SHCA Educational Events Calendar
The Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy encourages the professional development of our members.
SHCA combines educational opportunities at both the chapter and national level to provide you with essential skills and knowledge needed to both grow professionally and enhance the patient experience.
July 2010
SHCA Webinar: When Knowledge Isn't Enough: Symptoms and Psychological Impact of Trauma in Family Members
presented by Sheila Brune and Sherry Worsham
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:00 p.m. CT
AHA/Health Forum Leadership Summit
July 22 – 24, 2010
Manchester Grand Hyatt
San Diego, CA
The AHA/Health Forum Leadership Summit focuses on the organizational characteristics, structures, and processes that lead to a high-performing system of care. The Summit highlights the most effective and efficient approaches for hospitals and health systems to integrate care and improve financial and clinical performance along the continuum of care. The program features industry leaders addressing the critical issues of improved care coordination, strategies for delivering greater value while managing greater risk and accountability, new approaches to partnering and the impact of emerging technologies on patient care and business practices. We'll also explore the leadership commitment needed to improve organizational performance, and assess new opportunities for engaging the workforce in the creation of workplace cultures that translate into a better experience for patients and staff alike.
The Leadership Summit restores the professional enthusiasm of attendees by offering solutions to help organizations better serve their patients and communities while improving financial and operational goals.
Education Tracks:
- Improving Care Coordination
- Delivering and Demonstrating Greater Value
- Strategies for Managing Greater Risk and Accountability
- Emerging Partnership Models
- Implementing and Leveraging the Electronic Health Record
- Transforming the Workplace and the Workforce
Please visit www.healthforum.com/LeadershipSummit for more details.
ASHRM Patient Safety Curriculum – Set the Framework and Take the Lead.
July 26-27/July 28-29
Chicago, IL
As healthcare evolves in the current regulatory and economic environment, a higher standard of patient safety is the cornerstone of healthcare delivery. In your role as a healthcare risk management and patient safety professional, you need to take a leadership role in improving patient care and outcomes.
ASHRM, the trusted leader in patient safety education, is offering the 2010 Patient Safety Curriculum – a program designed to:
- Identify regulatory and economic factors that influence patient safety and your organization today
- Reduce behaviors that can lead to medical errors – and in turn, non-payment
- Create a comprehensive patient safety program
- Outline strategies to obtain actionable information from data mining efforts
- Communicate effectively and lead positive change efforts.
This two-part program has been specifically designed by patient safety experts committed to creating a safe and trusted health care environment.
This program has been designed, and will be facilitated, by a nationally recognized faculty with expertise in healthcare risk management, patient safety and leadership development. Participants will walk away with the knowledge, tools and resources to advance the patient safety and risk management efforts in their organization.
Get more details and register now to receive the early bird discount.
| Patient Safety I or II |
Earlybird - 6/25/2010 |
Regular |
| ASHRM/SHCA member | $600 | $650 |
| Nonmember | $700 | $700 |
AHVRP Webinar: Recruitment vs Retention - The Financial Bottom Line
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:00 p.m. (Central)
Wouldn’t you like to learn to reduce turnover in order to increase volunteer satisfaction and improve your hospital’s financial bottom line? . In this webinar, you will learn and discuss:
- The Cost of on-boarding new volunteers
- Determining the cost of a volunteer hour
- Volunteer Selection for better retention
- How to get volunteer feedback
- How to properly work with hospital staff to train and on-board new volunteers in their assignments.
Visit the AHVRP Online Registration Form and sign up today at the AHVRP member rate.
September 2010
Texas Alliance for Patient Services (TAPS) 2010 Annual Conference
September 8-10 - Austin, Texas - Sheraton at the Capitol
TAPS is eager for their 2010 Annual Conference:"Defining Patient Advocacy". This year's meeting is focused on the nine domains of practice as identified by the Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy (SHCA).
For more travel and registration related details visit the TAPS website.
Quesitons? Contact TAPS@taps-online.org.
October 2010
ASHRM Annual Conference & Exhibition: Oct. 13-16 - Tampa, Florida
ASHRM’s Annual Conference is healthcare risk management’s premier educational event – an unmatched opportunity to learn from healthcare experts representing clinical, legal, and other risk management specialties. Click here for more details
If you have an event you would like listed in the SHCA Calendar, please e-mail shca@aha.org.