New Networking Event Added in October!

IAHL and St Luke's (CR) are co-sponsoring an annual networking event the evening before the Healthcare Executive Symposium.  The event will be at One Twenty Six restaurant in Iowa City.  This is a great opportunity to network and get to know your colleagues.  Please RSVP to Erin Troendle at troendeb@ihs.org by October 18, 2010.  Click HERE to see the invite.

July Newsletter is Out

The July newsletter is out. Check it out by clicking here.

Testimonial About the Value of the FACHE

Achieving Fellow status in ACHE can be a significant milestone in someone's career. Read the following testimonial by a newly minted Fellow:

From: Dan Ford [mailto:dford@furstgroup.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 8:51 AM
To: Sheehan, John
Subject: Advancement to ACHE Fellow - sharing my story and the encouragement to do it!

I was publically recognized this past March for my advancement to Fellow by the American College of Healthcare Executives at the Annual Congress in Chicago. It feels very good! My purpose in writing is to encourage any of my ACHE colleagues who are not Fellows to pursue this advancement. It will be worth it!

After putting it off for years and receiving periodic nudges from ACHE, I inquired of Tom Dolan on January 17 as to whether my significant personal patient safety advocacy - presentations and national/regional patient safety and quality committee work - would help with my qualifications. I had sent a list of all of this activity to Tom, curious as to whether it would help. I received a nice congratulatory message four hours later from Cynthia Hahn telling me I had advanced to Fellow. Frankly, I didn't realize how good it would feel and what it meant until I received that message, walked across the stage at ACHE, received congratulatory messages, and thought much about it. It also helped to validate the role I am playing as a patient safety advocate, in addition to my search work in recruiting board members and executives who share this passion.

Please pass this message to others who may be on this ACHE Fellow journey. Tell them not to fear the unknown or procrastinate but to just do it!

Dan
Dan Ford, FACHE
Vice President
Furst Group
2415 E. Camelback Road
Suite #700
Phoenix, Arizona 85016

April 2010 Newsletter is Out

The April newsletter is out. Check it out by clicking here.

IAHL Receives Chapter of Merit Award from ACHE

IAHL has received a chapter of merit award from ACHE. This award is given to all chapters who have achieved excellence in one of four categories: education and networking, net membership growth, level of member satisfaction, and advancement of eligible members. For 2009, IAHL advanced 12.3% of our members (they either earned the FACHE or took the Board of Governor's exam) which was ahead of the standard of 10.5%. Congratulations!!! See the congratulatory letter here.

SAVE THE DATE!!

August 12 and August 17, 2010

Iowa Quality Center Baldrige Examiner Course Forum
6.5 Category II credits available
Des Moines (August 12) and Marion (August 17), Iowa