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Hitting the Reset Button—Aligning Leadership Teams to Combat Organizational Languishing - Members in the News
- Latest Issue of JHM Features Insights From Gold Medal Winner
- Improve Patient Safety and Alleviate Workforce Burnout With Connected Healthcare Operations
- Career Accelerator Program Scholarship Deadline Fast Approaching
- ACHE Call for Nominations for the 2025 Slate
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Hitting the Reset Button—Aligning Leadership Teams to Combat Organizational Languishing
Because of the severity and persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic, waves of languishing and burnout strongly impacted healthcare workers. Interestingly, healthcare leaders have shared the unusual observation that their leadership teams felt most unified when they were handling acute phases of the pandemic. These teams are now referring to the acuity settling into place as the new standard operating procedure—with teams that are fatigued and working together sub-optimally, as “organizational languishing.”
Available now at no charge, members can view the online session “Hitting the Reset Button: Aligning Leadership Teams to Combat Organizational Languishing,” which will investigate concepts such as burnout among administrative healthcare leadership teams and the challenges and risks implied when left unaddressed.
This webinar examines ideas and support that leaders can apply to realign and refresh themselves, their team members and their organizations to move toward a prosperous and sustainable future based on experiences of a state health officer, an academic medicine human resources executive and a physician/healthcare management consultant.
These recordings usually cost members $49 from the On-Demand Recorded Library but as the Monthly Membership Perk for May, this session is free of charge through June 13; simply enter the discount code MAYPERK2024 when you register online. For related, supplemental or other topics of interest, be sure to browse the full ACHE on-demand digital learning catalog.
We hope you enjoy this Monthly Membership Perk, and we thank you for being a part of the ACHE community.
Members in the News
Robert “Bob” Honeycutt has been named president of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital—San Marcos (Texas). Visit ACHE Members in the News to read more about your peers making headlines.
Latest Issue of JHM Features Insights From Gold Medal Winner
In the May/June issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management, RADM Anne M. Swap, FACHE, recipient of the 2024 Gold Medal Award—the highest honor bestowed by the American College of Healthcare Executives, shares insights from her distinguished 32-year career in the United States Navy. “One of the most important responsibilities we have as healthcare leaders is to replace ourselves,” she notes.
In another article, Methodist Health System in Dallas has developed a program that connects process improvement to workforce empowerment. Angela Vincent Michael, FACHE, system director of Performance Improvement, explains how it works.
Anthony M. Napoli, MD, and fellow researchers found an association between a key ED indicator of hospital capacity management and overall hospital financial performance. They explain the impact of this connection.
You’ll also find articles about considerations when modernizing call centers, organizational interventions to address provider burnout and suboptimal practices for measuring productivity.
Visit ache.org/Journals to read the full March/April issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management.
Improve Patient Safety and Alleviate Workforce Burnout With Connected Healthcare Operations
As healthcare workers’ well-being remains a top patient safety concern for leadership, a new approach to alleviating burnout and empowering teams to focus on their shared mission of delivering safer care has emerged.
Although the healthcare industry generates 30% of the world’s data, most of it is kept within departments out of reach from the rest of the organization, hindering its ability to predict and prevent safety incidents across the enterprise. This disconnect limits proactivity and adds to the administrative burden on care teams, increasing burnout among an already-strained workforce and elevating the risk of harm and patient safety incidents.
Connecting healthcare operations at the enterprise level empowers organizations to harness actionable data and insightful analytics to break down information silos and improve safety, accuracy and efficiency across the continuum of care. Through connected healthcare operations, health systems can enable safer care for patients and care teams alike. This approach, driven by a shared vision of high reliability and real-time insights across an organization, brings a whole new reality to the forefront of healthcare operations.
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Career Accelerator Program Scholarship Deadline Fast Approaching
One week remains to return applications for the Career Accelerator Program scholarship. This personalized career development program for mid-career healthcare executives is a 14-week innovative, interactive virtual learning experience.
Cultivate your skills and determine your own career pathway as you delve into leadership challenges and opportunities for personal career growth. You’ll find tailored virtual group mentoring sessions and frequent networking opportunities with an array of experienced healthcare leaders.
The application deadline is May 20. Click here to learn more about the program and its requirements. If a candidate doesn’t receive a scholarship, options to pay are available. For questions about CAP, please contact Zoe Siftar, program specialist, at (312) 424-9398 or zsiftar@ache.org.
ACHE Call for Nominations for the 2025 Slate
ACHE’s 2024–2025 Nominating Committee is calling for applications for service beginning in 2025. ACHE Fellows are eligible for the Chair-Elect and Governor vacancies and are eligible for 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 2 (two-year term ending in 2027).
Nominating Committee Member, District 3 (two-year term ending in 2027).
Nominating Committee Member, District 6 (two-year term ending in 2027).
Four Governors (three-year terms ending in 2028).
Chair-Elect.
Please refer to the following district designations for the open positions:
District 2: District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
District 3: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
District 6: Uniformed Services/Veterans Affairs
Candidates for Chair-Elect and Governor should submit an application to serve, a copy of their resume and up to 10 letters of support.
For details, please review the Candidate Guidelines.