Embracing a Dialogue about Gender Equity and Intersectionality: A Virtual Face to Face Credit Session
2021-09-15 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
As healthcare consumers become more demographically diverse, healthcare leaders seek to recruit and retain talent from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Gaining an understanding of intersectionality will equip leaders to build and retain team members across difference and in ways that establish common ground and cultivate inclusive cultures of belonging. The concept of intersectionality recognizes that everyone has multiple identities that intersect and influence how we view ourselves and interact with others. Learning how to effectively apply intersectionality principles will help organizations move beyond the one-dimensional aspects of traditional diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts.
In the drive for gender equity, healthcare leaders have acknowledged the need for fully inclusive gender equity that recognizes the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and other dimensions of identity. Efforts to improve women representation in the senior ranks of healthcare management must include women from all backgrounds and experiences. When intersectionality considerations are incorporated into gender equity strategies, organizations can reap tangible, proven benefits including better talent recruitment and retention, stronger DEI outcomes, and improved organizational performance.
Learning Objectives:

Define the concepts of gender equity and intersectionality in the context of healthcare leadership
Current state of women in healthcare management, including data and research on women of color and women with differing abilities and sexual orientation
The essential role of allies—men and non-racially diverse persons—in the gender equity and intersectionality work
How gender equity and intersectionality may fit into an organization’s traditional diversity and inclusion strategies and initiatives
How incorporating gender equity and intersectionality principles can enhance talent management, support DEI goals and improve organizational performance
The disparate impact on women of color and women with differing abilities and sexual orientations regarding key aspects of gender diversity, such as pay equity, positions on boards, promotion, recruitment, selection and mentoring/sponsorship
Organizational benefits of effective application of gender equity and intersectionality principles
Resources and tools to change organizational culture, policies and procedures to address structural racism and sexism

This program is valued as 1.5 Hours of ACHE Face to Face Credits

Registration
ACHE, ASHHRA, NAHSE, NESHS and Hospital Association Members
$35.00
Future Members
$70.00
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We are proud to partner with ASHHRA to offer this program!

Meet Our Speakers

Chineye Anako, MPH, CHES
Regional Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Trinity Health Of New England

Chineye Anako is a public health practitioner whose work has focused on the intersection of public health and health equity solutions. Past initiatives include work on food security/life cycle, violence prevention in youth and cultural and linguistic programs. She is the Regional Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Trinity Health Of New England, a five-hospital system across Connecticut and Massachusetts. Under her leadership, she led the Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Initiative, which revised the patient demographic questions to be inclusive of all genders and sexual orientation on all hospital in-take forms and in EPIC system throughout the Regional Health Ministry (RHM). She also oversees the 3+1 Language Services Program, which she developed and implemented. The program provides cultural and linguistic care to patients, including those from marginalized groups.
In addition to her role at Trinity Health Of New England, Chineye is the President of the Connecticut Chapter for the National Association for Health Services Executives (NAHSE). NAHSE is a healthcare organization that ensures greater participation of minority groups in the healthcare field. She also serves on the board of the Connecticut Public Health Association (CPHA) and Copper Beech Institute (CBI).
Chineye holds a master’s degree in Public Health with a concentration in Health Promotion from Southern Connecticut State University and a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Cell Biology from the University of Connecticut. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and an EPIC Summer Scholar at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Chineye Anako is an avid traveler and a native from Nigeria.

Cheri A. Blauwet, MD
Director, Kelley Adaptive Sports Research Institute
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Attending Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Dr. Cheri Blauwet is a specialist in sports medicine with specific interest in caring for the masters athlete and the female athlete, from recreational to elite. She brings expertise in non-operative management of sports injuries with emphasis on conservative techniques, as well as sports injury prevention. She is an expert in the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound for the diagnosis and treatment of sports-related conditions. A graduate of the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Blauwet completed her residency at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School, where she served as Chief Resident, followed by a sports medicine fellowship at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Dr. Blauwet is a former elite Paralympic athlete, having competed in three Paralympic Games and bringing home a total of 7 medals. She is a two-time winner of the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon (2004, 2005). Translating her background as an athlete into current leadership opportunities, she now serves on the Board of Directors of the Boston Athletic Association as well as the United States Olympic Committee. As the Director of the Kelley Adaptive Sports Research Institute, she is actively involved in research focused on understanding the impact of community-based adaptive sports, as well as injury prevention in the elite Paralympic athlete.

Dr. Michelle L. Edwards, FACHE, FAANP
Chief Experience Officer
Providence St. Joseph Health
Dr. Michelle L. Edwards currently serves as the first ever Chief Experience Officer at Providence St. Joseph Health which operates 51 hospitals and nearly 1100 clinics in seven states. In this role, she is responsible for ensuring a seamless, modernized, and differentiated consumer experience with augmented digitally-enabled access and navigation. This includes designing an enhanced end-to-end experience for patients while simultaneously simplifying care for the system’s 120,000 caregivers and 25,000 physicians.
Dr. Edwards previously served as the System Senior Vice President, Advanced Practice at Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), now CommonSpirit Health, which is the largest nonprofit health system in the United States by revenue. In her position at CommonSpirit, she developed the health system strategy for Advanced Practice Care across all clinical sites in all geographic areas for the 21-state enterprise. She was responsible for implementing innovative care models, improving care team performance, and integrating advanced practice providers throughout the organization.
Dr. Edwards, a family and acute care nurse practitioner by background, was appointed the first Advanced Practice executive leader in 2013. This was an inaugural role for CommonSpirit Health and a first for the U.S. health care sector. It has since led to the elevation of the Advanced Practice profession through the creation of similar roles at several large U.S. health care systems. Prior to assuming her role with CommonSpirit, she was the Founder and Managing Director of PICC Health Institute LLC, a novel, NP-led primary care center for which she received numerous awards.
As a former clinical operations leader with Walgreens, she directed a new market launch for one of the leading convenient care clinic operators in the country, resulting in the opening and growth of 12 retail health centers in the metropolitan area of Houston, TX. Dr. Edwards leverages a unique background as an experienced clinician and business leader to enhance service delivery in ways consumers want to receive it, allow better precision with predicting patient outcomes and ensure efficient use of limited human capital and financial resources.
Her extensive health care experience and progressive track record spans more than two decades in clinical practice, business and program development, public speaking, professional writing, and consulting. Her commitment to clinical excellence, enthusiasm for innovation, inclination to challenge the status quo, and unique ability to build strong, collaborative, interdisciplinary partnerships has earned her a reputation as a leader in the industry. In October 2018, she was featured as the Leader to Watch by the American Organization of Nursing Leadership (AONL), becoming the first Advanced Practice leader to grace the cover of the organization’s journal. Dr. Edwards has served on the Board of The Source for Women of Houston, American Nurse Practitioner Foundation and Morning Star at Castle Pines Village; and is an Advisory Committee member for several large organizations. Dr. Edwards is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP). She earned her Bachelors and Masters degree from The University of Alabama family of organizations, and her Doctorate from The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.
Meet Our Moderator
Christine Mackey-Ross, BSN, MBA
President, Executive and Physician Leadership Search
AMN Leadership Solutions
As President, AMN Executive and Physician Leadership Search, Christine brings 40 years of experience in healthcare, the first 15 as an oncology clinical nurse specialist, the remaining 25+ in executive search. Christine has successfully identified executives for C-suite, President and Chief Executive Officer positions in a wide variety of settings; academic and health science systems, community hospitals large and small, urban and rural, physician groups and managed care organizations. The common theme in the work she selects is, “furthering the mission of those institutions focused on improving lives”
Christine understands the intricacies of aligning clinical and business priorities. In addition to her executive role at AMN Healthcare, Christine remains actively involved in all facets of search execution for her portfolio of engagements.
Prior to joining AMN Leadership Solutions, Christine was a Senior Partner at Witt/Kieffer, a global executive search firm. While there, her leadership roles included; Central Region Director; Leader-Physician Executive and Integration Practice; Founder/Managing Director, Witt/Kieffer International and seven years on the Board of Directors.
After hours, Christine serves on a community hospital system Board of Trustees, as a Historic Preservation Commissioner and a Citizen Deputy Juvenile Officer for her municipality’s Restorative Justice Committee. “For me, I want in some small way to make a contribution to healthier communities and improved access to healthcare.”

