Carol's Greeting
Greetings!
Welcome to the Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy (SHCA) website. We have some amazing information and resources and hope you will spend some time on this user-friendly website full of valuable resources.
SHCA was founded in 1971, and in 2011 we will be celebrating our 40th Birthday! The fun will start early continuing in to 2011 where we will offer 40th specials and discounts leading up to our Annual Conference held in Jacksonville, Florida at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront from April 5-8, 2011. Visit the website often and watch for e-blast messages about the latest happenings.
The coming year will be a time to reflect on our contributions to the growth of healthcare patient/consumer advocacy since 1971. We will be calling on all our members to share their memories, old photos, seminar and chapter events.
Our recent annual conference in Pittsburgh saw almost one third of our members in attendance strengthening their foundation and expertise in the SHCA identified 9 Domain of Practice. These have been defined by our organization to lead us toward curriculum development.
Over the past 39 years, SHCA has provided education, a bountiful network, and valuable resources to its members. In 2008, education webinars were designed to provide members timely topics and tools that could be utilized immediately in their profession. Please refer to the website for a listing of upcoming and archived webinars to see how you can purchase these for your own professional library and facilty.
If you are thinking about joining SHCA, consider these extraordinary benefits with your annual membership. The value on your investment will enhance your career.
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Updated website full of links including AHA resources
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Ongoing webinars offered bimonthly at a reasonable rate for members and can include multiple attendees at the same site
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Access to hours of learning from past annual conference and webinar content in a user-friendly format
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SHCA Publications and Bookstore – resources for your professional development
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SHCA News You Need – monthly newsletter of current topics and articles related to healthcare and patient advocacy
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Online Community: SHCA ListServ – members are able to pose a question to the entire SHCA membership and receive quick and valuable responses to help them in their query. SHCA is rapidly building a unique repository of questions and responses that will be available in the future to access at any time. Many members are even sharing their policies and best practices to their fellow members in this resourceful tool.
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Join online today!
Your 2010-2011 Board of Directors are here to serve you.
Thank you for visiting our website and we hope you will be back again and again!
Sincerely,
Carol R. Waldemayer
2010 SHCA President