Jack MacKay, the VP and CIO of the American Hospital Association, shared best practices on enterprise social networking, providing an overview of the AHA's social intranet built on Socialtext.
4. Ensures members' perspectives and needs are heard & addressed in national health policy development, legislative and regulatory debates, and judicial matters.
5. Is the voice of members in Washington, earning respect and attention from political, opinion leaders and the media.
6. Focus on federal relations, policy, and communications has resulted in a strong record of changing the thinking of Congress and the executive branch.
7. Brings value in the form of service and leadership to the hospital field to promote a higher performing health care delivery system.
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9. 4 Who We Are? What We Do? Hospital Operations (AHA Solutions) Advancing the adoption of excellent practices/solutions Advocacy & Member Relations Policy leadership, federal relations, communications & resource Center Community Health (ACHI) Strengthening community health & delivery of community benefit Information & Media (Health Forum) Helping leaders to advance hospital strategy and performance R&D (HRET/HPOE) Transforming health care through research, education and dissemination Hospital Professionals (PMGs) Advancing professional development and capacity Enterprise Services Optimizing operational effectiveness & efficiency Information Technology Finance, HR, Admin Legal, Meetings, Travel Physician Leadership Initiative (PLI) Advancing excellence in patient care Trustees/Boards (CHG) Developing excellence & accountability in governance Diversity in Leadership (IFD) Expanding health care leadership opportunities for ethnically, culturally, and racially diverse individuals Nursing Leadership (AONE) Shaping health care delivery through innovative nursing leadership
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11. Provide New ways for a diverse group of AHA Business units & Employees with different Skills & Expertise to Interact, Communicate, Collaborate & Share information and ideas efficiently
12. Foster Innovation & Creativity across the organization to attain Performance Excellence & Process Improvements