The deadline to submit presentation proposals is Friday, Dec. 13. This year’s meeting will highlight issues around patients as consumers – their expectations about financial information, billing clarity, access to their health records, ease of access to care and other operational details impacting their outcomes and ability to receive care at Ohio hospitals.

The deadline for hospitals to submit applications for the Ohio First Steps for Healthy Babies program is Jan.1. The program, a collaboration between the Ohio Hospital Association and the Ohio Department of Health, recognizes maternity centers in Ohio for taking steps to promote, protect and support breastfeeding in their organization.

The Ohio Patient Safety Institute invites hospitals; health systems; physicians; long term care, outpatient facilities and home health care to submit a nomination for the annual Dr. Frank Dono Best Practice Award by Dec. 31. The best practice award  is presented annually to an individual or organization that has designed and implemented the most innovative, evidence-based patient safety practice in Ohio.