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Recent OHA News

• Foundation for Healthy Communities Debuts Improved Web site

  May 24, 2013:

  The Foundation for Healthy Communities (FHC), sponsored by OHA,  recently introduced a new web site that provides a valuable resource for health and wellness professionals and is a space where visitors can utilize numerous features to enhance their skills and knowledge. One of the many features allows users to access webinars highlighting hospital wellness issues and best practices.  FindContinue Reading

• Hospitals and Doctors’ Use of Health IT more than Doubles Since 2012

  May 23, 2013:

  According to a recent release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), more than half of all eligible providers have received Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments for adopting or meaningfully using electronic health records (EHRs). HHS has met and exceeded its goal for 80 percent of eligible hospitals to have EHRs byContinue Reading

• Register Today for Ohio Action Coalition Stakeholder Meetings Regarding Future of Nursing

  May 22, 2013:

  All stakeholders interested in the future of nursing and health care in Ohio are invited to join the Ohio Action Coalition (OAC) and special guest Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior adviser for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and director of Future for Nursing: Campaign for Action, for a series ofContinue Reading

• Hospitals Encouraged to Complete National Pediatric Readiness Project Survey

  May 21, 2013:

  Community-based hospitals, children’s hospitals, military hospitals and freestanding emergency departments are encouraged to complete the survey assessment for the National Pediatric Readiness Project. The primary purpose of Pediatric Readiness Project is three-fold: (1) to establish a composite baseline of the nation’s capacity to provide care to children in the Emergency Department (ED),  (2) to createContinue Reading

• OHA Annual Meeting Hotels Filling up Fast

  May 20, 2013:

  The Ohio Hospital Association invites members to attend the 2013 OHA Annual Meeting, June 10-12, at the Columbus Hilton at Easton, but hotel rooms are filling up fast! To date, no overnight rooms remain at the Hilton Columbus at Easton, site of the annual meeting. However, rooms are available nearby at the Marriott’s Courtyard ColumbusContinue Reading

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• 2013 HCWY Award

  OHA congratulates the 62 outstanding nominees for the Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year Award. The award is given each year to one Ohio caregiver who personifies a leader who gives back to the community, routinely goes beyond the call of duty and has overcome odds to succeed. Congratulations to all our nominees who will be honored at the 12th Annual Recognition Dinner on June 11.
  
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