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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...

Sutter nurses threaten to strike

After several weeks of fruitless discussion, the California Nurses Association has warned Sutter Health that it nurses plan to stage a two-day walkout in mid-December. Hospitals affected include... Read more...

Some striking Sutter nurses face lockout

Over the past two days, thousands of nurses at hospitals affiliated with Sutter Health staged a two-day walkout. While the majority of nurses plan to return to their jobs today, nurses at three of... Read more...

5,000 CA nurses set plans for strike

After months of unsuccessful talks, nurses at 15 hospitals in northern California are set to begin a 48-hour strike today. The strike, which involves about 5,000 RNs, mostly impacts Sutter Health,... Read more...

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