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ASHHRA e-News Brief: August 2012Are you recognized as an expert in your field by your peers and others in your organization? Two of our ASHHRA Board Members have been working on a program that will help us to demonstrate our expertise once and for all. Maureen O’Keeffe and Grace Moffitt have been diligently and persistently working on a health care human resources certification (thank you both for staying with this!!!). This certification is being designed in conjunction with the AHA Certification Center. They first begin with the human resources health care competencies. These are aligned with the ASHHRA leadership competencies that you are familiar with: HR Delivery, Health Care Business Knowledge, People Strategies, Community Citizenship, and Personal Leadership. Then, they will work with a team of ASHHRA volunteers to develop the exam that will test our individual competencies. Finally, the exam will be piloted, tweaked and improved, and rolled-out as the only health care human resources certification exam available in our field. So, how far along are you on your 10,000 hours? Are you ready to prove your expertise in health care HR? We are about a year away from rolling out this exam, but would love to hear from you if you are interested in volunteering for this effort. Feel free to ashhra@aha.org and put your name on the list of those interested.
Along the lines of certification, are you a lifelong learner? Are you still working on your 10,000 hours? If yes, then sign up now to attend ASHHRA’s 48th Annual Conference and Exposition from September 22-25 in Denver, Colorado. The session begins with speaker Tom Flick who will deliver a message about high performance strategies for leadership, teamwork, change, and personal growth. We have multiple learning sessions on topics from accountable care to mergers and acquisitions and labor relations. The exhibit hall has some great vendors that can make work easier, faster, and better for those around us. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the great networking that takes place as we share our time with others that have similar problems and interests. Lastly, Carson Kressley is our closing speaker. He is out to make over the world! So you know he is going to be a lot of fun and have a great message to close our conference. If you haven’t registered for the conference, it’s not too late to get energized. Register now! See you in September.
Leading People Through Change,
Irma L. Pye, SPHR
ASHHRA 2012 President
Senior Vice President & CHRO
Valley Baptist Health System
Harlingen, Texas
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Is healthcare job growth good for everyone who isn't in the healthcare sector? That's a question I ask just about everyone who's willing to weigh in on the topic. Anthony P. Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, said in June that healthcare sector cost and job growth are byproducts of an inefficient and fragmented healthcare system. He estimates that by 2020 one-in-five dollars spent in the overall economy will go to healthcare. That's money that will have to come from other areas of the economy. In addition, he estimates that the healthcare sector will create 5.6 million new jobs, from drug reps to bedside nurses, by 2020.
SOURCE: HEALTHLEADERS MEDIA
Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/HR-283089/Benefits-of-Healthcare-Jobs-Spur-Ongoing-Debate to view the full article online.
Although women comprise 73 percent of medical and health services managers, only 18 percent of hospital CEOs are women, according to a report from Rock Health. The report coincides with Rock Health's XX in Health, a special week dedicated to the improvement of gender diversity in healthcare.
SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW
Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/women-make-up-73-of-healthcare-managers-but-only-18-of-hospital-ceos.html to view the full article online.
Shortages of pediatric specialists mean that many young patients must wait weeks and sometimes months to get an appointment, according to data released July 23 by the Children’s Hospital Assn. The organization surveyed 69 children’s hospitals nationwide and found that physician shortages are causing long waits for patients and lost referrals for doctors. For hospitals, the shortages mean widespread vacancies in needed specialties and rising recruitment costs.
SOURCE: AMERICAN MEDICAL NEWS
Visit http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/08/06/prsc0807.htm to view the full article online.
Since a temporary radiologic technologist was accused of stealing drugs from a New Hampshire hospital and giving patients hepatitis C through infected syringes, troubling reports of his past have emerged – casting a spotlight on the staffing industry as a whole.
SOURCE: CNN
Visit http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/health/controversy-temporary-employees/index.html to view the full article online.
