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ASHHRA eNews Brief: August 2013
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The 2013/2014 Mentoring Program is accepting registrations from practitioner members. If you are interested in participating in the Mentoring Program, complete and submit the requested information.

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Industry survey results reveals gaps between departments, leaders, and frontline staff when it comes to how HR best practices can influence the patient or resident experience.

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/toolkits/a-e/employee_engagement.shtml#whitepapers to view the full article online.

 

Join us for the upcoming webinar which will help you understand and manage your 457 nonqualified deferred compensation plans sponsored by TIAA-CREF.

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Click here the full Jones Day Commentary.

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Earn up to 18.25 Recertification Credit Hours at the ASHHRA Annual Conference. Register now to secure your spot!

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The Certified in Healthcare Human Resources (CHHR) Examination Preparation Guide is now available to order from the ASHHRA Online Store.

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/learning/certification.shtml#chhrprepguide to view the full article online.

 
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WORKFORCE

Health care employment rose by only 2,500 jobs in July 2013, well below the new 24-month average of 22,000, and the lowest increase since July 2003. June figures were also revised down by nearly 7,000 jobs.

SOURCE: ALTARUM INSTITUTE

Visit http://altarum.org/sites/default/files/uploaded-related-files/CSHS-Labor-Brief_August%202013.pdf to view the full article online.

 

By Kevin B. O’Reilly

The U.S. appears to be falling behind in its effort to avert an impending primary care physician shortage, according to a recent study published in Academic Medicine that tracked the specialty choices of residents and fellows as they entered practice.

SOURCE: AMEDNEWS.COM

Visit http://amednews.com/article/20130717/profession/130719995/8/ to view the full article online.

 

American health care workers' confidence levels remained fairly consistent in the second quarter of 2013, according to the Q2 Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index. Confidence levels among health care workers decreased by one-fifth of a point, to 54.3, in the second quarter of 2013. The online survey was conducted in April, May, and June of this year by Harris Interactive on behalf of Randstad Healthcare, among 188 health care workers (ages 18 and older), including physicians, health care administrators, and other health care professionals.

SOURCE: RANDSTAD HEALTHCARE / PRNEWSWIRE.COM

Visit http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-worker-confidence-index-remains-unchanged-more-workers-likely-to-job-search-218849591.html to view the full article online.

 

By Ilene MacDonald

Despite health care workers' continued confidence in the health care industry and job opportunities, a new analysis indicates that health care's long employment boom may be coming to an end.

SOURCE: FIERCE HEALTHCARE

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/healthcare-employment-job-growth-slowing/2013-08-12 to view the full article online.

 

By David Weldon

Mention health care employees to most people, and the two job roles that come to mind are doctors and nurses. But there are dozens—perhaps hundreds—of job roles in health care which contribute to patient care and operations, not one of which is unimportant. The unfortunate thing is that they too often go overlooked when the conversation turns to empowering health care workers.

SOURCE: HEALTHCARE FINANCE NEWS

Visit http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/empowering-front-line-workers to view the full article online.

 

By Marla Durben Hirsch

The recruitment and retention of employees—always a challenge in the health care industry—will be especially difficult in the age of health care reform, with its focus on new payment models, such as accountable and value-based care.

SOURCE: FIERCE HEALTHCARE

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/3-top-healthcare-staffing-challenges-and-how-solve-them/2013-08-09 to view the full article online.

 
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COMPENSATION

By Bob Herman

Of the 30 physician specialties studied by the American Medical Group Association, the highest-compensated physicians in 2012 were cardiologists in the cath lab, according to the AMGA's 2013 compensation and financial survey.

SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/30-statistics-on-physician-compensation-amga-2013.html to view the full article online.

 

By Stephanie Bouchard

"Hospital CEOs see double-digit pay hikes," declared a headline from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in early June. These are the types of headlines that make hospital CEOs and their boards heave heavy sighs. They know how much defending and explaining they are going to be doing—again—even if they aren’t defending themselves specifically.

SOURCE: HEALTHCARE FINANCE NEWS

Visit http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/ceo-compensation-business-strategy to view the full article online.

 

By Molly Gamble

American health care is rapidly moving from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance, a concept often tied to accountable care organizations, CMS' value-based purchasing program, and outcomes-based contracts with payers. Hospitals are usually on the receiving side of these arrangements—they net rewards or face punishments depending on whether they meet an established set of metrics. But hospitals can also take pay-for-performance concepts into their own hands by enforcing value-based mechanisms elsewhere in their organizations.

SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/stop-paying-for-paltry-performance-5-tips-for-hospital-leaders.html to view the full article online.

 
GENERAL HR

By John Barry

In health care, employees who feel engaged with their work are more likely to provide quality care. Many health care organizations are finding that positive coaching is an effective way to increase employee engagement and increase quality care. 

