As a chapter member, you are in a position of influence to grow ACHE, so please share the value of ACHE with your colleagues by participating in the Leader-to-Leader Rewards Program. Each time a new Member is recruited, or a current Member becomes an ACHE Fellow with the encouragement of another ACHE member, one point is awarded that can be redeemed for quality reward items. Sponsors must be listed on applications in order to receive credit.

Be sure to visit ache.org/L2L for more details about the program and to learn about referral cards for sponsors.

We are grateful so many talented and dedicated leaders choose the FACHE® credential to demonstrate their commitment to healthcare management excellence.

Effective Jan. 1, the membership tenure requirement for initial Fellow advancement has been adjusted from three years to one year. We remain confident the change will make Fellow status possible for more of our Members who meet the requirements and wish to advance to this important leadership level. The other requirements for Members to obtain the FACHE credential remain the same.

If you have any questions about the FACHE requirements, the deadline extensions or the process in general, please reach out to our Customer Service Center at contact@ache.org or (312) 424-9400, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Central time.

For more than 85 years, we have remained dedicated to advancing our members and healthcare leadership excellence. This Feb. 12—ACHE’s inaugural Day of Giving—we invite you to help advance healthcare leadership excellence by contributing to the Fund for Healthcare Leadership. The Fund provides scholarships for our Senior Executive and Executive Programs, immersive experiences for aspiring leaders, and wholly supports the Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity Program, a yearlong executive training and mentoring opportunity to prepare participants for C-suite positions.

When you donate to the Fund, you help provide resources for the future leaders of our field. Mark your calendars for Feb. 12—this year’s Day of Giving—and please join us in making a difference for aspiring leaders. Visit ache.org/DayofGiving to learn more.

Registration is open for the 2021 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, March 22–25. Join us for this reimagined virtual experience and earn up to 12 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits for an early bird rate of only $449. Register by Feb. 22 to receive the discounted registration.

Register today for your Congress all-access pass. You will not need to select your sessions at this time. After registering for Congress, you will receive a communication in early March to select your sessions and personalize your schedule in the virtual event platform. Check the website often for updates on sessions and speakers.

State residents can sign up for weekly emails containing updates, news, and resources

The Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today a newsletter the public can sign up for to get direct information about the COVID-19 response and vaccine rollout. Every Friday, a COVID-19 update newsletter will be sent via email to people who sign up to receive it. Registration is now open, and archived copies of the weekly newsletter will also be available.

“Throughout this pandemic, we have remained committed to keeping the residents of Wisconsin as informed as possible,” said Secretary-designee Andrea Palm. “The more quality information we have, the more effective we can be in making healthy and safe choices. That is why we have regularly updated data dashboards and science-based guidance on our website, and it is also why we want to add a weekly newsletter to our communications toolbox.”

View the entire news release.

New Stop the COVID Spread! coalition message draws upon experiences of overwhelmed health care workforce

Madison, WI– “We need your help.” That’s the underlying message from statewide health care workers in the latest “Stop the COVID Spread!” coalition public education announcement that begins airing on broadcast TV, radio, and digital platforms throughout Wisconsin today. The new ad—the fifth put out by the coalition—comes as Wisconsin continues to face unrelenting COVID-19 case counts with hospitals throughout the state operating near or at full capacity. Health care providers featured in the new coalition message include Green Bay’s Bellin Health, Marshfield Clinic Health System, and UW Health in Madison, with a joint plea to the public to help curb the spread of the virus: “We’re on the frontlines. It’s our job to save lives and get people better. But fighting this pandemic puts our families at risk, too. We need your help. ask up, wash your hands, and if you go out, stay at least six feet apart. Please, do this for your family, and ours.”

The real-life perspectives shared in the spot are those of Chelsea Rangel, RN, and Hilary Faust, MD, from UW-Health; Sumithra Tirunagaram, MD, and respiratory therapist Karen Masanz, from Marshfield Clinic Health System; Jessie Schaumberg, RN, and Paul Casey, MD, from Bellin Health.

“While news of forthcoming COVID-19 vaccinations is encouraging, we need to remain vigilant in practicing safe behaviors to curtail virus spread,” said Wisconsin Hospital Association president and CEO Eric Borgerding. “Our frontline health care heroes need your help, as their ability to provide care to our loved ones and neighbors is being strained. Overcoming this health care crisis requires all of us working together.”

“You don’t have to put your life on the line like the folks who work in healthcare, grocery stores, restaurants, or hardware stores. All you have to do is wear a mask, practice social distancing and do your part to stop the spread of the coronavirus to keep people from dying,” added Brandon Scholz, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Grocers Association. “Is that too hard to do and too much to ask?”

Since its launch in October, the “Stop the COVID Spread!” coalition has grown quickly to include more than 125 of Wisconsin’s leading health care, business and advocacy organizations. The organizations have joined together in a campaign to educate the public about the seriousness of the growing crisis in Wisconsin and the critical and growing need for preventative measures. A full list of member organizations is below.

You can watch the full video at: https://youtu.be/GIRW7xTyhDM

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David A. Olson, FACHE, chief strategy officer, Froedtert Health, Milwaukee, has been nominated as the 2017–2018 chairman-elect of the American College of Healthcare Executives, an international professional society of 40,000 health care executives.

The election will take place at the Council of Regents meeting preceding ACHE’s 60th Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago in March, 2017. If elected, Olson will serve the first part of a three-year term in ACHE’s consecutive chairmanship offices: chairman-elect, chairman and immediate past chairman.

Board certified in health care management as an ACHE Fellow, Olson has served on the ACHE Board of Governors since 2014. He also served as the ACHE Regent for Wisconsin from 2004 to 2007; as a member of the Wisconsin Chapter of ACHE board of directors from 2004 to 2009 and in 2011; on the editorial board of the Journal of Healthcare Management, the official journal of ACHE, from 2007 to 2010; and on numerous ACHE committees throughout the years.

Panelists:

• Damond Boatwright, Regional President of Hospital Operations, SSM Healthcare of Wisconsin
• Mark Herzog, President and CEO, Holy Family Memorial
• Matthew Heywood, President and CEO, Aspirus

Register now.

The 2016 WHN Newsmaker Series is sponsored by:

AARP,   Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin,

Godfrey & Kahn, Humana,  Mayo Clinic Health System, 

Wisconsin Hospital Association