ASHHRA eNews Pulse

AHA STAT

Health isn’t created by doctors and nurses, but by friendships and families ... by good air, food, houses, roads and jobs ... by good churches and schools. Because improving health means going beyond hospitals and physicians’ offices, the AHA-affiliated Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) provides a resource for people who are building healthier communities across the country. 

Visit http://blog.aha.org/post/170308-a-resource-for-building-healthier-communities to view the full article online.

AHA News

The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum will host a free webinar March 17,  from 2-3 p.m. ET, on "Preventing Physician Burnout – What Hospital Leaders Can Do to Make a Difference." 

Visit http://news.aha.org/article/170307-aha-webinar-march-17-on-preventing-physician-burnout to view the full article online.

AHA News

The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative will host a March 23 webinar on how hospitals and health systems can help prevent human trafficking. The free webinar, at 3 p.m. ET, will explore the problem of human trafficking, approaches health care organizations can adopt to address human trafficking and provide case examples of hospitals leading the field in human trafficking prevention.

Visit http://news.aha.org/article/170306-aha-hospitals-against-violence-webinar-march-23-on-preventing-human-trafficking to view the full article online.

HealthLeaders Media

Organizations recruiting physicians and advance practice clinicians in 2016 were very likely to sweeten the pot with generous signing bonuses, according to data from The Medicus Firm, a national search firm specializing in permanent placement of physicians.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/physician-leaders/recruiter-9-10-physicians-got-signing-bonuses-2016 to view the full article online.

Workforce

Tedious administrative tasks have long been the bane of the HR professional’s job. But the days of drudgery may soon be over, at least according to some vendors. Over the past year, HR software providers have trumpeted the fact that their technologies automate all of the manual and repetitive tasks that few want to do.

Visit http://www.workforce.com/2017/03/07/can-2-letters-take-hr-know/ to view the full article online.

Workforce

In 2015, victims of ransomware attacks paid a collective $24 million in ransom to these cyber-extortionists, and another $325 million to disinfect machines and restore backup data. In other words, ransomware is big business and a bigger threat, and it’s not going away anytime soon.

Visit http://www.workforce.com/2017/03/06/lessons-ransomware-attack/ to view the full article online.

Healthcare Finance

For health plans and employers, one of the key attractions of telehealth is the potential savings involved in replacing physician office and emergency department visits with less expensive virtual visits. But new findings published in the journal Health Affairs suggest that telehealth may increase overall healthcare spending by increasing utilization.

Visit http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/telehealth-may-increase-overall-health-spending-and-utilization-despite-lower-cost-episode-says to view the full article online.

Patient Engagement HIT

Visit http://patientengagementhit.com/news/how-healthcare-orgs-can-drive-family-engagement-in-patient-care to view the full article online.

HealthLeaders Media

A workforce data analysis predicts a national nursing surplus of 340,000 registered nurses by 2025. But there is more to this story. While there may be a national nursing surplus, certain geographic areas may experience nursing shortages.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/nurse-leaders/nursing-shortage-its-complicated to view the full article online.

HealthLeaders Media

The American Hospital Association recently published its annual health care workforce report, a snapshot of current issues troubling hospital human resource leaders, and there are fresh issues on the plates of all HR leaders. The role of HR is changing, staffing challenges will continue, and smart leaders will be well-versed in the need to address issues surrounding a diverse workforce.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/hr/4-takeaways-ahas-annual-workforce-report to view the full article online.

HR Dive

Hiring a multi-generational workforce is a positive thing, as studies have shown no performance issues between older vs. younger workers. However, learning styles may be a bit different, meaning companies must keep age in mind when training.

Visit http://www.hrdive.com/news/the-impact-of-employee-age-on-workforce-development/437580/ to view the full article online.

FierceHealthcare

Visit http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/healthcare/alternative-medicine-becomes-a-lucrative-business-for-u-s-top-hospitals to view the full article online.