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The inaugural AHA Workforce Conference: Sustainable Healthcare Delivery Through Strategic Workforce Development takes place in Chicago at the Westin Michigan Avenue, October 25-26, 2017. This conference will offer attendees an opportunity to hear and discuss innovative solutions to key workforce challenges. 

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Society for Human Resource Management
Nielsen Healthcare Group
American Health Information Management Association
Industry News
AHA News

Hospital leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., this week to urge lawmakers to reject cuts to payments for hospital care and support policies that would benefit patients and increase access to care. During an AHA Advocacy Day briefing, which also was webcast, AHA leaders provided an update on the latest developments from Capitol Hill and outlined the association’s key priorities. 

Visit http://news.aha.org/article/170912-congress-urged-to-support-policies-that-benefit-patients-increase-coverage- to view the full article online.

 
AHA News

A new resource from AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust shows how 10 hospitals and health systems partnered with their communities to build a culture of health and improve health outcomes. 

Visit http://news.aha.org/article/170908-aha-guide-examines-10-successful-hospitalcommunity-partnerships to view the full article online.

 
AHA News

AHA and AMGA members may apply through Oct. 20 to participate in an intensive learning collaborative on managing population health and succeeding in the new Medicare physician payment models. 

Visit http://news.aha.org/article/170908-apply-to-participate-in-ahaamga-pathway-to-value-collaborative to view the full article online.

 
Montage
Healthcare Financial Management Association
Compensation
HR Dive

Most employees can expect 2018 annual wage increases of about the same as the past few years, according to a new survey from Willis Towers Watson (WTW), the global advisory, broking and solutions company.

Visit http://www.hrdive.com/news/average-salary-raises-hold-steady-at-3-for-yet-another-year/449346/ to view the full article online.

 
Bloomberg

According to the latest Labor Department figures, U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose to a record in July, indicating resilient demand for workers.

Visit https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-12/job-openings-in-u-s-increased-to-record-6-17-million-in-july to view the full article online.

 
Management & Leadership
Workforce

Disasters like the recent hurricanes in Texas and Florida bring to light the responsibilities that leaders have to communicate and empathize with their workforce.

Visit http://www.workforce.com/2017/08/31/hurricane-harvey-shows-need-employer-communication-empathy/ to view the full article online.

 

Harvard Business Review

Sue Ashford, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, explains that the world isn’t divided into leaders and followers. Instead, it’s a state that everyone can reach, whether they’re officially in charge or not. 

Visit https://hbr.org/ideacast/2017/08/why-everyone-should-see-themselves-as-a-leader to view the full article online.

 
HealthStream
ULTIMATE MEDICAL ACADEMY
Physicians & Nurses
Healthcare Dive

According to a new study in the Annals of Family Medicine, primary care doctors spend more than half their workday on EHR tasks. 

Visit http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/another-study-highlights-ehr-burden-on-physicians/504805/ to view the full article online.

 
Physicians Practice

Overall, physicians say government regulations and third-party interference continue to be the largest barrier to good health care for patients, according to the most recent rendition of the Physicians Practice survey, polling 826 physicians on their attitudes towards their personal and professional lives. 

Visit http://www.physicianspractice.com/great-american-physician-survey/2017-great-american-physician-survey-results to view the full article online.

 
Workforce
Leadership Now

Employees do care about the bottom line as much as managers, and must find common ground as they struggle around HOW to improve their company’s bottom line.  Here are two solutions to help achieve success together.

Visit https://www.leadershipnow.com/leadingblog/2017/08/employees_do_care_and_how_that.html to view the full article online.

 
Health Care & Hospitals
Health Affairs

People are living longer than in previous generations. In the United States, there will be roughly 83.7 million people age sixty-five and older by 2050. Many people in this age group will live for years with serious illness. The goal of living well with serious illness will create greater demand and need for palliative care.

Visit http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2017/07/13/foundation-addresses-critical-need-for-palliative-care-workforce-and-leadership-development/ to view the full article online.

 
Altarum
September's Health Sector Economic Indicator Briefs show a leveling off of the hiring jump experienced in the last few months, as well as continued slow price and spending growth. Driving low overall spending growth is historically low hospital spending, which, at a revised .8 percent June growth rate, is the lowest year-over-year monthly growth rate recorded in more than 25 years. 

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