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The Health Resources and Services Administration has released a toolkit to help hospitals promote the Workplace Partnership for Life 2020 Hospital Organ Donation Campaign with the goal of creating donation-friendly hospital cultures across the U.S. The campaign since its launch in 2011 has enrolled more than 492,000 organ donors. The toolkit...
Several members of the Ohio Organization for Nursing Leadership, or OONL, convened at the Ohio Statehouse Tuesday for the society’s first advocacy day. Participants had the opportunity to meet with key members of the House and Senate Health committees and discuss their perspectives on pending legislation and policy ideas. The...
The Ohio Nurse of the Year Awards on Nov. 1 honored over 190 nominees with several nurses from OHA member hospitals across the state winning an award. Hosted by the March of Dimes, the event and fundraiser bring together the health care community to recognize nursing excellence and achievements in more than 25 categories, including research...
The Ohio Overdose Network of the Ohio Injury Prevention Partnership’s Proposals for the 2020 Annual Pilot Project Grants is now due by noon Nov. 15. Each grant will span nine months and can be funded at $4,000- $6,000 based on the strength of the application. Click here, for more information and to the application. Hospitals are eligible...
OHA has welcomed Andy White as the director of Health Economics & Policy. White will direct OHA’s strategic analytics work with a focus on the financial and public policy impact of member institutions. Joining OHA from the office of the Ohio Attorney General, White was the deputy director of operational excellence. Prior to that he...
The Ohio Patient Safety Institute invites hospitals, health systems, physicians and long term care, outpatient facilities and home health care organizations to submit a nomination for the annual Dr. Frank Dono Best Practice Award by Tuesday, Dec. 31. The best practice award is presented annually to an individual or organization...
Mark your calendar for Nov. 20 as OHA’s monthly sepsis webinar series continues. November’s webinar will focus on the “Considerations for Early Recognition of Deteriorating Patient Conditions.” The webinar will feature Naeem Ali, MD, director, Critical Care Clinical Operations; Department of Hospital Administration, The...
Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted on Nov. 1 proclaimed November as Diabetes Awareness Month. More than 30 million people in the U.S have diabetes with over 1 million being residents of Ohio. The DeWine Administrations proclamation highlights the significant disparities in the prevalence in Ohio, with older adults, African Americans...
The Ohio Hospital Association extends a big thank you to outgoing Clinical Advisory Committee Chair William Kose, MD, the chief quality officer at Blanchard Valley Health System, who gaveled in his final meeting of the year for the committee that develops a strategic patient safety and quality agenda for OHA, recommending priority...