DATE Aug. 25, 2020
LOCATION Virtual meeting

For HAH Members Only

HAH members who have RSVP’d for HAH’s Advocacy Day are reminded that materials and videos are now available for review online at the link sent to registrants.

The materials are available on a password-protected basis only to those who have registered. The materials include video reports by the chairs of key state legislative committees, an update on the sustainability program, information on the HAH political action committee, and a video report by Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice.  A video from Mark Parkinson, President & Chief Executive Officer of the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) will also be posted for viewing on Monday, Aug. 24.

This year, Advocacy Day will kick off with American Hospital Association President and CEO Rick Pollack having a live online exchange with HAH President and CEO Hilton Raethel on the most urgent hospital issues facing our nation.

The event is entirely online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but HAH regular members will still be able to discuss and approve the association’s advocacy priorities for the coming year in a moderated forum.

Please direct questions to Paige Heckathorn Choy at pchoy@hah.org. Members who would like to ensure they can access the Microsoft Teams platform may contact Jamie Velasco at jvelasco@hah.org or Stacy Wong at swong@hah.org.

We decided to not hold this year’s Awards & Scholarship Gala and the Hawaii Healthcare Heroes celebration on Oct. 24. Instead, we are devoting HAH staff time and resources to support Hawaii’s hospitals, post-acute care facilities, home health agencies and hospices as they fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

We will continue to invest in Hawaii’s healthcare workforce with the Hawaii Hospital Education and Research Foundation healthcare scholarships. Team members at HAH member organizations and their immediate family can apply for healthcare scholarships of $500 to $2,000 to cover professional certification and healthcare-related education from the community college to doctoral degree levels.

See more about the scholarship winners here.

For more information, please contact Jamie Velasco at jvelasco@hah.org or at 521-8961.

DATE July 29
LOCATION Prince Waikiki Hotel
TIME General Membership Meeting 8:00 am – 1:30 pm, including lunch

For HAH Members Only

Sign up for more information about the Annual Meeting 2020.

Registration is now open for the three-part webinar series, "Crafting a New Normal: Skills for Fulfillment and Vitality Moving Forward in a COVID-19 World."

The speaker is Dr. Ryan Bayley, executive coach for healthcare leaders, and he will share coaching paradigms to help participants create their new normal and make meaningful changes that will improve their experience, giving them sustainability and resiliency through these challenging times.

HAH and the Hawaii State Center for Nursing (HSCN) have collaborated on a resource document of governmental and nationally developed guidance on COVID-19 for post-acute care. Post-acute care settings include: long-term care, adult residential care, continuum of life care, home health, and hospice. These organizations care for our kupuna who are at risk of complications due to COVID-19.

Click on more details below to view the document.

The Healthcare Association of Hawaii has put together a statewide list of COVID-19 Screening Sites. Please carefully review the instructions for each site as some do not accept walk ins but a few sites will accept walk ins. Kaiser patients can only go to one of the Kaiser clinics but you need to call the listed number first.

Patients need to bring insurance cards and a picture ID if you are referred to any of the screening sites.

Click on More information below to view the COVID-19 screening list.

The Healthcare Association of Hawaii (HAH) and Hawaii Healthcare Emergency Management (HHEM) are working closely with the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) and other partners on getting accurate information to our members about the novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, and to keep the public informed about the readiness of our hospitals and healthcare providers should it emerge here.

President and CEO Hilton Raethel represented HAH members at the Governor’s press conference at the DOH on Wednesday, and at the state’s briefing for city and county leaders on Friday. HHEM Executive Director Chris Crabtree has also spoken to the news media, and continues to keep emergency Coalition members informed about the recommendations from the DOH and Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

The chances of someone contracting the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus remain low, and no case has been discovered in Hawaii to date. That said, please continue to monitor the situation closely and pay attention to the recommendations of the CDC. Whether we are facing SARS or Ebola or 2019-nCoV, we urge you to be prepared.

The DOH has created an updated flyer and an FAQ on coronavirus released today that you can share with patients, residents, families, visitors, and employees.

Here is the link to the main DOH page on coronavirus.

Here are links to the DOH clinicians page and the Patient Under Investigation (PUI) form.

Here is the CDC’s coronavirus page for healthcare professionals.

You can find links to the hospital preparedness checklist, as well as the interim infection prevention and control recommendations for patients with known or suspected 2019-nCoV in a healthcare setting.

Hawaii Healthcare Emergency Management is coordinating the rostering of healthcare personnel from Hawaii organizations with the State of Hawaii Lieutenant Governor Josh Green to send medical supplies and medical personnel to Apia, Western Samoa to assist in the measles outbreak.

As of 12/3/19 morning 3,881 cases reported, 55 measles related deaths.

Among the organizations with personnel volunteering to serve are: The Queen’s Health Systems, Adventist Health Castle, Maui Health System, Saint Francis Healthcare System, Kahuku Medical Center, and others.

Anyone wishing to donate money for medical supplies or assistance to Samoa may donate to the Hawaii Hospital Education and Research Foundation (HHERF), the 501(3) nonprofit foundation of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii. 100% of what is donated will go directly toward support of the medical mission to Western Samoa to address the measles epidemic and will be used for supplies, equipment and shipping.

Checks can be made to HHERF, and mailed to 707 Richards St. PH2, Honolulu, HI, 96813. Please contact Bess Hayashi at bhayashi@hah.org or (808) 521-8961.

If you would like to donate by credit card, click here.

For questions pertaining to the measles outbreak in Apia, Western Samoa please contact Chris Crabtree, DrPH, CEM, CEDP, Executive Director, Hawaii Healthcare Emergency Management (HHEM) at (808) 599-2899 or ccrabtree@hhemc.net