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Gain Crucial Skills at a Pre-Congress Boot Camp

Make the most of your Congress experience by signing up for a Pre-Congress Boot Camp tailored to help you succeed. Led by expert faculty, these full-day programs will be held on Sunday, March 21 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago and qualify for 7 Category I (ACHE education) credits

Middle Manager Boot Camp: See how your role fits into your organization’s goals as you gain the skills needed to lead a team, department or division with confidence.

Clinician in Transition Boot Camp: Improve on strengths and reduce blind spots to succeed in your new role as a clinical manager. Finance, quality management, resource allocation, hiring, firing, driving outcomes and evaluating peers will be covered.

Physician Executive Boot Camp: Effectively serve the needs of your patients and the interests of your organization as you leverage the trust and respect of key stakeholders.

ACHE offers these Boot Camps in addition to the popular CEO and COO Boot Camps.

Visit ache.org/Congress for more information and to register.

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CLUSTERS

A trip to sunny St. Petersburg is just the ticket for February. Earn 24 Category I (ACHE education) credits through timely seminars like Achieving a Strategic Partnership With Your Board: Thrive in the Midst of Accountability at the St. Petersburg Cluster.

 

Choose from eight timely seminars in Kiawah, including two new seminars: "Advanced Strategic Planning to Transform Your Organization" and "Physician Partnering: Conversations with Successful CEOs".

 

Plan ahead for the San Antonio Cluster and be one of the first to gain critical skills in the new seminar "Effective Approaches in Leading Patient Safety and Error Reduction."

 

 

ACHe-LEARNING

Register for Best Practices in Patient Safety From Commercial Aviation, a webinar on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, and learn how you can leverage the airline industry’s Safety Management System (SMS) approach to improve safety in your organization.

Register today.

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Pump Up Your Resume

Making a job transition? Before you enter the highly competitive job market, let ACHE's Career Resource Center staff review and critique your resume and ensure that you present your experience and your strengths in the best way possible.

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Top Issues Confronting Hospitals: 2009

Financial challenges ranked No. 1 on the list of hospital CEOs’ top concerns in 2009, making it their No. 1 issue for the last five years, according to the American College of Healthcare Executives’ (ACHE) annual survey of top issues confronting hospital CEOs.

Sent each fall to hospital CEOs who are ACHE members, the survey asked respondents to rank 13 issues affecting their hospitals in order of importance and to identify specific areas of concern within their top three issues.

View more survey results.