NAHSE places its origin as far back as the early 1930's, when a group of black health executives formed what was then called the National Hospital Association (NHA), an affiliate of the National Medical Association (NMA). In 1936, a meeting of all "Negro hospital executives" was called and held at Lincoln Hospital in Durham, NC. At that meeting, the NHA was renamed the National Conference of Hospital Administration (NCHA). Dent was named Chairman and Mr. John Procope was named Secretary-Treasurer. After several changes in leadership, the Conference's activities were limited to one informal meeting held in conjunction with the annual AHA meeting. In 1968, NAHSE was formed and Mr. Everett V. Fox was named the first President. Transformational leadership is the foundation of the New Jersey Chapter focusing on recruitment, team-building, and motivation while simultaneously striving to improve the health status, economic opportunities and educational advancement of the communities we serve. While the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) was originally founded in 1968, the New Jersey Chapter was officially formed on Sunday, March 26th, 2017 due in large part to nine employees of RWJBarnabas Health System who were committed to improve the equity of care and overall health status of the diverse populations serviced by the system throughout the state.
