Newsletter

January 30, 2023


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Program Spotlight:

New Sessions on Today’s Top Issues Added to 2023 Congress Lineup

At ACHE’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership, Monday, March 20, to Thursday, March 23, attendees will hear candid perspectives from leaders within healthcare and beyond about issues that matter most. Following are previews of just-added sessions featuring expert speakers on topics such as gun violence prevention; driving diversification, growth and partnerships; bridging the leadership gender gap; and how healthcare is shifting beyond hospital walls.

Monday, March 20

Driven by increasingly savvy healthcare consumers and a widening gap in health disparities, healthcare is undoubtedly shifting beyond the four walls of the hospital and into the realms of digital health and hospital-at-home programs. Join Deloitte leaders Jay Bhatt, DO, Wendy Gerhardt and Asif Dhar, MD, as they share expert insights into why and how care is shifting to alternative sites during “Leadership Insights: Healthcare’s Next Frontier Will Go Beyond the Hospital.” They will also discuss how healthcare organizations can remain competitive while making strides toward an equitable future for health.

Although women constitute more than three-quarters of the healthcare workforce, they hold less than 15% of CEO positions in health systems. This gender equity gap at the top makes it challenging for organizations to create a culture where women can thrive. During “Leadership Insights: Bridging the Leadership Gender Gap in Healthcare,” Linkage CEO and leadership expert Jennifer McCollum will explore the latest talent trends among women resulting from the specific impact of the pandemic. She’ll also review four critical areas of focus that organizations can leverage to engage, develop and advance women leaders.

Tuesday, March 21

Join Ochsner Health’s new CEO, Pete November, for “Leadership Insights: Driving Diversification, Growth and Partnerships.” He’ll discuss how the New Orleans-based healthcare system is focusing on the development of academic and workforce programs as it expands its geographic footprint across the Gulf South. November will also share guidance on how other healthcare leaders can leverage partnerships to drive growth.

With gun violence rates steadily increasing throughout the United States, hospitals and health systems play a central role in the treatment and recovery for many individuals and communities, and the leaders of these organizations hold a key role in gun violence prevention. “Leadership Insights: It Takes a Village—Partnering for Success to Prevent Gun Violence” features Northwell Health leaders Chethan Sathya, MD, and Sandeep Kapoor, MD, and author and former top-performing firearms executive Ryan Busse, all top experts and stakeholders in this space, as they share best practices in leveraging cross-sector partnerships to interrupt the cycle of gun violence and create safer, healthier communities for all.

If you haven’t already reserved your spot with one of our registration options, don’t delay! Education sessions are filling up quickly—some are already full—and early bird pricing ends Mon., Feb. 27. Visit ache.org/Congress to register and learn more.

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Meet ACHE’s 2023 Premier Corporate Partners

This year, we are extremely proud and deeply appreciative to have five of the industry’s leading companies as our 2023 Premier Corporate Partners:

ACHE’s Premier Corporate Partners play a vital role in supporting our mission of advancing healthcare leadership and the field of healthcare management excellence. These relationships help ACHE support our educational programs and national events, such as the Congress on Healthcare Leadership, and they offer complimentary resources to members, such as on-demand content, white papers and articles, to help address critical issues in your organization. In return, we offer our partners exclusive opportunities to engage with ACHE members to advance their key initiatives.

We hope you’ll join us in offering a warm welcome to each of our 2023 Premier Corporate Partners. We look forward to their partnership and support in the year ahead. 

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Resources to Prepare for the Board of Governors Exam

Passing the Board of Governors Exam is the final step on the path to becoming board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow. If you are working toward earning the FACHE® credential, and the Exam is the last step on your journey, we offer plenty of resources to help you prepare, including the following:

If you are thinking about becoming board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow, you’ll have several opportunities to learn about earning this significant credential during upcoming advancement information sessions at the 2023 Congress on Healthcare Leadership. These sessions will take place at the Ignite Stage in the Solutions Center.

Additionally, you’ll also be able to sit for the Exam during Congress at no cost. To register for this paper/pencil administration of the Exam, contact ACHE Customer Service at (312) 4240-9400 or contact@ache.org. Congress registration is not required.

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Share the Value of Membership With Your Colleagues

Earn points that you can redeem for prizes when you refer colleagues to join ACHE through the Leader-to-Leader Rewards Program. This program recognizes ACHE Members with reward points when they recruit colleagues and encourage current Members to advance to Fellow. These points can be redeemed for prizes such as $25 discount coupons or ACHE merchandise, including a UV phone sanitizer with a wireless charging pad, a one-year CEO Circle membership (for CEOs only), ACHE face masks and more. Members can redeem points as soon as they earn them and up to Dec. 31 in the year after points were earned. 

