SCHA Weekly Update, Apr. 4, 2011

Gawande speaks at Patient Safety Symposium

Hear from Atul Gawande, who spoke at the Fourth Annual Patient Safety Symposium in March. Also, visit the Safe Surgery 2015 website. Contact Kimberly Hubbard at (803) 744-3557 with additional questions.

Dixon Hughes now Dixon Hughes Goodman

Dixon Hughes PLLC and Goodman & Company LLP joined forces. The company is now known as Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and will be headquartered in Charlotte. Read more and visit merger site.

Palmetto Health Earns National Recognition for Exemplary Community Service

Palmetto Health was named a finalist for the 2010 Foster G. McGaw Prize. Read more.

SCHHRA, SCONL, SCHA to Co-Sponsor Union Awareness Program

SCHHRA, SCONL, and SCHA will be co-sponsoring a union awareness and labor relations update on May 24 at SCHA’s William L. Yates Conference Center. “EFCA Might Be Dead…but Union Activity is Not” will include faculty from three law firms, Fisher & Phillips, Jackson Lewis, and Ogleetree Deakins. The morning portion of the program will focus on updates as to what’s happening both at the federal level and in our state and why hospitals, in particular, should pay attention. The afternoon program will involve some highly interactive training on union avoidance strategies. This training and application of case studies will be of great interest and importance to frontline leadership teams and managers. Download the brochure and registration and register early to attend! Both HRCI and CNE credits will be available. For more information, contact Lara Hewitt.

Education

April 29: Carolina Public Relations Marketing Society (CHPRMS) Spring Conference, SCHA’s William L. Yates Conference Center. Additional information and to register.

May 4: South Carolina Executive Assistants in Healthcare Annual Meeting, SCHA’s William L. Yates Conference Center.

May 4: CSHSMD Spring Conference, Renaissance Hotel Suites Charlotte.

May 20: Society of Diversity Professionals Meeting, Palmetto Health Baptist Auditorium. Download brochure and registration form.

May 24: EFCA Might Be Dead…But Union Activity is Not, SCHA’s William L. Yates Conference Center. Download brochure and registration.

Upcoming SCHA Webinars

Webinars are a great and cost-effective way to provide education to your employees.Your organization pays for one phone line and may have multiple viewers. Below is a list of upcoming webinars and links to their fliers with registration information that are available through SCHA. You may also access the brochures through the SCHA calendar here.

April 5 - National Patient Safety Goals

April 5 - Budgeting and Acquiring Capital Equipment

April 14 - Preventing Hospital Readmissions and Discharges

May 3 - Community Health Needs Assessment: The Time to Start is Now

May 12 - Hot Problematic CMS Conditions of Participation

May 17 - Advance Directives Update 2011

May 17 - Clinical Integration: Getting From Here to There

SCHA will also be offering the following webinars during 2011. Detailed information will be available about six to eight weeks prior to the webinar.