Spend Trends: Optimizing spend for efficiency and resiliency
As an industry under constant budgetary pressure to stay within tight profit margins and up to date with rapidly advancing technology, healthcare organizations need control over employee spend and the ability to make smart, strategic spending decisions.
- 2025–2027 Strategic Plan Approved
- Building a Connected Healthcare Ecosystem
- JHM Launches New Column on Care Delivery
- Annual Strategic Planning Tool Released
2025–2027 Strategic Plan Approved
ACHE’s Board of Governors annually examines the Strategic Plan with a continuing focus on meeting the evolving needs of its members and the healthcare field. This new plan is a culmination of the Board’s work over the past year and builds on the hallmarks of ACHE’s commitments to integrity, lifelong learning, leadership, and diversity and inclusion. It also amplifies ACHE’s aspirations in service to its members, the profession and the field of healthcare leadership.
The 2025–2027 Strategic Plan focuses on ACHE’s work to:
- Advance and innovate health while driving toward safety and health equity.
- Grow and strengthen the professional community of healthcare leaders, while providing value nationally and locally.
- Expand ACHE’s reach and impact by helping leaders reach their highest potential.
The new plan strategically positions ACHE, the profession and its members to effectively navigate the rapidly changing healthcare environment, while also improving performance and care delivery.
Building a Connected Healthcare Ecosystem
Seamless integration of the physical and digital environments is essential for delivering exceptional patient experiences and outcomes, according to Warner Thomas, FACHE, president and CEO, Sutter Health. Join Thomas and delve into innovative strategies and best practices that are transforming healthcare delivery as he presents “Leadership Insights: Building a Connected Healthcare Ecosystem” Monday, March 25, at this year’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership.
Discover how connecting physical assets with cutting-edge digital tools—including AI, telemedicine and remote patient management—can drive increased satisfaction, improve access to care and position your organization for long-term success. Thomas will share insights into common challenges and explain how to address them, plus offer a glimpse into the future of healthcare and discuss how innovation can play a pivotal role in creating sustainable, patient-centered care models.
To learn about this session and others or to register, visit ACHE Congress.
JHM Launches New Column on Care Delivery
The January/February issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management features a new column series titled “The Future of Care Delivery,” focusing on personalized outpatient healthcare. In her column, Roxie C. Wells, MD, chief physician executive officer, patient experience, Novant Health, Winston-Salem, N.C., says healthcare organizations must evolve to meet new patient expectations—emphasizing a streamlined and patient-centered approach across the care continuum—all while addressing regulatory complexities, leveraging technology and innovating care delivery to ensure high-quality, affordable and accessible services.
This issue’s interview spotlights Michael A. Slubowski, FACHE, president and CEO, Trinity Health, Livonia, Mich., who discusses how healthcare systems can navigate systemic barriers and embrace bold innovations to support their patients and workforce stability. Slubowski highlights Trinity Health’s virtual care program and explains how leveraging technology and reimagining care delivery can significantly improve outcomes for both patients and employees.
Research articles in this issue explore:
- The effectiveness of low-cost, readily available mindfulness practices.
- Moral distress experienced by healthcare professionals.
- Implementation and outcomes of a same-day appointment initiative for newly diagnosed cancer patients.
- Use of advance care planning billing codes in care goal discussions for patients with chronic neurodegenerative diseases.
Access the newest issue of the Journal here.
Annual Strategic Planning Tool Released
A good strategic plan helps organizations adapt, align resources with goals, set priorities and make difficult decisions, writes Jim Cotelingam, chief strategy officer, Cleveland Clinic, in Futurescan 2025: Healthcare Trends and Implications. Tapping into the wisdom of industry thought leaders and reviewing the collective opinions of executives, in Futurescan’s articles and corresponding survey results, helps organizations face complex challenges and discover innovative approaches for advancing healthcare.
The new edition of this annual guide explores value-based care financing models, new imperatives in strategic planning, community collaborations for improving social determinants of health, changing workforce expectations, sustainability for smaller hospitals, and advances in digital behavioral health and predictive technologies.
Purchase packs of 15 at a 40% discount off the single-copy price to share Futurescan 2025 with your board and staff.