Archive for April, 2010

11.1 Stovall Blog Links: Matthew Harrison

Monday, April 26th, 2010

http://www.medworm.com/blogs/index.php/Health-Managers/118/

This website offers blogs to specific health managers and many more medical options.

http://purplemedicalblog.blogspot.com/

http://advocatehealth.blogspot.com/

http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/

http://marketplace.sitepoint.com/listings/75346

Stovall 11.1 News Press Release, Department Head Leaves: Matthew Harrison

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Mountain East Medical Center will be replacing the hospital’s board of directors, Bob Wilkinson, with the assistant head of the department, Johnny Toler, due to the animosity between Wilkinson and the head of the purchasing department.

Wilkinson purchasing practices have been condemned by some of the medial staff even though the board of directors ordered him to cut cost by 15 percent.Wilkinson has been working at the Mountain East Medical Center since 1975 after coming from a small rural community as the hospitals purchasing chief. His resignation is effective immediately.

Harry Illscott, the hospital administrator, stated, “Bob’s abilities will be greatly missed… but I know that Johnny Toler is a person we can all depend on.”

Toler, Wilkinsons replacement, has been with the hospital for 13 years and has a background in pharmaceutical. He started as an assistant druggist in the hospital pharmacy, but then was moved to the purchasing department in 1978 after the hospital’s pharmacy closed. His wife, Carolyn, is head of the gynecology department at MEMC.

“This hospital means a great deal to me and my family… I will give my best efforts to making our purchasing department the best,” Toler said.”I learned from a fine man [Bob Wilkinson] and i hope to build on the foundation he established.”

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News Radio Assignment: Matthew Harrison

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

For this assignment I listened to WCBS Newsradio 880 on the itunes radio application. The station explained how two government scientist blame climate change for the loss of two glaciers in upper Alaska. The speaker, Bill Witney, had a very smooth voice that would punctuate words of importance. This style of news reporting is very different because it has to be interesting, fast, and smooth enough the inform the listener. Witney’s voice never took a pause for air in the middle of the sentence and would keep a very mono-ton speaking style. I also found it interesting that there was no “fairness” to the story. This to me is very different because as journalist it is essential to get both sides of the story. I am still interested to hear from another source on why the glaciers melted.