ROCHESTER STATE HOSPITAL: ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT:

An Inventory of Its Subject Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

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Creator: Rochester State Hospital (Minn.). Administration Department.
Title:Subject Files.
Dates:1960-1983.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Reports, correspondence, statistics, studies, and other materials regarding hospital budget, licensure, personnel, patient programs, hospital departments and services, professional affiliations, hospital library, hospital participation in community and state organizations, and various other activities.
Quantity:25.0 cubic feet (25 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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In three overlapping groups (1964-1979, 1960-1982, 1963-1983).


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Accession Information:

Accession number: 989-78

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Catalog ID number: 001704622


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/Collapse1964-1979

Location
114.B.17.4FYellow, A-B:
Administrative Study Group.
Admission Cost Study.
American Hospital Association. 6 folders.
Accounting and Cost Studies.
Audiology.
Behavior Modification Program.
Biennial Budget Planning, 1975-1981. 3 folders.
Biennial Budget Request, 1977-1979.
Biennial Budget, 1975-1981. 3 folders.
Building Request, 1975-1977.
Location
114.B.17.5BYellow, B-E:
Building Request, 1977-1981. 2 folders.
Central Supply.
Chief Executive Officer.
Child Services.
Civil Defense.
Combined Joint Conference. 2 folders.
Cooperative Vocational Rehabilitation Program.
Cost Improvement Program.
Cost Reports, 1975-1978. 3 folders.
Department of Administration.
DPW Comprehensive Plan.
DPW: Memos to/from.
DPW: Info Bulletins.
DPW: Policy Bulletins.
DPW: Monthly Statistical Report.
Developmental Disabilities Planning Council.
Education. 5 folders.
Location
114.B.17.6FYellow, E-M:
Education. 2 folders.
Fairweather Program.
Family Consultation Center.
Governor's Esthetic Environment Program.
Governor's Council on Aging.
Governor's Waste and Mismanagement Program.
Hospital Population Report. 3 folders.
Hospital Personnel Cost Analysis System. 2 folders.
Human Services Act.
Institutions Manual.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. 2 folders.
Keys.
License. 5 folders.
LEAP.
Management.
Manpower Surveys.
Mayo Medical Care.
Medical Equipment.
Medicare. 2 folders.
Minnesota Economic Data.
Hospital Association.
Location
114.B.17.7BYellow, M-R:
Minnesota Management System.
Minnesota Statewide Health Coordinating Council.
Miscellaneous Statistics.
National Institute of Mental Health.
N.W. Regional Development Commission.
Nursing Service Statistics.
Ochampus: U.S. Department of Defense.
Office Equipment/Supplies.
Payroll Accounting.
Personal - Administrator.
Physical Plant Director.
Population Reports.
Print Shop.
Program Activity Codes.
P.O.I.S. 3 folders.
PSRO [Professional Standards Review Organization].
Rehabilitation Adjustment Program.
Regionalization.
Research.
Residential Environment Survey.
Location
114.B.17.8FYellow, R-W:
RSAC: Developmental Disabilities Council. 2 folders.
Southeastern Minnesota Health Planning Council.
WIIMS [Welfare Institutions Information and Management System].
White, A-D:
Adolescent Unit Program.
American Hospital Association Surveys.
Business Office.
Chaplains.
Chemical Dependency. 2 folders.
Commissioner's Bulletins.
Current Expense Committee.
CVRP.
Dental.
Dietary.
Disaster Committee, 1978.
Location
114.B.17.9BWhite, E-P:
Employee Assistance.
Employee Safety Committee.
Humane Practices Committee.
In Service Education.
Infection Control Committee.
Medical Records.
Medicare.
Memos from Harvey Caldwell, 1978-1979.
Memos from Wesley Restad, 1976-1978. 3 folders.
MR Program Directors.
Minnesota Hospital Association.
OSHA Safety Surveys.
Patient Pay.
Patients Fiscal Social Welfare Account.
Personnel: General.
Personnel: Grievances.
Location
114.B.17.10FWhite, P-S:
Position Descriptions.
Reimbursement.
RSAC [Rochester Social Adaptation Center]. 2 folders.
Social Committee.
Staff Allocation.
Staff Development Coordinators.
DPW Bureau of Residential Services annual meeting packet, 1976.
Orange, A-R:
Administrative Meeting: Annual Meetings.
American Assn, on Mental Deficiency.
American Health Congress.
Capital Improvement Committee. 2 folders.
Cost Accounting Committee.
Disaster Committee.
District F Hospital Council.
Field Staff Meetings, DPW.
General Operating Expense Committee.
Governor's Council on Handicapped.
Mental Health Administrators, Association of.
Minnesota Welfare Directors Association and Minnesota Association of Community Programs.
Research Committee.
Location
114.B.17.11BOrange, S-U:
Staff Allocations Committee .
State-Wide Meetings.
Utilization Review No. 1.
Green:
Administrative staff Meeting Minutes, 1964-1971. 2 folders.
Chief Executive Officers Meeting Minutes and Reports, 1977-1979.
Minnesota State Plan, 1972-1973.
Personnel. 7 folders.
Location
114.B.17.12FGreen:
Personnel.
RSH Memos, 1978-1979.
Pink:
Community Relations. 3 folders.
Closing of Hastings State Hospital.
Closing of State Institutions.
Blue:
CAIR [Community Alternatives and Institutional Reform].
CHAFFS Meetings.
RSAC [Rochester Social Adaptation Center]. 8 folders.
Pink (Set 2):
Surgery. 3 folders.
Laundry. 4 folders.

