Nurse unions and labor experts agree that the pandemic was a turning point that catalyzed nurses to fight for improved working conditions and overall better treatment from their employers. By negotiating new contracts with their employers, unions are working hard to both uphold patient safety and mitigate the nursing field’s debilitating workforce shortage.
Providence is cutting back on services at three of its Oregon facilities to brace for an upcoming nurses' union strike. The Oregon Nurses Association has planned a five-day strike to fight for better staffing levels and working conditions.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Resident physicians at Mount Sinai's Elmhurst Hospital in Queens have voted to authorize a strike. The union that represents these residents has noticed significant disparities in Mount Sinai's compensation and benefits when compared to the resident physicians employed at the health system's flagship hospital in Manhattan.
The deficiency of nurse-specific billing data makes nurses literally and figuratively invisible in terms of political and financial decision-making capacity within the U.S. healthcare sector.
There's been a recent wave of nurse strikes, but Theresa Brown — a nurse and New York Times bestselling author — said she's never met a nurse who happily embraces striking. Nurses only strike when it's the only option left to protect patients and deliver quality care, she declared.
A nationwide railroad strike could be coming mid-November. There are some key considerations that healthcare providers should take note of while they anticipate the possibility of a this strike, including having proactive conversations with their suppliers and identifying product alternatives.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
A new California law that took effect in July requires health plans regulated by the state to provide return appointments no more than 10 days after a previous mental health or substance use session — unless a patient’s therapist approves less frequent visits.
More than 2,000 mental health clinicians who work at Kaiser Permanente went on strike on Monday. The strike comes as a result of continued complaints about mental health care access at the health system — workers are saying patients must wait four to 11 weeks for a follow-up appointment. Through a new page posted on its website, Kaiser denies the union's claims.
Among Kaiser union workers in California, more than 37,000 ballots were cast in support of a walkout compared to only 867 in opposition.