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ACPE’s Task Forces are your opportunity as a member to participate in shaping the future of ACPE in seven key areas identified by ACPE’s Board of Directors. Each Task Force is led by two experienced and credentialed ACPE Members and will provide an opportunity for members to contribute individually and corporately through online forums, teleconferences and projects.
Our expectations of each Task Force Member:
a) dialogue in asynchronous online discussions
b) share recommendations & resources, and
c) upload noteworthy reference material/documents.
Here are the Task Forces and the questions we need your help to answer.
To participate in any Task Force(s), click on Join the Task Force after reading more about each one.
You must be logged in and a member to join or access the task forces.
Advocacy Team — What can ACPE do to increase the distinction and value of the role of the physician executive?
Teleconference: February 4, 1-2pm ET [hide details]
Leaders
Elder Granger
MD, FACP, FACPE, CPE, CMQ
Janet Fujikawa
DO, MBA, MS, CPE
Project Charter
Searching the answers to the following questions about physician leaders and executives, “So what? What difference does it make? How are physician leaders different? What management and leadership content is distinctive to ACPE?”
The Background
ACPE’s collection of leadership and management courses has served us well over three decades, and brought the idea of physicians as leaders and executives to the marketplace of health system leadership. Many competitors have sprung up in the marketplace offering physician leadership academies that offer substantially the same content, often with the same faculty that teaches at ACPE. We want to have a distinctive difference that both physicians and non-physicians will view as the gold standard. We also want to demonstrate through our certificate program (CPE) that candidates have completed this distinctive coursework, and can lead health system change.
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Medical Education Task Force — How can we integrate the importance of developing leadership competencies within the already demanding medical training requirements?
Teleconference: February 4, 4-5pm ET [hide details]
Leaders
Susan Freeman
MD, MS, CPE, FACPE
Project Charter
Determine whether any of ACPE’s current curriculum, or possible new curriculum, is relevant to medical training of students, residents, or fellows. Develop recommendations for knowledge and behavioral competencies of new physicians that facilitate teamwork, process improvement, and improved patient care.
The Background
Many of our members have noted that the current training of medical students and residents does not include important concepts that become evident to graduates once they enter the health care workforce. The standard response from many academic centers is to reject criticism because they see their mission as clinical training only. We want young physicians to know early in their training that leadership and teamwork is crucial to their success as clinicians in a multidisciplinary environment.
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Innovation Task Force— What can we do to attract and retain members with a passion for innovation in health care?
Teleconference: January 20, 1-2pm ET [hide details]
Leaders
Ray Fabius
MD, CPE, FACPE
Howard Haft
MD, MMM, FACPE
Project Charter
Identify activities, including a possible curriculum or colloquium, that can be done within ACPE to attract and retain members with passion for innovation in health care products and services. In addition, the Task Force will identify potential new products, services, or other revenue sources that fit with the College’s mission of inspiring physician leaders and improving health.
The Background
Over the years, ACPE’s members and focus have been primarily on the health system sector of the industry. We want to tap into the energy, enthusiasm, and innovative ideas of many physicians who are making a difference through innovative new businesses and ideas.
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Health Care Reform Task Force — What are the key philosophies for reform that all physician executives, regardless of affiliation, can embrace and implement toward better care processes at a reasonable cost with improved health outcomes?
Information Technology Task Force - How can physician executives appropriately use information technology throughout health care to improve performance, reduce cost and increase employee and patient satisfaction?
Teleconference: January 12, 1-2pm ET [hide details]
Leaders
Michael Bakerman MD, MMM, FACPE, CPE
Paul P. Antonecchia, MD, MBA, FACP, CPE
Project Charter
Develop a body of knowledge that ACPE should share with its members which details
- how to leverage information technology throughout the health care industry,
- how to implement appropriately,
- how to balance the power of technology with human factors contributing to reliability or unreliability,
- potential impact on health system and individual user efficiency, and
- cautionary advice regarding potential impact on patient safety.
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Patient Safety, High Reliability Task Force — How can ACPE lead, train and support our members in improving patient safety and increasing systems reliability in all facets of health care?
Teleconference: February 18, 4-5pm ET [hide details]
Leaders
Chalmers Nunn MD, MMM, CPE, FACPE
Project Charter
Define specific curriculum, activities, and organizational connections that will position ACPE as a leader in improving patient safety in all sectors of health care, including working with consumer advocates of patient safety. This team should consider the financial and organizational impact of making patient safety and reliability the driving force of health care.
The Background
Patient safety and inefficient work processes have emerged as a major concern of health system leaders, the public, and policy makers during a time of economic stress in health care. Many of our members are passionate about improving patient safety, and learning new bodies of knowledge to lead that effort. Our membership, experienced clinicians with business training, are uniquely suited to lead these efforts and develop a preferred curriculum and competencies that will demonstrate ACPE’s commitment to training physician leaders for this vitally important topic. We would like the College’s members to be the “go to” physician leaders for all sectors of the health care industry when patient safety and work process improvement are paramount.
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Integrated Health Systems Task Force — What can ACPE do to provide the health care industry with strategic, operational, financial, and cultural considerations for health system and physician integration?
Teleconference: February 1, 3-4pm ET[hide details]
Leaders
Samuel Alfano DO, MMM, CPE, FACPE
Timothy Willox MD, MBA, CPE, FACS
Project Charter
Define specific curriculum, activities, and organizational connections that will position ACPE as a leader in providing the health care industry with strategic, operational, financial, and cultural considerations for health system-physician integration. This may take the form of a “tool kit” for physician and health system leaders as components of an appropriate due diligence process.
The Background
The downturn in the general economy, and the health care economy in particular, has created conditions likely to drive more integration between physicians and health systems. Many health system leaders have had no experience managing the process of evaluating potential integration opportunities, and implementing successful integration of physicians into a health system. We want to provide recommendations that address these issues.
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We look forward to everyone’s valuable participation and engagement! To learn more and/or join a Task Force, click on the Task Force above or email us.
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