- Program Spotlight:
Save the Date: The 2023 Virtual Leadership Symposium Is May 9–10 - Dolan Executive Diversity and Career Accelerator Program Applications Due April 10
- Interested in Earning Your FACHE®? Learn About the Process This Thursday
- Meet Your Chapter and Sign Up for Career Services at Congress
- Making Healthcare Healthier Through Music
- Spring Correctional Health Care Conference Convening in New Orleans
Program Spotlight:
Save the Date: The 2023 Virtual Leadership Symposium Is May 9–10
The challenges today’s healthcare leaders face are manifold; addressing workforce issues, driving quality and performance, and navigating the current regulatory landscape are just a few. Tuesday, May 9, through Wednesday, May 10, the American College of Healthcare Executives invites you to pause from your hectic agenda to gain meaningful insights and updates on trends, solutions and issues in healthcare at the 2023 Virtual Leadership Symposium.
During this 1.5-day event, busy healthcare executives like you can learn from and engage with more than 30 influential voices in healthcare as they address the most pressing issues facing our field today. You’ll gain practical solutions and strategies to improve the health of your community, workforce and organization while earning up to 6 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits. The following sessions offer a glimpse of the breadth of topics covered:
Tuesday, May 9
Laurie Santos, PhD, professor, Department of Psychology, Yale University, and host of “The Happiness Lab” podcast, will kick off the Virtual Leadership Symposium with the opening session “The Science of Happiness.” She’ll explore what the new results in psychological science teach us about being happier, feeling less stressed, and putting these scientific findings into practice.
Later, join Bonnie J. Clipper, DNP, RN, FACHE, founder/CEO, Innovation Advantage; Stacey Chang, design adviser, Harbor Health; and AJ Herrmann, executive director, Strategic Workforce Planning, Cleveland Clinic, as they discuss how hospitals and health systems are meeting the changing needs of patients and staff during “Hot Topic: Redesigning the Healthcare Workforce.”
Wednesday, May 10
Lisa Goldstein, senior vice president at Kaufman Hall, will assess the decline in hospital financial performance, along with the challenges facing every component of the business model, during “Hot Topic: Perspectives From the Capital Market (or What I Can Tell You Now).”
To wrap up the event, Jennifer McCollum, CEO, Linkage, will share insights into creating an inclusive culture during the closing session “Redesigning Inclusion—Superpowers & Symphony.”
Learn more about the 2023 Virtual Leadership Symposium and register today to take advantage of the early bird rate, available until April 24.
Dolan Executive Diversity and Career Accelerator Program Applications Due April 10
There’s still time to apply to the Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity Program and the Thomas C. Dolan Career Accelerator Program, but don’t delay! Applications are due in just over a month. Both programs provide education, mentoring and networking experiences to prepare diverse leaders for higher-level positions in hospitals, health systems and other settings.
In 2023, the Executive Diversity Program will consist of three in-person sessions and e-learning, including live and recorded webinars and self-study materials. The Career Accelerator Program will be exclusively virtual this year, consisting of 14 live sessions. 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. Both programs are six months in duration.
The Dolan Executive Diversity Program has offered specialized leadership development for diverse leaders since it was established in 2014 by the Foundation of ACHE’s Fund for Healthcare Leadership to honor Thomas C. Dolan, PhD, FACHE, CAE, who served as ACHE president and CEO from 1991 to 2013. The program honors his long-standing service to the profession of healthcare leadership and furthers his strong commitment to achieving greater diversity among senior healthcare leaders. In 2021, the program was expanded with the addition of the Career Accelerator Program, designed to support diverse mid-careerists in their professional advancement.
For more information about the Executive Diversity and Career Accelerator programs, visit ache.org/DiversityPrograms.
Interested in Earning Your FACHE®? Learn About the Process This Thursday
If you are thinking about earning the FACHE credential, join us March 9 for a complimentary Fellow Overview Webinar. During this live-streamed webinar, participants will gain a complete overview of the process of earning the FACHE credential, including eligibility requirements, what materials you’ll need for the application process and how to prepare for the Board of Governors Exam. The session will also help you decide if now is the right time to pursue the FACHE credential, and will provide an opportunity to ask questions.
Although the webinar is free, it does require registration. Learn more and register today.
Meet Your Chapter and Sign Up for Career Services at Congress
Attending the Congress on Healthcare Leadership? Be sure to visit the Solutions Center to learn more about chapters and take advantage of career services.
Explore Your Chapter at Congress
When you're ready to take on new leadership roles, your local ACHE chapter is ready to support you. If you’re attending the 2023 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, there is no better time to expand your network and connect with other healthcare executives. ACHE’s Chapter Relations team will be available at the ACHE Member Services Booth in the Congress Solutions Center to answer your questions about making the most of engaging with your local chapter and serving on chapter committees. Plus, there will be district meet-and-greets for attendees to network.
For more information about local chapters, please contact Stacey A. Kidd, CAE, director, Chapter Relations, Department of Executive Engagement, at skidd@ache.org.
Sign Up for Career Service Sessions
Additionally, those interested in Congress career services, also available in the Solutions Center, have until March 10 to register for complimentary resume review and career advising appointments. Experienced ACHE member volunteers will be conducting the career advising sessions, intended to help early and mid-career executives with strategies on navigating a career path in healthcare management. They’ll also be available to review resumes and provide tips for improvement.
Registration for 20-minute career advising or resume review appointments is available until March 10, as space permits. Only Congress registrants may use these services. If you haven’t already reserved your spot at Congress with one of our registration options, don’t delay! Education sessions are filling up quickly—some are already full. Visit ache.org/Congress to register and learn more.
Making Healthcare Healthier Through Music
“At Jefferson Health, Sia’s ‘Courage to Change’ became something of a theme song for our frontline workers and their heroic response to the COVID-19 pandemic,” writes Stephen K. Klasko, MD, in chapter 1 of his new book, Feelin' Alright: How the Message in the Music Can Make Healthcare Healthier. Klasko, executive-in-residence for General Catalyst and former president/CEO of Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, shares how every Friday, he would send out a playlist that included this song to “inspire and recharge” the organization’s 35,000 employees, and that Sia begins the song by telling her audience that she can relate to everyone’s pain, and that we all need to embrace change to become better.
The “courage to change” is the theme of Klasko’s first chapter in a title that leverages the emotional power of song lyrics to inspire healthcare executives to envision and build a more accessible, high-quality and equitable healthcare system. Klasko uses music as a metaphor to encourage readers to examine what is problematic in the existing healthcare model, and to take tangible steps toward a more consumer-centered healthcare experience. Read the table of contents and introduction to learn more, and order your copy today.
You can listen to Klasko delve into the relationship between music and healthcare while also discussing opportunities for healthcare CEOs during a recent episode of the Healthcare Executive Podcast. And, if you’re planning to attend the 2023 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, you’ll have another opportunity to hear Klasko speak when he co-presents “Hot Topic: Responsible Innovation in the Age of Digital Health: The Expanding Opportunities for Healthcare CEOs.”
Spring Correctional Health Care Conference Convening in New Orleans
The National Commission on Correctional Health Care’s Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care is meeting April 29–May 2 during the Big Easy’s Jazz Fest. Billed as one of the largest gatherings of the correctional healthcare community, medical, mental health and administrative experts, staff and leaders in this space can catch up on best practices and new solutions for improving patient care and eliminating problems before they occur, build their networks and learn from the nation’s foremost experts on all aspects of correctional healthcare. Conference attendees can earn up to 28 hours (estimated) of continuing education. Learn more and register today—early bird registration ends March 31.
ACHE is a supporting organization of the NCCHC.