- Leadership Spotlight:
Ensuring Safety in Today’s Workplace - Interested in Earning Your FACHE®? Learn About the Process
- 2021–2022 Annual Report: Your Fortitude to Lead
- Special Call for Papers on Behavioral Health
- Make a Difference as a Mentor
- Last Call for World Hospital Congress Early Bird Registration
Leadership Spotlight:
Ensuring Safety in Today’s Workplace
Some healthcare leaders are speaking out in support of a violence-free workplace and calling for civility from the public, according to recent news reports. In an opinion piece, the president and CEO of one Illinois healthcare system expressed support for the bipartisan Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act, which was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would make it a federal crime to assault or intimidate a hospital employee, in addition to other measures.
The bill is not the only action recently taken to curb violence in the healthcare workplace. This year, workplace violence standards went into effect for all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals, along with another standard geared toward identifying intimate partner violence.
Intimate partner violence has substantially increased over the last two decades. Data from U.S. crime reports found that over half of female homicide victims in the United States are killed by a current or former male intimate partner, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Many of these women work in the healthcare system, and violence in their personal lives often follows them into the workplace,” writes Lisa DiBlasi-Moorehead, EdD, RN, associate nurse executive with The Joint Commission, and Jim Kendig, field director with The Joint Commission, in the July/August “Improving Patient Care” column.
With accredited organizations now required to use written criteria to identify patients who may be victims of assault, abuse and neglect, some of those same tactics can also be applicable for colleagues and staff, according to DiBlasi-Moorehead and Kendig. Read their column “When Violence Follows Staff to Work” to learn more about The Joint Commission’s new workplace violence prevention requirements and other ways healthcare organizations can address violence toward workers.
Visit HealthcareExecutive.org to read the rest of the July/August issue, check out web-exclusive content and listen to the Healthcare Executive podcast.
Interested in Earning Your FACHE®? Learn About the Process
If you are just starting to think about becoming board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow, you don’t want to miss this opportunity that’s 10 days away. Join us Sept. 8 for a complimentary Fellow advancement information session. During this live-streamed webinar, participants will learn everything there is to know about earning the prestigious credential, as well as have the opportunity to ask questions. The webinar is free but does require registration. Learn more and register today.
2021–2022 Annual Report: Your Fortitude to Lead
The 2021–2022 Annual Report documents our progress together in the previous calendar year and reflects how your fortitude to lead has helped us make a difference, together. Available now on ache.org, you can access the letter to members from ACHE leadership, Strategic Plan goal areas, selected financial data, Premier Corporate Partners, contributors to the Fund for Healthcare Leadership, committee rosters, recent ACHE award winners, chapter information, a directory of services and more.
Please take some time to explore the 2021–2022 Annual Report to learn more about last year’s achievements and what we hope to accomplish in the year ahead.
Special Call for Papers on Behavioral Health
ACHE’s Journal of Healthcare Management and the Canadian College of Health Leaders’ Healthcare Management Forum are jointly calling for original research on topics related to behavioral health. The papers will be published in special November 2023 editions of each journal.
Authors are invited to submit a 200-word abstract to one journal or the other (but not both) by Oct. 28. Abstracts should include a short overview of the proposed manuscript, the intended audience and key messages for readers. Additional details about the abstracts and topics that will be considered can be found here.
Abstracts and questions regarding submissions to the Journal of Healthcare Management can be sent to Joe Pixler, senior editor, Professional Development, Department of Learning, at jpixler@ache.org.
Make a Difference as a Mentor
“Although the value of mentoring should be self-evident, it is also clear that healthcare executives have a moral obligation to mentor the next generation of leaders,” writes Paul B. Hofmann, DrPh, LFACHE, in the latest “Healthcare Management Ethics” column. “Doing so benefits both our successors and the organizations we serve.”
If you are looking for a way to give back to your profession, ACHE’s Career Resource Center offers a newly developed digital Leadership Mentoring Network that provides enhanced matching and support for successful mentor partnerships. Each formal mentor-mentee partnership will last six months, although we encourage the partnerships to extend beyond the formal timeline.
If you are a healthcare leader with a minimum of five years of experience at the director level or higher, we invite you consider becoming a mentor through the Leadership Mentoring Network. As Hofmann writes in his July/August column, “Promoting the Joy of Mentoring,” proper mentoring can be mutually rewarding and enjoyable. Additionally, being a mentor provides numerous benefits, which you can learn about in this ACHE Blog post and in the November/December 2021 Healthcare Executive “Careers” column.
If you are ready to start giving back to the field, visit ache.org/Mentoring today to learn more about the Leadership Mentoring Network and to complete your mentor profile.
Last Call for World Hospital Congress Early Bird Registration
Those who are interested in attending the International Hospital Federation’s 45th World Hospital Congress have until Aug. 31 to register at reduced early bird rates.
This unique global forum will convene Nov. 9–11 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, bringing together IHF members, leaders and decision-makers of hospitals, health services and healthcare organizations from over 60 countries and territories. The World Hospital Congress will feature more than 150 renowned speakers, who will share their knowledge, experience and best practices for sustainable healthcare. The theme of the event is “Global Learning, Location Actions: Sustainable Healthcare.” Peruse the preliminary program to learn more about these speakers and over 30 sessions that will be offered.
In addition to the early bird rates available until Aug. 31, IHF members (this includes ACHE members) may also avail themselves of a special discounted rate when they use the code IHFMember2022 during registration. Discounts are also available for groups of more than three participants; please contact anjela.bagano@index.ae for more details.