Healthcare (Page 23)

MNA Daily NewsScan, June 26, 2012: Twin Cities #1 in fitness; rural health care changing

On: June 26, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Hospitals, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics, Uncategorized

HEALTH CARE

Twin Cities Ranks #1 in Fitness High rates of physical activity helped to propel Minneapolis-St. Paul to the top of the list of the American College of Sports Medicine’s 2012 American Fitness Index (AFI) for the second year in a row, while raised obesity levels and smoking pushed Oklahoma City to the bottom.

Change is Coming to Rural Health Care, Whatever the Supreme Court Decides Even if the Supreme Court rules some part of the law unconstitutional, he said, “I don’t think it will derail the move forward toward change. It’s not prudent for health organizations to sit back and wait.
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MNA Daily NewsScan, June 25, 2012 – Nursing the wounded; HC to add 5.6M new jobs by 2020

On: June 25, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Hospitals, Labor Unions, Nurses, Uncategorized

NURSING

Nursing the Wounded There’s a new effort being made to train more of the nation’s nurses to help care for this growing population of veterans. First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden recently launched an initiative to create specialized training in veterans health care so nurses nationwide can better care for this coming wave of new vets.

HEALTH CARE

Health Care to Create 5.6 Million New Jobs by 2020 The healthcare industry will spawn 5.6 million new jobs by 2020 – most of them high-paying – but most unemployed Americans won’t have the expensive schooling necessary to land them.
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MNA Daily NewsScan: June 22, 2012 – Maple Grove Hospital Drops Accretive, New Jobs Needed

On: June 22, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

What is this? The MNA Daily NewsScan rounds up the day’s biggest nursing, health care and organized labor stories. As news unfolds in real-time, we update the NewsScan with new links and info, so check back often!

Stories we’re scanning:

Health Care

So Long, Accretive: Maple Grove Hospital is the second Minnesota health care provider to cut its ties to Accretive Health, the consulting firm sued by Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson for alleged patient privacy violations and strong-arm debt collection tactics.
Listen to Nurses! New study: Hospitals that listen to and support their front-line staff are more likely to provide high-quality care, recruit and retain better employees.

MNA Daily NewsScan, June 21, 2012: 26k uninsured die each year; hospitals lag in workforce diversity

On: June 21, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Hospitals, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

Editor’s Note: Our thoughts are with colleagues and community in Duluth and elsewhere in the state, in the aftermath of flood devastation.

HEALTH CARE

26,000 Uninsured Die Each Year The study, released on Wednesday by the consumer advocacy group Families USA, estimates that a record high of 26,100 people aged 25 to 64 died for lack of health coverage in 2010, up from 20,350 in 2005 and 18,000 in 2000. That makes for a rate of about 72 deaths per day, or three per hour.

$129 Marked for Community Health Centers The 2010 federal healthcare overhaul established the Community Health Center Fund to provide $11 billion over five years to fund health center operations, expansions and construction.
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MNA Daily NewsScan: June 20, 2012 – “Baby Prisons”, Robin Hood Recap and Your Health

On: June 20, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

Stories we’re scanning:

Health Care

“Baby Prisons”: Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson’s offices shares disturbing new details regarding the ongoing investigation of Accretive Health and its debt collectors allegedly harassing patients and family members inside Twin Cities hospitals.
Americans’ Health a “Mixed Bag”:New CDC Report notes we’re smoking less, but not exercising enough and still following unhealthy diets, leading to obesity.

MNA Daily NewsScan: June 18, 2012 – Robin Hood Tax and State of the (Labor) Unions

On: June 18, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

Stories we’re scanning:

Labor

NPR Examines Labor, Middle Class: For many full-time employees in the United States, the five-day work week, paid overtime and holidays are expected benefits. This wasn’t always so, and many workers’ benefits today are the achievements of labor unions.
MNA RNs Prepare for Robin Hood Tax Action: Tomorrow (June 19) is going to be a day to remember, as MNA RNs join celebrities, economists and activists nationwide in calling for the implementation of a Robin Hood Tax.

MNA Daily NewsScan: June 15, 2012 – Unsafe Staffing – Firefighter Edition

On: June 15, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

Stories we’re scanning:

Labor

Unnecessary Risk: Minneapolis firefighters tell state legislators about the risks to personal and public safety due to staffing and budget cuts.
Sutter Nurses Strike Recap: View photos from the one-day strike in California and find out more about the situation.

MNA Daily NewsScan, June 14, 2012: No unions = huge wage gap; Mich. nurses deliver big message to state

On: June 14, 2012

In: Activism, Bargaining, Healthcare, Hospitals, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

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.
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MNA Daily NewsScan: June 13, 2012 – Sutter RNs Begin Strike, Robin Hood Ready?

On: June 13, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

Stories we’re scanning:

Labor

Sutter RNs Begin Strike: Despite amassing more than $4 Billion in profits since 2005, California-based Sutter Health is trying to impose massive cuts that would negatively impact both patients and nurses. Follow National Nurses United on Twitter for the latest updates on today’s strike by Sutter RNs.
Victory! Thanks to the help of the Occupy Homes MN movement and many others, MNA RN Colleen Espinosa’s long battle to save her home from foreclosure by Citibank was successful.