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ASHHRA eNews Brief: October 2015
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ASHHRA NEWS

An interview with Bill Horn, CHHR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

A seasoned
health care HR professional shares his experience attaining the CHHR designation and lessons learned along the way.

Visit http://www.naylornetwork.com/ahh-nwl/pdf/Pages_from_AHH-Q0315_L.pdf to view the full article online.

 
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Join us for the next webinar from the AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and the Medical Group Management Association to learn about the process to create and implement an effective compensation plan.

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/learning/webinars.shtml#102115 to view the full article online.

 


Tuesday, October 27, 2015

This webinar will explore how the candidate experience can impact your bottom line and how to use data to make a deeper connection with candidates. 

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/learning/webinars.shtml#102715 to view the full article online.

 

This issue of HR Pulse, the official ASHHRA magazine, 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

Posted by kmgarber

The average age of RNs working in hospitals has held constant at about 43 years old for at least the past 10 years, according to one of my favorite sources of data on nurse staffing – the Survey of Hours Report – conducted and published by the Labor Management Institute.  

Visit https://aharesourcecenter.wordpress.com/2015/10/05/nurses-average-age-of-hospital-rns-is-about-43/ to view the full article online.

 

The typical response time for police to arrive on the scene of an active shooter event is five to seven minutes after the first shots are fired.  

Visit https://aharesourcecenter.wordpress.com/2015/09/10/code-silver-plan-for-hospital-active-shooter-event/ to view the full article online.

 
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WORKFORCE

Kelly Gooch, Becker’s Hospital Review

The health care industry added 34,400 jobs last month, contributing to the nation's 142,000 new jobs in September, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/hospitals-add-15-5k-jobs-in-september.html to view the full article online.

 

Ilene MacDonald, FierceHealthcare

More than half of nurses who work with organ transplant patients in the United States report high levels of emotional exhaustion and low levels of personal accomplishment in their life-saving work, according to a study published in Progress in Transplantation. 

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/more-half-transplant-nurses-show-signs-burnout/2015-10-07 to view the full article online.

 

Jon Asplund, H&HN

Get a ready-made blueprint for fostering the development of your health system's leaders of tomorrow.

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/articles/6614-steps-to-developing-high-potential-employees to view the full article online.

 
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COMPENSATION

John Commins, HealthLeaders Media

Health system executives saw a median salary increase of 3.6 percent, while hospital executives saw an increase of 2.6 percent in the last year. Physician assistants saw a 4.05 percent bump.

Visit http://healthleadersmedia.com/content/HR-321409/Healthcare-Executives-Median-Base-Salaries-Up-31 to view the full article online.

 

Barry P. Chaiken, MD, MPH, CMIO, Becker’s Hospital Review

As labor approaches 60 percent of hospital costs, many organizations are looking to decrease these costs to meet budgetary targets. These organizations are at a crossroads. Do they follow the strategy path toward good jobs or bad jobs? 

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/good-jobs-or-bad-jobs.html to view the full article online.

 

Tim Casey, Cardiovascular Business

In 2014, the median compensation for cardiologists increased 6 percent from the previous year to $542,000 per full-time equivalent, according to MedAxiom Consulting’s cardiovascular provider compensation and production survey.

Visit http://www.cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/practice-management/cardiologists%E2%80%99-median-compensation-tops-500000 to view the full article online.

 

Emily Rappleye, Becker’s Hospital Review 

Hospital and health system executives' median total cash compensation increased 6.9 percent in the past year, indicating accelerated growth over 2014, according to a recent survey from Sullivan, Cotter and Associates.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/6-statistics-on-2015-executive-compensation.html to view the full article online.

 
GENERAL HR

Lisa Perlmutter, Becker’s Hospital Review 

Ever-tightening budgets coupled with low unemployment in many areas of the country continue to force hospitals and health systems to take a critical look at the allocation of total rewards dollars – one of the biggest budgetary line items for health care providers.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/5-ways-to-rebalance-the-total-rewards-portfolio.html to view the full article online.

