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Welcome to The Mississippi Trustee |
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 Trustees know that the health care environment is constantly changing and in their role as a trustee they need to keep informed and up-to-date. The Mississippi Hospital Association (MHA) recognizes that our hospital trustees need specialized tools, comprehensive training programs and other educational resources to help them make the critical decisions required to ensure affordable, quality health care for the communities they serve.
We hope that MississippiTrustee.com will be an invaluable resource to our state's trustees and will keep the Web site updated with timely, pertinent information. Feel free to suggest resources to share with other trustees. (Email suggestions to Shawn Lea at
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.) Tell us what you think and what you'd like to see on this site in the future. Together, we can make a difference. Sam W. Cameron President/CEO Mississippi Hospital Association |
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Governance Education On Call 24/7/365 |
In conjunction with The Walker Company Healthcare Consulting, LLC we now offers dozens of affordable and topical governance education programs that may be easily downloaded from a link on our Web site. This new service was developed in response to member requests for brief governance education programs that may be presented and discussed at board meetings.
“Trustee Foundations™, Governance Education On Call 24/7/365” provides you with access to timely and relevant governance education programs when you need them - any time, any day. You simply click on the “Trustee Foundations” link on our Web site, review the program topics and descriptions, select those you want to purchase, and check out. You’ll then be able to immediately download a self-running PowerPoint® Show with audio, a detailed BoardBrief handout and other supporting materials, and questions for board discussion following the program.
Individual programs are a very affordable $169 each. In addition, a discount of ten percent is offered for purchase of 5 to 9 programs in one order, and a discount of 20 percent is offered when 10 or more programs are purchased in one order.
We are excited to offer this new governance education service to our members. An initial curriculum of programs is available now, and new programs will be added monthly. |
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MHA names Sherra Smith Hospital Trustee of the Year |
Mrs. Sherra Smith, a member of the King’s Daughters Medical Center Board of Trustees, was named Hospital Trustee of the Year by the Mississippi Hospital Association (MHA) at the 78th Annual Leadership Conference held June 24-26 in Biloxi, Miss.
“This is a great honor,” said Smith during an awards luncheon during the conference, “and one I share with the entire hospital staff and its board.”
Mrs. Smith began her service to King’s Daughters Medical Center in 2003 when she was elected to the hospital’s board of directors. In 2005, she was elected chairman of the board.
King’s Daughters has accomplished much under Mrs. Smith’s leadership. The hospital has developed its own emergency department physician group and recruited several new physicians. A facility master plan was completed in 2008. The hospital has expanded women’s services, radiological services, outpatient surgery services, and inpatient surgery beds. Space has been added for inpatient surgery beds, Emergency Department treatment rooms, LDRP units, and C-section rooms.
Smith was presented with a commemorative plaque of the honor during MHA’s annual membership luncheon at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi. |
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