CHC to offer course content through the American College of Healthcare Executives

March 3, 2008

Scottsdale, Arizona — Creative Healthcare (CHC) announced today an agreement in principle with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) to launch a new program in online and instructor-led training through ACHE's growing portfolio of distance learning products. The program, tentatively titled "PI Today," will introduce participants to the expanding field of performance improvement methods employed within healthcare organizations. ACHE will offer the course in combination with instructor-facilitated sessions conducted through teleconferencing with an organized cohort of participants.

PI Today will draw from CHC's existing content in a broad range of topic areas:

• Lean Thinking
• Six Sigma in Healthcare
• Benchmarking
• Balanced Scorecard
• Human Factors
• JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals
• Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

CHC currently offers similar courses direct to healthcare organizations, but the ACHE program will allow individuals to participate without the need to enroll the minimum number of students often required for onsite programs. The online program includes multimedia content, case studies and other techniques found particularly useful for independent study.

Pre-registration for the PI Today program is available at www.creative-healthcare.com. A demonstration of CHC's other online courses is available also at the site.

About CHC. Creative Healthcare has supported healthcare providers and suppliers in performance improvement since 1998. CHC was first to recognize the importance of Six Sigma and Lean in healthcare, and has published widely on their potential. Today, CHC is a leading provider of project consulting and training deployment in healthcare. Their combined classroom and online Lean and Six Sigma training programs, designed specifically for healthcare providers and suppliers, are available through the American Society for Quality (ASQ).

About ACHE. The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ACHE is known for its prestigious credentialing and educational programs. ACHE is also known for its various healthcare journals as well as ground-breaking research and career development and public policy programs. ACHE's publishing division, Health Administration Press, is one of the largest publishers of books and journals on all aspects of health services management. Through such efforts, ACHE works toward its goal of being the premier professional society for healthcare leaders by providing exceptional value to its members.

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