ASHHRA eNews Pulse

ASHHRA Exchange is a private and secure online community that allows you to interact with fellow ASHHRA members online and via email. This personalized membership benefit connects you to the health care HR community wherever and whenever you want. Ask questions, respond to discussions, share resources, expand your network and connect directly with your health care HR peers through ASHHRA Exchange.

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Get recognized! A professional who holds the credential of Certified in Healthcare Human Resources (CHHR) is knowledgeable of the health care environment and health care workforce needs, and is able to adapt this knowledge to their individual health care organization’s needs and goals. 

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Nominate members with significant achievement in the human resources field. ASHHRA has created the "human resources showcase" to recognize significant achievement in the human resources field by members of ASHHRA. Awards have been established over the years, including: Chapter Management Awards Program, HR Visionary Leader Award, National Mentorship Award, Outstanding Chapter Officer Award, Outstanding Chapter Achievement Award, HR Communication Award and ASHHRA Annual Conference & Exposition Awards, Grants, and Scholarships. 

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AHA Chairman Gene Woods has set three goals for the field: expand access and coverage; re-engage with communities outside hospitals’ traditional walls; and end disparities in care. In his investiture address at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting this week, Woods said those are "three battles that must be fought and won for not only the AHA, but for all of our patients and the people in the communities we serve."

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FBI Director James Comey encouraged hospital and health system leaders to work closely with the FBI on reporting cyberattacks. "We will be open and honest with you and treat you as what you are: victims," Comey said at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting this week.

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HR Morning

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Health Affairs Blog

The retirement of one million RNs from the nursing workforce between now and 2030 will mean that their accumulated years of nursing experience leave with them. We estimate that the number of experience-years lost from the nursing workforce in 2015 was 1.7 million (multiplying the number of retiring RNs by the cumulative years of experience for each RN), double the number from 2005.

Visit http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2017/05/03/how-should-we-prepare-for-the-wave-of-retiring-baby-boomer-nurses/ to view the full article online.

HR Morning

Virtually every major news outlet is covering the passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) by the House. But amidst all the coverage, it’s tough to find an answer to a question that’s near and dear to HR: What does this GOP victory mean for employers? 

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Workforce

Diversity and talent leaders must work together to untangle the best ways to find, assess, keep and promote talent.

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HR Dive

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Health Affairs Blog

The Quadruple Aim recognizes that a healthy, energized, engaged and resilient physician workforce is essential to achieving national health goals of higher quality, more affordable care and better health for the populations we serve. Yet in a recent study of U.S. physicians, more than half reported experiencing at least one symptom of burnout — a substantial increase over previous years — indicating that burnout among physicians is becoming a national health crisis.

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Fierce Healthcare

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