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Latest AHA Trustee Insights Outlines Physician Alignment and Consumerism Strategies

Member News

The latest edition of Trustee Insights, the monthly digital package from the American Hospital Association (AHA), is now available. The October issue includes an article outlining the critical need for alignment of leadership between the physician organization and hospital on key priorities and initiatives that address clinician needs and challenges and why alignment is an essential retention strategy to the operating environment. The article poses questions the board should be answering to maintain physician relationships.

Another article outlines the importance of identifying what individuals want and value from their healthcare experience, empowering Patient and Family Engagement Advisory Councils (PFEAC) to manage this process and working with the PFEAC to set goals and track progress using consumer engagement and patient experience metrics.

This resource is available free for AHA members and at a cost for nonmembers. For information about MHA trustee resources or webinars, contact Erin Steward at the MHA.

MHA Creates Workforce Sustainability Communications Toolkit

Member News

As hospitals and health systems across Michigan continue to face workforce challenges, the MHA has developed a downloadable communications toolkit focused on workforce sustainability. The toolkit includes:

  • Community letter template.
  • Infographic.
  • Letter-to-the-editor template.
  • Key messaging.
  • Newsletter template.
  • Social media posts.
  • Social media graphics.
  • Website banners and buttons.

Modifiable Canva templates are available upon request. The MHA also encourages those who haven’t to share the Crain’s Detroit Business op-ed recently published from MHA CEO Brian Peters on the unsustainable financial strain currently being experienced by Michigan hospitals and health systems.

Questions about the toolkit can be sent to Lucy Ciaramitaro at the MHA.

Webinar Highlights Diverse Perspectives and Collaboration to Improve Strategic Goals

Member News

Now is the time to maximize board resources to design healthcare that is affordable, equitable and focused on your community’s needs. To effectively create strategies, an organization’s leadership must agree on the approach, terminology and philosophy surrounding goals.

The Difference Between Strategic Planning and Having Strategic Focus webinar from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 11 will provide guidance on how to accomplish strategic goals. Specifically, it will explain how the board, executive and clinical leadership can collaboratively develop an approach to the organization’s strategy and implementation; use the diversity of board, leadership and medical staff perspectives to actively debate the merits of differing approaches; and how to carve out time to ask questions like what elements are missing and where is the resistance to new ideas.

Board chairs, CEOs and all governing board members are encouraged to register and join us virtually. MHA-member hospitals can register for an unlimited number of connections per hospital or entity for $250. Members with questions should contact Erica Leyko at the MHA.

Suicide Prevention Focus of AHA Trustee Insights

Member News

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and an opportunity to be reminded of the many resources available to support emotional well-being.

The September edition of Trustee Insights, the monthly digital package from the American Hospital Association (AHA), features article about ways governing boards can support suicide prevention initiatives, both through quality and safety practices and through behavioral health networks offering services across the spectrum. Another article outlines how to recognize the behaviors of employees who experience burnout, depression and other forms of anxiety, ways to decrease stigma and interventions and treatments that reduce suicide risk.

This resource is available free for AHA members and at a cost for nonmembers. For information about MHA trustee resources or webinars, contact Erin Steward at the MHA.

Webinar Highlights Discipline Required to Accomplish Strategic Goals

Member News

Now is the time to maximize board resources to design healthcare that is affordable, equitable and focused on your community’s needs. To effectively create strategies, an organization’s leadership must agree on the approach, terminology and philosophy surrounding goals.

The Difference Between Strategic Planning and Having Strategic Focus webinar from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 11 will provide guidance on how to accomplish strategic goals. Specifically, it will explain how the board, executive and clinical leadership can collaboratively develop an approach to the organization’s strategy and implementation; use the diversity of board, leadership and medical staff perspectives to actively debate the merits of differing approaches; and how to carve out time to ask questions like what elements are missing and where is the resistance to new ideas.

Board chairs, CEOs and all governing board members are encouraged to register and join us virtually. MHA-member hospitals can register for an unlimited number of connections per hospital or entity for $250. Members with questions should contact Erica Leyko at the MHA.