- Monthly Membership Perk:
Rethinking Employee Well-Being Today to Advance Patient Safety - Reminder: ACHE Call for Nominations for the 2024 Slate
- Save $225 on Your FACHE® Journey
- JHM Gets Back to Looking Forward With 2023 Gold Medal Award Winner
- Register Today for the 2023 IFDHE/ACHI Accelerating Health Equity Conference
- Learn From Role Model Best Practices at the Baldrige Quest for Excellence Conference
Monthly Membership Perk:
Rethinking Employee Well-Being Today to Advance Patient Safety
Although there has been real progress made in patient safety during the past two decades, current estimates cite medical harm is a leading cause of death worldwide, according to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Preventing harm in healthcare settings is a public health concern, and ACHE is dedicated to amplifying the importance of safety and serving as a catalyst for the field of healthcare management.
In recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 12–18—a dedicated time and platform sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement for growing awareness about patient safety and recognizing the work already being done—ACHE encourages everyone in healthcare to become familiar with or revisit resources and tools available on ache.org/Safety, including Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety and Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success.
Workforce Safety: A Necessary Precondition to Advancing Patient Safety
One of the four foundational areas of the National Action Plan—workforce safety—focuses on the commitment to the safety and fortification of the healthcare workforce as a necessary precondition to advancing patient safety. To advance patient safety within this area, leaders must assume accountability for the physical and psychological safety of their workforce and create a healthy work environment that fosters joy.
Many complex pieces must come together to shape an environment that makes work fulfilling, energizing and enriching; helps employees feel valued and creates a sense of belonging; and ultimately, drives performance in all areas. During “Hot Topic: Employee Well-Being Ecosystem: Reimagining the Workplace of the Future,” leadership expert Quint Studer identifies interconnected components that work together and lay the groundwork for employee well-being—from leader mindsets to relationship-building skills to organizational excellence, communication and more.
Now through April 12, you can access this recorded session free of charge from our recorded content library. Simply enter the discount code MARPERK2023 when you register online. And, be sure to check out all of ACHE’s other on-demand digital learning offerings.
We hope you enjoy this Monthly Membership Perk, and we thank you for being a part of the ACHE community.
Reminder: ACHE Call for Nominations for the 2024 Slate
ACHE’s 2023–2024 Nominating Committee is calling for applications for service beginning in 2024. ACHE Fellows are eligible for the Chair-Elect and Governor vacancies as well as the Nominating Committee vacancies within their districts. Those interested in pursuing applications should review the candidate guidelines for the competencies and qualifications required for these important roles. Open positions on the slate include:
- Nominating Committee Member, District 1 (two-year term ending in 2026).
- Nominating Committee Member, District 4 (two-year term ending in 2026).
- Nominating Committee Member, District 5 (two-year term ending in 2026).
- Four Governors (three-year terms ending in 2027).
- Chair-Elect.
Applications to serve and self-nominations must be submitted electronically to krock@ache.org and received by July 28. All correspondence should be addressed to Carrie Owen Plietz, FACHE, chair, Nominating Committee, c/o Kim Rock, American College of Healthcare Executives, 300 S. Riverside Plaza, Ste. 1900, Chicago, IL 60606-6698.
The first meeting of ACHE’s 2023–2024 Nominating Committee will be held March 21 during the 2023 Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago. The committee will be in open session at 2:45 p.m.
To review the Candidate Guidelines, visit ache.org/CandidateGuidelines. If you have any questions, please contact Kim Rock at (312) 424-9375 or krock@ache.org.
Save $225 on Your FACHE® Journey
Submit your advancement application between now and June 30 and, if approved, ACHE will waive the $225 Board of Governors Exam fee.
When you become board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow, you’ll stand out from the crowd as a professional. Earning the FACHE credential demonstrates you have met rigorous standards and proven your competency in all areas of healthcare leadership. We want to thank you for your efforts, which is why when you submit your completed application by June 30, along with the $250 application fee and all supporting documents, ACHE will waive the $225 Board of Governors Exam fee for your approved application.
Take the next step toward elevating your professional status today and learn about the requirements to sit for the Board of Governors Exam and resources available to help you prepare.
JHM Gets Back to Looking Forward With 2023 Gold Medal Award Winner
In the March/April Journal of Healthcare Management, John M. Haupert, FACHE, president/CEO of Grady Health System, Atlanta, and the 2023 recipient of the American College of Healthcare Executives’ Gold Medal Award, shares how Grady is rebounding from the effects of the pandemic and getting back to looking forward.
In another feature, Ghazala Q. Sharieff, MD, FACHE, and Craig Uejo, MD, describe Scripps Health’s systemwide sprint teams’ approach to quality improvement. Despite the speedy simplicity, or maybe because of it, the intended results have been quickly realized.
Research articles in this issue include findings from Hossein Zare, PhD, Corinne Logan and Gerard F. Anderson, PhD, who examined how state reporting requirements for community benefit influence hospital activities. They share that mandating reports is associated with greater provision of some services, but not all. Other research articles in this issue examine factors that most influence patient recommendations, how the CMO’s scope is growing and how there is much room for improvement in board diversity.
Visit ache.org/Journals to read the full March/April issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management.
Register Today for the 2023 IFDHE/ACHI Accelerating Health Equity Conference
Explore solutions to long-standing healthcare disparities and inequities at the Accelerating Health Equity Conference, May 16–18, Minneapolis, co-presented by the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity and the American Hospital Association’s Community Health Improvement network. The Accelerating Health Equity Conference brings together two key stakeholders—professionals focused on improving community and population health and building partnerships, and those striving to advance diversity, equity and inclusion within hospital management and executive levels. This gathering offers attendees a chance to learn from each other, celebrate achievements and collaborate to drive change by turning words into action.
IFDHE was co-founded by ACHE and is part of the American Hospital Association and an ACHE diversity partner organization, and the AHA Community Health Improvement network is an affiliate of AHA. View the agenda here, and register today.
Learn From Role Model Best Practices at the Baldrige Quest for Excellence Conference
Join the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program April 2–5 for its 34th Quest for Excellence Conference. The conference, which will feature some new and exciting opportunities to learn role model best practices from nationally recognized thought leaders, former award recipients and representatives from other high-performing organizations, will be held at the Gaylord National Harbor (Md.) Resort and Convention Center, just outside of Washington, D.C.
The event is the official conference of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, brought to you by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It will feature sessions that focus on innovation and healthy, thriving communities, as well as take-home solutions to help your organization achieve breakthrough performance and results in areas such as leadership; strategy; customers; measurement, analysis and knowledge management; workforce; and operations.
At ACHE, we believe the Baldrige Program is one of the greatest opportunities healthcare leaders have to improve the quality outcomes and overall performance of our nation’s healthcare organizations.
Learn more about the Quest for Excellence Conference and register today.