One of the largest complaints from the nurses is the “staffing by numbers”, in other words all patient conditions are not equal and one nurse may have 6 patients who require a lot of care and when the mix of patients who require less care is not considered, the nurses state patients are not getting the...
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As I am reading the content here, this breakdown and potential strike issue is about “working conditions” and not benefits and money. Hospital Corporation of America is the one of the largest “for profit” hospital chains in the US. This has been an interesting year in the for profit business...
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This was a nice write up in the New York Times about a day in the life, the types of patients they see, the questions and treatments the doctors prescribe and the talk between nurses and doctors. The writer from the Times stated what he saw was incredible with people being brought back to life...
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Medical tourism keeps adding more innovations as the concept moves along. Now through this company in California you can have your surgery done outside the US by a US doctor. Not too long ago I posted about surgeons who travel from facility to facility and it appears if signed up here they...
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We all know about the St. Vincent’s in New York which is the biggest layoff and job loss of all hospitals and sad to see so many end up without jobs. Baylor College of Medicine is another new one on the list too and one I had not expected. Let’s not all lay the gravy and credit in the hands...
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