The ASHHRA Podcast
Healthcare runs on people. The ASHHRA Podcast is where the leaders responsible for those people come to think out loud.
As the official podcast of ASHHRA (the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration), this show has built a library of 250+ episodes for one audience: the CHROs, CPOs, VPs, and directors leading the healthcare workforce.
Every week, hosts Bo Brabo and Luke Carignan sit down with the executives doing the hard work inside hospitals and health systems. Past guests include leaders from AdventHealth, Universal Health Services, Advocate Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and UC Health. These are unscripted, practitioner-to-practitioner conversations about what actually works, what didn't, and what they'd do differently.
WHAT WE COVER
Workforce shortages and retention. Leader and caregiver burnout. Culture and identity. Labor relations. Total rewards and benefits strategy. AI and HR technology. Policy and regulatory shifts. The people decisions that shape patient care.
TWO WAYS TO LISTEN
The Weekly News Drop: the week's most important healthcare HR headlines, what they mean for your organization, and what to do about them on Monday morning.
Guest Conversations: deep dives with the leaders solving real workforce problems right now.
MEET YOUR HOSTS
Bo Brabo is Vice President of People Solutions (Healthcare) at Lockton and a retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer who served as a Soldier for ten years at the White House, including as a Presidential Communications Officer for two Presidents. Luke Carignan is Strategic Director of Healthcare at Phenom and brings the story behind the strategy. Together they're optimistic but honest, and warm but never soft.
If you lead HR for a health system, shape workforce strategy, or influence culture anywhere in healthcare, this is your briefing. No theory. No fluff. Just leaders in the arena, sharing what they've learned.
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Episodes
255 episodes
#255 - OhioHealth Cut Time to Fill 42% in One Year: Noe Arceo's Four Knows of Healthcare Recruiting
Featuring Noe Arceo, Vice President of Talent Acquisition & Workforce Development, OhioHealthNoe Arceo calls the team he joined at OhioHealth a good team with good bones. His first y...
#254 - Healthcare HR News, September 2026: NEJM on AI Jobs, 800 Facilities at Risk, 56 AI-Ready Workflows
Eight hundred hospitals, nursing homes, maternal wards, and psychiatric centers have already closed, cut services, or landed at risk. Not projected. Already happened. Three stories this week, and every one of them lands on an HR desk....
#253 - Healthcare M&A Is Up 33% in 2026: Franciscan Health's Kellie Woods on Building the Pipeline First
Featuring Kellie Woods, Manager of Talent Acquisition, Franciscan HealthMost people running talent acquisition at a large health system started at a large health system. Kellie Woods didn't. She spent years at two independent community h...
#252 - Nurse Turnover Costs $61,000 per Replacement: Infirmary Health's Ivy Singley on Hiring in 2026
Featuring Ivy Singley, Director of Employment Services and Workforce Development, Infirmary HealthReplacing one bedside nurse ran just over $61,000 last year. Every single percentage point of RN turnover swings the average hospital's bot...
#251 - Healthcare HR News, September 2026: ChatGPT in Epic, 40 Hospital Mergers, 92% Bracing for Strain
ChatGPT Is Inside Epic, 40 Mergers in Six Months, and 92% Bracing for StrainThree stories, one direction. Technology is accelerating, consolidation is accelerating, and the people running health systems have stopped waiting to see how it...
#250 - Burl Stamp on What Makes a Better Healthcare Leader
70% of Engagement Comes Down to One Thing. Your Boss.Featuring Burl Stamp, FACHE, President, Stamp and Chase | Author, Becoming a Better ...
#249 - Healthcare HR Software Failure: It's Not the Technology
Why Healthcare HR Tech Fails: It's Never the SoftwareFeaturing Stephanie Wright, Founder, Wright Talent AdvisoryOnly 43% of HR professionals say their HR technology is effective. Fewer than half. These are organizations tha...
#248 - Healthcare M&A Up 33%: Three Stories HR Leaders Must Know
Hospital M&A Is Up 33%, CommonSpirit Has 250 AI Tools Running & UHS Just Bought a Mental Health AppAugust 31st, 2026. Bo Brabo and Luke Carignan. Three stories, one theme: health systems are making big, deliberate moves. Merging ...