Virtual Breakfast with Healthcare Champions, Featuring Dr. Peter Slavin
2021-09-21 08:00 - 09:30 UTC
Grab your favorite morning beverage and register to join us as we are provided a morning of inspiration by Peter Slavin, MD!
Dr. Slavin will share his journey throughout his amazing healthcare career. Afterwards, we will break out into Zoom networking rooms to recap the lessons learned.

Agenda
8:00am – 8:45am
A Moderated Discussion with Peter Slavin, MD
8:45am – 9:00am
Question & Answer
9:00am – 9:30am
Virtual Networking Breakout Sessions
Registration
ACHE / NESHS / Hospital Association Members: $15.00
Future Members: $30.00
Students & Early Careerists: Complimentary
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Meet Our Speaker!
PETER L. SLAVIN, MD

Peter L. Slavin, MD became the President of Massachusetts General Hospital on January 1, 2003. From 1999-2002, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, which included over 1,700 physicians and employed nearly 1,000 of them.
From 1997 to 1999, Dr. Slavin served as President of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Before that, he did his training in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1984 to 1987 and was Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer from 1994 to 1997.
Dr. Slavin graduated from Harvard College in 1979, Harvard Medical School in 1984, and Harvard Business School in 1990. Dr. Slavin teaches health care management at Harvard Medical School where he is a Professor of Health Care Policy.
He serves on the Boards of Amwell (a publicly traded telemedicine company) and the University of Miami Health System. He is former board chair of the Association of American Colleges and the Massachusetts Hospital Association. He is a senior advisor and advisory board member at Arsenal Capital Partners (a New York based private equity firm). He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Raising the Curtain on Healthcare in America
2021-11-18 09:00 - 11:30 UTC
During this program, the ACHE of Massachusetts Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee will honor their 3rd Annual DE&I Awardee!
Pictured is D,E & I Chair Carmen Kenrich presenting last year’s award to Baystate Health!

Agenda:
9:00am-9:05am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:05am-9:15am
ACHE of MA DE&I Award Presentation
9:15am-10:00am
Gary Gottlieb Keynote
10:00am-11:30am
Thought Leaders Forum

Pricing:
$ 75.00
Members
$150.00
Future Members
$ 25.00
Students & Members in Transition
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Meet Our Speakers:
Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, is President of The John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City, a national philanthropy dedicated to improving the care of older adults. She serves as the chief strategist for the Foundation and her vision for better care of older adults is catalyzing the Age-Friendly Health Systems social movement. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and recently served on the independent Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes. She previously served as Dean of Health Sciences at Northeastern University and Founding Dean of the New York University College of Nursing. Dr. Fulmer is nationally and internationally recognized as a leading expert in geriatrics and is also known for conceptualization and development of the national NICHE program and research on the topic of elder abuse and neglect. She is the first nurse to have served on the board of the American Geriatrics Society. She is also the first nurse to have served as President of the Gerontological Society of America, which awarded her the 2019 Donald P. Kent Award for exemplifying the highest standards for professional leadership in the field of aging.

Gary Gottlieb, MD, MBA is an Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners and is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. From 2015 through June of 2019, he served as CEO of Partners In Health, a global NGO providing a preferential option for the poor in health care in severely resource constrained settings. He assumed this role after serving on the PIH Board of Directors for a decade.
From 2010 until February of 2015, Dr. Gottlieb was the CEO of Partners HealthCare, the parent of the Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals, the largest health care delivery organization in New England and among the largest biomedical research and training enterprises in the US. From 2002-2009, he was president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He also served as President of North Shore Medical Center and as Chair of Partners Psychiatry and Mental Health System. Dr. Gottlieb also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from 2012-2016 and as its chair from 2016-2018.
Prior to coming to Boston, Dr. Gottlieb spent 15 years in positions of increasing leadership in health care in Philadelphia. He established the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center’s first program in geriatric psychiatry and developed it into a nationally recognized research, training, and clinical program. He served as executive vice-chair of psychiatry and associate dean for managed care at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, and as director and CEO of Friends Hospital, the nation’s first freestanding psychiatric hospital.
Dr. Gottlieb received a B.Sc. cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.D. from Albany Medical College in a six-year accelerated program and he completed a psychiatry residency at New York University/Bellevue Medical Center. As a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Penn, he earned an M.B.A. with distinction from Wharton.

Dr. William Shrank is Humana’s Chief Medical Officer. His responsibilities include implementing Humana’s integrated care delivery strategy, with an emphasis on advancing the company’s clinical capabilities and core objective of improving the health outcomes of our members. He leads Humana’s Care Delivery Organization, clinical operations, and the Bold Goal population health strategy. Dr. Shrank most recently held the position of Chief Medical and Corporate Affairs Officer (July 2019-July 2021) during which time he reorganized and advanced our government affairs division. He is a member of the Management Team, which sets the firm’s strategic direction, and reports and to President and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Broussard. Additionally, Dr. Shrank serves on the Board of National Committee for Quality Assurance and is co-chair of the Clinical Transformation Taskforce for the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network.
Dr. Shrank joined Humana in April 2019, having previously been employed by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) where he served as Chief Medical Officer, Insurance Services Division from 2016 to 2019. At UPMC, Dr. Shrank was responsible for clinical operations, policy and quality for approximately 3.5 million members in Medicare, Medicaid, behavioral health, Managed Long Term Services & Supports and commercial lines of business. He also developed and evaluated population health programs to further advance the medical center’s mission as an integrated delivery and financing system.
Previously, Dr. Shrank served as Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, and Chief Medical Officer of Provider Innovation at CVS Health from 2013 to 2016. Prior to joining CVS Health, Dr. Shrank served as Director, Research and Rapid-Cycle Evaluation Group, for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, part of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services from 2011 to 2013, where he led the evaluation of all payment and health system delivery reform programs and developed the rapid-cycle strategy to promote continuous quality improvement.
Dr. Shrank began his career as a practicing physician with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. His research at Harvard focused on improving the quality of prescribing and the use of chronic medications. He has published more than 250 papers on these topics.
Dr. Shrank received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, and completed his residency in internal medicine at Georgetown University and his fellowship in Health Policy Research at the University of California, Los Angeles. He also earned a Master of Science degree in Health Services from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University.

Julie Yoo is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where she leads investments in healthcare technology, with a focus on companies that are modernizing how we access, pay for, and experience the healthcare system.
Prior to joining a16z, Julie was the co-founder, Chief Product Officer, and Board Director at Kyruus, a venture-backed healthtech company recognized as a market leader in patient access. Julie led product management, engineering, and sales and marketing for the company, and helped scale the business to reach 20M patients and over 225,000 healthcare providers across the U.S.
Julie was previously VP of Product at Generation Health, and was with the company from its inception through acquisition by CVS Health. Julie was also a Product Manager at Knome, the world’s first whole genome sequencing service for private individuals. Julie’s tech career began as an early member of the software engineering team at Endeca Technologies, which was acquired by Oracle.
Julie studied computer science and pre-medicine as an undergrad at MIT and obtained an MS in genomics from Harvard-MIT HST and an MBA from MIT Sloan. Julie is a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum and has been recognized through numerous awards and honors from Becker’s Hospital Review, Health Data Management, MedTech Boston, and Rock Health.