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Expand/Collapse1960-1982

Location
114.B.17.13BYellow, A-G:
American Hospital Association Surveys.
Building No. 6 and No. 7.
1980 Capital Improvement Request.
Case Conferences, 1979-1981.
Clerical Audit.
Consultant Services/Contracts.
Contract and Grievance Training.
Cost Reports.
DPW Budget, Fiscal Year 1980-1981.
DPW Commissioner Bulletin. 2 folders.
DPW Commissioners Review.
DPW Goals and Objectives.
DPW Instructional Bulletins.
DPW: Memos to and from.
DPW: Organization/Reorganization.
DPW Request Bulletins.
Geriatrics Unit.
Governing Board.
Location
114.B.17.14FYellow, G-L:
Governing Board Bylaws.
Governor's Internship Program.
Handicap Law.
Hearings, Notice of.
Hospitalization and Commitment Act.
Housekeeping.
Inspection Log.
Inventory.
Laboratory.
Legislature. 2 folders.
Licensing and Certification. 3 folders.
License to Operate Hospital, 1975-1980.
Long Range Hospital Plan.
Location
114.B.17.15BYellow, M-R:
Materials Management.
Medicaid/Medical Assistance.
Medicaid-Medicare Reviews/Surveys.
Medical III/Surgical II.
Medical Records.
Mental Health Administrators Association.
Mental Health Facilities, Inventory.
Mental Health Plan - Delivery System.
Minnesota Model Standards.
Nursery.
Out-Patient Department.
Patient Advocate.
Patient Costs - Monthly.
Patient Management. 4 folders.
Patients' Rights.
Patients Social Welfare Account.
Patient Pay Program.
Pharmacy.
Physical Therapy.
PROGRESS: Rochester Chamber of Commerce.
Psychology.
Prairie Island Plan.
Rehabilitation Therapy Department.
Location
114.B.17.16FYellow, R-W:
Rehabilitation Therapy Department. 5 folders.
Residential Care Study.
Roles of State Hospital Programs.
Rule 29.
Savings Bonds.
SEMHSA [Southeastern Minnesota Health Systems Agency]. 3 folders.
Senate Finance Committee, 1979.
Six-Year Capital Improvement.
Social Security Administration: Onsite Reviews.
Social Service: Block Grants.
State Claims-Rulings-Tort Claims.
State of Minnesota Institutions.
Teleconference System.
Telephone Directories: RSH. 6 folders.
Travel.
United Way.
Warehouse.
Location
114.B.18.1BWhite:
Chemical Dependency. 3 folders.
Commissioner's Policy Bulletins.
Computer (PWIS).
Department of Health Licensing.
DPW Survey of Chemical Dependency Unit.
Information System Committee.
JCAH General File.
Record of Calls on Switchboard.
Rule 35: Licensing-Chemical Dependency.
RSH Utilization Review Plan.
Complaint by Dr. David B. Gray against RSH.
Orange:
Accreditation Committee. 3 folders.
Location
114.B.18.2FOrange:
Ad Hoc Treatment Plan Committee.
Administrative Meetings. 2 folders.
Administrative Staff.
Affirmative Action Committee.
Cabinet Meeting Minutes.
Campus Executive Committee.
Centennial Committee.
Current Expense Committee.
Disaster Committee.
504 Committee.
DPW Steering Committee on Computers.
Forms Steering Committee.
Furniture and Carpeting.
Location
114.B.18.3BOrange:
Mental Health Medical Policy Committee.
Research Committee.
Staff Development Coordinators.
Staff Allocation Committee. 2 folders.
Standardization Committee.
Therapeutics Committee.
Thomas House Committee.
Pink:
Health Department:
Licensing, Certification, Fire Safety.
Fire Safety.
General.
Licensing and Certification.
Rate Review.
Quality Assurance.
JCAH [Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals]:
Consolidated Standards.
Location
114.B.18.4FDeficiencies/Corrections.
General File.
Adolescent Unit.
Chemical Dependency Unit.
Medical-Surgical.
