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ASHHRA eNews Brief: July 2015
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ASHHRA NEWS

Register for this free webinar on the adoption of accountable care models and an environmental scan of next generation ACOs.

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/learning/webinars.shtml#070715 to view the full article online.

 

The keynote speakers are sure to invigorate and inspire you at the ASHHRA annual conference. See who they are!

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

 

In this issue, read more about the Gary Willis Leadership Award, continuing education, multiple generations and the nurse workforce.

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

 
AHA RESOURCES

Posted by dculbertson, AHA Resource Center

Health care and other social service workers are four times more likely as other private sector workers to be injured on the job due to violence.

Visit https://aharesourcecenter.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/osha-guidelines-for-preventing-workplace-violence-for-healthcare-workers/ to view the full article online.

 

Posted by dculbertson, AHA Resource Center

Hospitals use emergency codes to notify staff when immediate action is required, but different hospitals may use different codes.

Visit https://aharesourcecenter.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/standardized-emergency-codes-may-minimize-code-confusion/ to view the full article online.

 
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LEGAL

Jackson Lewis P.C.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a new and stricter enforcement policy for the health care industry, promising to crack down on the most common hazards in hospitals, nursing homes and residential care facilities. 

Visit http://www.jacksonlewis.com/resources.php?NewsID=5197 to view the full article online.

 
WORKFORCE

Kelly Gooch, Becker’s Hospital Review

The health care industry contributed 40,100 of the overall 223,000 new jobs that were added in the U.S. last month, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/hospitals-add-nearly-11k-jobs-in-june.html to view the full article online.

 

Richard Kimball, Jr., Becker’s Hospital Review

Effective chronic disease patient management is possible when a strong medical service team is in place comprising social workers and community health care workers.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/the-role-of-health-care-workers-in-chronic-disease-management.html to view the full article online.

 

Pamela Thompson, RN, H&HN

Emergency nurses are frequently victims of
violence, but often fail to report it. Encouraging them to report acts of physical and verbal violence helps to ensure their safety.

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/Daily/2015/July/Thompson-workplace-violence-worker-safety to view the full article online.

 

Joanne Pohl, Debra Barksdale, and Kitty Werner, HealthAffairs Blog

For the past three years, we have tracked primary care workforce numbers comparing the annual primary care residency match data with the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) graduation rates.

Visit http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/07/01/primary-care-workforce-the-need-to-lower-barriers-for-nurse-practitioners-and-physicians/ to view the full article online.

 
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COMPENSATION

Michael Sandler, Modern Healthcare

The home-care sector is keeping an eye out for an expected move by the White House to make up to five million more people eligible for overtime pay.

Visit http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150630/NEWS/150639992/healthcare-workers-wonder-how-expected-overtime-rule-affects-them to view the full article online.

 

Sheri Porter, American Academy of Family Physicians

Pay-for-performance programs first appeared on the health care landscape more than a decade ago, and ever since then, stakeholders have been struggling with how to best reward health care professionals for their good work.

Visit http://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20150706incentivepayments.html to view the full article online.

 

Lisa Schencker, Modern Healthcare

Doctors must be careful to avoid entering into payment agreements that could violate the anti-kickback statute, HHS' Office of Inspector General warned in a fraud alert Tuesday that follows a dozen recent settlements involving physician contracts.

Visit http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150609/NEWS/150609885 to view the full article online.

 
GENERAL HR

Lena J. Weiner, HealthLeaders Media

Many organizations have found staffing benefits or cost savings through outsourcing, offshoring and partnerships with vendors. But each has its downside.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/HR-318215/Alternative-Staffing-Arrangements to view the full article online.

 

Heather Punke, Becker’s Hospital Review

When health care employees are engaged in their work, it means lower turnover, greater efficiencies and improved patient care. But many hospitals and health systems may be overlooking one key component that can drive higher staff engagement: Training and development.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/how-penn-state-hershey-medical-center-improved-patient-care-by-improving-employee-learning.html to view the full article online.

