ASHHRA eNews Pulse
June 2021
 
ParkMed, Inc.

Message from the President
Greetings, ASHHRA Colleagues!
 
The month of June celebrates the 51st year of Pride Month. People join together during Pride Month to show their support for the LGBTIQ+ community. The month of June also marks the start of summer and hurricane season.
 
ASHHRA News
Missed the ASHHRA21 Virtual Conference? You can still access the recorded sessions and earn up to 7 CEUs! And you'll have access to the platform for the next three months. 
 
The latest issue of HR Pulse magazine is now available. Featured articles include "Strengthening Skills: Developing Today’s Health Care HR Professional for the Skills of Tomorrow," and "Mental Health: Focused on Diversity and Inclusion."
 
TIAA
Gain insightful industry comparisons by receiving benchmarks to 31 metrics that fall into critical categories, such as staffing and hiring, compensation & benefits, workforce diversity, retention and separations, workforce productivity and profitability, and HR cost and structure. 
 

Outcome Engenuity
Workhuman
Omaha Steaks
Industry News
Healthcare Dive
A new study found a correlation between lack of burnout and the overall cultural health and resiliency of medical practices. Researchers surveyed 715 medical practices in 12 states. Burnout was gauged by using the Maslach Burnout Inventory, a tool that measures emotional exhaustion of people on a five-point scale.
 
Becker's Hospital Review
The U.S. saw a record high of 9.3 million job openings since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started tracking job openings in December 2000. There were 998,000 new jobs added in April as workforce shortages at hospitals and health systems widened.
 
American Hospital Association
Hospitals are cornerstones of our communities. They provide a broad spectrum of acute and ambulatory care services and serve as economic anchors in many cities and towns. This week, AHA is celebrating Community Health Improvement Week. For more than a decade, the association, with leadership from the AHA Community Health Improvement (ACHI) network, has promoted the week to honor those working to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities.
 
Omaha Steaks
Healthcare Dive
The health care industry added 23,000 jobs in May, with virtually all in ambulatory service roles, according to a new government jobs report.
 
Fierce Healthcare
Workplace violence has long been a concern among provider organizations. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics suggest that health care workers were five times as likely to experience a workplace violence injury as of 2018. To address this risk, Bassett Healthcare Network has deployed a wearable emergency alert system across its network.
 
HealthLeaders Media
Yale New Haven Health System is boosting morale and increasing retention of new nurses by giving them a personal coach. The Clinical Nurse Transition program is part of the health system's approach to help newly graduated RNs feel supported by setting them up with specially-chosen, experienced nurses who serve as personal coaches.
 
STAT News
In this episode of STAT First Opinion Podcast, health care advocate Corey Feist and psychiatrist Wendy Dean talk about the toll that practicing medicine can take on a health care worker’s mental health, and how the pandemic has made this worse.
 
Accurate
AMN Healthcare Inc.
Healthcare Finance
Health care workers have been battling COVID-19, as well as burnout. Workforce shortages, which existed prior to the pandemic, are predicted to grow as clinicians either retire or change professions. How can this be mitigated? And what role does digital transformation play in decreasing — or increasing — stress levels? 
 
American Hospital Association
The threat to public health from the pandemic is thankfully subsiding. Unfortunately, a very different threat is on the rise: Cyber criminals have been ramping up their attacks on the health care sector, jeopardizing systems and putting lives at risk.
 
Becker's Hospital Review
Employees who receive automated emails and letters with personalized feedback on their cafeteria purchases may choose healthier food, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. The study — led by researchers at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital — examined employees who regularly used the hospital's cafeterias. Researchers found that automated intervention using food purchasing data increased healthy cafeteria purchases but did not prevent weight gain.
 
 

 

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