- Amidst Celebration, Diversity Commitment Continues
- New Virtual Program Launches for Early Careerists
- Mentoring, Coaching Key to Peak Career Performance
- Members in the News
- Webinar: Designing Safer Healthcare
Amidst Celebration, Diversity Commitment Continues
“As we close this Pride Month, let’s celebrate the progress we’ve made and renew our commitment to the work ahead,” says Mark Liu, chair of ACHE’s LGBTQ+ Healthcare Leaders Community Committee.
Liu, senior director of oncology strategy, transformation and analytics, Mount Sinai Health System, N.Y., says that the LGBTQ+ community continues to face challenges, particularly in healthcare, where they “encounter disparities in access to care, quality of treatment and health outcomes.”
Joining ACHE first as a student associate, Liu credits his becoming an ACHE Member as a pivotal step in his career journey. Read more about Liu’s story.
New Virtual Program Launches for Early Careerists
Early careerists have a unique opportunity to enroll in a new program geared exclusively toward ACHE Members who are striving for leadership roles.
The Virtual Career Launch Program outlines best practices in healthcare leadership—focusing on three core pillars essential for emerging leaders to meet the challenges of the healthcare industry:
- Defining your path.
- Differentiating yourself from your peers.
- Demonstrating growth in your skills.
This eight-week, virtual course—running Oct. 21 to Dec. 16—provides networking opportunities to aspiring leaders and offers group coaching. Attendees are eligible to earn up to 12 ACHE Virtual Interactive Education credits. Scholarship applications are being accepted until Aug. 26. For more information, contact Zoe Siftar, program specialist, ACHE Department of Professional Development.
Mentoring, Coaching Key to Peak Career Performance
When it comes to leadership, healthcare executives do their best work when surrounded by people who support them, share power and influence, and give them honest feedback from a place of objectivity, according to Laurie K. Baedke, FACHE.
Author of Mentor, Coach, Lead to Peak Professional Performance and director of healthcare leadership programs, Creighton University, Baedke says it’s vital to one’s career to build a network of advisers and pay it forward by extending advice and support to others. “We are remiss if we do not turn around and contribute the same to those around us,” she says.
ACHE Members are eager to hear Baedke’s message as her seminar on July 29 at the Boston Cluster is already at capacity. View the list of available sessions at the Boston Cluster and register today.
Members in the News
Cheryl Thieschafer, a 13-year veteran of the U.S. Army who achieved the rank of major in various leadership roles, has been appointed as the new director of the Medical Center at the St. Cloud (Minn.) VA Health Care System. Read more about your peers making headlines in ACHE’s Members in the News.
Webinar: Designing Safer Healthcare
The National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety is hosting a summer webinar series in support of its vision to ensure safe patient care everywhere and to prevent patient harm.
The NAA, a collective effort of federal agencies and private partners, recognizes that healthcare is not safe until it is safe for all. The group works toward its goal by applying known harm-reduction strategies and sharing best practices and lessons learned to meet the wide-ranging needs of patients across all populations.
In alignment with the National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety, the NAA seeks a total systems approach to improving safety, focused on the action plan’s four foundational elements of safety: culture, leadership, and governance; patient and family engagement; workforce safety; and learning health system development.
The upcoming webinar series includes “Making Healthcare Safer by Design,” July 16; “Strengthening Safety Competencies,” Aug. 20; and “Advancing Patient Safety Through Diagnostic Excellence,” Sept. 17. To learn more about the programs or to visit the archive of previously aired webinars, click here.