Thanks to all of you who showed up early this morning to show your support for MNA’s HealthEast Home Care RNs, who are STILL fighting for their first contract after more than a year of negotiations. Keep up the fight!!!
… Read more about: HealthEast Home Care RNs: Keep up the Fight! »
NOTES ON NURSING
Finally!! U.S. News “Best Hospitals” Rating Now Includes Nurse Factor The magazine now considers the weight of each measure by itself in relation to medical outcomes. “Adding more nurses, for example, leads to improved care, no matter what relationship the nurse staffing measure does or does not have with any of the other measures.
Weigh in Time: New Technology of Remote RNs Claims Reduced Mortality in ICU. Read and return here to comment on this story.
HEALTH CARE
When Public Beats Private: Community Clinics that Keep Costs Down and Do a Better Job, Too Federally funded health centers are at the heart of the Affordable Care Act.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 17, 2012 – U.S. News: “oh yeah, maybe nurses matter” »
HEALTH CARE
While some states are opting out of President Obama’s health care programs, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton wanted it known Tuesday that he’s all-in. “I write to reiterate the State of Minnesota’s intention to continue the planning and development” of a state-based version of the federal health care act, Dayton wrote in a letter to the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services. “We will seize the historic opportunities to improve the quality and affordability of health care afforded us by the new law, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, whose constitutionality has now been upheld by the U.S.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 11, 2012: Gov. Dayton Moving MN Toward Implementing Health Care Law »
HEALTH CARE
We’re #1: The Star Tribune reports that Minnesota has the nation’s best health care system, according to a new federal analysis of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and other medical providers. We’d like to add the following to the headline – Minnesota is #1 in Health Care … Because of its AMAZING NURSES!
Although available health care jobs are expected to soar in lieu of the recent Supreme Court verdict regarding the Affordable Care Act, so far job growth in our industry’s hasn’t exploded, according to this story.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 10, 2012: Minnesota Ranks #1 in Health Care Nationally »
HEALTH CARE
Thousands of Minnesotans to Receive Health Rebates Under Franken Provision of ACA If the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision didn’t signal that at long last it’s time to actually get to know the Affordable Care Act, then perhaps the appearance of a check in the mailbox will get John and Jane Q. Public’s attention.
Worst TB Outbreak in 20 Years Kept Secret The CDC officer had a serious warning for Florida health officials in April: A tuberculosis outbreak in Jacksonville was one of the worst his group had investigated in 20 years. Linked to 13 deaths and 99 illnesses, including six children, it would require concerted action to stop.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 9, 2012: FL gov. keeps TB outbreak secret; Expanding Medicare makes sense »
HEALTH CARE
Hospitals Invest in Moving Patients Editor’s Note: Former MNA staffer and worker Health & Safety advocate, Bettye Shogren championed groundbreaking legislation in Minnesota requiring hospitals to provide adequate lifting mechanisms. Other states like Illinois, as this story demonstrates, are finding it a great idea as well.
Health Care Reform? Move On Fifty-six percent of Americans believe opponents of the law should “stop trying to block its implementation and instead move on to other national problems,” according to the poll by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation.
Debate: Expand Imperfect Treatments, or Create New Ones When advocates of attained health survey the landscape, they see an appalling misallocation of resources.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 5, 2012: Patient lifting rules gain traction; $160M settlement to nurses re: gender bias »
HEALTH CARE
$22M Project Will Expand Mercy Hospital The new 120,000 square-foot building will feature the Virginia Piper Cancer Insitute, as well as specialty care, outpatient surgery services and obstetrics/women’s care. The four-story building will be across the street from Mercy, connected by a skyway.
GlaxoSmityKline Settles $3B Health Care Fraud Case GSK targeted the antidepressant Paxil to patients under age 18 when it was approved for adults only, and it pushed the drug Wellbutrin for uses it was not approved for, including weight loss and treatment of sexual dysfunction, according to an investigation led by the U.S.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, July 3, 2012: Mercy to expand; CA nurses strike; 4th Fun »
Our Bagley RNs are mired in a tough fight with management right now. If you have a minute, can you share some thoughts/words of encouragement for them from your own experience?
Stories we’re scanning:
HEALTH CARE
Health Cost Relief Only Temporary If health care spending isn’t brought in line with overall economic growth, Americans will eventually face agonizing choices between paying medical bills and funding other priorities such as education and infrastructure.
NURSING
Kansas City Nurses Reaffirm Commitment to NNU A spokeswoman for the National Nurses Organizing Committee of National Nurses United said the vote this week was 260 to 92 in favor of the union.
LABOR
America Without A Union Movement? When labor was at its numerical apogee in 1955, the wealthiest 10 percent claimed just 33 percent of the nation’s income.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, June 14, 2012: No unions = huge wage gap; Mich. nurses deliver big message to state »
