IHA Weekly News - July 10, 2024
Bowen Center Releases 'Playbook' for Addressing Mental Health Care Workforce Shortage
The Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy at Indiana University School of Medicine is pleased to present the Playbook for Enhancing Indiana's Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce. This set of recommendations aims to strengthen Hoosiers' mental health services.
Every county in Indiana has a federally designated mental health workforce shortage, which contributes to untreated mental illness. It's estimated that over 300,000 Hoosiers are going without mental health care and more than 50% of Hoosier youths with depression are not getting treatment.
Indiana's mental and behavioral health workforce plays an integral role in addressing these challenges.
IHA Kicks Off 2024 Friends PAC Campaign – Consider Donating Today!
The 2024 Friends of Indiana Hospitals Political Action Committee (PAC) campaign has officially launched! Friends works to improve health care in Indiana by supporting candidates for public office who will be strong advocates for hospitals, patients, and the communities we serve. In this critical election year, you can help jump-start the campaign by donating online
here. By donating to Friends, you are fighting for the best interests of Indiana hospitals and their patients, and for that we are grateful.
Thank you to the facilities that have met their 2024 individual goals:
- Goshen Health
- Rush Memorial Hospital
Administrative Professionals Conference is One Week Away
Join us next Thursday, July 18 for a day of interactive speakers, networking with peers, raffle prizes, and more. If you or your colleagues are interested in attending, registration is still available.
We are excited to see the variety of facilities represented at this year's conference:
- Beacon Health System / Elkhart General Hospital
- Blue & Co.
- Bowen Center
- Cameron Memorial Community Hospital
- Community Health Network
- Encompass Health Deaconess Rehabilitation Hospital
- Franciscan Health
- Hamilton Center Inc.
- Hendricks Regional Health
- Indiana University Health
- Major Health Partners
- Margaret Mary Health
- OrthoIndy Hospital
- Schneck Medical Center
- Union Health
Aug 1: IHA Safe and Sound Webinar Please join IHA and our partner Axon on Thursday, Aug 1 at noon ET for our IHA Safe and Sound Webinar #2: Safety for Every Shift: Addressing Workplace Violence in Healthcare Using Safety Technology.
Workplace violence is a key issue in healthcare with attacks on nurses making up 75% of all workplace violence incidents. Axon has been the leader in public safety technology for 30 years and works with the majority of all law enforcement agencies across the country and partners with the International Association of Health care Security and Safety. Due to the increased demand for de-escalation and deterrence technology in healthcare, Axon is already partnering with some of the largest healthcare systems across the country.
Join the webinar to learn from Axon's Head of Healthcare about Axon's newest safety strategy for nurses, the personal safety device, designed to act as a de-escalation and deterrence tool in healthcare.
Please register in advance for this meeting: https://ihaconnect-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtceyoqzotGtBmHE_X886_EPFquvGIFKG5.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
AHA Annual Survey Deadline Extended to July 31
Members, we ask that you please participate in the AHA Annual Survey, which is now online. As you know, the AHA Annual Survey is an important source of provider data and the source for AHA Guide®, Hospital Statistics™ and U.S. News & World Report's Directory of America's Hospitals (www.usnews.com). It is vitally important to collect accurate and updated information about your organization each year, and your response ensures that your hospital's information will be represented in these field-defining resources.
Health care leaders, policymakers, and researchers use the AHA Annual Survey to better describe and understand the operations of U.S. hospitals. The data and insights drawn from the survey also support several important AHA actions, including strong advocacy on behalf of hospitals and health systems. The AHA uses these data to assess the impact of legislative and regulatory policy changes and educate policymakers about the realities that face America's hospital and health system leaders as they care for their patients and communities.
Over the last year, the AHA has been working to update their survey platform to provide you with a better survey experience. This year's survey is being launched on a fully refreshed survey platform. Our hope is that these changes will make the survey more user friendly and easier to complete.
Important resources:
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Link to the survey is: https://ahasurvey.org
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A helpful walkthrough document is saved here.
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The email assigned as survey administrator for logging on was sent to you previously. If you cannot locate the instructional email, please reach out to Laura Gilbert.
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If you have questions or need assistance completing the survey, please call 800-530-9092 or email surveysupport@aha.org. Survey responses are due
July 31.
