HEALTH CARE
Physicians never checked the results of nearly half of the medical tests ordered the day of a patient’s discharge, according to a recent study.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 15, 2012: Docs Don’t Check Tests; Infection Rates Up »
HEALTH CARE
Medicare to Penalize 2200 Hospitals for Excess Readmissions More than 2,000 hospitals — including some nationally recognized ones — will be penalized by the government starting in October because many of their patients are readmitted soon after discharge.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 14, 2012: Hospitals FAIL; Labor rallies; Accretive pops up in MO. »
LABOR NEWS
NNU in the News: Health care is among the few sectors of the national economy where unionization is actually increasing.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 13, 2012: Nurses Help Cut Mortality Rates in Half »
NOTES ON NURSING
Work Schedules Contribute to Nurses’ Health Issues “Adverse work schedules may be an overriding work-related factor for nurse obesity,” the researchers wrote.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 10, 2012: Is your work schedule making you unhealthy? »
HEALTH CARE
Doctor is In; Retail is Out The glut of empty strip malls and big-box stores in the wake of the go-go years has made leases so affordable that nearly every major hospital system in the state and many private health care organizations have jumped in.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 9, 2012: Retail health care; AA Pilots Reject Offer »
LABOR NEWS
Women Know Best: Companies with women on their boards performed better in challenging markets than those with all-male boards in a study suggesting that mixing genders may temper risky investment moves and increase return on equity.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 8, 2012 – Women in the Boardroom; Another Verizon Strike Looming? »
HEALTH CARE
Big Med Blog note: This long piece published in the New Yorker, is written by the same author who uncovered the discrepancies in health cre spending, most notably in McAllen, TX.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 7, 2012: How is that corporate health care working for you? »
Congrats to MNA RN Lil Ortendahl, who was honored at the Minnesota DFL’s recent Humphrey-Mondale dinner. Lil was given the Hubert H Humphrey award for citizen political activism.
… Read more about: MNA RN Lil Ortendahl: “Some drink, some screw around … I do politics.” »
LABOR NEWS
Massachusetts RNs win fight as state leaders agree to ban on mandatory OT.
Public employee contracts for Minnesota state workers are likely to face opposition in the Republican-controlled Legislature.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 5, 2012: Debt Collection Lessons From Fairview, Republicans Likely to Oppose State Workers’ Contracts »
LABOR NEWS
The New York Times looks at D-Day for the U.S. Post Office.
HEALTH CARE
Hospital Impact Blog: Here’s how hospitals can drive great patient experience.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 3, 2012: Driving Great Patient Experience, Where are the Women CEOs in Health Care? »
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.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 2, 2012: Why a Robin Hood Tax; ICU Telemedicine »
HEALTH CARE
The 35W Bridge Collapse:
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 1, 2012 – 35W Bridge Collapse Remembered »