Dear ASHHRA Colleagues,

Tuesday, July 30, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. CT
Emotional intelligence is a critical skill for health care HR leaders. Presenters will describe some of the recent neuroscience around change and demonstrate how HR leaders can utilize emotional intelligence to facilitate effective change management.

Sept. 21 – 24, 2019, Chicago
Learn strategies from a real-world case study to improve first-year retention during this ASHHRA19 Learning Session. Walk away with implementable and innovative solutions to support employee retention overall.

See what your health care HR peers are talking about on the ASHHRA Exchange. Current discussion topics include: workplace violence, marijuana legalization, HRIS recommendations and more.

AHA resources can help care teams — and their patients — move beyond the awkwardness to engage in honest communication that can transform lives.

AHA News
With nearly half of all U.S. physicians experiencing burnout, along with nurses and other care team members, the financial costs to the field are mounting. These costs are associated with factors like turnover and reduced productivity.

AHA News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed guidance for hospital co-location with other hospitals or health care facilities “represents an important update to existing CMS policy,” AHA said, urging the agency to consider a series of revisions to enable successful implementation of the policy and promote safer, higher-quality care.

Modern Healthcare

Hospitals are largely relying on new graduate registered nurses to fill open nursing positions finds a new survey by Avant Healthcare Professionals, a staffing agency specializing in internationally educated RNs, physical therapists and occupational therapists.

Visier
The market has shown that when it comes to employment, we’ll continue to see the trend of record-low unemployment rates, an aging workforce that continues to remain involved in the labor market, and voluntary resignations and people movement at an all-time high. With all these factors in place, have you taken the appropriate steps in preparing your business for the workforce of the future?

HR Dive
Responses from the 1,100-plus HR leaders in the most recent study by Mercer on the design and execution of performance management showed only 2% of companies feel their performance management system delivers "exceptional value." 

Female attending physicians are less likely to be recognized as physicians than their male counterparts, signaling that gender bias is still pervasive in the health care field, according to a study published in the  Journal of Women's Health.

HealthAffairs
Doctors who reported a higher average of EHR-generated messages had a greater likelihood of burnout and said more often they wanted to cut their clinical work hours, according to new research.

Workforce