The ASHHRA Podcast

Robert "Bo" Brabo and Luke Carignan
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  The ASHHRA Podcast is the definitive audio briefing for healthcare HR leaders navigating what’s next.  Hosted by Bo Brabo and Luke Carignan, this weekly podcast explores the forces reshaping the healthcare workforce, from talent shortages and leadership burnout to data-driven HR strategy, labor relations, and policy shifts that impact care delivery.  Each episode features candid conversations with CHROs, senior executives, and industry change-makers who are solving real problems inside hospitals and health systems right now. No theory, no fluff, just practical insight from leaders in the arena.  Listeners gain clarity on complex workforce challenges, early signals on emerging trends, and grounded perspectives that help bridge strategy and people operations. Whether you lead HR for a health system, support workforce strategy, or influence organizational culture, this podcast equips you to make better decisions with confidence.  New episodes drop weekly, with timely news updates, deep-dive conversations, and forward-looking insights designed for healthcare HR leaders preparing for 2026 and beyond. 

  1. 5d ago

    #241 - Nurse Burnout 2026: It's Actually Moral Injury

    You've Been Treating Burnout. It's Actually Moral Injury. August 3rd, 2026. Luke Carignan is flying solo, and he has something to say. Three stories. One thread. An uncomfortable conclusion the research is forcing. 🩺 It's Not Burnout. It's Moral Injury. That Changes Everything. Connect RN's "Burnout in 2026 Looks Different" draws a distinction that reframes the whole conversation: burnout is depletion. Moral injury is a wound — the repeated experience of being asked to act against your own values with no way out. A global study of nearly 10,000 nurses across 35 countries found more than half experiencing severe mental health symptoms tied to their work. 58% feel burned out most days. Only 39% plan to stay in their current position next year. And yet 75% still say becoming a nurse was the right choice. They love this work. They're losing patience with the conditions of it. The Joint Commission now recommends organizations focus on meaningful work and professional autonomy — not coping skills. You cannot wellness-program your way out of moral injury. You have to change the structural conditions that cause it. ⚠️ There's an Early Warning System. Are You Using It? In fall 2025, AONL partnered with Laudio to analyze 95,000 nurses across 150+ hospitals and identify the operational signals that predict burnout before it becomes turnover. The strongest single predictor: nurses regularly leaving late. Others include 50% of a team not using PTO in six months, and teams skipping breaks — linked to a 15% retention decline among early-tenure nurses. This data already exists in your systems. Late clock-outs are in timekeeping. PTO balances are in your HRIS. The question is whether anyone has connected it to workforce risk. Full report and PDF linked in the show notes. 🔧 93% Know It Needs to Change. 71% Can't Make It Stick. Aya Healthcare's 2026 Workforce Innovation Report: innovation energy concentrates in hiring and onboarding while scheduling and shift management — the operational layer with the most direct daily impact on nurses — lags as the lowest priority. The fix is not a technology roadmap. It is management discipline: one high-value use case, a clear owner, protected time, one pilot unit, measure, scale. Action: Pull one operational metric this week — late clock-outs, PTO balances, or break compliance — for your highest-turnover unit. See what it tells you that your annual survey doesn't. Enjoying the show? Subscribe to The ASHHRA Podcast on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode. This episode is brought to you by AP3 — the ASHHRA Preferred Partner Program. Healthcare HR leaders are navigating rising costs, workforce shortages, and an overwhelming vendor landscape. AP3 cuts through the noise. Managed in collaboration with Lockton and backed by ASHHRA, AP3 is a governed ecosystem of vetted, healthcare-aligned solution providers across talent acquisition, benefits administration, workforce compliance, financial wellness, and employee engagement. Every partner is rigorously vetted. Every relationship is governed. Every solution is built for healthcare. No directories. No bidding wars. Just trusted partners proven to perform. Visit AP3.info to learn more and get connected with a partner. Support the show

