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Thought Leader Forum

2012 Thought
Leader Forum
Sponsored by
TIAA-CREF

 

About the ASHHRA Thought Leader Forums 
The goal is to offer health care leaders, including the leaders of ASHHRA, an opportunity to contribute their thoughts, experience, and insights through a formalized process. The participants for the Forums will be proven leaders who display expertise in specific topics relevant to each Thought Leader Forum agenda.


Forum Participants

Forum Deliverables

For more information on the 2012 schedule, contact Stephanie Drake, ASHHRA Executive Director at sdrake@aha.org or by phone at 312-422-3723.

2012 Thought Leader Forum Schedule
Sponsored by TIAA-CREF

Thought Leader Forum 6:
Physician Integration

Date: July 19, 2012
Location: San Francisco, Calif.
Download Press Release 
Anticipated Participants:

  • CEOs from hospital and health care facilities
  • A physician leader 
  • Members of ASHHRA board of directors
  • Other health care HR experts

Thought Leader Forum 7:
The Future of the
Health Care Workforce

Date: September 22, 2012
Location: Denver, Colo.
Anticipated Participants:

  • CEOs from hospital and health care facilities
  • A nurse leader
  • Members of ASHHRA board of directors 
  • Other health care HR experts 

Additional resources provided by TIAA-CREF:


Thought Leader Forum Summary of Findings - Healthcare Reform EngagementHealthcare Reform Engagement

ASHHRA held the fifth Thought Leader Forum on Monday, July 18,2011 in San Diego, California.

Jeff Payne, Vice President, Human Resources, Lakeland Regional Medical Center and 2011 ASHHRA Past President, chaired the proceedings. The discussion was moderated by Larry Walker, President, and Cindy Fineran,Senior Consultant of The Walker Company Healthcare Consulting, LLC. A select group of thought leaders - human resources and public relations/ marketing/ communications experts - participated in the Forum, a two-hour session entitled, “Healthcare Reform Engagement.” Among the participants were ASHHRA board members and representatives from the Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development(SHSMD), the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), and Buck Consultants.

Results of the session have been compiled in this Summary of Findings. 

Sponsored by:
Buck  Consultants


 


Workplace Intimidation: The Underestimated Threat to Patient Safety

The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA) and the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM), personal membership groups of the American Hospital Association (AHA), held a joint Thought Leader Forum on Thursday, July 22, 2010 in San Diego, California, prior to the 2010 AHA/Health Forum Leadership Summit.

A select group of thought leaders—human resource, risk management, and health care quality and patient safety experts—participated in the Forum, a two-hour session titled, "Workplace Intimidation: The Underestimated Threat to Patient Safety.”  The Summary of Findings highlights the main points of discussion.

Workplace Intimidation in the Healthcare Setting - An Annotated Bibliography 
From the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM), prepared by the American Hospital Association Resource Center.
April 2010


The Role of Health Care HR in Advancing Operational Efficiencies

The third Thought Leader Forum convened in San Francisco, California on July 23, 3009.  Following are the results of the discussion on 
"The Role of Health Care HR in Advancing Operational Efficiencies."

Summary of Findings - An executive summary that highlights the main points of the discussion.
Discussion Transcript - An edited transcript of the Forum dialogue.

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Workforce Issues in Health Care

The second Thought Leader Forum gathered in Austin, Texas on October 11, 2008.  Following are the results of a two-hour discussion on "Workforce Issues in Health Care."

Summary of Findings - An executive summary that highlights the main points of the discussion.
Discussion Transcript - An edited transcript of the Forum dialogue. 

Please note that there is no video for this forum.

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The Role of HR in Quality and Patient Safety

On July 24, 2008, the first ever ASHHRA Thought Leader Forum gathered in San Diego, Calif. The following materials are a result of the two-hour Forum discussion on "The Role of HR in Quality and Patient Safety."

Summary of Findings - An executive summary that highlights the main points of the discussion.
Discussion Transcript - An edited transcript of the Forum dialogue.  

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Press Releases:
July 2008
August 2008