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American Society for Health Care Human Resources Administration

Message from the President
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Today is the final day to submit your nominations for 2018 Regional Consultants. Explore this opportunity to contribute and make a difference within ASHHRA. Review the Regional Consultant Position Description and duties and submit your nomination today! 

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What do you call your staff members? What’s your policy on PTO donation? What’s your HR staff to employee ratio?

Those are just some of the recent discussions on ASHHRA Exchange. Join the discussions or start a new thread. 

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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. 

Visit https://s6.goeshow.com/aha_dc/AHAWorkforceMeeting/ereg189341.cfm?clear to view the full article online.

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

A new analysis prepared by Ernst & Young for the AHA finds that hospitals’ and health systems’ community benefit activities outweigh the value of their federal tax exemption by a factor of 11 to one. According to the report, in 2013 non-profit hospitals were exempt from an estimated $6 billion in federal taxes and provided an estimated $67.4 billion in community benefits.

Visit http://news.aha.org/article/171010-study-hospital-community-benefits-exceed-federal-tax-exemption-11-to-1 to view the full article online.

 
AHA News

The American Organization of Nurse Executives has chosen as its next president-elect Mary Beth Kingston, RN, executive vice president and chief nursing officer at Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care. As 2018 president-elect, Kingston will become AONE president in 2019. 

Visit http://news.aha.org/article/171009-aone-announces-new-presidentelect-board-members to view the full article online.

 
Montage
Healthcare Financial Management Association
Novia Solutions, Inc.
Compensation
HR Morning

Employers are well aware pay discrepancies between genders could come back to haunt them. As a result, many are taking proactive steps to make sure they prevent or address any problems before it’s too late. 

Visit http://www.hrmorning.com/spotlight-on-equal-pay-what-your-peers-are-doing-to-prevent-a-google-situation/ to view the full article online.

 
HR Morning


Many companies aren’t aware of how easy it is to wind up with a willful FLSA violation, which carries not only expensive civil penalties, but also allows the DOL to look at a full extra year of employers’ payroll data to assess penalties. 

Visit http://www.hrmorning.com/a-dangerous-pay-error-thats-catching-many-companies-off-guard/ to view the full article online.

 
Health Care HR
Workforce

Thanks to the agility and rapid upgrades that are possible in the cloud, the new focus is on transforming the HRMS from a repository of information to a business management tool.

Visit http://www.workforce.com/2017/10/04/sector-report-hr-database/ to view the full article online.

 
HR Daily Advisor

A new survey report analyzes remote work’s impact on employee success, retention and relationships with their managers. "The State of Remote Work" survey, conducted among 1,097 U.S. workers by OwlLabs and TINYPulse, provides some encouraging news for employers who currently allow or who are considering allowing employees to work remotely.  

Visit http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2017/10/11/survey-reveals-upside-hurdles-allowing-remote-work/ to view the full article online.

 
Management & Leadership
Health Affairs Blog


Over the past 25-plus years, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) has partnered with many heroines while leading campaigns to detect and prevent breast cancer, improve women’s heart health and prevent cancer through advocating for HPV vaccination. They're now taking that work to the next level by establishing the Women’s Health Activist Movement Global (WHAMglobal), which forms networks of advocates in women’s health to improve health care delivery and outcomes, equity and leadership.

Visit http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2017/10/05/calling-all-wonder-women-the-us-health-system-needs-strong-leaders-healthy-mothers/ to view the full article online.

 
HR Dive

As the pace of technological change accelerates, employers are struggling to keep up. The latest research shows that the shelf life of worker skills is just five years and as a result, forward-thinking companies are  beginning to reconsider their approach to identifying and developing in-house talent.

Visit http://www.hrdive.com/news/5-technologies-that-are-transforming-corporate-learning/506384/ to view the full article online.

 
HealthStream
Patient Satisfaction
AHA News

The National Collaborative for Improving the Clinical Learning Environment has recently released guidance to help health care system leaders work with clinical educators to create learning environments where new clinicians actively engage in patient safety activities. 

Visit http://news.aha.org/article/171006-group-offers-guidance-for-engaging-new-clinicians-in-patient-safety to view the full article online.

 
Patient Engagement HIT

Communication-and-resolution programs help support a positive patient experience even after a patient has faced an adverse patient safety event.

Visit https://patientengagementhit.com/news/driving-positive-patient-experiences-during-patient-safety-events to view the full article online.

 
Workforce
HR Dive

According to a new study by Globoforce’s WorkHuman Research Institute and IBM’s Smarter Workforce Institute, meaningful work topped the list of positive employee experiences.

Visit http://www.hrdive.com/news/meaningful-work-is-critical-to-worker-happiness-study-says/506877/ to view the full article online.

 
HealthLeaders Media

Dozens of teaching health centers created by the Affordable Care Act aim to attract and keep new physicians.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/physician-leaders/training-new-doctors-right-where-they%E2%80%99re-needed to view the full article online.

 
Health Care & Hospitals
Healthcare Finance News

For many things, predictive modeling is a must, and just might mean the difference between savings and waste.

Visit http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/mgma-predictive-analytics-now-business-necessity-healthcare to view the full article online.

 
AHA News


Since its inception, Project SEARCH has opened employers’ eyes to what the developmentally disabled can do. Today, there are more than 400 Project SEARCH sites, which span across 45 states and into Canada, England, Scotland and Ireland. 

Visit http://news.aha.org/article/171010-project-search-opens-employers-eyes-to-what-young-people-with-disabilities-can-do- to view the full article online.

 
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