Posts Tagged ‘hospitals’
Study Says Lower-Cost Hospitals Don’t Have Lower Quality Care For Certain Illnesses
A study Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine found little difference in outcomes between hospitals with longer patient stays and shorter ones, which could make it “possible to lower costs in the U.S. system without hurting patients,” Reuters reports…
Pandemic Preparedness Untested In Ontario Hospitals
One quarter of Ontario hospitals surveyed in a Queen’s University-led study do not have an influenza pandemic plan and few plans that do exist have been tested. In addition, key players were not involved in developing the plans, and funding for pandemic preparedness was inadequate. “It’s not good enough just to have a plan, you have to test it…
Virginia AG Works To Increase Outpatient Treatment For Mentally Ill; Iowa Hospitals Oppose Medicare Fraud Bill
News outlets report on health care developments in Virginia, the District of Columbia, California, Iowa, Maryland, Maine and Michigan. The Virginia attorney general wants to increase access to outpatient treatment for the mentally ill, The Washington Post reports…
Hospitals In Different Regions React To Medicaid Cuts
For Indiana hospitals, Medicaid rates have long lagged behind other types of payers – with no increase since 1993 – but after a year of deep recessions and state budget cuts, those hospitals are now looking at a five percent cut, The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette reports. Reactions to the cuts among hospitals varied…
Wisconsin Rural Hospitals Hope For Federal Money To Offset State Medicaid Cut
Wisconsin State Journal: “Wisconsin’s rural hospitals hope to offset a state Medicaid cut with a tax that would bring more federal money to the hospitals. The proposed tax on the state’s 59 ‘critical access’ hospitals, all in rural areas, would prevent the hospitals from closing important services, officials say…
Democrats’ Ideas To Expand Medicare Raise The Hackles Of Doctors, Hospitals, Insurers
Kaiser Health News staff writers Julie Appleby and Mary Agnes Carey write: “Hospitals, doctors and insurers lined up in opposition Tuesday to allowing people under 65 to join Medicare – an idea being debated as Senate negotiators struggle to put together the 60 votes needed to pass sprawling health care legislation” (12/9). Read entire story…
RNs: Strike Plan Forces Overdue Release Of Masks, Hospitals Have No More Excuses To Improve H1N1 Standards
This week’s announcement of a major nurses strike over inadequate hospital protections for the H1N1 pandemic has prompted California officials to finally release millions of safety masks it had been holding, and removes one more excuse for hospitals in meeting the highest public safety protections, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) said today. Earlier today Gov.
Even With Budget Concerns, Lawmakers Fight For Rural Hospitals
Kaiser Health News’ staff writers Eric Pianin and Mary Agnes Carey report in a story produced in collaboration with Politico on rural hospitals’ stake in the ongoing efforts to overhaul the nation’s health system. “Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas, Ark.
Nurses Plan Strike Over Swine Flu Conditions At Hospitals
More than 16,000 registered nurses are locked in a contract dispute with officials at 37 Catholic hospitals statewide and plan to strike Oct. 30 out of concern that the hospitals’ lax safety standards put them at risk of catching H1N1 flu. The California Nurses Assn., which is in bargaining talks with San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West hospitals, announced the strike this morning. Local hospitals expected to be affected include California Hospital Medical Center, St.
Nurses Survey Of 23 Arizona Hospitals Show Deficiencies In H1N1 Readiness
A patient health and safety survey of 23 Arizona hospitals compiled by dozens of registered nurses suggests that a disturbing number of the state’s healthcare facilities are not prepared for the coming H1N1/swine flu pandemic, according to results released today by the National Nurses Organizing Committee-Arizona (NNOC-AZ).
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