Live Virtual Event and Ticketing Option for

Safety Practices for LAcs, Safety Leads, and Program Managers

~~Saturday, Jan. 25th, 2025, starts at 0900 Pacific/1000 Mountain/1100 Central/1200 Eastern time--completed~~

Saturday, March 15th, 2025, starts at 0900 Pacific/1000 Mountain/1100 Central/1200 Eastern time

This ticketing page set up as an option for those who do not want to join the asynchronous community discussion platform.

The live Zoom event is scheduled for Saturday, March 15th, 2025, 0900 -1100 Pacific time (U.S. Pacific time zone aka U.S. West Coast).

You already have event access if you are on the SOHHA community discussion platform. Just log in to the platform and go to the internal event landing page and join us at the event when it is live: https://community.thehospitalhandbook.com/events/march-15th-2025-live-event-with-safety-pdas-intro-to-safety-practices-for-acupuncturists-safety-leads-and-program-managers

We recommend joining the SOHHA community discussion platform for access to more resources on a variety of topics, including safety. The platform hosts our asynchronous and synchronous resources and events. https://community.thehospitalhandbook.com/

More information about this Safety Practices for LAcs Learning Event is here on our website: https://www.thehospitalhandbook.com/events/2025/03/safety-practices-4-lacs-presentation-series

What is SOHHA and What do We Do?

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on education and information for the healthcare system-based acupuncture community. With the goal of improving patient access to acupuncturists' care where they already receive care. Many people in the U.S. receive healthcare from their local clinics and healthcare system.

Currently, there are several barriers to patients getting access to acupuncturists' care in their local U.S.-based healthcare facilities. We can help with some of these barriers through resources that are part of our collaborative learning and community discussion platform.

We have educational/informational resources tailored for

students and acupuncturist clinicians interested in working in healthcare system-based practice
clinicians currently working in healthcare system-based practice
program managers who work with licensed acupuncturists in the healthcare system setting

Healthcare system-based practice is an option for licensed acupuncturists. Let's grow and improve this option for prospective and future practitioners (current students). Our nonprofit helps communicate what the best practices for this setting are. This includes hiring and credentialing LAcs, professional practice evaluation specific to LAcs, program standards, clinical metrics, and KSAs for general practice and specialty practice settings.

Working in the established healthcare system means patients can access care where they are already receiving care. This improves patient's access to our services, which include acupuncture, meditation & movement therapy (tai chi and qi gong), massage and bodywork (tuina, medical massage, cupping, gua sha, acupressure), patient education, and more (see state scope of practice and delineation of clinical privileges for details).

At SOHHA, we have worked with the nonprofit program (HHP) to support the structure and continue building out resources for its collaborative learning platform.

The collaborative learning structure has an asynchronous discussion platform with the ability to run synchronous virtual events, presentations, and group discussions. We host workgroups and committees. All workgroups have a goal of at least one publication or public presentation about their topic-based resource work per year.

2023-2025 topic-based workgroups have included

Inpatient Acupuncture workgroup (Jan 2023 big event + resource work)
Safety Practices for Acupuncturists, Safety Leads, and Program Managers working in healthcare system-based practice
Employment Practices for Healthcare System-Based Acupuncturists Workgroup (resources for clinicians and managers)
Health Policy Communications Workgroup

Learn more about current programs and projects at this free PDF download on our website: https://www.thehospitalhandbook.com/support-the-project/interested-in-sponsoring-the-hhp

Safety Practices for LAcs, Safety Leads, and Program Managers (2 PDAs/CEUs)

By Society of Hospital & Healthcare System-Based Acupuncturists

Safety Practices for LAcs, Safety Leads, and Program Managers (2 PDAs/CEUs)

2025 one-day ticketing event landing page

Team Members