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| FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP |
Every month since July 2018, SSH membership has broken the 4000 member mark. I ran a preliminary report for the April numbers and am happy to say we will have another month over the 4000 member mark! As I reflect on the steady growth of membership for SSH, I think one of the areas in which membership is growing is the category of the Bulk/Institutional membership. This category offers a discount on a full membership for individual employees to any organization that has 10 or more employees as SSH members. This category is growing in two ways; first, more companies are taking advantage of the discount as they recognize the value of SSH membership for their employees. Second, the companies that have been purchasing these types of memberships are steadily increasing the number of employees that receive an SSH membership.
Take a look at your employee roster. If you have 9 employees with an SSH membership, it won’t cost you anything to add that 10th employee! And, you will get the added bonus of a single, annual bill. You will also get to pick year to year which employees receive the membership. So, you can make changes in the memberships every year that will allow you to accommodate any staff changes your organization may have. And, because of the way we structure these memberships, you can use them as you need them, so they are good for distribution for an entire year!
If you would like to look at consolidating your employee memberships into a Bulk/Institutional membership, just contact Ashley Grossman, SSH Membership Coordinator, at agrossman@ssih.org. ~ Kathryn Pullins
SSH will have a booth at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Patient Safety Congress in Houston, Texas on May 15 – 17. SSH Staff, Judy Larson, Director of Meetings and Exhibits, and Kathryn Pullins, Director of Membership, will be manning the booth. Stop by to participate in the Room Of Errors, a contest designed to challenge attendees to find the errors. Participate in the contest and enter a drawing to win a really cool prize. The scenario we use in the booth will be written by Chad Epps, SSH Past President. A huge shout out to Dr. Epps for his assistance again this year! Also, we will partner with IHI for the second year in a row to run the booth and put on the fun contest with IHI with Allison Perry, Project Director for IHI as our point person. Her help in managing the logistics of the whole thing is invaluable and we couldn’t do it without her! Stop by to participate in the contest and pick up a button for Healthcare Sim Week 2019!
The SimOps 2019 Planning Committee is still accepting course proposal submissions and SimVentors Showcase entries. SimOps 2019 will be held July 17-19, 2019 at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk, Virginia. SUBMIT CONTENT
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