Physicians, both employed and independent, need to take steps to ensure they are receiving the appropriate share of pay-for-performance or value-based purchasing bonuses, medical consultants say. Whether the quality pay program is from a health system, insurer, accountable care organization, patient-centered medical home or some other model, physicians need to understand what metrics they have to meet. In addition, doctors need to determine how to meet them and ensure they have the tools to do so.
SOURCE: AMERICAN MEDICAL NEWS
Visit http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/07/23/bisa0723.htm to view the full article online.
Technology has never been as important at hospitals and health systems as it is right now, and that typically means CIOs and CMIOs have to handle a lot more. Meaningful use, electronic health record implementation, computerized physician order entry — these tasks and others are front and center for hospital CIOs and CMIOs, and these executives' compensation have risen over the years to match the increased responsibilities. Tim Tolan, senior partner at executive search firm Sanford Rose Associates, explains the four major trends regarding hospital CIO and CMIO compensation right now.
SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW
Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/4-trends-on-hospital-cio-and-cmio-compensation.html to view the full article online.
As officials continue to investigate the hepatitis C outbreak, some outraged citizens and healthcare organizations are calling for a national registry that would require hospitals and staffing agencies to report professional misconduct by medical technicians, as well using confidential, third-party reference checks, Seacoast Online reported.
SOURCE: FIERCE HEALTHCARE
Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/could-national-registry-save-hospitals-hiring-problem-workers/2012-08-06 to view the full article online.
You've selected the standards against which you'll measure your nurses. What happens if an individual or a unit misses the mark? Terri Veneziano, MSN, RN, former CNO at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital; Donna Poduska, MS, RN, Poudre Valley Hospital CNO; and Bridget Johnson, vice president of patient services at Parkview Whitley Hospital, offer three pointers.
SOURCE: HEALTHLEADERS MEDIA
Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/QUA-282911/3-Ways-to-Address-Nursing-Underperformance to view the full article online.
A survey published in American Journal of Nursing in 2002, reported that 90 percent of hospital workers, including doctors and nurses, reported "yelling," "abusive language" as well as "condescension" and "berating colleagues." A quarter of the 1,200 people surveyed said they witnessed such behavior weekly. "There isn’t a doctor alive who hasn’t seen it," says William Norcross, executive director of a program at the University of California at San Diego that uses anger management to treat irascible physicians.
SOURCE: BLOOMBERG.COM
Visit http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-02/scalpel-throwing-surgeons-stun-anger-management-pioneer-health.html to view the full article online.
In the name of patient safety, some hospitals require that senior physicians get a fitness-for-duty evaluation as a condition of medical staff privileges.
SOURCE: AMERICAN MEDICAL NEWS
Visit http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/07/30/prsa0730.htm to view the full article online.
The health-care reform law is accelerating a shift away from private practices as doctors, fearful of new costs and regulations, "run for cover" under the protection of large hospitals.
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST
Visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/health-care-law-driving-doctors-away-from-small-practices-toward-hospital-employment/2012/07/19/gJQALB9bwW_story.html to view the full article online.
Restaurant chains have managed to combine quality control, cost control, and innovation. Can health care?
SOURCE: THE NEW YORKER
Visit http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/08/13/120813fa_fact_gawande to view the full article online.
In a recent webinar hosted by Becker's Hospital Review, Rhonda Larimore, vice president and chief human resource officer with Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, and Ted Kinney, PhD, senior consultant with Select International, discussed key steps for hospital leaders who are trying to implement a culture change within their organization.
SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW
Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/6-necessities-for-deliberate-culture-change-in-a-hospital.html to view the full article online.
If a hospital CEO suddenly left, many healthcare organizations would be out of luck. According to a survey from search firm Witt/Kieffer, less than 40 percent of healthcare CEOs have worked with their board to develop a formal succession plan, and only one-third have mentored a successor.
SOURCE: FIERCE HEALTHCARE
Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/succession-planning-lacking-healthcare/2012-08-07 to view the full article online.