    #241 - Nurse Burnout 2026: It's Actually Moral Injury

  2. Jul 28

    #240 - Why Nurses Are Staying But Not Okay

    41% of Nurses Stay for One Reason: They Can't Afford to Leave July 27th, 2026. Luke Carignan and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier open with a number that is hard to sit with — and spend the rest of the episode on the organizations doing something about it. 🩺 Nurses Are Staying. But They're Not Okay. The Nurse.org 2026 State of Nursing Survey (2,000 nurses nationwide): job satisfaction dropped from 55% to 47% in a single year. Eight points in 12 months is a cliff, not a slope. 43% say they're likely to leave the bedside in the next year. 23% are considering leaving the profession entirely, up from 15% last year. And the number that reframes everything: 41% say the number one reason they're still at the bedside is financial necessity. Not mission. Not their team. They stay because they can't afford to leave. 37% of nurses who received a raise last year still couldn't cover an unexpected $1,000 expense without going into debt. Action: A raise and financial security are not the same problem. They don't have the same solution. If you've found an approach that moves the needle, drop it in the comments — we want to hear it. 🏛️ Washington Did Something Right: Title VIII Advances 21 to 0 The Senate HELP Committee advanced the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act with a unanimous bipartisan vote. Title VIII is the primary federal program funding nursing scholarships, loan repayment, and training grants. The bill reauthorizes it through FY2030 and adds a nurse faculty demonstration program. The alternative to reauthorization isn't the status quo — it's those programs sunsetting. The nurses you recruit in 2028 and beyond are being shaped right now by whether this pipeline stays funded. 🏆 165 Organizations Are Cracking the Culture Code Becker's 2026 Top Places to Work in Healthcare: 165 organizations doing what everyone says they know they should do — consistently. Structured career ladders with a real map. Leadership development with protected time. Listening strategies where leadership visibly acts on feedback. Scheduling autonomy for clinical roles. Recognition that is personal, timely, and specific. The difference isn't knowledge. It is operational commitment — the whole leadership team on the hook, not just HR. Action: Forward one article from today's show notes to your CNO this week. No explanation. See what they say. Enjoying the show? Subscribe to The ASHHRA Podcast on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode. This episode is brought to you by AP3 — the ASHHRA Preferred Partner Program. Healthcare HR leaders are navigating rising costs, workforce shortages, and an overwhelming vendor landscape. AP3 cuts through the noise. Managed in collaboration with Lockton and backed by ASHHRA, AP3 is a governed ecosystem of vetted, healthcare-aligned solution providers across talent acquisition, benefits administration, workforce compliance, financial wellness, and employee engagement. Every partner is rigorously vetted. Every relationship is governed. Every solution is built for healthcare. No directories. No bidding wars. Just trusted partners proven to perform. Visit AP3.info to learn more and get connected with a partner. News Links Story 1 — Nurse.org 2026 State of Nursing Survey Nurse.org: 2026 State of Nursing Survey — Stress, Pay, Safety & BeyondNurse.org: 43% of Nurses Want to Leave the Bedside. Most Can't Afford To.Nurse.org: 55% of Nurses Got Small Raises in 2025 — Many Can't Cover a $1,000 EmergencyFierce Healthcare: Nurses' Job Satisfaction Stumbles After Post-Pandemic GainsBecker's: The Current State of Nursing 2026  Story 2 — Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act (July 22, 2026) AACN: Title VIII Reauthorization Advances Out of the Senate HELP CommitteeSenator Collins: Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen America's Nursing Workforce Advances Out of CommitteeNewswise: Title VIII Reauthorization Advances Out of the Senate HELP Committee  Story 3 — Becker's 165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare 2026 Becker's: 165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare 2026 Support the show

