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The Call for Proposals for the ASHHRA 53rd Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington, is now open through January 27, 2017.
Visit http://www.ashhra.org/call_for_proposals.shtml to view the full article online. |
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Plan to celebrate Health Care HR Week March 12-18, 2017. More information will be coming soon!
Visit http://www.ashhra.org/learning/healthcarehrweek.shtml to view the full article online. |
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Check out your colleagues who have attained their CHHR. See if you know anyone from your state — now is the time for you to join them!
Visit http://www.ashhra.org/learning/certification.shtml to view the full article online. |
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Margie Beadles, volunteer/auxilian at CoxHealth in Springfield, MO, is 2017 chair of the AHA’s Committee on Volunteers. The specialty committee of the AHA Board of Trustees supports the AHA mission and policy agenda by its activities in public policy development and participates in AHA grassroots advocacy while providing the benefit of its community perspective on issues related to the health care field.
Visit http://news.aha.org/article/170109-aha-committee-on-volunteers-names-2017-chair to view the full article online. |
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A partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act could increase the number of uninsured Americans by 29.8 million over 10 years, according to a new report from the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Visit http://news.aha.org/article/170106-study-aca-repeal-would-increase-uncompensated-care-by-11-trillion-over-10-years to view the full article online. |
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The AHA has released its 2017-2020 Strategic Plan, which provides an overview of the association’s strategic direction over the next four years based on input from members and the environmental forces impacting the field.
Visit http://news.aha.org/article/170105-aha-plan-outlines-strategic-priorities-through-2020 to view the full article online. |
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HR Daily Advisor
As an HR professional, you know that a conversation about performance provides an equal opportunity for managers and employees to talk about what’s going well, what needs to improve, and how things are going in general. The challenge is, it doesn’t always go this way, and one side tends to do more of the talking. Can you guess which side I’m referring to? Visit http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2017/01/10/3-tips-help-employees-prepare-performance-conversations/ to view the full article online. |
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The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative and American Society for Healthcare Engineering will co-host a Jan. 17 webinar on workplace violence prevention strategies and emergency response plans. The webinar will feature safety experts from the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety Foundation.
Visit http://news.aha.org/article/170105-aha-webinar-jan-17-on-strategies-to-prevent-workplace-violence to view the full article online. |
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Healthcare Finance
An annual tradition for marketing research firm Frost and Sullivan's Transformational Health team is to gaze into its crystal ball and do a little predicting, forecasting the year to come.
Visit http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/slideshow/frost-and-sullivans-9-healthcare-predictions-2017 to view the full article online. |
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Patient EngagementHIT
In the spirit of New Year’s Resolutions, health care professionals are making their own patient-centered care goals for 2017. But while New Year’s Resolutions typically fall by the wayside after a period of time, it’s likely these health care pros won’t let that happen for them. With value-based and patient-centered care initiatives taking the industry spotlight this year, providers will need to focus on driving patient engagement more than ever.
Visit http://patientengagementhit.com/news/4-healthcare-pros-share-their-2017-patient-centered-care-goals to view the full article online. |
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HealthLeaders Media
Does the issue of staff engagement at your organization cause you to lose sleep? If so, you’re not alone. When HealthLeaders Media recently asked 169 health care executives, "What keeps you up at night when thinking about the state of workforce/labor management at your organization?" 55 percent said staff engagement. Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/nurse-leaders/improving-nurse-engagement-bottom-line-how-better-staffing-impacts-multiple-outcomes to view the full article online. |
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Modern Healthcare
Health care created more jobs than any other sector in 2016, helping to drive total annual job growth to 2.2 million, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Visit http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170106/NEWS/170109951 to view the full article online. |
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AHA Stat
JAMA recently published the report "How Would the Next President Ensure Competitiveness in the Health Care Marketplace?" which discusses consolidation. The drive to build a continuum of care that rewards value over volume is unlikely to abate because it’s what consumers demand. Visit http://blog.aha.org/post/170109-hospital-mergers-promote-value-and-quality to view the full article online. |