Workforce Webinars and Podcasts

[WEBINAR] Earl Dalton, Chief Nursing Officer, Health Carousel, will discuss the impact of inadequate nurse staffing in hospital units and offer insights into how flexible staffing can help hospitals maintain optimal patient-nurse ratios. Attendees will learn about:  The negative impact of inadequate staffing  Understanding true vacancy and operational vacancy Benefits of flexible staffing  Contract and international nursing  Managed Services Programs (MSPs) 

[WEBINAR] Health care organizations are struggling with employee engagement. Some employees are overworked and exhausted while others are feeling undervalued and neglected. Levels of stress and burnout are exceeding those seen in the past. The stakes are higher than ever as organizations grapple with financial challenges and fear. During this interactive, engaging program, HR leaders learn counterintuitive ideas for sustaining engagement. A Certified Trauma Professional, author and nurse, Vicki Hess brings a fresh perspective to the management of stress, trauma and burnout. Using concepts from her newest book, “SHIFT to Professional Paradise in Stormy and Uncertain Times,” she shares out-of-the-box ideas for HR professionals to use to help pick up the pieces and move forward. Participants walk away with practical, proven tools to support their organization now and in the future.

[WEBINAR] Legislative and regulatory pressure will be at an all-time high in 2021. This webinar will address major challenges health care employers will be facing in the coming year including the COVID-19 recovery and a new legislative labor agenda from the new administration.

Managing medical plan trend is top of mind for most HR executives across the country. Large or small, organizations are evaluating multiple solutions for dealing with escalating costs and increasing employee expectations. Understanding the available options like strategic plan design, domestic steerage initiatives, care management/incentives and network considerations are key to developing a sound plan strategy. Using case studies and information from over 300 hospital plans, learn about contemporary trends in medical plan design and how to craft a strategy that meets your organization's needs.

[WEBINAR] Health care companies spend billions on leadership development to help physicians, nurse leaders and staff professionals become more effective managers. Unfortunately, research shows that most leadership development is ineffective when not tailored to business strategy. Rather than one-size-fits-all leadership training, they need to help leaders learn relevant skills to achieve specific organizational objectives. This webinar will provide attendees with a proven and systematic method for improving organizational performance based on the latest research in adult learning, neuroscience and strategic talent management that involves: identifying critical strategic leadership competencies; assessing leaders’ capacity to meet demands; and quickly developing strategy-critical competencies. The presenters will review recent research that focuses on leaders and leadership development during and post COVID-19. Attendees will learn to build leadership development into daily work schedules, match leadership development strategies to the needs of individual leaders, and build leadership programs around what it will take to make their business successful.

Learn the latest from Washington (and nationally) about labor relations and employment law during this labor relations webinar. Nick Munday of IRI Consultants and G. Roger King of the HR Policy Association will discuss what the impact of the Presidential Election, the PRO Act and mail-ballot elections will have on health care employers. The webinar also will address data and labor trends recently published in the latest ASHHRA Labor Activity in Health Care Report and the tactics unions are using to organize health care employers. The presenters will review best practices to use to prepare for potential union activity.

[WEBINAR] While background screening and drug screening can present their own unique challenges, they are necessary to maintain a safe workplace – something of paramount importance to all business owners. In this webinar, we will review best practices for staying compliant under federal and local law, including FCRA, “Ban the Box,” and Salary History. Additionally, as drug screening laws continue to change across various states, we will discuss where we stand now and what to expect next. Finally, we will talk about the industry trends that affect us all. Throughout it all, we will emphasize EEOC best practices and the importance of proper processes, documentation and communication in light of new privacy laws. This webinar will provide participants with actionable information that can be used in assessing their own background screening programs in order to mitigate legal and financial risk.

Learn how to avoid Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Strategy Derailment and explore solutions to get DE&I fully aligned with a health provider’s business objectives.

[WEBINAR] In the age of COVID-19, cyber criminals have not been hampered by social distancing. In fact, the new online world and massive unemployment insurance claims have only increased cyber criminals opportunities to conduct fraud using stolen identities. False unemployment insurance claims have increased dramatically as the economic impact of COVID-19 forced millions of Americans onto the unemployment rolls – and stolen identities readily circulate on the dark web. This webinar will equip you with the necessary tools needed to protect yourself and your team from the very real threat of unemployment fraud.

[WEBINAR] Americans pour billions into the pharmaceutical industry, with self-insured employers covering the majority of drug costs for their employees. However, with pharmacy reaching as much as 30% of benefit cost, HR professionals urgently need to know how to hack into the data they already get from their pharmacy benefit management to find as much as 46% savings for their company and their employees. This webinar will help HR professionals unlock the strategies that can finally get pharmacy benefit cost back under control.

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[WEBINAR] As a result of COVID-19, the health care recruitment landscape has been in a constant state of flux. As hiring needs continue to change, health care recruiters are adapting their strategies to meet the demands of their health care organizations. To better understand how your health care organization can move forward in the current environment, we will explain: 1) What happened? 2) What's coming next? 3) What should I do next?

[WEBINAR] This interactive webinar is designed to help health care leaders find new strategies for recognizing their care team for heightened appreciation and engagement. Speakers Cynthia King, Ph.D., and Kathy Boswell will introduce the REWARDS model of implementable recognition practices, such as rounding to actively notice opportunities for recognition and reflection exercises to strengthen recognition initiatives.

ASHHRA recognizes that health care human resources will not be immune to the inevitable change from the COVID-19 pandemic. With feedback from ASHHRA members and questions collected from the ASHHRA Exchange online community, ASHHRA collaborated with the attorneys from Littler to discuss the long term effects COVID-19 will have on health care HR.

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This webinar will discuss the rising debt levels being carried by today’s medical professions, especially physicians, and how the debt may impact recruitment and retention efforts in both positive

[WEBINAR] In this 30-minute webinar, Chris Cimino will provide an update on important developments regarding union organizing targeting health care employees across the U.S. Chris will also review the organizing strategies unions have implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. This webinar will highlight steps health care employers should take now to increase employee engagement and maintain their union-free work environments. 

[WEBINAR] As a country we are continually adapting and being proactive when addressing the physical health of our health care staff, but what are we doing about their mental health now and in the future? Explore how the trauma of this pandemic is affecting our health care workforce and what supports are available as we navigate what the future holds. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) will be introduced as an educational opportunity to help leaders and human resources professionals do what they do best – help others. This webinar will provide understanding, resources and strategies on the basics of trauma, recognizing signs and symptoms of common mental health concerns, and how to access appropriate support. Mental health cannot be an afterthought in coping with a pandemic and this webinar will introduce you to basic skills needed to support health care employee wellbeing in this new environment and beyond.

[WEBINAR] Weeks ago, we were sitting in meetings with coworkers, laughing with peers over lunch, and maybe even gearing up for a big presentation. Now, most of us are either working from home in self- isolation or risking our health and the health of our family when we go to work each day. Few could have predicted or prepared for how much life and work as we knew it would change in a matter of weeks. As we continue working in this new paradigm, it is more important than ever to consciously build and maintain strong relationships with our teams.  

[WEBINAR] As the pace of health sector transformation accelerates, leadership continues to grow in importance across all health professions. How can health systems best develop leadership capacity? A robust science is emerging that can help inform not only what needs to be learned but also how leadership is developed most efficiently and effectively. In this session, noted healthcare leadership expert Andrew Garman will distill decades of research into the seven most essential areas of leadership competency and the five most essential principles for their development. Participants will also learn about resources that are available free of charge from the non-profit National Center for Healthcare Leadership to help them along their organization’s developmental journeys.