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As Challenges Mount for Hospitals and Health Systems, Unions Step Up Organizing Efforts
[HR Pulse Article] By Chris Cimino
Health care leaders have faced many challenges in recent years (e.g., serious staffing shortages, financial challenges caused by increasing costs and declining reimbursements, etc.); however, none more daunting than the COVID-19 pandemic that has sickened millions worldwide and will undoubtedly be remembered as the most significant crisis the field has ever confronted.
Marijuana and Its Impact on the Health Care Workforce
[HR Pulse Article] By George Liothake, CHHR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Over the past decade, there have been a lot of conversations on how our country has grown to be more and more divisive. There are debates over guns, abortion, wearing masks during a pandemic, however, the one area that is consistent across blue and red states is the support for marijuana legalization. Across the country, there is an avalanche of marijuana legalization laws.
Human Resources in Health Care: 2020 and Beyond
HR Pulse Article
[HR Pulse Article] Human Resources in 2020 is not the HR of 20 or even 10 years ago. This article provides an overview of the challenges and issues that HR professionals in the health care field will face in 2020 and beyond.
By Stephanie K. Rawitt, J.D.
Going Out-of-the-Box to Meet COVID-19 Staffing Challenges
[HR Pulse Article] By Jeremy Sadlier
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing hospitals to think innovatively and act quickly to ensure and maintain the staffing levels required to combat it. As the number of patients surges, long hours, skyrocketing stress and staff infection/exposure rates are just a few of the factors taking a dramatic toll on frontline clinicians as well as other hospital employees.
Telework in Health Care: Considerations for Preparedness
[HR Pulse Article] By Erick Richardson, Ph.D., MPH, MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP, CHHR, ACHE and Jean Gordon, BSN, MS/HRM, MSN/ED, MBA, AAC, FNP, DBA
Telework has historically been defined as work conducted outside of the immediate workplace. An accepted business standard of operation for decades, telework is synonymously associated with telecommuting, cybercommuting and remote work. Over the past few decades, telework has evolved from an accommodation to address various transportation issues within major cities to an effort of creating flexible workplaces and schedules as a tool for recruitment and retention of knowledge workers. Peter Drucker defined knowledge workers as high level employees primarily contributing to the organization through theoretical and analytical inputs. An early visionary, Drucker realized that knowledge workers would provide critical contributions within the 21st century.
5 Ways to Equip Your CHRO for Success
The roles of a chief human resources officer (CHRO) and chief people officer are becoming increasingly challenging and complex. Many hospitals and health systems have expanded the scope of human resources (HR) to encompass a broader range of roles, functions, operations and technologies, notes a recent WiffKieffer report.
At Parkland Health, Workforce Engagement Is the Foundation of Patient Experience Improvement
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[HR PULSE ARTICLE]: The business case for nurturing a robust organizational culture in health care can be seen in some of the recent performance metrics coming out of Dallas-based Parkland Health & Hospital System. Since the launch of an integrated improvement strategy in 2015, the 850-bed safety net hospital has moved the needle on workforce engagement from the ninth percentile to the above the 30th percentile, decreased employee turnover by almost 2.5 percentage points in one year, increased the number of units with top-tier engagement by nearly 300% and consistently improved performance on the global Likelihood to Recommend metric — an indicator of patient loyalty.
Chair File: Insights on the Health Care Workforce for Future Success
The AHA has released its 2022 Health Care Talent Scan, a review of reports, studies and other data sources from leading organizations. It provides workforce insights and information you can use to guide your organization forward during this time of uncertainty and continued transformation.