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ASHHRA eNews Brief: March 2015
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Exclusive Free Report: Retirement Plan Trends in Today’s Healthcare Market—2014. Access it now.

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/publications/retirement_trends.shtml to view the full article online.

 

The latest issue of HR Pulse magazine is now available. ASHHRA members have access to the digital version and a print copy is also mailed. This issue focuses on HR Delivery with articles on lean recruiting and how analytics drive better teams.

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/publications/hr_pulse_public.shtml to view the full article online.

 

Registration for the ASHHRA 51st Annual Conference & Exposition in Orlando, Florida, September 19–22, 2015, is now open! Take advantage of the biggest savings by registering today!

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

 

The week of March 15 - 21, 2015, has been designated to recognize human resources professionals in hospitals and non-hospital organizations across the nation for the daily issues they face in workforce, compensation and benefits, employee relations, health care reform, and wellness—just to name a few. ASHHRA encourages all of you to get involved in this week-long celebration. Check out some of the resources to help you get started, and download the Health Care HR Week Toolkit. 

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

 
AHA RESOURCES

Posted by kmgarber, AHA Resource Center

The percent of registered nurses with bachelor’s degrees (as their highest educational attainment) increased from about 31 percent in 2011 to 38 percent two years later, according to this survey of nurse executives. In comparison, the percent with RNs with associate degrees decreased a little bit over the same period, from about 44 percent to about 42 percent.

Visit https://aharesourcecenter.wordpress.com/2015/02/17/nurses-rns-increasingly-have-bachelors-degree/ to view the full article online.

 
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WORKFORCE

Jackie Larson, Becker’s Hospital Review

The idea of centralization typically has a lot of traction in organizations that want to reduce redundancies, create efficiencies and ensure standardized processes. Within health care, centralizing workforce management, both day-of staffing and deployment responsibilities as well as strategic staffing plan initiatives and analytics, has grown in popularity as provider organizations are faced with incredible pressure to find savings without sacrificing quality.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/6-common-challenges-of-a-centralized-workforce-management-strategy.html to view the full article online.

 

Kelly Gooch, Becker's Hospital Review

Women are achieving career stability and middle-class wage by securing jobs in health care, according to a report by The New York Times.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/women-achieving-career-stability-by-securing-healthcare-jobs.html to view the full article online.

 

John Commins, HealthLeaders Media

The Association of American Medical Colleges is calling on Congress to immediately fund an additional 3,000 medical residency slots each year in addition to the 27,000 to 29,000 residency slots already in place.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/PHY-313948/Physician-Shortage-Could-Hit-90K-by-2025 to view the full article online.

 

Zack Budryk, FierceHealthcare

Despite the positive impact nurse leaders have on outcomes, they remain underrepresented in hospital leadership, according to Becker's Hospital Review.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/how-hospitals-can-reduce-barriers-nurse-leadership/2015-02-26 to view the full article online.

 
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COMPENSATION

Steven Ross Johnson, Modern Healthcare

Higher wages are needed to sustain a viable home-care workforce, as demand for home-care services continues to grow with the aging population, home-care worker advocates argue. A new report demonstrates the gravity of the home-care wage issue.

Visit http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150218/NEWS/150219896/staffing-crisis-looms-if-home-care-wages-dont-rise-advocates-say to view the full article online.

 

HealthLeaders Media Staff, HealthLeaders Media

Four senior health care leaders discuss how physician compensation will change as the health care environment shifts from fee-for-service to value-based care.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/PHY-313661/Slideshow-Physician-Compensation-in-the-ValueBased-Era to view the full article online.

 

Zack Budryk, FierceHealthcare

Signing bonuses increased for both physicians and non-physician health care providers in 2014, according to a new report from the physician search consultancy The Medicus Firm.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/signing-bonuses-rise-and-not-just-physicians/2015-02-25 to view the full article online.

 
GENERAL HR

Lena J. Weiner, HealthLeaders Media

Misunderstandings around FLSA law are common and the penalties are real and potentially damaging to a hospital's finances, reputation and retention efforts, a legal expert advises.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/HR-313500/How-to-Avoid-3-Common-FLSA-Errors to view the full article online.

 

Kevin Kruse, Forbes

How does employee engagement drive results for health care systems? What is the hard return-on-investment (ROI) of engagement for hospitals?

Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2015/02/26/the-roi-of-employee-engagement-in-hospitals/ to view the full article online.

 

Cynthia Stuckey, Fast Company

Women make up about half of the workforce in the U.S. Yet despite the clear value of having a diverse workforce, like improved operational and financial performance, increased innovation and enhanced company reputation, organizations are still struggling to attract and retain women in leadership roles.

Visit http://www.fastcompany.com/3042405/strong-female-lead/6-ways-to-get-women-into-leadership-positions-and-keep-them-there to view the full article online.

