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NewsKaiser, major systems expanding to meet patient demand
While Kaiser Permanente prepares for a nurse strike in California, it is adding facilities in Georgia to keep up with growing patient volumes, reported the Cherokee Tribune. Therefore, it plans to Read more...
Top hospitals named in Leapfrog list
Leapfrog today released its annual list of top hospitals, with Kaiser Permanente dominating the list of 65 hospitals that earned the designation for quality care. Noticeably absent from this year's Read more...
Kaiser sues nurse union over strike
Following what was reportedly the largest nurse strike in U.S. history, Kaiser Permanente on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the California Nurses Association (CNA), alleging the union had Read more...
Prime sues Kaiser, SEIU against alleged monopoly scheme
In the latest twist of legal action, California hospital operator Prime Healthcare on Tuesday filed suit, alleging that Kaiser Permanente and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) violated Read more...
Docs sue Kaiser, Sutter over peer review process
Two California physicians on Monday filed suit against Sutter Central Valley Hospitals, which manages Memorial Medical Center, and Kaiser Permanente, challenging the peer review process, reported The Read more...
Nurses file complaint for Sutter lockout; some earn high wages
The California Nurses Association-National Nurses United (CNA-NNU) yesterday filed a federal complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging that Sutter Health violated labor laws while Read more...
Qualifications of traveling nurses questioned
Among other political issues, the qualifications of the replacement traveling nurses that filled in for California strikers are being called into question. During a 23,000-nurse strike affecting 33 Read more...
Why the nurses' strike isn't just a California problem
The troubles that plague California hospitals may have organizations elsewhere thanking their lucky stars that they aren't facing strikes (or a similar patient death due to a medical error attracting Read more...
California Hospital Association strikes back at union nurse strike
Following the patient death linked to a 23,000-nurse strike at California hospitals, the California Hospital Association (CHA) said that the nurses' union is "inappropriate in exploiting [the] Read more...
Patient death allegedly linked to California strike
Tensions surrounding the California hospital labor dispute just got even more heated, making headlines across the nation. A patient at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., died due to Read more...
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