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23 days ago Topic: Introduce yourself! Brenda Kempa Posts: 1	Hello! My name is Brenda Kempa and I am an Administrative Assistant for one of the largest healthcare organizations in South Central PA. I am currently attending classes on-line as a full-time student through Western Governors University. I am majoring in Healthcare Management and plan to graduate at the end of this year. I just joined AHCAP and looking forwarding to getting to know all of you and learning more about leadership skills.

7/1/2020 Topic: Introduce yourself! lynn_172@outlook.com Posts: 2	Thank you

6/9/2020 Topic: How many executives do you support? kyna.powers@ssmhealth.com Posts: 6	Hi Sarah, In our office we've been typically supporting two C-Suite Executives. Now, with furloughs, we are supporting 3-4. In our office, we all have access to every executive's calendar and can step in and help whenever someone is away. We work well together as a team. It will be interesting to see how it will all shake out when the Covid-19 pandemic is behind us.

6/9/2020 Topic: Introduce yourself! Lisa Miller Posts: 10	Hello April - Welcome!

6/9/2020 Topic: How many executives do you support? Lisa Miller Posts: 10	Hi Sarah, At our organization, Executive Assistants support one C level executive. I've assisted more than one Chief on an interim basis a couple of times and it's a lot at our organization due to the intensity. At the Admin Assistant and Department Assistant levels, they may support more than one leader.

6/9/2020 Topic: Introduce yourself! kyna.powers@ssmhealth.com Posts: 6	Hi Lynn - welcome to AHCAP! I'm Kyna Powers from SSM Health in St. Louis, MO. I've been a member of AHCAP for many years and am the Chair of the Education Committee. I hope you can join us for some of our Educational Webinars! Feel free to reach out if I can help with anything!

6/9/2020 Topic: Introduce yourself! lynn_172@outlook.com Posts: 2	Hello, My name is April N. Marable. I just joined this organization and I'm excited to be a part of a wonderful organization. I work for Medstar Visiting Nurses Association in Baltimore, Maryland. I am the Team Lead in the referral department. I'm anxious to learn a lot from being a member of the Association for Healthcare Administrative Professionals. edited by lynn_172@outlook.com on 6/9/2020

5/28/2020 Topic: How many executives do you support? Sarah Ahlstedt Posts: 14	I've been asked if there is any data available on the ratio of executives to admin assistants. We have over 5000 employees and 17 members of our executive team. I support our CEO and 2 Sr. VPs. Most of our Admin Assistants support 3-4 executives. Would you share your experience?

5/26/2020 Topic: Now for something very important... Natasha Pitcock Administrator Posts: 7	That sounds AMAZING. I'm a Chocolate Cake person, but my Granny used to make really good sugar cream pie.

5/26/2020 Topic: Tell us more about your Facility/System! Natasha Pitcock Administrator Posts: 7	Thanks for sharing Lisa! That's a biiiiig system! Do the EA's throughout the system have regular contact with one another?

5/5/2020 Topic: Tell us more about your Facility/System! Lisa Stracek Posts: 8	Essentia Health Integrated Healthcare System Pre- COVID 19: Essentia Health is an integrated healthcare system with facilities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. As of 2014 it has over 12,000 employees, including 1,500 physicians and credentialed practitioners. The network includes 17 hospitals, 66 clinics, eight long-term care facilities, two assisted living facilities, four independent living facilities, and one research institute. Essentia was accredited as an Accountable Care Organization by the National Committee for Quality Assurance in 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAZlc1UF3Ec&feature=youtu.be

5/5/2020 Topic: Now for something very important... Lisa Stracek Posts: 8	Pie - homemade blueberry slightly warm with a scope of Schwan's vanilla ice cream... childhood favorite!

4/17/2020 Topic: Now for something very important... Natasha Pitcock Administrator Posts: 7	Cake or Pie???

4/17/2020 Topic: Tell us more about your Facility/System! Natasha Pitcock Administrator Posts: 7	We'd love to know more about your facility or system! How many beds/facilities do you have? What are some of your biggest challenges? What would you like to know about other facilities or systems? edited by npitcock@hqtrs.com on 4/20/2020

4/17/2020 Topic: Tell us more! Natasha Pitcock Administrator Posts: 7	We'd love to know more about your State Hospital Association! How many members do you have? What are some of your biggest challenges? What would you like to know about other SHAs?

4/9/2020 Topic: Administrative Assistant Committee merlin1005@outlook.com Posts: 1	I will echo Elisha's comments - I had the privilege of being the President of the APex group with her for several years. I am in the process of implementing one similar at my new hospital and hope to take it system wide after all of this craziness is over.

3/28/2020 Topic: Layoffs zsmith Posts: 5	lisa.stracek Thanks! I will have to check out that book. The description on Amazon sounds interesting. I guess I have some time on my hands to read a book now considering the lockdown! edited by zsmith on 3/28/2020

3/28/2020 Topic: Layoffs zsmith Posts: 5	kyna.powers Thanks for the comment. That is def true to learn new skills. I've been studying to take my certification exam and now I just feel like I should probably excelerate the process. Every morning I say to myself "Stay relevant. I gotta stay relevant!"

3/27/2020 Topic: Layoffs kyna.powers@ssmhealth.com Posts: 6	I have a colleague in Michigan who is facing a lay-off or having her hours cut. I didn't think I would have a problem but it did make me wonder. One thing someone said was to stay active and to get involved in efforts to help our organizations deal with this crisis. It would also be good to take the time to learn new skills, maybe through LinkedIn Learning or some other online source. Whatever it is, we WILL get through this. Maybe they can function for a short time without us, but you know it's just a matter of time before they realize how badly they need us (and that we keep the place running). It's just a crazy time right now. Our whole world is changing in front of us. But I'm confident this will pass, and I hope we'll all be better for it. Hang in there!

3/27/2020 Topic: Layoffs Lisa Stracek Posts: 8	I had reserved it prior - and just finished the audio book Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown. Very timely during our current state - I would recommend everyone reading this book.