Newsletter

June 7, 2021

 

 

Benefits Bulletin:

Leverage Your Local Chapters to Network With Peers 

At ACHE, we connect members nationally and locally to exchange ideas, open doors to new opportunities, increase visibility and experience the fulfillment of helping others. When you joined ACHE, you were automatically enrolled in your local chapter. But, did you also know that you can receive news from other chapters in your area? As a member, you may opt in to additional chapter contact lists through My ACHE at no charge. Those chapters will then send you notices and announcements about upcoming activities.

Our chapters are your local touchpoint to the greater ACHE community. By receiving news from your local chapter and other nearby chapters, you can stay in the know regarding all networking, educational programs and volunteer leadership opportunities close to home.

We encourage members to explore the benefits of chapter participation by getting involved at the local level. Thank you for being a part of the ACHE community.

Help Shape Our Policy Statements 

Each year, select Policy Statements are reviewed to ensure their continued relevance to the field. Many of these statements are derived directly from comments you have shared with us. For that reason, we are asking for your input. Please take a moment to read the five Policy Statements, including one Ethics Policy Statement, under review this year:

Please submit your comments to PolicyReview@ache.org. The deadline for submitting comments is June 30. The Board of Governors will discuss these statements and any recommended revisions during its November meeting. The revised statements will be posted on ache.org by the end of the year.

It’s Time to Recertify Your FACHE®

If you are an ACHE Fellow whose credentials are set to expire this year, it’s time to recertify. This includes Fellows whose credentials were set to expire in 2020 who were granted an extended deadline of Dec. 31, 2021, to accommodate challenges posed by the pandemic. Fellows can recertify in three easy steps:

  1. Complete continuing education activities or retake and pass the Board of Governors Exam.
  2. Complete four volunteer activities.
  3. Pay the recertification fee of $200 when you submit your recertification application by the Dec. 31 deadline.

You can learn more about the recertification process by visiting ache.org/FACHE and selecting the Maintain/Recertify My FACHE button from the menu.

Additionally, if you are over the age of 60 and will retire within the next five years, you may be eligible for a one-time only five-year recertification waiver. For more information, please contact Customer Service at (312) 424-9400 or contact@ache.org.

Current Fellows who are in good standing and are retired from healthcare management may transfer to Retired Status or Life Status. Learn more about the FACHE(R) and LFACHE designations here.

Lead the Way in Five Minutes a Day 

“Culture rules, and leaders play a huge role in creating, maintaining, and supporting it. Even when we know that culture is important, we still might question how to influence it. My best advice? Just start.” This is how author Jo Anne Preston begins Chapter 10 of her new book, Lead the Way in Five Minutes a Day: Sparking High Performance in Yourself and Your Team. This chapter, along with the 10 others in this book, cover every day, real-life topics such as communication, diversity and workplace culture. Each chapter begins with a self-assessment guide to help readers identify relevant strengths to develop and opportunities for growth. Although leaders cannot prepare for every situation, they can be prepared to lead, and this book will help spark their leadership potential and show executives the way to high performance. Buy your copy today.

Recognize Excellence With the IHF Awards

The International Hospital Federation is calling for submissions to the 2021 IHF Awards. The awards recognize excellence and outstanding achievements of hospitals and health service providers around the globe.

This year, the IHF Awards include the American College of Healthcare Executives Excellence Award for Leadership and Management. This award is open to IHF Full Members and their member hospitals or health service providers and IHF Associate Members who demonstrate excellence or outstanding achievements in leadership and management. Such achievements can include activities that clearly demonstrate strong leadership and management in leading a hospital or health service provider. As ACHE is an IHF Premier Associate Member, this award is open to all ACHE members.

Hospitals and healthcare organizations are invited to submit their award nominations by July 2 for a chance to be recognized internationally. Entries can be submitted for the following awards:

  • Dr. Kwang Tae Kim Grand Hospital Award.
  • Austco Excellence Award for Quality and Patient Safety.
  • American College of Healthcare Executives Excellence Award for Leadership and Management.
  • Ashikaga—Nikken Excellence Award for Green Hospitals.
  • Sultanate of Oman Excellence Award for Health Services During Crisis.
  • Excellence Award for Corporate Social Responsibility.

The award winners will be recognized during a special awards ceremony at the 44th IHF World Hospital Congress, Nov. 8–11, in Barcelona, Spain, for which early bird registration is available until July 31. For more information, please visit the awards website or email awards@ihf-fih.org. 


Podcast: Addressing Institutional Racism in Healthcare Organizations

In this latest episode, co-authors of an Institute for Healthcare Improvement framework to achieve health equity address the topic of institutional racism in healthcare organizations. Ron Wyatt, MD, and Laura Botwinick, are co-authors of Achieving Health Equity: A Guide for Health Care Organizations, which they, along with Amy Reid and John Whittington, MD, wrote about in the May/June issue of Healthcare Executive. In this episode of the ACHE Podcast, they discus ongoing challenges in rooting out systemic racism in healthcare, and how the events of the last year have helped fuel this crucial movement.

Visit HealthcareExecutive.org/Podcast to listen and browse through more episodes. The podcasts are also available by searching for “Healthcare Executive” in Apple Podcasts, iTunes or your podcast app of choice.