SDAHO membership engagement survey closes Tuesday
The biennial membership engagement survey began last week and runs through Tuesday, April 18. The survey gathers feedback and...
Get Your Credit Hours at the Continuing Care Conference
Attendees will have the opportunity to earn a variety of credit hours at the Continuing Care Conference, April 26...
Foundation seeks nominees for Future of Population Health Award
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is seeking nominees for its 2017 Future of Population Health Award. The award recognizes exemplary practice by hospitals and health systems that are collaborating with public health departments and other community partners on health improvement strategies and implementation efforts.
Wear blue and green Friday to support organ, eye and tissue donation
Members are urged to show their support for organ, eye and tissue donation by wearing blue and green on Friday for Donate Life America’s annual Donate Life Blue & Green Day.
Donate Life Blue & Green Day highlights organ, eye and tissue donation
Today is Donate Life America’s annual Donate Life Blue & Green Day, a chance for all to show their support for organ, eye and tissue donation by wearing blue and green.
Alex Ourth interns at SDAHO
Alex Ourth will join SDAHO as a summer intern as part of the RISE-UP program through the University of South Dakota (USD). Alex is studying chemical engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with a minor in public policy.
Today is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
Today, May 4, is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. The commemoration focuses on the importance of integrating behavioral health and primary care for children, youth and young adults with mental and/or substance use disorders. The 2017 national theme is “Partnering for Help and Hope.”
AHA Annual Meeting and congressional visits
A delegation of our members traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to attend the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Meeting and to meet with members of the South Dakota congressional delegation.
Celebrate national health care weeks
Each year in May, the nation celebrates National Hospital Week (May 8-12), National Nurses Week (May 6-12) and National Nursing Home Week (May 14-20). This is a time when we pause to recognize the organizations and individuals who care for us when we are in our most fragile condition.
Happy National Nurses Week
National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6 and ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale's birthday. The nursing profession has been supported and promoted by the American Nurses Association (ANA) since 1896.
