SCHA Weekly Update, October 3, 2011

In this issue

The latest happenings from across the state.

SC Hospitals Innovating Care and Wellness

Over the past few years, our state's hospitals have demonstrated what we can achieve when we work together. We know that collaboration excels performance. Instead of recreating the wheel, we are collecting best practices and innovations from you, our members.

View the innovations submitted by your hospitals. We need for each hospital to share any and all practices from which other hospitals can learn. These should not be limited to the clnical area, but also include innovative practices in community outreach and wellness, the business office, procurement, human resources, leadership development and more.

Does your hospital have an innovation not in the list? Submit and share it.

Medical Waste Contracts

As announced earlier, SCHA Solutions is pleased to announce the new contract term for the Medical Waste Management and Treatment Program. One of the provisions of the new medical waste contract is a significant price reduction in medical waste services. The price reductions range from 20% to 30% depending on the number of waste streams handled by Stericycle. If your facility has not executed and returned the new contract, please do so in order to receive the reduced pricing. Executed contracts should be returned to Tommy Cockrell or Carmen Goulet. For questions, please contact Tommy at 803.744.3510 or Carmen at 803.744.3504.

Education

SCONL 2011 Fall Meeting, October 20-21, SCHA's William L. Yates Conference Center. View brochure.

Society of Managed Care Professionals Memebership Meeting, October 25-26, SCHA's William L. Yates Conference Center. View brochure.

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 that are available through SCHA. You may also access the brochures through the SCHA calendar.

October 6 - Critical Access Hospitals: CMS CoP

October 20 - Reward and Recognition on a Limited Budget

October 25 - Visionary Leadership: being a Catalyst of Change

October 25 - Critical Access Hospitals: CMS CoP

October 26 - IV Medication and Blood Transfusion Revised Guidelines

October 27 - Spirituality of Patient Advocacy

November 1 - Critical Access Hospitals: CMS CoP

November 1 - Community Benefit: Using Evidence-Based Interventions to Positively Impact Health Outcomes of Communities Served

For more information about these webinars, please contact Erin Watson at 803.744.3512

View more information on webinars offered by CareLearning