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ASHHRA eNews Brief: December 2013
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ASHHRA members can access this report, which includes the results and analysis of the annual ASHHRA member survey regarding labor activity in their health care organizations along with an analysis of national, regional, and state representation petitions and elections (RC, RD, and RM) as reported by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) during 2012 and the first six months of 2013.

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/resources/labor_activity.shtml to view the full article online.

 

Print copies of the Winter 2013 issue of HR Pulse magazine have been mailed, and ASHHRA members may access the digital version by logging in. This issue features articles on talent, coaching, mentoring, and more.

Visit http://sso.aha.org/opensso/cdcservlet?goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashhra.org%3A80%2Fmember%2Fhrpulse.shtml&RequestID=326859573&MajorVersion=1&MinorVersion=0&ProviderID=http%3A%2F%2Fs259722ch3vl48.uschcg6.savvis.net%3A80%2Famagent&IssueInstant=2013-12-09T15%3A20 to view the full article online.

 

New grant program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The purpose of this grant program is to assist in the planning and development of an integrated health care network.

Visit http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/apply/assistance/ruralnetworks/index.html to view the full article online.

 

The third quarter issue of the Health Care Labor Report examines on-call hours under a proposed IRS rule and communication strategies during mergers and acquisitions.

Visit http://sso.aha.org/opensso/cdcservlet?goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashhra.org%3A80%2Fmember%2Fhc_labor_report.shtml&RequestID=333230534&MajorVersion=1&MinorVersion=0&ProviderID=http%3A%2F%2Fs259722ch3vl49.uschcg6.savvis.net%3A80%2Famagent&IssueInstant=2013-12-09 to view the full article online.

 

The CHHR Examination is now available nationwide at AMP Assessment Centers.

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

 
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WORKFORCE

By Heather Punke

While the health care industry as a whole added 28,400 jobs last month, hospital jobs grew by just 1,200, according to the most recent seasonally adjusted numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/hospitals-add-1-200-jobs-in-november.html to view the full article online.

 

By Josh Hicks

The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $55.5 million in grants to help bolster a health-care workforce that is stretched thin and possibly due for more strain under the Affordable Care Act. 

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

Visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/12/06/obama-administration-awards-55-million-to-boost-health-care-workforce/ to view the full article online.

 

By Anuja Vaidya

Here are nine statistics on medical, allied health, or health-related jobs projected to grow the most in the next five years, according to a five-year jobs projection report from CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists.

SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/9-statistics-on-healthcare-job-growth-in-the-next-5-years.html to view the full article online.

 

By Ilene MacDonald

News stories abound about the nationwide nursing shortage. In recent weeks, FierceHealthcare reported that New Mexico is desperate for nurses and plans to spend $220,000 on a marketing campaign to recruit nurses from other regions of the country to work in the state.

SOURCE: FIERCE HEALTHCARE

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/nursing-shortage-myth-or-reality/2013-12-06 to view the full article online.

 

By Heather Punke

According to a five-year jobs projection report from CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists, 26 of the 50 jobs projected to grow the fastest from 2013 to 2017 are in the health care industry.

SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/26-healthcare-jobs-among-50-projected-fastest-growing.html to view the full article online.

 
COMPENSATION

By Helen Gregg

During a Nov. 14 session at Becker’s Hospital Review Annual CEO Strategy Roundtable in Chicago, Integrated Healthcare Strategies Executive Vice President and COO Steven Rice and Vice President Mark Ryberg discussed five steps all hospitals should follow when determining and assessing the fair-market compensation of high-earning physicians.

SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/5-steps-to-determining-and-assessing-the-fair-market-value-of-highly-compensated-physicians.html to view the full article online.

 

By John Commins

Even though compensation growth has slowed a bit—CEOs report a gain of only 4 percent over two years—the demand for physician executives continues to increase. Median annual pay reported by doctors in executive roles is $325,000.

SOURCE: HEALTHLEADERS MEDIA

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/FIN-298483/Physician-Executive-Compensation-Growth-Slow-but-Healthy.html to view the full article online.

 

By Bob Herman

The following physician and hospital executive compensation issues occurred in the past two months, starting with the most recent.

SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/10-latest-stories-on-healthcare-executive-compensation-winter-2013.html to view the full article online.

