Progress
Report as of December 31, 2005
Goal Area 1: Membership
To exceed our members’ expectations through enhancements
to our credentialing program, support of chapter development,
and other programmatic changes that add value.
Initiatives
- Increase the value of ACHE membership by deploying
and supporting a nation-wide network of viable, independent
chapters capable of delivering valuable education, networking,
and career development services.
(Freyer)
Target Completion Date #1: Chapters
will be chartered throughout the United States by December
2006
Status: As
of December 31, 2005, chartered
81 chapters covering 96% of ACHE
Members and Fellows.
Chartering process continues. As
of the end of the quarter, 39% of
ACHE affiliates are members of chapters
and 69% of chapter members are affiliates
of ACHE. Programs, products and
services are being developed for
and delivered to chapters.
Target Completion Date #2: All
chapters will be fully chartered by December 2009
Status: By
the completion of the year, 7 chapters
were advanced to fully chartered
status bringing the total to 28
chapters (34.5%) holding fully chartered
status.
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Fully implement the recommendations
of the Higher Education Task Force.
(Hahn)
A. Implement an alternative structure to serve student
associates by fostering relationships between health
administration programs and local ACHE chapters.
Target Completion Date: December 2006
B. Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Higher
Education Task Force recommendations.
Target Completion Date: December 2008
Status: The Higher
Education Task Force recommendations were approved
by the Board in June 2005. The new graduate dues waiver
is being phased out. Staff is working to implement
the remaining tasks to provide programs, additional
tools, and support for students.
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Evaluate and recommend enhancements
to the current credentialing program that will encourage
more members to become credentialed.
(Hahn)
Target Completion Date (Interim): June
2006
Target Completion Date (Final): March
2007
Status: A credentialing
task force was appointed in June 2005 and met in October
2005. A consultant conducted an audit of the credentialing
program in the fourth quarter of 2005 and additional
research will be conducted in 2006.
Goal Area
2: Knowledge
To provide our members with
the information they need to execute their professional responsibilities
exceptionally.
Initiatives
- Enhance ACHE’s publications
by implementing improvement recommendations from the
2004 publications evaluation report in order to best
serve our members.
(Bowen/Glass)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing,
evaluate impact December 2007
Status: All recommendations from the 2004
report were reviewed and implemented as appropriate by
year end 2005. Affiliate feedback will continue to be collected
on an ongoing basis from a variety of sources. Feedback
will be analyzed and improvements will be made as appropriate.
- Refine and expand the content of
the Ray E. Brown Management Resource Center of ache.org
as part of disseminating best practices to our members.
(Klegon)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing, evaluate
impact December 2007
Status: A plan is being developed to add
two additional areas to the Ray E. Brown Management Resource
Center. In addition to the current "Strategies for
Excellence" area that organizes Healthcare Executive articles
and other ACHE publications into 13 topic areas, the plan
includes adding an area with links to outside research
and resources, plus an area to facilitate affiliates’ ability
to find articles in other publications.
- Enhance the Congress on Healthcare
Leadership to ensure it continues to be the premier educational
event for Healthcare Executives.
(Macfarlane)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing
Status: The request for proposal process
for the 2006 Congress was completed using an online proposal
process that allowed for greater participation from the
Programs, Products and Services Committee. In addition,
staff has developed a track of programs specifically for
students. Finally, hot topic sessions exploring the lessons
learned on emergency preparedness that were learned from
recent natural disasters and highlighting the Hayhow Award
winning article have been added to the program.
- Enhance knowledge transfer by collaborating
with other professional societies, trade associations,
academia, consultancies, and other entities that focus
on educating healthcare executives.
(Bowen)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing
Status: Knowledge transfer collaborations
are being monitored to ensure educational activities meet
the needs of affiliates and other key audiences.
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Support senior level education
through the development and implementation of a CEO
Learning Forum, a Senior Executive Institute, and other
senior executive educational opportunities that may
arise.
(Macfarlane)
Target Completion Date (CEO
Learning Forum): December 2005
Target Completion Date (Senior
Executive Institute): June 2006
Status: The Senior
Executive Institute will hold its first session in
January 2006. The Institute is sold out with 27 participants.
The CEO Learning Forum scheduled for December was canceled
due to a high cancellation rate just prior to the program.
