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# HR Banana

High Performance HR for Healthcare

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://hrbanana.com/blog/) - HR Blog for HR professionals with emphasis on real-life, bottom line results. Healthcare focus but cross pollination encouraged! Join the conversation.
- [A Convenience Benefit that Employees applaud: Tax Prep Assistance](https://hrbanana.com/a-convenience-benefit-for-the-season/) - All of your staff are impacted by tax reporting. Many find the whole process confusing. Consider providing tax information/assistance at little or no cost.
- [2026 Healthcare Recognition Dates: Everything you need to know](https://hrbanana.com/2026-healthcare-recognition-dates-everything-you-need-to-know/) - 2026 Healthcare Recognition dates. The list includes dates for recognition of healthcare workers as well as awareness dates of medical conditions/diseases.
- [HR Leaders:  Is it time to outsource your position?](https://hrbanana.com/hr-leaders-is-it-time-to-outsource-your-position/) - Healthcare organizations are embracing outsourcing. There can be advantages for HR professionals when their own HR department is outsourced.
- [Celebrate Something Silly at Work](https://hrbanana.com/recognize-something-silly-at-work/) - The long winter months of January-March are facing your business. Break up the monotony with some unexpected "just-for-fun" celebrations. Go wacky!
- [2025 Healthcare Recognition Dates: The Most Comprehensive List](https://hrbanana.com/2025-healthcare-recognition-dates-the-most-comprehensive-list/) - The 2025 list has arrived! It includes dates for employee recognition as well as dates for recognition and awareness of medical conditions/diseases.
- [2024 Healthcare Recognition Dates: What You Need to Know](https://hrbanana.com/2024-healthcare-recognition-dates-everything-you-need-to-know/) - 2024 Healthcare Recognition Dates for employee recognition and healthcare awareness.
- [2024 Updated Independent Contractor Test:  better or worse?](https://hrbanana.com/2024-updated-independent-contractor-test-better-or-worse/) - Is the worker an employee or independent contractor? New 2024 DOL rule clarifies how you should make the determination.
- [What Nurses Want: Making Sure You are Competitive](https://hrbanana.com/what-nurses-want-making-sure-you-are-competitive/) - Nurses are the backbone of most healthcare organizations. The top results for the 2022 National RN Workforce Survey reveal the issues critical to your nurses.
- [The Ultimate Guide to HR Strategies for Cost Containment in Healthcare](https://hrbanana.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-hr-strategies-for-cost-containment-in-healthcare/) - . A well-crafted HR strategy can help healthcare organizations reduce costs while maintaining or even enhancing patient care.
- [Healthcare Productivity: What HR Professionals need to know](https://hrbanana.com/productivity-101-for-hr/) - HR professionals need to understand how healthcare productivity is determined and managed. No other subject will provide a bigger payoff for the organization!
- [Healthcare Recognition Dates - Unpacking the Mystery of their Origins](https://hrbanana.com/healthcare-recognition-dates-unpacking-the-mystery-of-their-origins/) - Where do healthcare recognition dates come from? Is there a central authority that approves them? How can one be created if missing?
- [2023 Healthcare Recognition Dates: Don't be Caught by Surprise!](https://hrbanana.com/2023-healthcare-recognition-dates-dont-be-caught-by-surprise/) - 2023 healthcare recognition dates including employee and medical dates. Get organized in employee recognition and wellness activities.
- [Hire student nurses?  Get better results at the NSNA convention!](https://hrbanana.com/hire-student-nurses-get-better-results-at-the-nsna-convention/) - If you hire student nurses, you need to attract them based upon more than your facility. Consider a group recruiting event to improve your results.
- [Adjustment Center Visit #2: Expanded HR Focus](https://hrbanana.com/adjustment-center-2-expanded-hr-focus/) - The real value of HR may lie in areas that generally have been ignored. Bringing these functions to the foreground may have a big payoff for the organization.