    #240 - Why Nurses Are Staying But Not Okay

  3. Jul 27

    #239 - Healthcare Has 700,000 Unfilled Jobs Monthly

    700,000 Openings, 306,000 Workers & Smart Rooms Are Keeping Nurses from Quitting July 20th, 2026. Luke Carignan and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier cover three stories connecting workforce math, program accountability, and the technology investment quietly becoming a retention strategy. 📊 Stop Calling It a Shortage — It's a Structural Gap The Conference Board, in partnership with Northwell Health: every month in the US there are more than 700,000 healthcare job openings and only 306,000 unemployed workers available to fill them. Supply is less than half of demand — every single month. The report calls on four levers: expanding career pathways, improving job quality, promoting team-based care, and deploying technology to extend what existing workers can do. Action: You cannot hire your way out of this. Build retention infrastructure now and grow talent from within through apprenticeships, career ladders, and non-traditional pipelines. ASHHRA's coalition with Dallas College, Baylor Scott & White, and University of Colorado Health is doing exactly that — contact jeremy.sadlier@ashhra.org to plug in. 🔬 Is Your Wellness Program Actually Working? The Initiative Intelligence Guide — released last week by the Coalition for Physician and APP Wellbeing, AHA, Advent Health, and Providence's Wellbeing Trust — gives HR leaders a four-question evaluation structure: What evidence do we need? What data do we have? What conclusions can we draw? Should we continue, refine, scale, or stop? Action: Build evaluation into program design from day one. The organizations that demonstrate ROI on their people programs keep funding them. Free download linked in the show notes. 🏥 Smart Rooms Are a Workforce Strategy, Not a Tech Story The AHA's July 14th market scan confirmed it: smart rooms reduce nurse burnout and contract labor dependency. Advent Health is equipping 13,000 acute care rooms across 57 hospitals by year end. Houston Methodist reports less burnout and reduced agency reliance after rollout. Motion sensors, digital whiteboards, and ambient tools eliminate manual charting and cut documentation time from hours to minutes. Action: If this conversation is happening in your clinical or operational teams, HR needs to be at the table. Which roles change, how you recruit for tech-enabled environments, and how you design training — that is an HR design problem. Enjoying the show? Subscribe to The ASHHRA Podcast on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode. This episode is brought to you by AP3 — the ASHHRA Preferred Partner Program. Healthcare HR leaders are navigating rising costs, workforce shortages, and an overwhelming vendor landscape. AP3 cuts through the noise. Managed in collaboration with Lockton and backed by ASHHRA, AP3 is a governed ecosystem of vetted, healthcare-aligned solution providers across talent acquisition, benefits administration, workforce compliance, financial wellness, and employee engagement. Every partner is rigorously vetted. Every relationship is governed. Every solution is built for healthcare. No directories. No bidding wars. Just trusted partners proven to perform. Visit AP3.info to learn more and get connected with a partner. News Links Story 1 — The Conference Board: America's Health Care Workforce Shortage Conference Board: Report — America's Health Care Workforce Shortage Threatens Patient Access and Economic CompetitivenessPR Newswire: Full Press ReleaseConference Board: Addressing US Health Care Workforce Shortages (Solutions Brief)Story 2 — The Initiative Intelligence Guide (July 15, 2026) GlobeNewswire: Coalition for Physician & APP Well-Being Launches The Initiative Intelligence GuideAHA News: Guide Available to Help Healthcare Organizations Improve Workforce Well-Being Program EvaluationsDownload the Guide — bethejoy.orgStory 3 — Smart Rooms and Workforce (July 14, 2026) AHA Market Scan: Why Health Systems Are Increasingly Investing in Smart Rooms (July 14, 2026)Hatchmed: Smart Hospital Rooms — How Hospitals of the Future Are Designing Care in 2026AHA: Why Smart Hospitals Are Defining the Future of Patient Care Support the show

