Tuesday August 18, 2026
On-Demand Bundle: Rural and Community Healthcare Workforce
Unlock the full potential of your healthcare organization with the On-Demand Conference Bundle, focused on rural and community healthcare workforce. This curated collection features recordings from ASHHRA25 and ASHHRA26 conference sessions focused on strengthening talent pipelines, expanding workforce access, supporting rural and underserved communities, and advancing health equity through innovative recruitment and workforce development strategies. Whether you’re an executive, mid-level manager, or new to the profession, this bundle is designed to equip you with practical insights and actionable tools to attract, develop, and retain the talent needed to support your organization and the communities you serve.
What's included
From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: How CentraCare Transformed Rural Recruiting
From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: How CentraCare Transformed Rural Recruiting
Recruiting in rural healthcare brings unique challenges: limited talent pools, long hiring timelines, and difficulty attracting candidates to smaller communities. CentraCare, a health system serving central Minnesota, faced these obstacles head-on in 2024, and achieved measurable results by implementing three high-impact strategies.
This session will highlight CentraCare’s practical solutions and the measurable improvements they generated:
- Stuck Candidate Management – Using candidate movement data, 85% of all applicants now advance in the process within 14 days.
- Nursing Assistant Panel Interviews – A one-interview model for Nursing Assistants slashed time-to-fill by 22 days and elevated performance into the Top 10th percentile of RogueHire’s national benchmark study.
- Candidate Rediscovery – Recruiters now actively reassign candidates to new openings, with 9% of hires coming from re-purposed applicants.
You will leave with replicable processes, data-driven insights, and tools to accelerate hiring outcomes in their own organizations. Whether you manage recruitment in a rural setting or simply want to optimize efficiency, these case studies provide proven models that drive results.
OBJECTIVES
- Reframe rural recruiting challenges as opportunities for innovation.
- Learn how to standardize interviews to improve speed and candidate experience.
- Build a candidate rediscovery process to maximize every applicant’s value.
SPEAKERS
- Heidi Blommel
Recruitment Manager
CentraCare - Matt Rimer
Co-Founder/COO
RogueHire
Community Recruitment: Leveraging Talent in Your Own Backyard
Community Recruitment: Leveraging Talent in Your Own Backyard
In today’s competitive healthcare labor market, traditional recruitment methods often fall short. At Eskenazi Health, we’ve adopted a community recruitment strategy that prioritizes hiring individuals who live in the same township/community as their workplace. This approach not only strengthens community ties but also improves employee engagement and retention.
In this session, we’ll share how we use data to identify local talent pools, build partnerships with community organizations, and track recruitment outcomes. Attendees will learn how to launch similar initiatives using existing data and resources, and how to create feedback loops that keep community partners engaged. This model is scalable, sustainable, and deeply aligned with diversity and health equity goals.
OBJECTIVES
- Define community recruitment and understand its strategic value in healthcare.
- Analyze workforce and applicant data to identify local talent pools and set measurable goals that monitor progress using simple metrics.
- Build and maintain effective partnerships with community organizations to strengthen community trust and candidate engagement.
SPEAKERS
- Nicole Russell, SHRM-CP
Director of Talent Acquisition Strategies and Diversity, Eskenazi Health - Jarrin Harvey
Sr. Talent Operations Partner
Eskenazi Health
Building Tomorrow’s Healthcare Workforce Today
Building Tomorrow’s Healthcare Workforce Today
As healthcare organizations across the country face persistent workforce shortages, apprenticeship and work-based learning programs have emerged as powerful, scalable solutions. This panel brings together leaders from diverse healthcare systems and educational institutions to explore how national models of apprenticeship are transforming talent pipelines, improving retention, and advancing equity in healthcare careers.
Panelists from Baylor Scott & White, Southeast Primary Care Partners, Uvalde Memorial Health, and Vail Health will share real-world strategies for launching and sustaining apprenticeship programs in clinical and non-clinical roles. Attendees will gain insights into funding mechanisms, employer-educator partnerships, and the policy landscape that supports national expansion. Moderated by Amy Mackenroth of Dallas College, this session will offer practical guidance and inspiration for HR professionals seeking to future-proof their workforce through innovative, work-based learning models.
OBJECTIVES
- Identify key components of successful healthcare apprenticeship and work-based learning programs.
- Explore national strategies and partnerships that support scalable workforce development.
- Apply lessons learned from diverse healthcare systems to implement or expand apprenticeship models locally.
SPEAKERS
- Amy Mackenroth (Moderator)
Associate Deputy Chancellor, National Partnerships & Innovation Strategy
Dallas College - Mark Sherry
VP, HR
Baylor Scott & White - Tracy Clarke, MBA, PHR
CHRO
Erie Family Health - Charla Garcia
CHRO
Uvalde Memorial Hospital
Building a Diverse Healthcare Workforce: Addressing Disparate Impact and Advancing Health Equity
Building a Diverse Healthcare Workforce: Addressing Disparate Impact and Advancing Health Equity
In the ever-evolving healthcare landscape, fostering a diverse workforce is not only a moral imperative but a critical business strategy to improve patient care and outcomes. This session will explore the challenges and strategies for addressing disparate impact in recruitment and retention while advancing health equity within healthcare organizations. Gain practical tools to reduce bias, implement inclusive hiring practices, and create a culture that supports diversity at all levels of the organization.
OBJECTIVES
- Understand Disparate Impact: Learn how hiring practices, even unintentionally, can create adverse effects on underrepresented groups and understand the legal implications for healthcare organizations.
- Develop Inclusive Recruitment Strategies: Discover actionable approaches to attract and hire diverse candidates, including sourcing, assessment, and reducing bias in the hiring process.
- Retain Diverse Talent: Explore retention strategies that foster belonging, leadership development, and mentorship opportunities for diverse employees.
SPEAKER
- Danielle Gilbert, MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP
HR Executive
ChildSavers
Price
ASHHRA Member: $129.00 $99.00
ASHHRA Non-member: $129.00
Credit(s)
4 (CHHR, ACHE Fellowship*, HRCI, SHRM) for live webinar attendees.
*By enrolling in the On-Demand Bundle: Rural and Community Healthcare Workforce offered by ASHHRA participants may earn up to 4 ACHE Qualified Education hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.