American College of Healthcare Executives

09/26/2025

🎙️ New podcast episode 🎙️

Discover how healthcare leaders can transform their real estate from a cost center into a strategic asset.

Join Carey Sealy of JLL, an ACHE Premier Corporate Partner, as she shares data-driven strategies to optimize healthcare portfolios and turn underutilized spaces into revenue streams.

🎧Listen to the full Healthcare Executive podcast here: https://bit.ly/41KCfzz

09/24/2025

💡 Healthcare organizations are grappling with ethical challenges that go far beyond what happens at the bedside. 💡

Although considerable time has been spent studying how clinical ethics issues affect clinicians, the field has largely overlooked healthcare leaders’ experiences.

Failing to examine the emotional impact on leaders is significant, as they often face tough organizational decisions that affect everything from patient care to staff well-being.

Recent research paints a troubling picture:

➡️ About 1/3 of healthcare leaders are experiencing burnout scores in the high range, according to an article in the September/October 2022 issue of ACHE’s Journal of Healthcare Management.

That’s a substantial chunk of the leadership workforce, and it represents a real organizational challenge. When leaders are burned out, it ripples throughout their teams, affecting staff burnout, professional fulfillment and, ultimately, patient care.

📊 Studies have pointed to SLEEP PROBLEMS and LOW SELF-COMPASSION as key predictors of leader burnout, but these factors alone don’t seem to tell the whole story.

There’s a gap that needs to be addressed, and it appears part of this gap concerns the phenomenon known as: MORAL DISTRESS.

If moral distress is contributing to the documented burnout rates among healthcare leaders, then our current wellness approaches may not be enough.

Understanding moral distress among healthcare leaders is a critical step toward addressing it. With healthcare systems facing unprecedented challenges and clear evidence that leader well-being affects organizational performance and staff outcomes, identifying and addressing moral distress in the leadership ranks has become essential.

Jason Lesandrini, PhD, FACHE, describes how to address moral distress at all levels in healthcare organizations in Healthcare Executive magazine.

Full read here: https://bit.ly/422Lw8p

09/23/2025

On this day in 1934, ACHE recognized the first class of board-certified healthcare managers at the inaugural convocation ceremony.

Thank you to the generations of healthcare leaders over the past 91 years who have upheld our values, advanced our expertise and furthered our mission to provide exceptional patient care.

09/22/2025

🏥 Health system executives are often interested in understanding the movement of patients. 🏥

Tracking referral patterns, measuring patient outmigration and creating financial reporting that directly show the value of a physician's referral activity within the healthcare system can substantially elevate risk to the organization, but there are ways to mitigate those risks.

While many in the legal community start with the dim view that the executive's interest in this topic is solely motivated by a desire to incentivize referring physicians, this information is often mission-critical data used in care coordination, strategic planning and operational efficiencies.

Join Adam White, JD, FACHE, for the upcoming webinar to recognize a comprehensive overview of the relevant provisions of Stark and Anti-Kickback laws to help executives understand what is legally prohibited and where risk of violating these laws becomes elevated

Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/3VSZGWa

Health system executives are often interested in understanding the movement of patients in, through and out of their system and want a detailed view of the volume and value of the services being consumed. While many in the legal community start with the...

09/17/2025

🌎 World Patient Safety Day is an opportunity to raise public awareness and foster collaboration between patients, health workers and healthcare leaders to improve patient safety.

This year's theme is “Safe care for every newborn and every child”, with the slogan “Patient safety from the start!”, recognizing the vulnerability of this age group to risks and harm caused by unsafe care.

Improving healthcare safety requires leaders who are committed and take a stand to achieve the highest standards of safety. Strong leadership involves balancing core values while consistently raising the bar for excellence.

✅ Learn more about ACHE's commitment to safety and consider signing our We Lead for Safety pledge and receive a Leading For Safety certificate.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3z5dOUC

09/15/2025

Healthcare systems across the US are facing unprecedented challenges from escalating energy costs, which are directly impacting operational budgets, clinical care delivery and more.

Join us for this webinar to unveil proven methodologies for healthcare facilities to enhance facility resilience and soften the impact of escalating energy prices while implementing solutions that reduce operational expenditures to protect budgets and patient care quality.

Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/47yjOnJ

Thank you to JLL – an ACHE Premier Corporate Partner – for making this webinar possible.

Healthcare systems across the US are facing unprecedented challenges from escalating energy costs directly impacting operational budgets, clinical care delivery and more. This timely webinar brings together healthcare energy and real estate experts to e...

09/13/2025

✅ How you show up signals who you are as a leader, long before you speak.

In high-stakes healthcare settings, presence matters as much as performance. When you don’t define your message, others will define it for you, and often, they get it wrong. Your leadership voice begins with how you show up.

Join this energizing session, where healthcare leaders will explore the purpose behind their leadership identity, a foundational step in developing executive presence.

Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/427IMXk

In high-stakes healthcare settings, presence matters as much as performance. How you show up signals who you are as a leader long before you speak. When you don't define your message, others will define it for you and often, they get it wrong; your lead...

09/12/2025

☑️ Passing the Board of Governors Exam is the final step on the path to becoming board certified as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

With the FACHE credential after your name, you demonstrate your competence, credibility and dedication to healthcare management excellence.

Whether you use the course to set the foundation for your Board of Governors exam study or take it as the culmination of your review efforts, upon completion of this virtual review course, attendees will be able to:

🔹 Identify knowledge gaps and needed areas of focus.
🔹 Apply test-taking strategies to their exam experience.
🔹 Earn Virtual Interactive Education Credits.
🔹Confidently move forward with their exam preparation.

Reinforce your knowledge, increase your preparedness and boost your confidence as you prepare for the Board of Governors Exam by registering for the virtual review course.

👉 Learn more and register here: https://www.ache.org/learning-center/education-and-events/events/single-session-events/vbogrc625

09/11/2025

We remember and honor those who lost their lives on 9/11 and those who responded with care and courage.

09/09/2025

As leaders, we are givers by nature. We are among the first to raise our hand, help a colleague or a friend. In fact, ACHE’s own core values articulate our profession’s commitment to lead through example while recognizing that caring must be a cornerstone of our interactions.

Roughly 76 million people formally volunteered their services in 2023, not counting the informal acts of service that happen every day, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps.

We are fortunate to be the beneficiaries of this generosity, with the support of more than 3 million community volunteers at hospitals and healthcare organizations—who are the everyday heroes—helping at the grassroots level and making a positive impact. Research shows that the contributions of community health volunteers are linked to improved outcomes, care team productivity and reduced costs.

This demonstrates what we as leaders innately know: that volunteering is more than a generous act; it is a strategic imperative for organizations and individuals and an avenue to create something greater than ourselves.

Though we may face resource limitations, our capacity for generosity, leadership and connection is boundless. Volunteering helps to light a path forward.

I offer my sincerest gratitude for all you do in service to others and your countless acts of kindness.

Read the full Healthcare Executive article by Deborah J. Bowen, FACHE, CAE, president and CEO of the American College of Healthcare Executives here: https://bit.ly/45Kb5xn

09/05/2025

📣 Exciting News for ACHE 2026 Congress! 📣

We’re thrilled to announce that Adam Grant, PhD, will be our opening keynote speaker and will share how to unlock your hidden potential by building skills, structures and systems that accelerate learning and elevate excellence. Mark your calendars for March 2–4, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

Not only is the premier networking and professional development event of the year for healthcare leaders, but Congress is also the place to build community, collaborate with peers, and access expert perspectives and insights into today’s top issues.

Registration opens Oct. 8, so don’t miss this chance to grow your network and deepen your leadership skills. Sign up now for updates as we continue to add more speakers and exciting details about the 2026 Congress on Healthcare Leadership.

Let’s make ACHE 2026 Congress the best one yet! 🚀

➡️ Learn more and sign up here: https://bit.ly/47SyRZj

09/03/2025

✅ ACHE members are committed to advancing healthcare leadership excellence. ✅

Check out which Members and Fellows are making a positive impact in healthcare — newsmakers, promotions and accolades.

Full list here:

The diverse community of ACHE members is committed to advancing the profession of healthcare management and improving health for all. Read about members mak...