HEALTH CARE
A former Wells Fargo & Co. mortgage consultant has accused the San Francisco-based bank of firing him in order to avoid paying for his daughter’s cancer treatment.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 20, 2012: Wells Fargo Behaving Badly? »
HEALTH CARE
Callifornia Nurses: Faulty $45 million computer health care system endangering patients’ lives.
Not-for-profit healthcare institutions have been undergoing audits from outside entities at a significantly higher rate than their for-profit counterparts, according to a new study by the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA).
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 17, 2012: »
NOTES ON NURSING
Massachusetts Latest State to Outlaw Mandatory Nurse Overtime “Nurses want to get up, prepare for their shift, take the best care of their patients, and then know there is relief at the end, that there is somebody to carry on the care of that patient to a successful outcome,” said staff nurse Donna Kelly-Williams, RN, president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United (MNA/NNU).
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 16, 2012: MA nurses get OT ban; Charity care mischief exposed »
HEALTH CARE
Physicians never checked the results of nearly half of the medical tests ordered the day of a patient’s discharge, according to a recent study.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 15, 2012: Docs Don’t Check Tests; Infection Rates Up »
HEALTH CARE
Medicare to Penalize 2200 Hospitals for Excess Readmissions More than 2,000 hospitals — including some nationally recognized ones — will be penalized by the government starting in October because many of their patients are readmitted soon after discharge.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 14, 2012: Hospitals FAIL; Labor rallies; Accretive pops up in MO. »
LABOR NEWS
NNU in the News: Health care is among the few sectors of the national economy where unionization is actually increasing.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 13, 2012: Nurses Help Cut Mortality Rates in Half »
NOTES ON NURSING
Work Schedules Contribute to Nurses’ Health Issues “Adverse work schedules may be an overriding work-related factor for nurse obesity,” the researchers wrote.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 10, 2012: Is your work schedule making you unhealthy? »
HEALTH CARE
Doctor is In; Retail is Out The glut of empty strip malls and big-box stores in the wake of the go-go years has made leases so affordable that nearly every major hospital system in the state and many private health care organizations have jumped in.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 9, 2012: Retail health care; AA Pilots Reject Offer »
LABOR NEWS
Women Know Best: Companies with women on their boards performed better in challenging markets than those with all-male boards in a study suggesting that mixing genders may temper risky investment moves and increase return on equity.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 8, 2012 – Women in the Boardroom; Another Verizon Strike Looming? »
HEALTH CARE
Big Med Blog note: This long piece published in the New Yorker, is written by the same author who uncovered the discrepancies in health cre spending, most notably in McAllen, TX.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 7, 2012: How is that corporate health care working for you? »
Congrats to MNA RN Lil Ortendahl, who was honored at the Minnesota DFL’s recent Humphrey-Mondale dinner. Lil was given the Hubert H Humphrey award for citizen political activism.
… Read more about: MNA RN Lil Ortendahl: “Some drink, some screw around … I do politics.” »
LABOR NEWS
Massachusetts RNs win fight as state leaders agree to ban on mandatory OT.
Public employee contracts for Minnesota state workers are likely to face opposition in the Republican-controlled Legislature.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 5, 2012: Debt Collection Lessons From Fairview, Republicans Likely to Oppose State Workers’ Contracts »