HEALTH CARE
Hospitals Mine Patient Data for Self-Promotion You might not know it when you seek care from some of central Ohio’s hospital systems, but your health information makes you a potential marketing target.
NOTES ON NURSING
Patients Shy About Requesting Providers Wash Hands Only 64 percent and 54 percent of patients indicated that they would feel comfortable asking nurses or physicians to wash their hands, respectively. Still fewer patients (14 percent) reported having ever asked a healthcare worker to wash their hands.
LABOR NEWS
WalMart Workers Organize Action for Black Friday Walmart workers are trying to organize a single massive strike on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving, and the “official” start of Christmas shopping season). And they’re using social media to muster the troops.
Oh, and then there’s this: WalMart Employees Will Pay More for Health Plans