Newsletter

January 11, 2021

 

 

Benefit Bulletin: Earn Your FACHE® Credential and Track Your Journey

Do you know that as a member, you can become board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow with one year of membership tenure? Last year, the ACHE Board of Governors changed the membership tenure requirement for initial Fellow advancement from three years to one year, effective Jan. 1, 2021. We hope this change will make attaining Fellow status possible for more Members who wish to reach this important leadership level. Candidates must still meet all the other eligibility requirements to attain the FACHE credential—one of the most recognized and respected symbols of a leader’s competency and commitment to healthcare leadership excellence. 

Additionally, ACHE members who are working toward earning their initial FACHE credential can now track their journey with the FACHE Progress Tool. Available when you log in to your My ACHE account, the tool provides a visual snapshot of progress made in meeting the eligibility requirements to attain the FACHE credential. A similar tool will be available later this year for current Fellows to track the progress of their recertification.

We are proud to offer these exclusive member benefits, and we thank you for being part of the ACHE community.

Podcast: Why Innovation Matters

In this episode of the Healthcare Executive Podcast, Keller Rinaudo, CEO and co-founder of Zipline, discusses how his drones are delivering life-saving medicines and medical supplies on-demand in the United States and around the world. Rinaudo was recently recognized in the 2020 Bloomberg 50—a list of people in business, entertainment, finance, politics, and science and technology whose accomplishments merit recognition—for delivering more than 15,000 bundles of PPE to Novant Health facilities in North Carolina with his Zipline drones. He will deliver the opening session Parker B. Francis Distinguished Lecture for the 2021 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, March 22–25, where he will continue the conversation on the vital role of innovation in healthcare.

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.

 

Regaining Strength: Strategies for Financial Recovery 

Managing the pandemic and ensuring the safety of patients and the workforce has been all-consuming for healthcare leaders, making sustaining the economic viability of their organizations—many of which are still in recovery mode—that much more difficult. Although leadership teams may feel overwhelmed by the immediate challenges of the pandemic, experts recommend executives multitask and stay focused on their long-term financial strategies.

The cover story of the January/February 2021 issue of Healthcare Executive magazine explores why experts are saying the time is right for optimism in the C-suite, and why healthcare executives should take a proactive approach to their financial strategies in spite of the health crisis. “Organizations that continue to make important strategic decisions are likely to come out of this in a better place,” explains Ken Kaufman, founder and chairman of Kaufman Hall. Visit HealthcareExecutive.org to read more of the new issue of ACHE’s official magazine. 

A Field Guide for Emerging Healthcare Leaders

Building a successful healthcare career requires keen self-knowledge, performance, character and commitment. During the six-week online seminar “The Emerging Healthcare Leader: A Field Guide,” participants will learn from the real-life experiences of two accomplished healthcare executives who have achieved significant success in the first decade of their careers. Expert faculty Laurie K. Baedke, FACHE, FACMPE, director, Healthcare Leadership Programs, Creighton University, and Natalie D. Lamberton, FACHE, CEO, Talas Harbor Healthcare, will help early- and mid-career leaders discover the four pillars of executive excellence and explore crucial elements of achieving career goals. This online seminar runs from Jan. 20 to March 3 and is worth up to 6 ACHE Qualified Education credits. Register today. 

Forming the Next Generation of Healthcare Executives 

How are political changes and public health challenges shaping the education of healthcare’s future leaders? Paula H. Song, PhD, chair of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of Health Administration, prize-winning researcher and co-author of Gapenski’s Understanding Healthcare Financial Management, Eighth Edition, for Health Administration Press, shares her thoughts in an interview in the January/February 2021 issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management.

Meanwhile, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine examined a volunteer program to promote resilience among stressed care provider teams and found that it works. Their study, also published in the January/February issue of JHM, makes the case for other health systems to consider similar programs.

The January/February issue of JHM is now available online to all ACHE members at ache.org/Journals.

IHF Seeking Applicants for Young Executive Leaders Program  

The International Hospital Federation is calling for prospective applicants from the United States to apply to its 2021 Young Executive Leaders program by Jan. 25. The IHF YEL program is for healthcare leaders who have proven outstanding merit in healthcare management. During the eight-month program, participants will interact, exchange ideas and collaborate on various healthcare issues with peers and leaders from around the world. The program will conclude with a one-day workshop with other YEL alumni at the 2021 World Hospital Congress in Barcelona, Spain, November 8–11.

IHF invites U.S. healthcare leaders to identify potential candidates for this program, and for qualified candidates to apply. Candidates must have a minimum of five years’ experience in a healthcare leadership or management position and be no older than 40 years of age by the application deadline of Jan. 25. Additional candidate requirements and program information can be found by visiting www.ihf-fih.org/young-executive-leaders/.