More importantly, by referring colleagues to join ACHE, members are introducing individuals to benefits such as:

Visit ache.org/L2L today to learn more and start recruiting new members and earning rewards. If you have any questions, please contact the Customer Service Center at (312) 434-9400 or contact@ache.org.

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Students and Host Sites: Discover the Benefits of IFDHE’s Summer Enrichment Program

The American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity’s Summer Enrichment Program grows and strengthens the pipeline of healthcare leaders from underrepresented groups, and places diverse graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in healthcare administration or a related field in 10-week, paid internships across the country. Starting in February, the Institute’s staff will be working with organizations to match students with host sites for internships, which generally take place from June through August.

Since 2016, ACHE and the Institute have been co-promoting the Summer Enrichment Program to increase the number of students who participate in the program each year and, accordingly, increase the number of host sites. Just as students benefit from experiential learning, healthcare organizations that register to become host sites gain access to the healthcare leaders of tomorrow—former SEP interns are now CEOs and administrators of hospitals and healthcare organizations nationwide.

A Mutually Beneficial Experience

Take, for example, Main Line Health, a health system serving portions of Philadelphia and its western suburbs, which has served as a Summer Enrichment Program host site since 2005. “Annually, the Summer Enrichment Program brings a new cohort of creative, diverse and talented students to Main Line Health,” says Shonalie Roberts, system director of Health Equity. “The program helps us to challenge and broaden the thinking of both the students and our organization,” she says. More than 40 interns have matriculated through the program at Main Line Health, and the organization hired roughly 56% of graduating interns for either full-time employment or fellowship roles immediately after their internships.

Grady Health System, Atlanta, has also hosted Summer Enrichment Program interns—or health equity fellows, as they are called at Grady. “The fellows worked on an access project with the Breast Cancer Screening Mammogram project and were able to schedule 170 women for screening mammograms in a two-week period of time,” says Yolanda Wimberly, MD, senior vice president/inaugural chief health equity officer, of the two 2022 fellows. The fellows also worked with the system’s Teen Leadership and Experience Program, and at the end of the program, the organization hired one of the fellows to continue working on access projects. “Their input was invaluable and they were agile, adept and intelligent,” she says.

Emmett Taliaferro, one of the 2022 Grady fellows, says he is thankful for the Summer Enrichment Program for providing the opportunity to “connect with a health system” and “prepare me for my future career.” “I would recommend the Summer Enrichment Program to anyone who wants to develop professionally and get real-life experience,” says Taliaferro, a graduate student pursuing an MHA at the University of Georgia. He expects to graduate in May 2023.

In 2022, ACHE also hosted an intern through its Diversity Internship and the Summer Enrichment Program. “I’ve spent time in each of ACHE’s departments to see how they all contribute to the organization’s mission, vision and strategy,” writes Morgan E. Krizan in an ACHE Blog post about her experience with the program. Not only did she have the opportunity to collaborate with each department on projects and assignments related to improving the member experience, but she also “traveled to various healthcare organizations around Chicago to experience how the work ACHE is doing is being implemented in the field.”

We hope these host site and intern experiences inspire you to help strengthen equity and inclusion in healthcare organizations. Learn more and register today.

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IHF Call for Abstracts Open, Young Executive Leaders Program Applications Due Feb. 6

The International Hospital Federation is now accepting abstract submissions, and the application deadline for the Young Executive Leaders program is less than a week away.

Call for Abstracts

IHF is seeking projects and programs that showcase innovations, models and examples of leadership for its 46th World Hospital Congress, Oct. 25–27, in Lisbon, Portugal. If you have compelling work to share, IHF’s Scientific Committee invites you to submit abstracts for consideration by April 5.

Under the overarching theme of “Tomorrow’s World,” IHF is seeking abstracts on the following topics:

  • Leaders successfully navigating the future.
  • Well-being and the future for our professionals.
  • Innovative approaches to providing healthcare.
  • The ever-expanding digital landscape.
  • Next-generation, climate-resistant and sustainable healthcare.

Additional guidelines regarding abstract submissions are available here. For inspiration, please check out the posters accepted last year for the 45th World Hospital Congress held Nov. 9–11 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. If you have any questions, please contact ihfcongress@events.mci-group.com.

Young Executive Leaders Program

Each year, 40 emerging healthcare leaders from across the globe benefit from the Young Executive Leaders program, which takes place from April through November, culminating with their participation at the 46th World Hospital Congress. Through this program, participants will:

  • Expand their international, professional network.
  • Improve their management and leadership skills.
  • Learn from experts about the latest innovations in healthcare.

Applications to the Young Executive Leaders program are due from IHF members who are 40 years old or younger by Feb. 6. To learn more about the Young Executive Leaders program and to apply, visit ihf-fih.org/what-we-do/young-executive-leaders/.

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