Feelings of burnout persist among internal medicine residents, despite significant cutbacks in duty hours in recent years, a national study by Mayo Clinic found.
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Registered nurses at the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Hospital Center have voted to authorize a strike in response to a contract that would cut their pensions, health benefits and take-home pay, according to a New York State Nurses Association news release.
Patient satisfaction at the Florida Hospital for Children in Orlando has risen significantly and is now among the best at children's hospitals nationally after it turned to The Walt Disney Company in 2009 to turnaround its image, according to a…
Kevin Tabb, MD, who recently finalized a contract to become the next CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, told the Boston Globe that while it's too early to provide a detailed strategy for the health system, partnerships…
The hospital industry added approximately 7,700 jobs from July 2011-Aug. 2011, while the country's overall unemployment rate held steady, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Registered nurses are increasingly organizing and joining unions in attempts to protect themselves in the face of change, according to a Kansas City Star report.
St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, N.J., has laid off 37 employees due to lower reimbursements and patient admissions and changes from healthcare reform, according to a Times report.
The healthcare reform law has created an impetus for hospitals to improve efficiencies, squeezing as much waste out of their processes as possible, while improving quality. As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, hospitals agreed to $155…
Oswego (N.Y.) Health is eliminating 28 positions within various departments in the hospital and will not fill another 11 open positions, according to a Post-Standard report.
Bluefield (W. Va.) Regional Medical Center has cut 12 non-clinical employees, according to a WVNSTV report.