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Healthcare Challenges Seen as Opportunities
at National Meeting Hosted by North Shore-LIJ
By Thea Welch
MANHASSET — Healthcare
may be in crisis in the US,
but a spirit of excitement and
even optimism prevailed at
the recent 2012 Corporate
Member Meeting of the
Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Management
Education (CAHME), hosted
by the North Shore-LIJ Health
System, a CAHME corporate
member. Entitled “Healthcare
Reform: Positioning Graduate
Healthcare Management
Education for the Future,”
the meeting was held at The
Feinstein Institute for Medical
Research.
“There are huge
challenges in healthcare
today, but there are also
huge opportunities,” said
keynote speaker Richard J.
Umbdenstock, president and
chief executive officer of the
American Hospital Association
(AHA). “I believe we are closer
70 Summer 2012
than ever to getting it right.”
His optimism was echoed
by North Shore-LIJ President
and CEO Michael Dowling,
who welcomed the 66
CAHME corporate member
representatives in attendance,
including CEOs of some
of the nation’s largest and
most highly respected health
systems. “For those who aren’t
afraid to embrace change, the
future looks fantastic,” he said.
Mr. Umbdenstock and Mr.
Dowling, both national leaders
in healthcare themselves, agreed
that educating to a new kind of
leadership is vitally important.
“Team-based healthcare delivery
is like a new sport,” said Mr.
Umbdenstock, “and the new
leader must be less the captain
of the ship and more the leader
of the team.” In keeping with
that theme, Mr. Dowling
said, “We shouldn’t confuse
leadership with management.
2011 Annual Report
North Shore-LIJ President and CEO Michael Dowling, right, with Richard
Umbdenstock, left, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association,
and David Fine, president and CEO of St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System in
Houston, TX, and chair of the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Management Education, which held a board meeting at The Feinstein
Institute for Medical Research.
Both are necessary, but while
managers create order, leaders
create the future.”
In regards to concerns
about shrinking reimbursements,
Mr. Umbdenstock said,
The North Shore-LIJ Health System’s recently published
2011 Annual Report, Partners in Health, recognizes our
relationships with individuals, organizations and the
community at large; every one plays a vital role in helping us
fulfill our mission. See it at http://www.northshorelij.com/
NSLIJ/NSLIJ+Annual+Reports.
“We will never be better paid
than we are today. There is
no new money. The old
approach has been, ‘Well,
we’ll do more with less.’ I say
the new approach should be,
‘Let’s do less with less — and
get better outcomes.’”
In small breakout sessions,
meeting attendees tackled
tough and timely healthcare
topics led by experts such as
Robert Henkel, president and
CEO of Ascension Health,
headquartered in St. Louis,
MO; Chris Van Gorder,
president and CEO of San
Diego, CA-based Scripps
Health; and Kathleen Gallo,
PhD, RN, North Shore-LIJ’s
senior vice president and chief
learning officer.