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6.19.08
New Law Gives Nurses a Voice in Hospital Staffing Plans
Nurses and nurse leaders are rolling up their scrubs to start implementing common sense nurse staffing plans in hospitals across Ohio under legislation signed into law by Gov. Ted Strickland last week.
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6.11.08
Hospital Honored for Rural Health Promotion: Award Commemorates Devoted OHA Associate
COLUMBUS – A small northeast Ohio hospital that has helped put its community on the map for wellness initiatives is the 2008 recipient of the David Hendershot Rural Health Promotion Award. Dunlap Community Hospital received the award today from the Ohio Hospital Association’s Foundation for Healthy Communities. See more

6.11.08
Hospitals Partner for Healthier Workforces
Five Ohio hospitals are teaming up with local schools, fire departments, manufacturers and nursing homes to fight obesity in the workplace, aided by $100,000 in grants from the Foundation for Healthy Communities. See more

6.10.08
Ohio Hospitals’ Benefit to Communities: $1.8 Billion
Total Benefit Increased 21%
Sharing a story of compassionate, quality caring, the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) today unveiled its annual statewide community benefit report for Ohio hospitals outlining their $1.8 billion community benefit. The report showcases the many compelling contributions hospitals make within and outside their walls. See more

6.10.08
Hospital Hero Breathes Life into Community
Health Care Worker of the Year; Leadership Award Recipients Announced
Hospitals across the state united to recognize 75 health care heroes – including nurses, radiology technicians, social workers and more – who were nominated for this year’s Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year Award, presented by the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) last night. See more

6.5.08
MEDIA ADVISORY - Ohio Hospitals Release Community Benefit Report
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5.28.08
MEDIA ADVISORY - Hospitals to Celebrate 75 Health Care Heroes
Health Care Worker of the Year to be Named at June 9 Dinner See more

5.16.08
Hospitals Saving Lives, Preventing Harm from Blood Thinners
The Ohio Patient Safety Institute (OPSI) and VHA, Inc. yesterday kicked off a collaborative project with 46 hospitals and health systems across Ohio to reduce life-threatening complications associated with anticoagulants – blood thinners – which many patients take to prevent blood clots following a stroke, heart attack or vascular surgery. See more

4.18.08
Ohio Hospitals Give Back to Mother Earth
Something as simple as kitchen grease can save the planet? Yes, according to St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, which is recycling the grease to create bio-fuels. See more

4.7.08
James R. Castle Received AHA Board of Trustees Award
Timothy J. Jakacki Named AHA Grassroots Champion

The American Hospital Association (AHA) today presented James R. Castle with its 2008 Board of Trustees Award and will tomorrow award Timothy J. Jakacki, president and CEO of Fostoria Community Hospital and Defiance Regional Medical Center, with the Partnership for Action Grassroots Champion Award. See more

1.31.08

Hospitals Support Physician Medicaid Increase, Hospital Recalibration Delay

The Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) commends Gov. Ted Strickland’s decision to indefinitely delay the planned recalibration of Medicaid rates for hospitals and to provide physicians with their first Medicaid update in seven years, effective July 1, 2008. See more

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