
Mississippi Hospital Association Junior Auxiliary of Rankin County completes project at MSH
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Pictured are (front row, l to r): Brook Atkinson, Stephanie McCullouch, (back row, l to r): Susan Stringer, Chris Link, Allison Dallas, Kathy McDill, Beth Ingram, Kelli Nicholson, Stephanie Lee and Tina Berryhill Junior Auxiliary of Rankin County unveiled their...

Mississippi Hospital Association Hospital's Facebook chat offers swine flu answers
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CHICAGO - Got a swine flu question? Get an answer during a live Facebook chat offered by Chicago's Rush University Medical Center.The hospital has lined up two infectious disease experts for Friday's hour-long chat, starting at noon.Dr. ...

Mississippi Hospital Association Are you looking for a special way to honor someone this holiday season? Give a meaningful gift that gives twice! With a $10 donation, you can honor a friend or loved one and help the children of Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children. For more information, call Melanie Schade at 601.984.5273.
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The Light-A-Light project, the oldest Friends fund-raising event, was created in 1989 by founding members of the board to help patients and their families celebrate the holidays while they were at the hospital. ...

Mississippi Hospital Association Leading data intelligence firm honors Forrest General Home Care as a winner of the 2009 OCS HomeCare Vision Award
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Forrest General Home Care has been selected by OCS HomeCare, the leader in home health benchmark reporting and outcomes measuring, as a 2009 Vision Award winner. In its ninth year, the OCS Vision Awards honor and recognize the exceptional efforts...

Mississippi Hospital Association On Nov. 16, Grenada Lake Medical Center hosted a golf tournament to benefit the MHAPAC.
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Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.

Mississippi Hospital Association On Nov. 17, MHA hosted a join meeting of the MHA Society for Health Care Engineers and Infection Preventionists.
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Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.

Mississippi Hospital Association Poster available from CMS informs patients that Medicare covers flu vaccines
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a poster to help inform patients that Medicare covers both the seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccines. Health care providers are encouraged to exhibit the poster where Medicare patients will see it....

Mississippi Hospital Association Questions your CEO should ask before starting a blog
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You've found the blog of Shel Holtz, ABC, principal of Holtz Communication + Technology. I've worked in corporate communications since the mid-1970s, online since the mid 1980s and on the Net since 1990. ...

Mississippi Hospital Association MSH participates in NAMIWalks. Tshirts still available for purchase!
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Pictured are MSH Community Services team members at the 2009 NAMIWalks event on Nov. 7 at Mayes Lake. Twenty-six members of Mississippi State Hospital’s Community Services team were among the hundreds who participated in NAMIWalks 2009 on Saturday, Nov. 7,...

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Web-based doctor appointment-setting service ZocDoc has noticed an amazing increase of 6250% in Swine Flu-related appointments over flu-related appointments

Mississippi Hospital Association USM's Dixie Darlings visit FGH patients
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Pictured are the Southern Miss Dixie Darlings and Forrest General patient Jacob Butler. The University of Southern Mississippi’s Dixie Darlings visited patients at Forrest General Hospital recently, taking time to share laughs and smiles with patients and their families. Members...

Mississippi Hospital Association The G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center is seeking volunteers. The hospital has a specific need for golf cart drivers to shuttle patients from the parking lot to the entrances Monday to Friday. Van drivers are also needed to transport patients to local off-site clinics. If you are interested in volunteering as a driver or for any other position, contact Voluntary Service at 601-364-1391.

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The November 2009 issue of Quality Matters, published by IQH, is available for download below. Download Quality Matters November 2009

Mississippi Hospital Association
The 2009 Business E-Waste Day is set for 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20, at the Mississippi Farmer's Market, located on 929 High Street in Jackson. Businesses can bring any unwanted electronics to the Mississippi Farmer’s Market during this time. Doing so will lighten the electronic waste from your offices in an en...vironmentally friendly way! Acceptable Items include: Computers, All Computer Components, Desktop Copiers, Fax Machines, Radios, Televisions, Cell Phones, Desk Phones, VCR Players, DVD Players, Electronic Games, Monitors, Keyboards, Printers, Laptops, Scanners, Stereos/Radios, Microwaves, Vacuums, Smoke Alarms *$1 charge per monitor & $10 charge per televisions. For more information on this event, please contact Kellye Smith at (601) 948-7575, ext. 234 or ksmith@greaterjacksonpartnership.com.Read More

Mississippi Hospital Association Nurses use iPhones to communicate
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Sarasota (FL) Memorial Healthcare System plans to bring peace and quiet, along with improved healthcare, to its hospital by supplying Apple’s iTouch to all its nurses.















