About this 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
The newest 20 of 263 episodes
- #263 - Healthcare HR News, October 2026: Nurse Pay Compression, the 26% EAP Gap, and Fitch's 1.5% Margin Peak · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 57Luke Carignan and ASHHRA CEO Jeremy Sadlier close out October with three costs health systems already pay without naming them. Each one eats margin and morale, and each ends on a…
- #262 - ASHHRA27 Preview: San Antonio's JW Marriott Hill Country, May 16-18 2027, and the 15-Partner AP3 Program · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 56Luke is on the road, so Bo sits down with ASHHRA Executive Director and CEO Jeremy Sadlier for a different kind of Weekly News Drop: the news is ASHHRA's own. Registration for…
- #261 - Student Loan Repayment Beats the $50,000 Sign-On Bonus: CLASP's Romy Newman on ROTC for Healthcare · 41 min · Season 4 Episode 55Featuring Romy Newman, VP of Talent Ecosystem, CLASP Disclosure: CLASP is a sponsor of The ASHHRA Podcast. Bo opens with a question from his Army years. What if every recruit…
- #260 - ChenMed's Jeff Battinus on Agentic AI Recruiting, and the 78% Who Chose the AI Interview · 45 min · Season 4 Episode 53Featuring Jeff Battinus, VP of Talent Attraction and Selection, ChenMed, and Yaniv Shimoni, Co-Founder, Take2 Disclosure: Take2 is a sponsor of The ASHHRA Podcast. Twenty-two…
- #259 - Healthcare HR News, October 2026: GLP-1 Coverage at 36%, Gen Z at 30% of RNs, Predicting Attrition · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 54Bo and Jeremy are back from the ASHHRA Executive Summit in Savannah, Luke held the fort, and the three of them land on one theme: the systems that win are not doing anything…
- #258 - 64% of Rural Health Leaders Expect a Physician Retirement. Only 41% Have a Succession Plan. · 14 min · Season 4 Episode 51Luke Carignan runs this one solo while Bo and Jeremy are in Savannah for the ASHHRA Executive Summit. One theme ties the week together: your move. Every story lands on a decision…
- #257 - Nationwide Children's Inclusion Lead on Belonging, Discernment, and the 44-Day New Hire Window · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 50Featuring Dominiece Hoelyfield, Lead Inclusion and Culture Consultant, Nationwide Children's Hospital Bo opens with a question worth sitting with. The last time you walked into…
- #256 - Yale Study: Ambient AI Cut Burnout 13 Points, Cleveland Clinic Apprentices Hit 95% Retention · 12 min · Season 4 Episode 49Luke Carignan runs this one solo and flips the format. No crisis, no warnings. Three healthcare workforce stories that went right, and three things healthcare HR can act on…
- #255 - OhioHealth Cut Time to Fill 42% in One Year: Noe Arceo's Four Knows of Healthcare Recruiting · 45 min · Season 4 Episode 48Featuring Noe Arceo, Vice President of Talent Acquisition & Workforce Development, OhioHealth Noe Arceo calls the team he joined at OhioHealth a good team with good bones. His…
- #254 - Healthcare HR News, September 2026: NEJM on AI Jobs, 800 Facilities at Risk, 56 AI-Ready Workflows · 42 min · Season 4 Episode 47Eight hundred hospitals, nursing homes, maternal wards, and psychiatric centers have already closed, cut services, or landed at risk. Not projected. Already happened. Three…
- #253 - Healthcare M&A Is Up 33% in 2026: Franciscan Health's Kellie Woods on Building the Pipeline First · 38 min · Season 4 Episode 46Featuring Kellie Woods, Manager of Talent Acquisition, Franciscan Health Most people running talent acquisition at a large health system started at a large health system. Kellie…
- #252 - Nurse Turnover Costs $61,000 per Replacement: Infirmary Health's Ivy Singley on Hiring in 2026 · 41 min · Season 4 Episode 45Featuring Ivy Singley, Director of Employment Services and Workforce Development, Infirmary Health Replacing one bedside nurse ran just over $61,000 last year. Every single…
- #251 - Healthcare HR News, September 2026: ChatGPT in Epic, 40 Hospital Mergers, 92% Bracing for Strain · 34 min · Season 4 Episode 44ChatGPT Is Inside Epic, 40 Mergers in Six Months, and 92% Bracing for Strain Three stories, one direction. Technology is accelerating, consolidation is accelerating, and the…
- #250 - Burl Stamp on What Makes a Better Healthcare Leader · 37 min70% of Engagement Comes Down to One Thing. Your Boss. Featuring Burl Stamp, FACHE, President, Stamp and Chase | Author, Becoming a Better Boss Before we get started, sit with…
- #249 - Healthcare HR Software Failure: It's Not the Technology · 47 min · Season 4 Episode 50Why Healthcare HR Tech Fails: It's Never the Software Featuring Stephanie Wright, Founder, Wright Talent Advisory Only 43% of HR professionals say their HR technology is…
- #248 - Healthcare M&A Up 33%: Three Stories HR Leaders Must Know · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 49Hospital M&A Is Up 33%, CommonSpirit Has 250 AI Tools Running & UHS Just Bought a Mental Health App August 31st, 2026. Bo Brabo and Luke Carignan. Three stories, one theme…
- #247 - Healthcare Recruiting Automation 2026: The Agentic Shift · 48 min · Season 4 Episode 4796% of Applicants Fall Into the Abyss. Take2 AI Is Pulling Them Back Out. Featuring Yaniv Shimoni, Co-Founder, Take2 AI | ASHHRA Podcast Sponsor The average hospital has 43…
- #246 - Healthcare Workforce Planning 2030: Three Things That Matter · 54 min · Season 4 Episode 48Four Years Left: The 2030 Staffing Cliff, APRN Expansion & Why 76% of Leaders Can't Execute August 24th, 2026. Bo Brabo, Luke Carignan, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy…
- #245 - Healthcare Culture Strategy: Start With Compassion · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 46Leadership Is a Verb, Not a Title — and New Hope Treatment Centers Is Proving It Featuring Tabitha Bramblett, Chief People Officer, New Hope Treatment Centers Most organizations…
- #244 - Candidate Fraud, Nurse AI Use, and the Turnover Leak · 54 min · Season 4 Episode 45Nurses Tripled AI Use Without You, 170K New Grads Can't Fix 40% Turnover & CHROs Think They've Won August 17th, 2026. All three: Bo Brabo, Luke Carignan, and ASHHRA Executive…







