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Act fast and save 25% off Early Bird rates when you register by July 11, 2025. Don’t miss your chance to lock in the lowest price for the Annual Conference and Exposition. Join hundreds of healthcare HR professionals for inspiring sessions, networking, and innovation in the historic city of Savannah!

Visit https://ashhra.org/ashhra26-registration/ to view the full article online.

 

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. CT (2:00 p.m. ET) FREE

The healthcare workforce crisis continues to challenge employers nationwide, particularly in hard-to-fill allied health roles like pharmacy technicians, surgical techs, and sterile processing staff. Traditional approaches to sourcing and developing talent haven’t kept pace with demand. This webinar will share an innovative new model for healthcare workforce development that taps external funding sources to deliver job-ready talent to employers at no cost.
Sponsored by: Springboard

Visit https://ashhra.org/resources_library/unlocking-new-talent-pathways-a-scalable-funded-approach-for-allied-health-roles/?utm_source=enewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=INSERT_MESSAGE_NAME to view the full article online.

 
Naylor Association Solutions
Tuesday, August 12, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. CT (2:00 p.m. ET) FREE

This webinar shares how using free book clubs, webinars, and other resources, helps healthcare HR leaders amplify their people strategy. “Leader Inspired Work” is a book and set of materials published by Laudio, based on our data working with 10,000 frontline leaders across all departments in health systems. We will look at five HR priorities: Leadership pipeline metrics; Frontline experience and engagement metrics; Retention metrics; Hiring metrics; Productivity metrics. For each, we’ll look at examples in the book of how frontline leaders can elevate their work and support HR goals at the same time.

Sponsored by: Laudio

Visit https://ashhra.org/resources_library/leader-inspired-work-hrs-bridge-from-people-strategy-to-frontline-execution/ to view the full article online.

 
Industry News
Becker's Hospital Review


About 1 in 6 U.S. hospital workers are immigrants, according to a June 17 report from KFF. Amid visa and travel restrictions on 19 countries, projections show the healthcare workforce pipeline might falter. Here are eight things to know.

Visit https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/immigrants-in-the-healthcare-workforce-8-things-to-know/ to view the full article online.

 
Healthcare Dive

More than one million jobs — including hundreds of thousands of positions in the healthcare sector — could be lost if cuts to Medicaid and food assistance pass in Congress, according to a report published this week by the Commonwealth Fund and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.

Visit https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/medicaid-snap-cuts-lost-healthcare-jobs-commonwealth-george-washington-university/751552/ to view the full article online.

 
HealthLeaders Media

Healthcare added 39,200 jobs in June and accounted for over 25% of the U.S.’s job gains , despite slower growth compared to May. Hospitals, nursing facilities, and ambulatory care settings drove most of the sector’s hiring.

Visit https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/ceo/healthcare-adds-39k-jobs-june-continues-drive-employment-growth to view the full article online.

 
Chief Healthcare Executive
The healthcare industry is going through significant changes, and the new president and CEO of Main Line Health Edward Jimenez likens the situation to standing with your feet in the water at the beach, pointing to how quickly the setting can change as the tide rolls into the shore.

Visit https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/the-best-leaders-will-look-to-others-lessons-for-leaders to view the full article online.

 
HR Dive

CHROs can lead a successful process when trusted by the board and C-suite, but without it, CEO succession planning can face major challenges.

Visit https://www.hrdive.com/news/chros-ceo-succession-planning/752313/ to view the full article online.

 
Becker's Hospital Review


The U.S. economy has quietly undergone a historic transformation: Healthcare is now its dominant jobs engine. As manufacturing has shrunk, hospitals, clinics and health services have stepped in to fill the void. Despite healthcare being the top employer in 38 states, the industry faces an uncomfortable paradox: It may lead the labor market, but it does not have enough workers.

Visit https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/questions-loom-for-a-healthcare-driven-job-market-6-things-to-know/ to view the full article online.

 
HealthLeaders Media
Staffing is collapsing, risk is rising, and clinical leaders are on the hook. Patient safety demands bold workflows, tech-enabled care, and the courage to rethink everything. Fast.

Visit https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/hlm-cover-stories/your-healthcare-workforce-gone-your-risk-has-just-arrived to view the full article online.

 
Health Affairs
South Korea’s ongoing junior doctor strike has drawn global attention—not only for its scale but also for what it reveals about the country’s overreliance on physicians and chronic underinvestment in other segments of the health workforce.

Visit https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/south-korea-s-doctor-strike-highlights-need-legitimize-and-support-advanced-practice to view the full article online.

 

Chief Healthcare Executive
Hospitals and health systems have struggled to recruit and retain nurses and other key positions, and those staffing challenges have also extended to information technology departments.

Health systems have found it difficult to find and keep talented IT professionals in the past few years, and it’s not getting easier.

Visit https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/for-hospitals-it-staffing-remains-a-difficult-challenge to view the full article online.

 
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