This post was authored by Shal Jacobovitz, CEO of the ACC.

The ACC is the premiere clinical medical professional society in cardiovascular medicine and operates under a strong and consistent mission of transforming cardiovascular care and improving heart health. The College’s current strategic plan was developed in 2007 and builds on this mission and on a foundation of professionalism to concentrate on three major areas of implementation: Continuous Quality Improvement, Patient-Centered Care, and Practice Excellence. 

In my role as CEO, I’m currently working with leaders to develop a new multi-year strategic plan, which was introduced in a recent JACC President’s Page by John Gordon Harold, MD, MACC, president of the ACC; Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, FACC, ACC president-elect and chair of the Strategic Planning Taskforce; and Richard Chazal, MD, FACC, former ACC Treasurer and vice chair of the Strategic Planning Taskforce.

The top five strategic priorities of the plan were shared at the recent ACC BOT retreat in beautiful Banff in Alberta, Canada, and were well-received. They include: 1) Transformation of Care, 2) Data, 3) Purposeful Education, 4) Membership, and 5) Public/Population Health Agenda.

There will be more information on the plan in the coming months and over the next few years, but this plan directly impacts the College’s members, and will continue our leadership in a time of rapid change in science and health care delivery. Our continued success depends on our ability to focus on the strategies most likely to provide member value and improve care.

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