- Program Spotlight:
Empowering Today’s Diverse Executives Through Specialized Leadership Development - ACHE’s Board of Governors Approve 2023–2025 Strategic Plan
- Learn From the Best and Brightest at the Congress on Healthcare Leadership
- ACHE Graduate Student Scholarship Applications Open Today
- Futurescan 2023: Healthcare Trends and Implications
- Reminder: 2023 Management Innovations Poster Session Proposals Due Jan. 17
Program Spotlight:
Empowering Today’s Diverse Executives Through Specialized Leadership Development
When Kristan M. Murray, FACHE, associate director/COO, VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, completed the 2022 Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity Program, she knew wholeheartedly that she could be the change she wants to see because of the program’s teambuilding activities, dinner conversations with other scholars, opportunities for reflection and educational sessions.
Similarly, Sonney Sapra, senior vice president/CIO, information systems, Samaritan Health Services, says the Dolan Executive Diversity Program has given him the opportunity to learn how others in his scholarship cohort are dealing with issues in the healthcare field such as staffing and high costs. Open discussions and collaboration with the other scholars has helped him to approach these challenges differently and to think about how he can apply some of that knowledge to his own organization.
Murray and Sapra are two of the 37 scholars selected for the 2022 Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity and Career Accelerator Programs who completed their work in December. Murray and Sapra shared their experiences and how the program helped with their leadership development in the “Executive News” section of the January/February 2023 issue of Healthcare Executive. To learn more about the Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity and Career Accelerator Programs, visit ache.org/ExecutiveDiversity.
ACHE’s Board of Governors Approve 2023–2025 Strategic Plan
ACHE’s Strategic Plan leverages the organization’s role in building a leadership workforce capable of addressing the challenges facing our field now and in the future. The ACHE Board of Governors has approved the 2023–2025 Strategic Plan, with a continued focus on ACHE’s work to advance health by leading for equity and safety; grow our professional community of leaders by leveraging our partnerships with chapters and other organizations; and help leaders reach their highest potential by deepening our engagement with members and the healthcare community.
ACHE annually examines its Strategic Plan with a continuing focus on meeting the evolving needs of our members and healthcare leadership. The plan describes in further detail ACHE’s roles as catalyst, connector and trusted partner. More specifically for the field of healthcare leadership, ACHE will focus on creating a next-level strategy for our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, while our work as a connector will focus on developing new ways to enhance our partnership with chapters. As a trusted partner, we will focus on the adoption of the FACHE® certification as the gold standard for leading, as well as accelerating the use of technology to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing environment.
To learn more about ACHE’s Strategic Plan, please visit ache.org/Strategy.
Learn From the Best and Brightest at the Congress on Healthcare Leadership
At ACHE’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership, Monday, March 20, to Thursday, March 23, attendees can learn from leading executives as they share expert insights during the Masters Series sessions. Following are previews of these four sessions, which explore executive leadership, innovation, quality and safety, and health equity.
Monday, March 20
Joanne M. Conroy, MD, president/CEO, Dartmouth Health, and John M. Haupert, FACHE, president/CEO, Grady Health System, have both successfully guided their organizations through unprecedented challenges in healthcare. During “Masters Series: Masters of Executive Leadership,” they’ll describe core leadership traits for navigating tough decisions and situations and identify strategies for successful shared decision-making to improve the performance of and relationships within health systems.
Tuesday, March 21
Join Randy Oostra, DM, FACHE, former CEO, ProMedica, and Roxana Gapstur, PhD, RN, president/CEO, WellSpan Health, for “Masters Series: Masters of Innovation.” These two thought leaders in the area of innovation will describe its role in improving patient engagement and outcomes and will share lessons learned from their own systems’ success stories that can be employed in other healthcare settings.
During “Masters Series: Masters of Quality and Safety,” LaSharndra Barbarin, FACHE, CEO, Medical City Arlington, and John B. Chessare, MD, FACHE, president/CEO, GBMC HealthCare, will identify strategies for addressing ongoing and emerging quality and safety issues in healthcare. They’ll also discuss approaches for fostering an organizational culture dedicated to high-reliability and zero harm.
Wednesday, March 22
Join Mary Jo Cagle, MD, CEO, Cone Health, and Omar B. Lateef, DO, president/CEO, Rush University Medical Center, for “Masters Series: Masters of Health Equity.” These two foremost leaders in this space will share strategies for addressing systemic inequities in healthcare and describe the role that executives play in setting the tone within their systems and communities working toward improving health equity.
If you haven’t already reserved your spot with one of our registration options, don’t delay! Education sessions fill up quickly. Visit ache.org/Congress to register and learn more.
Additionally, ACHE offers a limited number of tuition waivers for specific educational offerings—including Congress—to ACHE members whose organizations lack the resources to fund their tuition for education programs. Learn more here, and be sure to apply by the Monday, Jan. 23, deadline.
ACHE Graduate Student Scholarship Applications Open Today
Online applications for the 2023 Dent and McGaw scholarships opened today, Tuesday, Jan. 3. 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. The Albert W. Dent Student Scholarship is designated for racially and/or ethnically diverse, as well as LGBTQ+ students, only. Every year, ACHE awards up to a total of 15 scholarships, each worth $5,000. Applications for the scholarships are due Friday, March 31.
To learn more, visit the Albert W. Dent and Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarship webpages for more information.
Futurescan 2023: Healthcare Trends and Implications
An essential tool for strategic planning, Futurescan 2023: Healthcare Trends and Implications, chronicles how some of the new realities that emerged during the pandemic have become permanent fixtures in the healthcare environment. This annual guide presents articles highlighting the insights of thought leaders on eight key trends: workforce recruitment, marketplace disruption, cybersecurity, emerging demographic trends, health equity, artificial intelligence in clinical and business operations, responding to capacity surges, and the essential element of trust.
As healthcare executives strategize for a future that no one could have imagined three years ago, they will find Futurescan 2023 to be a thoughtful resource on how and where to lead their organizations in a post-pandemic world. Additionally, leaders can share the important trend information in Futurescan 2023 with their board and staff with packs of 15 copies, available at a 40% discount off the single-copy price.
Reminder: 2023 Management Innovations Poster Session Proposals Due Jan. 17
We invite authors to submit narratives of their posters to be considered for the 38th annual Management Innovations Poster Session scheduled to take place at ACHE’s 2023 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, Monday, March 20, to Thursday, March 23. This is a unique opportunity for authors to share their organizations’ innovative work with other healthcare leaders. We are interested in innovations addressing issues that might be helpful to others, including improving quality or efficiency, improving patient or physician satisfaction, implementation of EHRs, uses of new technology and similar topics.
Please visit ache.org/CongressPosterSession for the full selection criteria. Narratives should be submitted as an email attachment and sent to PosterSessions@ache.org by Tuesday, Jan. 17. A list of posters and narratives from 2022 is available here.