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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Speare Memorial Hospital
(603) 536-1120
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March 20, 2007 |
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Speare Memorial Hospital´s President/CEO Earns
Top Healthcare Management Credential
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 | PLYMOUTH, N.H. --- Michelle McEwen, FACHE, Speare Memorial Hospital´s president and chief executive officer, has become a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the nation´s leading professional society for healthcare leaders.
"Because healthcare management ultimately affects the people in our communities, it is critically important to have a standard of excellence promoted by a professional organization," says Thomas C. Dolan, Ph.D., FACHE, CAE, president and chief executive offer of ACHE. "By becoming an ACHE Fellow and simultaneously earning board certification from ACHE, healthcare leaders can show that they are committed to providing high-quality service to their patients and community."
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| ACHE is an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives who lead the nation´s hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. Fellow status represents achievement of the highest standard of professional development, and only 5,400 healthcare executives hold this distinction. To obtain Fellow status, McEwen had to fulfill multiple requirements, including passing a comprehensive examination, meeting academic and experiential criteria, earning continuing education credits and demonstrating professional and community involvement. She is also committed to ongoing professional development and will undergo recertification every three years.
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| McEwen says she is privileged to use the FACHE credential, which signifies board certification in healthcare management and her ACHE Fellow status. "FACHE is the gold standard," notes McEwen. "Achieving Fellow status demonstrates my commitment to the profession and professionalism, high ethical standards, developing and mentoring future leaders and staying ´on top of my game´."
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| Currently, McEwen is the chair of the board of directors for the Foundation for Healthy Communities, serves on the board of directors for the New Hampshire Hospital Association, the Plymouth Regional Clinic and the New England Healthcare Quality Foundation, and is the immediate past president of the Northern New England Association of Healthcare Executives. She received her bachelor´s degree in finance from Plymouth State University, and is pursuing her Master of Science in Management degree at New England College |
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| Speare Memorial Hospital is a 24-hour, acute care, non-profit community hospital and health care provider serving Plymouth, and the communities of central New Hampshire, for more than a century.
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Michele Barney Hutchins
Director of Community Relations
Speare Memorial Hospital
(603) 238-6468
mhutchins@spearehospital.com
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