#247 - Healthcare Recruiting Automation 2026: The Agentic Shift
96% of Applicants Fall Into the Abyss. Take2 AI Is Pulling Them Back Out.Featuring Yaniv Shimoni, Co-Founder, Take2 AI | ASHHRA Podcast SponsorThe average hospital has ...
#246 - Healthcare Workforce Planning 2030: Three Things That Matter
Four Years Left: The 2030 Staffing Cliff, APRN Expansion & Why 76% of Leaders Can't ExecuteAugust 24th, 2026. Bo Brabo, Luke Carignan, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier. Four years to 2030. Three stories. One questi...
#245 - Healthcare Culture Strategy: Start With Compassion
Leadership Is a Verb, Not a Title — and New Hope Treatment Centers Is Proving ItFeaturing Tabitha Bramblett, Chief People Officer, New Hope Treatme...
#244 - Candidate Fraud, Nurse AI Use, and the Turnover Leak
Nurses Tripled AI Use Without You, 170K New Grads Can't Fix 40% Turnover & CHROs Think They've WonAugust 17th, 2026. All three: Bo Brabo, Luke Carignan, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier — plus a first for the Monda...
#243 - Building the Healthcare Workforce Before They Apply
You Can't Hire Your Way Out of This — St. Elizabeth Healthcare Proves ItFeaturing Brittany Sorrell, Director of Workforce Development, St. Elizabeth Healthcare700,000 open healthcare jobs every month. 306,000 unemployed hea...
#242 - The Workplace You Don’t Recognize Yet
Gen Z Nurses Need 2.5x More Manager Contact, 69% Lack Fraud Controls & New Hires Decide in 5 DaysAugust 10th, 2026. Bo is back. All three: Bo Brabo, Luke Carignan, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier. Three stories, o...
#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 ...
#240 - Why Nurses Are Staying But Not Okay
41% of Nurses Stay for One Reason: They Can't Afford to LeaveJuly 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 organi...
#239 - Healthcare Has 700,000 Unfilled Jobs Monthly
700,000 Openings, 306,000 Workers & Smart Rooms Are Keeping Nurses from QuittingJuly 20th, 2026. Luke Carignan and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier cover three stories connecting workforce math, program accountability,...
#238 - RN Staffing Report: The Numbers That Matter
$60,090 Per Nurse Exit, 3.35 Million Workers Finally Protected & Virtual Nursing Is WorkingJuly 13th, 2026. Bo, Luke, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier cover three stories that all connect to the same question: are ...
#237 - Stop Losing Great Candidates After They Apply
The Hiring Automation Gap No One Is Talking AboutFeaturing Mike DeMarco, Senior Product Marketing Manager, PhenomHealthcare is ranked #2 out of eight industries for...
#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 2026July 6th, 2026. Bo, Luke, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier are back from the long weekend...
#235 - Doctors + HR Embrace Smart AI
Inside Advocate Health's AI Strategy — From a Physician Who Builds ItFeaturing Dr. Andy McWilliams, Clinical AI Product Development Lead, Advocate HealthReco...
#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 PositiveJune 29th, 2026. Bo, Luke, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier cov...
#233 - Winning Healthcare - Workforce Leaders Embrace Smart AI
Advocate Health's Nakesha Lopez on Work Forward: AI Transformation for 175,000 TeammatesFeaturing Nakesha Lopez, Chief People and Culture Officer, Advocate HealthReco...
#232 - Proven Secrets to Win the Hiring Battle
Pay Transparency Hits July 1, Two-Thirds of HR Leaders Don't Know What AI Can Do & 84% of Healthcare Workers Feel Taken for GrantedJune 22nd, 2026. Luke Carignan is flying solo — Bo and Jeremy are out — and he is not slowing d...
#231 - Medicaid Work Requirements 2026: 80 Hours a Month, Effective July 31 — What HR Leaders Must Do Now
Greenwood LaFleur Is Still Fighting, Medicaid Work Requirements Land July 31 & the Layoff Tracker Is Telling You Where the Work IsJune 15th, 2026. Bo and Luke open with a Mississippi hospital that was supposed to close today —...
