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Blistering report details serious safety lapses at St. Luke's
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Luke's. Subsequent stories uncovered other concerns related to surgical outcomes, hospital management and nursing care. The Medicare agency cut off funding for heart transplants at St. Luke's, according to a report from the Medicare agency made public in February. This week, having been presented with the complete deficiency report, the hospital submitted a detailed plan of correction that Lawson said should bring St.
Kingwood Pines patient escapes after breaking through glass window
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
In 2010, lawyers sued after a 13-year-old said she was assaulted by her roommate.
Hospitals say Illinois bill to require more nurses will just make care more expensive
Bladen Journal (Elizabethtown, N.C.)
The legislation includes a 1-to-3 ratio in telemetry, and 1-to-4 for medical and surgical floors. It says the hospital industry could save $1.4 billion with the mandatory ratios through improved staff injury rates and patient care costs. By 2020, it's estimated Illinois would have a shortage of 21,000 nurses. The Hospital Sisters Health System has nine hospitals in Illinois including St.
East Bay teachers union starts talking strike after contract negotiations stall
Contra Costa Times
May 10-- May 10--CONCORD -- With contract negotiations between the Mt. Diablo Unified School District and teacher representatives stalled, the union is starting to make some noise about a possible strike. The Mt. While the district's average class has about 24 students, Johnson said some teachers are getting 31.
Elder services agencies to merge
The Salem News
He said there would be no layoffs because the agencies are required to maintain certain staffing ratios. Lanzikos was the state's elder affairs secretary under former Gov.
Minnesota's rural hospitals are hanging on â€” for now
Star Tribune
May 04--MADELIA, MINN. â€“ The prognosis for Madelia Community Hospital has been grim for some years now. While the hospital canâ€™t bill as much for outpatient clinic care, the lower prices attracted more business. Mayo Clinic operates most hospitals in the southeast, while St.
Waterford to hire 2 full-time firefighters as labor issues heat up
The Day
Bozrah in March reached a hiring agreement to supplement a formerly all-volunteer department with paid firefighters, and earlier this year East Lyme officials were negotiating with the East Lyme Ambulance Association to hire two full-timers to cover overnight shifts. Waterford Town Attorney Rob Avena said with two-thirds of emergency calls being "ambulance related," the nonprofit Waterford Ambulance Service -- staffed by a mix of volunteers and town-paid part- and full-time firefighters...
Carlton County steps toward building new jail
The Pine Journal
Those are questions that still need to be answered, but do we need a new facility?
EDITORIAL: Sen. Walsh's barb about nurses playing cards was a huge blunder
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
April 23-- Apr. 23--Sen. She said she sees the legislation as having a negative impact on small rural hospitals such as the one in Dayton. She also fears it would also hurt patient care. To make a point, she offered an amendment limiting nurses shifts to 8 hours a day.
EDITORIAL: Nurses need breaks to stay fresh and clearheaded. Apparently so do Washington legislators
The News Tribune
That's a great idea, but she might want to do it soon, because another amendment she won last week would block nurses from working more than eight hours in a 24-hour period. Maybe that's just as well, since senators cluttered the bill with late amendments. Nurses, meanwhile, plan to rally in Olympia Wednesday. They'll also keep fighting the good fight for minimum-staffing standards through contract negotiations, like they're doing now at St.