Hospital care--Computer simulation; Hospitals--Computer simulation; Medical appointments and schedules
With more and more attention surrounding healthcare, Industrial Engineers have championed the task to help hospitals and outpatient centers operate as efficiently as possible. Simulation is often used to analyze hospital performance measures. The...
Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.); African Americans; African American physicians; Hospitals; Integration
Oral history interview with hospital administrator Waverley Johnson conducted on August 30, 1979, by Olivia Frederick. Mr. Johnson discusses the Red Cross (Community) Hospital and his role as administrator at this black-run institution. He...
Medical appointments and schedules--Data processing; Medical appointments and schedules--Mathematical models; Scheduling--Computer programs; Medical offices--Data processing
In order to allow quality healthcare to be available to more people, healthcare must be as affordable as possible. Ideally this will be done through the elimination of the waste that is built into the current healthcare system. One area that is...
Military nursing--History; World War, 1914-1918--Women; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care; Women and war--History--20th century
World War I resulted in the deaths of over 8,500,000
military personnel and in addition, millions of civilians.
There were not enough doctors to provide the necessary
medical care for the masses of seriously sick and wounded,
and other than in...
Integration; African Americans; Hospitals; Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.)
D.W. Beard was interviewed on November 29, 1979 about the Red Cross (Community) Hospital. He was a member of the board of Community Hospital, which was known previously as Red Cross Hospital. He discusses public perception of the hospital and the...
Corner of a stone building at 415 West Chestnut on the south side. The sign above the door reads Doctors Entrance. Signs on either side of the door and in the window advertise doctors and dentists.
African Americans; African American physicians; Physicians; Hospitals; Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.); Race relations; Integration
Oral history interview with Louisville physician Jesse Bell conducted on July 28, 1979 by Olivia Frederick. Dr. Bell discusses his early life and education, including his training at Alcorn College, Morehouse College, and Meharry Medical College....
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Marine hospitals; United States. Marine Hospital, no. 11 (Louisville, Ky.)
U. S. Marine Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Old hospital, which became doctors and nurses quarters. Long shot of three-story white building topped by a small octagonal shelter. Leafy trees line a long sidewalk on which two men are walking. Another...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
MINNESOTA, a stern-wheel pleasure boat with steel hull (115.9 ft. x 30.2 ft. x 5.2 ft.), was built in 1915 - 1916 at Howard Shipyard for the Mayo Brothers of Rochester, Minnesota. The famous doctors ran her primarily on the Mississippi River and...
Louisville City Hospital; Operating rooms; Physicians; Nurses
Operating room of Louisville City Hospital, 1909. Doctors and nurses in operating gowns and covered heads stand around a patient lying on a table. A man and woman with uncovered heads stand in front of cabinets behind the operating table. A man in...
Currently including 26 interviews (available as audio files and transcriptions), mostly conducted in the late 1970s, that document the many aspects of life in Louisville, particularly as experienced by African Americans, this digital collection...
Teachers; Oneida Baptist Institute; Physicians; Clinics; Medical personnel; Men; Women
Oneida staff members and visiting medical personnel pose on the porch outside Anderson Hall Medical Clinic. Isham Hensley and Jerry Burns are on the left. In the doorway are John Henry Walker, Perry Davidson and visiting physician, C. Adeline...
Oneida Baptist Institute; Physicians; Clinics; Health care; Eye examinations; Vision disorders; Children
A group of children and adults watch doctors examine a patient at the Anderson Hall medical clinic. The clinic was primarily focused on identifying and treating patients with trachoma, a contagious eye disease. A bungalow hospital was opened on the...
Oneida Baptist Institute; Physicians; Clinics; Health care; Vision disorders
Doctors work with a patient at the Anderson Hall clinic. The clinic was primarily focused on identifying and treating patients with trachoma, a contagious eye disease. A bungalow hospital was opened on the grounds of the institute in 1913....
View from across the street of the Starks Building, a multi-story brick building with store fronts on the ground floor, including Arcade Drug Store, A.G. Spalding and Company Athletic Outfitters, and an office furniture store. The higher level...
Southwest corner of West Broadway at 6th Street. Two views of a three-story brick building painted white with doctors' offices and a beauty shop inside, and a view of Broadway with cars and pedestrians.