RSAC.
Psychiatric Facility, 1978.
Laundry.
Surgery:
General.
Nurse Anesthetist Training Program.
Surgical Procedures.
Staffing.
Meetings.
Surgical Statistics.
Location
114.B.18.5BGreen:
Cost Accounting System.
Employee Health Assessment.
Legislative Commission on Employee Relations.
Mental Illness Staffing Study.
Personnel. 19 folders.
Proposed Rule 18 and 38 and 39.
Location
114.B.18.6FBlue:
Rochester Social Adaptation Center [RSAC].
Location
114.B.18.7BYellow, A-U, 1970s:
Automobiles-Cars-Vehicles.
Building Projects.
Buildings.
Electric Rates.
Energy Conservation.
Future Building Plans.
Fire. 2 folders.
Fuel and Utilities.
Hospital Land.
Incineration.
Parking and Roads.
Parking Plan.
Physical Plant Director. 2 folders.
Security.
Statement of Construction and Fire Prevention.
Use of Space: Inquiries by Outside Agencies.
RSH Biennial Budget, 1971-1973.
DPW Institutions Budget, 1973-1975.
RSH/Mayo Clinic Joint Conference Minutes, 1966-1974. 1 volume.
Location
114.B.18.1BUtilization Review Committee Minutes and Subject Files, 1975-1981:
Minutes, 1979-1980. 1 volume and 1 folder.
Minutes, 1975.
Quality Assurance Newsletters, 1976.
Utilization Review - Miscellaneous.
Review and Plan.
Review Team Recommendations, 1978.
Survey Forms.
Quality Assurance and Review Program Study, 1977.
Admissions.
Summary Information, by Cottage, of Residents Reviewed, 1979.
Utilization Review Mini-committee, 1980.
Responses to Health Department Survey of Medical Assistance.
Recipients, 1980.
Procedures.
Procedure Manual. 1 volume.
Utilization Review Plan, 1975-1978. 2 folders.
Changes for LOC [Level of Care] Forms, 1980.
Correspondence - Medical Review, 1980.
Criteria for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 1981.
Medical Assistance, 1981.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, 1981.
Quality Assurance:
Rochester State Hospital Quality Assurance Program, 1978-1980.
Rochester State Hospital Committees, 1980-1981.
Annual Evaluation of Quality Assurance Program.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals Survey Notes, 1981.
Study Suggestions.
Patient Care Statistics, 1980-1981.
Sample Forms.
PEP Miscellaneous Forms.
Location
114.B.18.9BBusiness Office Subject Files, 1960-1982:
Administrative Staff Meeting Minutes, 1977-1981. 2 folders.
Administrative Directives, 1974.
Anesthesia, School of, 1974-1981.
Biennial Budget, 1978-1981.
Biennial Building, 1975-1977.
Budget Information, Fiscal Year 1982.
No. 2 Budgets, Financial and other Fiscal, 1972-1975.
Buildings, Reconstruction Program, Maintenance, and Other Data, 1960-1979.
Executive Committee Minutes, 1969-1981.
Community Relations.
Cost per Patient Monthly Reports, 1977-1982.
Disaster Plan, 1980.
Disaster Planning, 1976.
Electronic Therapy.
Hospital Social Committee Minutes, 1965-1969.
Industrial Therapy, 1974.
Infection Committee Minutes, 1970.
Mental Retardation, 1972-1975.
Pharmacy - Monthly Reports, 1976.
Population - Patients, 1975-1978.
Records Retention, 1979-1981.
Rochester Social Adaptation Center [RSAC], 1973-1980.
Skills Improvement Program, 1970-1971.
Social Committee, 1974.
Special Accounts Committee Minutes and Memos, 1969-1974.
Standardization Committee Minutes, 1974.
Utilization Committee, 1966-1967.
Volunteer Council, 1979-1981.
Staff Development and Training: Training Activities Reports, 1973-1977. 4 folders.
Hospital-Wide Orientation. 1 volume.
Rochester Social Adaptation Center [RSAC] Policies, 1978-1980. 1 volume.

