Quality is a process, not an end result. improve products and serare many types of customers besides patients. For example, physicians are customers of many hospital services, t and they may have more exacting expectations about mally, you measure the outcomes and document how quality has improved In many health utilizat- ions, quality improvement is purchase supplies, manage housekeeping functions, admit patients, etc.). Improving the quality of way of puters, are a high-tecstudv mg the processes physih cians have always studied. TWO SUCCESS STORIES One example of the power of quality improvement is the work done by the cardiac team at an r" 11 - e. - , HOW IS QUALITY IMPROVED? percent. Leading health organizations are using continuous quality improvement (CQ0 theory to improve the quality of both medical care and p Then you determine the best way to perform the process p You create a guide to doing the nght things the nght way. 2. step-by-ste- Then you implement the new process, eliminating inappropnate vanattons from the established standard of optimum care. ' 5 POOR COPY As pressures mount on physicians, hospitals, and health systems to provide more care, the best organizations understand that cost savings can be achieved through quality improvement. High quality and reasonable cost are not mutually exclusive, contradictory goals. Quality need not be sacrificed to cost. cost-effecti- non-climc- al 3. vary dramaucally from patient to O patient, creating a protocol was 4U3U3IQ very challenging. The survival rate at the hospital for the less severe cases of ARDS has climbed to 63 percent, compared with the expected 50 percent. And for the most severe cases a category that posted nine to 15 percent survival rates in the 1970s and 80s that chance for survival has improved to 43 hospital Applying CQ1 techniques, the team succeeded in reducing the average cost of - four-ste- Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). ARDS is a severe lung condition which is usually fatal! Because the syndrome can result from many different causes and can fi 1C never-endin- g services. CQItsa process. 1. First, you make a detailed study of the processes involved in dclivenng health care, relating these processes to O measurable outcomes t JllMiKI This may involve zmiMiMiii using computers to help colled and analyze data. continuously working to I perform hean bypass surgeries) and m operational areas (e g , ihe best waj to Quality improvement is search for customers. to satisfy ways That means finding ways to consistently provide the highest quality services which are also usually the most the 4. underway in both clinical areas (e g , the best vv ay to tals. Steve Kohleut Sfvfofi Via PwsinfcVT IsnuMOLNiMN Hlauh Care vices. In health care, there ' Sunday School at 10 a.m, Worahip Service at 11 turn Salt Creek Waterfowl Mtg. Mortuary, Manti, Utah. clinical outcomes than the patients themselves, friends and family memliers of patients are also customers of both physicians and hospi- by meeting customer expectations 100 percent of the time and Bible Study in Sterling Wednesday at 7 p.m. Spotting scopes will be set up fa the public at the viewing sites, but a pair of binoculars are recommended for getting a better view of these birds on your travels to and from the viewing sites. In Health upsid- by Bruce Jennings There is a District Boy Scout Basic Training session set for February 5, in the Manti Tabernacle. Registration will begin at 8:00 p.m. Those wishing to attend must by February 4. Contact Claudia Olsen at 294 W. 100 N. in for the regManti, phone 835-47istration form and troop resource survey. There is a $ 10.00 charge for the event, which will cover training, materials, and food. Please consider the following: Please come in full uniform, if possible, bring your compass, warm clothing, including boots, gloves, hat, coat, etc. as there will be some outdoor activities. Bring your Scout Handbook, Troop Committee Handbook, and Patrol Leaders Handbook. feet! Area, west of Corinne Funeral directors Buchanan INTC RM0UNTAIN Fri., Feb. 4: Baked chicken, Scout Basic Training workshop dated for Saturday lic in getting a close look at the nations living symbol of freedom and to answer any questions about these magnificent birds which have an approximate wing span of eight High Quality Costs Less Manti Senior Citizens Menu for the Week whipped potatoesgravy, peas, jello w fruit, cookie, bread, milk. Tues., Feb. 8: Meatloaf, baked potato, sliced carrots, pineapple e-down cake, bread, milk. Weds., Feb. 9: Beef stew wveg-etable- s, cheese stick, deviled egg, fruit crisp, combread, milk. n. o CDOQQQfeghA 1 Jl 88 off Green River, Jensen to Dinosaur National Monument DWR personnel and volunteers will be on hand at these locations throughout the day to assist the pub- Division of Wildlife Resources will have six viewing sites around the state that the public can visit fa viewing wintering bad eagles. These include: Rush Lake, 2 miles south of Stockton on Hwy. 36 Farmington Bay Waterflow MgL Area, west of Centerville. and 30 Services will be held Saturday, February 5, 1994 at 11:00 a.m. at the Ephraim Stake Center, with a viewing at 9:30 a.m. prior to the funeral. