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IN THIS WEEK'S NEWS

Solving Staff Shortages

Our ongoing effort to help you thrive during our industry's staff shortage era, we introduce you this week to an agency administrator who claims to have no such problem. We picked his brain and bring you a description of his recruiting, hiring, and retention strategies. Who knows? His tactics work so well for Mr. Joseph Furtado, they may work for you.

AI in Healthcare Series Continues

Staff writer and Artificial Intelligence specialist Heather Thompson goes deeper this week into the world of healthcare marketing. In this latest study, she gets a conversational AI, ChatGPT-4, to discuss marketing. Interesting enough on its own, but then she asks it to critique its own answer and discuss whether any AI should be trusted.

Survey Rates Hardest Nursing Careers

Home Care attorney Elizabeth Hogue shared an essay with us in which she steps out of her usual role as a court watcher to reflect on the meaning of a survey that named Home Health as one of the more difficult jobs in all of nursing.

Worth the Trip

Two national association annual meetings are coming up, of course, but there are a couple of others to tell you about. HCAOA is scheduled for October 23-24 in Chicago, right after the NAHC annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland on October 15-18. Scroll down to our "Upcoming Events" section to see your invitations to association meetings in Texas and North Carolina.

Upcoming Events

54th Annual Meeting: "Bring Care Home"Presented by: Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice
Dates: August 28-31
Venue: Grand Hyatt Riverwalk
City: San Antonio

Information and Registration

FREE Webinar: "The Role of the Hospice Physician in Organizational Compliance"Presented by: FEMA
Date: September 6
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, EDT
Register here
Collaborating with the Administration for Community Living, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Office of Policy, Planning, and Innovation, and the Schoharie County, NY, Area Agency on Aging, the webinar is designed to equip organizations with strategies to ensure seamless service continuity during an emergency.

2023 NAHC Annual Meeting & Exposition *
"One Voice, Many Stories"
Date: October 15-17
Venue: Gaylord
Location: National Harbor, MD
Information and Registration
Keynote Speakers:
Ben Nemtin, New York Times bestselling author of "What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?"
Summer Napier, NAHC Director of Grassroots Advocacy
Bill Dombi, NAHC President

Vision – Plan – Succeed: 2023 Leadership Conference
Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina
Dates: October 29-31
Venue: Renaissance Hotel
City: Ashville
Information and Registration

Featured speakers:
Bill Dombi, Melinda Gaboury, Tim Rogers, Nick Seabrook, Mark Sharp, Robert Markette, Mark Kulik, and more.

Call for Speaker Proposals
Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina (AHHC) Annual Convention and Expo
Dates: April 7-10, 2024
Venue: Raleigh Convention Center

Click this link to learn more and to submit your proposal: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6RRNNY3
The deadline to submit a proposal is November 15, 2023.

Conference Title: 2023 Annual Hybrid Hospice & Palliative Care Conference

Sponsoring Association:                                       Hospice & Palliative Care Association of New York State
Date(s):                                                                    November 13-14, 2023
Hotel or Conference Center, City, State:            Albany Marriott Hotel, Albany, NY
URL:                                                                          www.hpcanys.org

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Education & Membership

Hospice & Palliative Care Association of NYS (HPCANYS)

Advance Care Planning Center for Excellence
119 Washington Ave, Suite 302

Albany NY 12210

518.446.1483 x 224 |www.hpcanys.org

2023 Virtual Annual Conference
Virginia Association for Homecare and Hospice
Opening Date: November 15
More Information

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