• The CAHME/ Canon Solutions America Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Management recipient is the University of Minnesota, MHA, recognized for excellence in planning and providing a student learning experience focused on sustainability, accessibility, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, following the death of Mr. George Floyd in Minneapolis.

• The CAHME/George and Regi Herzlinger Innovation Education Award recognized a “gold recipient” at Trinity University, MSHA, and two “silver recipients”, Florida International University, Healthcare MBA, and Thomas Jefferson University, MS in Healthcare Quality and Safety. These three programs implemented approaches to curriculum development that focuses on the evaluation, adoption and invention of innovation. Trinity is distinguished as the “gold recipient” because of its PRISm Pitch Competition which brings innovation processes to the entire field.

• The CAHME/Dawn Gideon Foundation Scholarship recipient is Melissa DePaola, LMSW, MHA Candidate from Stony Brook University. As a practicing social worker at Suffolk County Department of Health, she distinguished herself through servant leadership.

• The CAHME/Judy Baar Topinka Foundation Scholarship recipients are Brittany Morrison, MHA Candidate from Johns Hopkins University and Yazmyne Melgoza, MHA Candidate from California State University, Long Beach. Brittany is distinguished in her role with the Washington State Department of Health where she led a team in responding to COVID-19 outbreaks. Yazmyne, in her role at Torrance Memorial Medical Center, was part of a team that worked to provide more than 5,000 face shields in 3 days early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and also served on vaccine leadership teams.

• The CAHME/Tim Campbell Scholarship recipient is Jarrell Mahusay, MHA Candidate from the University of North Florida. As a military liaison at the Convoy of Hope in Honolulu, he provided volunteer opportunities to serve the community in need. As the president of the UNF HASA Student Association, he expanded mentorship opportunities, established a case competition club, and is a passionate advocate for diversity in healthcare management.

Visit cahme.org/awards to learn more.

These programs and students give hope in these difficult times, that leadership and commitment to the common good is flourishing through CAHME’s Accredited programs. Join me, in congratulating all of the winning programs and students.

We mark the end of 2021, more resilient, more hopeful, and more confident that our mission – to advance the quality of healthcare management education – is more important now than ever. The lasting impact of COVID-19 will not be loss, though we have lost much; the lasting impact will not be a divided people, though we have many differences. The lasting impact will be in this generation that answers the call for leadership in healthcare.

I want to thank our Corporate Members and sponsors who support our mission, the 250+ volunteers each year, in a variety of roles – site visitor, board member, task forces, committees, Global Advisory Council, Healthcare Quality and Safety Advisory Council, Standards Council and Accreditation Council. I want to thank our staff who are working through COVID-19 to meet our mission.  Each of our stakeholders are invaluable to CAHME and its mission of advancing the quality of healthcare management education.  It is humbling to think that the work we do each year will guide future leaders to help make healthcare better and improve lives.

On behalf of everyone at CAHME, we  wish you happy and healthy holidays!  And better days ahead.

Accreditation is at the core of CAHME’s mission to advance the quality of healthcare management education. Achieving CAHME accreditation is the culmination of significant effort on the part of healthcare management programs and demonstrates that programs meet our criteria and high standards as established by leading academics and practitioners.

At the November Board meeting, the CAHME Board of Directors reaccredited the following programs:

• University of Central Florida, MHA Executive/Online and Residential
• George Washington University, MHA Executive/Hybrid and Residential
• University of Minnesota, MHA Executive and Residential
• University of New Haven, MHA Hybrid
• Penn State University, MHA Global Campus and Residential
• University of Pittsburgh, MHA Residential   
• Governors State University, MHA Residential
• University of Colorado-Denver, MBA Executive/Hybrid and Residential

In total, 133 programs meet CAHME’s accreditation standards and 9 programs are certified in healthcare quality and safety. These programs, along with more than 250 volunteers, work to advance the quality of healthcare management education. Visit cahme.org/advance2.5 to search for CAHME accredited programs.

“We are in the golden age of innovation.”

– Professor Regi Herzlinger, DBA

Underwritten by a generous grant from George and Regi Herzlinger, CAHME’s white paper: “Go Out and Innovate! Perspectives on Educating Healthcare Leadership in the Golden Age of Innovation”, summarizes the prominent role of innovation on healthcare management education. Download a copy here.

