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May 23, 2022

 

2022 New York Cluster

Leadership Spotlight:

Redesigning Cultures to Be ‘People-First’ 

Many healthcare organizations sailed into the COVID-19 pandemic in a weak vessel, beleaguered by workforce challenges. To build a resilient workforce, leaders need to redesign their cultures to be people-first, according to experts interviewed for the May/June Healthcare Executive feature “The Path of Most Resilience: Building a Strong and Fulfilled Healthcare Workforce.”

A people-first mindset recognizes and prioritizes the needs of patients, staff and leaders, according to Patrick L. Green, FACHE, executive vice president, Yale New Haven Health, and president and CEO, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, New London, Conn. Interviews with Green and other leaders provided a number of considerations and ideas for bolstering a people-first culture and building a resilient workforce.

Visit HealthcareExecutive.org to read the full article and the rest of the May/June Healthcare Executive, as well as online-only Web Extras.

Leader-to-Leader Rewards

Quick Takeaways on Healthcare Supply Chain Challenges

“I believe three challenges from 2021 will carry forward into 2022,” says Joe Walsh, founder and CEO of Supply Chain Sherpas, who has been working with Cardinal Health on a variety of initiatives as a trusted supply chain expert. The first challenge Walsh points to is assurance of supply, where experts have just started to scratch the surface to understand how events like a pandemic dynamically affect supply chains. The second issue is the talent crisis impacting every aspect of the industry. “Organizations are struggling to recruit, develop and retain supply chain employees, and I expect this problem to persist at least into next year,” Walsh says. The reactive nature of the healthcare supply chain ecosystem is the third challenge. Stories abound about the extraordinary actions of supply chain employees. “While the praise is well-deserved, this culture potentially prevents us from taking a more proactive approach to risk prevention,” he adds.

Supply Chain Sherpas has observed breakthrough work in three areas that health systems can begin to combat these challenges. The first is improving the alignment of the supply chain function. “It’s important for healthcare supply chain leaders to sit amongst the C-suite, not beneath them as they traditionally have,” Walsh says. The second area is introducing new measures of success, such as a supply chain ROI, that contributes many forms of value in exchange for corresponding investment in people and infrastructure. The third area is deploying new and improved strategies to enable a more resilient supply chain via more robust inventory and dynamic sourcing strategies. Visit Cardinal Health’s Supply Chain Solutions Center to learn more about current supply chain challenges and how health system leaders can best respond.

Cardinal Health, an ACHE Premier Corporate Partner, provided the content above. 

NYU Wagner and Law

Speakers Wanted for 2023 Congress

ACHE is accepting speaker proposals for next year’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership. The deadline for submissions is June 13.

The 2023 Congress will be held March 27–30 at the Hilton Chicago/Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Congress sessions focus on the experiences of healthcare leaders, enterprise decision-makers or those implementing new technologies or processes. Proposals generally should be consistent with that focus and any new methodologies, techniques or tools used to support such application. Most importantly, proposals should explicitly describe applicable take-away tools and practical knowledge that will be part of the session.

Preference will be given to proposals that align with the identified topics of interest. Proposals will be reviewed based on their relevancy to current trends and the operational needs of our members. More information about proposal submissions, such as criteria for acceptance, can be found here.

Icertis Contract Management

In-Person Education Is Back With NY and DC Clusters

This summer, leaders can once again gather in person to elevate their capabilities as executives through a blend of live instruction and opportunities to collaborate with peers.

New York Cluster

During the New York Cluster, July 25–28, participants can earn up to 24 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits while attending two-day seminars (worth 12 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits) and boot camps (worth 6 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits) about innovation, health equity, team engagement, high reliability and quality improvement.

Check out all of the educational offerings available in the Big Apple and register today.

Washington, D.C., Cluster

Those interested in visiting the nation’s capital Aug. 22–23 for the Washington, D.C., Cluster can also choose from two-day workshops (worth 12 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits each) or an interactive boot camp (worth 6 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits). Topics covered include health law, finance, strategic change and service line planning.

Discover all of the educational opportunities available at the Washington, D.C., Cluster and register today.

Information about other regional clusters will be available soon. Save the dates and check back to learn more about upcoming events in Phoenix, Nashville, Tenn., and Orlando, Fla.

Effective Strategy Execution

Healthcare strategy today is becoming broader and more community-centered. As a result, many competing organizations share similar strategies, and skillful execution will be a key to success in the future. Based on the Health Administration Press book Making It Happen: Effective Execution in Healthcare Leadership, this digital self-study course will help healthcare leaders develop strategies that are optimized for effective execution. Course participants can earn up to 6 ACHE Qualified Education credit hours while learning to use data to monitor performance and drive execution when they take “Effective Strategy Execution.”

Learn more about ACHE digital self-study courses at ache.org/SelfStudy, and please contact selfstudy@ache.org with any questions.

Deadline Extended for 2022 IHF Award Submissions

Submissions for the International Hospital Federation’s 2022 Awards are now due June 30.

2022 IHF Awards

IHF invites hospitals and other healthcare organizations around the world to submit entries that showcase outstanding projects, programs and services for the following award categories:

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

The IHF Awards will be presented to winners during a special ceremony at the 45th World Hospital Congress, Nov. 9–11, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Visit the IHF Awards webpage to learn more about submission eligibility and rules, guidelines, and judging criteria. For inquiries, please email awards@ihf-fih.org.

Early Bird Rates

Those interested in attending the World Hospital Congress can now register with early bird rates until Aug. 31. Learn more and register here.