Video: Judge tells Orlando Health officials they need to resolve labor dispute
The judge told hospital officials that they need to resolve union-busting claims by hospital employees rather than have her do it.
WFTV 9 - Orlando
What’s Missing in Our Profit-Driven Healthcare System? Quality Human Care
Noticed how little in the healthcare debate we hear one word that should be at its center – care? Nurses have noticed, and are alarmed at worrisome changes now putting patients at risk. A new video from National Nurses United starring the decidedly non-personal “FRANK†is a humorous or not so humorous glimpse into one of the most troubling mutations.
National Nurses United - Jean Ross
Keep Doctors San Pablo Open-Town Hall Meeting Closure Would Result in Major Healthcare Crisis
CA Nurses file charges with Office of Civil Rights, citing medical redlining, call on federal authorities to intervene. West Contra Costa County registered nurses, seniors, religious leaders and community groups are stepping up efforts to keep Doctors Medical Center (DMC), and its emergency open as a full service hospital as they go door to door to advertise the first of three town hall meetings to be held Thursday at the Easter Hill United Methodist Church in Richmond, the California/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) announced today.
California Nurses Association
May 20, 2014
Nurses Call on SEC to Investigate Community Health Systems for Misleading Investors in Legal Filings
As the for-profit hospital giant Community Health Systems (CHS) convenes its annual shareholders’ meeting today in New York, the nation’s largest registered nurses organization Monday called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to crack down on CHS for failure to disclose multiple problems in operations of its hospital empire.
National Nurses United
May 20, 2014
Nurses Charge Hospital Giant Censors Public Right to Know About Price Gouging As Billboards Pulled
The nation’s largest organization of nurses today accused corporate hospital giant Community Health Systems (CHS) with suppressing free speech and censoring patients’ right to know about its pricing practices by pressuring a billboard company to pull down billboards warning the public about high charges at CHS hospitals.
National Nurses United
May 19, 2014
Fil-Am nurses join demand for increased staffing in DC hospitals
WASHINGTON, DC — Maria Ronquillo usually sleeps during the day after working a 12-hour night shift at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the District of Columbia. But on May 12, the 54-year-old registered nurse decided to join other DC nurses and community allies for a morning rally in front of City Hall.
Inquirer.net
How Much 6 Major Hospital Operators Have Received in EHR Incentive Payments
CMS has paid out more than $23 billion in electronic health record incentive payments since 2011. In their first-quarter financial reports, six of the country's largest hospital operators have disclosed how much they have received in EHR incentive payments during the three months ended March 31.
Becker's Hospital CIO
Petition filed to hold union vote among nurses at Memorial Medical Center in Modesto
Nurses are asking the National Labor Relations Board to schedule a vote on union membership at Memorial Medical Center. After a contentious organizing effort, a petition for an election at the Modesto hospital was filed with NLRB on Friday. An estimated 850 registered nurses are eligible to vote on whether to join the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United. No election date has been set but the vote could take place in about six weeks, unless the petition is challenged by the hospital’s leadership.
The Modesto Bee
Medicine's Top Earners Are Not the M.D.s
THOUGH the recent release of Medicare’s physician payments cast a spotlight on the millions of dollars paid to some specialists, there is a startling secret behind America’s health care hierarchy: Physicians, the most highly trained members in the industry’s work force, are on average right in the middle of the compensation pack.
New York Times
Global Day of Action 2014 - Nurses and Healthcare Workers Proclaim "Healthcare is a Human Right"
Leading nurse and healthcare union organizations in 12 countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe held coordinated actions marking international “Nurses Week†(May 6-12) with a call to step up efforts to promote patient safety, protect health care services, and ensure access to health care for all with a common theme of “Health Care is a Human Right.†See and share photos and videos from around the globe.
Global Nurses United