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© 2003, Rotary Club of Charleston P.O.
Box 21029 Club
secretary:
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Dunlap
takes helm at Roper St. Francis SEPT. 23, 2003 — David Dunlap, the CEO for Roper, St. Francis healthcare systems ("RSF"), shared with Rotarians some of the current statistics about the organization and also offered insights on some of the cutting edge concepts being carried out there.
According to Dunlap, RSF has $425 million in assets and $375 million in annual revenue. It is the largest private employer in the Charleston area, with more than 3900 employees. Employee retention exceeds 90% annually, which is more than double the national retention rate for hospitals. RSF
is continually improving its infrastructure. Among other projects,
RSF is expected to complete a new cardiac and surgery tower at Roper
Hospital in 2006. RSF is also using cutting edge technology to improve
patient services. For example, RSF has a computerized medical administration
system, which calculates medicine doses to avoid any human error.
It also checks for possible drug or symptom interactions. Finally,
it actually dispenses the medicines from a dispensing machine, so
as to reduce or eliminate the possibility of an improper medicine,
or dose, being administered. This, and other technologies, continue
to improve the high RSF quality of care. -- Amy Jenkins |
Dunlap,
who joined RSF in June after most recently working for a hospital
system in New Orleans, explained that the RSF system was formed
on August 1, 1998, as a joint project between Bon Secours Health
Systems, the Medical Society of South Carolina, and Carolinas Healthcare
System, based out of Charlotte, North Carolina. RSF operates 20
facilities in 4 South Carolina counties. Two of the more well known
facilities are the Roper Hospital in downtown Charleston, which
was originally established in 1850, and the St. Francis Hospital
in West Ashley, which was founded in 1882.
The Rotary
Club of Charleston meets 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday in Holliday Hall
adjacent to The Citadel's football stadium on Hagood Street. All Rotarians
are invited to visit with us.
Directions and map.
Sept.
30, 2003
The Gibbes Museum's Betsy Fleming
Oct.
7 , 2003
Mike Ethridge with "Stories for Life"
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