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California, Nevada nurses plan massive strike
At war with their employers over what they say are inadequate protections against H1N1 flu, more than 16,000 RNs have set plans to strike on October 30. The contract dispute would affect 37... Read more...
Report: Many hospitals not prepared for swine flu
Nurses at more than one-fourth of hospitals in nine states report that their hospitals aren't doing enough to isolate existing swine flu patients, according to a new survey. That's one of several... Read more...
Nursing group says Medicare expansion would create jobs, boost economy
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee has come out with an economic analysis supporting the notion of centering U.S. health reforms around a "Medicare for all" scheme... Read more...
TX nurses file charges against Tenet and CA nurse group
A pair of nurses, working with a national right-to-work group, have filed unfair labor practices against Tenet Healthcare and the California Nurses Association with the National Labor Relations... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Provider groups ask CMS to delay NPI enforcement, again; Zyrtec marketers try something new; and much more...
> Several groups have asked CMS to delay the implementation of the National Provider Identification number, arguing that no one involved is really ready to move ahead. Read more...
Sutter nurses plan 10-day strike
Labor troubles are continuing within the Sutter Health system hospitals, where Bay Area nurses are now planning a 10-day strike. Nurses at Atla Bates Summit Medical Center campuses in Berkeley and... Read more...
California lags in drug-resistant infection reporting
Earlier this month, California public health officials announced they'd begin tracking community-based MRSA infections, e.g. those contracted in schools, gyms and other community settings. At the... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Hospital sued over newborn death; FL groups sue state over preventive care for poor; and much more...
> A Pennsylvania family has sued a Geisinger Health System hospital over a medication error which apparently killed one of its twin newborns. Read more...
Nurses at 13 Sutter hospitals plan two-day strike
Roughly 5,000 nurses should walk off the job today and tomorrow at Sutter Health-affiliated hospitals in California. This follows a previous two-day walkout by the nurses in October. Affected... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Metro Boston practices, hospitals form new system; Officials dispute PA cancer link; and much more...
> A group of suburban Boston medical centers and physician practices have come together to form a new health system. Read more...
