LABOR NEWS
Why Nurses Are Fighting for the Robin Hood Tax MNA Executive Director writes about a tax for the people, not on the people.
HEALTH CARE
Unclear if ICU Telemedicine Can Save Hospitals Money Remote monitoring of intensive care patients – a strategy to maximize scarce medical expertise – can cost hospitals anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000 per bed in the first year of operation, according to a new study. Whether this investment pays off in the long run by improving ICU patients’ care and saving money, “we don’t know,” said Dr. Gaurav Kumar.
Dayton: State Aims to Build a Better Medicare Called Reform 2020, it’s a request for the feds to grant Minnesota the requisite authority to pursue an ambitious redesign of Medicaid, the $8 billion-a-year, state-federal health care program also called Medical Assistance.
