SCHA NEWS
South Central Hospital Alliance (SCHA) Welcomes Quint Studer
Posted: June 6, 2024
South Central Hospital Alliance (SCHA) welcomed healthcare expert Quint Studer to address a gathering of local leaders. The event included representatives from the SCHA board and executive team, department managers from South Central Hospital Alliance (SCHA) hospitals, and members of the Carlinville Chamber of Commerce. The SCHA consists of four collaborating hospitals - Carlinville Area Hospital & Clinics, Hillsboro Health, Pana Community Hospital, and Jersey Community HealthCare. The SCHA Studer's presentation focused on fostering a positive work environment for healthcare professionals, which in turn leads to better patient experiences. He commended CAH&C for its advancements in local care and positive workplace culture, recognizing that the organization already utilizes many of his recommended strategies.
Quint Studer is a prominent figure in healthcare transformation. He is the founder of the Studer Community Institute and Health Care Plus Solutions Group, and the author of several books on leadership and community building, including "Rewiring Excellence: Hardwired to Rewired" and "Building a Vibrant Community." His expertise has played a key role in transforming healthcare institutions and communities across the country.
SCHA Holds First Alliance Meeting
Posted: May 9, 2022
On April 20, 2022, 130+ hospital leaders from Carlinville Area Hospital & Clinics, Hillsboro Area Hospital, Jersey Community Hospital, and Pana Community Hospital gathered for the first South Central Hospital Alliance meeting. This day-long gathering allowed the SCHA Hospital leaders the opportunity to meet and collaborate among departments. Dr. Herald Lausen, SCHA Chief Medical Officer presented on how each of our independent rural hospitals can collaborate for the health of the communities we serve. During his presentation, organized break-out sessions allowed each department’s leadership to identify ways to overcome barriers that they may face within their departments.
As a result, the hospitals are developing thoughtful, strategic, long-term solutions to protect access to high-quality rural health care. The hospitals are about to look towards increasing specialty service offerings in the future and create new ways to approach community service. The hospitals are also able to strategize navigating national staffing shortages and mutually work towards increasing rural health care professional recruitment efforts.
The Alliance was formed in 2019 and while the four hospitals serve distinct, rural, south-central Illinois communities, they share similar missions, goals, and challenges, and currently collaborate in a variety of ways. All four hospital leaders along with their Boards of Directors believe that the hospitals can be stronger together through this collaborative alliance. This alliance will increase local access and allow our patients to focus on their health.
JCH Joins South-Central Hospital Alliance
Posted: January 23, 2022
Jersey Community Hospital has entered into a Definitive Agreement with the South-Central Hospital Alliance. The alliance was formed in 2019 and includes Carlinville Area Hospital & Clinics, Hillsboro Area Hospital, and Pana Community Hospital. The alliance allows these Hospitals, a mixture of critical access and PPS designated facilities, to collaborate on mutually beneficial opportunities in order to maintain professional, community-based, high-quality healthcare in their local communities. This alliance is not a formal affiliation, merger, or acquisition and will not change the independent status of each hospital.
While the four hospitals serve distinct, rural, south-central Illinois communities, they share similar missions, goals and challenges, and currently collaborate in a variety of ways. All four hospital leaders along with their Boards of Directors, believe that the hospitals can be stronger together through this collaborative alliance.
Rural hospitals face major regulatory, geographic, social and economic challenges which demand creative, collaborative thinking to ensure rural communities continue to have access to local, high-quality healthcare, including new technology and physician specialists, while at the same time increasing efficiencies and lowering costs. The addition of Jersey Community Hospital to the alliance will better position all four hospitals to face current and future challenges and enable them to continue to provide quality care in their communities.
Beth King, CEO of Jersey Community Hospital stated, “We are excited to join this Alliance and work together as a team through collaboration and common goals for our community hospitals and communities we serve.”