By: Jennifer Schleman, Senior Vice President, Communications and Governance

Did you know that one benefit of National Health Council (NHC) membership offers you the opportunity to connect with your peers?

NHC Affinity Groups bring together staff from NHC member organizations to discuss cross-cutting issues common to their area of work such as operational excellence, communicating in an uncertain environment, health equity, and revenue trends. In addition, these conversations inform the development of additional NHC programming.

NHC has Affinity Groups for:

• • Artificial Intelligence (AI): Open to all NHC members, these inclusive conversations explore and advance the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in issues important to the patient community. Dive into the role of AI in patient health, including operational applications, federal policymaking insights, updates on NHC partnerships, and participate in robust member discussions.
  • Chief Executive Officers: Gather with lead executives to discuss emerging trends and challenges facing NHC member organizations and their leadership.
  • Chief Financial Officers: Gather with financial leads to share information and best approaches in the finance area, while sharing best practices and discussing common concerns, such as policy and regulatory issues, that impact income development.
  • Chief Scientific/Medical/Research Officers: Improving the quality and effectiveness of care is a key goal in health care research. Members in this group gather with leaders from patient groups, nonprofit organizations, and industry leaders to discuss best practices and experiences.
  • Communications Professionals: In this ever-evolving digital world, communication professionals must connect in new ways to increase and maintain audience engagement. Join communications professionals in sharing best practices and collaboration on issues of importance to the patient community.
  • Event Professionals: Consists of meeting and event planners who organize events for NHC member organizations. Discuss experiences, recommendations, best practices and challenges regarding in-person conferences, hybrid, and virtual events.
  • Health Equity: Gather with NHC patient groups, nonprofit, and association members to share information, expertise, and strategic thinking on health equity issues important to the patient community. These meetings are designed to prioritize health equity issues while determining actionable next steps.

Affinity Groups typically meet two to three times per year, but some, like the new AI Affinity Group, meet monthly. Several Affinity Groups have upcoming meetings including:

• • Health Equity Affinity Group on August 27
  • AI Affinity Group on August 28
  • Communications Affinity Group on September 17
  • Event Professionals Affinity Group on September 18

Check out the Meetings & Events page on the NHC website for registration information for upcoming Affinity Group meetings. For more information about this or other NHC member benefits, please contact membership@nhcouncil.org.