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Group Registration Offer: Buy 3 and get the 4th FREE! Bring your whole team and join us in Savannah, Georgia, May 17–19, 2026, for the ASHHRA26 Annual Conference and Exposition—the premier event for healthcare HR professionals. And yes - for every 3, you get the 4th Full Conference registration for free!

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

 
Make your ASHHRA26 experience seamless by staying at the official conference hotel. Booking within the ASHHRA26 room block means exclusive discounted rates AND you help ASHHRA keep registration costs down, allowing is to continue offering top-tier programming. Rooms are booking fast. Register today and reserve your hotel room before they sell out!

Visit https://ashhra.org/ashhra26-hotel-and-travel/ to view the full article online.

 
Industry News
HealthLeaders Media
The primary reason for using locum tenens clinicians remains filling open staff positions temporarily, but healthcare organizations are increasingly using locum tenens clinicians more strategically.

Visit https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/cmo/report-highlights-trends-locum-tenens-clinician-utilization to view the full article online.

 
Healthcare Dive

The share of family physicians working in rural areas decreased 11% from 2017 to 2023, according to a study published this month in the Annals of Family Medicine.

Visit https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/family-physicians-depart-rural-areas-report/806748/ to view the full article online.

 
Healthcare Finance

The healthcare industry has to approach the consumer experience with the same rigor and discipline applied to clinical care, report says.

Visit https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/healthcare-organizations-must-foster-trust-strengthen-consumer-experience-report-finds to view the full article online.

 
Health Data Management

Substandard culture can greatly influence support staffs’ desire to stay with a facility, and their work can fall on clinical staff.

Visit https://www.healthdatamanagement.com/articles/why-organizational-culture-matters-to-non-patient-facing-staff?id=136125 to view the full article online.

 
Becker's Hospital Review
Workers with a strong sense of purpose in their roles are more likely to be engaged at work and less likely to feel burned out or search for a new job. Yet only 30% of hiring managers consider purpose to be a key predictor of success, according to recent Gallup survey results.

Visit https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/the-employee-gap-fueling-disengagement-gallup/ to view the full article online.

 
Chief Healthcare Executive

Health systems continue to struggle to retain nurses, and there are some warning signs that suggest nurses are being worn down, facing burnout, and considering a career change. The American Organization for Nursing Leadership and Laudio recently published a report looking at some of the key factors that contribute to burnout and foreshadow problems with turnover.

Visit https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/these-warning-signs-are-tied-to-nurses-leaving-hospitals to view the full article online.

 
Health Data Management

Involving non-patient-facing workers in decision making and emphasizing communication are key pathways to improvement.

Visit https://www.healthdatamanagement.com/articles/how-staff-find-value-in-their-healthcare-organizations-culture?id=136139 to view the full article online.

 
HealthLeaders Media

A new presidential proclamation aimed at the tech industry's use of H-1B visas is making it harder for rural providers to hire international staff.

Visit https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/cmo/rural-health-providers-could-be-collateral-damage-100k-trump-visa-fee to view the full article online.

 
Chief Healthcare Executive


When the federal government recently released a list of professional degrees, it did not include nursing.

Many nurses have been fuming over the omission. While nursing hasn’t been previously listed as a professional degree program, the consequences of exclusion are now more serious. 

Visit https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/why-nurses-are-fighting-for-recognition-of-professional-degrees to view the full article online.

 
Becker's Hospital Review

As hospital and health system executives prepare to bring new strategies into 2026, they are also intentionally leaving behind certain leadership habits and routines in 2025. Leaders are focused on new ways to improve efficiency and align teams — while moving on from what did not work.

Visit https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/what-health-system-executives-are-leaving-behind-in-2025/ to view the full article online.

 
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