- [Will Your In-House HR Department Disappear?](https://hrbanana.com/will-hr-departments-disappear/) - Outside firms want to provide many of the typical HR services. Will internal HR departments disappear? How can HR departments make themselves essential?
- [How Involved is HR in the Core Business Building Blocks?](https://hrbanana.com/hr-and-the-basic-business-building-blocks/) - HR needs to consider the 3 basic business building blocks in its own programs and processes.
- [3 Reasons Why the CHRO should become the CEO](https://hrbanana.com/why-the-chro-should-become-the-ceo/) - The CHRO position is the least likely to become the CEO. Here are three reasons why having a CEO with CHRO experience benefits the organization.
- [What Employees Really Want!](https://hrbanana.com/what-employees-really-want/) - HR often feels it has to "compensate" for operational processes and goals that may be unpopular. What employees really want from HR may surprise you.
- [Open Positions: Your Opportunity to Impact the Bottom Line](https://hrbanana.com/open-position-a-golden-opportunity/) - It is always easier to not fill a position than to let someone go! 4 questions to help you strengthen your approval process and examine alternatives.
- [Can HR be a Powerful Corporate Influencer?](https://hrbanana.com/hr-the-power-to-influence-corporate-culture/) - HR has the power to influence the organization's culture. 5 questions to help determine if your HR department is helping or hindering.
- [Do Your Employee Recognition Strategies Work? Here are some winners!](https://hrbanana.com/best-practice-recognition-strategies/) - Recognition is important and cost effective but it is easy to get stuck in a rut. When that happens, the value of recognition diminishes.
- [Are you wasting time on your employee opinion surveys?](https://hrbanana.com/are-you-wasting-time-on-your-employee-opinion-surveys/) - Periodically surveying our workforce is the right thing to do but we may be wasting time in how we respond. One simple change can improve survey results!
- [Productivity Management is the Focus of the Future](https://hrbanana.com/the-future-is-here-and-productivity-management-is-the-focus/) - WEF predicts 75 million jobs lost by 2022. However, 133 million jobs will be created. They state that productivity improvement will be the watchword of the next 5 years!
- [7 Reasons Productivity Management Programs belongs in HR](https://hrbanana.com/why-productivity-management-belongs-in-hr/) - HR should "own" productivity management and reporting yet rarely does so. Who in your organization has more expertise in the utilization of human resources?
- [No respect?  5 Reasons HR is hated](https://hrbanana.com/hr-i-dont-get-no-respect/) - If we keep doing what we're doing, we'll keep getting what we're getting! Maybe its not their perception that needs changing-- maybe its our focus.
- [Is it Time to Get Rid of Your Training Department?](https://hrbanana.com/eliminate-your-training-department/) - Stop focusing on the process and start focusing on the outcome! Throwing training at every problem is NOT the answer.
- [Holy Grail: More Objective Performance Appraisals](https://hrbanana.com/holy-grail-more-objective-performance-appraisals/) - Rating scales are a part of performance appraisals. They often drive merit increases. This often leads to disagreement between manager and employee. How to make yours better.
- [Why Trying Harder is Not the Answer to Poor Performance](https://hrbanana.com/reject-working-or-trying-harder/) - When dealing with poor performance, the response often is "I'll try harder". Why this accomplishes nothing and what the manager should ask for instead.
- [Three Things You Must Ask Before Hiring](https://hrbanana.com/three-things-you-must-ask-before-hiring/) - Job skills and experience are not enough to insure that the candidate will be successful. What are the three questions that are critical to the manager?
- [More Effective Employee Recognition Programs](https://hrbanana.com/more-effective-employee-recognition-programs/) - Employee Recognition Programs should be more than saying thank you . Link recognition to business results and put the employee in charge of earning it!
- [Mission Statement:  5 HR Actions that Make it More Important](https://hrbanana.com/mission-statements-5-hr-actions-that-make-it-more-important/) - Organization mission statements are either critical to success or are meaningless word salads. Here are 5 ways HR can make boost their importance.
