VaSHHRA Voice
V o l u m e 4, E d i t i o n 3
Q u a r t e r 3, 2 0 1 4
President’s Report
Terri E. Stevens, MBA, PHR, CHHR
In This Issue:
Volunteer
Opportunities
2
Benefits of ASHHRA
Membership
2
VA Hospitals
2
Bulletin Board
3
Fall Conference
Agenda
4
ASHHRA Board
5
Executive
Committee
6
Sponsor Spotlight
7
Advocacy
Committee Person
7
I hope you had a great summer filled
with fun and relaxation! Following
are updates on our 2014 VaSHHRA
goals:
•Membership of 150: We have
approximately 120 members. We
are pleased with our member count
due to mergers and acquisitions
occurring in our state, and the
financial changes in healthcare.
•Nominations for ASHHRA Award
Categories: Several of our members
were selected for ASHHRA awards.
Please join me in congratulating
the following for their award:
* Katy Reeves - Outstanding Chapter
Officer
* Cathy Dancy - HR Visionary Leader
* Emily Endert - Outstanding Chapter
Achievement
* Danielle Gilbert - Metlife Scholarship
* VaSHHRA - 4-Star Chapter Achievement
•Select a Team for the 2015 Tri-State
Conference: Jeanne Clark, Terri
Stevens, Katy Reeves, Meredith
Sawyer have been initially selected
to serve on this team. Additional
team members will be selected in
the upcoming months.
•Update Officer Job Descriptions:
With the exception of the one
job description, all have been
updated.
•Maintain ASHHRA Metric of 25%:
Currently our metric is 28.45%.
•Purchase Liability Insurance: The
Executive Team has decided to
wait one year. Per the ASHHRA
Affiliation Agreement, we will not
need to meet this requirement until
January 1, 2016.
•I n c r e a s e
Awareness
About
HosPac
and
AHAPAC:
Several
articles
have
been
published in past newsletters about
these groups and how you support
them.
•Prepare for 2015 Officer Change:
The 2015-16 Ballot of Officers will
be sent to members in September.
New 2015-16 Officers will be
announced in October.
•New Member Packets:
Our
Membership Chair has been
sending new members a “new
member packet” via mail and we
have received positive feedback .
•Increase Educational Offerings
for Members: We have held the
following educational events for
our members – AHA/ASHHRA/
VaSHHRA Roundtable, Additional
Regional
Meetings,
Spring
Conference, Extended the Fall
Conference to include a ½ day
pre-conference session on legal
updates.
As summer wraps up, I hope you
take the opportunity to reflect on
the important role you have in
healthcare. Just like the seasons of
the year, change in healthcare is
inevitable. VaSHHRA can help you
navigate through all these changes.
Stay in touch with your Regional
Representative and your VaSHHRA
Executive Team. Let us know what
we can do to help you.
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Volunteering for VaSHHRA
Volunteering can be a very rewarding experience. Over the next year
there will be lots of opportunities to help out with VaSHHRA meetings,
conferences, committees and social events.
Please contact Lee Byrd or Terri Stevens
Lee email: [email protected]
Terri email: [email protected]
Benefits of ASHHRA Membership
ASHHRA HR Concierge is a service that offers personal attention to the
health care HR profession by providing custom tools and resources
that are essential to the field. Each ASHHRA member (practitioner or
consultant) can submit up to two (2) requests* per membership year at
no additional charge to the member.
Ask the Expert
A member benefit that provides you with custom resources to meet
your individual health care HR needs
• Provides project consulting to our members on a personal scale
• HR practitioner on staff to address custom requests for research, resources, and other
HR needs (Reasonable requested resources can be obtained within 48 business hours.)
• Focuses on providing custom HR research information in the areas of benefits, training
and development, talent management, and many other topics that reflect the everchanging scope of health care HR.
Visit www.ashhra.org for more information. See the “resources” and “HR Concierge” sections.
Virginia Hospitals!
Want to know and learn more about the hospitals in Virginia? Visit the
VHHA website (www.vhha.com) to download your copy of 24/7/365
Prepare to Care (A look at Virginia Hospitals).
The VHHA has 36 member health systems and hospitals, representing
110 community, psychiatric, rehabilitation and specialty hospitals
throughout Virginia.
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SAVE T HE DAT E:
ASHHRA Annual
Conference
Chicago, IL
Pre-Conference:
September 27
Full Conference:
September 28-30
Register at
www.ashhra.org
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the
Date
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2014 Fall Conference Information
Date: Nov 6-7
Location: Omni Hotel, Charlottesville, VA
NOV
6-7
Don’t
Miss...
Fri, Oct 17
SW/Roanoke
Regional Meeting
Holiday Inn,
Roanoke
Save the Dat e!
NOVA/Blue Ridge Regional Meeting
Friday, Oct. 10, 2014
Fauquier Hospital
Speaker: Paul Speidell, VHHA
Updat es on healthcare in VA
Regional Meetings
SW/Roanoke
Fri., Oct 17
Holiday Inn, Roanoke
Hotel Discount Rate available - Reserve your Applying for 1.5 hours HRCI credit
room by Oct 16th to take advantage. As a “Influencing for Impact”
member of the Omni Hotel Select Guest Pro- Jennifer Owen-O’Quill
gram, you receive free Internet in your room Voltage Leadership Consulting
and other advantages, Consider joining the
program.
