Newsletter

July 05, 2022

 

Program Spotlight:

Strategies to Support Clinician Well-Being

It’s no secret that healthcare workers are suffering from unprecedented levels of burnout and that many clinicians are considering leaving their jobs. In fact, new research from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign suggests that the number of nurses considering leaving their jobs over the next year could be higher than previous studies suggest, according to Healthcare Dive.

Professional well-being is important in healthcare but with so many competing demands, it can be challenging to prioritize the time and resources needed to truly make a difference in reducing clinician burnout. To help healthcare leaders address this critical challenge, ACHE is offering an upcoming Virtual Face-to-Face Course on the topic of professional well-being.

“Where Wellness Meets Work: System-Based Solutions to Address Burnout and Promote Clinician Well-Being” is perfect for healthcare leaders who are interested in identifying specific strategies and tools to support clinician wellness in their organizations and departments. During this course, worth 3 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits, Fayola Edwards-Ojeba, MD, founder/CEO, RechargedMD, will help healthcare leaders examine the extent and impact of burnout internally and develop a roadmap toward identifying and building the necessary strategies to prioritize and support clinician wellness.

Check out all of our upcoming virtual face-to-face opportunities here and register today.

Advancing Diverse Executives in 2022 and Beyond

Meet the 37 scholars selected for ACHE’s 2022 Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity Program and Career Accelerator Program, who come from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. Nearly 180 high-caliber executives applied for these prestigious national programs, which provide education, mentoring and networking experiences to prepare diverse leaders for higher-level positions in hospitals, health systems and other healthcare organizations.

This year, the Executive Diversity Program will consist of e-learning, including webinars, self-study materials and three multiday, in-person sessions. The Career Accelerator Program is exclusively virtual. Dolan scholars are empowered through a structured curriculum and activities that cultivate strong leadership presence; sharpen expertise in diversity, equity and inclusion; build critical leadership skills; and expand one’s capacity to navigate career opportunities and challenges. Both programs are six months in duration and are wholly funded by the Fund for Healthcare Leadership.

Learn more about the 2022 Executive Diversity Program and Career Accelerator Program scholars, and visit ache.org/DiversityandInclusion to learn more about the Executive Diversity Program, Career Accelerator Program, and other diversity and inclusion resources.  

 

Opening More Doors: Increasing Access to Care

Although the life expectancy of Black Americans has improved in recent decades, it continues to lag behind that of white people, according to research recently published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. The study underscores the need to further examine how structural racism, including housing and healthcare, plays a role in harming the health of Black people, as well as the need for policies to address the issue, according to an NBC News article. 

The uneven impact of COVID-19 on communities of color and other marginalized populations in the United States threw the issue of healthcare disparities into sharp relief when the pandemic began. Since then, more healthcare organizations have begun collecting data to pinpoint the gaps in their communities, according to a feature article in the July/August issue of Healthcare Executive.

“Opening More Doors: Increasing Access to Care” offers examples of how leaders and organizations are making strides in providing care to vulnerable populations that historically have been marginalized. From deploying health vans into the community during the pandemic to integrating mental health services at a primary care clinic, hospitals and health systems are employing new strategies and tactics to reach people where they are and when they need care.

Read the full story at HealthcareExecutive.org, where you can also find web-exclusive content and the popular Healthcare Executive Podcast. 

Make a Difference as a Mentor 

At ACHE, we believe that no matter where you are in your career, mentoring others—and being mentored—should be part of your professional growth. The ACHE Career Resource Center’s newly developed digital Leadership Mentoring Network  provides enhanced matching and support for successful mentor partnerships. Each formal mentor-mentee partnership will last six months, although we encourage the partnerships to extend beyond the formal timeline.

If you are a healthcare leader with a minimum of five years of experience at the director level or higher, we invite you consider becoming a mentor through the Leadership Mentoring Network. Being a mentor provides numerous benefits, which you can learn about in this ACHE Blog post and in the November/December 2021 Healthcare Executive “Careers” column.

If you are ready to start giving back to the field, visit ache.org/Mentoring today to learn more about the Leadership Mentoring Network and to complete your mentor profile.

New Book Bundle: Managing Healthcare Ethically

The numerous and complex issues that healthcare executives encounter every day are an intrisinc part of organizational life. Many of these issues have significant ethical dimensions. Edited by Paul B. Hofmann, DrPH, LFACHE, and William A. Nelson, PhD, HFACHE, the three separate volumes that constitute the third edition of Managing Healthcare Ethically build upon the two previous editions.

Leadership Roles and Responsibilities, the first of these three volumes, highlights issues leaders encounter in ensuring ethical performance in both their organizations and the communities they serve. Organizational Concerns, the second volume, focuses on how a healthcare organization’s ethical decisions and actions affect its operational and overall mission. The third volume, Clinical Challenges, looks at dilemmas that occur in caring for individual patients and groups of patients in today’s changing clinical environment.

Order this three-volume bundle of books at the discounted rate of $58. The bundle is excluded from all other sales and discounts.

ACHE Membership Rewards Us All 

“Throughout my career, my ACHE peers have provided extensive coaching, counseling and insights. These relationships have grown from acquaintances, to colleagues, and now friends. They have imparted knowledge and training to make me a better healthcare professional and better global citizen. In addition, ACHE has a tremendous amount of resources for education and career advancement that I have used to realize opportunities in my own career,” writes Baljeet S. Sangha, FACHE, in a recent ACHE Blog post about ACHE’s Leader-to-Leader Rewards Program.

It is for all of these reasons that Sangha, COO/deputy director, San Francisco Health Network, San Francisco Department of Public Health, actively recruits new members into the ACHE community through this referral program designed to recognize existing members who recruit colleagues and encourage current Members to advance to Fellow. In his blog post, Sangha shares the rewards—both material and intangible—of participating in the program. He also offers tips and insights on what is meaningful to prospects. Any current member is eligible to participate, and as a bonus, they’ll earn points to redeem toward education programming and ACHE-branded items.

In addition, ACHE membership is available to new members at a 50% discount when they join in July. Furthermore, existing members will earn twice the points for every new member recruited between now and Dec. 31.

Learn more in Sangha’s blog post and start recruiting new members and earning rewards today.