 
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PHYSICIANS

Tamara Rosin, Becker’s Hospital Review

In today's health care climate, who is best suited to lead? The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has spurred many changes, and though the health care law has also been a source of contentious debate, it is credited with catalyzing the shift from volume-based to value- and quality-based care delivery models. While HHS' recently announced an ambitious plan to overhaul fee-for-service payments that might create serious challenges for some organizations, its objective—to steer health care's focus to deliver more patient-centric, high-quality care—is a highly valued goal.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/the-case-for-physician-ceos.html to view the full article online.

 

Kenneth H. Cohn, Hospital Impact

A recent FierceHealthcare story cited five ways to boost hospital-physician engagement: 1) Keeping physicians in the loop on the hospital's financial and operational goals; 2) engaging the community; 3) increasing physicians' protected nonclinical time to improve engagement; 4) familiarizing physicians with the company's goals; and 5) concentrating work at one facility.

Visit http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2015/02/19/a_new_way_to_think_about_hospital_physic to view the full article online.

 

Debra Beaulieu-Volk, FierceHealthcare

The idea that physicians, as a profession, are at higher risk for divorce may be misguided, according to a study published last week in The BMJ. The following is each group's likelihood of divorce. According to the researchers' analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, health care executives, lawyers and non-health care professionals.

Visit http://www.fiercepracticemanagement.com/story/divorce-study-suggests-female-physicians-need-more-work-life-support/2015-02-24 to view the full article online.

 
HOSPITAL NEWS

Kelly Gooch, Becker's Hospital Review

Veterans Affairs hospitals have been able to dramatically reduce nurses' injuries caused by lifting through training and technology, according to a National Public Radio report. Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Medical Center in Loma Linda, Calif., for instance, frequently trains employees on how to use lift equipment, according to the report.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/how-va-hospitals-have-reduced-nurses-injuries.html to view the full article online.

 

Tina Reed, Washington Business Journal

Hospitals are usually only too happy to promote the fact they're ranked on a top national list for safety and quality. As a journalist, I've often written about them. But when it comes to really understanding the real value of four of those top ranking—from Consumer Reports, HealthGrades, Leapfrog Group and U.S. News & World Report—consumers are often left very confused. And it's not surprising, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University published this week in the journal Health Affairs.

Visit http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2015/03/heres-why-all-those-hospital-rankings-might-be.html to view the full article online.

 

Jordan Rau, U.S. News & World Report

The sleek hospital tower that Johns Hopkins Medicine built in 2012 has the frills of a luxury hotel, including a meditation garden, 500 works of art, free wi-fi and a library of books, games and audio. As Dr. Zishan Siddiqui watched patients and some fellow physicians in Baltimore move from their decades-old building into the Sheikh Zayed Tower, the internist saw a rare opportunity to test a widespread assumption in the hospital industry: that patients rate their care more highly when it is given in a nicer place.

Visit http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/02/24/fancy-flourishes-at-hospitals-dont-impress-patients-study-finds?int=ad8609 to view the full article online.

 
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP

Bob Kehoe, Hospitals & Health Networks

As hospitals and health systems navigate the transformation from volume to value, it’s critical that they have the skill sets and leadership capabilities to move the organization forward. Human resources and executive leadership are pressed to identify capability gaps within the organization and find ways to develop and expand the roles of current employees, as well as identify the necessary outside talent to help the organization achieve its strategic objectives.

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/display/HHN-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HHN/Magazine/2015/Feb/exdia-leadership-development-succession-planning-hostpial-workforce to view the full article online.

 

Austin Frakt, The New York Times

If you or a loved one is having a heart attack, your most pressing concerns probably include how quickly you can get to the hospital and the quality of care you’ll receive. You’re probably not thinking about the hospital’s board room, even though quality of care for heart attacks and many other conditions may be determined in large part by decisions made there.

Visit http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/upshot/in-hospitals-board-rooms-are-as-important-as-operating-rooms.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0 to view the full article online.

 

Marty Stempniak, Hospitals & Health Networks

Nicholas Tejeda, 35, is the chief executive officer of Tenet California’s 73-bed Doctors Hospital of Manteca and the immediate past president of the National Forum of Latino Healthcare Executives. Tejeda discusses the challenges of becoming a hospital CEO at a relatively young age, advice for seasoned employees who are welcoming a younger leader and diversity in the C-suite.

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/display/HHN-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HHN/Magazine/2015/Feb/interview-tejeda-youngCEOs to view the full article online.

 

Ilene MacDonald, Hospital Impact

Hospital execs are inundated with informative data and monthly reports, but the leaders who often make the best decisions to improve patient safety are the ones who step away from their desks every so often and walk around the organization to talk with staff and patients.

Visit http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2015/03/05/informal_leadership_rounds_result_in_maj to view the full article online.

 

Thomas Dahlborg, Hospital Impact

I recently had the opportunity to meet with an amazing group of health care leaders, each representing a different sector and all coming together to improve the health care system locally, regionally and beyond. It was a mosaic of ideas, philosophies and approaches, each intertwined with opportunity, challenge, hope, ideal and complexity.

Visit http://www.hospitalimpact.org/?blog=1&page=1&disp=posts&paged=2 to view the full article online.

 
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