The Center for Health Affairs, the leading advocate for Northeast Ohio hospitals, today announced a strategic partnership with Dignity Global Health Education (DHGE), a leading healthcare workforce development company, to provide specialized healthcare education opportunities and student-centric experiences to The Center’s member hospitals, as well as healthcare members of its business affiliates CHAMPS Group Purchasing and The Essentials Group.
DHGE designs and develops online programs and workforce development solutions by working alongside leading academic institutions as well as top healthcare experts, such as chief executive officers and chief nursing officers, to provide engaging and reimagined virtual healthcare workforce development content.
DHGE’s operating model intersects three distinct segments of the education sector: corporate training, educational technology and online program management. DHGE’s degrees are accredited and its certificate programs carry continuing education units (CEUs) and continuing medical education (CMEs). Digital certificates and badges can be earned through DHGE’s programs and displayed on a graduate’s LinkedIn profile, allowing an individual’s achievements to be shared proudly within their network.
“Our innovative, interdisciplinary and collaborative approach prepares healthcare professionals to define leadership for what’s next and accelerates leaders’ readiness for the new world,” said Andrew Malley, chief executive officer of DHGE. “Healthcare has experienced drastic changes. By offering customized, flexible and agile education options we are empowering professionals to grow professionally and allow institutions to identify top talent.”
With the partnership, Dignity Health Global Education joins The Essentials Group’s Education vendor category. Launched in January 2020, The Essentials Group is the latest business line of The Center, providing a portfolio of high-quality products and services aimed to drive efficiencies and bottom-line impact to clients and members of The Center and CHAMPS Group Purchasing.
About The Center for Health Affairs: With a rich history dating back to 1916, The Center for Health Affairs serves as the collective voice and leading advocate for 36 hospitals across nine counties in Northeast Ohio. As the nation’s first regional hospital association, The Center aims to enhance the effectiveness of the healthcare community and the health of the communities it serves by providing expertise, resources and solutions to address the challenges facing the region’s healthcare providers. The Center’s efforts focus on areas in which member hospitals and their communities can benefit from a regional approach, including emergency preparedness; public policy and advocacy; finance and reimbursement; and community health. Through its business affiliates, CHAMPS Group Purchasing and The Essentials Group, The Center provides a broad level of professional services to its members. Headquartered in downtown Cleveland, The Center is honored to be named as one of The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Top Workplaces in 2014, 2015 and 2021; ERC’s NorthCoast99 List in 2003, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017; Crain’s Cleveland Business and Best Companies Group’s Best Employers in Ohio in 2020 and 2021; and Modern Healthcare’s 2021 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. For more, visit neohospitals.org.
About Dignity Health Global Education: DHGE is an online education and technology provider for the healthcare workforce. Our mission is to transform how healthcare workers learn. We design learning experiences that are loved and affect positive change in our learners’ lives and, in turn, impact their organization. We partner with leading academic institutions and top experts to innovate, redefine, and reimagine healthcare workforce development.
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