 

Barry P. Chaiken, MD, MPH, CMIO, Becker’s Hospital Review

For providers to survive in this new era of
health care consumerism, they must learn from the experiences of other industries such as retail and hospitality, and apply those basic approaches to managing their relationship with patient-consumers.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/working-collaboratively-to-enhance-the-patient-experience.html to view the full article online.

 

Julie Bird, FierceHealthcare

Hospitals must ban the use of perfumes, colognes and other artificial scents because they can aggravate patients' asthma, two doctors argue in an opinion piece in this month’s Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/should-hospitals-ban-perfumes/2015-10-06 to view the full article online.

 

Dan Bowman, FierceHealthIT

Successful patient engagement by provider organizations is as much about culture change as updated technology, according to stakeholders speaking at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's annual consumer summit.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/culture-change-key-successful-patient-engagement-say-providers-innovators/2015-10-05 to view the full article online.

 

Lena J. Weiner, HealthLeaders Media

Don't let confusion around accommodation requests derail your hospital's personnel management strategy. Here are some common questions about workplace accommodations – and answers provided by an attorney.

Visit http://healthleadersmedia.com/content/HR-321332/ADA-Accommodation-Basics to view the full article online.

 
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PHYSICIANS

Andrea Clemente Santiago, Dallas/Fort Worth Healthcare Daily

Anyone who has worked in the health care industry for any substantial period of time has experienced, and adapted to, a seemingly endless array of changes, trends and developments, not the least of which is the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010.

Visit http://healthcare.dmagazine.com/2015/10/02/is-physician-employment-here-to-stay-in-this-post-reform-environment/ to view the full article online.

 

Atefeh Samadi-niya, MD, DH, H&HN

A recent study by a physician and doctor of health administration finds significant opportunities for improving the quality of physician-hospital relations.

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/articles/6557-how-strengthening-the-relationship-between-medicine-and-management-improves-careh to view the full article online.

 

Tamara Rosin, Becker’s Hospital Review

New data shows primary care physicians and surgeons are collecting more in reimbursement since implementation of the Affordable Care Act, though reimbursement collection increases varied between states that did and did not expand Medicaid, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Visit http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/how-has-the-aca-changed-collections-for-physicians.html to view the full article online.

 
HOSPITAL NEWS

Gallagher Integrated, Integrated Healthcare Strategies

The era of health care consumerism is now in its second decade – and all signs seem to indicate that consumerism will only continue to dominate the health care landscape. 

Visit http://www.integratedhealthcarestrategies.com/blog/post/2015/09/22/3-Consumerism-Trends-Healthcare-Organizations-Need-to-Know.aspx to view the full article online.

 

Lena J. Weiner, HealthLeaders Media

If there's an October surprise, it may be that the transition to ICD-10 went off without a hitch. For many organizations, however, the surprises will be less welcome and may take weeks or months to reveal themselves.

Visit http://healthleadersmedia.com/content/HR-321203/ICD10-PostImplementation-Challenges to view the full article online.

 

Marty Stempniak, H&HN

Visiting the emergency room can be a harrowing experience for a patient on its own, let alone if the hospital's staff are pointing at you and making a spectacle.

Visit http://www.hhnmag.com/articles/6560-how-your-ed-nurses-can-improve-transgender-patient-care-today to view the full article online.

 
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP

Julie Bird, FierceHealthcare 

ICD-10 conversion got your team down? Try showing gratitude for all the work they've done preparing for implementation and working through any hiccups in switching to the new medical coding system.

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/saying-thank-you-leads-greater-rewards/2015-10-05 to view the full article online.

 

Philip Betbeze, HealthLeaders Media

Two top CEOs share their philosophies on fostering an environment of entrepreneurship at their organizations.

Visit http://healthleadersmedia.com/content/LED-321527/Leading-Healthcare-Innovation-Amid-Disruption to view the full article online.

 

Darlene A. Cunha, Hospital Impact

For the past several months, I have been on the ground preparing an organization for acquisition. As with any acquisition, a delicate balance must be maintained between the current staff and those on site from the impending new ownership.

Visit http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2015/09/24/how_healthcare_leaders_can_drive_change to view the full article online.

 
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