    #239 - Healthcare Has 700,000 Unfilled Jobs Monthly

  4. Jul 14

    #238 - RN Staffing Report: The Numbers That Matter

    $60,090 Per Nurse Exit, 3.35 Million Workers Finally Protected & Virtual Nursing Is Working July 13th, 2026. Bo, Luke, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier cover three stories that all connect to the same question: are you doing everything you can to keep the people you have? 💰 The Number Your CFO Hasn't Modeled: $60,090 The NSI 2026 National Healthcare Retention and RN Staffing Report — 527 acute care hospitals, nearly a million workers — puts the cost to replace one staff RN at $60,090. National RN turnover is 17.6%, costing the average hospital $5.2 million annually. Every percentage point shift in turnover is worth $295,000. And 56.8% of all RN departures have less than two years of service. Action: Bring $60,090 into your next budget conversation about retention. The ROI on almost any retention investment looks different at that baseline. Also: know how your health system makes money today. Ambulatory care is running 43% profit margins at some systems. Internal mobility toward high-margin service lines changes what you can invest everywhere else. 🧠 3.35 Million Healthcare Workers Can Now Seek Help Without Fear The Dr. Lorna Breen Healthcare Provider Protection Act was reauthorized for five more years. As of May 27th, more than 3.35 million healthcare workers now practice in states or systems that removed stigmatizing mental health questions from licensure applications — 44 medical boards, 9 nursing boards, 11 pharmacy boards have made the change. Action: Check your state's status at the Lorna Breen Foundation tracker and share it with your CMO and credentialing team. If EAP utilization and wellness participation are low, the upstream problem may be built into the credentialing system itself. 📺 Virtual Nursing Is No Longer an Experiment The 2026 CNO Survey from Wolters Kluwer: nearly 9 in 10 nurse leaders have adopted new care models and 90% say they are working. Across 10 health systems at scale — including Advocate, Ochsner, Henry Ford, Piedmont, and UC Health — one 69-hospital system saved 43,000 nursing hours in a year. Patient experience improved as much as 80% at some sites. Nursing turnover reduction saved one system $6.3 million. Action: If this conversation is already happening in your clinical or operational teams, HR needs to be at that table. Which roles you recruit for, how you compensate, and how you design career paths for nurses shifting to virtual roles — that is an HR design problem. Enjoying the show? Subscribe to The ASHHRA Podcast on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode. This episode is brought to you by AP3 — the ASHHRA Preferred Partner Program. Healthcare HR leaders are navigating rising costs, workforce shortages, and an overwhelming vendor landscape. AP3 cuts through the noise. Managed in collaboration with Lockton and backed by ASHHRA, AP3 is a governed ecosystem of vetted, healthcare-aligned solution providers across talent acquisition, benefits administration, workforce compliance, financial wellness, and employee engagement. Every partner is rigorously vetted. Every relationship is governed. Every solution is built for healthcare. No directories. No bidding wars. Just trusted partners proven to perform. Visit AP3.info to learn more and get connected with a partner. News Links Story 1 — NSI 2026 National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report Becker's: The Cost of Nurse Turnover in 10 Points — 2026Nurse.org: Nurse Turnover Is Rising Again — And It's Costing Hospitals MillionsPeopleElement: The $60,090 Problem Most Health System CFOs Have Not ModeledNSI Nursing Solutions: 2026 National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report (Full PDF)Story 2 — Dr. Lorna Breen: Mental Health Licensing Milestone Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation: More Than 3.35 Million Health Workers Now Practice in States and Systems That Support Their Mental HealthAMA: Congress Extends Dr. Lorna Breen Law for Five YearsDr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation: Remove Barriers Initiative — Full Board TrackerJ&J Nursing: Reauthorizing the Dr. Lorna Breen Act: Mental Health Support for Healthcare WorkersStory 3 — Virtual Nursing: What's Working Becker's: Virtual Nursing at 10 Systems — 23 Results to KnowWolters Kluwer / Lippincott: Nurse-Led Innovation and New Care Models — 2026 CNO SurveyMUSC: Demonstrating the Value of Virtual Nursing — 2026 Report (PDF)AONL 2026: The Future of Virtual Nursing and Care Model Redesign Support the show

    #238 - RN Staffing Report: The Numbers That Matter

  5. Jul 9

    #237 - Stop Losing Great Candidates After They Apply

    The Hiring Automation Gap No One Is Talking About Featuring Mike DeMarco, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Phenom Healthcare is ranked #2 out of eight industries for overall hiring automation maturity. Healthcare was among the first to deploy voice screening agents. So why are nurses still taking 64 days to fill and internal positions taking 57? Bo and Luke welcome Mike DeMarco — the self-described "Bruce Springsteen of Product Marketing" — to unpack Phenom's 2026 State of Hiring Automation Report, which audited over 200 companies across eight industries and surfaced a gap that explains almost everything. 📊 The Gap: You're Good at Getting Candidates In. You're Not Qualifying Them. Across all eight industries, organizations scored above 50% maturity on attraction, engagement, and conversion — getting candidates to click apply. Hiring automation scores — what happens at the moment of application — dropped to sub-28%. The candidates are there. The qualification infrastructure is not. And for the first time in the survey's history, quality of hire (54%) outranked speed and cost as HR leaders' top hiring priority. 🤖 What Good Looks Like Baylor Scott & White completes 1,000 voice screens in a single day when a job is posted. Allara Caring reduced time to offer by 32% and found that 40% of screens happen after hours — candidates engaging on their own schedule, not waiting for a recruiter callback. Seven-minute apply-to-interview-scheduled flows exist in retail today. Healthcare is next. 🔎 Where to Start — This Week, Almost Free Luke's practical framework: record conversations with your best and worst performers in each TA role. Ask what they actually do — not what they're supposed to do. Then run everything through Claude: compare top and bottom performers, identify automation opportunities, and generate a business process map. Total cost: roughly $100/month. Mike's team is also offering a complimentary two-role hiring automation audit for listeners. 📋 Resources Phenom 2026 State of Hiring Automation Report + free audit. AI isn't replacing recruiters. People who know how to use AI will replace people who don't. Start today. Enjoying the show? Subscribe to The ASHHRA Podcast on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode. This episode is brought to you by AP3 — the ASHHRA Preferred Partner Program. Healthcare HR leaders are navigating rising costs, workforce shortages, and an overwhelming vendor landscape. AP3 cuts through the noise. Managed in collaboration with Lockton and backed by ASHHRA, AP3 is a governed ecosystem of vetted, healthcare-aligned solution providers across talent acquisition, benefits administration, workforce compliance, financial wellness, and employee engagement. Every partner is rigorously vetted. Every relationship is governed. Every solution is built for healthcare. No directories. No bidding wars. Just trusted partners proven to perform. Visit AP3.info to learn more and get connected with a partner. Support the show

