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ACHE Member Update

Ethics Committee Update
ACHE’s Ethics Committee is responsible for reviewing member grievances and recommending actions to the Board of Governors on allegations regarding Code of Ethics violations. During the 2019–2020 committee year, the Ethics Committee considered seven grievances concerning ACHE members. Of these, three cases were dismissed, one case resulted in a censure, one case resulted in an expulsion and two cases continue, pending court action.

The Ethics Committee is also responsible for conducting annual evaluations of ACHE’s Code of Ethics and Grievance Procedure 
and recommending updates to them. In addition, the committee reviews ACHE’s existing Ethical Policy Statements and suggests 
revisions and topics for new statements.
 
Ethics Committee members are ACHE Fellows who are appointed by the Board of Governors; they serve confidentially, with the exception of the committee chairman, whose name is made public. The Code of Ethics, Ethical Policy Statements and other ethics resources are available by visiting ache.org/EthicsToolkit.

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Wyoming Health System Receives 2019 AHA Rural Hospital Leadership Award
Cody (Wyo.) Regional Health, led by ACHE Member Douglas A. McMillan, CEO, was named the recipient of the 2019 American Hospital Association Rural Hospital Leadership Award. The award recognizes small or rural hospital leaders who guide their hospital and community through transformational change on the road to healthcare reform and display outstanding leadership and commitment to improving health and health coverage, and making care more affordable. 

Ohio Health System Recognized for Community Service Excellence
ProMedica, Toledo, Ohio, led by Randall D. Oostra, DM, FACHE, president/CEO, received the 2019 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service. Sponsored by Baxter International Foundation, the American Hospital Association and AHA’s nonprofit affiliate Health Research & Educational Trust, the prize recognizes a healthcare organization that provides innovative programs that significantly improve the health and well-being of its community. 

ACHE Member-Led Organizations Receive Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award 
Five member-led organizations received the 2020 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes employee engagement. They are: 

• Adena Health System, Chillicothe, Ohio, led by Jeffrey J. Graham, president/CEO
• Hawai’i Pacific Health, Honolulu, led by Raymond P. Vara Jr., president/CEO 
• Hendrick Health System, Abilene, Texas, led by Brad D. Holland, FACHE, president/CEO 
• Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, Neb., led by Eric A. Barber, president/CEO
• Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood, S.C., led by James A. Pfeiffer, FACHE, president/CEO 

They were among 38 organizations in a variety of industries that received the award. 

COVID-19 Member News

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our communities, ACHE has been regularly sharing news about our members on the front lines fighting the novel coronavirus and the disease caused by it, COVID-19. We would like to thank them and all healthcare professionals who are serving and leading during the pandemic.  

The experience of caring for COVID-19 patients will have a lasting impact on Lake Regional Health System, Osage Beach, Mo., and on healthcare in general, according to Dane W. Henry, FACHE, CEO. The hospital is using data and experience with its supply chain to plan now for the fall and beyond, he says. 

Martha A. Dawson, DNP, RN, FACHE, president, National Black Nurses Association, and associate professor, nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, is sharing innovations that can help address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on minority communities.  

Community partnerships are more important than ever in fighting the pandemic, according to David A. Tam, MD, FACHE, president and CEO, Beebe Healthcare, Lewes, Del. He says his organization would not have been able to accomplish a multiday event that offered expanded COVID-19 testing at four sites without the help of community and government partners.

ACHE is grateful to these members and so many others for the commendable battle they have waged against the pandemic. To read more stories, visit “COVID-19 Member News”

ACHE Staff Update

ACHE Announces Staff Retirement 

Following is an ACHE staff member retirement: 

Cynthia A. “Sinde” Hahn, FACHE, CAE, to retirement from senior vice president, Department of Member Services. Sinde joined ACHE in 1987 as assistant director of programmed activities. After leaving ACHE in 1991, she returned in 1992 as a consultant and was promoted to associate director, Membership. In 1995, she was again promoted to vice president, Membership, and in 2013 to senior vice president. During her tenure with ACHE, she has contributed to the association in many ways, including more than doubling the number of members. We would like to thank Sinde for her many years of service to the healthcare field.

COVID-19 Member News