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April 27, 2020

Leadership Spotlight: Lessons From the Front Lines of COVID-19

This week, ACHE brings you more lessons from the front lines of COVID-19 with another free webinar and a podcast. On Friday, join Candice L. Saunders, FACHE, president/CEO, Wellstar Health System, Marietta, Ga., for a free webinar about how healthcare innovations are transforming care delivery at her organization as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This webinar is the latest in a series providing executive insights about organizational responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recordings of previous webinars and other resources and tools are available at ache.org/COVID.

In the most recent Healthcare Executive podcast, Warner Thomas, FACHE, CEO of Ochsner Health, New Orleans, discusses how he is managing the COVID-19 response for the system’s 41 owned, managed and affiliated hospitals and specialty hospitals, and more than 100 health and urgent care centers. He also talks about the impact of the pandemic on operations, staff, patients and the community. Visit HealthcareExecutive.org/Podcast to listen and browse through more episodes. The podcasts are also available by searching for “Healthcare Executive” in Apple Podcasts or on iTunes.

Webinar: Innovative Leadership Is Essential

Innovative leaders should be able to function at a high level in a healthcare landscape defined by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity—all characteristics of today’s environment during these unprecedented times. Tomorrow, join ACHE and the Association of University Programs in Health Administration for a free webinar that will explore the leadership attributes required to succeed in such an atmosphere. Ronald M. Wyatt, MD, vice president and patient safety officer, MCIC Vermont, New York City, will lead the webinar, exploring how leaders will need humility and courage to succeed in transforming healthcare. He will also discuss how the resource Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success, can help guide an organization through this journey. This webinar, sponsored by ACHE and AUPHA, is eligible for 1 ACHE Qualified Education credit. Register today.

Graduate Student Scholarships Extended Deadline Approaching

This is the final week to apply for the 2020 Dent and McGaw scholarships before the April 30 extended deadline. Offered annually, the Albert W. Dent and Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarships are awarded to outstanding students enrolled in health services administration graduate programs to help finance their education. Each scholarship is worth $5,000. Do you or someone you know meet the requirements to apply? Visit the Albert W. Dent and Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarship web pages for more information. 

Responding to the COVID-19 Patient Surge

As the world navigates COVID-19, the healthcare landscape is changing at lightning speed. It’s critical for our field to be ready to care for a surge of patients—whether they’re in a hospital or inside a convention center—and other concurrent issues such as supply shortages, limited testing and clinician burnout. Cerner, an ACHE Premier Corporate Partner, outlines in its blog how health organizations are finding innovative ways to deal with these issues. Additionally, Cerner’s COVID-19 Surge Capacity Guide provides a high-level operating framework for health system executives who are planning for patient level surges. Read more. 

Your April Gift: Caring for the Caregivers

This ACHE member gift features a collection of articles from the Journal of Healthcare Management centered around the theme, “Caring for the Caregivers.” To celebrate the Journal’s 65 years of publication, Health Administration Press is proud to offer you this collection in recognition and support of the front-line caregivers battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

One article, “Employer Wellness Programs: Breakthrough or Bank Breaker?” tackles the topic of employee wellness programs, while another, “Promoting Stellar Team Performance to Achieve Stellar Results at MetroHealth,” addresses why it is important for healthcare leaders to nurture and promote the resilience of their caregiving teams while respecting and enhancing their sense of value. The other articles in this collection focus on the critical issue of provider burnout: “Physician and Nurse Well-Being: Seven Things Hospital Boards Should Know,” “Stress Among Healthcare Professionals Calls Out for Attention,” “Why Focusing on Professional Burnout Is Not Enough,” and “Esprit de Corps and Quality: Making the Case for Eradicating Burnout.”

Access your April gift here. 

2020 IHF Award Entries Due May 15

The 2020 International Hospital Federation Awards is accepting submissions of projects or programs with achievements, results or outcomes that demonstrate innovation and/or excellence. IHF invites hospitals and other healthcare organizations around the world to submit entries by the May 15 deadline. This year’s award categories include:

IHF/Dr. Kwang Tae Kim Grand Award
Open only to IHF full and associate members and their healthcare provider members (this includes ACHE’s members), this award recognizes excellence and achievements with proven results at the health system or facility level in multiple areas.

IHF Excellence Awards
Open to IHF member and nonmember public and private healthcare provider organizations, these awards recognize excellence or outstanding achievements in several fields.

Submit entries here. For general questions, please contact awards@ihf-fih.org. IHF will present the awards during the 44th World Hospital Congress, Nov. 2–5, in Barcelona, Spain.