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January 6, 2020

Congress on Healthcare Leadership

March 23–26, Chicago

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Program Spotlight: Maximize Your Time at Congress With Boot Camps and Pre-Congress Seminars 

Make the most of your Congress on Healthcare Leadership experience by attending one of nine Boot Camps or one of two Pre-Congress Seminars offered the weekend before Congress begins.

Gain insights into the challenges and opportunities that come with working as a trusted adviser to healthcare organizations, and examine the critical business components of working as a consultant during the brand new Healthcare Consultants Boot Camp, led by expert faculty Scott A. Mason, DPA, FACHE. Be sure to check out Mason’s recent blog post about considerations to keep in mind for those interested in pursuing a career as a healthcare consultant.

Offered the Sunday before Congress, Boot Camps examine factors that determine success in the following key areas and roles: Baldrige, CEOs, COOs, emerging executives, healthcare consultants (new), high-reliability, leading through Lean, patient experience (new) and physician executives.

This year’s Pre-Congress Seminars are “Behavioral Health Challenges, Strategies and Solutions: The Business Case for Meeting Community Needs,” and “Behavior Smarts: Increasing Healthcare Leadership Performance.”

Pre-Congress Seminars provide an additional 12 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits, while Boot Camps provide 7 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits. Take the Seminars and Boot Camps as part of your Congress experience or as stand-alone programs.

Congress 2020

Owen Plietz Nominated Chairman-Elect 

Last month, Carrie Owen Plietz, FACHE, was nominated for election as the 2020–2021 Chairman-Elect of ACHE. The election will take place at the Council of Regents Meeting preceding ACHE’s 63rd Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago, March 23–26. If elected, Owen Plietz will serve a three-year term as Chairman-Elect, Chairman and Immediate Past Chairman.

Board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow, Owen Plietz is executive vice president and COO, hospital division, WellStar Health System, Marietta, Ga. She served on the ACHE Board of Governors from 2016–2019, as the ACHE Regent for California—Northern & Central from 2013 to 2016, as president of the California Association of Healthcare Leaders, an ACHE chapter, and on numerous ACHE committees throughout the years. In 2010, she received the Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year.

Go here to learn more.

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Renew Your ACHE Member Benefits in 2020 

Thank you for your ongoing support of the American College of Healthcare Executives. You are among more than 48,000 healthcare leaders who make a difference in the field by advancing healthcare management excellence. We look forward to continuing to deliver your member benefits in 2020. Renew your ACHE membership today and continue to gain access to exclusive member benefits while staying connected with your healthcare leader peers across the country.

We hope you will join us again so we can help you expand your professional network and achieve your career goals. Online auto-renewal is a quick and easy way to ensure continued access to programs, products and services.

Log in at ache.org/Dues using your username and password. If you have forgotten your password, use the Forgot Your Password? feature to create a new one. (Make sure ACHE emails are not filtering to your spam folder.) While you are online, you also can print a dues statement or receipt for reimbursement.

For questions about your dues, contact our Customer Service Center at contact@ache.org or (312) 424-9400.

Leaders Conference Scholarships Available 

Would you like to attend the Leaders Conference in May but lack the resources to do so? A limited number of scholarships are available for this conference in San Antonio, Texas, May 4–5. ACHE is accepting applications now through Feb. 21. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

This two-day workshop will inspire emerging healthcare leaders to position themselves as visionaries within their organizations and communities, and equip them to handle their organization’s critical issues and leadership challenges.

For questions regarding this program or the scholarship process, please contact Catie Russo, program specialist, at crusso@ache.org or (312) 424-9362. Apply today.

There Is Still Time to Save During the Annual Holiday Sale

Although the holidays are over, you can still save 20 percent off books and resources from Health Administration Press during the annual holiday sale. Now through Jan. 10, order any book or self-study course and receive 20 percent off when you use the promo code HOLIDAY19 at checkout.

The discount applies to both member and nonmember prices, but excludes already discounted bundles, Futurescan 15-packs, and the Board of Governors Exam Study Set and Flashcards. Visit ache.org/HAP to save today.

44th World Hospital Congress Abstract Deadline Approaching 

The deadline for submissions of abstracts for paper presentations and posters for the International Hospital Federation’s 44th World Hospital Congress is Jan. 31. Do not miss this opportunity to showcase your work and achievements to the international healthcare community.

You are invited to submit abstracts that address major issues of importance according to the overarching theme, “People on board, transforming healthcare,” or any of the following subthemes:

  • Digital and technology-driven transformation
  • Value-driven transformation
  • People at the center of healthcare system transformation

Accepted submissions will also earn a chance to compete in the best poster competition at the World Hospital Congress, which will be hosted by La Unió Catalana d’Hospitals, Nov. 2–5, 2020, in Barcelona, Spain.

More information about the subthemes and the abstract submission process is available here. If you have any questions, please contact congress@ihf-fih.org or visit www.worldhospitalcongress.org.