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Dear ASHHRA Colleagues,
The winter season, holidays and end of year activities have quickly come upon us. I hope you take time to enjoy this time of year with friends and family and pause to reflect on your personal and professional goals and accomplishments.
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We're looking for speakers to present best practices, case studies and implementable health care HR strategies at ASHHRA20. If you are ready to submit, visit the Abstract Service Center to get started. All of your abstract information will be stored, allowing you to make edits and changes until the Nov. 15 deadline.
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An estimated one million service members are expected to enter the civilian workforce in the coming years. In honor of Veterans Day, ASHHRA is providing the highly rated on-demand conference session, "A Guide to Hiring Heroes: Helping Veterans Find Their Place," available for free to ASHHRA members this week.
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ASHHRA, in collaboration with PwC Saratoga, offers the HR Metrics Tool annually to enable ASHHRA members to benefit from PwC's expertise in HR analytics and to obtain relevant benchmarks for workforce and HR metrics. Plus, sign up by Wednesday, Dec. 4 to receive a 15% discount to participate for the upcoming 2020 year.
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Deadline: Friday, Nov. 29, 2019
It’s time to recognize your expertise and get certified! Active ASHHRA members who apply for a CHHR Scholarship by Nov. 29, will be considered to receive a voucher for the full CHHR exam fee (a $295 value). This is a limited-time, exclusive offer available only to active ASHHRA members who meet the exam eligibility requirements and register for the CHHR exam application by June 30, 2020.
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Healthcare Dive
The second year of health innovation conference HLTH provided insights on key industry topics including big tech's health care ambitions, possible industry deregulation, medicare changes and more.
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Houston Chronicle
A new Texas Medical Center national survey challenges the oft-repeated prediction that the U.S. will face a dire physician shortage in coming years. The fifth annual survey by the medical center’s Health Policy Institute not only asked doctors in all 50 states about future shortages, but also polled thousands of consumers about what they were experiencing now.
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Healthcare Finance
Employee engagement is a vital part in determining the success of a company's wellness program, and there are four trends in particular to look for next year.
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Becker's Hospital Review
As technology continues to evolve within the health care space, hospitals and health systems must determine how to streamline innovation for their providers. During a recent health IT event, panelists discussed how technology is evolving across the health care industry.
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American Hospital Association
It’s not too early to think about what trends and themes made the most headway in 2019, a year of intense change in health care. Through very unscientific analyses, it seems that “social determinants of health” (or SDOH) may win the “buzziest” buzzword for 2019. Now “ecosystems” is gaining steam as a favorite for 2020.
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Health Affairs
Addressing our country’s mental health crisis will require a multipronged approach over many years. A centerpiece of these efforts must be workforce incentives to build a strong pipeline of mental health treatment professionals and to adequately compensate these positions, particularly community-based mental health professionals.
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STAT
A doctor’s subtle facial cues can influence a patient’s own beliefs about whether a treatment will work and can even help induce a placebo effect, according to a new study.
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American Hospital Association
Compassion is a natural human instinct. When fostered, it empowers each of us to empathize with others, improving our own well-being. In health care, the power of compassion has even greater implications. Patients who experience compassion from their caregivers report more positive health outcomes as well as a feeling of hope.
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Modern Healthcare
Highmark Health, the parent company of Pittsburgh-based Blues insurer Highmark and integrated system Allegheny Health Network, is introducing a program to deliver inpatient hospital care to patients in their homes, where it says certain health care services can be provided in a safer, lower cost way through a combination of in-person home visits and telehealth.
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