ASHHRA eNews Pulse

American Society for Health Care Human Resources Administration

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ASHHRA News
Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023  |  1:00 p.m. CT (2:00 p.m. ET) FREE

Human resource professionals are having issues attracting and retaining top talent these days, particularly impacting those in the healthcare field. In order to see real ROI-driven change when it comes to hiring and retention, healthcare HR leaders need to start thinking and acting more creatively. In this webinar, attendees will learn five practical ways to increase the success of their hiring and retention strategies.

Sponsored byKeep Financial

Visit https://ashhra.org/resources_library/five-ways-to-dramatically-increase-the-hiring-and-retention-of-your-nurses-and-providers/ to view the full article online.

The Medical Assistant and Medical Billing & Coding IRAPs are now approved and ready for implementation! These apprenticeships combine on-the-job work experience with technical/classroom study designed to enhance useful job skills for individuals entering the profession as well as incumbent workers seeking upskilling opportunities. The first 20 early adopters of an IRAP will be eligible for up to $10,000 in support per location (while grant funding permits).

Visit https://ashhra.org/resources_library/healthcare-iraps/ to view the full article online.


Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023  |  1:00 p.m. CT (2:00 p.m. ET) FREE

Learn how to improve your organizational attractiveness to candidates, improve connectivity, reduce agency fees, take control of your financial spend, reduce reliance on ‘middlemen’, start competing with agencies, and attract/retain exceptional talent in today’s new Gig economy. Discover the steps to get there with real-world examples of success from McLeod Health.


Visit https://ashhra.org/resources_library/thriving-in-the-workforce-revolution-a-new-way-to-reduce-labor-costs-and-succeed/ to view the full article online.


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Physician shortages, poverty and isolation contribute to lack of access to care and poorer outcomes for rural Americans, HHS said. The agency has awarded nearly $11 million to 15 entities to strengthen the healthcare workforce by establishing new residency programs in rural communities.

Visit https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/hhs-expanding-medical-residencies-rural-areas to view the full article online.

American Hospital Association

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” This anonymous quote — which some have attributed to Albert Einstein — sums up one lesson from the pandemic. Looking back 3 1/2 years after the early days of COVID-19, we can better appreciate how the pandemic’s extraordinarily difficult days also created an opportunity to reimagine and rebuild health and health care in our communities, working collaboratively to ensure everyone receives the care they need and deserve.

Visit https://www.aha.org/news/chairpersons-file/2023-07-31-chair-file-opportunity-improve-innovate-and-advance-health-care to view the full article online.

STAT
In most of the U.S., CHWs don’t work as full colleagues alongside clinical staff, but rather are contracted through nonprofit organizations. There is a movement, however, to solidify the CHW as a critical public health professional, whether employed by a hospital system or not. 

Visit https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/07/community-health-workers-montefiore-nachw/ to view the full article online.

Becker's Hospital Review
School nurses and hospital staff nurses are some of the unhappiest in the field due to understaffing and the pandemic, according to an article writted by Donna Reese, MSN, RN, CSN and published by Nursing Process.

Visit https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/viewpoint-why-these-are-the-unhappiest-nursing-jobs.html to view the full article online.

Health Exec


Lines of work that shed staff en masse during the COVID pandemic will probably continue shrinking between now and the end of the decade. These occupations—vulnerable mainly to automation, secondarily to trends like “gig” employment—currently constitute almost three-quarters of the U.S. labor force. However, healthcare is among the fields likely to not only hold its own but actually add jobs.

Visit https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/healthcare-economics/5-reasons-healthcare-will-withstand-onslaught-occupational-shift to view the full article online.

Healthcare Brew
Facilities with low staffing levels, large Medicaid recipient populations, and low quality scores were more likely to get PPP loans.

Visit https://www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2023/07/27/ppp-loans-helped-nursing-homes-boost-staff-during-pandemic-study-finds to view the full article online.

Becker's Hospital Review
Healthcare workers are significantly more likely to die from fatal drug overdoses than those working outside the field, according to a study published Aug. 7 in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine

Visit https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/healthcare-workers-face-higher-risk-of-fatal-drug-overdose.html to view the full article online.

Healthcare Dive
The results suggest that lucrative specialties were less successful at recruiting underrepresented groups in medicine, according to a new JAMA study.

Visit https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/women-and-underrepresented-minorities-are-less-likely-to-work-in-top-paying/690006/ to view the full article online.

Health Exec


Travel nurses report greater career satisfaction in their assignments on the road than in their previous staff positions, according to new survey data. Nomad Health, a digital marketplace for healthcare staffing, recently distributed a short survey to a group of travel nurses to better understand the pros and cons of these positions.

Visit https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/healthcare-administration-salary/travel-nurses-are-happier-heres-why to view the full article online.

Healthcare Dive
Three years after the onset of COVID-19, primary care providers remain overwhelmed, burned out and pessimistic about the future, according to a new report.

Visit https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/primary-care-providers-say-field-is-crumbling/688518/ to view the full article online.

American Hospital Association
In a letter to House and Senate sponsors, the AHA and 48 other national associations voiced strong support for the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4942/S. 665), bipartisan legislation that would extend for three years the Conrad State 30 program, which allows states to request J-1 visa waivers for foreign physicians to work in federally designated shortage and underserved areas.

Visit https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2023-08-02-aha-other-national-groups-support-bill-extend-visa-waiver-program-physicians to view the full article online.