American College of Healthcare Executives

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American College of Healthcare Executives

• ACHE Update

Leadership Knowledge Relationships
Marketability
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Vision

• The vision of the American College of Healthcare
  Executives is to be the premier professional
  society for healthcare leaders by providing
  exceptional value to our members.

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Mission

• The mission of the American College of Healthcare
  Executives is to advance our members and
  healthcare management excellence through high
  ethical standards, pertinent knowledge, and a
  relevant credentialing program.

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Values

• Integrity
• We advocate and emulate high ethical conduct in
  all we do.
• Lifelong Learning
• We recognize lifelong learning is essential to
  our ability to innovate and continually improve
  ourselves, our organizations, and our profession.

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Values

• Leadership
• We lead through example and mentoring, and
  recognize caring must be a cornerstone of our
  professional interactions.
• Diversity
• We advocate inclusion and embrace the differences
  of those with whom we work and the communities we
  serve.

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2004-2006 Strategic Plan

• Goal Areas
• Membership
• Knowledge
• Career Advancement
• Leadership Excellence
• Resources

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Membership

• To exceed our members expectations through
  enhancements to our credentialing program,
  support of chapter development, and other
  programmatic changes that add value

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Membership

• Increased the number of Members, Diplomates, and
  Fellows during 2004 by 5.2
• Advanced 460 new Diplomates and159 Fellows

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Membership

• Designated 80 independent chapters to better
  serve ACHE affiliates
• 96 of ACHE affiliates are in areas served by
  chapters
• Ongoing support for effective chapter structure
  and program delivery

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Membership

• Will evaluate and develop recommendations to our
  current credentialing program in order to
  encourage more members to become credentialed

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Knowledge

• To provide our members with the information they
  need to execute their professional
  responsibilities exceptionally

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Knowledge

• Increased educational program attendance by 16
  percent
• Sold 50,817 Health Administration Press books,
  the most ever in the press's history
• Enhanced knowledge transfer by collaborating with
  other professional societies, trade associations,
  academia, consultancies, and other entities that
  focus on educating healthcare executives

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Knowledge

• Exceeded 1.8 million user sessions on ache.org, a
  23 increase in 2004 compared to 2003.
• Added additional online resources, including
• Healthcare Executive
• Management Resource Center

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Knowledge

• The ACHE Congress on Healthcare Management
  continues to be the premier educational event for
  healthcare executives

• Record breaking attendance in 2005

Mark Your Calendar! March 27-30, 2006 Hyatt
Regency Chicago
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Knowledge

• Expanding opportunities for senior executives
• Congress on Healthcare Management
• CEO Roundtables and Seminars
• Physician Executive, CEO and COO Boot Camps
• CEO Circle Forum
• New programs
• CEO Learning Forums
• Senior Executive Institute

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Career Advancement

• To deliver programs, products, and services that
  advance professional excellence and attract
  future leaders to the profession

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Career Advancement

• Served more than 1,100 affiliates in 2004 through
  our Healthcare Executive Career Resource Center
• Served affiliates in career transition through
  the Career Management Network
• Matched mentors and protégés through the
  Leadership Mentoring Network

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Career Advancement

• Averaged 625 job postings per month in ACHEs Job
  Bank, and more than 2,200 resumes appeared per
  month in ACHEs Resume Bank
• Provided online career assessments for quick
  feedback about leadership traits and workplace
  relationships

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Career Advancement

• Promoted HealthManagementCareers.org, an ACHE web
  site to encourage young people to enter the field
  of healthcare management, to more than 10,000
  high school counselors

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Career Advancement

• Encouraging affiliates to serve as mentors or be
  protégés
• Promoting the value of board certification in
  advertisements in Trustee and Modern Healthcare

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Career Advancement

• Strengthening executive search firm consultants
  understanding of the significance of the ACHE
  credential
• 43 firms appear in an ACHE ad, agreeing that
  Your Board Certification in Healthcare
  Management Gives you an Edge

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Leadership Excellence

• To support our members in developing and
  maintaining the attributes of leadership
  excellence and educate key constituencies about
  their efforts

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Leadership Excellence

• Regularly review and emphasize ACHEs Code of
  Ethics to ensure it remains relevant
• Expanding ethics resources, providing an ethics
  tool kit on ache.org
• Organizational Ethics Decision-Making Process
• Code of Ethics
• Ethical Policy Statements
• Ethics Self-Assessment
• Ethics Bibliography
• Continuing ethics column in Healthcare Executive

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Leadership Excellence

• Promoting diversity within the field through our
  own programs and our support of the Institute for
  Diversity in Health Management

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Leadership Excellence

• Ongoing collaboration with other organizations
  and encouraging ACHE members to do the same to
  advance selected national healthcare policies

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Leadership Excellence

• Raising awareness of ACHE among healthcare
  trustees and participating in trustee education
  through collaborative relationships with the
  Center for Healthcare Governance and the
  Governance Institute

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Leadership Excellence

• Positioning ACHE as the expert on healthcare
  management issues (resulted in a 11 increase in
  major media placements in 2004)
• Continuing our image campaign to educate the
  public about the important role healthcare
  executives play in the healthcare continuum

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Leadership Excellence

• Participating in the dissemination plans for a
  consistent set of leadership competencies
  developed with other members of the Healthcare
  Leadership Alliance, the Commission on
  Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education,
  and the Association of University Programs in
  Health Administration.
• American College of Physician Executives,
  American Organization of Nurse Executives,
  Healthcare Financial Management Association,
  Healthcare Information and Management Systems
  Society, and Medical Group Management Association

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Resources

• To provide the appropriate infrastructure,
  optimal allocation of resources, and other
  support that contribute to our ability to deliver
  exemplary service to our members

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Resources

• Continuing to diversify revenue, resulting in
  positive financial performance
• Continuing to provide ACHE staff with
  professional development opportunities that
  contribute to staff performance excellence and
  job satisfaction

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American College of Healthcare Executives

• ACHE Update

Leadership Knowledge Relationships
Marketability