Spring 2007

OHA Annual Meeting Time Again!
The 2007 OHA Annual Meeting is quickly approaching. It will be held June 18-20 at the Hilton Easton in Columbus. Early registration will be available at the Hilton on Sunday, June 17 from 2 - 6 p.m. More details regarding registration, awards dinner, sponsorships, etc. can be found on the Annual Meeting Web site.

careLearning Informational Meeting
OHA is sponsoring a careLearning informational meeting May 22 at the offices in Columbus. There is no charge to attend this meeting and lunch will be provided. Learn more.

careLearning.com is a comprehensive, Internet-based learning and learner management system for health care providers and their employees. It enhances the health care organizations’ ability to obtain timely and relevant education by providing a range of Web-based interactive educational programming. The benefit for organizations is the improvement of health care delivery through the enhanced competencies of health care leaders, clinicians, professionals and other employees that meet regulatory and accrediting agency requirements.

Parking Solutions Continues to Provide Excellent Service
Parking Solutions for Healthcare, an OHA Corporate Partner, provides parking/valet services to many of Ohio’s hospitals, including: 

Adena Medical Center, Chillicothe
Akron City Hospital, Akron
Bucyrus Community Hospital, Bucyrus
Children’s Medical Center, Dayton
Christ Hospital, Cincinnati
Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls
Doctors Hospital West, Columbus
East Liverpool City Hospital, East Liverpool
Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster
Firelands Hospital, Sandusky
Fort Hamilton Hospital, Hamilton
Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati
Good Samaritan Hospital, Zanesville
Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Heights
Kettering Medical Center, Kettering
Lake West Hospital, Willoughby
Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine
Mercy Medical Center, Springfield
Mount Carmel East, Columbus
Southern Ohio Medical Center, Portsmouth
Southwest General Health Center, Middleburg Heights
Wooster Community Hospital, Wooster

“We have experienced overwhelmingly positive feedback from our patients, visitors, and employees. Further, the customer service the valets provide has become the standard for our entire organization.  Valet parking is a new venture for Lake Hospital System, and I can say it has been a resounding success to date. I believe we owe much of this success to choosing a quality vendor such as Parking Solutions.” - Ted Hoffman, Director of Facilities Management, Lake Hospital System, Inc., Painesville

Free Program Helps Hospitals Develop Palliative-Care Services
For hospitals seeking to implement or improve their palliative care services, a free program provides a unique opportunity to learn best-practices from organizations with exemplary palliative-care services.  The Hospital-Based Palliative Care Consortium (HBPCC) helps hospitals develop palliative-care services through interactions with organizations committed to high quality end-of-life and palliative care. The no-fee program is funded by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the location of Learning Labs throughout the U.S. minimizes travel costs. 

The one-day site visits are customized to meet a hospital’s specific palliative-care goals. Participants observe a successful program and learn how to transfer that information to their organization. As participants implement palliative-care programs in their own hospitals, HBPCC support continues via a Web site, customized tools and networking among participating hospitals, Learning Labs, and HBPCC staff.

View more information or contact Deb Bohr at dbohr@aha.org or 646.678.4280.

OHA Welcomes New Corporate Partners
We would like to welcome the following Corporate Partners for the first quarter of 2007:

Array Healthcare Facilities Solutions 
Back on Track
BKD, LLP
Danis Building Construction Company
DesignGroup
DST Technologies, Inc.
Lauth Healthcare
NES Healthcare Group
Northwest Group Services
QMI
Regency Construction Services, Inc.
Siemens
Stand Energy Corporation
Tremco, Inc.
Vocera

Thank you to all Corporate Partners who support OHA programs and initiatives! OHA appreciates each one of you and the work that you do!

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