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American Society for Health Care Human Resources Administration

Message from the President
ASHHRA News

Due to many requests for additional time, we have extended the deadline for the HR Metrics Tool to Friday, April 27. If you're looking for relevant, strong benchmarks on turnover rate, costs per hire, and more, then you need the 2018 HR Metrics Tool. This tool utilizes accurate data to provide you with a better understanding of the investment in the HR function and its areas of strength and opportunities for improvement.

Visit http://www.ashhra.org/products/metrics.shtml to view the full article online.

 

Know someone making significant contributions to the field of health care HR? Nominate them to be recognized at ASHHRA18! Visit ASHHRA.org/Awards to see award categories and to submit a nomination. All award nominations are due by May 4, 2018.

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Society for Human Resource Management
HealthcareSource
Industry News
AHA News

AHA President and Chief Executive Officer Rick Pollack reflects on the impact and importance of organ donation during National Donate Life Month, sponsored by Donate Life America, an alliance of national organizations — including the AHA — and local coalitions dedicated to educating the public about donations.

Visit https://www.aha.org/news/perspective/2018-04-06-perspective-most-precious-gift to view the full article online.

 
AHA News
Earlier this week, the AHA submitted a statement to the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee for a field hearing on emergency preparedness and lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey. 

Visit https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2018-04-09-aha-shares-lessons-hurricane-harvey to view the full article online.

 
AHA News

Qualified opioid treatment programs, practitioners and health centers can apply through June 4 for up to $200,000 a year for five years to expand access to Food and Drug Administration-approved opioid overdose treatments, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced.

Visit https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2018-04-10-samhsa-announces-opioid-overdose-treatment-grants to view the full article online.

 
Healthcare Financial Management Association
Health Care HR
HR Dive

If your company is still waiting for the annual performance review to give employees feedback, you’re way behind the curve. For employees waiting for recognition, and those needing guidance and correction, once a year meetings are too little, too late. 

Visit https://www.hrdive.com/news/why-hr-cant-expect-continuous-learning-without-regular-feedback/520948/ to view the full article online.

 
Physicians & Nurses
HealthLeaders Media

A new set of guidelines and recommendations helps health care organizations establish policies and programs that promote physician well-being.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/physician-leaders/physician-burnout-charter-sets-framework-change to view the full article online.

 
AHA AONE

Nurse Watch is compiled in conjunction with the AHA’s American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) and highlights articles of interest to nurse leaders, nursing professionals and other health care leaders. 

Visit https://www.aha.org/news/insights-and-analysis/2018-04-11-nurses-valuable-problem-solvers-collapsed-woman-saved-nurses to view the full article online.

 
Workforce
AHA

Building productive working relationships across the generations helps leverage the strengths of all employees, increase collaboration and the effectiveness and efficiency of teams, and accelerate organizational change. As baby boomers retire, millennials will become an even larger part of the workforce, so engaging them will become more important than ever.

Visit https://www.aha.org/news/chair-files/2018-04-09-leveraging-strengths-multigenerational-workforce to view the full article online.

 
Workforce Magazine
One side says that employers cannot discriminate against minorities. The other says that employers cannot discriminate against non-minorities in favor of minorities.

Visit http://www.workforce.com/2018/04/11/the-other-side-of-diversity/ to view the full article online.

 
Health Care & Hospitals
Health Affairs

"High utilizers" of the emergency department (ED) and the hospital constitute a small percentage of the population who use a disproportionately high percentage of acute care services. Few models exist to improve care for high utilizers, and fewer yet have been replicated across a variety of settings and populations — as would be needed to support large-scale delivery system transformation. 

Visit https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180327.761736/full/ to view the full article online.

 
HealthLeaders Media


A JPMorgan Chase analysis of more than 1 million tax refunds points to increased spending on deferred health care services, especially among those who file early. Americans with larger federal tax refunds filed earlier and increased their spending on health care services they had been putting off.

Visit http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/finance/early-filers-spend-tax-refund-deferred-healthcare-study-finds to view the full article online.

 
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