Conversations with Healthcare Champions, featuring Anne Klibanski, M.D.
2021-12-07 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
Join ACHE of MA & Dr. Anne Klibanski for a Virtual Fireside Chat!

Register to join ACHE of Massachusetts as we are provided an evening of insight with an intimate virtual fireside chat with Anne Klibanski, M.D. on
Tuesday, December 7, 7:00pm-8:30pm.

Dr. Klibanski will engage in conversation regarding:

Her journey from physician to leader
The current challenges that healthcare is facing at the state, national and global levels
The evolution of MGB as an integrated system and as a leader in Massachusetts during the pandemic
How MGB is leaning into their ambulatory centers
And so much more!

Afterwards, we will break out into Zoom networking rooms to recap the lessons learned.

Agenda
7:00pm – 7:45pm
A Moderated Discussion with Anne Klibanski, M.D.
7:45pm – 8:00pm
Question & Answer
8:00pm – 8:30pm
Virtual Networking Breakout Sessions
Registration
ACHE Members: $15.00
Future Members: $30.00
Students & Early Careerists: Complimentary
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Meet Dr. Klibanski!
Anne Klibanski, M.D. is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mass General Brigham, a Boston-based integrated health care system that includes internationally known Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, nationally recognized specialty hospitals including Spaulding, Mass Eye and Ear, and McLean, seven community hospitals, a health insurance company, physician networks, community health centers, home care and long-term care services. The largest private employer in Massachusetts with 78,000 employees and annual revenue of $13.4 billion, the non-profit health care system is the nation’s leading recipient of NIH funding and a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, establishing the health care
system’s position as a national leader in medical research and teaching.
Appointed to her role as President and CEO in June 2019, Dr. Klibanski’s vision for Mass General Brigham is to build the integrated academic health care system of the future with patients at the center, transforming care, improving outcomes and expanding impact locally, nationally and globally.
Dr. Klibanski has served as the health care system’s Chief Academic Officer and as Chief of Neuroendocrine at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is recognized internationally for her high impact research in neuroendocrine disorders and pituitary tumors. Dr. Klibanski received her B.A., magna cum laude in literature from Barnard College and her M.D. from New York University Medical Center. She is the Laurie Carrol Guthart Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

ACHE of MA's ECN Virtual Dinner with the C-Suite
2021-12-08 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
Twenty-five Early Careerists are invited to join ACHE of Massachusetts Early Careerist Network for our Virtual Dinner with the C-Suite!
Attendees will engage in networking, dinner* and learn some pearls of wisdom from the C-Suite, as they will talk about their career journey and answer your questions about your career path.
*ACHE of MA Early Careerist Network will provide attendees with a $15.00 gift certificate to Grubhub to redeem for a take-out dinner to enjoy during the event.

Agenda:
6:00 – 6:30 PM
Dinner and Discussion with the C-Suite
6:30 – 7:30 PM
Open Forum Question and Answer with the C-Suite

It’s complimentary to attend this great opportunity!
REGISTRATION IS BASED UPON REQUEST AND APPROVAL
How are attendees chosen? If you are interested in attending, please register with this link below by Sunday, December 6. The applicants will be reviewed and approved registrants will receive an approval status and a link to the program by December 7. Those not chosen for the event will be notified as well and invited to participate in our next program.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

Our C-Suite Attendees:

John Christoforo, FACHE, Retired President & CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare

John Fogarty, FACHE, President & CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham

Christine Schuster, President & CEO, Emerson Hospital

Webinar: The ROI of DE&I: Building the Business Case
2022-02-09 12:00 - 12:45 UTC
As part of its commitment to champion diversity, health equity, and inclusion, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, and the American College of Healthcare Executives Massachusetts Chapter have partnered to develop a series of webinars that encourage dialogue and share best practices.

The return on investment, or ROI, for diversity in terms of performance and economic outcomes that result from leveraging the knowledge, skills, abilities, talents, intellectual capital, perspectives, work styles, etc. of a diverse workforce. Join us during this webinar as expert faculty Juan Fernando Lopera, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health shares how DHE&I can be a valuable asset to your organization.

It’s Complimentary to Attend – Click Here to Register!

Featured Speaker:
Juan Fernando Lopera
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health

ACHE of MA ECN Next-Level Networking Program
2022-02-28 17:30 - 19:00 UTC
Next-Level Networking: Learning more techniques about networking and how best to apply those skills, featuring Special Guest Speaker, Loran Nordgren!

Mr. Nordgren is a professor at the Kellogg School Of Management, bestselling author and a former Fullbright Scholar. Mr. Nordgren’s mission is to use behavioral science to make leaders and organizations better, and he will share with our attendees insights into why having a network matters, and how to maximize your efforts in building your network.
Join us for Speed Networking after Mr. Nordgren speaks! Speed Networking is a lot like “Speed Dating“ but without the “dating”. It’s an opportunity to meet accomplished professionals like yourself, one professional at a time. Come ready to learn from one of the best in the field and practice what he shares with us in real time!
It’s complimentary to attend, and you do not need to be an early careerist – all ACHE members are welcome.
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Meet Loran Nordgren
Loran Nordgren is a professor at the Kellogg School of Management and bestselling author. Loran’s mission is to use behavioral science to make leaders and organizations better. His research has been published in leading journals such as Science, and his ideas are regularly discussed in prominent forums such as the Harvard Business Review. In recognition of his work, Professor Nordgren has received the Theoretical Innovation Award in experimental psychology. A former Fulbright scholar, Loran teaches Leadership in Organizations in every program offered at Kellogg. He is a six-time recipient of the Kellogg teaching impact award and has twice received Kellogg’s Management Teacher of the Year award. Loran also serves as the academic director of the executive MBA programs. He was one of Poets & Quants’ 40 under 40 business school professors. As a practitioner, Loran has worked with companies throughout the world on a wide-range of behavior change problems, a process he calls Behavioral Design. Loran’s first book The Human Element: overcoming the resistance that awaits new ideas, spent multiple weeks on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list.

Conversations with Healthcare Champions, featuring Erika Pabo, MD, MBA
2022-03-10 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
Registration Now Open

Join ACHE of MA & Dr. Erika Pabo for an inspiring evening of insight from a Healthcare Champion!
Thursday, March 10, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Dr. Pabo is an executive leader and social entrepreneur with deep experience in value-based insurance and care delivery who is committed to transforming the health care system into one better able to meet the needs of individual patients and populations at a cost that is sustainable to society over time.

Agenda

6:00pm – 6:45pm
A Moderated Discussion with Erika Pabo, MD, MBA
6:45pm – 7:00pm
Question & Answer
7:00pm – 7:30pm
Virtual Networking Breakout Sessions

Registration
ACHE / NESHS / Hospital Association Member: $15.00
Future Member: $30.00
Early Careerist / Student: Complimentary

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Meet Dr. Pabo!

