National Center for Healthcare Leadership

National Center for Healthcare Leadership
Formation 2001
Type Not-for-profit
Headquarters Chicago, IL; Ann Arbor, MI
Location
  • Nationwide
Membership
 Institutional, with two lead members: Rush University Medical Center and the University of Michigan
Mission To ensure that high quality, relevant and accountable leadership is available to meet the challenges of health in the 21st century.
Website www.nchl.org

The National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) is a non-governmental organization that was established to facilitate leadership development in health and health care as well as in degree programs related to healthcare management.

History

NCHL was founded in 2001, after a national summit on healthcare leadership funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which determined a need for an organization that sat outside of the established infrastructure of U.S. accreditors and professional associations. During its early years, NCHL supported an Advanced Leadership Development Program for healthcare executives, and developed a validated National Health Leadership Competency Model[1] in collaboration with the Hay Group. NCHL also established an invitational symposium and national leadership award dinner, which is held every November in Chicago.

In the mid-2000s NCHL, along with CAHME, supported the transformation of graduate healthcare management programs into a competency-based approach. This movement was initially highly controversial,[2] but by 2007 had become an established part of the accreditation process, and was expanded in the 2011 revision of the CAHME accrediting guidelines.[3]

In Spring of 2011, NCHL developed a joint operating agreement with Rush University Medical Center and the Griffith Leadership Center of the University of Michigan School of Public Health.[4] The agreement was pursued to better position NCHL to support the healthcare leadership development needs associated with the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[5]

In 2013, NCHL worked closely with its Leadership Excellence Networks to focus on specific issues of interest to the healthcare field, including physician leadership development, diversity and inclusion, and executive coaching. NCHL also helped transition and grow the US Cooperative for International Patient Programs to support the efforts in expanding global access to US expertise in high-quality healthcare. In 2014, NCHL established the first coordinated improvement effort for administrative fellowships, the National Council for Administrative Fellowships. Members include hospitals and health systems that sponsor these highly regarded, early career opportunities for future healthcare leaders, as well as graduate health management programs who prepare young leaders for careers in the profession of health management.

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References

  1. ↑ Calhoun, J. et al. (2008). "Development of an interprofessional competency model for healthcare leadership". Journal of Healthcare Management 53:6: 375–391.
  2. ↑ Carlson, J. (January 19, 2004). "Masters of the universe. NCHL, national accrediting agency push controversial plan to transform how MHA programs teach future healthcare execs.". Modern Healthcare. 34(3): 6–7, 14–15.
  3. ↑ Criteria for Accreditation (Accrediting guidelines self-study document) (PDF), Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education, 2011
  4. ↑ Carlson, J. (January 10, 2011). "Changes for NCHL: Organization's new identity in transition". Modern Healthcare. 41(2): 12.
  5. ↑ "Timeless Truths". Modern Healthcare. 2 May 2011.

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