B. Fred Brown Records, 1989-1993

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Summary

Creator:
Brown, Burdeen Fred
Abstract:
Contains the records of B. Fred Brown (d. 1993), assistant to chancellor of health affairs (1986-1993) and chief operating officer of the Duke University Medical Center (1990-1993). Types of materials include correspondence, budgets, minutes, planning documents, incident reports, audits, and space planning materials. Also includes letters of application for the position of Director of Social Work. Major correspondents include hospital staff, hospital administrators, and committee members including John Robinette, Pete Bennett, and Ralph Snyderman. Major subjects include Duke University Medical Center history and administration, hospital management, hospital service improvement, patient-centered care, and building design and construction. Materials range in date from 1989 to 1993. Contains restricted materials.
Extent:
1.5 Linear Feet (1 carton)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
AR.0005

Background

Scope and content:

Contains correspondence, subject files, reports, memoranda, and minutes pertaining to the operation of the Duke University Medical Center, particularly the Department of Patient Relations. Materials were mostly created during Brown's administration as chief operating officer from 1989 to 1993. Materials date from 1989 to 1993.

Biographical / historical:

Burdeen Fred Brown began working at Duke University Medical Center in 1978, when he became the Director of the Veterans Administration Medical Center. In 1986, he became assistant to the Chancellor for Health Affairs. As the assistant to the Chancellor of Health Affairs, Brown worked with various committees concerned with hospital safety, equipment testing, cost effectiveness, and customer satisfaction. He also mediated conflicts between hospital contractors and advised on various hospital use concerns like traffic flow and bus service for patients.
In 1989, he also took on the position of chief operations officer. As chief operating officers, he retained many duties of the assistant to the chancellor. Some of his new duties included implementing cost-effectiveness programs and utilizing auditors and contractors to improve the general quality and value of Duke University Medical Center services.
Brown served the Duke University Medical Center until his death in 1993. His duties were assumed temporarily by John Robinette, then Director of Patient and Visitor Services.

Acquisition information:
Source unknown
Processing information:

Processed by: Archives staff and Emily Glenn: June 2003; encoded by Emily Glenn: March 2004

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Correspondence, 1989-1993; Business and Committee Files, 1991-1993; Administration and Development, 1986-1997.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

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This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals or IRB approval may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Duke University assumes no responsibility.
Contains Medical Center Administrative records. These include records of the officers of the University, as defined in the Bylaws, the deans of schools and colleges, and departments, institutes, and other offices as designated by the President. For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the director of the office of record and the Medical Center Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the Medical Center Archivist. (Issued by the Office of the Chancellor, December 1, 1975).

Terms of access:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the B. Fred Brown Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.