Visit http://www.naylornetwork.com/ahh-nwl/pdf/Microsoft_Word_-_August_HR_Pulse_Employee_Engagement_Article_Updated_7_15_13.pdf to view the full article online.

 

By Kevin B. O’Reilly

This year has seen a sharp rise in the number of hospitals adopting policies aimed at ensuring equality in the treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender patients, physicians, and other health professionals, according to a report issued in July.

SOURCE: AMEDNEWS.COM

Visit http://amednews.com/article/20130729/profession/130729940/6/ to view the full article online.

 

By Vicki Hess

Done well, the Lean quality improvement philosophy can transform a health care organization when it comes to safety, quality, patient satisfaction, and overall efficiency. So why aren't health care leaders including employee engagement in the Lean mix? Here are three reasons you should.

SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/3-reasons-you-need-to-include-employee-engagement-in-your-lean-improvement-efforts.html to view the full article online.

 

By Heather Punke

Competition for health care hiring is strong, and attracting and retaining employees is one of the main challenges health care hirers face, according to data from the 2013 HireRight Employment Screening Benchmark Survey.

SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/10-biggest-talent-management-challenges-for-healthcare-organizations.html to view the full article online.

 

By Ilene MacDonald

Although yesterday's report about nationwide job cuts in the health care industry may indicate otherwise, most hospitals and health systems are struggling to find—and keep—good employees. And staffing problems will only get worse once the mandates of the Affordable Care Act go into effect in 2014 and 32 million more newly insured Americans seek health care services. Demands for HIT expertise are also on the rise in the midst of initiatives such as ICD-10 and Meaningful Use.

SOURCE: FIERCE HEALTHCARE

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/3-ways-hire-and-keep-exceptional-employees/2013-08-02 to view the full article online.

 

Be Chelsea Rice 

We've all read the stories of hospital workers being fired because of releasing patient information on Facebook or Twitter. Those rogue employees might not have acted alone—they might have been enabled by their employers' weak social media policies.

SOURCE: HEALTHLEADERS MEDIA

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/HR-295106/4-Social-Media-Policy-Fundamentals to view the full article online.

 
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PHYSICIANS

By Alicia Gallegos 

When health care team members drop the ball, it's often doctors who end up in court. How can physicians improve such care and avoid risks?

SOURCE: AMEDNEWS.COM

Visit http://amednews.com/article/20130729/profession/130729942/4/ to view the full article online.

 

By Molly Gamble

More physicians are pursuing executive MBA degrees rather than health care-specific programs to expose themselves to other industries and schools of thought, according to a report from Kaiser Health News and The Boston Globe.

SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/physicians-increasingly-pursuing-executive-mba-degrees.html to view the full article online.

 

The duty-hour regulations imposed in July 2011 are resulting in surgical interns who have much less time in the operating room compared with their predecessors, said a JAMA Surgery study published online July 10. 

SOURCE: AMEDNEWS.COM

Visit http://amednews.com/article/20130722/profession/130729972/9/ to view the full article online.

 

Even though patients are clamoring for it and health organizations see its benefits, electronic communication from primary care physicians won't become commonplace until doctors' workloads are reduced—or they get paid extra for emails and phone calls.

SOURCE: HEALTHCARE FINANCE NEWS

Visit http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/incentives-needed-doctors-email to view the full article online.

 
HOSPITAL NEWS

By Alicia Caramenico

With new provisions under the Affordable Care Act, payment and delivery reforms, and changing health care economics, the industry is riding the biggest wave of mergers since the 1990s, The New York Times reported.

SOURCE: FIERCE HEALTHCARE

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/healthcare-reforms-mean-more-supersized-hospitals/2013-08-13 to view the full article online.

 

By Rene Letourneau

Despite the prospect of millions of newly insured patients, many hospital and health system finance executives are not expecting health care reform to be a boon to their organization's bottom line.

SOURCE: HEALTHLEADERS MEDIA

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/FIN-294282/Healthcare-CFOs-Sing-Reform-Blues to view the full article online.

 
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP

By David O. Barbe, MD, MHA

A message to all physicians from David O. Barbe, MD, MHA, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees, on the importance of physician leadership and how to get involved.

SOURCE: AMEDNEWS.COM

Visit http://amednews.com/article/20130812/opinion/130819972/5/ to view the full article online.

 

By Scott Kashman

A few weeks ago, one of my colleagues suggested we ask each department managers to speak to their teams and understand their lagging and leading indicators. Specifically, what is one thing each person does every day to improve our overall patient satisfaction results?

SOURCE: FIERCE HEALTHCARE

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/dont-forget-each-worker-can-boost-patient-satisfation-results/2013-08-09 to view the full article online.

 
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