Northside accreditation

Northside accreditation
YOUNGSTOWN -- Forum Health's Northside Medical Center has achieved accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations because it demonstrated compliance with the commission's nationally recognized health-care standards. The Joint Commission's on-site survey of Northside Medical Center occurred in September.
President and CEO N. Kristopher Hoce credited the staff at Northside for their day-to-day efforts toward accreditation.
Utilities and consumers
WARREN -- Representatives from the Ohio Consumers' Counsel will discuss consumer protections in the utility industry and answer questions about services offered by the OCC as part of Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital's Passport 65 program at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at Trumbull Memorial Hospital. Call (330) 841-9351.
Women and depression
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- The Womancare Center of UPMC Horizon, 875 N. Hermitage Road, offers a lecture on women and depression at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20. Call (724) 347-7700.
Senior health fair
GIRARD -- The Girard City Health Department's 2nd annual Senior Health Fair is from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Girard Multi-Generational Center (old Tod Woods School) on Trumbull Avenue. More than 43 health-care and non-health-care agencies will be represented. Blood pressure checks, glaucoma screening, stroke screening and more are offered. Flu vaccine will be administered to any Girard resident who is 65 and over or who has a compromised immune system or a chronic disease. The cost is $10. Medicare is accepted. Call (330) 545-6048.
Stroke screening
CLEVELAND -- Life Line Screening is offering stroke screening at 9 a.m. Nov. 18 at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 4453 Warren-Sharon Road. Each screening takes 10 minutes and costs $40. A complete vascular screening is $99. Call (800) 643-6188 for an appointment.
Ohio Nurses Association
COLUMBIANA -- The District Three Ohio Nurses Association offers a program on the legal implications for noncompliance of HIPAA at 6 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Dutch Village Inn, state Route 14. Call (330) 799-4199.
Childbirth classes
HMHP
UBreast-feeding class: Monday, 6-8:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown; fee $10; call (330) 480-6667.
UBreast-feeding class: Wednesday, 1-3 p.m., St. Joseph Health Center, Warren; fee $15; call (330) 841-4590.
UAll-day childbirth class: Saturday, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth; fee $55; call (330) 480-6667.
FORUM HEALTH
UChildbirth preparation class: Nov. 18, 7-9:30 p.m., Northside Medical Center, Youngstown; fee $35; call (800) 842-9727.