Central Region
Date & Location - TBD
Additional Information and registration can “Healthcare Ethics”
be found at www.vashhra.org.
Dr. Michael Gillette, Mayor, City of Lynchburg
President of Bioethical Services of VA, Inc.
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VaSHHRA FALL CONFERENCE AGENDA
November 6-7, 2014
Omni Hotel Charlottesville
“HEALTHCARE HUMAN RESOURCES – INSIDE THE BIG TENT, IT’S A CIRCUS!”
Time
2:00p-4:00p
Event
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Ask the Attorney
Speaker
Chip Temple and Kim Daniel
An interactive pre-conference activity. Chip and Kim will each present an update of hot legal topics
about which participants can ask questions. Then they will open the floor at answer questions about
your specific issues.
Friday, November 7, 2014
7:45a-8:30a
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30a-8:45a
Welcome & Introductions
Terri Stevens
VaSHHRA President
8:45a-10:15a
Healthcare HR: The Next 20 Years
Denise Borgoyn
10:15a-10:30a Break - Vendors
10:30a-11:30a AHA Update
Carla Luggiero
Sr Associate Director
Federal Relations, AHA
11:30a-11:45a Break - Vendors
11:45a-12:45p Lunch & Business Meeting
1:00p-2:00p
Healthcare in a Non-Traditional Setting
2:00p-2:15p
Break - Vendors
2:15p-2:30p
Partnering with ASHHRA
2:30p-3:30p
TBA
3:30p-4:00p
Evaluation & Wrap-Up
Dawn Bading
Kaiser Permanente
Applying for 6.5 HRCI credits – 2 for the pre-conference and 4.5 for the November 7 presentations.
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2014 ASHHRA Board of Directors
President
Maureen O’Keefe, System Vice President, HR & Strategic Planning
St. Luke’s Health System, Boise, ID
Vice President
Deborah Rubens, Director, Human Resources
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Sacramento, CA
Immediate Past President
Grace Blair Moffitt, Vice President, Corporate Human Resources
Cone Health, Greensboro, NC
Treasurer
James Frain, Vice President, Human Resources - South Bend Medical Foundation, South Bend, IN
Health Care Facility CEO
Diana Schultz, Chief Executive Officer - Post Acute Medical Specialty Hospital of Corpus Christi,
Corpus Christi, TX
At-Large Directors
Amy Barry, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer - Lakeland Regional Health
Systems, Lakeland, FL
Nicole Morin-Scribner, Director, Human Resources - St. Mary’s Health System, Lewiston, ME
Norma Tirado, Vice President of Human Resources & Information Technology - Lakeland Healthcare,
St. Joseph, MI
Non-Hospital Health Care Directors
Marit Brock, Chief Human Resources Officer - Minnesota Gastroenterology, St. Paul, MN
Lee Byrd, Chief Human Resources Officer - Masonic Home of Virginia, Henrico, VA
Chapter Officer Director
Lynette Walker, Vice President - Baptist Health Lexington, Lexington, KY
Regional Director
Kristen Fox, Director, Human Resources - Kadlec Health System, Richland, WA
Region 3 Consultant
Terri Stevens, Senior HR Consultant - Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA
New-to-the Profession Director
Tedd Trabert, Chief Human Resource Officer - Health Choice Network, Doral, FL
Secretary
Stephanie Drake, Senior Executive Director - Professional Services of the American Hospital
Association
Executive Director, ASHHRA, Chicago, IL
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2014 VaSHHRA Executive Committee
Officers:
President: Past President:
President-Elect:
Vice President: Treasurer: Secretary: Terri Stevens
Lee Byrd
Katy Reeves
Meredith Sawyer Amy Spalek
Jeanne Clark
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Committee Chairs:
Advocacy: Lee Byrd
Bi-Laws: Kim Daniel
Business Partner Liaisons: Rena Wray
Michael Cooley
Chapter Awards: Meredith Sawyer Community Outreach: Cyndi Derricott
Labor /Relations: Kim Daniel
Legislative: Kim Daniel
Membership: Meredith Sawyer Newsletter: Jeanne Clark
Program: Katy Reeves
Kathy Kagarise
Scholarship: Katy Reeves
Social Media: Leah Santana Salary Survey: Terri Stevens
Website: Terri Stevens
[email protected]
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Regional Representatives:
Blue Ridge/NOVA: Debbie Baker
Susan Edwards
Meredith Sawyer
Central VA/Tidewater: Emily Endert Roanoke/SW: Jeanne Clark
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Sponsor Spotlight
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been depending on C.A. Short to provide full
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dynamic programs that engage employees and
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As members and sponsors of Recognition
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to learn and improve our own theories, while
sharing valuable insight with our customers about
changing trends in the industry. Through the use
of the 7 RPI Best-Practice Standards, we design
personalized recognition programs that are
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Technology is ever changing and always improving,
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C.A. Short believes in challenging the status quo
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We achieve these goals by providing full service
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C.A. Short has worked with healthcare systems
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For more information about how C.A. Short can
help build a culture of recognition within your
organization, please contact John Beebe at
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Region 3 Advocacy Committee Person
(replacing Lee Byrd, ASHHRA Board Member)
REGION 3: DE, DC, KY, MD, NC, VA, WV
Trasee E. Whitaker, SPHR
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Masonic Homes of Kentucky, Inc.
Louisville, KY 40207-2556
(502) 753-8893 * [email protected]
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