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MNA Daily NewsScan: June 8, 2012 – Mayo Moving In, St. Louis RNs say “Yes!” to NNU and more!

On: June 8, 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

Mayo Moving In: The Star Tribune notes that Rochester, MN-based Mayo Clinic has reached a tentative agreement to purchase and take over Fairview’s Red Wing Health Services location.
Young, Uninsured and in Debt: The Commonwealth Fund Health Insurance Tracking Survey of Young Adults finds that between November 2010 and November 2011, an estimated 13.7 million young adults ages 19–25 stayed on or joined their parents’ health plans, including 6.6 million who likely would not have been able to do so prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

MNA Daily NewsScan, June 7, 2012: MA RNs defeat unlicensed personnel measure; Olympic gold may be tarnished

On: June 7, 2012

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

NOTES ON NURSING

Massachusetts Nurses Derail Proposed Law Allowing Unlicensed Personnel to Give Meds The amendment that would have allowed unlicensed personnel to administer medications was withdrawn from the payment reform bill

LABOR UPDATES

State Unions Reach Tentative Agreement Covering 21,000 Workers AFSCME and MAPE have reached a tentative deal on a two-year collective bargaining agreement with the State of Minnesota.

AFL-CIO – Olympic Medal Producer Tarnishes Spirit of the Games Summer Olympic Games medal supplier, Rio Tinto—a union-busting global mining conglomerate with a track record of worker and environmental abuse—should be kept off the podium in London, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
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MNA Daily NewsScan: June 6, 2012 – Grading Hospitals on Patient Safety, CA Nurses Set to Strike, Sugar Workers Head to HQ

On: June 6, 2012

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

Stories we’re scanning:

Health Care

MHA Questions Validity of Patient Safety Data: The Star Tribune notes that a new attempt by a consumer group to give hospitals a letter grade when it comes to patient safety is being pooh-poohed by the Minnesota Hospital Association. Fear not, because we have a solution: Want to know the truth about patient safety at your hospital?

MNA Daily NewsScan: June 4, 2012 – Bring Your Own Thermometer To Work? Really!?

On: June 4, 2012

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

Stories we’re scanning:

Nursing News

Bring Your Own Thermometer to Work? New Zealand RNs forced to take drastic measures – including bringing their own pens and thermometers to work – in light of drastic budget cuts that have also resulted in unsafe staffing levels.
Doing Her Part: California RN sees need, builds program to offer nonprofit health services to homeless pregnant women in Bay Area.

MNA Daily NewsScan: June 1, 2012 – Patient-Centered Care a “Must” for ACOs

On: June 1, 2012

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

What is this? The MNA Daily NewsScan is a round 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

Patient-Centered Care a “Must” for ACOs: New white paper argues that Accountable Care Organizations need to be built with “the patient at the heart.”
Full Recap of Accretive Hearing: MNA RN Jean Ross was among those testifying this week during Sen. Al Franken’s special field hearing on Accretive Health and the controversial debt collection tactics employed inside Fairview hospitals.

MNA Daily NewsScan – May 31, 2012: RNs Say Hospital Staffing Crisis Avoidable with Ratios; Listen to Frontline Staff

On: May 31, 2012

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

NURSES

Nurses, Patients Voice Concerns Over Avoidable Hospital Staffing Crisis The whole system seems to be “missing something” when it reaps massive profits but can’t keep hospitals properly staffed. But the crisis can’t be explained simply by an overall “shortage” of nurses. The real cause of the staffing squeeze might be the tight fists of hospital CEOs, who don’t want to invest in maintaining an adequate, qualified workforce.

HEALTH CARE

Tax-Exempt Hospitals Eyed Amid State Budget Gaps Following through on a promise, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced more than two months ago that the state would resume denying tax exemptions to hospitals that operate more like businesses than charities.
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Recap: MNA, NNU RN Jean Ross Leads Way at Special Senate Hearing on Debt Collectors in the ER

On: May 30, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Hospitals, Politics

Senator Al Franken today held a U.S. Senate field hearing on the coercive hospital debt collection tactics of Chicago-based Accretive Health, who have operated at North Memorial and Fairview health care systems in Minnesota.

MNA Daily NewsScan: May 29, 2012 – MNA RN Jean Ross asked to testify about nightmare experiences with Accretive Health, Cancer in America

On: May 29, 2012

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

Stories we’re scanning:

Health Care

MNA RN Jean Ross Called to Testify on Accretive: MNA RN Jean Ross, one of the Presidents of National Nurses United, has been asked by Sen. Al Franken to testify tomorrow about her nightmare experiences with Accretive Health inside Fairview Ridges Hospital. We’ll be Live Tweeting and LiveStreaming the hearing, which starts at 10 a.m.

MNA Daily NewsScan: May 25, 2012 – MNA Releases new e-book on Social Media, NPR Explores Unsafe Staffing Epidemic, Fairview parts ways with CEO Mark Eustis

On: May 25, 2012

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

Stories we’re scanning:

Health Care

Eustis out as Fairview CEO: MNA RN Barb Martin talks to the Star Tribune and Pioneer Press about Fairview’s decision to part ways with CEO Mark Eustis in the wake of the hospital system’s ongoing debt collection scandal involving Accretive.

Notes on Nursing

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MNA Daily NewsScan, May 24, 2012: Art, gardens & BB Courts, yes / Staffing? No mention

On: May 24, 2012

In: Bargaining, Healthcare, Hospitals, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing

BREAKING: Fairview CEO Out in Wake of Debt Collection Furor

HEALTH CARE

Art, Gardens & Basketball Courts -Yes. Adequate Staff? No Mention. The striking new hospital buildings built by Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, and Lurie Children’s Hospital, in Chicago spare no funds to promise a luxurious patient experience. Editor’s note: The article curiouisly fails to discuss how much investment is put into providing enough professional staff.

How Rivals Built an ACO The ultimate goal is to reduce healthcare costs and improve care by developing and refining services that can be scaled and applied to the 300,000 HealthPartners and Allina customers who live in the alliance service area.
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