At the American Council on Exercise (ACE), we believe that appropriately credentialed health and fitness professionals should be part of the healthcare team. In this presentation we show how understanding preventative care, and how appropriately credentialed health and fitness professionals fit into the healthcare system, can ultimately lead to greater outcomes for the public.
Fitness as a Part of the U.S. Healthcare System: A Big, Inevitable Idea for the Industry and the World
1. Fitness as a Part of
the U.S. Healthcare System:
A big, even inevitable idea
for the industry and the world
Scott Goudeseune, President & CEO
Janet Frenkel, Chief Operating Officer
Cedric Bryant, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer
American Council on Exercise
11. It means an opportunity to
embrace both our circumstances
and our missions to evolve with
the times, situate ourselves to
impact more lives, and situate
ourselves to thrive by doing so.
What does all this mean?
17. ACE has decided that the
risks of waiting to evolve
are far too great to let it all
just happen to us.
So ACE is leading.
WHERE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD
31. • Accredited certification of professionals will be
demanded by the public and may become a
legal requirement for the industry.
• As fitness
professionals
become recognized
as healthcare
providers, they will
need places to
provide that care.
32. • For clubs and facilities to be trusted in such a
new way, the public must have confidence that
the people who work there possess ironclad
credentials.
• Clubs and facilities
could become known
as places to find highly
qualified prevention
and wellness-
intervention services.
33. • For clubs and facilities to be ideally
positioned in this new paradigm, they
must get get actively engaged and
involved today.