- Building a Culture Today’s Workforce Craves
- Members in the News
- Call for Proposals: 2025 Forum on Advances in Healthcare Leadership Research
- Important Update for Mobile App Users
- Robotic-Assisted Surgery Helps CEOs Address Key Challenges
- Claim Your Board of Governors Exam Waiver
Building a Culture Today’s Workforce Craves
Imagine the productivity of a thriving workforce where employees flourish so that they bring their best not only to patients but also to one another. With science-backed research, Katherine A. Meese and Quint Studer’s most recent work The Human Margin: Building the Foundations of Trust presents proven tactics to support staff and create high-performance environments.
Meese and Studer have uncovered what today’s healthcare workforce really wants and what’s at the heart of everything: trust in leadership. They reveal the 10 building blocks most closely linked to creating and sustaining that trust, and the authors explain the science behind the conditions that leaders must establish to build a successful workspace.
Plenty of attention is paid to the financial and operational margins, but Meese and Studer advocate for equal attention to diagnosing staff needs and creating a path to take human margin to the next level and beyond. As people reevaluate their lives and work, creating healthy environments where employees can thrive is more important than ever.
To learn more or to order this book, visit ACHE’s online bookstore.
Members in the News
Visit ACHE Members in the News to read about your peers in the news—including Shelly Soileau who has been named CFO of Opelousas (La.) General Health System. Also learn about Will Gordon who was recently appointed CEO of Abbeville (S.C.) Area Medical Center.
Call for Proposals: 2025 Forum on Advances in Healthcare Leadership Research
ACHE invites authors to submit proposals to present their research at the 17th annual Forum on Advances in Healthcare Leadership Research. This session will take place during ACHE’s 2025 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, which will be held in Houston from March 24–27, 2025. The lead presenter of each selected proposal will receive a complimentary registration to Congress.
Visit the Forum for the selection criteria and submission instructions. Submit your up-to-400 word abstract by July 9.
Important Update for Mobile App Users
Mobile app users should be aware that ACHE will be sunsetting its ACHE 365 app on June 1. Please note that the app will no longer be available for use after this date. Be sure to visit ache.org to manage your account and access ACHE resources. Thank you!
Robotic-Assisted Surgery Helps CEOs Address Key Challenges
For decades, robotic-assisted surgery has advanced minimally invasive surgery in terms of outcomes and access to care. Today, it is the only growing soft tissue modality in the U.S. and may soon surpass conventional approaches for many procedures. With data showing how RAS outperforms other modalities in many clinical metrics, hospital CEOs are looking to RAS solutions to help resolve some of their most pressing issues and deliver the quintuple aim.
A meta-analysis of peer-reviewed literature compared millions of RAS procedures to open and laparoscopic surgeries. It showed favorable outcomes for RAS, such as fewer conversions to open surgery, fewer 30-day complications and shorter hospital stays, which can help hospitals reduce costs and help patients recover faster, as evidenced in the study “Robotic versus laparoscopic versus open major hepatectomy – an analysis of costs and postoperative outcomes in a single-center setting” that appeared in the May 2023 issue of Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery.
By its nature, RAS also helps standardize procedures, providing increased surgeon autonomy and a digitally connected OR that enable hospitals to optimize efficiency and align staffing resources based on procedure complexity.
The most significant potential impact of RAS may be patient-centered growth as its adoption continues to accelerate and expand beyond traditional OR settings and schedules, making high-quality minimally invasive care more accessible to more patients while enabling hospitals to grow surgery volume and leverage fewer bed days.
With the continued market growth of RAS and its potential to help hospitals drive value, improve patient care, provide a better experience for care teams, and strengthen financial profiles, more hospitals may realize these clinical and economic benefits.
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Claim Your Board of Governors Exam Waiver
Save $225 on your FACHE® journey when you submit your advancement application between now and June 30. If approved, ACHE will waive the 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 thank you for your efforts, which is why when you submit your completed FACHE application between now and June 30—along with the $250 application fee—ACHE will waive the $225 Board of Governors Exam fee, if your application is approved. This fee waiver is good for one attempt at the Board of Governors Exam in Healthcare Management.
Take the next step toward elevating your professional status today and learn about the requirements for submitting your application, as well as the resources available to help you prepare for the Exam.