HASC is pleased to release an all-new white paper titled, Southern California’s Health Care Workforce: Challenges, Approaches and Solutions. In its analysis, the paper reviews data collected by HR leaders in area hospitals regarding trends in hiring, recruitment, workforce planning, turnover and retention, training, and the physician shortage. Its unique focus on Southern California hiring and […]
Workforce challenges, approaches and solutions
Addressing skilled care coordination workforce needs
Providing clinical education to new and experienced RNs transitioning to new roles
HASC and its workforce development partners highlighted their recent workforce pilot at the California Workforce Association’s Meeting of the Minds in Sept. 2019. Along with the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) and HealthImpact, the state nursing workforce group, HASC presented Connecting Regional Strategies to Local Program Design and Delivery: Perioperative Specialty Registered Nurse Training […]
In June 2019, HASC released its Perioperative Specialty RN Training Pilot Project Final Report. The report describes the association’s response to the growing demand for and short supply of perioperative registered nurses (RNs). In partnership with HealthImpact, the state nursing workforce center, and with funding from the South Bay Workforce Investment Board, HASC launched a […]
Overview In recent years, racial inequality and social injustice protests have overlapped with the COVID-19 pandemic’s disparate impact on communities of color. Together, these issues have compelled hospitals to examine their commitment to diversity and inclusion to better serve patient populations. In response, Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) and HASC have developed this diversity, health equity and inclusion (DHEI) resource page. We […]
HASC is committed to the well-being of our member hospitals and your staff. We recognize that resilient, healthy employees are a workforce asset every day. We know that during the COVID-19 pandemic, many health care workers experienced stress, anxiety, grief and exhaustion as they continued caring for patients. Some may still be struggling with these challenges and feeling burned out […]
OneLegacy is the organ procurement organization serving Southern California. Visit their website for current information on how your hospital and regional organ donation networks can collaborate to advance organ donation and successful transplantation processes and outcomes.
Briefs Focus is a HASC feature designed to promote constructive dialogue about key issues in health care. This contribution is submitted by Merritt Hawkins, a HASC Endorsed Business Partner. Merritt Hawkins’ 2018 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives is an overview of the salaries, bonuses, and other incentives used to recruit physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners. The review’s […]