January 2, 2024


Congress 2024


Spotlight:

Learn From the Masters at This Year’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership

Hear expert insights from leading healthcare executives during ACHE’s Masters Series sessions at this year’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership, March 25–28, in Chicago. Five Masters Series sessions will take place across three days:

Monday, March 25

  • Masters of Executive Leadership: Warner Thomas, FACHE, president and CEO, Sutter Health, will discuss executive leadership best practices in healthcare.
  • Masters of Innovation: Robert W. Allen, FACHE, president and CEO, Intermountain Health, will share his vision of the future of innovation in healthcare.

Tuesday, March 26

  • Masters of Care Delivery: MetroHealth’s president and CEO Airica Steed, EdD, FACHE, and chief health equity officer Charles S. Modlin Jr., MD, will talk about how care delivery can be advanced to drive health equity, eradicate health disparities and zero out the death gap.
  • Masters of Safety and Quality: ChristianaCare’s president and CEO Janice Nevin, MD, and COO Richard Cuming, EdD, RN, FAAN, will discuss how leading with love is a difference-maker for ChristianaCare in its pursuit of delivering safe, quality care.

Wednesday, March 27

  • Masters of Health Equity: Grady Health System’s president and CEO John M. Haupert, FACHE, and senior vice president/inaugural chief health equity officer Yolanda Hill Wimberly, MD, will discuss the intersection of equity and care quality, approaches for community engagement in successful equity strategies, the importance of cross-cultural empathy, and strategies for engaging in social justice and advocacy to drive change.

Register for Congress today and reserve your spot at one or more Masters Series sessions. Remember that the CEO & Executive Flex Pass offers access to all sessions, including the Masters Series. Early bird Flex Pass pricing is available through Feb. 29.

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ACHE’s Board of Governors Approves 2024–2026 Strategic Plan

After discussion and field review, the ACHE Board of Governors has approved the 2024–2026 Strategic Plan.

ACHE’s Strategic Plan defines how the organization can support the healthcare field in building a leadership workforce capable of addressing the challenges facing leaders now and in the future. The 2024–2026 plan features a continued focus on the work to advance health by leading for safety and equity, growing our professional community of leaders across associated partnerships and nontraditional settings, and by helping chapters deliver value locally. Finally, ACHE will continue its commitment to cultivate leaders in reaching their highest potential by deepening our engagement with members, employers, and the healthcare community.

The Strategic Plan is examined annually, with a continued focus on meeting the evolving needs of members and healthcare leadership. The plan describes in further detail ACHE’s roles as catalyst, connector and trusted partner. More specifically as a catalyst and connector, this year ACHE will focus on implementing a next-level strategy for our diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and identifying new ways to enhance our partnership with chapters.

As a trusted partner, ACHE will focus on the increased adoption of the FACHE® certification as the gold standard for leading. In addition, we will accelerate the use of technology to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing digital environment. Our highest priority is to remain relevant and deliver on the promise of advancing health through leadership.

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ACHE Accepting Graduate Student Scholarship Applications

Online applications for ACHE’s 2024 Albert W. Dent and Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarships are now being accepted. Offered annually, the scholarships are awarded to outstanding students enrolled in their final year of graduate programs in health services administration to help finance their education. The Dent scholarship is designated only for racially and/or ethnically diverse students, as well as for LGBTQ+ students.

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 Scholarship webpages for more information.

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Reminder: 2024 Management Innovations Call for Proposals

Authors are invited to submit narratives of their posters for consideration at ACHE’s 39th annual Management Innovations Poster Session, to be held at this year’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago. Posters will be displayed March 25–27.

Narratives should be submitted as an email attachment to PosterSessions@ache.org by Jan. 16. View the submission instructions and selection criteria for details.

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ACHE Policy Statements and Code of Ethics Updated

The ACHE Board of Governors approved at its December meeting changes to five ACHE Policy Statements and the Code of Ethics suggested by subject-matter experts to the Board Policy Committee.

ACHE has nearly 30 Policy Statements that provide guidance and best practices to healthcare leaders on matters important to the profession. Policy Statements are reviewed and revised annually on a rolling basis to ensure they’re relevant to leaders.

Along with the Code of Ethics, this year the following statements were revised:

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Futurescan 2024: Healthcare Trends and Implications

Hospital and health system leaders can prepare themselves and their organizations for what lies ahead with Futurescan 2024: Healthcare Trends and Implications. An essential tool for strategic planning, the newest edition of this annual guide highlights the insights of thought leaders discussing eight key trends affecting healthcare:

  • Workforce
  • Care in the home
  • Sustainability
  • Population health
  • Employer contracting
  • Economics
  • Medicaid
  • Responsible innovation

The expert perspectives featured in Futurescan 2024 on the transformation of healthcare are supported by data from a survey of hospital and health system leaders from across the country.

Leaders can share Futurescan 2024 with their board and staff with packs of 15 copies, available at a 40% discount off the single-copy price.

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