Ensuring your Community’s Emergency Preparedness In the best of circumstances, healthcare organizations operate in a complex environment. This can be exacerbated when a community faces a local emergency, either natural, human-caused, or technological, that thrusts the healthcare system to the forefront of response and makes it the focus of recovery efforts. It is critical that the local healthcare community be actively engaged in the development of comprehensive emergency preparedness plans, training and exercises to ensure that local organizations communicate and…

Diversity and Inclusion The communities for which healthcare organizations operate are rapidly diversifying. Not only do they provide care for a diverse community of patients and families, but their workforce is also growing more diverse. This diversity is exhibited in a number of ways, including nationality, race, religion, socioeconomic status, language, age, sexual orientation and physical ability. The business implications and imperatives healthcare organizations face concerning diversity and inclusion are immense. Diverse communities will demand different care needs, improved quality,…

Transforming Physician Practices to High-Performing Enterprises The West Florida Chapter of American College of Healthcare Executives and the local MGMA chapter are co-hosting a day long summit event on September 12, 2019 at Armature Works centered around issues of interest to physician practices. This event consists of a morning session, a qualified lunch panel, and an afternoon session. Agenda 9:00 AM- Check-in and Registration (light breakfast/coffee served) 9:30 AM- Introduction 10:00 AM-11:30 AM- Morning Session (1.5 Face-to-Face Credits): "Patient-Centered Care:…

Diversity & Inclusion: Workshop The communities for which healthcare organizations operate are rapidly diversifying. Not only do they provide care for a diverse community of patients and families, but their workforce is also growing more diverse. This diversity is exhibited in a number of ways, including nationality, race, religion, socioeconomic status, language, age, sexual orientation and physical ability. The business implications and imperatives healthcare organizations face concerning diversity and inclusion are immense. Diverse communities will demand different care needs, improved…

State of the Chapter Awards & Networking Dinner More information coming soon.

Thursday, March 19, 2020 Historically, hospitals and health systems have not always embraced a role in meeting behavioral health needs in communities because managing behavioral healthcare and mental health is very complex. According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S.—43.8 million, or 18.5%—experiences mental illness in a given year. The rate of youth with severe depression increased from 5.9% in 2012 to 8.2% in 2015. Nearly half (45 percent) of those with…