Local healthcare executive groups: tapping networking opportunities

Local healthcare executive groups (LHEGs) represents a tremendous local, regional, and national networking opportunity both for individual health care executives and the American College of Healthcare Executives (the College). The increasing competition for management positions, the ongoing need to attract talented individuals to the field of health administration, and the strategic positioning of the College make this a crucial time for LHEGs to take steps to ensure that viable, dynamic organizations exist at the grass roots level. This article presents a profile of LHEGs in the United States today and highlights important future collaborative directions for LHEGs, the College, and the field at large.