- [2022 Healthcare Workforce Trends: Start Here](https://hrbanana.com/2021-healthcare-workforce-trends-start-here/) - The healthcare industry continues to be challenged by retention and recruitment issues. 2021 trends that can drive effective people plans.
- [Temp to Perm: 7 Big Benefits of Outsourced Entry-level Recruitment](https://hrbanana.com/temp-to-perm-7-big-benefits-of-outsourced-entry-level-recruitment/) - "Try before you buy" can be a win-win for the organization and the candidate. Here are 7 benefits of outsourcing recruitment for entry level positions.
- [The Great Retirement Fueled by Baby Boomers](https://hrbanana.com/the-great-retirement-fueled-by-baby-boomers/) - Baby Boomers are fueling the Great Retirement. HR's two concerns -assist employees in this transition and, minimize the impact to the organization. Career Retreatment is as important as Career Advancement.
- [Covid-19: Managing Healthcare Provider Stress](https://hrbanana.com/covid-19-managing-healthcare-provider-stress/) - Managing healthcare provider stress is more than counseling or providing an EAP. 7 concrete actions management can take to support healthcare providers.
- [Critical Species Theory -CST](https://hrbanana.com/critical-species-theory-cst/) - Stop discriminating against those with four legs. I want to drive the car so that I am not dependent upon a human for a car ride. End species discrimination.
- [Improving Physician Productivity: The One Thing to Do First](https://hrbanana.com/improving-physician-productivity-the-one-thing-to-do-first/) - Physician productivity improvement is critical to the clinic success. Approached wrongly can set off a firestorm. Here is the one thing to do first.
- [Flowcharting: An Important tool for High-Performance HR Professionals](https://hrbanana.com/flowcharting/) - The WEF says that productivity improvement will be the watchword of the next decade! Every HR professional should include flowcharting skills in their toolkit.
- [Work, Weed and the Law: New Pitfalls](https://hrbanana.com/work-weed-and-the-law-new-pitfalls/) - Marijuana laws are changing rapidly in the states. Medical marijuana user may be the biggest challenge for HR. 6 steps to avoid the pitfalls.
- [Will Covid-19 Result in the Disappearance of the Onsite HR Department?](https://hrbanana.com/will-covid-19-result-in-the-disappearance-of-the-onsite-hr-department/) - Once HR processes become digital, they can be done anywhere. Once they can be done anywhere, they can be done by anyone.
- [Employers Can Now Help Pay Off Student Loans Tax-Free](https://hrbanana.com/employers-can-now-help-pay-off-student-loans-tax-free/) - Many health workers start work with huge debt. Employers can pay up to $5250 in student debt annually with no tax consequences for the employee through 2025.
- [Team Incentive Plans that get Results: Step-by-Step Guide](https://hrbanana.com/team-incentive-plans-that-get-results-step-by-step-guide/) - Team incentive programs can be essential in improving productivity. Here is a step-by-step demo in how to create one.
- [How to Create A Winning Team Incentive Plan](https://hrbanana.com/how-to-create-a-winning-team-incentive-plan/) - Team incentive plans can help an organization achieve unexpected results. Here is a 7 step guide to creating a win-win team incentive plan!
- [Winning Team Incentives: 5 Ways to to Succeed](https://hrbanana.com/winning-team-incentives-5-ways-to-to-succeed/) - Team incentive programs are a great tool for achieving business results. Here are 5 design strategies to make yours a success.
- [Team Incentive Programs: Pros and Cons](https://hrbanana.com/team-incentive-programs-pros-and-cons/) - Team incentives are used infrequently in healthcare organizations, yet can be a valuable resource. The first of four posts explores their pros and cons.
- [8 Benefits of including Telemedicine in  Employee Health Plans](https://hrbanana.com/8-benefits-of-including-telemedicine-in-employee-health-plans/) - Adding telemedicine components to your employee health plan can have huge benefits. Here are 8 of them.
- [Employee Bonuses and Gifts: 7 Considerations](https://hrbanana.com/employee-bonuses-and-gifts-7-considerations/) - Cash gifts and bonuses are generally taxable. 7 considerations to avoid losing the goodwill that should be generated by the organization's generosity!