Pabo currently serves as Co-President for Author by Humana, a dual transformation company incubated and operated as a business segment within Humana. In her Co-President role, she serves as the external leader of the company overseeing business and growth strategy, marketing and communications, consumer design, insights and experience, as well as organizational effectiveness and has joint P&L responsibility for the business. She also continues to serve as Chief Health Officer for Author, which she has been in since the company’s inception and, in this role, she is responsible for the Author’s customer service, clinical strategy and clinical operations. Author’s reason to believe is to knock down barriers to health and serve as a catalyst to help people live their best lives on their terms. The health team that Pabo leads is that catalyst, providing a wide range of tech enabled services ranging from social support services to disease management to direct care delivery in critical areas such as behavioral health. Her health team has also executed new utilization management approaches at Author, utilizing machine learning to remove friction and manual work from the process while still ensuring that they can serve as thoughtful stewards of healthcare resources for consumers.
She continues to serve as faculty at Harvard Medical School and to see patients a half day per week as a primary care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Advanced Primary Care Practice, South Huntington – a level III NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home. She also continues to serve as Associate Faculty at Ariadne Labs, which is a joint health system innovation center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health working to save lives and reduce suffering by creating scalable solutions that improve health care delivery at the most critical moments for people everywhere.
Prior to joining Humana, she served as Medical Director for Population Health and Associate Medical Director for Brigham and Women’s Hospital Primary Care Center of Excellence, overseeing the population health management portfolio for all of primary care’s covered lives as well as helping overseeing primary care growth, operational improvement and care delivery innovation in areas ranging from behavioral health and substance use to chronic disease management to physician wellness.
Prior to her work at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, she worked in early stage technology, building tools for chronic disease management at Twine Health (now acquired by Fitbit) as well as previous work at Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and the Global Health Delivery Project. Dr. Pabo has written and presents regularly on primary care redesign, tech enabled chronic disease management and population health at national conferences. She has also provided consulting services to various health care companies, incubators and investors.
Pabo earned a BA in History of Medicine from Yale College, a medical degree from Harvard Medical School and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine in both the Primary Care and Management and Leadership tracks at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is ABIM board certified in Internal Medicine. She lives in Boston, MA with her husband Eric, her two sons Jasper and Silas, and chocolate Labrador Wally. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, running, cycling, hiking and kitesurfing.

Webinar: Empower To Heal: Afrocentric and Gender Affirming Approaches To Breast Health Care, hosted by NAHSE CT
2022-03-21 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
Program Goal

To develop an educational and interactive 1-hour program that centers on an Afrocentric + Gender-Affirming Approach to Breast Health Care that provides a different perspective on strategies to eliminate disparities in breast health outcomes among Black people.

Program Objectives
At the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

Describe contributory factors to disparities in breast health outcomes in the state of CT
Describe major advancements made in clinical research to meet the care gap in treating triple negative breast cancer
Identify persisting barriers to access to receiving appropriate breast health care amongst individuals living in historically underrepresented communities and/or with a low-income
Identify key culturally competent and gender-affirming approaches to engaging individuals in conversations about their breast health care concerns
Identify at least one key advocacy issue on the legislative agenda related to breast health care

This program is complimentary to attend. Please click here to register now.

This event is sponsored by NEPHTC & YSPH, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Provider id #1131137. This program will also be valued at 1.0 credit of Qualified Education granted by the American College of Healthcare Executives.

2022 Congress on Healthcare Leadership
2022-03-28 08:00 - 2022-03-31 17:00 UTC
Welcome to the Congress
on Healthcare Leadership
Join leaders from across the care continuum in-person at the 2022 Congress on Healthcare Leadership to gather solutions, tools and resources to advance healthcare in your organizations and communities. Select from more than 130 sessions to personalize your schedule.
The safety of our Congress participants, faculty, exhibitors and staff remain a top priority.
Click here to register for ACHE’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership.

2022 Congress Member Networking Dinner
2022-03-28 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
Attending ACHE’s 2022 Congress?
Make sure to join fellow ACHE of MA Members, as well as our neighbors in Connecticut with CTAHE for a Member Networking Dinner on Monday, March 28, 2022 at Lou Malnati’s Gold Coast Location!

Don’t leave Chicago without experiencing a traditional Chicago – Deep Dish Pizza and networking with fellow ACHE Members! Start your Congress experience with a private networking dinner at Lou Malnati’s Gold Coast Location on Monday, March 28, 2022.

Registration is Required: Open to the first 60 Registrants!
Cost: $45.00 per person
Includes Dinner & Open Beer and Wine
Agenda:
5:45 pm: Meet in the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel lobby (The Congress Headquarter Hotel) to share rides if desired
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Dinner at Lou Malnati’s Gold Coast Location Private Dining Room
Continue the night with the group at the bar afterwards, or finish exploring all that Chicago has to offer!
*As of Feb 22, 2022, Chicago has repelled their mandatory proof of vaccination and mask mandate to enter any restaurant, bar or nightclub.
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ACHE’s Virtual Leadership Symposium
2022-04-11 08:00 - 2022-04-12 17:00 UTC
Welcome to the Virtual
Leadership Symposium
You’re invited to this premier virtual healthcare leadership event. From the convenience of your home or office, over two days:

Earn up to 6 ACHE Face-to-Face Education and continuing medical education credits.
Hear from 90 faculty in more than 30 virtual live sessions.
Gather solutions, tools and resources to continue advancing healthcare in your communities.

Maximize your experience; Congress registrants can receive a discounted registration.
Register for the Virtual Leadership Symposium Only
Register for the Virtual Leadership Symposium with Congress on Healthcare Leadership

Saving Our Moms: Organizational Strategies to improve Maternal Health Outcomes, hosted by NAHSE Greater Boston Chapter
2022-04-14 12:00 - 13:15 UTC
Recent data show that U.S. maternal mortality rates are rising, and Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native people giving birth are two to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than their white counterparts. Emerging data also indicate that implications of the COVID-19 pandemic may further exacerbate these disparities. With that being said, the NAHSE Greater Boston Chapter has implemented an “immediate call to action” since its inception in 2020 to discuss the ongoing disparities in Maternal Health Outcomes, and how we could begin reshaping the Maternal Health care delivery model to improve birth outcomes.
Learning Objectives:

Learn organizational strategies to strengthen healthcare leadership and workforce structures
Gain knowledge and skills to deal effectively with cultural differences to improve maternal health outcomes
Gain an understanding of barriers among patients, providers, and the U.S. health care system in relation to racial/ethnic disparities in health care and quality of care
Learn evidence-based best practices to conceptualize cultural competence and culturally appropriate care

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Confirmed Speaker
Shafia Monroe, DEM, CDT, MPH
Shafia Monroe is a renowned midwife, doula trainer, Master of Public Health, motivational speaker, and writer. She began studying midwifery as a teenager after learning about the high infant mortality rate in her city. Though born in Boston, Massachusetts, she recognizes her Alabama roots and practices traditional African American healing, using the laying on of hands and herbs for pregnant and postpartum families. She was called to midwifery at age 15, when she learned about infant mortality and the granny midwives of the 20th century. Monroe is the keeper of African American birth traditions and postpartum rituals. She has spent over three decades studying the life of the 20th -century African American midwife and traveled internationally, interviewing, and shadowing midwives to learn their cultural rituals firsthand.
Under Monroe’s leadership, ICTC increased the number of doulas of color, Black midwives, diversified the midwifery workforce, and challenged systemic racism within the profession. From 2002 to 2015, she directed the International Black Midwives and Healers Conference and recruited Erykah Badu, four-time Grammy award-winner, singer, songwriter, and holistic healer, to become the ICTC International Spokesperson from 2010 to 2015. Monroe also led the Oregon Coalition to Improve Birth Outcomes (OCIBO) in 2011, investigating the use of doulas to improve birth outcomes and creating the legislative concept HB3311. This work resulted in Medicaid reimbursement for Oregon doulas, with Oregon leading the national model by being the first state to cover doula services for Medicaid families. In 2002, Monroe developed a groundbreaking doula-training program as an international model for reducing infant mortality, increasing the number of doulas of color, empowering families for informed consent and physiological birth, and teaching traditional birth and postpartum practices using the legacy of the 20th -century African American midwife, the SMC Full Circle Doula Birth Companion Training, LLC. She created Shafia Monroe Consulting/Birthing CHANGE in 2013, to train health care providers and doulas in cultural competency for working with diverse population in maternal and child health and improve perinatal outcomes.
Monroe proudly serves as an advisory member of the Oregon Health Authority Office of Equity and Inclusion’s Cultural Competence Continuing Education Advisory Committee, Oregon Islamic Chaplain Organization, the Oregon Community Doula Association, Alabama Birth Equity Committee, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Black Mothers ACTT for Safe Care Initiative, and a board member of the National Accreditation Council for Black Doula Trainers.

