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Cultivating Successful Partnerships in Today’s Environment - Staffing Shortages Are Challenging Healthcare Organizations
- ACHE Would Like Your Input on Our Strategic Plan
- Explore Virtual Education Opportunities This Fall
- Indigenous Peoples Day: A Rich History in Alaska Native Healthcare
- IHF’s World Hospital Congress Is One Month Away
Monthly Membership Perk:
Cultivating Successful Partnerships in Today’s Environment
You may recall the column in the September/October 2021 issue of Healthcare Executive that posed the idea of complex leadership challenges requiring innovative solutions that span many sectors of the health ecosystem. Effective and unique collaborations across sectors will be key to success.
This month, we are offering healthcare leaders a free resource that provides additional strategies regarding partnerships. In this chapter from the book From Competition to Collaboration: How Leaders Cultivate Partnerships to Drive Value and Transform Health, authors Tracy L. Duberman, PhD, FACHE, and Robert H. Sachs, PhD, write that “a new set of solutions will require competing management teams and boards to come together under the shared goal of improving population health. Each sector brings its unique strength to the shared goal and offers relevant best practices to derive the greatest value from the group’s collective efforts.”
We hope you enjoy this Monthly Membership Perk, and we thank you for being a part of the ACHE community.
Staffing Shortages Are Challenging Healthcare Organizations
From highly trained physicians, nurses and other healthcare staff, people are the foundation of good healthcare. Yet, the supply of healthcare staff has not kept pace with an increasing demand for care, spurred by a growing aging population and a global pandemic. Nearly one in five healthcare workers left their jobs during the pandemic, according to a survey of 1,000 U.S. healthcare workers as reported Oct. 4, 2021, in “Voices from the Front Lines of Health Care: Part II,” a special report from the online publication Morning Consult.
In addition, one-third of those healthcare workers who remained plan to reduce the number of hours they work, according to the article, “COVID-Related Stress and Work Intentions in a Sample of US Health Care Workers,” published December 2021 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes.
The pandemic has left many healthcare workers struggling with anxiety, depression and burnout. As a result, some leaders are looking at new staffing models and technology that supports care teams across all sites of care, including the operating room. Some health systems are leveraging modern robotic surgery platforms and implementing new staffing models to help optimize OR performance and alleviate staff burden.
To learn how three health systems are leveraging robotic-assisted surgery and implementing innovative staffing strategies to better support OR staff, read the e-book by Intuitive, maker of the minimally invasive da Vinci® surgical system. Key highlights shared by the three health systems include:
- Improvement in their surgeon, care team and patient satisfaction.
- Improvement in their communication/collaboration via a service-line approach to robotic-assisted surgery.
- Enrichment of their OR environment for staff to do more with less, such as giving scrub techs opportunities to take on expanded roles in the OR and helping strengthen their robotics programs for value and efficiency.
For important safety information, please refer to www.intuitive.com/safety. For a product’s intended use and/or indications for use, risks, full cautions and warnings, please refer to the associated User Manual(s).
© 2022 Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. All rights reserved. PN1104980 RevA, 09/2022
Intuitive, a proud supporter of ACHE, provided the content above.
ACHE Would Like Your Input on Our Strategic Plan
ACHE’s Strategic Plan is designed to leverage ACHE’s role in building a leadership workforce capable of addressing the challenges facing our field now and in the future. The plan builds on the hallmarks of our commitments to integrity, lifelong learning, leadership, and diversity and inclusion, and amplifies our aspirations in service to our members, our profession and our field.
The 2022–2024 Strategic Plan focuses on ACHE’s work to advance health by leading for equity and safety, grow our professional community of leaders by leveraging our partnerships with chapters and other organizations, and help leaders reach their highest potential by deepening our engagement with members and the healthcare community.
ACHE annually examines its Strategic Plan with a continuing focus on meeting the evolving needs of our members and the healthcare field. The three-year Strategic Plan focuses on ACHE’s roles as catalyst, connector and trusted partner, and translates our ambitions in each area to specific actions we will undertake.
If you would like to provide your feedback, please take a moment to review the 2022–2024 Strategic Plan, and send us your thoughts, comments and ideas for improvement. Please direct your email response to the ACHE Executive Office at strategicplan@ache.org. The deadline for comments is Oct. 31, 2022.
Explore Virtual Education Opportunities This Fall
It’s time to start planning your professional development for the next few months. This fall, healthcare leaders can continue to earn ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits from the comfort of their home or office while learning new skills with our popular Virtual Face-to-Face Courses. These innovative, interactive virtual courses address an array of trending topics for executives. Following are a few available options:
- During “Improving Results Through Better Team Engagement and Accountability,” Oct. 21–Nov. 18, participants will gain a solid framework and philosophy for understanding and implementing practices to improve staff engagement, teamwork and performance management.
- With national suicide and addiction rates increasing and reports of drug overdose deaths in many communities, managing access to and cost for behavioral healthcare is a top concern for healthcare leaders. “Behavioral Health Challenges, Strategies and Solutions: The Business Case for Meeting Community Needs,” Nov. 1–29, provides practical strategies for creating access to comprehensive, high-quality behavioral healthcare solutions.
- It is crucial that we are well-mentored, we seek formative coaching and we are effectively led as we advance professionally. However, we are remiss if we do not contribute the same to those around us. “Mentor, Coach, Lead to Peak Professional Performance,” Nov. 22–Dec. 20, guides participants through didactic and interactive learnings to nurture their effective engagement as mentors, coaches and leaders.
Explore all of our virtual education offerings and register today.
Indigenous Peoples Day: A Rich History in Alaska Native Healthcare
As a child, Jason Hart, FACHE—an Ahtna Athabascan and Menominee Indian—felt ashamed of his Indigenous heritage due to prejudiced commentary and an uninformed stigma about his people. As he matured, Hart—senior director, Multispeciality Clinics, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, Alaska—came to realize he had many reasons to be proud of his Indigenous heritage, including the work his organization has accomplished.
In an ACHE Blog post written in recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day, Oct. 10, Hart, who is also a 2022 Thomas C. Dolan Career Accelerator Program scholar, writes about the important work ANTHC has done to provide temporary housing for patients who have to travel to Anchorage for care, but have nowhere to stay. Statewide, the consortium has also supported patients in their home communities through water and wastewater projects, for example. “ANTHC’s strengths are rooted in Alaska Native people, culture and values,” he writes.
Visit ache.org/Blog to read the full blog post. “As you observe Indigenous Peoples Day, I hope you learn to recognize the richness and strengths of Indigenous cultures on the lands where you live and work,” Hart writes.
IHF’s World Hospital Congress Is One Month Away
Registration ends Oct. 31 for the International Hospital Federation’s 45th World Hospital Congress, scheduled to convene Nov. 9–11 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This unique global forum will bring together IHF members, leaders and decision-makers of hospitals, health services and healthcare organizations representing over 60 countries and territories to hear from more than 150 renowned speakers, choose from over 30 sessions, attend the IHF Awards ceremony, network and more. View the 2022 IHF Awards finalists here.
ACHE President/CEO and IHF President Deborah J. Bowen, FACHE, CAE, will chair the “IHF Women in Leadership Forum Lunch and Workshop,” and she will provide a closing speech along with Muna Tahlak, CEO of Latifa Hospital—part of the Dubai Health Authority, and IHF president designate. Peruse the preliminary program to learn more about all speakers and events.
IHF members (this includes ACHE members) may avail themselves of a special discounted rate when they use the code IHFMember2022 during registration. Discounts are also available for groups of more than three participants; please contact Anjela Bagano at anjela.bagano@index.ae for more details.