- [Holiday Gifts, Year-end Awards and Taxes](https://hrbanana.com/holiday-gifts-year-end-awards-and-taxes/) - Holiday gifts, year-end awards, profit-sharing. What is taxable and what is not? Its a good time to review how these are viewed by the IRS.
- [Work at Home -the Cultural Challenge for HR](https://hrbanana.com/work-at-home-the-cultural-challenge-for-hr/) - Organizations may have a workforce split between on site or working from home. What impact will this have on culture? What are the responsibilities of HR?
- [Profit Sharing, Gainsharing: Are they different?](https://hrbanana.com/profit-sharing-gainsharing-are-they-different/) - Bonus, gainsharing and profit sharing are all different and achieve different results. Many organizations use the wrong plan for what they want to achieve.
- [CHRO vs. CFO: 5 Ways to Elevate the CHRO Role](https://hrbanana.com/chro-vs-cfo-5-ways-to-elevate-the-chro-role/) - Is your CHRO viewed as an equal to the CFO? Not likely. 5 strategies to strengthen and increase the power of the CHRO role in any healthcare organization.
- [6 Factors of Successful Clinic Scheduling](https://hrbanana.com/6-factors-of-successful-clinic-scheduling/) - Patient scheduling is critical to the success of the clinic or outpatient service. How do you meet the conflicting goals of the patient, doctor, and staff?
- [Take Advantage of Employees' Competitive Drive](https://hrbanana.com/take-advantage-of-employees-competitive-drive/) - Everyone has a drive to achieve. Creating opportunities for employee achievement will do more than enhance culture. It can help drive business performance.
- [10 Rules for More Successful Videoconferences](https://hrbanana.com/10-rules-for-more-successful-videoconferences/) - More business meetings are being held via videoconferences. Here are 10 guidelines that will enhance their effectiveness and eliminate common faux pas.
- [Covid-19 Healthcare Layoffs: Who Returns to Work?](https://hrbanana.com/covid-19-healthcare-layoffs-who-comes-back/) - Laid off employees will be brought back to work as normal operations resume. Should you use this opportunity to weed out poor or nonproductive performers?
- [Work from home: Worker's Comp and OSHA](https://hrbanana.com/work-from-home-workers-comp-and-osha/) - Yes, Worker's Compensation and OSHA both apply to employees working from home. 6 steps HR can take to minimize risks for both the employee and organization.
- [One Lasting Effect Covid-19 Will Have On Business](https://hrbanana.com/one-lasting-effect-covid-19-will-have-on-business/) - Work-from-home will become much more common-even in the healthcare industry. Is HR positioned to support this work alternative? How should it be prepared?
- [Org  Chart in Need of a Diet?](https://hrbanana.com/org-chart-in-need-of-a-diet/) - Org Charts can reveal opportunities for better management and financial performance for the organization. Two questions that can help you uncover them!
- [5 Critical Factors of Successful Suggestion Programs](https://hrbanana.com/5-critical-factors-of-successful-suggestion-programs/) - Employee suggestion program best practices happen by design. 5 factors that can lead to big payoffs for the employee and organization.
- [Financial Literacy: Test your knowledge of Productivity Measurement](https://hrbanana.com/financial-literacy-test-your-knowledge-of-productivity-measurement/) - Productivity management is a challenge for every healthcare provider. How much do you understand?
- [Are you listening? 4 ways to strengthen upward communication!](https://hrbanana.com/are-you-listening-4-strategies-to-strengthen-upward-communication/) - Its not enough to communicate information TO employees. 4 strategies to insure that employees are communicating TO management.
- [2020 Vision: 10 Goals for High Performance HR](https://hrbanana.com/2020-vision-10-goals-for-high-performance-hr/) - 10 goals for 2020 to assist healthcare HR departments in positively and measurably impacting both profitability and quality.