 
GENERAL HR

By Laura Putre

The final article of our yearlong Generations in the Workplace series asks eight hospital leaders what problem each found particularly challenging about managing a multigenerational staff and the strategy used to solve it.

SOURCE: HOSPITALS & HEALTH NETWORKS

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HHNMAG/Article/data/11NOV2013/1113HHN_Feature_staffingissues&domain=HHNMAG to view the full article online.

 

By Zack Budryk

Confidence about the economy and the future is high among health care workers, according to the latest edition of the Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index.

SOURCE: FIERCE HEALTHCARE

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/healthcare-workers-remain-confident-about-economy-job-security/2013-12-05 to view the full article online.

 

By Debra Beaulieu

It's quite likely that employees and physicians at your practice span across four different generations, from baby boomers to millennials, creating—as a recent Forbes slideshow put it—"a Petri dish for problems."

SOURCE: FIERCE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Visit http://www.fiercepracticemanagement.com/story/truth-behind-generational-stereotypes/2013-11-19 to view the full article online.

 

Research by Paul Barr

Improving patient engagement is on the short list of strategies for hospitals and health systems to improve quality and patient satisfaction. But for patients to become actively engaged, their physicians, nurses, and other clinicians need to be supportive and competent in providing care that encourages involvement.

SOURCE: HOSPITALS & HEALTH NETWORKS

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HHNMAG/Article/data/11NOV2013/1113HHN_FEA_VHAGate&domain=HHNMAG to view the full article online.

 
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PHYSICIANS

By Debra Beaulieu

Contrary to popular belief, physicians who work in outpatient settings are at just as much risk for burnout as their inpatient counterparts, according to a new study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

SOURCE: FIERCE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Visit http://www.fiercepracticemanagement.com/story/study-office-based-docs-more-emotionally-exhausted-hospital-doctors/2013-12-02 to view the full article online.

 
HOSPITAL NEWS

By Katie Sullivan

Rural hospitals need to look for leaders who fit their mission and act like a big-city operation in order to attract a competitive CEO, writes Beth A. Nelson, a consultant for the executive search firm Witt/Kieffer, in Oak Brook, Ill., in an article for Hospitals & Health Networks.

SOURCE: FIERCE HEALTHCARE

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/how-rural-small-town-hospitals-can-attract-competitive-ceos/2013-11-22 to view the full article online.

 

The Hospital Engagement Network initiative has forced staff at Nebraska Methodist Hospital to fundamentally re-evaluate how care is provided, says board chairman Spencer Stevens. An engineer by training, Stevens says that the process has brought about significant improvements, not the least of which is embedding a culture of safety from the board to front-line staff.

SOURCE: HOSPITALS & HEALTH NETWORKS

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag/HHNDaily/HHNDailyDisplay.dhtml?id=2720004862 to view the full article online.

 

By Heather Punke

Health care workers report some of the highest injury rates in the nation, and those injuries come at a price beyond the workers' wellbeing. In 2011, health care worker injuries ended up costing the industry an estimated $13.1 billion and more than two million lost work days, according to Scott Harris, PhD, director of EHS Advisory Services for UL Workplace Health & Safety. The hospital share of that was an estimated $6.2 billion and at least 926,000 lost work days

SOURCE: BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/workplace-injuries-cost-healthcare-13b-what-hospitals-can-do.html to view the full article online.

 
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP

By Debra Beaulieu

Very often in medical practices, people receive promotions to managerial roles. Some of you reading this may fit this description, as being a once-outstanding biller, coder, or receptionist whose career has grown with the practice. Despite these well-deserved opportunities, however, not all leaders are initially welcome to or skilled at managing people.

SOURCE: FIERCE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Visit http://www.fiercepracticemanagement.com/story/3-management-myths-and-how-avoid-them/2013-12-04 to view the full article online.

 

By Kelsey Brimmer

All health care providers worry about attracting and retaining good employees, and with the market increasingly becoming more competitive, that concern is top of mind. Fred Morgeson, PhD, professor at the Eli Broad School of Management at Michigan State University and editor of the annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior and Scientific Advisor to HealthcareSource, offers health care employers five tips for successful hiring and employee retention.

SOURCE: HEALTHCARE FINANCE NEWS

Visit http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/5-keys-successful-hiring to view the full article online.

 
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