President's Message

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HEALTH CARE EXECUTIVES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  

July 15, 2009

 

Message from your President

 

Stanley M. Grube, FACHE

 

We are rapidly moving through the second half of our Chapter year and my year as your President. The Board has been extremely busy implementing the plans we prepared and approved at our Charrette, incorporating the many fantastic ideas offered by members during board meetings, committee meetings and informal discussions among members. Thanks to all of you on the Board and the President’s Council for the dedication you have shown and the great effort you have given to achieving success this year.

I particularly want to acknowledge the work of Eric Anderson and Steve Serrao at Loma Linda University for the monthly meetings that have been so successful. The average attendance has been in the vicinity of 80 attendees. And also to Kim Athman King and Kurt Weinmeister for advancing the Program Council goals through their successful educational meetings and planned future meetings at the University of Southern California. We also have meetings scheduled for the Orange County area in coming months. And I know our Members will be pleased with the Educational opportunities for Category II Credits available from these meetings. 

 

At our monthly board meeting, on June 24, Kim reported on the meeting she and Kurt planned and implemented at USC. The subject of the meeting was: “Advancing Patient Safety in the Hospital Organization.” The speaker was Dr. Rory Jaffe with the California Hospital Patient Safety Organization. There were 32 participants and very good interactive dialogue followed.

 

Kim reported on another program, planned for September 18, a morning program at USC, on the topic of “Hospital and Physician Relationships.” An outstanding line-up of panelists is scheduled and it is expected the event will be well attended and be another fine program.

 

I would be remiss if I did not express appreciation for the outstanding work of Mickey Goldman, FACHE, President-Elect and Program Chair for his highly beneficial role in planning and organizing our Chapter’s Annual Meeting, “The Southern California Healthcare Summit.” This meeting is being held in partnership with Loma Linda University Medical Center, on October 29, at the Ontario Convention Center.

 

Further, I want to express my sincere appreciation to Eric Anderson, Ph, D, Chair, and Steve Serrao, Program Director, Department of Healthcare Administration, Loma Linda University for the their encouragement and continued support of our partnership for this event.

 

The Memorandum of Understanding was presented and approved at our June Board Meeting. Mickey reported that attendance for The Summit is estimated to reach 800-1000 participants. The Annual Meeting will open the conference starting at  7:30 AM. We are looking forward to a highly successful meeting, in Ontario.

 

These events and others, planned during the next few months, including implementation of the membership strategies formulated by Tamara Austin will have a positive impact and effect on all of our goals. As reported by our expert Secretary Mark Maramba, a great deal of effort is still needed to reach our objectives and achieve the highest level of awards with ACHE.

 

It is essential that we maintain our focus on how best to accomplish our goals. Most important is the provision of “Value Added” programs so that members will realize the benefits of ACHE-HCE and be satisfied that they have received the best product for the time they and we have invested. Valuable programs will help us achieve our other goals of increasing attendance at events, achieving a growth in our membership and helping our members advance to new Fellowship.

Below I have provided a review of the System developed by ACHE for determining and presenting the Awards works and is computed. The categories and the formula for computing the metrics are shown below.

 

• ·         Education & Networking Performance
  This performance measure is a simple calculation of the indexed attendee hours which is the number of programming hours multiplied by the number of attendees for each event divided by total chapter membership at the beginning of the current year. *Chapters must provide at least 7.79 hours of chapter event programming per chapter member.
• ·         Net Membership Growth
  Net membership growth is measured by the percentage difference between the total ACHE affiliated chapter members, in all membership categories, at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year. *Chapters must have a net membership growth of 13 percent.
• ·         Level of Member Satisfaction
  Each chapter must have a top-ranking level of member satisfaction. *Chapters must receive 7.69 or higher on a 10-point scale in chapter member satisfaction.
• ·         Advancement of Eligible Members (New for 2009)
  Advancement of eligible members is measured by the percentage of the eligible pool who advance to Fellow or pass the Board of Governors Exam each year. *Chapters must advance a number greater than or equal to 10.5 percent of the members eligible to advance at the beginning of the year

 

It bears repeating that we are striving for an involved and highly beneficial Chapter that provides Value Added Benefits to all of our Members.

 

That is my Goal and That is my commitment to each of you.