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Phillips added he was recently embarrassed by a visiting "Have you done a review to find out how many peoâ€" ple actually use the (MedLine) computer in the emergenâ€" cy room?" he asked, noting the location of the computer â€" more often used to play cards than conduct research â€" is not the most conducive for researching medical data. buy a couple of computers for MedLine and a few core journals. "A couple of computers, and a few journals...end of story." Chief of staff, Dr. Keith Phillips, said although he said many physicians had probably learned to play solitaire on the emergency room computer, it has been used and allowed some people to become computer literate. Phillips added he was recently embarrassed by a visiting The hospital‘s educational coâ€"ordinator, Carolynne Fletcher, told the board she had been working on the proposal in cooperation with Sheridan College for about a year. The proposed electronic operating budget included a CDâ€"ROM, two microâ€"computers and accesâ€" sories, subscriptions to online databases, Internet access, a technical consultant, and a partâ€"time technical librarian. Board member says communications need improving (Continued from page 1) _ the August meeting that action had to be taken very quickly and the strategy decided upon was not to leave it hanging over employees heads very long. "I had to move as quickly as possible," he said. Farley said she was not critical of the need for the layâ€" offs, but that there should have been better communication. "We had professional consultants on site, and it was a tration had noted that the warning signs of financial diffiâ€" culties were starting to be seen in the spring. Prior strategies to cut costs implemented in other years â€" such as early retirements and sick days â€" were not as successful, as well as, less patients than projected coming through the doors. Kuntz said when he made his comments at the annual general meeting it was based on the assumptions of patient activity. Farley said she was not critical of the need for the layâ€" offs, but that there should have been better communication. "We had professional consultants on site, and it was a major restructuring," she said. Kuntz also had to defend his own comments in June at the annual general meeting when he specifically stated no layoffs and a balanced budget were indicated, and then two months later, instituted layoffs. Previously, viceâ€"president Claude Dubois said adminisâ€" (Continued from page 1) library for the hospital, it was incredible that OTMH would go from no library to one costing $100,000 a year. And he said investing in some current core journals would be far more beneficial than one with CDâ€"ROM, where searches are required to get the information rather than just flipping through a journal. 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