Todelo, Ohio-based ProMedica health system, which operates two hospitals in Michigan, has reached a contract agreement with the Michigan Nurses Association for its two facilities in the state, according to a Toledo Blade report.
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American healthcare companies are increasingly identifying tasks that can be outsourced globally to minimize their cost crunch, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
A University of Chicago Medical Center nurse alleges she was threatened with termination by National Nurses United officials when she refused to join the union or pay full dues, according to a National Right to Work Foundation release.
Healthcare employers are relying more on retirement plan providers to administer employee retirement plans and help them meet their fiduciary responsibilities, according to a survey of nearly 200 healthcare plan sponsors conducted by Diversified Investment Advisors.
Vicki Hess, RN, an employee engagement expert in Owings Mills, Md., and author of "The Nurse Manager’s Guide to Hiring, Firing & Inspiring," lists three employee stressors closely identified with healthcare and what managers can do to improve each situation. …
Colorado has enacted legislation that will reopen the grandfathering period for CRNAs without graduate degrees if an applicant has been "recognized as an advanced practice nurse in another state or jurisdiction and has practiced as an advanced practice nurse for…
Six-hospital Summa Health Systems in Akron, Ohio, will no longer hire smokers or users of any tobacco products, according to a report by the Dayton Daily News.
Editor's note: The following article appeared in the Regent Surgical Health e-newsletter.
The Pennsylvania legislature has enacted a new law that says a healthcare facility, including hospitals, cannot — in most cases — require an employee involved in clinical care to work in excess of an agreed to, predetermined and regularly scheduled…