Hospitals
Franken Unveils Health Bill For Rural Vets
On this Veterans Day, U.S. Senator Al Franken has unveiled a bill that would provide better health care for vets in rural areas.
Hospital Drug Shortages Deadly, Costly
A severe shortage of drugs for chemotherapy, infections and other serious ailments is endangering patients and forcing hospitals to buy life-saving medications from secondary suppliers at huge markups because they can’t get them any other way.
Minn. Hospitals Team Up Against Drug Theft
Top health officials in Minnesota are taking new steps to address a longstanding problem: the theft of drugs in hospitals and nursing homes.
Minn. Emergency Rooms See Makeover Over The Years
As a new generation of emergency rooms opens across the east metro, patients are finding amenities that might remind them more of hotels than hospitals.
Sanford To Operate County-Owned Hospital In MN
Dakotas-based Sanford Health has reached a six-month agreement to run a county-owned hospital and clinics in Minnesota’s Clearwater County.
Report Details How Hospitals Can Be Risky Places
Medicare’s new chief called for more steps to improve patient safety Tuesday, in the wake of a government report that said one in seven hospitalized Medicare patients is harmed during their stay.
Health Care Changes Bring New Stress To Hospitals
Some hospital administrators in Minnesota say health care reform’s looming changes are causing some sleepless nights.
Nurses Overwhelmingly Ratify Contract
The Minnesota Nurses Association says nurses have overwhelmingly approved a contract and averted a strike with 14 hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
Nurse Voting Underway
12 thousand nurses are voting today on a tentative contract with 14 Twin Cities hospitals.
Are Nurses and Hospitals Talking Again?
Neither side is commenting. But there are hints that union nurses and 14 Twin Cities hospitals are communicating once again, with the threat of a strike next Tuesday morning.
Long Talks, Some Compromise, No Deal
Talks lasted until 1 o’clock this morning. And both sides made changes in their contract demands.
Talks Resume in Nurse/Hospital Dispute
Union nurses and 14 Twin Cities hospitals resume negotiations Tuesday afternoon.
Saturday Night with Esme Murphy- 6-26-10
Esme gets the latest on the possible Nurses’ strike. She’s joined by Nellie Munn, an RN from Children’s Hospital and by Hospital Spokesperson Maureen Shriner.
Nurses Filing Strike Notice
They met for 13 hours but nurses and Twin Cities hospitals failed to reach an agreement on contract issues and this morning the nurses will file a strike notice.
Nurses And Hospitals Resume Talks
Meeting in a secret location, negotiators for 12,000 nurses and 14 Twin Cities hospitals are resuming talks today with help from a federal mediator.
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