ACHE of MA's ECN Dinner with the C-Suite
2022-05-03 18:00 - 20:30 UTC
15 Early Careerists are invited to join ACHE of Massachusetts Early Careerist Network for our Dinner with the C-Suite!
Attendees will engage in networking, dinner and learn some pearls of wisdom from the C-Suite, as they will talk about their career journey and answer your questions about your career path.

Agenda:
6:00 – 6:30 PM
Registration, Socializing and Cocktails
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Program and Dinner

Meet Our C-Suite Speakers

Winfield Brown, MSB, MHA, FACHE
Speaker
President & Chief Executive Officer
Heywood Hospital

Ali Raja, MD, MBA, MPH
Speaker
Interim Chair & Executive Vice Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mooney-Reed Endowed Chair
Massachusetts General Hospital

Christine Schuster, RN, MBA
Event Founder and Evening Emcee
President & Chief Executive Officer
Emerson Hospital

Rachel Wilson, MBA
Speaker
President
CIC Health

Register now – seats will go fast!

ACHE of MA Virtual Book Club
2022-05-11 17:30 - 18:40 UTC
ACHE of Massachusetts Early Careerist Network is excited to host a virtual book club event to discuss:

“Team of Rivals:
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln”
This program is open to all ACHE Members – you do not need to be an early careerist to attend!

Agenda
5:30pm – 6:40pm
Welcome
Breakout Sessions
Large Group Discussions
Closing
Optional Networking Breakouts

Purchase the book here
Read HBR’s Leadership Lessons from Abraham Lincoln
It’s complimentary to attend – register here!
Ran out of time and didn’t get a chance to finish the book? That’s ok! Still join us to discuss a broad swath of leadership topics.

Session to be moderated by two of ACHE of MA Senior Healthcare Leaders!

John Christoforo, FACHE
Retired President, Beth Israel Lahey Health
President, Christoforo Healthcare Consulting

Kathy Sucich, MBA
Vice President of Marketing
Dimensional Insight
ACHE of MA Board Secretary

Disparities in Maternal Health: Connecting Community Advocacy to Clinical Practice, hosted by ACHE of MA, MHA & MMS
2022-05-18 12:00 - 12:30 UTC
Focus on DHE&I:
Diversity, Health Equity, & Inclusion Best Practices
Webinar Series
Disparities in Maternal Health: Connecting Community Advocacy to Clinical Practice
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 | 12-12:45 p.m.
Register Today!
Racial inequities in maternal mortality are staggering, with Black women experiencing mortality rates more than three times that of White women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In Massachusetts, Black women are twice as likely to die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications. These inequities, the result of systemic racism in health care, are unacceptable. Massachusetts passed legislation filed by State Representative Liz Miranda (D-Boston) establishing a commission to make policy recommendations aimed at eliminating racial inequities in maternal health.
Join the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, and the American College of Healthcare Executives Massachusetts Chapter to learn more about the commission’s recommendations to address racial disparities and promote equity in maternal health outcomes, including how to connect these policies into clinical practice. This event is also a part of the Medical Society’s annual John Figgis Jewett Lectureship on maternal health.

"Beyond Disruption: Healthcare for the Future, Redesigned and Reimagined" - ACHE of MA's Spring Healthcare Summit
2022-06-09 07:00 - 18:00 UTC | Encore Boston Harbor
The ACHE of Massachusetts chapter is thrilled to announce our FIRST in-person chapter event since November 2019. Please join us for “Beyond Disruption: Healthcare for the Future, Redesigned and Reimagined” – ACHE of MA’s Spring Healthcare Summit, which will be held on Thursday, June 9th, 2022 at the Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, MA. We expect a very strong turnout of healthcare leaders and executives from around the region… an incredible networking opportunity we have so missed these past two years!

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Event Update: We are actively monitoring the COVID-19 case trend in our region. In order to maximize the opportunity for us to meet in person, our health and safety protocol for this event applies to all attendees and involves: 1) full vaccination, 2) negative COVID-19 test onsite, and 3) masking during the event.
Please refer to our complete Health & Safety Protocol available here: ACHE of MA Spring Conference COVID guidelines
We will adjust our protocols based on local, state and federal guidelines and recommendations. All the latest information will be posted to this website as it becomes available.

Keynote Speaker:
Dan Gebremedhin, MD
Partner, Flare Capital Partners
Physician, Operator & Entrepreneur

This all-day conference will be broken up into two exciting sections, with Dan Gebremedhin, MD kicking off the morning with a keynote presentation.

The morning panel following Dr. Gebremedhin’s presentation will focus on disruptive care delivery models, and will feature VillageMD, Somatus, and Eternal Health, who are at the forefront of healthcare innovation. We will dissect what the future of healthcare will look like, discuss opportunities for delivery model disruption, and learn what key players are doing today.

The afternoon has been designed to give you practical takeaways and a toolkit you can implement within your organization. Tier 1 Performance Healthcare, will guide us through an interactive session on Empathy-Centered Design. Then, our afternoon panel, will focus on how healthcare providers are collaborating and partnering with disruptors to implement innovation and respond to the need for new care models. Executives from CVS Health’s Enterprise Virtual Care, Baystate Health’s Digital Innovation Team, TechSpring and UMass Memorial Health’s Hospital-at-Home will discuss how they bring innovation, disruption and intentional design to their organizations.

Both AM and PM sessions are worth 1.5 Face to Face credits, and 2 Qualified Education credits will be awarded.

Pricing
$275 – ACHE and MHA Member Registration after June 1, 2022
$375 – Non Member
$150 – Student / In Transition / Retired
Group Discounts are Available!
Encourage your colleagues or entire team to attend the Summit.
Registering as a group of five or more from the same organization? Receive 20% off the applicable registration rate! Email info@massache.org to receive the group code.

About the Day

7:00am-8:30am: Registration and Breakfast
8:30am-9:45am: Keynote featuring Dan Gebremedhin, MD – 1.0 Qualified Education
9:45am-10:00am: Morning Networking Break
10:00am-11:30am: Face to Face Panel Session: Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare Delivery, 1.5 Face to Face Credits

Disruptive innovation, a term coined by Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen, is a transformative business model that leverages technology to help focus on making products and services more accessible and affordable. In healthcare delivery, disruptive innovations have the potential to decrease costs while improving both the quality and accessibility of care. Disruptive innovations enable new applications and changes in behaviors. The current thinking with many innovators is a belief that a host of disruptive innovations would have wide implications for payers by shifting payment models to reward precision diagnostic tests and abilities of providers. Several current disruptive innovations like retail clinics, telemedicine, medical tourism, and point-of-care medical payments could make a major difference in how health care is reshaped in the near future. This panel will focus on the role of innovation in the medical marketplace and examples of disruptive innovations that will change lives in health care.

