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July 6, 2020

Leadership Spotlight: Ensuring Physician Satisfaction in Times of Crisis

Even during an unprecedented event like the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare executives may wonder how to best preserve their valued relationships with physicians as they cope with the ramifications of the global emergency. In the July/August 2020 Healthcare Executive cover story “Top 5 Approaches to Physician Satisfaction: Advice for Times of Crisis and for Every Day,” we discuss how, despite COVID-19 disrupting most if not all organizations’ operations, it’s imperative that healthcare executives stay focused on physician satisfaction, engagement and well-being. “Caring about professional well-being is the way that organizations are going to best achieve the other outcomes that they are working toward,” says Christine A. Sinsky, MD, a general internist and vice president of professional satisfaction at the American Medical Association.

Read more of the July/August 2020 issue of Healthcare Executive here.

Webinar: Beyond the Crisis

The pandemic has forced the healthcare field to rethink the U.S. healthcare model from delivery to financing. On Thursday, join leaders from Optum Advisory Services for a webinar that will consider the most significant elements of the post-pandemic healthcare environment. Keith Shah, PhD, FACHE, senior vice president, strategy and growth, and Sasha Preble, senior director and partner, strategy, growth and transformation, will identify specific pressures for market constituents and review market-focused approaches to adjust to and win in their respective markets. 

This free webinar is made possible in part by the support of Optum, an ACHE Premier Corporate Partner, and is eligible for 1 ACHE Qualified Education credit. Visit ache.org/COVID for more resources and tools to help guide you through these unprecedented times. 

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ACHE Would Like Your Input on Our Strategic Plan

ACHE annually examines its Strategic Plan with a continuing focus on meeting the evolving needs of our members and the healthcare management field. The three-year Strategic Plan focuses on expanding our learning products; accelerating the digital experience of our members; exploring new engagement models for early careerists, clinicians and C-suite executives; and strengthening chapters. We are also preparing for several board-level strategic discussions to guide the organization’s work during the next cycle. If you would like to provide your feedback, please take a moment to review the 2020–2022 Strategic Plan and send us your thoughts, comments and ideas for improvement. Please direct your email response to the ACHE Executive Office at strategicplan@ache.org. The deadline for comments is Sept. 30, 2020.

Podcast: ACHE Executives’ Perspectives on the Impact of COVID-19

In this Change Healthcare podcast, ACHE President and CEO Deborah J. Bowen, FACHE, CAE, and Carrie Owen Plietz, FACHE, ACHE Chairman-Elect and executive vice president and COO, hospital division, Wellstar Health System, Marietta, Ga., give us their advice for how leaders can respond effectively to patient, community and business concerns around the pandemic. During the podcast, you’ll hear about lessons providers are learning from inside hot spots, what’s working and what’s not, short- and long-term impacts on healthcare leadership, and much more from the standpoint of the industry’s preeminent professional society.

Change Healthcare, an ACHE Premier Corporate Partner, provided the content above.

Give Yourself a Competitive Edge With This Career Tool Combo

During these unprecedented times, ACHE remains dedicated to helping you take the next steps in your healthcare management career. Before you enter the highly competitive job market, enhance your strengths and skills with the Resume Review Plus Interview Prep Tool. With the Resume Review Service, the Career Resource Center team will review and critique your resume and return personalized feedback. In addition, sample resumes will be sent to help you improve your own. This combination product also includes a one-year subscription to the ACHE Interview Prep Tool. With this tool, you can record yourself doing a practice interview in front of a camera while responding to expert-recommended questions, and use ACHE’s customized self-assessment to critique your performance. Learn more about the Resume Review Plus Interview Prep Tool and get started today.

Book: Diversity on the Executive Path

“Although the starting places for their careers were different, these executives shared many similarities with regard to the importance of education and a strong work ethic,” writes author Diane L. Dixon, EdD, managing principal, D. Dixon & Associates LLC, and educator, University of Maryland School of Public Health, in her book. Diversity on the Executive Path: Wisdom and Insights for Navigating to the Highest Levels of Healthcare Leadership explores why racially and ethnically diverse leaders are still significantly underrepresented in today’s C-suites. In Chapter 1, available as an excerpt, Dixon shares her findings about the enduring impact of an individual’s background and how it serves as the foundation of an executive career.

Browse the book’s table of contents, preface and foreword to learn more, or read an ACHE blog post written by Dixon about what we’re learning from racially and ethnically diverse executives.

Order Diversity on the Executive Path today.