Learning for Health Care Leaders
America’s Essential Hospitals offers in-person meetings, distance learning events, and collaborative groups for professionals at every level of your organization. Participate in our programming and join hundreds of health care leaders nationwide as they explore key federal and state health care issues, discover innovative and transformative practices, and hone leadership skills.
Fellows Program
For more than 30 years, the Fellows Program has brought essential hospitals leaders together to unflinchingly look at the enormous challenges they face and provide the tools necessary to meet those challenges. This 12-month leadership development program is designed for rising senior leaders in significant clinical or administrative roles at member hospitals. The purpose of the Fellows Program is to educate participants on issues that impact essential hospitals and provide the necessary skills to lead strategically and advocate for policies and resources that promote the health of vulnerable patients.
Participating in the Essential Women’s Leadership Academy was particularly helpful in developing confidence and a comfort with my leadership voice. By spending time with both my mentor and my cohort, I was able to work very explicitly on defining my values, my vision for leadership, and my goals.
Felicia Tornabene, MD | Chief medical officer, Alameda Health System
Essential Learning Series
The Essential Learning Series is an affordable online learning experience offering industry-specific training to help health care professionals level up their skill set and achieve career goals.
Each topic features three live, interactive modules, led by subject matter and industry experts, that explore insights and share peer-to-peer best practices. Participants also will review case studies and real-time industry updates to prepare them to develop and execute strategies in their own organizations. The curriculum clearly outlines learning objectives and outcomes required for participants to achieve content mastery and earn professional development credits.
Safety Net Financing and Policy: Beyond the Basics
This annual learning series will teach junior staff members the fundamentals of the various funding sources that help sustain the finances of hospitals that serve a safety net role. This information can help inform your organization’s advocacy efforts as well as efforts to leverage available funding to support your hospital’s mission.
Data-Driven Transformation: Unlocking Organizational Excellence at Regional One Health
The Regional One Health Essential Learning Series represents a comprehensive, strategic approach to revolutionizing health care performance through advanced data analytics and innovative organizational strategies.
Peer-to-Peer Engagement
America’s Essential Hospitals has interest groups on a variety of topics important to essential hospitals. Any employee of a member hospital is free to join these groups for regular calls, webinars, and in-person meetings at events, such as VITAL.
Leadership Development Programs
For more than 30 years, the Fellows Program has brought essential hospital leaders together to unflinchingly look at the enormous challenges they face and provide the tools necessary to meet those challenges. The program includes a network of more than 650 alumni, some of whom have become CEOs of essential hospitals, C-suite leaders, and national health care thought leaders.
The Government Relations Academy is a nine-month course designed to help government relations professionals at essential hospitals take their advocacy and communications skills to a new level.
Through the Gage Awards, America’s Essential Hospitals recognizes member hospitals and health systems for successful projects to improve the quality of care and population health.
The awards promote the spread of best practices and innovative programs to other organizations and support the association’s research, policy, and advocacy work by sharing member success stories with external audiences.