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NEW YORK, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) today announced the selection of the new members and officers of the 2013-14 board of directors, including the appointment of Mark Werner, MD, CPE, FACPE, as ACPE president and chairman of the board. Also selected as officers are Lynn Helmer, MD, MBA, FACP, CPE, FACPE, who will serve as vice-president, and John Keats, MD, CPE, FACOG, FACE, secretary-treasurer. New board members are William R....

TAMPA, Fla., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) is pleased to announce the selection of Brigham and Women's Hospital as the winner of the 2013 Leape Ahead Award. In 2009, the Boston hospital launched a Management Leadership Track that provides exceptional educational experiences at the postgraduate level for physicians with an interest in management or business. Judges on the Leape Ahead Selection Committee said the program embodies the...

Leading hospitalist organization presents "Engaging Physicians in Patient Experience Improvement" TACOMA, Wash., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and financial performance of inpatient healthcare delivery, will be presenting at the American College of Physician Executives 2013 Annual Meeting.Dr. Mark Rudolph, VP of Patient Experience and Physician Development at Sound...

TAMPA, Fla., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- While more than 50 percent of the students enrolled in medical school are now women, the number who go on to hold top-tier leadership positions in medicine remains at about 16 percent. A new book published by the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) highlights the challenges women face when navigating the difficult world of health care leadership. Called Lessons Learned: Stories from Women in Medical Management, the book offers...

TAMPA, Fla., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- From a drop in Medicare reimbursement to scaled-back funding for research and training programs, a majority of physician leaders say their organizations will be affected by the budget cuts caused by sequestration, according to a poll conducted by the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE). The online poll, which was sent via email to about 11,000 physician leaders, drew 567 responses. Of those, 58 percent said the sequestration...

TAMPA, Fla., March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) today announced its support for research identifying the top 10 patient safety strategies that can be implemented immediately by hospitals. The research, conducted by RAND Corp. and supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), was published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. For more than four years, researchers looked at threats to patient harm, determined...

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Doctors yelling at nurses. Nurses berating underlings. And a system woefully unprepared to deal with the damage. Despite the best efforts of many, disruptive behavior is still a common and pervasive problem throughout the health care industry. To counteract this, the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) released a new book to help physician leaders identify and eliminate disruptive behavior. Called Taming Disruptive Behavior,...

TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Google a physician's name and you're likely to come up with a dozen consumer websites that claim to rate doctors. But a new survey found that physician leaders view online physician ratings as inaccurate, unreliable and not widely used among patients. The survey found that physicians much prefer internal organizational ratings based on actual performance, as opposed to the consumer websites that many physicians consider to be nothing more...

TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE), which represents nearly 11,000 high-level physician leaders in all types of health care organizations across the U.S., today announced its support for the recommendations presented in a new report by the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) on improving the quality of care in America by changing the culture of safety. ACPE was one of several institutions that collaborated...

TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) is seeking applications from medical schools, teaching hospitals and academic medical centers for the 2013 ACPE Leape Ahead Award. ACPE's Leape Ahead Award recognizes people and institutions that are dedicated to improving the quality of health care by developing medical students and residents into future health care leaders. Applicants should be those creating programs, courses,...