Hard work gets recognition

Murphy Medical Center wishes to celebrate the hard work of Health Unit Coordinators in our facility. The National Association of Health Unit Coordinators was founded in 1980. Each year thereafter, August 23rd has been declared Health Unit Coordinators Day.

Rapid advances in medicine have encouraged the growth and expansion of the Unit Coordinator's responsibilities. Over the last 50 years this professional occupation has been known by as many as 75 titles. The most popular titles are Unit Clerk, Ward Clerk, Unit Secretary, Unit Manager and Unit Coordinator. The title Unit Coordinator is preferred because it best describes what is done daily at health facilities across the nation. Health Unit Coordinators, HUC's, set up charts for patients admitted to the hospital, order their lab test, x-rays, transcribe physician orders, do payroll and scheduling; so many different tasks that keeps our units running smoothly.

"The National Association of Health Unit Coordinators, Inc.; is dedicated to promoting health unit coordinating as a profession through education, certification,complying with the NAHUC Standards of Practice, Standards of Education and Code of Ethics. We promote health unit coordinating as a profession with skills and expertise in unit coordinating. NAHUC's goals are to increase acceptance of and bring uniformity to the use of the title nationally. Health Unit Coordinator demonstrate to their employers, allied health workers and patients that they are actively participating in their professional growth by pursing education, certificationand if desired, climbing the career ladder.

Health Unit Coordinators employed by Murphy Medical Center are Sue Bryson, Dawn Creelman, Joyce D. Decker, Michelle Dingman, Lisa M. Dockery, Kathy English, April Fleming, Pamela D. Flowers, Faith Hall, Cheryl Helton, Gwyn A. Howell, Kimberly J. Lay, Michelle Lloyd, Terry L. Kendrick, Cathie Knowles, Danielle Maney, Jim E. Mathis, Linda J. Newcomb, Brenda Patton, Jeremiah E. Patton, Catherine C. Rhoades, Marilyn L. Roberts, Brenda Rowland, Angela M. Sears, Doris I. Smith, Kathy Teems, Deborah L. Tucker , Dawn M. Whidden, and Terri Wyatt,

Murphy Medical Center operates Murphy Medical Nursing Home, Good Shepherd Home Health & Hospice, Urgent Care Center and Peachtree Rehabilitation and Athletic Center (PARC). Murphy Medical Center is a 57-bed hospital, a 120-bed long term health care facility, with a 14-bed Alzheimer's Unit and a 24-hour, physician-staffed, emergency room.

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