Thought Leader Forum
The goal of the Thought Leader Forum 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.
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For more information on the 2012 schedule, contact Stephanie Drake, ASHHRA Executive Director at sdrake@aha.org or by phone at (312) 422-3723.
Additional resources provided by TIAA-CREF:
- Retirement Confidence Among Hospital Employees PDF
December 2011
- Assessing Reasonableness of 403(b) Retirement Fees: Best Practices for Defining Who, What, How and Why PDF
January 2012
- Rethinking Defined Contribution Retirment Plan Design: Plan Sponsor Perspectives PDF
December 2011
- Advice: A Practical, Prudent Approach - Setting a Course for Retirement Security PDF
October 2011
The Future of the Health Care Workforce
ASHHRA held its seventh Thought Leader Forum on Saturday, September 22, 2012, in Denver, Colorado.
Bob Walters, Corporate Director, Human Resources Operations, Health First, Inc., and ASHHRA immediate past president, chaired the proceedings. The discussion was moderated by Larry Walker, president of The Walker Company Healthcare Consulting.
A select group of health care executives participated in the Forum, a two-hour session titled, “The Future of the Health Care Workforce.”
As one thought leader noted, “I don’t honestly think we know ten years from now who we need to recruit, because we’re going to have to change what we’re doing at the bedside in a pretty fundamental way.” Another thought leader reiterated the important role that human resources (HR) will have in proactively redesigning the future care environment, saying “We need to get closer to the caregiver role, and why we are all here. The economics, payer mix, and changing reimbursement will not allow us to afford to have the structure we have today, so we need to make fundamental changes. That’s where HR needs to be at the table and lead the redesign process.”
This Thought Leader Forum Executive Summary is a strategic overview of the dialogue, discussion, and recommendations about the future of the health care workforce in America.
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ASHHRA held the sixth Thought Leader Forum on Thursday, July 19, 2012, in San Francisco, California.
Bob Walters, Corporate Director, Human Resources Operations, Health First, Inc., and ASHHRA immediate past president, chaired the proceedings. The discussion was moderated by Larry Walker, president of The Walker Company Healthcare Consulting.
A select group of health care executives participated in the Forum, a two-hour session titled, “Physician Engagement and Integration.”
“Hospitals have to look at all of our processes and see if we’ve eliminated the barriers that are driving the physicians crazy” said ASHHRA president Irma Babiak Pye. “If we can look at it from that perspective, then we can begin to build some trust. And if we can build trust, we can start to erode physicians’ aversion to risk, because they can have faith that we are really all in this together for the good of our patients and communities.”
The Thought Leader Forum Executive Summary is a strategic overview of the implications of advancing the hospital/physician partnership through successful physician engagement and integration.
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Healthcare 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.
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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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July 2008
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