CHRISTUS St. Vincent Medical Center in Sante Fe, N.M., has proposed several nurse staffing changes that nurses said could lead to "significant" increases in their workloads, according to an Albuquerque Journal report.
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While change management poses challenges in any hospital department, implementing change within a hospital's OR suite may be the most difficult as the operating room has an impact on every part of an institution. In order to implement change and…
A union representing workers at El Camino Hospital in Mountainview, Calif., has filed a complaint with the Public Employment Relations Board, claiming hospital administrators intentionally delayed the counting of election votes to decertify the union, according to a San Jose…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare is closing its Hartselle (Ala.) Medical Center at the end of this month, according to a Tennessean report. The 150-bed Hartselle averages fewer than eight medical-surgical patients per day, since many seek care at other hospitals…
Mercy Northwest Arkansas, based in Rogers, Ark., has announced it will soon be called simply "Mercy" and will rename its more than 30 hospitals throughout Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma to reflect the Mercy brand.
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Nurses at Flushing (N.Y.) Hospital Medical Center picketed last week following the expiration of their pension and medical benefits, according to a New York Daily News report.
Here are five core concepts for healthcare providers this year, as well as observations on key healthcare delivery trends during 2011.
Layoffs may occur at UMass Memorial Health Care, based in Worcester, Mass., due to a disappointing fiscal year, according to a Worcester Business Journal report. UMass CEO and President John G. O’Brien and his executive team have been analyzing the…
Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center has implemented a policy prohibiting all forms of tobacco, according to a Visalia Times Delta report.
The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Boston-based Steward Health Care System, claiming it unlawfully fired a nurse from one of its hospitals after she led a union organizing drive, according to a Boston Globe report. Mary…