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ASHHRA eNews Brief: September 2015
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ASHHRA NEWS

Please join the AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for a webinar to identify key steps in positioning CME and continuing professional development as a strategic resource to strengthen collaboration between physicians and hospitals and help transform the delivery system. The webinar will help participants understand and overcome the challenges in providing CME.

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/learning/webinars.shtml#090115 to view the full article online.

 

In partnership with the Association for Community Health Improvement, this webinar highlights the Vita Health and Wellness initiative, Stamford, Conn., a community development effort between community stakeholders and Stamford Health.

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/learning/webinars.shtml#092215 to view the full article online.

 

Check out how many CEUs you can earn towards CHHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, HRCI, ACHE and NAB recertification.

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

 

Want to learn more about HR and HCAHPS? This issue features the article, ‘Building a patient-focused culture: How HR leaders can help improve the patient experience and raise HCAHPS scores.’

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/publications/hr_pulse_public.shtml?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hr-pulse-fall15 to view the full article online.

 
AHA RESOURCES

The patient flow through the emergency department at the University of Colorado Hospital (Aurora, Colo.) was redesigned as part of preparation to move into a new, much larger facility (increasing from 18,000 to 56,000 square feet) in spring 2013.

Visit https://aharesourcecenter.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/emergency-departments-what-is-a-pivot-team/ to view the full article online.

 

A benefit of being an ASHHRA member gives you access to numerous AHA resources, including the AHA Resource Center Blog. Click below for access to notable articles related to the health care and hospital industry. 

Visit http://aharesourcecenter.wordpress.com/ to view the full article online.

 
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WORKFORCE

Kelly Gooch, Becker’s Hospital Review

The health care industry added 40,500 jobs last month, contributing to the nation's 173,000 new jobs in August, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/hospitals-add-nearly-16k-jobs-in-august.html to view the full article online.

 

Heather Punke, Becker’s Hospital Review

In a new position statement, the American Nurses Association declared that nursing "will no longer tolerate violence of any kind from any source."

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/violence-in-healthcare-workplaces-won-t-be-tolerated-ana-says-in-new-position-statement.html to view the full article online.

 

Marty Stempniak, H&HN

How MD Anderson Cancer Center has assembled ‘mission critical’ teams of providers to help ensure the safest, highest quality care possible.

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/Daily/2015/September/charles-cowes-elite-mission-critical-care-teams-video-stempniak to view the full article online.

 
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COMPENSATION

Kelly Gooch, Becker’s Hospital Review

Metro Atlanta hospitals are trying to attract new nurses by offering signing bonuses upwards of $10,000 to $20,000, according to WSB-TV.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/atlanta-hospitals-offer-signing-bonuses-to-lure-nurses-4-things-to-know.html to view the full article online.

 

Susan Morse, Healthcare Finance news

Fifteen states already offer minimum wage and overtime protections to all or most third party-employed home care workers. 

Visit http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/home-health-workers-entitled-same-overtime-wages-hospital-based-workers-court-says to view the full article online.

 

Ayla Ellison, Becker’s Hospital Review 

CFO pay is increasing, and the CEO-to-CFO pay gap is shrinking. Here
are 15 findings on CFO compensation from three recently released reports.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/14-findings-on-cfo-compensation-august18.html to view the full article online.

 
GENERAL HR

Lena J. Weiner, HealthLeaders 

The human resources department is an unlikely ally for a successful ICD-10 implementation.

Visit http://healthleadersmedia.com/content/HR-320174/ICD10-Stress-HR-Can-Help to view the full article online.

 

Ilene MacDonald, Hospital Impact

Culture change is never easy, but the biggest obstacle often is the preconceived idea that there is only one way to achieve an outcome, says Anthony "Tony" Tersigni, president and CEO of St. Louis-based Ascension, the largest nonprofit health system in the United States and the world's largest Catholic health system.

Visit http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2015/08/27/ascension_ceo_tony_tersigni_on_culture_c to view the full article online.

 
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PHYSICIANS

CNN/Kaiser Health News via HealthLeaders Media

Even as the health of Americans has improved, the disparities in treatment and outcomes between white patients and black and Latino patients are almost as big as they were 50 years ago. 

Visit http://healthleadersmedia.com/content/HR-320392/Training-doctors-to-spot-their-own-racial-biases to view the full article online.

 

Zack Budryk, FierceHealthcare

As hospitals transition from a fee-for-service model to value-based care, physician engagement is crucial, Mary Lou Mastro, RN, president and CEO of Elmhurst (Illinois) Memorial Healthcare, told Becker's Hospital Review. 

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/how-hospital-leaders-can-engage-physicians-transition-value-based-care/2015-09-03 to view the full article online.

 

Todd J. Kislak, H&HN Daily

Clinical documentation is critical, but physicians are often reluctant. Several strategies will help to convince them to embrace a clinical documentation initiative.

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/Daily/2015/August/physicians-clinical-documentation-blog-kislak to view the full article online.

 
HOSPITAL NEWS

Fran Matso Lysiak, FierceHealthcare

Although many patients and their families view religion or spirituality as important near the end of life, few surrogate decision-makers and health care professionals discuss these considerations during family meetings in intensive care units, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/healthcare-professionals-rarely-discuss-religion-spirituality-icu/2015-09-02 to view the full article online.

 

Zack Budryk, FierceHealthcare

Encouraging hand hygiene among hospital employees is a top priority in the health care industry, but improving it may require closer monitoring and the threat of penalties for non-compliance, according to a column at MedPageToday.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/improved-hand-hygiene-means-stricter-monitoring-concrete-penalties/2015-08-28 to view the full article online.

 

Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News via CNN

It's a common complaint – if you spend a night in the hospital, you probably won't get much sleep. There's the noise. There's the bright fluorescent hallway light. And there's the unending barrage of nighttime interruptions: vitals checks, medication administration, blood draws and the rest.

Visit http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/16/health/hospital-patients-sleep/ to view the full article online.

 

Gina Kolata, The New York Times

Only in the world of medicine would Dr. Vivian Lee’s question have seemed radical. She wanted to know: What do the goods and services provided by the hospital system where she is chief executive actually cost?

Visit http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/health/what-are-a-hospitals-costs-utah-system-is-trying-to-learn.html?_r=0 to view the full article online.

 
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP

Jennifer Zaino, Healthcare Finance News 

Health care reforms linking hospital finances and clinical operations means chief financial officers and chief experience officers need to become fast friends, experts say.

Visit http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/hospital-cfos-cxos-have-more-reasons-ever-work-together to view the full article online.

 

Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, Harvard Business Review

HR seems to have become every manager and employee’s favorite corporate punching bag, vying with IT for the dubious title of most-irritating function. We have seen a parade of articles recently calling for HR to be blown up, split in two, or at the very least, redesigned.

Visit https://hbr.org/2015/08/what-separates-great-hr-leaders-from-the-rest to view the full article online.

 

Ilene MacDonald, Hospital Impact

Last year, CEO turnover was 18 percent, one of the highest rates in 15 years, according to the American College of Healthcare Executives. And that high turnover rate likely will continue as hospitals consolidate and merge, leaving the position of CEO in particular risk. 

Visit http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2015/09/03/ceo_succession_planning_recruiting_hospi to view the full article online.

 
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