KSHE Update
June 2024
KSHE News & Events

KSHE invites you to submit your presentation for review to present at 2024 KSHE Annual Conference! The minimum/ maximum length of prospective presentations will be 50 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions.
 
Submissions are due by Monday, July 15. Notifications of selection will be distributed by Friday, Aug. 2. If you have any questions, please email info@kshe.org.

Dozens of hospital facility professionals and industry representatives gathered in Pikeville at Dueling Barrels on June 6 to network with their peers. This is the second KSHE networking event this year, with the next coming late this summer in Lexington. If KSHE is coming to a location near you, don’t miss it!

       

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