Ohio Hospital Newswire
10/20/2017
The Ohio Society for Health Care Facilities Management named Wes Dounda, maintenance supervisor, Barnesville Hospital, and Kent Behrman, director of Facilities, Mount Carmel St. Ann’s, as the 2017 Eagle Award recipients for their outstanding performance, leadership and unique contributions toward energy efficiency, health care
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10/20/2017
The open enrollment period for Ohio consumers to shop for individual health insurance policies on the federal health care insurance exchange, or marketplace, begins Nov. 1 and runs through Dec. 15 for policies to take effect Jan. 1, 2018. It is critical that all community stakeholders, including hospitals, reach out to consumers and
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10/20/2017
The Ohio Hospital Association is accepting applications from physicians for the Ohio Physician Leadership Institute 2018 class. PLIO is an innovative program providing Ohio physicians a forum to become transformational leaders in clinically-integrated delivery systems across Ohio.
PLIO is an innovative program providing Ohio physic
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10/20/2017
The Ohio Hospital Association and March of Dimes invites you to attend the 2017 Nurse of the Year Awards ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 3 in Columbus.
The Nurse of the Year Awards is an event and fundraiser that brings together the health care community to recognize nursing excellence and achievements in research, education, q
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10/20/2017
The Ohio Hospital Association invites hospital professionals from across the state and corporate partners to save the date for the 2018 OHA Annual Meeting, June 4-6 in Columbus.
The annual meeting is a premier gathering of Ohio hospital and health system leaders and provides an ideal opportunity for member hospitals and hea
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10/20/2017
One of the most important steps you can take to avoid serious, flu-related illnesses is to be vaccinated.
Who needs a flu vaccine? Almost everyone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone 6 months of age and older get vaccinated, particularly people who are at a high risk for flu complications. Th
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10/13/2017
ProMedica Bay Park Hospital has earned the Ohio Hospital Association’s 2017 William C. Kelley Award for its outstanding employee safety record. The OHA Safety Leadership Council presents the award each year to recognize individuals or hospitals that excel in occupational safety and demonstrate the synergy worker safety has wit
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10/13/2017
In collaboration with the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities, the Ohio departments of Medicaid and Mental Health and Addiction Services on Oct. 27 begin a final series of Behavioral Health Redesign trainings throughout Ohio to assist OhioMHAS certified providers of community behavioral health services with the
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10/13/2017
Hospitals looking to fill staffing vacancies are encouraged to explore OHA Solutions. Working on member hospitals’ behalf, OHA Solutions helps fill long-term assignments, per diem shifts, block booking and temporary-to-permanent shifts.
Last year, OHA Solutions helped hospitals meet needs for 60 categories of tempo
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10/13/2017
Cleveland Clinic received the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Gold Award last week for encouraging environmental excellence. The system’s green team projects include a local farmer’s market, removal of personal trash cans, employee energy pledges and an employee suggestion program.
Cleveland Clinic
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10/13/2017
Medicare health and drug plans can make changes each year on cost, coverage, network providers and pharmacies. All enrollees in Medicare can change their health plans and prescription drug coverage for 2018 to better meet their personal needs between Oct. 15 to Dec. 7.
Please make certain hospital registration staff are awa
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10/13/2017
The Ohio Society for Health Care Facilities Management hosts its annual educational conference Oct. 20 at The Blackwell Inn in Columbus. The conference provides a forum for networking, education and information exchange among Ohio’s health care facility managers, engineers, construction and safety managers, performance improve
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10/13/2017
After decades of decline, progress has slowed in preventing stroke deaths. Every 40 seconds someone has a stroke in the U.S.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 80 percent of strokes are preventable. Health care providers can treat strokes fast if patients get to the hospital in time.
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10/06/2017
More than 100 Ohio hospitals and health care buildings competing in the Ohio Hospital Association’s 2017 Energy Cup contest to reduce energy use and limit greenhouse gas emissions have reduced year-over-year energy consumption by 1.2 percent, almost twice the national average, in the first six months of the year.
The
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10/06/2017
As the association leads 220 member hospitals through volatile shifts in health care economic policy, OHA’s Health Economics & Policy team lead Ryan Biles will assume greater leadership responsibilities as executive vice president beginning Oct. 6.
Biles, who has served as senior vice president of Health Economics
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10/06/2017
Health care risk managers are invited to join the Ohio Hospital Association and Ohio Society of Health Care Risk Mangers for a mock trial session from 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Ohio Union at Ohio State University to gain a better understanding of the trial process and examine how the legal process affects a health care pr
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10/06/2017
Cleveland Clinic’s Anita Reddy, MD, Caroline Armstrong, RN, and Rebecca Rosario, RN, will join the Ohio Hospital Association Institute for Health Innovation from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 18 to present this month’s Statewide Sepsis Initiative webinar and education call.
The presentation will provide an overv
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10/06/2017
The Drug Enforcement Administration will host a national Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 28 to give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. This initiative addresses a vital public safety and
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10/06/2017
The Robard Corporation invites hospital representatives to join the “The Stigma of Weight Bias and its Effect on Health Care” webinar at 3 p.m. Oct. 17.
The webinar, presented by Claudia Huegel, MD, founder and owner of Medimorphosis Physician Assisted Weight Loss, will focus on a deep dive into the stigmatizati
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10/06/2017
Breast cancer is the second leading cancer among women in the U.S., but millions of women are surviving the disease, thanks in part to regular screening, early detection and improvements in treatment.
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the American Cancer Society is raising awareness through early detection and education
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