 

Zack Budryk, FierceHealthcare

The number of scientists in the nursing field is slowly growing, according to an article published in the journal Nature, with many of them entering the research field to seek solutions for problems in their clinics.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/better-care-recruit-more-nurses-research-positions/2015-06-26 to view the full article online.

 


Heather Punke, Becker’s Hospital Review

The Institute of Medicine set a goal in its 2010 report The Future of Nursing: To have 80 percent of registered nurses hold a bachelor's degree or higher by 2020. 

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/hospitals-and-nursing-schools-a-symbiotic-relationship.html to view the full article online.

 
PHYSICIANS

Joanne Finnegan, FierceHealthcare

In recognition of how poor bedside manners could hurt both patient satisfaction scores and finances, more health care providers put a higher priority on physician empathy training, according to the Deseret News.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/physician-empathy-key-patient-satisfaction/2015-06-26 to view the full article online.

 

Mark Taylor, The Inquirer via philly.com

Ask Aldo Ciccotelli to describe how he sees the transformation of America's health system, and he tells the tale of two diabetic patients.

Visit http://www.philly.com/philly/health/20150705_Patients__doctors_team_up_to_transform_health_care.html to view the full article online.

 

Cheryl Clark, MedPage Today

The American Medical Association's House of Delegates voted in its June meeting that the time has come to address the issue of aging physicians more systematically, perhaps with formal guidelines and methods for competency testing.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/PHY-318081/Aging-Doctors-Time-for-Mandatory-Competency-Testing to view the full article online.

 

Joanne Finnegan, FierceHealthcare

Health care leaders who want support from their physicians must step up efforts to involve them in key decisions, according to an opinion piece in Forbes.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/improve-hospital-physician-relationships-involve-docs-decision-making/2015-06-23 to view the full article online.

 
HOSPITAL NEWS

Joanne Finnegan, FierceHealthcare

As the health care industry transitions from a volume-based to a value-based model, more health care organizations are adding the position of chief quality officer (CQO) to their payrolls, according to Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/why-hospitals-need-chief-quality-officers/2015-07-01 to view the full article online.

 

Joanne Finnegan, FierceHealthcare

Health care organizations must encourage emergency department (ED) nurses, who are frequently victims of violence, to report all incidents of physical and verbal assaults, according to Hospitals & Health Networks.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/hospitals-must-encourage-er-nurses-report-violent-incidents/2015-07-02 to view the full article online.

 

Greg Hyman, Government Health IT

For hospitals relying on Medicare reimbursement as a vital source of revenue, the importance of achieving strong performance on HCAHPS cannot be overstated.

Visit http://www.govhealthit.com/blog/strategies-improving-hcahps-performance to view the full article online.

 
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP

Molly Gamble, Becker’s Hospital Review

What is the best management advice you've ever received? What are you most excited about today? We asked
several health care leaders – hospital and health system CEOs, along with respected thought leaders – to answer these questions and more. Here's what they had to say.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/24-thoughts-from-5-healthcare-leaders.html to view the full article online.

 

Fortune Video, Fortune

Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard J. Tyson sits down with Fortune’s Susie Gharib to talk about the best leadership advice he’s received and how he runs the health care giant.

Visit http://fortune.com/video/2015/06/30/whats-better-than-a-cautious-leadership/ to view the full article online.

 

Scott Kashman, Hospital Impact

Do you recall why you went into a leadership role? In my last job, I worked with Don Clement, MD, former president of the medical staff at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, who shared this on leadership.

Visit http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2015/07/02/healthcare_execs_lead_follow_and_help_wh to view the full article online.

 

Human Resource Executive Online

Bersin by Deloitte's 2015 competition recognizes leading practices across all spectrums of HR. The economy has been improving, unemployment is low and the U.S. stock market has been at or near record highs. Yet companies continue to complain that their talent challenges are tougher than ever.

Visit http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/view/story.jhtml?id=534358818 to view the full article online.

 

Barry Ronan, Hospital Impact

Last week, I read the FierceHealthcare article, "Five traits of the ideal health care CEO." I am here to tell you that the article, which was based on a recent Hospitals and Health Networks article, was right on the money.

Visit http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2015/06/25/adding_credence_to_the_ideal_traits_of_a to view the full article online.

 
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