HEALTH CARE
Hospitals Spend Big Advertising Bucks to Attract New Patients But some health care experts question whether hospitals should spend so much money on promotion and advertising, especially the nonprofit health systems that pour tax-exempt funds into these campaigns.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 21, 2012: Accretive pays; Thanks nurses »
NOTES ON NURSING
Natick (MA) Nurses Want More Staff
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 20, 2012: Sutter profits-patients suffer; Vets unaware of benefits due them » Mancuso, a Milford resident, said nurses have to pick up some duties of personal care assistants, and also handle post-operative care that may pull them away from their regular rounds.”Overall we’re taking on more hats and not getting any help,” she said.
LABOR UPDATES
Dayton Urges Union Members to Fight for Better Pay DFL Gov. Mark Dayton told several hundred janitors, security officers, airport service workers and retail cleaners on Saturday that they won’t get the wages they deserve unless they negotiate for it.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 19, 2012: Hospital racket slows recovery; O! Canada for economical, great health care »
HEALTH CARE
In the continuing meningitis outbreak scandal, today’s NY Times has an expose on how high-powered corporate influence helped drug compounders avoid tighter rules.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 15, 2012: 49.7M in poverty; More workers face high-deductible health plans »
NOTES ON NURSING
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 14, 2012: Too much Tylenol?; $10M tax break to hospitals »
MNA members are gathering at the headquarters office for a 3-day leadership skills tune up.
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.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 13, 2012: Hospitals mine data for self-promotion »
LABOR NOTES
Tax Fairness Rally WHEN: Monday, November 12th at 11:00am – Noon
WHERE: S 8th Street and Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 12, 2012: Nurses in short supply for Vets; Twilight for Twinkies? »
NOTES ON NURSING
Rep. Erin Murphy Is New House Majority Leader House Democrats have elected former MNA Executive Director, Erin Murphy as House Majority Leader.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 9, 2012: Congrats Rep. Erin Murphy »
HEALTH CARE
Hospitals Gamble on Urgent Care To Keep Patients Healthy When Stephen Wheeler realized he had an aching, swollen finger, he called his primary care doctor, who works for MedStar Health.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 8, 2012: »
LABOR NEWS
Election Results are a Victory For All Families AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says the Obama win moves nation on a “path of sanity and shared prosperity.”
After Winning Back Legislature, Dems Take Care Not to “Overstep.” Spending the last two years in the minority has been a sobering experience for DFLers.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 7, 2012: Elections Reflections; Long shifts=RN burnout »
LABOR
Union workers help with Hurricane Sandy cleanup: Along one the hardest-hit stretches of New York waterfront, union workers fixed Internet connections, disconnected gas pipes to prevent explosions and patrolled the streets in cop cars and ambulances.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 5, 2012 – Union Workers Clean Up Post-Sandy, CA RNs on Strike »
