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9.3.08
Cleveland, Akron Hospitals Racing to Rescue Heart Patients
Northeast Ohio hospitals are saving lives by saving time. As part of a regional quality collaborative, 35 hospitals are working together to decrease the time it takes to get heart attack patients from the emergency room to a cardiologist for angioplasty. See more

8.8.08
Rural Hospitals Get Federal, State Grants
Small and rural hospitals across Ohio are improving services to their communities thanks to $657,763 in federal and state grants administered by the Foundation for Healthy Communities of the Ohio Hospital Association. See more

8.7.08
Ohio Hospital Association Welcomes New Lobbyists
The Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) welcomes Frederick Frank and Charles Solley to join its state advocacy team. Rick is the director of state policy & advocacy and Charlie is the manager of state policy & advocacy. See more

8.1.08
Friends of Ohio Hospitals Endorses Stratton, O’Connor
Calling for an Ohio Supreme Court that will interpret but not rewrite state law, Friends of Ohio Hospitals, the political action committee of the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA), has endorsed Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton and Justice Maureen O’Connor in this year’s Ohio Supreme Court races.
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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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