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to the Snow College Scholarship Fund. The staff of Gunnison Valley Animal Clinic along with Fort Dodge Laboratories will be presenting Dr. Rob Keene on February 9, 1994 at 7:00 p.m. in the Blackhawk Arena, Salina. The topic will be Nutritional Aspects of Good Foote are in Your Horse. Dr. Keene received his undergraduate degree in Animal Science from Ontata State University in 1980. Rob attended veterinary school at Colorado State University and graduated in 1983. He began his practicing career in California in an exclusive equine practice focusing on re llICs HELP system uses bedside computers as a tool to improve quality health care is consistent with the goal of all players m the 'medical profession: to provide the best medical care possible to patients. Physicians have found that quality improvement techniques are simply a new tool to accomplish a classic professional commitment: the advance of medical science. Physicians have always sought to improve the quality of medical care ba:cd on the study of effective treatments. CQ1 techniques, which analyze data captured by corn- - Page a Gordon Creek, west of Price North of Paragonah, milepost will be Saturday, February 5th throughout the state of Utah. The Horse clinic dated ish Fork 4th Ward Chapel. Interment was in Spanish Fork Cemetery. Ruth Elva Braithwaite Brown . ; Bald Eagles migrating through Utah Anyone interested in findrelief from the boring winter rouing tine of shoveling snow can escape from their homes, hop in the car and witness the arrival and presence of bald eagles. The annual Bald Eagle Day California; sixteen grandchildren, Sheep Shearers Union of North America. She owned and operated a fast food shop, the Bonanza Freeze, while they lived in Butte. She was president of the Ephraim PTA, American Legion Auxiliary, Ephraim Literary Club, historian of the Daughters of die Utah Pioneers. A member of the LDS Church, she held many positions, -- Bald Eagles migrating through Utah including president of the Primary, counselor in the MIA, secretary of the Relief Society, visiting teacher and a member of choirs and groups. She was involved in many community activities with her husband. She was a talented writer and speaker. Marguerite and LaVor were married on May 2, 1916, and celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary in 1988. They were sealed in the Manti LDS Temple. They were known as "Mar and Var" to family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, LaVor Taylor and daughter, Norma Lawrence. She is survived by Dr. Donald L. Taylor of San Juan Capistrano, California; Zane and Beth Taylor, Orem, Utah; and Bill and Margene Campbell, Folsom, Annie Marguerite Stevens Taylor, 95, loving mother, grandmother and passed away on January 29, 1994, in Carmichael, California. Mrs. Taylor was born in Ephraim, Utah, on April 20, 1898, the seventh child of seven children of Charles John Stevens and Annie Serena Beck. She attended school in Ephraim, Utah and graduated from Snow College in 1918, receiving a teacher's certificate. She became one of the first licensed beauty operators in the state of Utah in 1935. She and her husband, LaVor operated a barber and beauty salon in Ephraim and traveled to nearby towns doing hair. They moved to Butte, Montana for 12 years where LaVor was president of the February 3. 1994 Messenger-Enterpris- e, heart bypass surgeries by about eight percent over a five-ye- penod. Average length of stay for heart bypass patients declined from 13 days in 1987 to 9 4 days m 199 1 . Mortality rates remained low as these improvements were achieved. In another example from an 11 IC hospital, researchers used CQ1 techniques to create a standard treatment protocol - a computerized guide to optimum care for treating patients with Adult - If you have a question related to health care, please call or wnte. IHC DIALOGUE ON HEALTH CARE 36 South State Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 SANPETE VALLEY HOSPITAL AServtctof Inkmowtlam Htahb Gif? |