SCHA Weekly Update, June 20, 2011

Guide Reviews ADA access requirements for health care facilities

The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is promoting Access to Medical Care for Persons with Mobility Disabilities, a guide to help health care providers understand the American with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Produced with the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights, the 19-page guide includes an overview of general ADA requirements, commonly asked questions, and illustrated examples of accessible facilities, examination rooms and medical equipment. The ADA is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in everyday activities, including medical services. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities on the basis of their disability in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance, including health programs and services.

List of Working Well hospitals continues to grow

Working Well staff would like to recognize Marion Regional Hospital and Village Hospital for their commitment to wellness. These hospitals have joined the Working Well initiative, a grant-funded initiative that will facilitate the implementation of policy changes on hospital campuses statewide. Marion Regional Hospital and Village Hospital will have the tools necessary to improve employee wellness through policy and environmental system changes at their facility as well as in the surrounding community. Both hospitals join a list of 31 other hospitals throughout the state that have committed to this initiative to date.

For more information on Working Well or how your hospital can join, please contact Jen Wright at (803) 744-3553 or Kendyl Schultz at (803) 744-3531.

2011 Distinguished Hospital Trustee Award

SCHA is accepting nominations for the 2011 Distinguished Hospital Trustee Award. The award, presented annually at the TAP Conference, is presented to persons serving on a South Carolina hospital board who have shown the type of leadership that enables hospitals to become high performing systems. Learn more about the award and download the application. Deadline for nominations is July 15, 2011.

Previous winners include Camilla Hertwig, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System; J. Michael Kapp, Providence Hospitals; Don Ellis, Clarendon Health System; Ben Carr, Jr., Barnwell County Hospital; Katherine Duffy, Roper St. Francis Healthcare; and Charles Bundy, Springs Memorial Hospital.

Register now for the 2011 CFO Forum

Registration is open for the 10th Annual SCHA CFO Forum to be held July 20-22 in Charleston. This year’s CFO Forum will focus on a blend of national and local issues. Jim Bentley, formerly with the American Hospital Association, Tony Keck, new director of the state Department of Health and Human Services, and  Aaron Beam, former CFO and co-founder of HealthSouth are just three presenters at this year’s forum.

The CFO Forum is limited to hospital CFO’s. For more information, contact Tommy Cockrell at (803) 744-3510.