Hospitals
Good Question: Same Medical Procedure, Different Price Tags?
When you have a heart attack and are rushed to the hospital, you’re not usually thinking about doing some comparison shopping on price. But for the first time Thursday, the U.S. government released pricing information from hospitals around the country. And that data showed vast disparities in the amount hospitals are charging for the same procedures.
Lawmakers Join Chorus Protesting Fairview Takeover
Two lawmakers are joining a growing tide of officials pressuring to keep University of Minnesota hospitals in the state’s hands.
Minn. Nurses, Hospitals Notch Staffing Study Pact
Minnesota hospitals and nurses are moving past differences to back a compromise to track and study how patient care units are staffed.
Minnesota Nurse Staffing Legislation Scaled Back
A Minnesota nurses union and the state’s hospitals neared a deal Friday to study and publish more data about medical center staffing plans rather than put minimum requirements for inpatient care into law.
Minn. Nurse Staffing Debate Exposes Partisan Rift
Minnesota lawmakers fell into partisan camps Thursday as a House panel advanced a bill seeking state regulations on the number of nurses working shifts in hospitals.
North Memorial Makes List Of Nation’s Best Hospitals
North Memorial Medical Center announced that it has been placed in HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals.
Report: Serious Falls Rise At Minn. Hospitals
An annual report says a rise in serious falls was the main reason for an increase in accidental deaths and serious injuries to patients at Minnesota hospitals last year.
Flu Outbreak Leads To Visitor Limits At S. Central Hospitals
The southern part of the state is described as the epicenter of the outbreak this year.
Simple Measures Cut Infections Caught In Hospitals
Preventing surgery-linked infections is a major concern for hospitals and it turns out some simple measures can make a big difference.
Feds Cut Number Of MN Clinics That Got NECC Drugs
The federal government now says 111 Minnesota clinics received drugs from a Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of a fungal meningitis outbreak. That’s 18 fewer clinics than state officials reported last week after receiving a different provider list, and they don’t know why the number changed.
Accretive Hearing: Franken Wants Laptops With Medical Info Encrypted
U.S. Sen. Al Franken says he plans to pursue legislation requiring encryption of all laptops containing private medical information, after holding a hearing Wednesday on aggressive debt collection practices in Minnesota hospitals.
Hospital Workers Union Votes To Authorize Strike
Talks between eight Twin Cities hospitals and thousands of employees are underway in an effort to reach a new contract and avert a walkout.
OSHA Inspectors Make Surprise Visit To Troubled St. Peter Hospital
After months of turmoil, state OSHA inspectors visited the Minnesota Security Hospital for the first time in over 20 years, reports Minnesota Public Radio.
3 MN Hospitals Ranked Among Best In U.S.
A list of America’s top 100 hospitals is out today and Minnesota is home to three of them, including North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale.
Minn. Medical Mistakes Up, But Fewer Cases Of Harm
Serious mistakes in Minnesota hospitals rose slightly in 2011, but they led to fewer serious injuries and deaths than the year before, according to an annual report.
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