    #237 - Stop Losing Great Candidates After They Apply

  6. Jul 6

    #236 - Praise Boosts Nurse Retention, AI Predicts Quitting

    Healthcare Is Dead Last in Recognition Culture. Plus: AI That Predicts Who's About to Quit & What CEOs Are Betting On in 2026 July 6th, 2026. Bo, Luke, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier are back from the long weekend with a deliberately positive episode — three stories built to give you energy heading into the week. 🏆 Healthcare Is Last in Recognition Culture — and the Fix Is Free The OC Tanner 2026 State of Employee Recognition Report (42,000 employees, ten countries) found healthcare at the bottom for recognition champions — leaders who actively build cultures of appreciation. The cost: employees at organizations with strong recognition cultures have four times greater odds of staying two-plus years and seven times greater odds of feeling belonging. Recognition also compounds — employees who work with recognition champions are three times more likely to recognize their own coworkers. Action: You don't need a platform to start. Walk down the hall and tell someone specifically what they did well today. Four times retention. Seven times belonging. That's the ROI on a 30-second conversation. 🤖 AI Is Now Predicting Who's About to Quit — Before They Know It Themselves Mount Sinai implemented predictive analytics flagging nurses at high attrition risk by analyzing absenteeism, overtime, survey responses, and workload patterns. Results: 17% reduction in voluntary nurse turnover and 15% reduction in burnout-related resignations. Health systems using these tools report 15–25% reductions in contingency labor costs and 10–18% improvements in nurse retention within two years. Action: You don't need Mount Sinai's stack to start. Pull your absenteeism and overtime data by unit — the patterns are already there. The barrier is data quality, manager trust, and readiness to act on what the data tells you. 📊 The CEO Playbook: Three Bets Healthcare Leaders Are Making Right Now PwC, EY, and Witt Kiefer's 2026 healthcare outlooks converge on three moves: AI shifting from experiment to infrastructure (57% of health systems planning clinical AI investment, nearly tripling in two years), ambulatory care as the growth engine, and culture as a competitive retention strategy — not HR overhead. 98% of healthcare CEOs expect to pursue M&A or strategic alliances in the next 12 months. Action: Know your CEO's playbook and build your people strategy around it. Your mission is the recruiting advantage your competitors cannot replicate. Enjoying the show? Subscribe to The ASHHRA Podcast on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode. This episode is brought to you by AP3 — the ASHHRA Preferred Partner Program. Healthcare HR leaders are navigating rising costs, workforce shortages, and an overwhelming vendor landscape. AP3 cuts through the noise. Managed in collaboration with Lockton and backed by ASHHRA, AP3 is a governed ecosystem of vetted, healthcare-aligned solution providers across talent acquisition, benefits administration, workforce compliance, financial wellness, and employee engagement. Every partner is rigorously vetted. Every relationship is governed. Every solution is built for healthcare. No directories. No bidding wars. Just trusted partners proven to perform. Visit AP3.info to learn more and get connected with a partner. News Links Story 1 — O.C. Tanner: 2026 State of Employee Recognition O.C. Tanner: Full 2026 State of Employee Recognition ReportBusinessWire: O.C. Tanner Releases the State of Employee Recognition 2026 ReportO.C. Tanner: Overview & Key Insights from the 2026 ReportO.C. Tanner: 5 Workplace Culture Trends for 2026Story 2 — AI Predictive Analytics & Workforce Planning HealthTech Magazine: How Healthcare Organizations Can Benefit from Predictive Scheduling Systems (March 2026)Shiftmed: AI-Driven Predictive Staffing Analytics in HealthcareCWS Health: Using Predictive Analytics to Solve Healthcare Staffing ShortagesShiftmed: From Reactive to Proactive — Using AI and Analytics for Workforce OptimizationStory 3 — The CEO Playbook: Business Bets on Healthcare PwC: 2026 Healthcare Investment ThemesHIT Consultant: PwC 2026 Outlook — Health Services M&A Poised for Rebound as AI Becomes "Core Driver" of ValueEY: Healthcare Sector Outlook in 2026WittKieffer: Healthcare CEOs' Agenda — Top Priorities for 2026Fierce Healthcare: Key Trends That Will Shape Healthcare M&A Activity in 2026 Support the show