11:30am- 1:00pm: Networking Lunch & Membership Activities

1:00pm-2:15pm: Breakout Session, Powered by Tier 1: Disruption Starts with Empathy-Centered Design – 1.0 Qualified Education

Simple mindset and language shifts go a long way in changing the care we provide. Participants will gain a new mental framework for reimagining how to effect and apply change; process topics with their teams; and begin to more deeply understand which moments can be designed to create joy and alleviate anxiety for caregivers, patients and their families.

2:15pm-2:30pm: Afternoon Networking Break
2:30pm-4:00pm: Face to Face Panel Session: Consumer Focused Health Care – 1.5 Face to Face Credits

While many healthcare organizations recognize that consumer-centered healthcare is important, very few are following through on those priorities with innovative and effective strategies. Patients are increasingly choosing less expensive and easier to access options than traditional providers. While traditional providers are working to better engage consumers and compete in this new landscape with more and different competitors, there are many challenges. This panel discussion will lay the foundation by defining what “consumer focused healthcare” is, why it is important, and why it is so difficult to transition to a consumer-focused model, and explore some innovative and effective strategies.

4:00pm-6:00pm: Reception and Member Awards Presentation

The chapter has secured rooms at a discounted rate of $269.00 a night at the Encore Boston Harbor, should you want to come in the night before, or stay the night of, to network with members you haven’t seen in a long time. This rate is valid through May 26th. To book your room, please visit the link here. We will also be providing ample networking time during the conference, as we will have multiple breaks, a lunch, plus cocktail networking hour once the day is complete.

About Our Speakers
Keynote: Dan Gebremedhin, MD
Dan is a Partner at Flare Capital Partners, where he has led investments into and sits on the Boards of Somatus, Eden Health, Oui Health, Votive Health and Elektra Health. Dan was a practicing Internal Medicine Physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital and had a Faculty appointment as an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 2010 until 2019.

Morning Panelist: James J. Agnew, FACHE
Senior Vice President, VillageMD
Jim brings more than 30 years of executive leadership to the industry providing a unique blend of healthcare operations, financial, and M&A expertise that has been tested in both the not-for-profit and investor-owned segments of the healthcare industry.

Morning Panelist: Pooja Ika
Founder & CEO, eternalHealth
Pooja Ika is the founder and CEO of eternalHealth. At the age of 24, she is the youngest woman to launch a new Medicare Advantage Health Plan in the United States. A 2019 Babson College graduate, Pooja founded eternalHealth to deliver high quality, affordable care to her fellow Massachusetts residents. Committed to doing things the right way, eternalHealth was built on trust, transparency, and integrity.

Morning Panelist: Bassem Mikhael, MD, MBA
Vice President, Clinical Strategy, Somatus
Dr. Bassem Mikhael serves as the Vice President of Clinical Strategy at Somatus. He is deeply committed
to improving the care of patients with kidney disease and transforming the delivery of kidney care. Dr.
Mikhael is a nephrologist and trained at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Morning Moderator: Mark Sugrue
Managing Director, Health Solutions, FTI Consulting
Mr. Sugrue combines operational, IT, revenue cycle and performance improvement consulting experience which includes but is not limited to Health IT system development, selection implementation and optimization, clinical documentation improvement, acute and long-term care disaster preparedness and management, supply chain, regulatory compliance and other key executive leadership responsibilities.

Afternoon Panelist: Christian Lagier
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Baystate Health’s TechSpring Group
Christian was named the founding Managing Director of TechSpring in October 2013, joining the core team of Joel Vengco and Evan Benjamin in developing TechSpring from vision to reality. He oversees all activities of the center today and continues to pursue an ambitious vision of healthcare innovation acceleration. Every day, he focuses on thinking big, envisioning success and getting things done.

Afternoon Panelist: Constantinos (Taki) Michaelidis, MD, MBA, MS
Medical Director, Hospital at Home, UMass Memorial Health
Constantinos (Taki) Michaelidis, MD, MBA, MS is an internal medicine physician by clinical training and practices as a virtual home hospitalist in the UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) Hospital at Home program where he is medical director and faculty in the Program in Digital Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Afternoon Panelist: Creagh Milford, DO, MPH, FACOI
Vice President and Head of Enterprise Virtual Care, CVS Health
Dr. Milford is a practicing internal medicine physician and an experienced executive who is responsible for leading the delivery of the virtual product portfolio across CVS Health, including seamless, omnichannel virtual care solutions that deliver meaningful results for both consumers and providers.

Afternoon Moderator: John Polanowicz

John Polanowicz is a seasoned healthcare professional with over thirty years of leadership experience in the industry. He currently serves on the board of Prosperity Behavioral Health, a private-equity backed company that provides multiple services to providers in the behavioral health space. He also serves on the Veteran’s Advisory Board of Myomo Health, the manufacturer of a powered orthosis (brace) that helps patients regain function in arms and hands paralyzed by neuromuscular disease or injury.

Virtual Conversations with Healthcare Champions, featuring Eric W. Dickson, MD, MHCM, FACEP
2022-06-16 09:00 - 10:30 UTC
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Get to Know Our Healthcare Champion:

Eric W. Dickson MD, MHCM, FACEP
President & CEO UMass Memorial Health
Dr. Dickson is President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in central Massachusetts with $3.3 billion in annual revenue, 1,700 physicians and more than 16,500 employees. The system includes four owned hospitals on ten campuses with more than 1,000 licensed beds; four affiliated hospitals; 70 office-based community practices; a behavioral health services agency and hospital; six urgent care centers; and an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). UMass Memorial trains 550 residents and fellows annually and performs world-class research in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Dickson also serves as a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Prior to being named President and CEO of the health care system, Dr. Dickson served as President of the UMass Memorial Medical Group and senior associate dean at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The UMass Memorial Medical Group is a subsidiary of UMass Memorial Health Care and is a 1,100-physician, 1,100-employee multidisciplinary medical group with revenues of over $535 million. He served as the head of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and interim chief operating officer for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Dr. Dickson completed his medical degree and residency training in emergency medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and has a master’s degree in Health Care Management from Harvard University. Dr. Dickson has served as a member of the Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners, lectures nationally on the use of the Toyota Production System in health care and is an active faculty member for the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, where he works with health systems around the world to reduce health care costs while improving quality. Dr. Dickson is the Board Chair of the Massachusetts Hospital Association and the Board Treasurer for America’s Essential Hospitals, which is the national association for safety net hospitals.
Agenda

9:00am – 9:45am
A Moderated Discussion with Eric W. Dickson MD, MHCM, FACEP
9:45am – 10:00am
Question & Answer
10:00am – 10:30am
Virtual Networking Breakout Sessions

Registration
ACHE / NESHS / Hospital Association Member: $15.00
Future Member: $30.00
Early Careerist / Student: Complimentary