- [Financial Sustainability part 1: Productivity](https://hrbanana.com/financial-sustainability-part-1-productivity/) - Healthcare industry is labor-intensive. Productivity gains are critical. 2012 WEF report is revisited to examine its application to HR today.
- [Adjustment Center Visit #1: New HR Definition](https://hrbanana.com/adjustment-center-1-new-hr-definition/) - A traditional HR department wasn't going to cut it. To move us to high performance, I would need a new definition of HR!
- [Our Best Recruiter Left but we didn't Lose Her](https://hrbanana.com/our-best-recruiter-left-but-we-didnt-lose-her/) - All of these experienced recruiters out there who are no longer working in the field. Could they be used to help you fill your open positions?
- [Get a Dictionary!!!](https://hrbanana.com/get-a-dictionary/) - Bipeds claim to know the language better than I do. However, this glaring example of incorrect use of language leaves me at a loss!
- [Meetings - Revealing Your Real Culture](https://hrbanana.com/meetings-revealing-the-real-you/) - How you conduct meetings reveals your true culture. Not the one described in the marketing campaign or employee orientation, but the real way the place operates.
- [Poll: Federal Minimum Wage](https://hrbanana.com/poll-federal-minimum-wage/) - Poll: What should be done with the Federal Minimum Wage?
- [Sammy's Critical Poll](https://hrbanana.com/sammys-critical-poll/) - Canned or dry-does it make a difference?
- [The Right Priorities](https://hrbanana.com/priorities-matter/) - HR stuff is okay but there are greater priorities. Live life with no regrets!
- [This aids communication?](https://hrbanana.com/whats-this-all-about/) - Sammy questions this biped communication technique

## Pages

- [HR's Role in Delivering "Low Cost, High Quality" Healthcare](https://hrbanana.com/) - How HR can become the "experts in the utilization and management of human resources" and become relevant to achieving organizational goals.
- [High Performance HR](https://hrbanana.com/high-performance-hr/) - Expanding the definition of HR to include "being the experts in the utilization and management of Human Resources".
- [Sammy's Bio](https://hrbanana.com/sammys-bio/) - Sammy is a rescue border collie, German shepherd mix. He is 7 years old and probably is now the happiest dog one could ever meet. It didn't start that way. He became part of the family when he was two when a rescue organization was seeking a foster home while he went through treatment for
- [About This Site](https://hrbanana.com/hr-for-healthcare/this-blog/) - Content Real world tools and "how-to" information. Most posts will focus on how HR can impact the bottom line. Resource for sharing best practices especially on expanding HR role and influence. Targeted to the challenges of the healthcare industry but input from others is enthusiastically welcomed. Not much on HR article reviews, but link with
- [Privacy Policy](https://hrbanana.com/privacy-policy/) - Who we are Our website address is: https://hrbanana.com. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from
- [Contact Us](https://hrbanana.com/contact-us/)

## Categories

- [Employee Relations](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/employee-relations/) - Posts sharing information on managing employee relations
- [Benefits](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/benefits/) - Posts related to employee benefits
- [Compensation](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/compensation/) - Human Resources and the function of employee compensation.
- [HR Department](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/hr-department/) - Posts regarding the function, structure and purpose of the HR department. Primary focus is healthcare providers.
- [HR Management](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/hr-management/) - The structure and management of the HR function of healthcare organizations.
- [CHRO](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/chro/) - Chief Human Resources Officer
- [Productivity](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/productivity/) - Role of HR in assessing and improving productivity.
- [High Performance](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/high-performance/) - Human Resources departments that are experts in the utilization and management of the human resources of the organization.
- [Training](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/training/) - The function of education and training within a healthcare organization. How does HR interact with and influence this function?
- [Staffing Effectiveness](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/staffing-effectiveness/) - Suggestions related to changing the training function to that of staffing effectiveness. Transform performance improvement from a process focus to an outcome focus.
- [Recruitment](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/recruitment/) - Posts related to the recruitment of healthcare professional and support staff.