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Location
114.B.11.15BHospital Administrator's Subject Files, circa 1978-1982:
Agreements.
Adolescent Unit.
Business Office.
Chaplain:
General.
Religious Activity Center, Inc.
Chemical Dependency Unit:
Gene Dollander, Miscellaneous.
Investigation by DPW, 1981.
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Circle Drive.
Community Relations:
Community Participation, Fund Drives, Tours.
Volunteer Voice.
Statistics: Volunteer Council.
Consolidation of Psych Wards.
Cooperative Vocational Rehabilitation Program: Patient Education Services. 2 folders.
Day Care - Day Hospital.
Dental.
Dietary.
Dietary: Menus, 1979-1981.
Incomplete.
Disaster Plan.
ECT and EEG.
RESTRICTED
Education:
Hospital-Wide Orientation.
Managers/Supervisors Training.
RSH Surveys/Census Requested Information.
Engineer and Maintenance:
Buildings:
Staff Houses, Surplus Buildings, etc.
Future Building Plans.
Fire:
General: Prevention, Safety, Fire Marshall, Smoking.
Hospital Fire Reports.
Life Safety Code.
Security: Injury, Theft, Vandalism.
RESTRICTED
Infection Control.
Laboratory.
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114.B.11.16ELibrarian's Monthly Reports and Meetings.
Library.
News Clippings/Articles.
Statistics.
Medical Records. Administrative Files Only.
RSAC [Rochester Social Adaptation Center]:
Foster Grandparent Program.
Minnesota Developmental Programming System.
Dr. Gray/AFSCME Court Case, 1980.
RESTRICTED
Possible Legal Action.
RESTRICTED
Residents.
RESTRICTED
General File: Correspondence.
Association for Retarded Children [ARC].
Staffing.
Flick v Noot: Extended Leaves for Persons Committed.
Minnesota Health Facility Complaints.
Minnesota Hospital Association.
NIMH Surveys.
Nursing Service: General.
OSHA/Safety.
Patient Advocate.
Patient Management [policies].
Patient Pay Program.
Personnel: Grievance.
RESTRICTED
Position Description: Francis A. Tyce.
Population Reports.
PORT [Probational Offenders Rehabilitation Training].
Rehabilitation Therapy Department: Resident Volunteers.
RESTRICTED
Review Board.
Surgical II Patient Transfer Summary.
Zumbro Valley Mental Health Center.
Location
114.B.12.1BChief Executive Officer's Subject Files, 1979-1980:
Accreditation of Psychiatric Unit.
Emergency Treatment of Involuntary Patients.
Goals and Objectives.
Mayo Clinic Letters.
Medical Director's Meeting Notes.
Memos Within Hospital.
Memos (Dr. Duncan) on Hospital Policies.
Minnesota Civil Liberties Union.
Miscellaneous.
Patient Advocate.
Planning Committee.
Review Board.
RSAC [Rochester Social Adaptation Center].
Includes Welch v Noot.
RSH Program Descriptions.
Social Service Report.
Surgery Letters and Memos.
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Utilization of Space: RSH Five Year Projection Volunteer Services.
Hospital Library Records:
Library Committee Minutes, 1966-1979. 2 folders.
Annual Reports, 1966-1980. 2 folders.
Administration, 1970-1973.
Objectives, policy, and records on operation.
Miscellaneous Records:
Biennial Building Requests, 1963-1981. 2 folders.
Building Survey, 1980.
Chemical Dependency Unit Philosophy, Goals, and Objectives, 1976. 1 volume.
Goals and Objectives, 1981-1982.
Organization Plan, 1981. 2 folders.
Report on the Cost of Admission to Minnesota State Hospitals, 1978. 1 volume.
RSH staff participated in compiling.
Research Papers, 1967, 1978.
Survey of Nursing Service Employees at RSH (1967) and Economic and Health Significance of the State Hospitals (1978).
Residential Care Study Report, 1978.
Study of all state hospitals by the Residential Care Study Advisory Council.
Strike Files, 1981-1983. 4 folders.
Log of strike events (July 1981) and strike plan (1981-1983).
Surgical Statistical Report, 1980-1981.
Survey/Inspection Reports, 1980-1981. 1 volume.
Visits by Senate and Legislature, 1979.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Hospital administrators -- Minnesota -- Records and correspondence.
Institution libraries -- Minnesota.
Medicine -- Minnesota.
Mentally ill -- Minnesota.
People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Minnesota.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Statistics.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
State hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.
Places:
Rochester (Minn.)
Document Types:
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