    #236 - Praise Boosts Nurse Retention, AI Predicts Quitting

  7. Jul 2

    #235 - Doctors + HR Embrace Smart AI

    Inside Advocate Health's AI Strategy — From a Physician Who Builds It Featuring Dr. Andy McWilliams, Clinical AI Product Development Lead, Advocate Health Recorded live at Advocate Health's The Pearl innovation quarter in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Andy McWilliams is a practicing hospitalist — boarded in internal medicine and pediatrics — who has spent 15 years at Advocate Health and now helps lead its clinical AI strategy. He is not a theorist. He is a physician who uses these tools, sees patients, and builds governance around the same technology his colleagues depend on every day. 🏛️ Governance First — Before the Hype Advocate's AI governance framework came before the widespread deployments, not after. The framework was built collaboratively across ethics, legal, compliance, data science, and HR — with a shared understanding of the why before the how. Every AI solution entering the organization, regardless of department, follows a tiered risk review. HR evaluating a new HRIS with embedded AI? It goes through the same pathway as a clinical solution. 🎙️ Ambient Scribes: 6,000 Clinicians, Measurable Results Advocate was among the first health systems to partner with Microsoft on ambient AI scribing. Today roughly 6,000 physicians and APPs use it regularly. Copilot Dragon for nursing is in early release. The outcome is not just efficiency — it is eye contact, presence, and a patient experience that changes because the clinician is no longer turned toward a keyboard. 📷 Room of the Future: Cameras, Microphones & Virtual Nursing Advocate is installing cameras and microphones across inpatient facilities to enable virtual nursing, hands-free documentation, real-time fall risk alerts, and seamless family connection. Patients report feeling an additional layer of security — not surveillance — when the system is explained clearly. ⚠️ The Heebie Jeebies Are Real — and Healthy Dr. McWilliams is direct: black-box AI in clinical decision-making without explainability gives him pause. The democratization of health information via LLMs has clear benefits, but solutions deployed without guardrails in healthcare concern him. His three questions for any organization evaluating AI: understand the use case and its risks, know the worst-case scenario, and audit for potential bias. Connect with Dr. McWilliams: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-mcwilliams-52254a5 Enjoying the show? Subscribe to The ASHHRA Podcast on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode. This episode is brought to you by AP3 — the ASHHRA Preferred Partner Program. Healthcare HR leaders are navigating rising costs, workforce shortages, and an overwhelming vendor landscape. AP3 cuts through the noise. Managed in collaboration with Lockton and backed by ASHHRA, AP3 is a governed ecosystem of vetted, healthcare-aligned solution providers across talent acquisition, benefits administration, workforce compliance, financial wellness, and employee engagement. Every partner is rigorously vetted. Every relationship is governed. Every solution is built for healthcare. No directories. No bidding wars. Just trusted partners proven to perform. Visit AP3.info to learn more and get connected with a partner. Support the show

