HEALTH CARE
Park Nicollet Health Services & HealthPartners to Merge If approved by federal regulators, the agreement would go into effect January 1st. The new nonprofit would be a health care delivery and finance organization named HealthPartners with 15-hundred physicians. What’s behind the merger, and what lies ahead?
California Hospitals Fined for Medical Errors In the latest round of civil penalties issued for violations or deficiencies constituting an immediate jeopardy to the health and safety of a hospital patient, California hospitals were penalized for making patient care errors that led to five deaths and necessitated repeat surgery in seven patients.
NOTES ON NURSING
National Nurses United Welcomes Nurses in West Virginia and Ohio National Nurses United is extremely pleased and honored to welcome the decision of Registered Nurses at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, W. Va., and Affinity Medical Center in Massillon, Oh. to join our organization.
LABOR
Don’t miss out on all the great activities to celebrate America’s working families.
Labor Day Parade – 2:00 p.m. at the Fairgrounds. Meet at the MNA booth in the AFL-CIO Labor Pavilion (corner of Dan Patch and Cooper) at 1:30 p.m.
Here’s a list of other statewide activities
Help the Labor 2012 Election Campaign on Sept. 4 for a metro-wide door knock.