After being sued for allegedly banning employees from speaking Filipino languages, Delano (Calif.) Regional Medical Center is defending its English-only policy as essential to patient care, according to a Mercury News report. DRMC officials said the plaintiffs’ allegations, which included…
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Fifty-two Filipino nurses and hospital workers are suing Delano (Calif.) Regional Medical Center, alleging the hospital banned them from speaking Filipino languages, according to an ABC News report.
CMS has finalized its new rule requiring any hospital that cares for Medicare or Medicaid patients to give patients control over who visits them during a hospital stay, including same-sex domestic partners, according to a U.S. Department of Health &…
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has received $3.84 million in federal grants to support the creation of a new branch of its urban health program, according to a Johns Hopkins news release.
Johns Hopkins Medicine received acclaim for its new, innovative Urban Health Residency Program for medical students in a recent Baltimore Sun report. The program is the first of its kind in the U.S., adapting the curriculum to inner-city Baltimore and…
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A new study found physicians with low-income and uninsured patients have more trouble meeting commonly used quality measures due to patients' noncompliance, according to EurekAlert.
Joseph "Mike" Morel, a CRNA and co-director of Huntingdon (Tenn.) Anesthesia, was honored as the 2010 recipient of the Federal Political Director of the Year Award, designed to acknowledge a CRNA who has made significant contributions to the American Association…
The American Academy of Pain Medicine released a statement voicing strong support of certain components of the healthcare reform legislation that will "improve the quality of life for people who suffer with chronic and acute pain," according to an AAPM…
The American Medical Association and a separate coalition of 11 medical societies have thrown their support behind the Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010, introduced by Representatives John Sullivan (R-Okla.) and David Scott (D-Ga.).
The American Pain Society has announced the winners of its prestigious annual achievement awards for excellence in the field of pain management in six categories including awards for career achievement, pain scholarship, education and public service, advocacy on behalf of…