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ASHHRA eNews Brief: December 2014
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Share your best practices, innovative solutions and expertise with health care HR professionals, and enable them to lead the way at the ASHHRA 51st Annual Conference & Exposition in Orlando, Florida, September 19–22, 2015.

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/conference/2015/speakers.shtml to view the full article online.

 

The latest issue of HR Pulse magazine, focusing on People Strategies, is now exclusively available for ASHHRA members to access online. A print version is also mailed to all ASHHRA members.

Visit http://sso.aha.org/opensso/cdcservlet?goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashhra.org%3A80%2Fmember%2Fhrpulse.shtml&RequestID=2125795075&MajorVersion=1&MinorVersion=0&ProviderID=http%3A%2F%2Fs259722ch3vl49.uschcg6.savvis.net%3A80%2Famagent&IssueInstant=2014-12-09T12%3A4 to view the full article online.

 

Give yourself the gift of education and personal and professional fulfillment this holiday season. Here are five reasons to seek certification.

  1.  For personal challenge and continuous self-improvement

  2.  To continue to deepen and demonstrate your knowledge and capabilities

  3.  Verify your mastery of the defined body of knowledge covered on the exam

  4.  Differentiate yourself in a competitive marketplace

  5.  Potentially improve your opportunity for career advancement 

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

 

The 43rd Semi-Annual Labor Activity in Health Care Report is now available for ASHHRA members.

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

 
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WORKFORCE

By Kelly Gooch, Becker’s Hospital Review

As the second open enrollment period under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act moves forward, there continues to be a high demand for nonclinical and frontline health care positions, according to a recent report by the nonprofit College for America at Southern New Hampshire University.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/high-demand-continues-for-nonclinical-and-frontline-healthcare-positions-workforce-report-shows.html to view the full article online.

 

By Tamara Rosin, Becker’s Hospital Review

New clinical and leadership roles have emerged in response to the national transformation of the health care industry, particularly influenced by new regulatory incentives, penalties and mandates from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the shift from volume- to value-based care and efforts to control costs, according to the report, Emerging Roles in Healthcare 2014 by AMN Healthcare.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/6-things-to-know-about-the-newest-jobs-in-healthcare.html to view the full article online.

 

By Leslie Small, FierceHealthcare

Demand remains sky-high for nonclinical and frontline jobs in the health care industry due to a host of factors, including the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a new report indicates.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/boom-market-continues-nonclinical-healthcare-jobs/2014-11-26 to view the full article online.

 

By Julie Bird, FierceHealthcare

Nurses shouldn't be required to work overtime to cover staffing shortages, the American Nurses Association (ANA) said in a position paper released last week that called for hospitals and nurses to work together to reduce nurse fatigue and possible harm to patients.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/reduce-nurse-fatigue-40-hour-workweeks-no-forced-overtime/2014-11-23 to view the full article online.

 
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COMPENSATION

By Shannon Barnet, Becker's Hospital Review

In 2014, the average base salary for hospital and health system executives rose an average of 3.1 percent, according to recent survey results from Sullivan, Cotter and Associates.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/average-base-salary-for-healthcare-executives-rose-3-1-this-year-study-finds.html to view the full article online.

 

HealthLeaders Media

This year's HealthLeaders Media Executive Compensation Survey demonstrates the importance of aligning compensation packages to health care's new performance-based care model.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/LED-310506/Intelligence-Report-Reforming-Executive-Compensation-to-Accelerate-Change to view the full article online.

 
GENERAL HR

Lena J. Weiner, HealthLeaders Media

A legal expert offers thoughts on keeping employees merry and bright while minimizing your health care organization's risk of litigation. Spoiler alert: Don't be a Scrooge.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/HR-311025/3-Holiday-Tips-for-Hospital-HR-Execs to view the full article online.

 

By Kelly Gooch, Becker’s Hospital Review

A recent American Answers Employee Study shows many employees are not exceedingly satisfied or dissatisfied. Therefore, organizations can benefit from doing things that will increase employee engagement, according to the study. The study was conducted this fall, and the work experience of 4,115 American employees was measured by Ann Arbor, Mich.-based ForeSee.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/overall-worker-satisfaction-rated-at-65-organizations-can-benefit-from-employee-engagement-study-shows.html to view the full article online.

