A woman who sued Tufts Medical Center in Boston has dropped her case, which was filed in July and claimed the hospital violated her privacy by faxing her medical records to her office without consent, according to a Boston Globe…
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Healthcare workers from seven hospitals under Boston-based Steward Health Care are planning a protest outside the company’s headquarters next week, claiming the system has not honored agreements to workers, according to a Boston Business Journal report. Protestors, including nurses and…
In a typical hospital surgery department, each surgeon is assigned an OR and works a certain number of cases back to back separated by turnover time. At Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston, however, the scene is somewhat different: OR…
Marquette (Mich.) General Hospital plans to lay off 21 employees and freeze wages in order to save $4.5 million this year, according to a Mining Journal report.
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce has approved the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, which is part of the House Republican jobs agenda aimed at removing regulatory hurdles to job creation.
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Since Hamot Medical Center joined the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center system in February, the Erie, Pa., hospital has added 225 more full-time employees to its roster, according to an Erie Times-News report. The bump in employment is not UPMC…
Akron (Ohio) General Medical Center has entered into a joint venture with Signet Development, a developer of both public and private real estate projects, to commercialize the health system's wellness programs, according to a news release by the health system.
More than 50 employees at Peninsula Hospital in Far Rockaway, N.Y., have received layoff notifications, according to a New York Daily News report.
Officials at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y., have said more job and program cuts are on the horizon as the hospital faces decreasing Medicaid reimbursements and high pension costs, according to a Journal News report.
Roughly four years ago, hospitals began requiring that medical sales representatives have a set of credentials in order to access their facilities. However, what credentials to have and where to store them has not been as clear cut, says Charlie…