    #235 - Doctors + HR Embrace Smart AI

  8. Jun 30

    #234 - Proven AI Scribes Reduce Physician Burnout Quickly

    Hospitals Are Building Their Own Schools, AI Scribes Cut Burnout 13 Points in 30 Days & Healthcare Is the Only Thing Keeping the US Job Market Positive June 29th, 2026. Bo, Luke, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier cover three stories this week that all point in the same direction: healthcare HR is not a support function. It is the engine. 🎓 Health Systems Are Building Their Own Talent Pipelines A CLASP report declares 2026 the year of the talent pipeline, and the data backs it up. Sierra View Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, and Froedtert Health are all funding internal training pathways — nursing, surgical tech, apprenticeships — for their own employees. Froedtert opened surgical tech training internally and got nearly 100 applicants. The retention math is the real story: 67% of employees say they would stay with an organization offering clear advancement and upskilling. Action: Ask who already works here and could become what we need. Community college partnerships, internal apprenticeships, and removed degree requirements for entry-level roles all work. ASHHRA is convening a coalition with Dallas College and Baylor Scott & White to share what's working — email Jeremy Sadlier at jeremy.sadlier@ashhra.org to join. 🩺 Ambient AI Scribes Cut Clinician Burnout 13 Points in 30 Days New peer-reviewed research covered by Mass General Brigham and The Advisory found burnout among 263 physicians and APPs across six health systems dropped from 51.9% to 38.8% after just 30 days of ambient AI scribe use. A separate Mass General Brigham study found a 21.2-point absolute reduction. Clinicians save 13 to 16 minutes daily on documentation. Oversight is still required — these are tools, not replacements, and hallucinations remain a real concern. Action: If your organization hasn't evaluated ambient AI scribes as a retention strategy — not just a clinical efficiency play — you're missing the connection. Administrative burden is a people problem. Solve it and you solve for turnover. 📈 Healthcare Is the Only Thing Keeping the US Labor Market Positive Revelio Labs research, covered by Bloomberg and Fortune, found that since January 2025 the US economy added a net 208,800 jobs across all sectors — while healthcare alone added 410,700. Without healthcare, the rest of the economy has been shedding jobs. Action: Bring this data into your next budget conversation. You are not asking for resources. You are maintaining the engine. Enjoying the show? Subscribe to The ASHHRA Podcast on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode. This episode is brought to you by AP3 — the ASHHRA Preferred Partner Program. Healthcare HR leaders are navigating rising costs, workforce shortages, and an overwhelming vendor landscape. AP3 cuts through the noise. Managed in collaboration with Lockton and backed by ASHHRA, AP3 is a governed ecosystem of vetted, healthcare-aligned solution providers across talent acquisition, benefits administration, workforce compliance, financial wellness, and employee engagement. Every partner is rigorously vetted. Every relationship is governed. Every solution is built for healthcare. No directories. No bidding wars. Just trusted partners proven to perform. Visit AP3.info to learn more and get connected with a partner. News Links Story 1 — Hospitals Building Their Own Talent Pipelines Medical Daily: U.S. Hospitals Are Now Paying to Train Their Own WorkersClasp: 2026 Is the Year of the Talent PipelineClasp Webinar Replay: 3 Workforce Shifts Health Systems Must Make NowAHA: Health Systems Shine as Job Creators (May 2026)McKnight's: Grow Our Own — Building a Sustainable Nursing WorkforceStory 2 — Ambient AI Scribes & Burnout Mass General Brigham: AI Scribes Linked to Reductions in EHR Use and BurnoutThe Advisory: Are Ambient AI Tools the Key to Reducing Physician Burnout? (Feb 2026)PMC: Use of Ambient AI Scribes to Reduce Administrative Burden and Professional BurnoutPMC: Transforming Clinical Documentation with Ambient AI Scribes (Narrative Review)Story 3 — Healthcare Holding Up the U.S. Labor Market Revelio Labs: Healthcare Job Growth Is Propping Up the 2026 Labor MarketBloomberg: Health Care Workers Are Reshaping the US Labor Market's Future (April 2026)Fortune: Healthcare Has Been Propping Up a Shaky Labor Market (March 2026)Yale Budget Lab: How Surprising Is the Role of Healthcare Employment Growth? Support the show

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  The ASHHRA Podcast is the definitive audio briefing for healthcare HR leaders navigating what’s next.  Hosted by Bo Brabo and Luke Carignan, this weekly podcast explores the forces reshaping the healthcare workforce, from talent shortages and leadership burnout to data-driven HR strategy, labor relations, and policy shifts that impact care delivery.  Each episode features candid conversations with CHROs, senior executives, and industry change-makers who are solving real problems inside hospitals and health systems right now. No theory, no fluff, just practical insight from leaders in the arena.  Listeners gain clarity on complex workforce challenges, early signals on emerging trends, and grounded perspectives that help bridge strategy and people operations. Whether you lead HR for a health system, support workforce strategy, or influence organizational culture, this podcast equips you to make better decisions with confidence.  New episodes drop weekly, with timely news updates, deep-dive conversations, and forward-looking insights designed for healthcare HR leaders preparing for 2026 and beyond. 

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    Robert "Bo" Brabo and Luke Carignan
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
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