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Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Talent - FACHE Continuing Education Criteria Changes Approaching Fast
- Adapt Locally to Align Globally
- Solving OR Staffing With AI Technology
- 3 Critical Components of a Successful Physician Leader
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Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Talent
“Not everyone will thrive in a rural environment, so it is important to identify those who can. However, once the right people are on board, the important work has just begun,” write the authors Tim Putnam, DHA, FACHE, Nikki King, and William Auxier, PhD, in Chapter 4 of their book, Healthcare Leadership and Rural Communities: Challenges, Strategies, and Solutions.
Published in collaboration with the National Rural Health Association, the book covers topics such as measuring and managing rural care quality, developing strong relationships with physicians and managing communications and controlling the message.
Healthcare Leadership and Rural Communities: Challenges, Strategies, and Solutions outlines what it takes to manage care in a rural community and provides advice on overcoming the common challenges that healthcare executives confront.
This book emphasizes the need for collaboration to safeguard the futures of organizations and their communities, and the chapter is free of charge to ACHE members. Titled “Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Talent,” this chapter explores the strategies to keep new employees in a rural setting engaged.
We hope you enjoy this complimentary Monthly Membership Perk, and we thank you for being a part of the ACHE community.
FACHE Continuing Education Criteria Changes Approaching Fast
With only about 12 weeks remaining until the new FACHE® continuing education requirements take effect Jan. 1, time is running out for those who still need Face-to-Face Education credits to earn or recertify their FACHE credential this year.
Those looking to accrue Face-to-Face Education credits have an opportunity to earn up to 24 of them during ACHE’s Orlando Cluster, Dec. 11–13 at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace. The Orlando Cluster is a comprehensive education program that will help empower any healthcare professional to tackle challenges with confidence.
This year’s event provides flexibility in credit-earning options, with individual sessions offering 1, 6, or 12 credits each that can be used toward FACHE advancement or recertification. Attendees who attend a session offering 1 credit can enter it as self-reported Qualified Education.
Visit ache.org/Orlando to view the programming lineup, register, book a hotel reservation and more.
A variety of ACHE Virtual Face-to-Face courses also are available for those who need flexibility in accruing continuing education credits.
Adapt Locally to Align Globally
“Among the many lessons to harvest from the confluence of global health challenges is the fundamental premise that we—our local communities—are part of one global community,” writes Rob Thames, LFACHE, FHFMA, president, RTAdvisors, Saint Paul, Minn., in a recent ACHE Blog post. “In short, health is global—and so is healthcare.”
In the post, Thames includes a list of questions health leaders should be asking of their boards, teams and community members regarding their perspective on key global issues. “A short list of leader actions for adapting locally to align globally includes demonstrating the humility to reset our mindset and the courage to question assumptions,” Thames writes.
Read the full blog post by visiting ache.org/Blog.
Solving OR Staffing With AI Technology
Workforce challenges remain pressing for hospitals, especially in complex, critical areas like the OR. Demand for surgical care is rising, fueled by more ambulatory procedures and patient accessibility; however, ORs grapple with nurse and technician vacancies that disrupt operations, which creates late or unpredictable schedules for cases staff and even delays in patient care.
As health systems address OR staffing challenges, innovative yet prudent solutions emerge. Rather than costly external hiring, forward-thinking organizations cultivate existing perioperative talent. Enhanced education and training helps staff pivot between specialties as needed. Optimized scheduling tools and technologies also maximize efficiency, empower staff and improve patient experience.
LeanTaaS, at the forefront of this operational transformation, recognizes the need to grow talent internally and implement intelligent systems. By partnering with over 180 leading health systems, LeanTaaS further develops and integrates cost-effective technology to elevate staff and enhance perioperative performance.
AI-driven technology is one area that can empower OR nurse managers to optimize assignments. Leveraging predictive analytics and algorithms, this application of AI is an invaluable resource for planning. Powered by historical data, it generates recommended configurations to minimize coverage gaps and enable predictable schedules weeks in advance, accounting for all pertinent factors. This frees nurse managers to focus on higher-level, strategic decision making. AI also provides staff with insights into skills development, facilitating cross-trained, motivated teams.
With an industry expert partner such as LeanTaaS, it will ensure your organization’s ongoing success beyond implementation through thoughtful change management. LeanTaaS provides a dedicated team responsible for process change, user training and achieving operational goals. To learn how AI transforms perioperative staffing, read "Applying AI to OR Staffing."
3 Critical Components of a Successful Physician Leader
Lily J. Henson, MD, FACHE, CEO, Piedmont Augusta (Ga.) Hub, writes in her column for Healthcare Executive that there are physician leaders who might long for the days when someone could just translate a vision into a smoothly running operation with perfect outcomes and no barriers or unintended consequences. Instead, they must consider the big picture and the data available and decide along with their teams what the strategic direction needs to be and work together to achieve agreed-upon goals.
Three key components that make a successful physician leader: They need to be credible as clinicians; they need to know how to operate as a team with experts in other areas, such as finance and operations; and they need to have patience. They are now part of a decision-making process that may be slower than what they are accustomed to in clinical practice. This is because decisions need to be made based on the overall good of the organization, instead of the physician’s area. When decisions occur that may not be in line with the physicians’ interests, the physician leader must fully support them.