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Dear ASHHRA Colleagues,
Welcome to 2020 and the start of a new decade. I am honored to serve as your ASHHRA President as we kick off the new decade and look forward to a banner year. As always, we face challenges as the new year/decade rolls in. As health care HR professionals, we need to prepare for, and creatively deal with, those challenges.
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ASHHRA is excited to announce its new board members for 2020. Willis Tisdale, director of human resources for Shriners Hospitals for Children, now serves as president; and Carl McDonald, senior HR director for Cleveland Clinic, serves as vice president. New to the board is Linda Thompson, senior vice president of human resources and service excellence for New England Baptist Hospital.
Get in touch with board members and your fellow ASHHRA members on the ASHHRA Exchange.
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Get ready to celebrate health care HR with fellow professionals across the country. Learn more about how to get involved. Or, see how your health care HR peers and organizations have celebrated before by searching the hashtag #HCHRWeek on Twitter.
Don't forget to get your health care HR gear! Promote and celebrate that “We Are Health Care HR” spirit with some custom gear. Check out the full collection and place your orders to make sure you receive your delivery before Health Care HR Week.
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A U.S.-led airstrike in Iraq Jan. 3, eliminated Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. Although the U.S. government has not identified a specific threat from Iran targeting U.S. health care, the public has been asked to remain vigilant for physical and cyberbased suspicious activity.
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American Hospital Association
Members of the Aligning for Health coalition, whose members include the AHA, yesterday along with other organizations urged leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to hold a hearing on the Social Determinants Accelerator Act (H.R. 4004) and other opportunities to address the social determinants of health.
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Healthcare Finance
Health care costs will continue to be a major focus in a year that will also see health systems struggle with adequate staffing and security threats.
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HealthLeaders Media
The home health market is expected to expand its service offerings in the coming years but faces challenges related to staffing, according to a recent Definitive Healthcare study. In fact, over 61% of respondents said staffing is the biggest problem facing their organization.
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Healthcare Dive
Some of the nation's largest health systems are actively working to care for more patients at home instead of in the traditional hospital setting. The move comes as the industry faces pressure to reduce the cost of care while also improving quality. Hospitals tend to be an expensive place to receive care.
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Modern Healthcare
Health system finance leaders say they’ve learned not to cut front-line caregivers or revenue-cycle staffers in the event of an economic downturn. They may need to consider those lessons in the coming years.
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American Hospital Association
Health care is changing like never before and AHA is working to make sure you’re prepared for the future. And, the success we had this year is due in large part to the outstanding team we have here at the AHA and the invaluable contributions of our members who stepped up, got involved and made a difference. You told your stories to lawmakers, the media and the courts … and you put a face on what our field does for your community and our country.
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Becker's Hospital Review
Over the course of the next 10 years, artificial intelligence will advance in the field of healthcare to improve quality, outcomes and experience, according to an op-ed published by the World Economic Forum ahead of the organization's annual meeting.
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HR Dive
If employers aren't measuring their quality of hires, they should, given the high cost of unsuccessful recruiting in dollars, productivity and morale, according to a new survey by JazzHR, an applicant tracking system.
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