 

By Darlene A. Cunha, Hospital Impact

Performance reviews create angst and fear. We all have to give them, and almost everyone who's evaluated hates it. More often than not, it is a pretentious, bogus practice that produces nothing any thinking executive would call a plus. Don't get me wrong, reviewing performance is good, but it should happen every day, not once a year.

Visit http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2014/11/26/daily_feedback_more_effective_than_annua to view the full article online.

 
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PHYSICIANS

By Sherri Loeb, Hospital Impact

As I re-read Tom Dahlborg's Hospital Impact blog post from 2010 about this "touchy feely time of the year" and if gratitude makes a difference in someone's life, I can't help but reflect on the way physicians communicate information to patients.

Visit http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2014/12/04/doctors_must_communicate_bad_news_with_c to view the full article online.

 

By Bill Santamour, H&HN magazine

Remember back when hospital executives and physicians had what might charitably be described as an adversarial relationship? One side regarded the other as profligate prima donnas; the other peered across the great clinical-management divide and saw penny-pinching buttinskies.

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/display/HHN-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HHN/Magazine/2014/Nov/editors-note-physician-engagement to view the full article online.

 

Lena J. Weiner, HealthLeaders Media

Surprisingly, poor physician ratings posted online are not the result of angry patients or professional rivals, a researcher says. Instead, the numbers are often skewed because of low numbers of reviews.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/PHY-311019/Online-Consumer-Ratings-of-Physicians-Completely-Random to view the full article online.

 
HOSPITAL NEWS

By Zack Budryk, FierceHealthcare

Morning huddles can significantly improve hospital culture and help hospital leaders anticipate preventable errors, according to a Harvard Business Review blog post. Last spring, the Illinois-based Advocate Health Care abolished meetings between 7 and 9 a.m., replacing them with safety huddles, according to Rishi Sikka, MD, Kate Kovich, MS and Lee Sacks, MD, all senior leaders at the integrated health system.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/daily-leadership-huddles-drive-event-reporting-cut-errors/2014-12-08 to view the full article online.

 

By Marty Stempniak, H&HN magazine

With the Affordable Care Act—and its calls to focus on wellness and treat the health of patient populations—community engagement has taken on a new dimension.

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/display/HHN-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HHN/Magazine/2014/Dec/fea_engagement-patient_engagement-community to view the full article online.

 

By Tony Pugh, McClatchy Washington Bureau, CharlotteObserver.com

Improved patient safety and fewer mistakes at U.S. hospitals saved the lives of roughly 50,000 people from 2011 to 2013, the Obama administration reported Tuesday.

Visit http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/12/02/5356318/fewer-hospital-mistakes-mean-50000.html#.VIdPVjHF_r0 to view the full article online.

 
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP

By Ted Quinn, Forbes

Early in my career, I worked in management consulting with health care technology clients. We structured our engagements as a team of professionals with diversified skills, focusing on a strategic question facing a client’s business or operation. As a team, we worked to harness available data to analyze and formulate a set of recommendations to address this question. An Engagement Manager led projects, having overall responsibility for the development and execution of the plan including resourcing, budget, timeline and deliverables.

Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/groupthink/2014/12/09/bringing-a-management-model-to-healthcare-team-based-care/ to view the full article online.

 

By Leslie Small, FierceHealthcare

One of the best ways to improve population health management is through collaboration between health care facilities and community leaders, and a new study examines a variety of successful partnerships to make recommendations for how organizations can work together to improve public health.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/5-lessons-healthcare-partnership-success-stories/2014-12-08 to view the full article online.

 

By Akanksha Jayanthi, Becker’s Hospital Review

There is no one type of "smart." The adjective changes meaning based on its context, and even then there can be different kinds of smart. Street smart, book smart, financially smart. Health care is no exception: clinically smart, strategically smart, managerially smart. If you work in health care, there's always room to grow and learn and progress, no matter what types of smarts you have. Here are 10 of the smartest things people in health care do.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/10-smartest-things-people-in-healthcare-do.html to view the full article online.

 

By Debra Beaulieu-Volk, FiercePracticeManagement

Sound management advice for medical practices doesn't have to come from health care experts. The following three leadership tricks are from various industries and can help you connect with employees in virtually any setting.

Visit http://www.fiercepracticemanagement.com/story/3-easy-leadership-tricks-try-today/2014-12-03 to view the full article online.

 
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