Staff is discussing options for changing the format and
will obtain CEO input into how we can best meet their
needs.
Goal
Area 3: Career Advancement
To deliver programs, products,
and services that advance professional excellence and
attract future leaders to the profession.
Initiatives
- Continue to encourage our members
to serve as both mentors and protégés and
provide them with resources to assist in this endeavor.
(Morton)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing
Status: The MHEGA (Michigan Healthcare
Executive Group and Associates) web site is active with
the ability to take mentor and protégé applications
for matching. This site is the prototype for chapter-level
mentoring.
The Leadership Mentoring Network Manual has been posted
to ache.org. A participant evaluation
of the Leadership Mentoring Network was conducted and
a summary report issued in December 2005. Based on this
report, enhancements to the Leadership Mentoring Network
will take place in 2006.
- Further strengthen executive search
firm consultants’ understanding of the significance of
the ACHE credential.
(Dolan/Klegon)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing, evaluate
impact December 2007
Status: Forty-six executive search firms
have indicated support for the ACHE credentials. Advertisements
featuring those firms appeared in Modern Healthcare and Healthcare
Executive in 2005 and are planned for 2006. The annual
Executive Search Firm Day was held November 3, 2005 with
19 search firm participants.
- Recruit and retain early careerists,
including promoting the profession to high school and
college students.
(Hahn)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing
Status: Postcards promoting HealthManagementCareers.org were
sent to over 10,000 career counselors in October 2005.
There were 48,362 sessions recorded on HealthManagementCareers.org throughout
2005.
Goal
Area 4: Leadership Excellence
To support our members in developing
and maintaining the attributes of excellence and educate key
constituencies about their efforts.
Initiatives
- Regularly review and emphasize ACHE’s
Code of Ethics to ensure it remains relevant and effectively
utilized.
(Bowen)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing
Status: The Ethics Committee reviews the
Code of Ethics on an annual basis. The Code of Ethics continues
to be publicized in Healthcare Executive, ache.org,
and other relevant publications. Publications will be given
permission to refer to the ACHE Code of Ethics. An ethics
toolkit highlighting practical applications of the Code
as well as an ethical decision-making process was posted
on ache.org. Components of the tool kit
were featured in the July/August 2005 issue of Healthcare
Executive.
- Continue to be proactive in working
with the media, including demonstrating to them the positive
difference our members make in their organizations and
the communities they serve. (Dolan/Klegon)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing
Status: ACHE continues to serve as
a highly regarded resource for the press. ACHE media
coverage is reported through the Report of Operations.
Coverage during the last quarter of 2005 included a Modern
Healthcare article about the availability of the
Healthcare Leadership Alliance Competency Directory online.
Resources also exist for affiliates. A press kit to
publicize their organizations' contributions to their
communities is available to affiliates online. Affiliates
are also provided with a press release sample to provide
to local publications when they earn the CHE® or
FACHE® credential.
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To strengthen the field of healthcare management,
articulate and disseminate a set of competencies that
will serve to prepare leaders for the field.
(Dolan/Hahn)
A. Enhance the higher education experience of future
healthcare executives by collaborating with the Association
of University Programs in Health Administration to articulate
the most needed competencies of early careerists. Disseminate
training materials that convey the knowledge, attitudes
and skills required to AUPHA member programs.
Target Completion Date: June 2006
Status: The Pedagogy Enhancement Project
was completed in June 2005.
B. Create and promote the Healthcare Leadership Alliance
Competency Directory to the healthcare management field.
Target Completion Date: December 2007
Status: The competency directory was
developed and field tested with members of the HLA organizations.
The web site Healthcareleadershipalliance.org was
created to house the directory that was disseminated
to the field in November 2005. Modern Healthcare featured
an article on the directory. An ad will be created in
early 2006 to promote the directory in HLA publications.
*American College of Physician
Executives, American Organization of Nurse Executives,
Healthcare Financial Management Association, Healthcare
Information and Management Systems Society, and Medical
Group Management Association
- Continue to support and strengthen
the efforts of the Institute for Diversity in Health
Management to reinforce our members’ commitment to increasing
diversity in the profession.
(Dolan/Bowen/Macfarlane)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing
Status: Division of Education staff
have been working with Institute for Diversity (IFD)
staff to finalize the IFD 2006 Conference program agenda,
secure speakers and coordinate meeting planning requirements.
