Message from Juliann Olsen, NAHUC President:
Last Revised 6/16/10
I am excited for the future that NAHUC holds for all of us. One of the things we have been getting ready for is the annual NAHUC educational conference that will be held on August 4th – 7th in Denver, Colorado. We have some wonderful speakers who are excited to come and teach us. I would love to have all of you attend. I always enjoy seeing old friends and meeting new ones. I hope each of you that attend will be sure to come up and visit with me. I would like to meet everyone there! We all have so much to share with each other.
I am pleased to report that NAHUC is growing. In the January-March 2010 issue of the Coordinator, membership numbers for the previous fiscal year were published. As of April 30, 2010, NAHUC had 1,942 individual members which is up from the previous year by 72 members. This is a growth rate of approximately 4% which is significant given the current economic climate. Also 510 individuals sat for the NAHUC certification exam during this fiscal year. At the same time during the previous fiscal year, 388 individuals took the exam. This is a growth rate of approximately 31%. This is tremendous!
A great big thank you to all of you, who joined as new members, renewed your membership or sat for the certification exam this fiscal year. NAHUC owes its growth to you. Let's continue on this path of progression.
It is wonderful to report increased membership and certification at the end of this fiscal year - April 30, 2010. I encourage all of you to recruit a new member this month. It would be great to be able to report in the next Coordinator that we have reached 2000 members. It is a high goal but with everyone’s help we could achieve it. You may use the membership form on page 10 . Be sure to write your name for the referral so you can be awarded a $5.00 NAHUC buck that you can use in the future for your own renewal or give it to a person that wants to become a new member to help with their membership costs. If you are not yet certified, please consider adding certification to your professional credentials. If you are already certified, don't forget to recertify and please share with your colleagues why you chose to become certified.
As you may have read in the last issue of the Coordinator, we have been working hard on realigning the NAHUC Board of Directors. We have worked on revising the bylaws and the job descriptions for each position on the board. The board has held phone conferences to discuss them. The changes will be ready for review at General Assembly on August 5th at NAHUC’s annual educational conference. The board encourages those who attend the conference to come to the General Assembly and share their thoughts with us. The changes will also be posted on the NAHUC Web site for all to view.
I also would like to recognize the members in New Jersey and Washington, D.C. A facility in New Jersey hosted a dinner and certification information fair. Although a NAHUC representative was not able to be there in person, the regional representative and I shared in their celebration by sending letters of congratulations which were read at the ceremony. In Washington D.C., a facility invited the NAHUC Education Board to present a Certification Exam Review Workshop to their staff. NAHUC should see certification increase in these areas because of these efforts. If you would like more information about the Education Board’s Certification Exam Review Workshop and the costs, please contact the NAHUC office.
Thank you again for your service to NAHUC, your facilities, and most importantly the patients and families. They are the reasons we do the jobs that we do. And let’s remember the challenge of getting 2000 members so we can all be part of the 2000 club!
Happy Health Unit Coordinators Day to All!
Sincerely,
Juliann Olsen, CHUC
NAHUC President
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