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Bridging the Gap: A Roadmap for Effective Healthcare Workforce Management

Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023 | 1:00 p.m. CT (2:00 p.m. ET) | FREE

Join this webinar where presenters tackle the persistent issue of healthcare staffing shortages. Explore key topics, including strategies for managing a workforce in shortage, accommodating generational differences in flexibility, using data for effective planning, and assessing the value of transformative efforts.

Sponsored by: QGenda

Visit https://ashhra.org/resources_library/bridging-the-gap-a-roadmap-for-effective-healthcare-workforce-management/ to view the full article online.

Recruiting and Onboarding Excellence: Fireside Chat with Texas Children’s Hospital

Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023 | 1:00 p.m. CT (2:00 p.m. ET) | FREE

Don't miss our upcoming webinar featuring Texas Children’s Hospital experts discussing healthcare recruiting and onboarding best practices, including unique challenges and the impact of digital trends. Join us for valuable insights into balancing compliance and employee experience in healthcare talent acquisition.

Sponsored by: EverCheck

Visit https://ashhra.org/resources_library/recruiting-and-onboarding-excellence-fireside-chat-with-texas-childrens-hospital/ to view the full article online.

Industry News

Physician burnout rate doubled between 2019 and 2021, study finds

Healthcare Dive

Women physicians, less tenured clinicians and those working in primary care were more likely to report higher levels of burnout, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Visit https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/physician-burnout-doubles-between-2019-2021-jama-network-open/695836/ to view the full article online.

AI is creating a complex landscape for healthcare executives

Healthcare Finance

Artificial intelligence is poised to transform healthcare in a number of ways. There are a lot of expectations being placed on the technology, and in some cases it can deliver. But because those applications are so disparate and wide-ranging, it can be a complex landscape for healthcare leaders, who want to remain on the forefront of technological progress while applying the tech in an ethical manner.

Visit https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/ai-creating-complex-landscape-healthcare-executives to view the full article online.

Infographic: Succession planning is a key workforce strategy

American Hospital Association
The AHA and its Physician Alliance offer a guide to help hospital and health system leaders prioritize and support a robust succession planning program for their organization, based on challenges and opportunities identified by their peers.

Visit https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2023-09-28-infographic-succession-planning-key-workforce-strategy to view the full article online.

The pros and cons of IT outsourcing in healthcare

Becker's Hospital Review

Hospitals and health systems have reported outsourcing IT jobs in a move to reduce operating costs and allow their former employees to retain jobs, but will this be a new norm for healthcare organizations?

Visit https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/the-pros-and-cons-of-it-outsourcing-in-healthcare.html to view the full article online.

Nursing homes struggle to fill staffing shortages, even as new ratios loom

Healthcare Brew

Staffing shortages have rocked the healthcare industry in recent years. For nursing homes, which have struggled with staffing levels long before Covid-19 ravaged long-term care facilities, those departures have hit especially hard.

Visit https://www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2023/07/24/nursing-homes-struggle-to-fill-staffing-shortages-even-as-new-ratios-loom to view the full article online.

AHA blog: 4 Key Ways to Prepare for, Prevent and Respond to High-Impact Cyberattacks

American Hospital Association
John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, reviews key takeaways and insights from a recent AHA webinar on the importance of cyber preparedness.

Visit https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2023-10-03-aha-blog-4-key-ways-prepare-prevent-and-respond-high-impact-cyberattacks to view the full article online.

How virtual nursing can be the new horizon in healthcare

Health Data Management
Leveraging technology can enable organizations to obtain transformational benefits to enable remote care, continuous monitoring and enhanced patient engagement.

Visit https://www.healthdatamanagement.com/articles/how-virtual-nursing-can-be-the-new-horizon-in-healthcare to view the full article online.

Managers should tackle benefits education, experts say

HR Dive

Studies show that not only is there a gap in employee understanding of benefits, but workers may be pursuing or receiving more information on the subject ineffectively. According to a MetLife study on employee benefits trends, 44% of workers didn’t consult anyone when they enrolled in benefits last year.

Visit https://www.hrdive.com/news/open-enrollment-employee-benefits-managers/695420/ to view the full article online.

Tracking healthcare worker strikes

Healthcare Dive

As more contracts covering workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic come up for expiration, nurses, technicians and other staff are pushing for measures to improve working conditions.

Visit https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/labor-strikes-healthcare-workers-2022/626965/ to view the full article online.

Medicare’s proposal on nursing home staff is ‘insanity,’ key expert says

STAT

Some of the country’s top Medicare experts aren’t sold on a new Biden administration plan to enforce stricter staffing requirements in nursing homes.

Visit https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/05/medicares-proposal-on-nursing-home-staff-is-insanity-key-expert-says/ to view the full article online.

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