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Drinks & Appetizers at Tia's in Boston
2022-08-23 17:30 - 21:00 UTC | Tia’s on the Waterfront, 200 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA, 02110, United States
ACHE of MA’s Early Careerist Network (ECN) and Educating & Networking Committee are excited to partner up to host a Summer Social! Join us for a night of food, fun and networking with other healthcare professionals. We will be joined by the Boston Young Healthcare Professionals (BYHP) for this great event.
One FREE drink included with admission and food will be served! Cash bar will be available.
*You must be 21 years old to attend.*
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WooSox Baseball Game & Networking Event
2022-09-22 18:00 - 22:00 UTC | Polar Park, 100 Madison Street, Worcester, MA, 01608, United States
Join us at Worcester’s new Polar Park for a networking event featuring a full buffet dinner and catch a Worcester Red Sox Game!
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Journey to Equitable Health: How Do We Get There and Who is Leading the Way?
2022-11-01 08:00 - 13:00 UTC | MHA Conference Center, Burlington MA, 500 District Ave, Burlington, MA, 01803, United States
Journey to Equitable Health:
How Do We Get There and Who is Leading the Way?
Tuesday, November 1, 8:30am-12:30pm
(Includes breakfast and luncheon)
This program has been developed and is presented locally by ACHE of Massachusetts. The American College of Healthcare Executives has awarded 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Education Credits to this program.
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AGENDA:
As healthcare leaders, we embrace the principle that quality of care should not vary on the basis of the patients’ socioeconomic, ethnic, gender, or geographic background. However, despite significant efforts to expand access to high-quality healthcare, inequities in the U.S. persist- especially in vulnerable populations. Collectively, our healthcare system has an obligation to do better.
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Steve Walsh, President & CEO, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
Steve will discuss the new 5-year extension of the MassHealth Medicaid waiver and its impact/meaning for advancing health equity initiatives here in MA.

APPROVED for 1.5 ACHE Face to Face Credits
AGENDA:
8:00am: Registration/Breakfast
8:30am: ACHE Annual Meeting
8:45am: Welcome, Diversity Leader Award Presentation
9:00am: Opening Speaker: Thea James, MD: Who Is Leading the Way? Boston Medical Center’s Vision for Transforming Healthcare
9:50am: Networking Break
10:30am: Panel Discussion: How Do We Get There? Strategic Pathways to Health Equity (see panelists below)
12:00am: Adjourn to Luncheon

Keynote Speaker: Thea James, MD
Executive Director of the Health Equity Accelerator and
Vice President of Mission & Associate Chief Medical Officer, Boston Medical Center

In-Depth Panel Discussion Featuring Moderator: Joy D. Calloway, MBA, MHSA
Executive Director, National Medical Association and
Past Executive Director, National Association of Health Services Executives

Panelists:

Michael Curry, CEO, Mass League of Community Health Centers
Tonya Hongsermeier, MD, MBA, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, Elimu Informatics
Estevan Garcia, MD, MPA, Chief Medical Officer, MA Dept. of Public Health
Join us to hear from experts on:

Racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and other disparities in healthcare delivery
The linkage of disparities to quality and safety;
Strategies for preventing readmissions, avoiding medical errors and improving patient satisfaction
Methods for collecting patient data/monitoring disparities
Improved coordination of healthcare delivery by utilizing other community resources

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Health Equity Innovations Summit
2022-12-01 08:00 - 2022-12-02 17:00 UTC | sonesta
The Health Equity Innovations Summit is offering ACHE of MA members a 10% discount if you enter ACHE at check out.
Click the graphic below for more information about this exciting 2 day conference in Boston.
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MHA's Annual Women Leaders in Healthcare Conference
2022-12-01 08:30 - 14:00 UTC
Women Supporting Women:
Strength in Community Building
Thursday, December 1, 2022
8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET
The Westin Waltham, Waltham, MA 02451
ACHE of MA Members get the $199 special rate
by entering promo code ACHE2022 at checkout
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Conference Agenda
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.: Breakfast and Registration
Vendors: Silver Unicorn Bookstore, Jennifer’s Handmade Soap and Kitchen Sink Candle Co.
9:00 – 9:05 a.m.: Welcome
Valerie Fleishman, SVP and Chief Innovation Officer, MHA
Victoria Warren, Emcee
9:05 – 10:00 a.m.: Morning Keynote – The Beauty in Breaking
Dr. Michele Harper, Physician/Writer/Speaker, NYTimes Bestselling author
10:00 – 10:20 a.m.: BREAK
Dr. Michele Harper Book Signing
Vendors and Exhibits Open
10:20 – 11:00 a.m.: Session I: Mentor/Mentee Relationships: The Evolving Role of Women Leaders
Moderator: Victoria Warren
Aimee Brewer, president & CEO & Justine Zilliken, Chief Strategy Officer
Sturdy Memorial Hospital
Christine Schuster, president & CEO & Renee Fosberg, VP & CIO, Emerson Health
11:00 – 11:20 a.m.: BREAK
Vendors and Exhibits Open
11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Session II: Women’s Health SPOTLIGHT Series, From Corporate Accountant to Mental Health Pioneer
Nieisha Deed, Founder, PureSpark
12:00 – 12:30 p.m.: LUNCH
Vendors and Exhibits Open
12:30 – 1:15 p.m.: Afternoon Keynote – Getting and Keeping Your Seat at the Table
Sheila Ronning, CEO, Women in the Boardroom
1:15 – 2:00 p.m.: Session III/ACHE of MA Sponsored Panel:
Women in Healthcare Management: Navigating Life and Your Career Journey
Moderator: Angelique Kennison, MPH, Director, Regional Clinical Planning, MaineHealth
Joan Clifford, DNP, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC, CEO of VA Bedford Healthcare System
Rosemarie Day, President, Day Health Strategies
Petrina Martin, VP of Engagement and External Affairs at Boston Medical Center
Lynnette Watkins, CEO and President of Cooley Dickinson Healthcare-Mass General Brigham Affiliate
Yi Ding Yu, MD, EVP and Chief Medical Officer, Olive AI
2:00 p.m.: Closing Remarks
Raffle Winners Announced
Vendors and Exhibits close @ 2:30 p.m.

Staying Nimble Through the Healthcare Staffing Crisis
2023-02-28 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
SAVE THE DATE – Tuesday, Feb 28 – REGISTRATION IS OPEN
There are only a few spaces remaining!!

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Staying Nimble Through the Healthcare Staffing Crisis

Tue, Feb 28
5-6:30pm VIRTUAL
1.5 F2F credits will be applied for through ACHE

Pandemic challenges, demographic shifts and other broader economic trends have created a healthcare staffing shortage of epic proportions. Labor costs are rising and people to fill the necessary roles are shrinking. This program will look at the staffing challenges through the lens of creative strategies such as shifting working hours in various ways, creating new types of workers/roles within systems, improving the educational pipeline and technology solutions. With Massachusetts being an expensive state, how can health care organizations attract and retain talent to propel their organizations through this challenging time while building a strong talent pipeline?
Panelists:

Moderator: Carmen Kenrich, DVP, Strategic Partnerships, Client Experience Partnerships, Client Experience Executive at AMN Leadership Solutions, Merritt Hawkins
Kyle Deskus, JD, Associate General Counsel, Baystate Health
Patricia M. Noga, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Vice President, Clinical Affairs, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
Jackie Larson, EVP Advisory Solutions, AYA Healthcare
Therese Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Senior Vice President, Kaufman Hall

Finding Your Fit in Healthcare: Next Steps for Your Career
2023-03-29 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
ACHE of MA’s Early Careerist Network and Higher Education Network invite you to join our Lunch & Learn Series. This event is FREE and open to all- no membership required!