The Division of Communications and Marketing is assisting
IFD with the production of the program brochure.
Plans are also underway to hold joint educational events,
including a breakfast session at the 2006 Congress.
- Collaborate with other organizations
and encourage ACHE members to do the same to advance
efforts in the focused policy areas of increasing organ
donation and resolving issues associated with the uninsured.
(Dolan/Klegon)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing,
evaluate impact December 2007
Status: Activities throughout 2005 included
ACHE co-hosting a meeting with HHS and the Association
Forum of Chicagoland for area healthcare association CEOs
to request that all associations encourage organ/tissue
donation. Tom Dolan was the closing speaker for the meeting
of the Leadership Coordinating Council of the Organ Donation
Breakthrough Collaborative in March 2005. Chairman Elect
Bill Schoenhard and Tom Dolan participated in a panel at
the National Learning Congress for Organ Donation in May
2005. On a related issue, information about advanced directives
was included in ACHe-News and "Promoting Advance Directives" by
Paul Hoffmann, Ph.D., FACHE and Bruce Jennings was published
in the September/October issue of Healthcare Executive.
ACHE has participated in publicizing issues of the uninsured,
including articles in Healthcare Executive and
support for the Covering the Uninsured and Covering Kids
and Families campaigns.
During the fourth quarter a letter was sent to House and
Senate committee members urging retaining funding of the
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology (ONCHIT). Also, the Board of Governors approved
an update to the ACHE public policy on Access to Healthcare and
it was posted on ache.org.
- Increase opportunities to raise
awareness among healthcare trustees of the fact that
ACHE members can be distinguished by their CHE and FACHE
credentials, ethical conduct, commitment to lifelong
learning, and leadership and management excellence.
(Dolan/Klegon)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing,
evaluate impact December 2007
Status: As part of agreements with the
Center for Healthcare Governance and The Governance Institute,
the two organizations alternate writing the governance
column in Healthcare Executive. ACHE also sponsored
columns in their organization’s publications, Trustee ("Center
Voices") and BoardRoom Press. Tom Dolan continues
to provide an active presence at the Center for Healthcare
Governance and The Governance Institute programs and speaking
at meetings for these governance groups. A one-page handout
describing ACHE is used at CHG and TGI sessions. In 2005,
advertisements also appeared in Trustee.
Goal
Area 5: Resources
To provide the appropriate
infrastructure, optimal allocation of resources, and other
support that contribute to our ability to deliver exemplary
service to our members.
Initiatives
- Fully implement the recommendations
of the Governance Task Force.
(Freyer)
Target Completion Date: Complete
consolidation of Regent voting jurisdictions by March 2008
Status: The Regent Consolidation Plan
is proceeding on schedule. The current number of authorized
Regent positions is 105.
- Continue to provide ACHE staff
with professional development opportunities that contribute
to staff performance excellence and job satisfaction.
(O’Brien)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing
Status: Sexual harassment awareness and
diversity as a business imperative training was held for
staff in August 2005. In addition, MIS staff conducted
GroupWise software training.
Managers attended an Employment Law Update in October.
Sexual harassment from the manager’s perspective along
with ADA, FMLA and other pertinent laws were reviewed.
A follow-up session will be held in 2006 to address other
issues related to effective performance management.
- Implement an internal quality improvement
program to allow for a more streamlined analysis of processes.
(Hovland)
Target Completion Date: Ongoing
Status: A Quality Improvement Leadership
Team was assembled to draft a report identifying what quality
indicators and benchmarks can be used to provide an early
warning system and aid in internal process management.
- Evaluate the feasibility of implementing
a Voluntary Giving Program for ACHE.
(Gordon)
Target Completion Date: November
2005
Status: The Fund Development Oversight
Task Force met twice during 2005 via conference calls to
discuss the results of the Feasibility Study coordinated
by fund development consultants, The Alford Group. The
process included personal interviews with 24 affiliates;
including all 15 members of the Board of Governors, and
responses from 2,120 ACHE affiliates who were randomly
chosen for the Feasibility Study. The Fund Development
Oversight Task Force reviewed and approved the final report
prepared by The Alford Group: "Development Plan Outline
for Voluntary Giving Pilot Program." This Development
Plan was approved by the ACHE Board of Governors at their
November 2005 meeting and implementation is now underway.
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