Newsletter

January 20, 2021

 

 

Program Spotlight: Congress 2021 to Offer New Leadership Insights Sessions

This year, we invite you to explore trending healthcare topics during new, moderated discussions at the reimagined Congress on Healthcare Leadership. During “Addressing Mental Health Needs in the Digital Age,” presenters Wayne Young, FACHE, CEO, The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD, and Megan Jones Bell, PsyD, chief strategy and science officer, Headspace Inc., will examine how healthcare and solutions providers are meeting the need for evidence-based mental healthcare through the innovative use of digital health tools.

Meanwhile, “The Next Phase of Digital Health” will explore how hospitals and health systems are collaborating with solutions providers to navigate the rapidly evolving digital health landscape with a panel composed of Bruce Brandes, senior vice president, Consumer Centered Virtual Care, Teladoc; Thomas X. Lee, MD, CEO, Galileo; and Roberta Levy Schwartz, PhD, FACHE, executive vice president/CIO, Houston Methodist.

We hope you will join us March 22–25 to learn more about these critical trending topics during this year’s virtual experience. Register today for an early-bird fee of only $449. Visit ache.org/Congress to learn more.

Virtual Customized Education for Your Organization

With so much change affecting the way we live, work and learn, ACHE is now offering virtual Choice, enabling leaders to continue to invest in their organization at their own pace.

Choice, ACHE’s customized professional education, allows leaders to choose from a variety of program formats and topic areas, including quality and safety, executive leadership, physician executive partnerships, and communication and relationship management. Now, ACHE will bring our experts to you virtually to provide convenient, cost-effective education designed to meet your organization's learning needs and close competency gaps.

Our program specialist will help you assess your needs, build a program and provide resources to promote your virtual event. Visit ache.org/Choice and get started today.

ACHE Policy Statements Updated

The Board of Governors approved at its virtual November meeting changes to four existing ACHE Policy Statements and one Ethics Policy Statement suggested by subject matter experts to the Board Policy Committee. The committee revised statements to reflect updates to data, terminology and language; to incorporate contemporary solutions and current, real-life healthcare leadership experience; and to clarify ACHE’s position in certain policy positions and to ensure they reflect ACHE’s values. The following statements were updated:

Policy Statements can be found at ache.org/PolicyStatements, and Ethics Policy Statements at ache.org/EthicsPolicyStatements.

Share the Value of ACHE, Diversify Our Community

When you refer colleagues to join or help them earn their FACHE® credential, you’ll earn points you can redeem for ACHE-branded items or discount coupons. In addition, your encouragement will result in a more diverse and inclusive ACHE community.

The Leader-to-Leader Rewards Program supports your recruitment efforts by rewarding you with ACHE-branded merchandise or discount coupons. Use the referral form to share details about membership, or forward this email to those you believe can benefit from all that ACHE has to offer.

To earn points, your name must be listed as the referral on a new Member application or an FACHE application. Once the membership is activated or all Fellow requirements have been met, you will receive points to redeem for rewards. Points expire the year after they are earned on Dec. 31. Log in to your My ACHE account to see if points earned are expiring soon. If you have any questions, please contact the Customer Service Center at (312) 424-9400 or email contact@ache.org. 

Improve Clinical and Financial Performance With New Digital Self-Study Course

Minimizing readmissions, never events and infectious complications require harmonious teams to achieve progress, not silos. One of ACHE’s new digital self-study courses, “Coordinated Care: Improving Clinical and Financial Performance,” will explore how involving clinicians improves organizational performance while allowing participants to earn 6 ACHE Qualified Education credit hours from the convenience of their computer or mobile device. This course, which is based on Health Administration Press book Getting It Done: Experienced Healthcare Leaders Reveal Field-Tested Strategies for Clinical and Financial Success, will help attendees decrease the number of people who die from sepsis by improving the care process without changing drugs, engage physicians in decreasing the cost of equipment and supplies, and improve operating room teamwork and productivity.

For more information about digital self-study courses, visit ache.org/SelfStudy. For any questions, please email selfstudy@ache.org.

ACHE Graduate Student Scholarships Due March 31

Online applications for the 2021 Dent and McGaw scholarships are now open. Offered annually, the Albert W. Dent and Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarships are awarded to outstanding students enrolled in their final year of graduate programs in health services administration to help finance their education. Each scholarship is worth $5,000. Every year, ACHE awards up to a total of 15 scholarships. Applications for the scholarships are due March 31. To learn more, visit the Albert W. Dent and Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarship web pages for more information.