President Newsletter

Dear NOSHE members,

Happy Spring! I hope that your spring has been filled with flowers, spring sports, and enjoying your backyards.

My spring has been filled with college visits/decisions, High School Senior activities, soccer games and too much pollen.

I am pleased to welcome two new board members, Dave Milligan and Nick Burchfield as Hospital at Large members. Mike Musci was reelected as the Board Secretary and we are glad that he is continuing with the board. We also have hired Ken (Kennedy) DeLong as our NOSHE administrative assistant, she has been with us since late February and is making an impact.

Our annual board planning meeting occurred in December and gave us a chance to reconnect in person and set our goals for the next year. We are working to reinvigorate the educational offerings by working towards having an event per month. The board is continuing to look for new volunteers to be engaged with the educational planning and the annual meeting. We are focusing on verifying our database to ensure that NOSHE members receive their communications promptly. We are always looking to hear from you, our members, on what you would like to hear about or learn more about. We are eager for your feedback.

Our board member Angela Timperio presented on March 7th, Ready or Not – They are Coming…, this was a well-attended event. I missed the April 10th Top Golf educational program on NFPA 70E and OSHA presented by Alex Alverez, but heard it was a great program and there was beautiful weather. I really enjoyed this event last year and look forward to attending next year. Our most recent event held on May 9th was the White Gold Lithium Ion in Healthcare ER’s to EV’s, presented by Donna Gerengher with The Metro Health System, which was another successful educational event. Thank you to all who took part and we look forward to having you join us at future events. We have great events coming up. The next event is June 13th at Corporate College East on Climate Change Impact on Human Health. Information has just been sent out and registration is now open on our NOSHE.org website. The Golf outing is scheduled for July and the annual conference is scheduled for September 19th at Landerhaven, again. We are taking abstracts now.

I want to thank all of you for your continued involvement in NOSHE and encourage you to join ASHE if you have not already done so. Through your ASHE member you will have access to valuable tools and resources.

If you are planning to attend the ASHE Health Care Facilities Innovations Conference in Anaheim in July, please let a board member know. We would love to connect with you at the conference.

I look forward to seeing you soon at a NOSHE event.

Take Care, Be Safe, and Have Happy Spring,