From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia National Center for Healthcare Leadership
National Center for Healthcare Leadership
National Center for Healthcare Leadership School of Public Health.[4] The transition was pursued to
better position NCHL to support the healthcare leader-
ship development needs that associated with the imple-
mentation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act. [5]
NCHL Mission
NCHL’s mission is to be an industry-wide catalyst to as-
Formation 2001 sure that high-quality, relevant, and accountable leader-
ship is available to meet the needs of 21st century health-
Type Not-for-profit
care.
Headquarters Chicago, IL; Ann Arbor, MI NCHL strives to be authoritative and objective source
Location Nationwide in healthcare leadership, joining healthcare leaders to-
gether to advance industry standards and innovation for
Membership Institutional, with two lead members: Rush leadership excellence. With our healthcare expertise and
University Medical Center and the
inter-professional and cross-industry perspective, our
University of Michigan
cutting-edge research aims to drive systemic and sus-
Website nchl.org tainable changes.
The National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHLNCHL)
is a non-governmental organization that was established NCHL Vision
to facilitate leadership development in health and health NCHL’s vision is to improve population health of the pub-
care as well as in degree programs related to healthcare lic through leadership and organizational excellence.
management.
See also
History • American College of Healthcare Executives
NCHL was founded in 2001, after a national summit on • Association of University Programs in Health
healthcare leadership funded by the Robert Wood John- Administration
son Foundation, which determined a need for an organi- • Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare
zation that sat outside of the established infrastructure Management Education
of U.S. accreditors and professional associations. During • Rush University
its early years, NCHL supported an Advanced Leadership • University of Michigan
Development Program for healthcare executives, and de-
veloped a validated leadership competency model[1] in
collaboration with the Hay Group. NCHL also established
an invitational symposium and national leadership
References
award dinner, which is held every November in Chicago. [1] Calhoun, J. et al. (2008). "Development of an
In the mid-2000’s NCHL, along with CAHME, support- interprofessional competency model for healthcare
ed the transformation of graduate healthcare manage- 53:6:
leadership". Journal of Healthcare Management 53:6
ment programs into a competency-based approach. This 375–391.
movement was initially highly controversial [2], but by [2] Carlson, J. (2004, January 19). "Masters of the
2007 had became an established part of the accreditation universe. NCHL, national accrediting agency push
process, and was expanded in the 2011 revision of the controversial plan to transform how MHA
CAHME accrediting guidelines.[3] programs teach future healthcare execs.". Modern
In Spring of 2011, NCHL was restructured as a mem- 34(3):
Healthcare 34(3) 6–7,14–15.
bership organization, to be operated by a joint agree- [3] http://www.cahme.org/Resources/
ment between Rush University Medical Center and the Fall2013_CriteriaForAccreditation.pdf - Accrediting
Griffith Leadership Center of the University of Michigan guidelines self-study document
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[4] Carlson, J. (2011, January 10). "Changes for NCHL:
Organization’s new identity in transition". Modern
External links
Healthcare 41(2) 12.
41(2): • Official website
[5] http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/ • Robert Wood Johnson - Early history of NCHL
20110502/MAGAZINE/110429987 - Timeless Truths
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