- [Recognition](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/recognition/) - HR’s role in managing and expanding the organization’s recognition activities.
- [Sammy's Stuff](https://hrbanana.com/category/sammys-stuff/)
- [Blog](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/) - Posts related to human resources function of healthcare providers.
- [Employee Opinion Surveys](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/employee-opinion-surveys/) - Posts related to conducting Employee Satisfaction or Employee Opinion Surveys
- [Org Culture](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/org-culture/) - Posts that describe how the HR department reacts to and influences the unique culture of an organization.
- [Position Control](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/position-control/) - HR department and the effective control of positions within the organization.
- [Process Improvement](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/process-improvement/) - HR’s role in continuously improving work processes. Benefits the organization and the employee.
- [Financial Literacy](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/financial-literacy/) - HR Professional’s understanding of key financial indicators
- [Performance Management](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/performance-management/) - HR and its role in assisting managers in managing employee performance.
- [Communication](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/communication/) - Human Resources and the process of Employee Communication within the organization.
- [Work From Home](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/work-from-home/) - Posts and articles related to work from home in healthcare organizations.
- [Worker's Compensation](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/workers-compensation/)
- [Layoffs and RIF](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/layoffs-and-rif/)
- [Physician Practice/Clinics](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/physician-practice-clinics/)
- [Telemedicine](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/telemedicine/)
- [Retention](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/retention/)
- [Retirement](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/retirement/)
- [Performance Appraisals](https://hrbanana.com/category/blog/performance-appraisals/) - Posts relating to appraising employee performance.

## Tags

- [Employee Satisfaction](https://hrbanana.com/tag/employee-satisfaction/)
- [Job Design](https://hrbanana.com/tag/job-design/)
- [Minimum Wage](https://hrbanana.com/tag/minimum-wage/)
- [Position Approval](https://hrbanana.com/tag/position-approval/)
- [Open Positions](https://hrbanana.com/tag/open-positions/)
- [Productivity Standards](https://hrbanana.com/tag/productivity-standards/)
- [Organizational Culture](https://hrbanana.com/tag/organizational-culture/)
- [Org Management](https://hrbanana.com/tag/org-management/)
- [Employee Surveys](https://hrbanana.com/tag/employee-surveys/)
- [Outsourcing](https://hrbanana.com/tag/outsourcing/)
- [Training & Development](https://hrbanana.com/tag/training-development/)
- [CEO](https://hrbanana.com/tag/ceo/) - Chief Executive Officer
- [Work Improvement](https://hrbanana.com/tag/work-improvement/)
- [Employee Communication](https://hrbanana.com/tag/employee-communication/)
- [Suggestion Programs](https://hrbanana.com/tag/suggestion-programs/)
- [Taxes](https://hrbanana.com/tag/taxes/)
- [holiday gifts](https://hrbanana.com/tag/holiday-gifts/)
- [Financial Sustainability](https://hrbanana.com/tag/financial-sustainability/)
- [2020 HR Goals](https://hrbanana.com/tag/2020-hr-goals/)
- [Org Charts](https://hrbanana.com/tag/org-charts/)
- [Convenience Benefits](https://hrbanana.com/tag/convenience-benefits/) - Low/no cost benefits that are provided primarily as a convenience to employees by outside vendors.
- [Tax Reporting Assistance](https://hrbanana.com/tag/tax-reporting-assistance/)
- [bonuses](https://hrbanana.com/tag/bonuses/)
- [profit sharing](https://hrbanana.com/tag/profit-sharing/)
- [gainsharing](https://hrbanana.com/tag/gainsharing/)
- [employee bonuses](https://hrbanana.com/tag/employee-bonuses/)
- [Health Plans](https://hrbanana.com/tag/health-plans/)
- [team incentives](https://hrbanana.com/tag/team-incentives/)
- [2021 retention recruitment data](https://hrbanana.com/tag/2021-retention-recruitment-data/)
- [2026 healthcare recognition](https://hrbanana.com/tag/2026-healthcare-recognition/)