TORCH Leadership & Management Institute (TLMI) Annual Conference & Retreat – September 8 – 9, 2010 at the Horseshoe Bay Resort, near Austin, TX - REGISTRATION is now Available!

Attend TLMI's premier annual education and training event that focuses on professional and personal development, and allows participants to learn from and network with peers, industry professionals and healthcare leaders. This event is beneficial for all hospital staff levels (including executives, directors, managers and professional staff), as well as students! We encourage all who are interested in improving their leadership skills to join us for this event. For questions contact Dawn Haberkorn at dawn.haberkorn@torchnet.org.  To get a glimpse of what is to come, click on this video clip of our Keynote Speaker Brian Klemmer of Klemmer & Associates! 

Keynote Speaker Brian Klemmer Video Clip
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For Program and Registration Information, See Links Below:

2010 TLMI Program Brochure
Hospital & Student Registration Form

We will be offering 100 FREE registrations (1 free registration per TORCH and Foundation member hospital), on a first-come, first-serve basis, until Monday, August 27^th, 2010, ”and FREE Golf on the 7th. Don’t miss out on this opportunity!

2010 Rural Hospital Information Technology (HITCON) Conference October 20 - 21, 2010 at the Westin Austin

HITCON is the leading education conference & tradeshow on rural hospital information technology. Register to gain vital information on key HIT topics and knowledge from health IT experts and industry professionals, and have access to quality IT vendors showcasing their products and services. Watch for details!

It is a brand new day at TORCH, the Foundation and TMSI, and 2010 has a promising outlook. To get a brief overview of the exciting things to come in the areas of education, health IT, workforce, leadership, and other programs, please see our [Brand New Day brochure]. For more information please contact our office.

TORCH is bestowing specials awards on four state lawmakers for helping us in the last session. Senators Robert Duncan of Lubbock and Kel Seliger of Amarillo, as well as State Representatives Joe Heflin of Crosbyton and Garnet Coleman of Houston will be the recipients of the Texas Rural Health TORCHbearer Award for their support of rural hospitals and their efforts to enhance rural health care access.


Texas State Representative Joe Heflin presented the Texas Rural Health TORCHbearer Award in ceremonies at Covenant Hospital Plainview on November 18th. In the photo (Left to Right) - Steve Beck (CEO of Covenant Hospital Plainview), Sharon Hunt (CEO of Mangold Hospital in Lockney and TORCH Board Member), Representative Joe Heflin, Don McBeath (Director of Advocacy for TORCH).

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