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Northeast Ohio’s Workforce Initiative, NEONI, Launches Facebook Page

Last week The Center for Health Affairs, the leading advocate for Northeast Ohio hospitals, officially launched a Facebook presence for its workforce initiative, NEONI.

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Ohio’s Action Coalition Recognized by The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action

The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, a coordinated effort to ensure that all Americans have access to high-quality healthcare, with nurses contributing to the full extent of their capabilities, named 21 new state Action Coalitions on September 26.

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HealthCare Consumerism Focus of September Issue Brief

The Center’s latest issue brief, Healthcare Consumerism and the Growing Importance of Patient Decision Making examines the healthcare consumerism movement and the many forms it has taken. Healthcare consumerism is the notion that patient preference should dictate what healthcare markets look like.

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Key Indicators Report Points to Trend of Diminishing Outpatient Surgery Volume

The region has been mired in troubling economic times for well over two years now and The Center’s member hospitals are feeling its effects, according to the latest Key Indicators Report, which reflects data from the second quarter of 2011.

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The Center to Collaborate with BioEnterprise, Team NEO on Buy NEO Initiative

The Center for Health Affairs, BioEnterprise and Team NEO have entered into a unique collaboration aimed at attracting new businesses and jobs to Northeast Ohio.

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Health Information Exchange Kicking Off Efforts in Northeast Ohio

The Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP) is seeking to get the ball rolling on Northeast Ohio’s participation in the statewide health information exchange.

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Annual Conference Focuses on Evidence-Based Practice & Research

The Center for Health Affairs and its workforce initiative,NEONI, will host its 10th Annual Fall Conference, entitled Becoming Involved in Evidence-Based Practice and Research, on Friday, Oct. 28. Mary E.

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Register Now for Transitions of Care Event

Registration is now open for Transitions of Care – Improving Care Across Settings, an event sponsored by The Center for Health Affairs and Better Health Greater Cleveland. The conference, which is intended to support hospital efforts to reduce readmissions, takes place Wednesday, November 2, from 7:30 a. m.

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Crisis Communication Conference Provides Useful Resources & Tools

It has been said that it takes a lifetime to build a reputation and only seconds to destroy it. And an organization’s success – or failure – in managing a crisis can have a long-term effect on how that organization is viewed.

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