Finding Your Fit in Healthcare: Next Steps for Your Career
The healthcare industry is rapidly evolving and needs future leaders like yourself to stay nimble in a myriad of roles. Come check out Kerri-Lynne and Christopher as they discuss their respective roles, career journeys, experiences, and lessons learned!
Date: March 29, 2023
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Speakers:
Kerri-Lynne Kellam- Senior Strategic Operations Officer, VA Boston Healthcare System
Christopher Washington- Manager of Operations, Community Care Cooperative (C3)
Moderator:
Monique Porter- Administrative Director, Mass General Cancer Center- Newton-Wellesley Hospital
REGISTER HERE

First Name:*Last Name:*Job Title*Company*Please let us know what school/degree program you are enrolled in (if applicable)Email:*

Early Careerist Network Community Servings Event
2023-03-30 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Community Servings, 179 Armory Street, Jamaica Plain, 02130
The Early Careerist Network of ACHE of MA is pleased to announce our first volunteering experience in 2023!
It will be in partnership with Community Servings. This is a great networking opportunity while volunteering to help chronically ill people who are in need of food across Massachusetts.
When: Thursday, March 30, 2023 | Time: 4-7pm
Where: Community Servings: 179 Amory St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
What will you be doing: Helping the Community Servings team to prepare and package food for chronically ill people.
Requirements: Community Servings requires all volunteers to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
Who can join: All ACHE of MA members are invited! There are 9 spots available for this volunteering opportunity, so please sign up as soon as you can if you are interested. Register below! Questions? Reach out to info@massache.org

The Evolving Healthcare Landscape: Perspectives from Today’s Industry Leaders and Visionaries
2023-04-25 08:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Waltham Woods Conference Center, 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA, 02451
SPRING FORUM
The Evolving Healthcare Landscape:
Perspectives from Today’s Industry Leaders and Visionaries
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Waltham Woods Conference Center (Mass Medical Society)
8:30am-12:00pm
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A G E N D A
What is the future of value based care and will it deliver on its promise to improve outcomes? What do disruptive market entrants (Amazon, CVS Health, Optum and others) mean for traditional healthcare providers? How is the flood of private equity changing the M&A landscape? How are healthcare leaders thinking about the future while dealing with everyday operational issues and a very real labor crisis? Join us as we dive into all these issues with an expert group of panelists and for invaluable networking opportunities!
Our first speaker will energize the morning with a powerful and engaging keynote address. Award-winning author of “The Freak Factor” and keynote speaker, Dave Rendall, will address how to leverage and consider uniqueness not as a weakness but as a strength. Learn how to improve productivity, increase employee performance and improve relationships for success!
1.5 Face to Face Credits for panel and 1.5 qualified education credits for the keynote
A G E N D A
7:30am: Registration & Breakfast
8:00am: Welcome & Opening Remarks:
Michael K. Givens, FACHE, ACHE Governor & COO/administrator, St. Bernards Medical Center, Jonesboro, Ark
8:30am: Keynote Address: Discovering Uniqueness by Flaunting Weakness
Dave Rendall, Author of The Freak Factor
9:45am: Networking/Socializing Break
10:30am: Perspectives from Industry Leaders
Moderator:
Andy Shin, JD, MPH, MBA, SVP, Strategy, MassGeneral Brigham
Panelists:
Charlie Buck, Partner, Health Industry Practice Group, McDermott, Will & Emery
Jessica Dudley, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Press Ganey
Heather Trafton, President & CEO, Mass Advantage
12:00pm: Adjourn for lunch – box lunches to go or stay and network
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See more below about our special keynote speaker: David Rendall, author of The Freak Factor: Discovering Uniqueness by Flaunting Weakness

Special Keynote Speaker: Dave Rendall
The Freak Factor
Do you want more happiness, fulfillment, and energy? Do you want to dramatically improve your productivity and increase employee performance? Do you want to improve your relationships at work and at home? Our parents, teachers, and managers have told us that, if we want to succeed, we should find and fix our weaknesses. However, this is the wrong approach because each weakness is also a strength. Find out how to create outrageous personal and professional success by amplifying flaws, instead of denying them.

Join us at our Spring Forum- always a great opportunity for great speakers,
ACHE credits, and catching up with other healthcare leaders.
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Career Positioning—Strategies for Effective Communications and Relationship Management
2023-05-10 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Mass General Brigham, 440 Foley Street, Somerville, MA, 02145, United States
Career Positioning: Strategies for Effective Communications and Relationship Management
An ECN Professional Development Panel Event – In partnership with Boston Young Healthcare Professionals (BYHP)
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 – 5:00-8:00p – Mass General Brigham, 399 Revolution Dr, Somerville, MA
1.5 ACHE Face to Face Credits – CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
This program is generously
sponsored by:
Have You Ever Wondered?

How to effectively communicate your unique market value in a job search or within an organization?
How to develop and maintain strong professional relationships in a diverse healthcare environment?
What interview techniques and communication strategies work best for early careerists?
How to manage conflict in the workplace while still maintaining positive relationships?
How to effectively communicate career goals and aspirations to superiors or mentors?

Moderator: Angelique Kennison, MPH, Director, Regional Clinical Planning, MaineHealth
Panelists:
Natasia Lowe Dryga SHRM-CP, RACR, Talent Acquisition Director, Hebrew SeniorLife
Rebecca Shait, Director, Operations Northwell Direct (A Northwell Health Company)
Michael Wijaranakula, Director, Business Development and Corporate Strategy, Solid Biosciences
AGENDA
Registration and networking 5:00-6:00
Panel discussion/Q&A 6:00-8:00
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Why Attend?

Learn strategies to map your early career development by building your personal brand, identifying your unique market value, and establishing strong relationships within the industry.
Gain insights from experienced professionals in the healthcare industry on effective communication and relationship management.
Network and connect with other early careerists in the healthcare industry.
Develop leadership skills and position yourself for future advancement.
Enhance your career prospects and stand out in a competitive job market.

Investment:
ACHE student members $10
Student non-members $15
Members $20
Non-members $30

Conversations With Healthcare Champions With Dr. Kedar Mate
2023-06-01 08:00 - 09:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
ACHE’s Conversations with Healthcare Champions features in-depth interviews with healthcare’s most distinguished and influential leaders in a range of disciplines.
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We kick off our 2023 series with Dr. Kedar Mate, President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Dr. Mate also serves as President of the IHI Lucian Leape Institute, and is a member of the faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College. His scholarly work has focused on health system design, health care quality, strategies for achieving large-scale change, and approaches to improving value.
Previously Dr. Mate worked at Partners In Health, the World Health Organization, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and served as IHI’s Chief Innovation and Education Officer. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and white papers and has received multiple honors, including serving as a Soros Fellow, Fulbright Specialist, Zetema Panelist, and an Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow. Dr. Mate graduated from Brown University with a degree in American History and from Harvard Medical School with a medical degree.
Our discussion with Dr. Mate will look at:
· Dr. Mate’s healthcare journey/career path;
· Meaningful advice and wisdom learned along the way;
· Characteristics of a successful leader;
· Key issues for leaders in today’s healthcare environment;
· Opportunities and challenges IHI is facing.
Join us at our Conversations With Healthcare Champions Series and hear from healthcare’s top leaders.
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Tia's Summer Social Event
2023-06-07 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Tia’s on the Waterfront, 200 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA, 02110, United States
Tia’s Boston, 200 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02110
6:00-9:00pm

ACHE of MA’s Early Careerist Network (ECN) Professional Development & Networking and Mentorship Committees are excited to partner up to host a Summer Social! Join us for a night of food, fun and networking with other healthcare professionals. We will be joined by the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) for this great event.
One FREE drink included with admission and food will be served! Cash bar will be available.
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Cost:

ACHE members – $20
NAHSE members – $20
Student ACHE members – $10
Non-members – $30
Student non-members – $15
