Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy
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Welcome to the Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy of the American Hospital Association.

 

The Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy (SHCA) is a not-for-profit healthcare organization dedicated to individuals interested in advocacy as well as patient representatives, guest relations professionals, physicians, nurses, social workers and others currently employed in hospitals, health maintenance organizations, home health agencies, long-term care facilities and other health-related organizations.

 

As a dynamic and growing organization, the SHCA provides a voice for advocacy for patient's rights, ethics, patient satisfaction/measurement, and customer service in today’s healthcare facilities and hospitals.  We are the heart of the hospitals, advocating in the name of the patient.

 


2009 Annual Conference Photo Album is Now Available Online

Share in all the fun of Reno!  The photo album for our 2009 Annual Conference is now posted online and viewable as well as sharable to anyone, wheter you were able to attend conference or not!  Visit the SHCA Online Photo Album, then simply click on any of the albums to the left of the screen to view photos from all the conference events.


 

The Circle of Life Award: Celebrating Innovation in Palliative and End-of-Life Care is presented annually to honor organizations striving to improve the care provided to patients with life-threatening conditions or near the end of life.  In 2010, up to three organizations will win Circle of Life Awards; additional organizations may receive Citations of Honor.  Awards and citations will be presented at the American Hospital Association Health Forum Summit, July 22-24, 2010, in San Diego.
Nominate an organization or program (either your own or another).

 


What We've Accomplished For You - the return on your investment in the AHA

 

The AHA’s strength is drawn directly from your active participation and your dues investment.  What’s the return on that investment?  Take a moment to look over this special report and you’ll agree that, together, hospital leaders have built an extraordinarily strong national advocacy organization.

 


Patient/Consumer Advocate Resources:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Center for Medicare Advocacy


Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 


Department of Veterans Affairs


Joint Commission


Medicare 


President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry


United States House of Representatives 


United States Senate

 



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