In evaluating the competency domain of management and leadership, and learning from programs that prioritize innovation, how do we develop competencies in future leaders to succeed in a period of uncertainty and ambiguity? What are critical knowledge, skills and attitudes? How do you review, examine, and evaluate innovation, and weigh the risk of success or failure from a personal, organizational, and societal perspective? Members of the CAHME Innovation Council provide insight:

• Regi Herzlinger, DBA, Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
• Dr. Andrew Jay, General Partner, Borna Health Fund
• Kevin Mahoney, MBA, DBA, CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Perelman School of Medicine
• Tom Robinson, MBA, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, RobinsonButler, LLC
• Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD, Senior Managing Director – Consulting Global Health, Accenture
• Eugene Schneller, PhD, Professor WP Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
• Edward J. Schumacher, PhD, Department Chair & Professor of Health Care Administration, Trinity University
• Quint Studer, MS, Studer Community Institute, CAHME Board Member

The success of every healthcare sector relied on leaders to navigate their teams through COVID-19 challenges. Leaders, such as those educated at CAHME-Accredited programs, who can become innovative problem-solvers that use creativity, originality, and initiative.

To quote Regi:

“LET’S GO OUT AND INNOVATE!”

“This scholarship recognizes Priyanka’s community spirit and passion for addressing women’s health. It will help support her education as she continues to grow as a future leader in healthcare administration.”

– Karen Charron, BSN, MPH, Assistant Director, MHA Program,
Johns Hopkins University

As a 2021 scholarship awardee, Johns Hopkins University’s Karen Charron nominated Priyanka Santhapuram because she reflected the best of what students from CAHME Accredited programs are all about: improving healthcare by serving others. Program Directors of CAHME Accredited and Certified Healthcare Quality and Safety Programs are encouraged to nominate students for the 2022 exclusive scholarship opportunities that follow:

• The CAHME/Dawn Gideon Foundation Scholarship honors Dawn Gideon, who devoted her career to helping healthcare organizations succeed. The scholarship is targeted to supporting women pursuing advanced education in healthcare management and who have demonstrated a commitment to communities in need. The winning student will receive $2,500. Nominate a student here.
• The CAHME/Judy Baar Topinka Foundation Scholarship for Health Policy honors Judy Baar Topinka, who dedicated herself to a lifetime of public service to the people of the State of Illinois. This year, the award recognizes a student who served the community around COVID-19. The winning student will receive $2,000. Nominate a student here.
• The CAHME/Tim Campbell Scholarship honors Tim Campbell, a CAHME board member who personified a commitment to service and volunteerism. The scholarship is funded by CAHME’s board and friends of Tim Campbell to support student leaders who selflessly act to help others in the process of advancing the quality of healthcare. The winning student will receive $3,000. Nominate a student here.

Winners will be announced at ACHE Annual Congress on March 28 – 31, 2022, and will be featured in Modern Healthcare (our exclusive media partner) in a full-page placement. The deadline for applications is November 12, 2021 at 5:00 PM EST.

Send completed applications to Dana Alexander, CAHME Communications and Engagement Manager, at dalexander@cahme.org.

“Innovation is not only about invention; it’s about how to make invention happen.”

CAHME partnered with George and Regi Herzlinger to offer the CAHME/George and Regi Herzlinger Innovation Education Award for CAHME Accredited/Certified Programs who demonstrate educational processes that focus on the development of skills related to invention, evaluation, and adoption of innovation in healthcare.

The award honors George and Regi Herzlinger’s breakthrough contributions in creating and inspiring medical innovations that changed patients’ lives and helped entrepreneurs globally. It recognizes the significant impact that CAHME Accredited programs can have in providing the foundation in the principles of innovation for future leaders to be the change needed in healthcare.

The award-winning program will receive:

• A $10,000 grant awarded to the program to further the advancement of innovation education;
• Recognition in Modern Healthcare;
• Recognition through CAHME Communications, including digital media, social media, and press releases;
• An award presented during the 2022 ACHE Congress.

All applications will be judged by a Blue Ribbon Panel, consisting of health-sector leaders. The winning program will be announced in January 2022. Apply here.

Applications are due November 12, 2021 at 5:00 PM EST. Send completed applications to Dana Alexander, CAHME Communications and Engagement Manager, at dalexander@cahme.org.