Spend Trends: Optimizing spend for efficiency and resiliency
As an industry under constant budgetary pressure to stay within tight profit margins and up to date with rapidly advancing technology, healthcare organizations need control over employee spend and the ability to make smart, strategic spending decisions.
- Learn From the Masters at 2025 Congress
- Water Quality Standard Boosts Healthcare Industry
- IHF Call for Abstracts
- ACHE Accepting Graduate Student Scholarship Applications
- Act Now Before Holiday Book Sale Ends
Learn From the Masters at 2025 Congress
Gain expert insights from leading healthcare executives during ACHE’s Masters Series sessions at the 2025 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, March 24–27, in Houston. Five Masters Series sessions will take place between Monday and Tuesday:
Monday, March 24
- Masters of Executive Leadership: Laura S. Kaiser, FACHE, president and CEO, SSM Health, will discuss agile leadership in transformational times.
- Masters of Health Equity: Dennis W. Pullin, FACHE, president and CEO, Virtua Health, and Jack Lynch, III, FACHE, president and CEO, Main Line Health, will present on leadership for equitable care delivery.
Tuesday, March 25
- Masters of Innovation: Richard Gray, MD, CEO, Mayo Clinic Arizona, will provide insights into his organization’s efforts to innovate across care delivery, including the use of AI.
- Masters of Quality and Safety: Christopher M. O’Connor, FACHE, CEO, and Corey Champeau, PA-C, executive director, both of Yale New Haven Health System, will cover patient-centered care amidst competition-driven metrics in relationship to quality and safety.
- Masters of Care Delivery: Peter WT Pisters, MD, FACHE, FACPE, president and CEO, MD Anderson Cancer Center, will speak about values-based leadership and care delivery excellence at his organization.
Register for Congress today and reserve your spot at one or more Masters Series sessions. The CEO & Executive Flex Pass offers access to all sessions, including the Masters Series. Early Registration Rates are available through Jan. 7.
Water Quality Standard Boosts Healthcare Industry
Richard Parker, FACHE, FASHE, associate director, Life Safety & Physical Environment, Accreditation Commission for Health Care, writes in CFM&D that “As healthcare facilities increasingly focus on patient safety and infection prevention, effective water management has become a critical aspect of medical device processing.”
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IHF Call for Abstracts
The International Hospital Federation is now accepting abstract submissions for the 48th World Hospital Congress in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 10–13, 2025. Hosted by IHF and Geneva University Hospitals, the World Hospital Congress brings healthcare leaders and executives together for global learning that inspires local action.
IHF is seeking projects, programs and research that showcase innovations, models and examples of leadership to be presented at its 48th World Hospital Congress. IHF’s Scientific Committee invites you to submit abstracts for consideration under one of five tracks:
- Leadership Imperatives.
- Clinical models enhancing quality and safety.
- Environmentally sustainable, resilient, and low-carbon healthcare.
- Digital transformation and AI in care and hospital operations.
- The human-centered experience–core to all we do.
Additional guidelines regarding abstract submissions are available here. The submission deadline Feb. 28.
ACHE Accepting Graduate Student Scholarship Applications
Online applications for ACHE’s 2025 Albert W. Dent and Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarships will be accepted beginning Jan. 2. Offered annually, the scholarships are awarded to outstanding students with a financial need who are enrolled in their final year of graduate programs in health services administration.
Every year ACHE awards up to 15 scholarships, each worth $5,000. Applications for the scholarships are due March 31. Visit the Albert W. Dent and Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarships web page for more information.
Act Now Before Holiday Book Sale Ends
There’s still time to take advantage of the holiday book sale when you order any book now through Jan. 3. Get a 20% discount on member and nonmember prices when you use code HOLIDAY24 at checkout. This discount excludes any multibook sets and bundles that are already discounted and the ACHE Board of Governors Examination Flashcards.