Newsletter

September 8, 2020


Program Spotlight: Webinar: Impact of the 2020 Election and COVID-19 on Politics

As the 2020 election draws closer, it is crucial for senior healthcare leaders to be aware of the current and proposed changes that will affect their organizations, staff, patients and communities. During the complimentary webinar “2020 Election, COVID-19 Impact on Politics, and the Politics of Healthcare and Policy,” Ronald Brownstein—senior editor, The Atlantic; senior political analyst, CNN; and contributing editor, National Journal—will provide insights of how changes in federal and state policy will remake the healthcare landscape. He’ll also explore how the pandemic is reshaping healthcare for all stakeholders, from patients to payers. This webinar, which is geared toward CEOs and other C-suite leaders, is eligible for 1 ACHE Qualified Education credit. Register today. 

Share Your Views on ACHE Leadership Needs

ACHE invites members to share their views regarding ACHE elected leadership needs by sending their feedback, along with any questions regarding the nominating process for elected positions, to Julie Nolan, director, Executive Office and Governance, ACHE, at jnolan@ache.org. This information is normally gathered during the Nominating Committee Meeting Open Session at Congress, which was canceled this year.

We encourage individuals interested in pursuing service on the ACHE Board of Governors or on the Nominating Committee to review the Candidate Guidelines, which you can find online at ache.org/CandidateGuidelines. Your leadership and support are vital to the success of ACHE. Thank you for all you do. 

The Link Between COVID-19 and Sepsis Management

The annual human and financial toll of sepsis in the United States are significant with hospital costs at $27 billion and deaths exceeding 270,000 per year,1 associated with one-third of patients who die in a U.S. hospital have sepsis.2

World Sepsis Day is designated as September 13, 2020. But this year sepsis is not the only major disease with high mortality in the U.S.; the 2019 novel coronavirus has been declared a U.S. public health emergency by the Department of Health and Human Services in January 2020.3  

COVID-19 has swept around the world, impacting millions while straining healthcare systems. The more we learn about this deadly virus, the more we find links between it and sepsis. A recent retrospective study of COVID-19 patients in China found that 100% who died had sepsis and 70% had septic shock.4 Risk factors associated with in-hospital deaths were analyzed and sepsis was the number one complication seen in COVID-19 non-survivors.4 Although we don’t have a cure for this virus, we are learning that the best COVID-19 practice includes good sepsis care.

“Because COVID-19 patients are at risk for sepsis, the use of timely, appropriate diagnostics are critical to ensure optimal patient management,” says Patrick Murray, PhD, BD Worldwide Director, Scientific Affairs, Diagnostic Systems.

Learn more about how BD® Sepsis Management Program can help clinicians reduce the time needed to accurately identify patients at risk for sepsis and those with bloodstream infections. Learn more here BD Sepsis Management Program.

BD, an ACHE Premier Corporate Partner, provided the content above.

  1. Sepsis Alliance. Sepsis Fact Sheet. https://www.sepsis.org/. 2018.
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sepsis Data & Reports. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2020-01-31-us-declares-coronavirus-public-health-emergency-cdc-updates-guidance. Published February 2020.
  3. American Hospital Association. U.S. declares coronavirus a public health emergency, CDC updates guidance. https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2020-01-31-us-declares-coronavirus-public-health-emergency-cdc-updates-guidance. Published January 2020.
  4. Zhou F, Yu T, Du R et al. Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study, Lancet. 2020; 395(1022): 1054–62. https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(20)30566-3.pdf.

Elevate Leadership Credentials With Fall Online Seminars

Develop new leadership capabilities this fall with two online seminars that focus on leading with influence and strategic planning. Today’s healthcare leaders often work with team members who may not directly report to them or even work at the same organization. Nevertheless, leaders face pressure to collaborate, be efficient and deliver results. The online seminar “Leading With Influence, Not Authority” provides the tools healthcare executives need to be more influential and decisive in today’s environment. Offered Sept. 9–Oct. 21, this six-week seminar is worth a total of 6 ACHE Qualified Education credits. Register today

During “Strategic Planning That Works: Integrating Strategy With Performance,” expert faculty will reveal a practical system for strategic planning that is aligned with annual tactical planning and operating and capital budgets. Offered Sept. 16–Nov. 4 and worth a total of 9 ACHE Qualified Education credits, attendees will discover how to align strategic processes with operations management and explore the use of environmental and internal assessments to identify distinctive competencies. Register here. 

Frontiers of Health Services Management: Focus on COVID-19

“With the COVID-19 pandemic changing assumptions in care delivery, Montefiore Health System has deployed many innovative strategies that exemplify creative destruction,” write authors Jeffrey B. Short and Adrin Mammen, FACHE, in “A Pandemic Application of Creative Destruction in Healthcare.” This feature, which shares insights on disruption and innovation at Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, is one of  several healthcare leaders’ perspectives on the pandemic in the special fall 2020 issue of Frontiers of Health Services Management. Other features in this issue address restoration of patients’ trust, workforce resilience, care for older adults, supply chain management, lessons from Superstorm Sandy, rural hardships, and the supporting role of the U.S. military. They describe how various providers are responding to the coronavirus and navigating toward recovery, implementing changes and discovering innovations along the way.

This issue of Frontiers is available online to all ACHE members at ache.org/Journals. Articles in this issue are also available on ACHE’s COVID-19 Resource Center at ache.org/COVID.

IHF Extends Deadline for “Beyond the Call of Duty” Submissions 

Did your organization put in place an outstanding and innovative response or action to COVID-19? You now have until Oct. 5 to submit to the International Hospital Federation’s COVID-19 Response Recognition Program. The IHF launched the program to recognize the dedication and sacrifices of healthcare workers around the world who went “beyond the call of duty” in response to the pandemic.

IHF invites all hospitals and health service providers that have outstanding and innovative organizational responses or actions in response to COVID-19 in their region or country to submit them for recognition. Recipients of this recognition will receive a certificate, and IHF will produce a special publication featuring selected responses.

There is no charge to submit entries. Visit the IHF website for more information about the program or to submit an entry.