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Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | 10:00 a.m. CT (11:00 a.m. ET) FREE
With both leave and accommodations requests on the rise in healthcare organizations, caseload management is becoming a big challenge for HR teams. Advances in technology offer powerful ways to streamline and automate day-to-day administrative tasks, while being HIPAA compliant and keeping data safe. During this webinar, AbsenceSoft’s technical experts will walk you through everything you can and should be automating in your leave and accommodations programs.
Sponsored by: AbsenceSoft

Visit https://ashhra.org/resources_library/everything-you-can-automate-in-your-healthcare-leave-and-accommodations-processes/ to view the full article online.

 
ASHHRA is currently accepting applications for the Annual Conference Education Committee (ACEC) and the Learning & Education Committee (L&EC). Here is your opportunity to deepen your involvement with ASHHRA while strengthening your network of healthcare HR peers and honing your leadership skills!

Visit https://ashhra.org/about/committees/ to view the full article online.

 
ASHHRA, Empsight International and Deloitte Consulting are launching new compensation surveys focusing on base salaries, incentives and premium pay practices across various healthcare institutions. Join us in shaping the future of healthcare compensation by participating in the survey today!

Visit https://ashhra.org/resources_library/healthcare-compensation-surveys/ to view the full article online.

 
Industry News
HealthLeaders Media
Virtual nursing will open up a whole new realm of possibilities. From admissions and discharges to patient monitoring, mentoring, and even at-home care, virtual care technology will push healthcare into the future.

Visit https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/cno/heres-how-virtual-nursing-addressing-workforce-concerns to view the full article online.

 
Becker's Hospital Review
Cybersecurity threats are becoming increasingly common and more severe, like the recent Ascension cyberattack or the Change Healthcare cyberattack. While the U.S. government is bolstering its response, ransomware attacks will likely continue on some scale.

Visit https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/cnos-share-post-cyberattack-lessons.html to view the full article online.

 
Health Affairs
It has been 10 years since the Triple Aim was expanded to the Quadruple Aim (QA) to include “clinician well-being in the workplace” as a core health policy goal. Yet, how much national progress has been made on improving clinician well-being in the workplace and workforce outcomes? 

Visit https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/cms-should-create-clinician-workforce-quality-metrics to view the full article online.

 
HealthLeaders Media
Nurses and health care workers are among the professionals most likely to face violence on the job in America. CNOs are responsible for making sure their nurses stay safe and healthy at work, both mentally and physically.

Visit https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/cno/contributed-content-nurses-are-always-there-us-here%E2%80%99s-what-we-must-do-them to view the full article online.

 
Healthcare Dive
Nearly three-quarters of healthcare professionals say the time or effort needed to complete clinical documentation hampers patient care, according to a recent survey by the American Medical Informatics Association.

Visit https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/clinical-documentation-impedes-patient-care-amia-survey-ehr/718237/ to view the full article online.

 
Chief Healthcare Executive
President Biden’s administration is calling for minimum staffing levels at nursing homes, and the battle is heating up. Nursing homes have filed a lawsuit to block new minimum nursing standards imposed by the Biden administration. The AARP is kicking off a campaign to rally public support to preserve the rule.

Visit https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/battle-brews-over-nursing-home-staffing-requirements to view the full article online.

 
Chief Healthcare Executive
With greater focus on the well-being and mental health of clinicians, healthcare leaders and medical schools must be mindful of the stress on students and residents. The majority of doctors are experiencing burnout, surveys have found. Six of 10 doctors said they experienced burnout, according to The Physicians Foundation’s 2023 Survey of America’s Current and Future Physicians. 

Visit https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/protecting-the-mental-health-of-young-clinicians to view the full article online.

 
Healthcare Dive
When given pairs of patient histories, a large language model could identify which patient needed to be seen more urgently with 89% accuracy.

Visit https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/ai-large-languge-models-emergency-department-patient-acuity-jama-network-open/715813/ to view the full article online.

 
Becker's Hospital Review
In response to the rise in cyberattacks targeting U.S. healthcare systems, Google has engaged in a partnership with the White House to help rural hospitals. 

Visit https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/google-steps-up-cybersecurity-efforts-in-healthcare.html to view the full article online.

 
NPR
A new Baltimore-based program called Neighborhood Nursing is based on the idea to meet people where they are and offer them free health checks, whether they realize they need them or not. 

Visit https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/06/11/nx-s1-4997717/nurses-primary-care-community-baltimore-costa-rica to view the full article online.

 
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