- Spotlight:
Hear From ACHE’s New Chair - ACHE Celebrates Award Winners at Congress
- Simulation Course Allows Healthcare Executives to Test Skills
- Peak Professional Performance
- Members in the News
Spotlight:
Hear From ACHE’s New Chair
In the latest episode of the Healthcare Executive Podcast, new ACHE Chair William “Bill” P. Santulli, FACHE, talks about his journey into healthcare leadership.
Santulli said communication skills, financial acumen and building relationships helped him along the way. He also credits his successful career growth to very supportive mentors and coaches. He found that leaders in the field took a chance on him and trusted him to make decisions.
As to what makes an effective leader, Santulli’s advice is to get along well with others, build strong relationships, embrace lifelong learning, and support and recognize others.
The benefits ACHE provides, according to Santulli, include a world-class education, the best networking in the industry and the opportunity to serve in leadership roles. Among his priorities during his term as Chair is to enhance ACHE’s support of its 76 chapters.
Listen to the full episode here.
ACHE Celebrates Award Winners at Congress
During this year’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership, which took place March 25–28, ACHE recognized the recipients of its highest individual awards: the Gold Medal Award and the Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year. Please join us in congratulating the following leaders:
- Anne M. Swap, FACHE, is the recipient of the Gold Medal Award, ACHE’s highest honor bestowed on outstanding leaders who have made significant contributions to the healthcare profession. Swap, now retired, served more than three decades in the U.S. Navy and was the director, National Capital Region Market, Defense Health Agency, Washington, D.C., where she served from 2020–2023. Swap received her award March 25 during the Parker B. Francis Distinguished Lecture/Opening Session.
- Ashley Vertuno, FACHE, is the recipient of the Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year, which honors early careerists for outstanding achievements in the field of healthcare management. Vertuno, CEO, HCA Florida JFK North Hospital, West Palm Beach, Fla., received her award March 26 during the Malcolm T. MacEachern Memorial Lecture and Luncheon.
Other award winners honored at Congress will be recognized in subsequent issues of ACHe-news. General information about ACHE awards can be found on the “ACHE News and Awards” webpage.
Simulation Course Allows Healthcare Executives to Test Skills
For a unique, immersive experience, join ACHE’s next Health System Simulation course April 11—13. Airline pilots don’t step onto the flight deck without adequate training, including spending time in a flight simulator that teaches them how to navigate challenging worst-case scenarios. Healthcare leaders have this same opportunity to test their problem-solving and strategic decision-making skills through realistic exercises that effectively emulate the breadth and organizational complexity in a competitive marketplace—with the freedom to make mistakes.
Developed in collaboration with Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the Health System Simulation utilizes a team-based method to help healthcare leaders traverse modern healthcare barriers, adopt unique approaches to solve difficult problems and dispute long-held assumptions about what solutions will work—and what won’t—in a modern multi-hospital market.
During this two-day intensive course, participants will face complex issues such as capacity, staffing, financial structure, patient/payer mix, investment in quality and more. They’ll use evidence-based models, situational instruction and strategic problem-solving to navigate a changing consumer and regulatory landscape—all while receiving real-time feedback.
Participants have the opportunity to earn up to 21 ACHE Virtual Interactive Education and Interprofessional Continuing Education credits. If you can’t make the April program, another virtual session is scheduled Aug. 15–17. Learn more or register today.
Peak Professional Performance
When it comes to leadership, healthcare executives do their best work when surrounded by people who support them, share power and influence, and give them honest feedback from a place of objectivity.
Mentor, Coach, Lead to Peak Professional Performance explains why it’s important to build a network of advisers and pay it forward by extending advice and support to others. Author Laurie K. Baedke, FACHE, provides practical guidance on how to build relationships that foster both individual development and organizational success.
Readers will learn the distinctions between mentoring, sponsoring and coaching partnerships, and will understand which circumstances are most suited for each type of collaboration. The book is filled with tips and tools on how to make the most of these powerful connections.
Healthcare leaders will need the advice, expertise and listening ear of others many times throughout their career. This book better equips them to both seek out and provide the invaluable gifts of guidance and support.
Members in the News
Visit ACHE Members in the News to read about leaders in the news—including Paul Kempinski, FACHE, who was named president/CEO, Children’s Mercy Kansas City. Also learn about Anthony Saul, who has been promoted to senior executive vice president and COO/CFO, Grady Health System, Atlanta.