LABOR UPDATES
Wages in Minnesota Rise for the Richest, Fall for the Poor It’s being called a “lost decade” for low- and middle-income Minnesotans.
NOTES ON NURSING
Study: Rural RNs More Likely to Commute for Better Salaries These findings suggest that policies supporting more competitive rural RN salaries could encourage more rural-residing RNs to work in the rural communities in which they live.
RNs, Labor Allies to Picket Las Vegas Venetian Hotel Today The enterprise is the business center for multi billionaire Stuart Adelman who funds radical corporate interest political agenda.
HEALTH CARE
Minnesota’s Teens Healthier, But Racial Gap Detected Overall, Minnesotans ages 12 to 19 are doing better now than that age group did in the 1990s when it comes to smoking, binge drinking, limiting sexual activity, assaulting another person, having a weapon at school, drinking soda and using seat belts in vehicles.
Data Breaches Cost Health Care $7B Annually An annual study on patient privacy and data security determined that a whopping 94 percent of the 80 participating healthcare organizations experienced at least one data breach that they were aware of in the past two years; 45 percent of those organizations said they experienced more than five incidents during that time.