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A message from our President

So, What Can We Expect in 2022?

Well, let’s talk about the SFHHA. medical clinics, we needed to remain virtual. Moreover,
2022 is a year of revitalization. We, like you, have learned what does and does not our attendance began to decline as our members and
work during a never-ending pandemic. We all thought that virtual meetings would be friends began to suffer the “too much on my plate,” real-
our future. I know that most non-profit organizations in early 2020 shifted gears and ity as many had to return to work after having worked
transitioned to virtual meetings in an abundance of caution and a dearth of informa- from home and staffing realities left little time, or desire,
tion, at that time, on this circulating virus. to participate in one more virtual event.
In the beginning, this was exciting technology time! Using platforms like ZOOM, Well, we are two years down the road and are now
Teams, etc., our usual face-to-face, family-style meetings turned into technological seeing the Omicron variant, hopefully, burning itself Jaime Caldwell
wonders (at least, for me). We increased our ZOOM subscription to take advantage of out. What we also know is that over the last two years,
more available options and our aggressive schedule of educational programs was we have gained much more knowledge about the many faces of COVID-19 and how
underway. Through the first few months of 2020, when more people than not were to protect ourselves from being infected (masking and distancing) or, if infected, what
working from home, attendance at our virtual events was amazing. Depending on the we need to do individually (vaccination and booster) to minimize the chance that we
subject of the programs, attendance was routinely in the 50+ range. might require hospitalization.
We further pivoted our annual healthcare summit conference to a virtual event Yes, 2022, will be a year of revitalization. With advice and counsel from our Board of
bringing in international speakers to talk about the challenges being presented by the Directors and our medical director, we will be pivoting yet again to offer more face-to-
COVID-19 response and attendance continued to exceed expectations. Then, realities face opportunities this year. In several planning sessions with our Board, we have iden-
set in. tified an exciting array of programs that we believe will hit the mark for our entire
Our usual sponsors began to question whether their value expectations were being membership.
met when our events were virtual versus face-to-face. At the same time, our Board of In the coming weeks, look forward to receiving a survey from us asking for your
Directors, consisting mostly of healthcare professionals, and our medical director were input. What we have also discovered over this last two years is that what seem to be
all advising that in the interest of public safety and consistent with the experiences that important topics to us, do not necessarily resonate with our members and friends.
all our chief executives were having at their hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and 2022 will be an exciting year. Cheers!

Cover Story: ACHE of South Florida

Member Spotlight:

President Oyinkansola "Bukky" Ogunrinde

Continued from page 1 professional development opportunities.
organizations. “I found mentors through ACHE who
“One of my goals is to make sure that helped make me the leader that I am
all members feel included with a focus today, and now it’s time to give back
on diversity, equity, inclusion and since I have received so much,” she
belonging, and to ensure that members added.
of different backgrounds and orienta- Ogunrinde has already held her first
tions feel that they belong here and are planning meeting with board members
welcome to interact,” she said. and has scheduled an annual member
“I also want to prioritize our members’ meeting in February. “We want to talk to
well-being, which is more critical than members, update them on what hap-
ever before,” she added. “Not only do we pened last year and what we’re planning
suffer from the pandemic like the rest of for this year, and get them excited,” she
the population, but as the healthcare said.
provider community, we have the obliga- “It’s important that our members be
tion of taking care of everyone else.” active participants, which is why I want
Ogunrinde, the founder and chief to speak to them directly about the
practice transformation officer for Funmi opportunities that ACHE provides,” she
Healthcare Consulting, where she pro- continued, adding that members can
vides physician practice and ambulatory become engaged by serving on any one
care management services, joined ACHE of the organization’s five standing com-
in 2007 and the South Florida chapter in mittees (educational programming, net-
2016. working, membership, student services
“I joined because ACHE is the premier and sponsorship).
organization for healthcare professionals “Membership engagement is very
and leaders, and as an administrator in important to me,” she added. “Being a
healthcare management, which is a rela- part of ACHE is synonymous with being
tively small world, I was looking to grow in the profession, and our mission is to
professionally,” she said. “ACHE pro- give our members the tools they need to
vides educational programs and the abil- operate effectively as leaders—especially
ity to network, along with personal and during these trying times.”

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